The following document is of historical interest and illustrates much of the official sceptism to astrology in the 80's. In the 80's a lot of people were looking to have their birth charts cast for the first time and were contacting the hospitals of their place of birth for access to the medical records. According to Norwegian Law, the patient has the right to access to his or her medical journal, LL § 46, and this journal shall be preserved until at least 10 years after the death of the patient, KR §3. However, these inquiries seem to have been taxing the staff of some hospitals, who obviously had reserve to the value of information revealing in the birth diagram.

The document below is from the Governmental Health Directorate of Norway, signed by the Health Director himself and also a second executive officer. The letter states that 'in spite' of LL §46 and KR §3, the Health Directorate states that the desire to study one's birth chart is not consistent with the purpose of those paragraphs found in the law, and believe that the patient's request (to gain access to knowledge of one's accurate time of birth) was in excess of what the patient should be able to demand, as stated in LL §46.

I was astounded to find how sceptics of astrology could take the law in their own hands and through an example like this, simply change it around to suit their own personal conviction.