Editing Albertus Magnus (section)

===Astrology===
Albert was deeply interested in [[astrology]], as has been articulated by scholars such as Paola Zambelli<ref>Paola Zambelli, "The Speculum Astronomiae and its Enigma" Dordrecht.</ref> and Scott Hendrix.<ref name=":1" /> Throughout the Middle Ages&nbsp;–and well into the early modern period– astrology was widely accepted by scientists and intellectuals who held the view that life on earth is effectively a microcosm within the macrocosm (the latter being the cosmos itself). It was believed that correspondence therefore exists between the two and thus the celestial bodies follow patterns and cycles analogous to those on earth. With this worldview, it seemed reasonable to assert that astrology could be used to predict the probable future of a human being. Albert argued that an understanding of the celestial influences affecting us could help us to live our lives more in accord with Christian precepts.<ref name=":1">Scott E. Hendrix, How Albert the Great's Speculum Astronomiae Was Interpreted and Used by Four Centuries of Readers (Lewiston: 2010), 44-46.</ref> The most comprehensive statement of his astrological beliefs is to be found in two separate works that he authored around 1260, known as the ''[[Speculum astronomiae]]'' and ''De Fato''.<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pKpEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22on+fate%22+%22albertus+magnus%22&pg=PA10 |title = On Fate (De Fato)|isbn = 9781960069030|last1 = Curtin|first1 = D. P.|date = 1 February 2023| publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company }}</ref> However, details of these beliefs can be found in almost everything he wrote, from his early ''De natura boni'' to his last work, the ''Summa theologiae''.<ref>Hendrix, 195.</ref> His ''speculum'' was critiqued by [[Gerard of Silteo]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Zambelli, Paola |title=The Speculum Astronomiae and its enigma. Astrology, Theology and Science in Albertus Magnus and his Contemporaries |publisher=Springer |year=1992 |isbn=9789048140985 |pages=51–59}}</ref>

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File:Albertus Magnus – De meteoris, 1488 – BEIC 13302626.jpg|''De meteoris'', 1488
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