In mediaeval Europe, and in early America, astrology pervaded all aspects of life.
Medical practice was based on astrology as herbs were grown, harvested and prescribed according to astrological principles. The moment an illness struck, a chart was drawn up for the sufferer, who would be given a herbal mixture based on its interpretation.
Astrologers of the middle ages also refined the arts of prediction.
Nostradamus is perhaps the best known of these mediaeval astrologers, although their projections had to be disguised in obscure quartets to avoid the attention of the Inquisition.
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