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SYNOPSES IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL
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Issue 9 -- March 2001--
Deaths
registered in France between 1979 and 1997 are examined as a whole,
according to the zodiacal longitudes of the Sun at birth and at
death. From this study, a significant statistical pattern emerges.
Those who died within 30 days of their annual birthday might be more
numerous than predicted by chance.
Questioning methods --
Didier Castille . Two
studies using the same statistical method, but conducted on very
different populations, lead to quite similar results. Thus a
pertinent doubt emerges: are we perhaps dealing with an artifact? In
this article, various steps in the method are criticized one by one;
yet this does not lead us to pinpoint the suspected artifact. The
conclusions drawn from each of the two studies remain unexplained.
Transits and horse
races : a refutation -- Pierre Perradin.
Two essential issues in scientific
research are doubt and the possibility of refutation. Through
examining biases contained in our study on horse races (RAMS issue
7), we establish our objectivity and the scientific nature of our
approach.
Astrology and
personality -- Pierre Perradin .
In her book "How to Prove
Astrology",
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch reveals the results of one of
her studies aimed at finding correspondences between personality
traits. The results were derived from a special questionnaire and
specific astrological criteria. We present here personal statistical
analyses (including a multivariate analysis) of data provided by the
author. The distribution of scores based on natal positions of the
Sun, the Moon, Mars, and the Ascendant are not uniform, nor are they
the result of pure chance.
Astronomical
contributions to the explanation of astrological phenomena --
Irina Predeanu. We
discuss the possible contribution of astrophysics to proving the
validity of astrology. The working hypothesis supposes a causal
relationship between living beings and our cosmic environs due to
certain bioactive factors. This research study investigates
fundamental principles of astrology. The results yield
correspondences among astrological precepts, astronomical phenomena,
and biological functions.
A survey of the 'Mars
Effect': A meta-analysis -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch .
Here we review the over 40 years of
statistical work by Françoise and Michel Gauquelin on the
significance of angular positions of planets associated with certain
occupations, including the case of Mars for athletes. These studies
triggered successive waves of controversy, yet the 'Mars Effect' has
ultimately been confirmed by replications carried out in Germany by
Professor Suitbert Ertel.
Primary
directions and politicians -- Hervé Delboy.
After reviewing previous related studies, we decided to implement the
following experiment: for major events in the careers of politicians,
we compared the method of primary directions with the method of
symbolic directions by applying the "maximum skew"
hypothesis. We show that primary directions give more precise
(p<0.01) and more significant (p<0.01) results than symbolic
directions. In other words, for any given event, one finds a
primary direction closer in time to the actual event than any of the
studied symbolic directions. The pilot study was made with 42
politicians and 60 events; this same study is to be carried out to
include 1500 subjects, an exhaustive undertaking.
The
interpretation method of Paul Choisnard, founder of scientific
astrology -- Francis Santoni. Paul
Choisnard, founder of scientific astrology, presented his method of
chart delineation at the beginning of the 20th century. For
him the significators of personal character are the Ascendant, the
Moon, Mercury and Uranus. We therefore examine the Sun (as does
popular astrology), the aspects and planets in the first house, and
the ruler of the first house.
Book
review
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Issue 8 -- March 2000 --
A
Century of Scientific Astrology
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A
century of scientific astrology in France -- Francis Santoni.
The author points out that Choisnard
first promoted the idea of scientific astrology, and the Gauquelins
further contributed significantly by focusing on statistical
methods.
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A
century
of Choisnard's influence on astrology --
Yves Lenoble. Choisnard is a great French reformer of
astrology -- He creates a scientific astrology, where he advises
applying the experimental approach and praises the critical spirit
and the use of statistics. He attaches importance only to what
possesses an astronomical reference. To make this verification task
possible, he proceeds from an equal houses model to an equal signs
model. In a sense, he is the true "father" of modern
astrology. He discovers the importance of angular planets (10º to
either side of the four angles). The Gauquelins confirm the
significance of angularity by means of statistics. André Barbault
puts it in daily practice and often refers to it in his books.
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The
contributions of computerization to working methods -- Pierre
Dicharry. The rapid
evolution of computers has led to decisive progress in ease of use,
speed, and power of calculation software, whether for isolated tasks
or for complex functions such as statistics; yet, in many ways, it
has contributed relatively little to true human comprehension.
