Talk:Astromancy

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Astromancy and Astrology -- the same thing (i.e. synonyms)? The last sentence on this page doesn't make any sense and is wrong, but I won't change it now. --205.188.116.8 05:40, 2 June 2006 (UTC)Reply

This entry Astromancy violates verifiability WP:V It is claimed to be in "general usage" but no citations are provided and in fact it is rarely used. This occultish and superstitious sounding term appears to come from Nicholas deVore's 1947 Encyclopedia of Astrology http://www.astrologyweekly.com/dictionary/astromancy.php. It seems to have been an attempt to distinguish the more organized and developed "science" of astrology (appropriate to the era of Allen Leo and deVore) from the misappropriation of astrological lore by fortune tellers. It appears to be a historical curiosity that has never gained favor among astrologers. Apagogeron (talk) 00:35, 6 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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