Loved the article Mona, Johannes Kepler really was a fascinating and complex person, as well as obviously being more than averagely intelligent. Despite his sometimes chaotic circumstances he achieved so much in his lifetime.
Going back to our �astrological effects of eclipses�, of which I must admit I have had no experience whatever, Kepler was an astronomer who also believed in astrology which was/is unusual. In Germany one of the things that he is known for is that he thought there was a definite relationship between what happened in the heavens and on earth, so did masses of research into �proving� planetary configurations affected humans as well as the earth�s weather.
Have always found the fact that he �thought out of the box� to that extent to be another interesting side of the man, but of course the verdict is still out on whether the Three Wise Men, whose 'day' it is in a week or so, were astrologers or astronomers. A mixture of both seems to go with the territory sometimes.
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