stackyFACTSBefore the Vatican firmly decreed that attempting to predict the future via planetary alignment was the work of the devil, it was just considered a high-end scholarly hobby.
Before the Vatican firmly decreed that attempting to predict the future via planetary alignment was the work of the devil, it was just considered a high-end scholarly hobby. Pope John XXI, a 13th-century medical genius, openly published works on astrology. He enjoyed a brief, star-blessed papacy before a poorly constructed roof collapsed and crushed him to death—an event his personal horoscope shockingly failed to warn him about.
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