The Magi Society has its origins in a secret society created in 1625 in China by a small number of Shao Lin astrologer monks led by a Jesuit/Shao Lin monk who had converted to Christianity, then resided in Europe and studied astrology under Johannes Kepler. Since that time, the Magi Society has been studying the stars and recording their discoveries. Over the years, Magi Astrologers have served as astrologers to China's emperors as well as some of the wealthiest and most powerful Chinese and Southeast Asians. Most members of the Magi Society had fled China by 1948, anticipating a communist takeover.

With the publishing of its first book in 1995, the Magi Organization moved from its years as a Chinese secret society and into the public view. The Magi Society is now the world's largest and fastest-growing astrological society, with over 5,000 members from 32 countries.