The explosion of the internet gives hope for the emergence of
humanizing and user-friendly elements to develop in tandem with
profit-motivated commercial considerations.
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Dancers
and astrology -- Marie Louise Raffinot. Research
on the characteristics of professional dancers is undertaken by
means of statistical methods. Two hypotheses based on this research
are proposed. The first asserts correlations between dance and the
Sun, Mercury, Neptune, and Pluto. The second assertion deals
with the characteristics of dancers themselves, in relation to
certain aspects as Venus to Mars, Mercury to Mars, Sun to Mars, and
Mercury to Sun.
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Primary
directions in 1000 cases of death -- Hervé Delboy.
Primary direction is a long-established
method of prognosis based on the diurnal movement of the planets .
Ancient astrologers advocated the correspondence between 1° of arc
and 1 year of life (the simplified process of Ptolemy). Stressful
aspects (0°, 90°,180°), often trigger critical situations. In
this article, we focus exclusively on pertinent configurations
occurring at death, and find some highly significant results in
aspects between Saturn and the Sun (p <.001) and between Mars and
the Sun (p <.00); the validity of the latter of these two is less
convincing, and could be explained by astronomical biases. Assumed
significant correspondences (Eighth house, proximity to axes,
angular distance accumulation toward 50°) were observed in subjects
who died before age 65. We cannot, however, draw firm conclusions,
and prefer to interpret our results as coming from biases whose
nature remain inexplicable. In the absence of consideration of bias,
we would be left with explanations based on factors bearing relation
to astrology. Keywords:
astrology - primary directions - Regiomontanus - Placidus - Campanus
- diurnal movement - equivalent times year - death - Sun - Moon -
March - Saturn
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Planetary
configurations present at marriages -- Didier Castille. All
recorded marriages which took place in France between 1976 and 1997
were studied, specifically according to the natal zodiacal
longitudes of the Sun of both husband and wife. The result is an
indisputable correlation. Marriages between people with the same
solar longitude (more or less 30°) are higher than expected. While
a study based on the lunar longitudes of each couple does not reveal
any connection, very close and logical links exist between husband
and wife in the case of the longitudes of Mercury and Venus. Complete
text : castille02us.pdf
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About
earthquakes: the grand cross of 17th August 1999 -- Irina
Predeanu. The
investigation of the charts of earthquakes has revealed the
importance of squares and oppositions. The 1993 prediction of a
strong seismic event on 17th August 1999 was confirmed by Turkish
earthquakes. The forecast was based upon certain configurations at
that time: two grand crosses formed by the Sun, Moon, and 7 planets
in fixed signs.
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Indicators
of life and death in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch. Sudden
infant deaths were studied among a population of 122 babies. The
highest death rates occurred in autumn and winter. They also seemed
to be the highest in Houses 7 and 8. Furthermore, deaths occur in a
statistically significant way when the planets Mars, Jupiter, or
Saturn form a 180° angle with the Sun.
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Astrology
and medicine: personal research -- Jean Fiers. Traditional
astrological hypotheses (especially the correspondence of signs of
the zodiac with parts of the body, starting from the head down to
the feet), when scientifically tested, do not seem to yet be
confirmed for 423 patients. It is posited, however, that a pathology
coding system for statistical study could yield future pertinent
insights.
