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With the onset of the scientific revolution astrology was called into question[edit]

In fact it was the Catholic Church that banned astrology and only later did the scientific institutions ban it. In fact Johannes Kepler by 1620 had already proven most of the basis for the science of astrology, but everyone went with the Church. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.14.24.18 (talk) 16:23, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

not done this doesn’t appear to be an actionable edit request. Try providing a source. Edaham (talk) 08:45, 14 June 2018 (UTC)

Zodiac lucky numbers[edit]

How many times should one try this numbers? Teboho da voice (talk) 10:18, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

One less than zero. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:30, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

New Section[edit]

I have no doubt that the meanings of the zodiac and other signs to people who subscribe to astrology are explained somewhere else, but shouldn't they at least get a brief summary here? I am putting this in the talk page because it's a big change and I'm new, so I make a lot of mistakes. Wyrm127 (talk) 02:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

If something about that were to be added, we'd need an WP:RS compliant source to use for the information. You wouldn't be able to use a random in-universe book on the subject, it would need to be a proper scholarly work with broad acceptance. I'm not sure whether such a source exists or not - do you have any suggestions?Girth Summit (talk) 06:52, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
I think this is already covered over at Western astrology. PepperBeast (talk) 07:37, 28 June 2018 (UTC)
If it's covered there it might be worth a summarizing sentence here with a wikilink. Suffice to say that only the fact that meanings are ascribed to different astrological signs need be noted. What the specifics are varies widely depending on which proponent you are talking to and is of no encyclopedic interest unless sourced academically. Edaham (talk) 05:00, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Request for external link - Renaissance Astrology[edit]

Can I add the following to the External Links section?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007nmym

It links to a 2007 podcast discussion from the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time. The program's host moderates a discussion between three British academics on the role of astrology in the worldview of the European Renaissance. The discussion is academically credible, draws on evidence of the time, and adopts an objective point of view.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Iacobus (talkcontribs) 03:27, 22 July 2018 (UTC)

Source 13 is a dead link.[edit]

Source number 13 looks to be a dead link to a pdf that doesn't exist any more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.190.41.61 (talk) 19:22, 21 August 2018 (UTC)

I found one pdf link but which may be a copyright violation, so I removed the link and added the doi reference which should lead to it via a university. Thanks, —PaleoNeonate – 00:04, 22 August 2018 (UTC)