Astrology

Astrology (from Greek:

The seven liberal arts and astrology

In medieval Europe, a university education was divided into seven distinct areas, each represented by a particular planet and known as the Seven Liberal Arts. They were seen as operating in ascending order, beginning with Grammar which was assigned to the quickest moving celestial body (the Moon) and culminating in Astronomia which was thought to be astrologically ruled by Saturn, the slowest moving and furthest out planet known at the time. After this sequence wisdom was supposed to have been achieved by the medieval university student. In the Divine Comedy and Convivio, Dante drew this connection between the liberal arts and the seven traditional astrological planets.

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Medieval Europe - University education - Planet - Liberal Arts - Grammar - Celestial body - Moon - Astronomia - Astrologically ruled - Saturn - Wisdom - Medieval - University student - Divine Comedy - Convivio - Dante

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• Astronomia -- Saturn
• Geometry -- Jupiter
• Arithmetic -- Mars
• Music -- Sun
• Rhetoric -- Venus
• Dialectic -- Mercury
• Grammar -- Moon