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Supplemental papers for 1999 --
A
study of international distribution of birth data -- Didier
Castille &
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch. A
comparative analysis of birth data in different countries of the world
was undertaken after noting the variations in a number of astrological
publications. The data are collected from demographic agencies, which
usually publish their results annually or monthly, but rarely on a daily
basis. We did seek daily tabulations whenever they were available,
although this was done at great expense. We found 19 countries
with daily data reports, and 25 countries with monthly data reports:
Australia:
Australian Bureau of
Statistics - Belconnen, from 92 to 94, daily statistics. Austria:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Belgium:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, de 92 to 95, daily statistics. Britain:
Eurostat-Luxembourg from 92 to 95, monthly statistics for 92, 94, and
95, daily for 93. Chile: Instituto nacional de
estadisticos - Santiago, from 92 to 94, daily statistics. Denmark:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, monthly statistics. Finland:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. France:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 94, daily statistics. French
Polynesia: Institut territorial de la statistique - Papeete,
from 90 to 97, daily statistics. Germany:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, monthly statistics. Greece:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Hungary:
Institut national de promotion de la santé - Budapest for 91and from 93
to 96, daily statistics. Ireland: Eurostat-Luxembourg,
from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Iceland:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Israel:
Israel Central Bureau of Statistics - Jerusalem, from 92 to 94, daily
statistics. Italy: Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95,
monthly statistics. Luxembourg Eurostat-Luxembourg from
92 to 95, monthly statistics for 92 and 93, daily for 94 and 95. Netherlands:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. New
Caledonia: Institut territorial de la statistique et des études
économiques - Nouméa from 85 to 97, daily statistics. Norway:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Portugal:
Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to 95, daily statistics. Spain:
Eurostat-Luxembourg from 92 to 95, daily statistics for 92 and 93,
monthly for 94. Sweden: Eurostat-Luxembourg, from 92 to
95, daily statistics. Switzerland: Eurostat-Luxembourg,
from 92 to 95, daily statistics. United States: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services - Hyattsville, Maryland - from
92 to 94, monthly statistics.
This
study centered around data from the year 1993, for which data was most
readily available. The flanking data for 92 and 94 served as tests on
the regularity of observations. The summary figures in each case
represent deviation from the mean in percentage. Three chi-square
calculations are carried out systematically.
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Issue 7 -- January 1999 --
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Transits:
toward new perspectives -- Hervé Delboy. These
new results concern the angular distances involved in transits using
a fictitious, computer-generated test sample. The population under
study consists of politicians and actors, the events being
promotions in their respective careers.
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Focus
on transits in connection with horse races -- Pierre Perradin.
The aim of this study is to verify the
validity of transits as applied to horse races, and in the
process, to investigate the existence of individual astrological
correlations. Very significant and coherent results emerge for the
transits of the Sun and Moon, but only within the framework of a
precise configuration relating to the declination of the Sun and the
relative positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon. Transit strengths
vary, possibly in accordance with the 11-year solar activity cycle
in the case of the Sun, and the 18.6-year cycle of the Lunar Node,
in the case of the Moon.
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Supplement:
Statistical testing.
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Remarks
on Pierre Parradin's article on transits and horse races --
Pierre Dicharry.
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Responses
to remarks of Pierre Dicharry -- Pierre Parradin.
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Remarks
on Pierre Parradin's article -- F. Mignard.
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Responses
of Pierre Parradin to the commentary of F. Mignard.
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The
people of France and the rhythm of the zodiac -- Didier
Castille. The
32nd French national population census took place in 1990. Based on
information collected during the course of this large-scale
undertaking, we deal with the potential for describing the French
people according to the longitude occupied by the Sun, Moon, and
other planets of our solar system at the time of their birth.
Complete text : castille01us.pdf
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The
zodiac and babies in various countries. -- Didier Castille and
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch. Abstract:
A comparative study of daily births in 19 countries during the year
of 1993 reveals the influence of sociocultural factors on the annual
distribution of births, as well as the continuing relevance of
seasonal factors (comparisons between the northern and southern
hemispheres).
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Astrology
in the university --
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch:
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1) Astrology
in the 17th century. A study of the practice of working
with horoscopes, with a focus on those of Louis XIV. -- René-Guy
Fabrice Guerin: A thesis presented 22 March 1997.
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2)
Elogy to the astrology of Ornella Pompeo Faracovi, an
article from the journal Diogène: in the Revue
internationale des sciences humaines.
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Favorable
responses to astrology: A
conference
summary by M. François Biraud, astronomer at the
Meudon Observatory, Director of Research at the Centre national
de la recherche scientifique.
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Book
reviews:
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1)
Die Akte Astrologie (The astrological file) by Gunther
Sachs, Éditions Goldmann, Munich.
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2)
Manuel d'astrologie, synthèse des connaissances essentielles
(Manual of astrology: A synthesis of essential concepts)
by Thérèse Casati, Éditions du Rocher, 1996.
