astrologer on the podcast today is an astrologer who has a sideline in practicing law. he’s very happy with his profession and the golden age he has now of having lots of young cients who sincerely believe it but where the view of the authorities is he is an entertainer – he knows that 50 years ago he would be arrested as a fraud, but he’s also anxious that when astrology gets too notable, then the Powers That Be start stepping in
every astrological revival has ended this way – the classical revival of the original babylonian proto-astrology ended when the authorities repressed it, the mediaeval revival ended when the islamic authorities repressed it, the early modern revival ended very sharply after the end of the English Civil War, in which conflict both sides had astrological counsel, so it doesn’t take a prophet to guess what is going to happen to the 20th century revival.