Unlocked: Myth of the Month 14: Astrology
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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Do Not Put Stock in Astrology
In the year 13, forty six after the great battle at crecy, one of the crucial engagements of the hundred years war, he had his chaplain, thomas bradwardine, give an address. He argued that what astrologer could predict this or foresee such a thing? There is one prediction which will never be proved false. Whomsoever god wishes to be victorious, he is victorious. And whom whatsoever god wishes to reign, he will reign. So you see here how the leaders and teachers of other disciplines like medicine were completely now immersed in astrology. The black death was killing millions all across the continent. When the sun is directly opposite the moon, then the
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