I was just looking at the retainers for one of my Cartheginian generals. I know a lot of people now believe in astrology and star signs, people actually still read their signs in the newspapers and even pay to have a more personal reading. So a lot of people still believe it today and a lot of people believed it back then too I guess. But the reality is... it's all just a moneymaking scam. It was back then and it is still today. They (try to) tell you exactly what you want to hear, then charge money for it. Half the time it's right, half the time it's wrong.

But what happened to the astrologers who advised generals or even entire governments in history? The Romans used to do auguries with the liver of dead animals and releasing pigeons and somehow they got from this an idea of whether something should be done or not. So what if the auguries for the battle of lake Tresmene(sp) or Cannae were good for the Romans? They suffered their worst defeats in history at those battles.

Are there any examples of astrologers/augurs/whatever being punished for wrong predictions? Surely at some point a general or someone must have got annoyed at constantly being given wrong predictions and thought: "You know what, this astrology business is nothing but a scam."