Many have expressed sentiments like those of King David of Israel, who some 3,000 years ago wrote: “When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is mortal man that you keep him in mind? ” ​ — Psalm 8: 3, 4.
प्राचीन काळापासून मानव, रात्रीच्या आकाशातील ताऱ्‍यांची शिस्तबद्ध हालचाल आणि त्यांच्या स्थानांमुळे होणारे ऋतुबदल पाहत आला आहे.