Astrology and Science

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Margarita Referee. Astrology and Science

Introduction

Were Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo and Ptolemy against astrology?

Nicolaus Copernicus and Astrology

Galileo Galilei's Horoscope, Cast by Himself

Johannes Kepler and the True Genealogy of Astrology

Attempts to Deprive Ptolemy of Paternity over Western Astrology

Pseudo-problem from Pseudo-skeptics

Pico against Astrology

Astrology of the "Endarkenment" Era

Why Do Pseudo-skeptics Need a Pseudo-problem?

Feyerabend against the Witch Hunt

Sagan against Authoritarianism in Science

Astrology and Statistics

Gauquelins and the “Mars Effect”

Artificial Intelligence in Astrology?

How Scientists Help Astrology

Temperament Depends on the Position of the Sun

How Astronomers Help Distinguish Tropical and Sidereal Astrology

How Scientists Explain the Astrological Influence of Mercury

How Scientists Successfully Tested Astrology in Kamchatka

An Astrologer's Prediction vs. a Scientist's Report

Interpretation and Storytelling

The Barnum Effect and the Expert Report of the Scientist

Verification of Astrology

Astrology as a Profession and Academic Discipline

Professional Accreditation of the Astrological School

How Astrology Became an Academic Discipline

So is Astrology a Science?

The Special Status of Astrology

Mother of All Sciences

List of Illustrations

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References to ancient authorities in defense of astrology are very much disliked by some modern scientists who are very worried about the purity of science and are trying to retroactively “cleanse” the ancient thinkers, astronomers, and mathematicians of their interest in astrology. Most of the protests and indignation among the zealots of science are caused by the interest in astrology on the part of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and even Claudius Ptolemy. Let's figure out whether the great minds of the past studied and practiced astrology or were against it.

The Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus, who discovered the heliocentric system of the world, was born on February 19, 1473.

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Johannes Kepler

Researcher Kenneth G. Negus has done a lot to restore the truth about Kepler's attitude to astrology. In his translation of excerpts from Kepler's books into English, he gave the following comment on the above excerpt from the "Tertius Interveniens":20

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