practice

astrology

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Properties

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character
impious dotages
description
A system of belief and practice based on the supposed influence of celestial bodies on human affairs, which the narrator ultimately rejects as false and impious.
nature
lying divinations

Relationships

  • referenced_byNarrator
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    rejected
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    By this time also had I rejected the lying divinations and impious dotages of the astrologers
  • referenced_byVindicianus
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    Vindicianus, an acute old man, and Nebridius, a young man of admirable talents; the first vehemently affirming, and the latter often (though with some doubtfulness) saying, "That there was no such art whereby to foresee things to come
  • referenced_byNebridius
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    doubted
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    Nebridius, a young man of admirable talents; the first vehemently affirming, and the latter often (though with some doubtfulness) saying, "That there was no such art whereby to foresee things to come
  • referenced_byFirminus's Father
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    was_curious_about
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    his father had been very curious in such books
  • referenced_byDivergent Fates
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    disproves
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  • referenced_byChance
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    explains_true_predictions_in
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    whatever, upon consideration of the constellations, was spoken truly, was spoken not out of art, but chance
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    2026-03-02T21:55:50.230Z
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