Astrology (and religion) not only affected the development of calendars, but they stimulated the advance of horology generally. Egyptian and Chinese water clocks are examples. Chinese water clocks were used determining astrologically optimal times for conception. Babylonian astronomy and timekeeping were advanced in order to predict eclipses as omens.
According to a biographer, King Alfred the Great in the tenth century had candle clocks made so that he could apportion his time at night between religious and secular activities. Timekeeping was advanced in the Middle Ages to schedule monastic life and to announce times for prayer.
Gordon Uber San Diego, USA At 02:31 PM 12/1/02 +0100, fer j. de vries wrote:
Hello Anselmo, I agree with your argument "superstition of astrology", but remember that the zodiacal calendar was very important in the past and not only by astrologers but in all kind of science.
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