![]() Kraft starts his article with critical remarks of rather deplorable condition of astrology in his time and explains the reason of such condition however, in order to support the validity of astrology, he suggests special method for prognostications based on Kepler’s understanding of the power of aspects that are geometrical ratios between planets. ![]() Being an astronomer, De l’Isle also had a title of "the court astrologer" which he had passed to Kraft later. Nina Nevskaya states that in the course of preparation of the fellow-astronomers for the observatory in Saint Petersburg, De L'Isle had compiled a list of 405 books, recommended for studying for every fellow of the observatory, among which there were about 20 works of Johannes Kepler. ![]() Petersburg Academy of Sciences Kraft worked under the leadership of the astronomer Joseph-Nicolas De L'Isle (1688 - 1768), the convinced follower of Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton. Petersburg" claims that the author was the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the physicist and the mathematician Georg Wolfgang Kraft (1701 - 1754), from Wurtemberg. Although the article was not signed, however Pyotr Pekarsky (1828 - 1872) in his "History of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. In addition, he expects assistance from "glorious Kepler". And though the second purpose can seem frivolous, however it gives him a chance to make a message about astrology in general. The author states that he will explain how he made this prediction, with two purposes: first, to reveal it by means of heavenly aspects, and secondly for some entertainment. The author of the article says that as the storyteller of this calendar undertakes an attempt to make a prediction and promises his readers that he will answer a question in public: “When will the ice on the Neva River start to drift this year”. ![]() This paper will explore an application of Kepler’s meteorological astrology in 1732, On July 20 1732, the Primechaniya Na Sankt-Peterburgskiye Vedomosti magazine published an article ‘About the St. Johannes Kepler was once a school teacher in Graz, where this SEAC conference is taking place. Karine Dilanian "Harmonices Mundi" by Johannes Kepler and Georg Kraft’s prediction for ice drift on the Neva River in 1732. ![]()
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