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billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes:
.It has also been hypothesized that the ASTROLOGY practiced by the
.Magi was more closely related to present day ASTRONOMY than present
.day Astrology.  (8^).

Ah, no.  Modern day astronomers would not attach any meaning to the
conjunctions known as the star.  They had to be astrologers to know
what the conjuctions meant.  A further thought, magi is the plural of
magician or sorcerer (who usually have to contract with spirits to gain
power).  I would much rather believe them astrologers.

Mike