The Case for Astrology Author:John B. West, Jan Gerhard Toonder Vilified by science for three centuries, derided by philosophy, psychology, medicine, the law and every other orthodox branch of modern learning, astrology refuses to die. Just why do educated men continue to believe in a discipline so often associated with charlatanry? — John Anthony West and Jan Gerhard Toonder have assembled all the evidence f... more »rom many branches of learning to show that a relationship exists between the positions of the sun, moon and planets and events upon earth. Whether they are dealing with astrology in ancient Egypt, condemning "newspaper astrology" or describing modern methods of putting astrologers to the test, they present the most telling case yet for this time-honored discipline.« less