Dear @ernst,
My impression from what I have learned from you and elsewhere is that astrology in general in the dark ages were more fatalistic based and relied more heavily on just memorizing yogas? Seems like in the west, astrology in the dark ages was more based on mundane astrology rather than personal natal astrology. Your thoughts would be appreciated.
Scott
I have also found that astrology was very superstitious even, mechanical in its attitude and fatalistic in the darker ages especially around 500ad at the nadir of kali yuga.
In the west, when Rome fell, astrologers were basically condemned and thrown out of town so to speak. The Church largely did not like astrology. Astrologers were even killed during the Inquisition at times. But as Kali yuga was on the rise, like during the 'enlightenment' period and renaissance, astrology really gained naturally as did all sciences and philosophy.