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A New Chart for Europe: The Treaty of Verdun

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 In light of the upcoming referendum facing the United Kingdom in its decision to stay or exit the European Union, one is drawn to question the state of Europe in general now and in the years to come. I thought I would add an event date which I think is relevant to the development of the concept of a “Europe”, dominated by France and Germany, as you will see, has been the case since the 9 th century AD. I enter this event date or noon-chart to add to the ongoing discussion of mundane matters pertaining to Europe and the European Union. I welcome other astrologers testing it and having their views about it. To view larger images, Right Click and choose "View Image in New Tab" or equivalent. In Nicholas Campion’s The Book of World Horoscopes , “the fall of the Roman Empire in Western Europe is taken as the approximate date of the beginning of the Medieval period of European history” (Campion, 436). However, a history of the early middle ages following the fall of the Western