This thoroughly researched book is a history of the development of Western horoscopic astrology from its origin among the Babylonians and its subsequent creatio

Superb general account.' Times Literary Supplement The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. T

This volume examines the specific role of horoscopic astrology in Western culture from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Focusing on the public appearance of

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