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3)
Pluton, itinéraire de la vie éternelle (Pluto and the
itinerary of the continuity of life), Robert-Jacques Thibaud,
Éditions Dervy Livres.
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Summary
of volume 16, numbers 1 and 2 of Correlation, Summer 1997
and Winter 97-98 issues.
-- Issue
6 -- January 1998 --
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Editorial
-- S.
Fuzeau-Braesch, Docteur d’État ès Sciences : We
are proud of our five years of existence, but wish to review our
activities so as to become more effective.
The first RAMS Study
Day, on 11 October 1997, was a great success and this issue of
the journal is devoted to its proceedings. The objective we
set for ourselves during this Study Day was to disseminate the
various research projects under way, reaffirm our scientific
approach, and encourage reflection and discussion. F.
Santoni's "Astronomy & astrology" serves as a
reference point, as we add the translation of an outstanding article
by Romanian astronomer I. Predeanu. The influences of lunar
cycles are analyzed (by D. Castille) as well as the correlations
between the positions of Neptune and the musical professions (by C.
Guellerin) . The latter has identified a new factor in the tradition
of the famous past discoveries by the Gauquelins. The zodiac is
indisputably validated by a study on the sociability ratings of 524
people (by S. Fuzeau-Braesch). Forecasts are also analyzed -- the
transits relating to 636 ministerial nominations of politicians
reveal both the value and the complexity of a well-conducted
analysis using the best statistical tools (by H. Delboy). Finally,
world astrology is reviewed (including the chart of the Fifth French
Republic) even though there was not enough time to discuss the
difficulty of the causal process of such group phenomena. During
the last World Congress on Chronobiology (Paris, September 1997), it
was revealed that electromagnetic fields emitted by portable
telephones cause a decrease in the peak of growth hormones. This is
certainly food for thought. The Study Day therefore promises to be
fruitful for the future, and it was unanimously agreed upon that we
must continue our work ...
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Opening
of the RAMS Study Day --
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch, Docteur d'État
ès Sciences. The
author explains the three main guidelines for the research work of
RAMS: 1) to carry out scientific research on statistics covering all
fields of astrology in order to distinguish astrology from the
"pseudo-sciences", 2) to perfect, if necessary,
astrological principles by confirming or refuting them in the course
of such research work, and 3) to envisage and discuss the
problem of the nature of the links thus proven between the elements
of the solar system and human beings.
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Astronomy
& astrology -- Francis Santoni. Data
on astronomy are compared with data on astrology, particularly those
concerning the zodiac, gravitation, and magnetism. Research on
astronomy is moving toward an increasingly mathematical approach.
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Astronomical
treatise by Romanian astronomer Dr. Irina Predeanu: demonstrating
the numerous correlations between geophysical parameters and the
position of planets around the Sun (in reference to the
Sun-Earth-Mars-Jupiter complex).
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Empirical
inquiry on orphans -- André Barbault. This
is a description of the specific functions attributed to Saturn and
a discussion of the claim by A. Ruperti that premature death of the
father is indicated by Saturn retrograde, along with traditional
data. This investigation, involving 171 orphans, shows that Saturn
is often in House 4 and 10. Saturn retrograde is not confirmed in an
observation of 250 orphans.
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Sociability
and the zodiac --
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch. The
aim of this study is to compare sociability scores (Eysenck-Wilson)
and astrological charts of a population of 524 students. The
position of the Sun in eleven out of twelve zodiacal signs
corresponds significantly to alternations of higher and lower
sociability for odd and even signs of the zodiac, this being in
complete conformity with astrological tradition (Ptolemy), while
division of the calendar year into months eliminates all
alternations. On the other hand, a significant sinusoidal evolution
(COSINOR) appears, with a maximum in October/Libra, something
heretofore unrecognized.
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Statistics
correlating with 636 government ministerial nominations -- Hervé
Delboy. The
considerable computer resources available now enable us to carry out
extensive studies with numerous research options. Thus, we have
presented the conclusions of a previous study from RAMS issue number
5, and research via "tables of planetary forces" on
ASTROPCW. The subsequent findings make it possible to show that the
validation of factors of the birth chart (planets and axes) must be
done through a full inventory of transits affecting all factors,
feasible only if we have at least 30 events per chart. Future
studies are therefore necessary for a deeper understanding of this
notion of a "significant point " (point marquant).
