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Nostradamus

Michel de Nostredame , later to be known as the famous psychic Nostradamus was born on December 14th, 1503 in St. Remy de Provence, France. His education in part was influenced by his families descent, which was Jewish, though he and his family converted to Catholicism when he was a young boy. He studied Jewish occult literature as well as astrology, which led to his introduction to Latin, Greek and Hebrew. In his later years, he was sent to Avignon, France, to study medicine. His education in medicine gained him a bachelor degree and it was soon after that he started the path of healing and was even instrumental in developing methods of treatment, which helped those suffering from the Black Plague.
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Astrology

Astrology in the USA
In the United States, a great surge of popular interest in astrology took place between 1900 through 1949. A very popular astrologer based in New York City named Evangeline Adams helped feed the public’s thirst for astrology readings with many accurate forecasts, her biographers say. A famous court case involving Adams, who was arrested and charged with illegal fortune-telling in 1914 – was later dismissed when Adams correctly read the horoscope of the judge’s son with only a birthdate. Her acquittal set an American precedent that if astrologers practiced in a professional manner that they were not guilty of any wrong-doing.
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