2. Definition:
• Study of planets and human behavior: the
study of the positions of the Moon, Sun, and
other planets in the belief that their motions
affect human being.
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3. Origin:
• Since ancient Egypt, stargazers(astrologers)
have always felt that the patterns of our lives
and the patterns of the stars were bound up
in some way. The reasoning behind the belief
is that God, or the gods, ruled the moon and
planets and, by extension, the seasons... and
us.
4. Astrology in England:
• After the Norman conquest a new flow of
astrological material reached England with
Jewish scholars from France and elsewhere
who settled not only in London, Oxford and
Cambridge, but in other large towns, bringing
with them books which contained astrological
lore, particularly from Arabic and Moorish
sources.
5. Astrology in england cont’d:
• Famous English Astrologer: Adelard, or
Aethelhard he translated several arabic
astrological works.
• He influenced people such as King Henry II
and
6. Used for.?
• As such, astrology played a role in medical
cures & diagnoses.
• A medieval doctor would be aware that a
person born under a Moon sign, for
example, might be prone to worry, or even
lunacy. Whereas people born under the
'lucky' sign of Sagittarius were apt to have
more sunny dispositions.
