Early Western mathematics served astrology rather than science

Evidence

In the shorter term, however, sophisticated mathematical operations were mostly used as the handmaidens of astrology, in order to determine by astrological means the fates of dynasties, love affairs and harvests. — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 65

Categorization

• CANDY: Poetic image: the most sophisticated math of the age existed to read harvests and dynasties in the stars.