Articles of category "Ficino, Marsilio"

Marsilio Ficino is one of the greatest practitioners of astrology of all time. He was a priest who was actually a patron of the Medici family in the 1400's, and a great renaissance figure who dangerously merged religion, astrology, and magic during a time when religion ruled the earth with the iron grip of a gauntlet. I studied him at a turbulent period of my life, and his work was helpful.

One of the largest contributions by astrologer and philosopher, Marsilio Ficino was his translation of Plato into Latin. There were many others by Marsilio Ficino, too. Books of Marsilio Ficino also contributed to the movement of astrology. The books of Marsilio Ficino also dealt a lot with philosophy. Marsilio Ficino was in touch with every major writer and thinker of his time.