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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 680 Assembled with Astronomie Is ek that ilke Astrologie, The which in juggementz acompteth Theffect, what every sterre amonteth.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Ellesmere) (1870) l. 3192 A poure scoler Hadde lerned Art but al his fantasye Was turned for to lerne Astrologye.

a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 20079 (MED) I am callyd Astrologye, The tother part, Astronomye. And be-cause I telle more Than Astronomye dyde off yore, Off ffolk to me-ward envyous Calle me superstycyous.

c1560 G. Gylby (title) An Admonition against Astrology Judiciall, and other curiosities that reygne now in the World [transl. Calvin].

1597 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 1st 3 Bks. ii. vii. 43 Thou damned mock-art, and thou brainsick tale, Of old Astrology.

1649 Bp. J. Hall Resol. & Decisions iii. ii. 235 That other Calculatory, or figure-casting Astrology is presumptuous and unwarrantable.

1652 W. Rowland (title) Judiciall astrologie judicially condemned.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Astrology Judiciary, or Judicial Astrology, which is what we commonly call Astrology, is that which pretends to foretell moral Events, i. e. such as have a Dependance on the Will and Agency of Man; as if that were directed by the Stars.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. iii. 265 This confused and indeterminate notion opeded the door to judicial Astrology.

1845 J. Saunders Cabinet Pictures of Eng. Life: Chaucer 175 In astrology..the heavens were divided into twelve parts or houses.

1869 Daily News 9 Dec. Yesterday..a curious action for trespass was brought by a herbalist and astrologer..illustrating the manner in which astrology flourishes in London at the present time.

1903 W. B. Yeats Let. Feb. (1994) III. 321 I had no need to turn to my books of astrology to know that the common people are under the moon.

1935 A. M. Lindbergh Let. 3 Sept. in Locked Rooms & Open Doors (1974) 304 Aunt Ruth shows C. her astrology magazine, says lots of movie stars never take a step without consulting it!

1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic xii. 358 Many of the English clergy denounced judicial astrology as an impious art whose teachings were fundamentally incompatible with some of the basic tenets of Christianity.

2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 May a23/2 A blogger writing from Baghdad mixes black humor and astrology to devise a ‘horrorscope’ for his fellow Iraqis.