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Astrology, and a John Dee link

  • The John Dee Society site
    seems to consist mostly of an online book and a thesis, as well as a
    lot of links.
  • A good site about Astrology.
    I used to have a good book about Astrology – I think it was The
    compleat Astrologer, by Derek and Julia Parker – lots of nice pictures
    and charts, but I remember detesting it – I would have prefered a book
    about Astronomy. I think Astrology is so mainstream that it’s pretty
    dead as an occult system, but it still has a lot of cool symbolism and
    crunchy bits (as they say in gaming), so I’m curious if bits of it can
    be pinched for use in designing a roleplaying game.
    It’s interesting how “uncool” Astrology has become among geeks (myself
    not only included, but put forth as a prime example). Even hardcore
    rationalists (and I guess I am, sorta) can find stuff like Tarot
    intriguing (if only as a fictional/dramatic tool), but even geeks with
    New Age leanings will probably prefer nearly anything to Astrology.