The Partridge Papers

[...] John Partridge was the “most prominent astrologer in England” [Gale Encyclopedia] in the late [...]

[...] Greetings, my name is Jamie Partridge and I have been an astrologer at Darkstar Astrology since 2010. Before working professionally as an astrologer I worked as a nurse in aged care [...]

[...] published a paper stating that John Partridge had died, so the newspapers the next day, April Fools day, carried the story along with Swifts caustic eulogy: “Here five foot deep lyes on his [...]

[...] died, so the newspapers the next day, April Fools day, carried the story along with Swifts caustic eulogy: “Here five foot deep lyes on his back A cobbler, starmonger, and quack… Who [...]

John Partridge was the “most prominent astrologer in England” [Gale Encyclopedia] in the late 1600′s and early 1700′s. Being [...]

[...] 1708, the Tory covert, Catholic convert, Irish priest Jonathan Swift published some hoax prophesies hiding behind the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. This and a series of papers slamming [...]

[...] Greetings, my name is Jamie Partridge and I have been an astrologer at Darkstar Astrology since 2010. Before working professionally [...]

[...] , Irish priest Jonathan Swift published some hoax prophesies hiding behind the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff. This and a series of papers slamming Partridge and astrology became known as the [...]

[...] first prediction is but a trifle, yet I will mention it, to show how ignorant those sottish pretenders to astrology are in their own concerns: It relates to Partridge the almanack-maker; I [...]

[...] favor and continued publishing his popular almanacs. “In the 1708 edition of the Merlinus Almanac, Partridge sarcastically referred to the Church of England as the “infallible Church&# [...]