Astrology – Darin Hayton

Since at least Aristotle scholars have sought to discover the connections between earthquakes and planetary motions. Aristotle noted in Book 2 of his Meteorology that there seemed to be coinciden...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/11/10/astrology-earthquakes/

George Monbiot wrote an opinion column that draws attention to how conspiracy theories are appealing to people on both ends of the political spectrum. It is a useful reminder that there seems to ...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/09/23/whats-astrology-got-to-do-with-it/

In 1976 the NSF had to justify the money it had spent on educational projects during its first 20 years in existence. The previous year the U.S. congress had cut the funding for the creation, eva...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/09/16/astrology-activity-card/

The Adler Planetarium has posted a nice little slideshow on astrology: “Written in the Stars..” Each slide offers a bit of text and an image from something in the Alder’s collection — bo...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/02/19/astrology-at-the-adler/

The podcast “Science Vs” promises to take “on fads, trends, and the opinionated mob to find out what’s fact, what’s not, and what’s somewhere in between.” It covers a range of predi...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/02/10/science-vs-celebrating-ignorance/

The BBC has joined the growing number of articles that try to explain away rational and intellectual interest in astrology: “The Anxieties and Apps Fuelling the Astrology Boom.” In this case,...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/02/08/astrology-handwringing-again/

For scholars working on the history of astrology, The Astra Project is the wonderful resource and community of experts. The two people who seem to be the most public faces of the project are Hele...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/02/02/ad-astra-podcast/

A recent “The Morning” Newsletter from the NY Times suggested seven podcasts about science for those “trying to learn more about the wonders of science.” Among other pressing wonders of s...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/01/28/why-fear-astrology/

The tradition of planetary hours established a ruling planet for each hour of each day. The first hour of the day was ruled by the planet that also gave the day its name, e.g., the sun ruled the ...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/01/22/byzantine-tables-of-planetary-hours/

Raphael had a particular fondness for publishing little handbooks full of tables used for divination. In his Raphael’s Book of Fate: Whereby all Questions may be Answered Respecting the Present...

https://dhayton.haverford.edu/blog/2021/01/11/raphaels-handbook-of-divination/