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Unlocked: Myth of the Month 14: Astrology
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The Origins of Astrology in the New Testament
In principle, astrologers should be able to observe the same horoscope and come up with the same prognostications about that person. In this sense, in this sense, it is more like what we would call a modern science, then it is like magic, like necromancy or love magic for instance. Astrology clearly was part of and woven into early christianity, from the roman age in those early centuries of the church. And we can see astrology reflected in interesting ways in the new testament, just as it's clearly referred to at points in the bible.
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