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To: SunkenCiv

Except, the Babylonians invented Astrology.


3 posted on 01/30/2023 2:05:58 PM PST by Fai Mao (Stop feeding the beast, and steal its food!)
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To: Fai Mao

Everyone had some form of astrology. The Babylonians invented the version we’re most familiar with.


11 posted on 01/30/2023 3:39:10 PM PST by stormer
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To: Fai Mao

Mucho true-o.

If its astrologian,it must be Babylonian...


13 posted on 01/30/2023 4:27:29 PM PST by Adder (ALL Democrats are the enemy. NO QUARTER!!)
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To: Fai Mao; stormer; Adder

As someone pointed out long ago, the existence of an astrology presupposes the existence of an astronomy.

Elements of the Babylonian Contribution to Hellenistic Astrology
F. Rochberg-Halton
Journal of the American Oriental Society
Vol. 108, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1988), pp. 51-62 (12 pages)
Published By: American Oriental Society
https://www.jstor.org/stable/603245


19 posted on 01/31/2023 7:25:46 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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