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Shakespeare was not only the author of the works we all know.  He was also a friend of the stars.  And he wanted, with his poetry and his faithful inkwell, to tell us about the beauty of the sky and the phenomena it hides, especially in his penultimate work, "The Tempest".

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1. John Dee: the man who spoke to angels
One of the most notorious astrologers was Dr. John Dee. He often had very deep thinking and beliefs that expanded between science and magic. One important thing during the Elizabethan era for astrology was Dr. John Dee’s thoughts of using a crystal ball for seeing supernatural images and making predictions. Dr. He thought at the time that this was possible.

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In that period were reported old traditions and superstitions related to magic, animals and herbs but also insert new ones caused by witchcraft and the persecution of the witches.

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The Church
Priests often had their horoscopes read and asked astrologers questions. The Church didn't however, approve of the superstitions of the era. The Church disapproved of the belief in black magic or witches or anything of that nature.

The pagan world was dominated by belief in astrology. Pagans believed that the stars were divinities, or that they were controlled by divinities. The  known planets were named after gods as well . Because of this common pagan belief, the Old Testament contains repeated injunctions against star-worship

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1.John Dee
2.Edward Kelley
3.Nicolaus Copernicus
4.Simon Forman
5.William Lilly
6.Galileo Galilei

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2 Edward Kelley
He worked with John Dee in his magic experiments. In addition to his ability to conjure spirits or angels into a crystal ball, Kelley also claimed to possess the secret of transform metals into gold. The "angels" with whom Kelley claimed to communicate seem to have used a special, "angelic" or Enochian language.

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The Elizabethan era took Place during the Renaissance and queen Elizabeth's reign (1558-1603). Historians often depict this as the golden age of English history.

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Astrology is the study of the celestial bodies and the belief that they impact people's lives. In the Elizabethan Era, astrology played a huge part in people's daily lives. The Queen had her own astrologer- John Dee, who predicted her horoscope.

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Astronomy is the study of stars, planets, comets, galaxies, space and anything else outside of the Earth and its atmosphere. Anyone can get into astronomy - just pick a night where there's a clear dark sky and if you look up you're likely to be able to see the moon and the brightest planets of our solar system.

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Why Does the Moon Have Phases?: Astronomy Made Easy

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3 The Copernican theory was developed by Nicolaus Copernicus and it wasn't fully believed in until late in the Elizabethan Era.

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He was another one of the most popular astrologers of the time. About 80,000 recorded people consulted him about horoscope readings.

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5 William Lilly

He was an important astrologer in that time and in 1647 he published Christian Astrology, a huge compendium of astrological technique.

It is considered one of the classic texts for the study of traditional astrology from the Middle Ages, in particular hourly astrology, which is mainly interested in predicting future events or investigating unknown topical elements

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Galileo Galilei was a physicist, astronomer and mathematician, considered the father of modern science.In 1609 he began to deal with a recent invention, the telescope and with it he manages to make many observations about the solar system. In 1610 he publishes the results in a book called “Sidereus Nuncius”.