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In a horoscope he cast in 1647 for Charles I, William Lilly, a noted English astrologer, made the following judgment: "Luna is with Antares, a violent fixed star, which is said to denote violent death, and Mars is approaching Caput Algol, which is said to denote beheading." Two years later the king's head fell on the block. The Fated Sky explores both the history of astrology and its influence.Astrology is the oldest of the esoteric deductive tools. It is also an originator and driving force behind science itself. Astronomy, mathematics, and other disciplines arose in part to make possible the calculations necessary in casting horoscopes. For five thousand years, from the ancient Persians to the modern world of today, astrology has been used as a tool of prediction. In doing so, it has caused wide debate on the juxtaposition between Fate and Free Will. This has led to its attempted suppression and/or control by proponents of major world religions that have at their foundation Free Will, largely making them by default anti-predictive astrology.As Bobrick reveals, mainstream Western astrology of today is largely based upon psychology, which places Free Will at its core. Consequently,

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Author

Bobrick, Benson

Publisher

Simon & Schuster Paperbacks

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780743224826

Category

history

Subjects

Psychology, Fiction, Science

Rating

3.59 / 5 (81 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14