A closer look
British intelligence agency MI5 actively hired an astrologer named Louis de Wohl during the Second World War to calculate exactly what advice Adolf Hitler's personal astrologers were giving him. The allies essentially weaponized the occult by creating fake astrological magazines and dropping them over enemy territory to spread depressing predictions and destroy German morale. It is a completely absurd chapter of history where the world's most devastating conflict featured a shadow war of mystical chart readings, with top military brass trying to out-horoscope the enemy. Knowing that elite spies and generals were sitting in secret bunkers analyzing planetary transits to predict troop movements makes you realize that desperate people will look absolutely anywhere for a tactical advantage, even if it means consulting the stars to defeat fascism
