The Astrology of the Enlightenment to Modern Day

This course begins at the end of the Renaissance with the Enlightenment. Most people believe that this is when belief in astrology died out in the West but did you know that ephemerides and astrological almanacs were among the first books to be printed on the new Gutenberg printing presses, right after the famous Gutenberg Bible? This 5 week course offers a survey of the historical periods up to the present incorporating astrologically significant events and discoveries.