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   "Edmond H. Wollmann"  wrote in message   
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   > 400-Yr-Old Kepler Horoscope Found In California   
   >   
   > SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (Reuters) - A California researcher perusing an   
   > archive drawer of miscellaneous documents has come across a 400-year-old   
   > horoscope written by one of history's greatest astronomers, Johannes   
   > Kepler.   
   >   
   > Anthony Misch, an astronomer at the Lick Observatory of the University   
   > of California-Santa Cruz, said Thursday his discovery of the annotated   
   > horoscope in the school's archives in December was a shock.   
   >   
   > ``There it was, in a cheesy little frame. It caught my eye. It was quite   
   > clearly something much older than other stuff that fills the archive,''   
   > Misch told Reuters. ``It was very, very exciting.''   
   >   
   > Kepler, a German who lived from 1571-1630, is famed as the discoverer of   
   > the laws of planetary orbital motion and is widely considered to rank   
   > with Copernicus and Galileo as one of the most important astronomers of   
   > the modern era.   
   >   
   > Misch said that, despite his scientific grounding, Kepler also produced   
   > horoscopes as part of his duties as court mathematician for Holy Roman   
   > Emperor Rudolph II.   
   >   
   > The document discovered in Santa Cruz is an astrological reading for   
   > Hans Hannibal Hutter von Hutterhofen, an Austrian nobleman born in 1586.   
   > Inscribed in a flowery hand, the horoscope weaves signs and symbols from   
   > the Zodiac.   
   >   
   > The document has been authenticated by the firm of J.A. Stargardt,   
   > autograph specialists in Berlin, Misch said -- although he added that no   
   > one had yet been able to decipher what Kepler's predictions actually   
   > were.   
   >   
   > ``What it means astrologically, I haven't a clue and I don't know   
   > whether anyone else would either,'' Misch said.   
   >   
   > But he added that Kepler's scientific research on the motion of the   
   > planets may have given him a unique astrological perspective for his   
   > time.   
   >   
   > ``Kepler is one of the figures who helps to establish the modern   
   > scientific method, but at the same time he has a foot in the medieval   
   > world view,'' Misch said.   
   >   
   > ``He was an exceedingly original thinker. He didn't accept conventional   
   > astrology. He had a more mystical view ... The universe was ordered to a   
   > plan, and that plan could certainly influence people's lives.''   
   >   
   > University officials believe Lick Observatory acquired the document   
   > somewhere in Germany in the late 1800s. It is now housed in the   
   > university library's special collections unit.   
      
   Great stuff.  Thanks for telling us.   
   Pity we presumably won't get to see this...   
   A. B.   
      
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