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Galileo's Astrology Culture and Cosmos Vol. 7 no 1.
The
great Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) is widely regarded as the
father of modern physics. As the first astronomer to both use a telescope and
publicise his findings, he revolutionised the early modern European view of the
cosmos, demolishing the two thousand year old model of Plato and Aristotle. In
the scientific imagination he has become the icon of the enlightened scholar
battling the forces of superstition in the form of the Church. Less familiar is
his work as an astrologer. Along with his friend and colleague Johannes Kepler,
Galileo was the last of the long line of distinguished astronomer-astrologers to
flourish in the courts of Europe before the two disciplines parted company in
the western world in the mid seventeenth-century. This
unique collection gathers together writings on
Galileo's use of astrology, some previously published, others published
here for the first time. Paperback, 160 pp.,
also published by Cinnabar Books (ISBN 1-898485-09-7) price £17.50 or £12 with new subscriptions to Culture and Cosmos.
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