The natal influence is exerted by the condition of the sky (1)

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Cicero, De Divinatione 2.94:
But what utter madness in these [Chaldean] astrologers, in considering the effect of the vast movements and changes in the heavens, to assume that wind and rain and weather anywhere have no effect at birth! … Therefore, in view of the fact that the heavens are now serene and now disturbed by storms, is it the part of a reasonable man to say that this fact has no natal influence - and of course it has not - and then assert that a natal influence is exerted by some subtle, imperceptible, well-nigh inconceivable force which is due to the condition of the sky, which condition, in turn, is due to the action of the moon and stars?

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Cicero, De Divinatione 2.94

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Amar Annus

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