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The Stars

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Evangeline's Astrology

Modern astrology is something of a mishmash, at least in my view of half baked, new age notions with very little foundation in the learned past. He became obsessed with the idea that one's sun sign was the principal feature of astrology to pay attention to. Sun sign predictions were much more marketable, simpler to follow, and easier to circulate, say in a newspaper column. At a time when astrology was toxic, it was not only embarrassing to discuss in polite society, but because of various laws that had been passed in Europe and some states. Which outlaws fortune-telling astrology and other so-called black arts. So astrologers were confined to the shadows

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