Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-85.252.212.11-20151129052405/@comment-26222852-20151207215348

Finally can I have the discussion with someone who actuallz has an opinion...

It is really not quite safe to say which originated from which. The story really is too long, having occult knowledge being brought to the West/barbarians at the time, who have developed their own culture, belief system and society from the earlier times, and many are not aware that there is in fact the universal occult system, the one Vilgefortz uses actually, but it requires a greater deal of knowledge and power. Let's just say one threads between the other...

It is not our Middle age or renaissance, nor did I say that exactly. The kind of magic you have mentioned is the definition of renaissance alchemy in fact. Certainly this was the inspiration, too many similarities to make it just a coincidence.

Oneiromancy and basics of astrology are actually taught at the sorcerers' academia Aretuza (SoS) for beginners...It is only later that sorcerers choose their pathway to magic, of their own preference...

Druid Mischowor(sry for misspelling) uses both runes and astrology sometimes...Other druids follow the Moon transits...

Nope, they didn't. :P I tried to pull the analogy between Xartisius' talent and Nostradamus'...

Nobody needs astrology for living these days. Sure royal families still have them, but that's more like a tradition of sort. Hmmm...I do not believe any kind of knowledge can hurt, even though astrology is like a proto-science...or art, I dunno...Kinda like Yennefer's definition of magic in SoD, something in between. Using it for predictions in real life, well...hmmm...not quite sure. Using it for a keen insight, I am all for that. Astrology is not all about predicting events, I find that foolish...Do You believe it? Have You ever visited an astrologer?