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Research
on astrological significators of AIDS -- Maurice Charvet.
The author
presents a research experiment on the main significators in the
charts of patient who have died from AIDS, compared to other
diseases.
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Neptune
and musicians -- Christian Guellerin. This
analysis of numerous charts of musicians (classical, jazz, etc.)
reveals the preponderance of Neptune in prominent position in the
charts compared to other non-musical populations and random
fictitious populations. An
addendum written by Hervé Delboy fully confirms the result
which emerges as the first new finding since the correspondences
demonstrated over 20 years ago by the Gauquelins in the case of
other professions and other planets.
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The
Fifth French Republic -- Charles Ridoux. An
ongoing problem in the world astrology is the establishment of
reliable national charts. This study seeks to define the birth of
the Fifth French Republic through assessment of historical events,
followed by a procedure of astrological comparison which leads to
verification of the date 28 September 1958, at 22h00 (when the
voting booths were closed in Paris).
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Issue 5 -- February 1997 --
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Editorial
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Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch: For
our fifth issue, we wish to continue exploring and developing the
scientific aspects of astrology. To
meet this challenge, we are starting a new column on modern
statistical techniques available for astrological research. As
there are so many of them, we can only tackle them gradually. Our
objective is to make these new techniques comprehensible and to
show, one by one, how they are used by specialists. We
shall, of course, continue our usual columns: reports on new
research -- this time on the problem of lunations and births; and
the latest news on "Astrology in the university".
As we also wish to give
consideration to a broad range of expectations, we thought it would
be interesting to offer our readers a historical account of
astrological culture, translated from Italian.
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Birthrates
and lunar cycles -- Didier Castille. The
study of the distribution of births during a metonic cycle of 235
Sun-Moon cycles (i.e. 6939.55 days) reveals, above all, an influence
of the seasons (at its height in May and at its lowest in January),
as well as a phenomenon linked to a weekly cycle (a decrease in
births on Sundays). Within these clearly identifiable factors, we
have brought to the fore a slight correspondence with the Moon-Sun
cycle, showing a very low excess of births during the full moon and
last quarter, of about 0.38% and 0.24% respectively, compared to the
average. For this purpose, we have compiled computer files adjusted
by the factors mentioned above. (total births studied:14 435 700).
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Statistics
in astrology:
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1)
Introduction -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch.
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2)
The risk notion -- Hervé Delboy. The
results of a statistical study on a certain number of subjects
(N) are evaluated through the function of uncertainty, evaluated
a priori, after which one admits that out of 100 tests, one will
be able to find 1 or 5 statistically significant factors due to
chance -- which one translates as p <0.05 or p <0.01.
A statistical study rests on 1 or several variables which may be
either qualitative or quantitative in nature.
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3)
Chance and computers -- Pierre Dicharry.
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4)
Computerized statistical validation of transits for 636
career events of 145 politicians -- Hervé Delboy.
We analyzed the frequency of
transits within a homogeneous population of 145 politicians for
the event "career advancement", giving rise to 636
events. The global test is significant, showing an excess of
transits in the real group (440 transits, i.e. 69.18%), against
365.24 in the theoretical group, i.e. 57.42% with p < 2E-09,
results in conformity with chance in the fictitious group (365
transits, p NS). Significant results are also indicated in the
fictitious group (pm P with p < 0,01) and are studied. The
methodology employed is studied in detail, pointing to issues
critical to correct interpretation of statistical studies.
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Astrology
in the university
-- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch
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1)
Personality and the horoscope by Vladimir
Druzhinin, Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology,
Moscow, published in Russian in the Psikhologicheskii zhurnal
1995, v 16, p 44-52.
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2)
Influence of meteorological conditions and signs of the
zodiac on the psychiatric hospitalization: thesis
presented to the Faculté de médicine at Dijon by F.
Lefebvre.
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3)
Analysis of astrological systems: methodologies,
explicatory hypotheses, and applications, followed by a
socio-historical survey. Premier mémoire, Professor
M. Maffesoli.
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4)
Culture and social behavior: Post-graduate
(D.E.A.) thesis on the methodology, proofs, and historical
background of astrology, presented at Université de Paris by Elisabeth
Teissier.
