Geocentric System - The conception of the universe with Earth as its center. It is the system based on the pre-Galilean view of the stellar world.
Geocentric System of Astrology:
When Copernicus proved that the earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun, ...
His system eventually replaced the geocentric system formalised by Ptolemy in the 2nd Century AD, even though it was less accurate, at least until advances in planetary motion discovered by Kepler in the 17th Century.
There can be no question in anyone's mind that the helio chart and the approach it requires represent a more inclusive reality than the geocentric system does.
An imaginary belt stretching about 8' north and the same distance in the south of the ecliptic (q.v.) in which all planets, including Sun and Moon, remain during their revolution around Earth (in geocentric system).
As appealing as Aristotle's geocentric system was, it still didn't explain observed changes in the brightness of the planets or their occasional backward motion among the stars.
 See also: Geocentric, Planet, Astrology, Moon, Earth
  
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