A Look Back at Medieval Times - Pictures and natal charts of astrologers and religious people · December 5, 2024, 12:41 GMT
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Right now: Moon at 4°36' Aquarius, Sun at 13°53' Sagittarius
A Look Back at Medieval Times
Pictures and natal charts of astrologers and religious people
John Dee
Francis Moore
Francis Moore (1657�1715) was a British physician and astrologer who wrote and published Old Moore's Almanack.
He was born into poverty in Bridgnorth. Moore was self-educated, learning to read by himself, and became a physician and astrologer. He served at the court of Charles II of England.
The almanac that bears his name was first published in 1699, originally giving weather and astrological predications, and is still published annually .
Erasmus of Rotterdam
Below is the modern version of Erasmus' natal chart - the modern version of the birth date is October 27, 1467, 04:30 am, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Martin Luther
Archbishop James Usher
This is an astrological chart, with various astrological symbols arranged around a portrait of James Usher, more usually today written as Archbishop James Ussher, 1580/1581 � 1655/1656. He was Archbishop of Ireland, a Calvinist (protestant), and worked on chronolgy: his most famous work was to determine that the �date of creation� was the nightfall preceding the 23rd of October, 4004BC.
Note: the picture here gives January 1580 rather than 1581, that is because the year was considered to start in March or April, not on 1st January as today.
Picture from Ebenezer Sibly, "Astrology", published in 1806.
Philip Melancthon
Melancthon taught philosophy at Wittenberg University in the 16th century; he was a contemporary of Martin Luther, and in fact taught him the Greek language. He was one of the leaders of the early Protestant movement.
Picture from Ebenezer Sibly, "Astrology", published in 1806.
Bishop Hall
Bishop Hall (1574 � 1656) was bishop at Exeter and then later Norwich; he was known for publishing satires.
Picture from Ebenezer Sibly, "Astrology", published in 1806.
John Gadbury
John Gadbury (1627-1704) was an English astrologer, and a prolific writer of almanacs and on other related topics. Initially a follower or disciple, and a defender in the 1650s, of William Lilly, he eventually turned against Lilly and denounced him in 1675 as fraudulent.
His 1652 'Philastrogus Knavery Epitomized was a reply to Lillies Ape Whipt by the pseudonymous Philastrogus[1], defending Lilly, Nicholas Culpeper and others.
He became a High Tory and Catholic convert. He had a number of brushes with the authorities: imprisonment (wrongful) at the time of the Popish Plot and suspicion later of plotting against William III of England; also trouble for omitted Guy Fawkes Day from his almanacs.
Druids
A group of bearded older men (druids) in a forest wearing robes sit in disputation or discussion.
Sun in Sagittarius
Moon in Aquarius
Mercury in Sagittarius
Venus in Capricorn
Mars in Leo
Jupiter in Gemini
Saturn in Pisces
Uranus in Taurus
Neptune in Pisces
Pluto in Aquarius
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