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One of the first astrologers to bring Hermetic astrology to Rome was Thrasyllus, who, in the first century AD, acted as the astrologer for the emperor Tiberius. [36] Tiberius was the first emperor reported to have had a court astrologer, [ 41 ] although his predecessor Augustus had also used astrology to help legitimise his Imperial rights. [ 42 ]
Alan Leo's natal chart. Leo was born in Westminster, and took the name of his sun-sign as a pseudonym, is credited with starting the movement towards a more psychologically-oriented horoscope analysis in astrology, being the first astrologer to argue for a loose interpretation of possible trends of experience rather than the specific prediction of events. [3]
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One of the first astrologers to bring Hermetic astrology to Rome was Thrasyllus, astrologer to the emperor Tiberius, [47] the first emperor to have had a court astrologer, [52] though his predecessor Augustus had used astrology to help legitimise his Imperial rights. [53]
Richard Harold Naylor (2 August 1889 [1] – 1952 [2]), better known as R. H. Naylor, was a British astrologer, and the first sun sign astrologer. His horoscope of the newly-born Princess Margaret for the Sunday Express, led to a regular column that was soon copied by other British newspapers. [3]
Johannes Kepler (/ ˈ k ɛ p l ər /; [2] German: [joˈhanəs ˈkɛplɐ,-nɛs-] ⓘ; [3] [4] 27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. [5]
William Lilly (11 May [O.S. 1 May] 1602 – 9 June 1681) was a seventeenth century English astrologer. He is described as having been a genius at something "that modern mainstream opinion has since decided cannot be done at all" having developed his stature as the most important astrologer in England through his social and political connections as well as going on to have an indelible impact ...
John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was an English mathematician, astronomer, teacher, astrologer, occultist, and alchemist. [4] He was the court astronomer for, and advisor to, Elizabeth I, and spent much of his time on alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.