Question

In 1494, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola wrote a polemic against this discipline’s “judicial” branch. Abu Ma’shar collected thousands of charts in this discipline he called “Flowers” and paired with medicinal herbs. A 1930 Sunday Express article about Princess Margaret was the first of many popular newspaper articles on this discipline criticized for leveraging the Barnum effect. (0[1])The dragon’s head (20[1]0[1])and the dragon’s tail (0[1])are two (20[1])(*) lunar nodes important in this (10[1])discipline. (10[4])One (10[1])common practice in (10[1])this discipline is (0[1])creating (0[1])a natal chart that considers (10[1])“aspects,” (10[6]0[2])a term (10[1])for the (10[1])planets’ (10[2])angles to each other. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name (10[1])this pseudoscientific discipline (10[1])concerned (10[1])with (10[1])horoscopes and zodiac (10[1])signs. (10[1])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: astrology [or Western astrology; accept zodiacs before mentioned; prompt on divination; prompt on fortune telling; prompt on the occult or magic; reject “astronomy”]
<Michael Bentley, Other - Other Academic and General Knowledge&gt; ~23279~ &lt;Editor: Ganon Evans>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y35100%6%0%87.49

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Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BJohns Creek A550
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Aryan PathakLake HighlandStevenson B580
Aeres ZhouDetroit Country DayHunter A620
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ABelmont6420
Yashwanth BajjiTroyDallas County6910
Ave RiegerNorthmont AMexico7010
Hari VeginatiStevenson AJohns Creek B7010
Kaplan EvansParkway WestThomas Jefferson C7010
Shawn SyedUniversity LabRichard Montgomery7010
Stella BroomeMaggie Walker BMercer County7110
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdCanyon Crest7410
Samarth RamPlymouthSolon770
Timothy PorterMaggie Walker AWoodland780
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sRockford Auburn A8310
Kevin PengWinston Churchill ABarrington A840
Cole HartungKinkaidDetroit Catholic Central A8410
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChoate Rosemary Hall8410
Colette KendrickWinston Churchill BWinnebago8410
Max KoldaJohn Adams ANorris8410
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BHoover B8410
Jiming ChenHinsdale CentralWalter Payton8410
William ThainSaint JosephCincinnati Hills Christian840
Liam ReedMaggie Walker CChattahoochee B8610
Jonah HubertDunbarMira Loma8810
Ben HorningWaukeeJohn Adams B8910
C. SchenkelWashingtonElkhorn North8910
Ryan DaiCarbondaleBarrington B9310
Brayden FerrellHeightsChattahoochee A9310
Lucas ArdeleanInnovation Academy AMidtown9310
Felix SacksLincoln-Way EastCarl Sandburg9310
Moxie StromHunter BBelvidere9610
Sarah DongSolonPlymouth9710
Joseph HarrisonDetroit Catholic Central CNorthmont B10010
Colin StewartBarrington AWinston Churchill A10110
Brady LaughlinWest PointDetroit Catholic Central B10210
Javik HodsonMoberlyNorman10510
Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianSaint Joseph10610
Grace SunStevenson BLake Highland10710
Evan LinWoodlandMaggie Walker A10710
Sam KonkelJohns Creek AThomas Jefferson B10710
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtHunter ADetroit Country Day10710