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John Dee was an astrologer, a mathematician and a scientist. He cast horoscopes for Queen Mary I, but when he made the mistake of befriending Queen Mary’s younger sister, Elizabeth, he was tried for trying to kill Mary with black magic. He was acquitted, but after he was released, Mary did die.
When Elizabeth I became Queen she asked him to choose an auspicious date for her coronation, and made him her court astrologer. Soon afterwards, he became a spy for her, and went on several mysterious missions, for which he created elaborate codes. He signed his letters to her ‘007’, though we don’t know whether she gave him a license to kill.
We have one record of Dee’s success as an astrologer – his horoscope for Sir Philip Sidney, which runs to 62 pages with several predictions. Dee predicted that Sidney would have a wonderful career between the ages of 15 and 31, but at that time he would be in mortal danger from a sword or gunshot wound. If he survived this, he would bring greater glory to himself. Sir Philip Sidney was killed on 17th October 1586, aged 31. [1] [2]