In the 1400's, Guido Bonati, professor at the University of Bologna, was instrumental in making astrology a strong presence in Italy.

He was advisor to the powerful Italian Patrons of the time, and managed through clever politics, to escape the indictments of the Church.

In the 1500's, not a single monarch or aristocrat was without a personal astrologer, and astrology even enjoyed the support of the Papacy in most cases.

Among the Popes who consulted astrologers were Julius II (1503 - 1513), Leo X (1513 - 1521) and Paul III (1534 - 1549).

Queen Catherine de Medici was patron to the most famous astrologer of all time, Michel Nostradamus.

Queen Elizabeth I in England employed the colorful astrologer John Dee, code-named '007'.