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Genghis Khan completely refused to go into brutal battle unless the planetary alignments were perfect

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You don't accidentally conquer most of Asia without a little help from the stars. Genghis Khan was highly superstitious and reportedly refused to order his cavalry into battle unless the celestial bodies were in a highly favorable alignment. He traveled with his own personal astrologer, proving that even the most ruthless warlord in human history wouldn't make a move if mercury was in retrograde.

Genghis Khan completely refused to go into brutal battle unless the planetary alignments were perfect
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