Arcandam was a celebrated

astrological Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that claim to discern information about human affairs and terrestrial events by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects. Dif ...

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of the sixteenth century, under which books of predictions were published in Latin and French from about 1540. The name was still in use in the 1630s. It is assumed that Richard Roussat, a canon and physician of

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

whose name appears on the early works as editor, was the author of the early works. The best known of the Arcandam books is the ''Livre de l'estat et mutation des temps'' of 1550. This formed one of the sources for the prophecies of

Nostradamus Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book '' Les Prophéties'' (published in 1555), a collection ...

.Available online:, in translation into modern French. There are some secondary pseudonyms/attributions appearing alongside Arcandam: *Aleandrin, *Aleandrinus, *Aleandram, *Alcandrin, *Alcandrinus (perhaps suggesting Alkindus), *

Al-Kindi Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī (; ar, أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي; la, Alkindus; c. 801–873 AD) was an Arab Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician ...

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*Max Jacob et Conrad Moricand (1949) Miroir d'astrologie contenant des extraits du livre d'Arcandam {{DEFAULTSORT:Arcandam French astrologers 16th-century astrologers