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1666
Astrology is
banished from French Academy of Science.
Great Fire of London (capital of world's superpower at the time) burns to the ground, as
predicted by Lilly.
1687
Sir Issac Newton presents universal law of gravity in Principia Mathematica. He invents calculus and studies
astrology.
America and England
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1690
The Chapter of Perfection, an esoteric astrological community, in Germantown, Pennsylvania,
is led by John Kelpius. Its astrologers help to upgrade the almanac pub- lished by Daniel Leeds. It practices occult arts based on
the principles of European Rosicrucians and Freemasons, and is the offspring of a secret order in London, the Masonic Rite of Perfection,
which involved John Jacob Zimmerman and Jane (Ward) Lead, former members of the Philadelphians, a mystic cult inspired by Jakob Boehme
in Germany.
1698
Johann Seelig, member of the Chapter of Perfection, is commissioned to find the best astrological time for building
the Swedish Lutheran Church at Wisaco.
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1700
John Partridge and Henry Season are major British astrologers. Almanacs with many astrological
sections are published. In America, Yale and Harvard Universities cautiously accept astrology. American astrologers such as Joseph
Satfford of Rhode Island, Nathaniel Low of Boston, John Tobler of Carolina provide advice to merchants and common people. Much of
the astrology is done secretly in Masonic Lodges in Britain and America.
1712
The Husbandman's Guide provides astrological advice
for farmers.
1733
Benjamin Franklin publishes astrological Almanac 'Poor Richard's Almanack' under alias R. Saunders.
1770
Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington are influenced by astrology and Egyptian-Alexandrian occult ideas supplied by esoteric
astrologers in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Christopher Witt, the esoteric community's magister is a physician and astrologer. Much of
the concern is to select the best times, ideas, designs of seals and monuments, to initiate activities that would lead to the creation
of a nation powerful enough to withstand the attempts of Britain, the world superpower, to regain its prized colonies. Egyptian magic
is evident.
1781
7th planet from Sun, Uranus, is discovered by William Herschel.
1784
Ebenezer Sibly compiles a voluminous illustrated
book on astrology, A New and Complete Illustration of the Celestial Science of Astrology.
1801
The Magus, written by Francis Barrett,
is synthesis of astrological-magical lore.
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Astrology for all
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1816
A Complete Dictionary of Astrology by James Wilson is
published. For the first time a book provides all the basic information for anyone to construct and interpret charts. This marks a
new era in astrology.
1824
Raphael introduces a periodical with weekly predictions on love, finance and travel, the first of its kind.
1825
Robert C. Smith, known as Raphael, writes Manual of Astrology, compiles ephemeris (still currently in use), and launches first
successful astrological publishing house.
1831
The Herald of Astrology by Zadkiel (alias for Richard James Morrison) is the first
work that is produced in editions of tens of thousands of copies, which indicates the mass interest in astrology. Alfred J. Pierce
continued Morrison's work under the same pseudonym.
1839
The Vox Stellarum is the most popular almanac in Britain because of its predictions.
1844
The British Association for Astral Science is formed.
1846
Neptune is discovered by Leverrier.
1860
The History of Magic by Eliphas
Levi (Alphonse Louis Constant) sums up much of the sort of astrology favored in his time. In 1861 he writes The Key of the Mysteries.
1862
Frances Rolleston publishes Mazzaroth (Hebrew for "Zodiac") in which she explains zodiacal references in the Bible.
1865
Mark
and Luke Broughton publishes many astrological journals in America. Luke teaches thousands of astrologers.
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Modern astrology
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1875
Helena Blavatsky forms Theosophical Society in New York, which spurs the evolution of spiritual astrology.
1880
Richard Garnett writes
The Soul and the Stars in the University Magazine in which he attacks astrologers of the time for using too much cabbala and magic
rather than using astrology as a science.
1889
The Order of the Magi is formed in Chicago by Olney H. Richmond. The order involves
Christian occult astrology.
1890
William Henry Chaney publishes Primer of Astrology and American Urania. Taught by Luke Broughton,
Chaney spends 40 years teaching astrology.
Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old), a well-known English astrologer, specializes in occult astrology
and joins Blavatsky's inner circle of the Theosophical Society. He has knowledge of Cabbala, Coptic, Assyrian, Sanskrit and Chinese
languages. Eventually, Sepharial abandons interest in the esoteric aspect of astrology and practices the practical form.
Alan Leo
(William Frederick Allen) publishes the Astrological Magazine. It is financed by Aphorel (F.W.Lacey) a member of the Theo- sophical
Society and is very popular and profitable. Leo becomes official astrologer for the Society. He defines astrology within a divine,
karmic and spiritual framework.
1890
Alan Leo sets up a chart business and hires a staff of astrologers.
1892
Karl Anderson writes
and publishes his Astrology of the Old Testament, a large text with more insights into astrological concepts and references in the
Bible than previously disclosed by astrologers. Much of it deals with Christian-Egyptian-Hebrew- Sanskrit numerology, symbols, and
ideas used by Freemasons and Rosicrucians.
1895
Karl Brandler Pracht forms astrological society and the Astrologische Rundshau, the
most prominent astrological journal in Germany. This renewal of astrology in Germany was mostly the result of Helena Blavatsky's influence.
Alan Leo renames Astrological Magazine to Modern Astrology.
1896
Alan Leo forms The Astrological Society
1897
Old Moore's Almanac
sells 500,000 copies.
1898
New Manual of Astrology by Sepharial. Joseph G. Dalton publishes the American Ephemeris. Dalton is involved
in the astrological establishment of Boston. Luke Broughton publishes Elements of Astrology.
1899
Evangeline Adams takes up residence
in a fashionable hotel in New York and does astrological charts for the rich and powerful for the next years. She becomes famous for
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