Episode Fifty-Three: Astrology Pt.2 [With Megan] - Whimsigoths
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This is the second of our Feminist History of Astrology with Niamh's bestie Megan. We recap the ancient astrology covered in Part 1 before getting into where it all went south, starting with the moral panic of the Witchcraft laws in Elizabethan England which led to the infamous Witch Trials, the discreditation of Astrology into a fringe pseudoscience practiced by the lower echelons of society, and right through to how it became reputedly the pasttime of bored houswives and gullible women and LGBTQIA+ people. We then navigate the sience behind both why people connect to astrology and the misconceptions held by the scientists who seek to discredit it.
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S O U R C E S:
“New Age to Post Modern Age: the cultural location of metaphysical belief” - Fiona Smyth, Dublin City University, 2001 https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/forget-economics-try-astrology-instead-fmf8dqxnrgx https://www.russh.com/feminism-and-astrology/ https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/06/25/clockwork-sky-astrology-in-early-modern-victorian-england/ https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/astrology-gen-z-star-signs-moon-b2683469.html Age of Aquarius The English Witchcraft Act of 1563 Revisited* Alexandra Gajda ,George Southcombe https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/divining-the-witch-of-york-propaganda-and-prophecy/ https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.html https://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law-witch/england
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