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- 1 2 History of the Astrological Association
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- 1 2 Campion, Nicholas, A History of Western Astrology, Vol II: The Medieval and Modern Worlds, pp. 277–8. Continuum, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4411-8129-9
- ↑ Charity no. 1152804
