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* Cimorene, from ''[[The Enchanted Forest Chronicles]]'', learned some magic from her father's court mage before she was told that magic wasn't a proper pursuit for princesses.
* Several examples in [[Tamora Pierce]]'s books, with probably the straightest being Ishabal Ladyhammer of ''The Will of the Empress''. The plot of the book is the four leads trying to escape becoming this themselves.
* The Imperial Saik from the [[Prince of Nothing]] books are an entire order of
* The King's Sorcerer, Suliman, in ''[[Howl's Moving Castle (novel)|Howl's Moving Castle]]''.
* In ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' Melisandre serves as a combination of court mage/religious adviser/oracle to Stannis. In later books, {{spoiler|Qyburn}} becomes this to {{spoiler|Cersei}}. Danaerys briefly has Mirri Maz Duur, but it ends badly for both of them.
* A popular profession among the titular Magisters of the [[Magister Trilogy]]. Kings consider these immortal, nigh omnipotent sorcerers indispensable to their reigns.
* Serving a term as a
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* Hotep and Huy from ''[[The Prince of Egypt]]'', though it's unclear if they really have powers beyond clever sleight-of-hand.
* Ixis Naugus was originally this in ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''. He was one of the few beings War Minister Julian feared (because Julian's technology couldn't do jack against him), so when he decided to explore the Void Julian took the opportunity to leave him stuck there.
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' Apart from being head of an [[The Order|order]] of [[Church Militant]] [[Praetorian Guard
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* Thrasyllus, Sr. and Jr. -- court astrologers of Tiberius and Nero
* Angelo
* Guido
* Michel de Notredame (Nostradamus) -- court astrologer of Catherine de Medicis
* Lucas
* Dr Faustus is often associated with the court of Charles V
* Dr. John
* A worryingly recent example is Joan Quigley, the astrologer whom Nancy Reagan infamously consulted to help plan her husband's schedule while he was President of the United States.
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