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Your Zodiac Sign Mattered in Medieval Times

Your Zodiac Sign Mattered in Medieval Times

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In medieval times, astrology was considered a serious science, a branch of astronomy. Curator Larisa Grollemond of the Getty Museum, walks us through the medieval zodiac and how someone’s sign decided their day-to-day life.

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Rising Signs: The Medieval Science of Astrology, a new exhibit at
the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, takes a look at medieval
manuscripts to showcase the importance of astrology to the period’s
elites. Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the museum,
takes us through the impact of astrology on day-to-day decisions
and the way it became tied up in the medieval obsession with
humoral balances. Plus, we discuss how today’s astrology split from
the modern science of astronomy. Rising Signs is on display at the
Getty Museum through January 5, 2025.
https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/rising-signs/index.html
Recommended reading: How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-survive-mercury-in-retrograde/
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Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel
Feltman with guest Larisa Grollemond, an assistant curator at the
J. Paul Getty Museum. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with
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