Weatherwatch: Forecasting’s astrological origins

When the Met Office was established in 1854, the air estimation was still banned within the scope of 1735 witchcraft law

The prediction of the air was less scientific and more magical, to the point where practitioners could be accused of witchcraft.

Ptolemy, a mathematician and astronomer of Alexandria, drew paintings of planetary movements in the second century. Ptolemy was a remarkable pioneer in astronomy, but he went very soon in his consequences of planets affecting his atmosphere. HE Designed a complex calculation set To determine the default effects on the air in the branch of an astrology known as astrieteorology.

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