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Press
review of Pour l'astrologie: Réflexions d'une scientifique"
(In favor of astrology: reflections of a scientist) by
Albin Michel, 1996. Does astrology have a place among the
sciences? Review by
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch
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Book
review of Histoire des enfants de l'an 2000 (Children of the year
2000) by I. Andrieu.
This book asserts that, on the basis of a study of planetary
groupings, that the births at the end of the 20th century will give
rise to a new humanistic Renaissance. However, after referring to
1562 groupings of 5 or more celestial factors within 20° arc
between 1700 and 2050, calculated and published by N. Michelsen,
it appears that these groupings were neither extraordinary nor rare
in the past. Review by Suzel Fuzeau Braesch.
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Diffusion
of astrological culture in the past -- Claudio Cannistra. (translated
from Italian to French by A. Pasturaud). In our times, only a
specialist can interpret charts drawn up during Roman, Byzantine,
Moorish, or Medieval times in the same way that they were
interpreted by historical contemporaries. We can understand
the 12 definitions of the signs and seven definitions of the
planets, and even the meaning of planetary aspects; but we
understand few of their other techniques. We have forgotten
the "terms" of systems familiar to Medieval astrologers.
They used codified techniques, and interpretation followed the same
principles whether in Paris, Rome, Cologne, or Baghdad. The
"Corpus Astrologicum" exhibits continuity and coherence
since the beginning of the Middle Ages. Toward the end of ancient
times, a doctor named Marcello, who lived around the 4th century
B.C., combined Celtic pharmacy with Gaelic medicine and knew how to
predict "heat waves"; and we see that these same notions
were still followed by Al Biruni in the 10th century.
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Issue 4 -- January 1996 --
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The
prolongation of ancient astrology in modern times --
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch. Account of a report presented at an
international symposium on astrology and astronomy, held at the
Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, 23 to 25 March 1995.
This symposium brought together numerous specialists in antiquities,
including assyriologists, egyptologists, and latinists.
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Statistical
comparisons between orthophonic criteria and astrological factors --
Hubert Brun. We sought
correspondences between certain speech therapy criteria and
astrological factors, and found significant astrological
correlations between a group of challenged children and a control
group. The results are in accord
with astrological symbolism. The
3/9 house axis, which is the language axis, lacks planets; whereas
the 6/12 house axis, referred to as the silence axis, contains an
excess of planets among children with speech therapy problems.
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The
usefulness
of a preliminary hypothesis in statistical research -- Françoise
Gauquelin. Neophytes in
scientific research should write down a firm preliminary hypothesis
before starting to look for the expected objective results that
would promote astrology to the status of an acknowledged science.
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Initial
results from an experiment involving dogs -- S.Fuzeau-Braesch.
In relation to the inherited
sociocultural hypothesis of A. Müller and J. Halbronn concerning
the nature of astrological character indicators, an empirical
astrological study is organized with a first population of new-born
dogs of 181 individuals. The preliminary results presented here are
in contradiction with the above hypothesis and show links related to
traditional human astrology.
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Astrology
in the University -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch:
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Mars
from the perspective of contemporary astrologers: an
ethnomethodological study: Post-graduate (DESS) thesis
presented in 1994 by Sylvie Salba at the Université de
Paris.
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Astrology:
foundations, logic, and perspective -- Hervé Guindard.
Thesis presented to the Department of Philosophy, Université de
Paris, in 1993. For
the author, astrology is only an esoteric subject; he therefore he
rejects all scientific positions.
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Issue 3 -- March 1995 --
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Our
predecessors -- Françoise Gauquelin. All
too few researchers know that since the early 20th century, there
has been a French school applying statistical methods to
astrology. This school was established due to the efforts of
Major Paul Choisnard. Long before the era of computers, which
today provide today considerable help to statisticians, there were
dynamic pioneers who were willing to patiently and persistently
calculate manually what machines do for us to day.
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Letter
to M. Hubert Reeves -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch.
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The
entrance of ethnomethodology into the field of astrology --
Hubert Brun. Dr
Brun's post-graduate (DESS) thesis, Université de Paris.
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Statistical
comparison between a personality test and astrological factors (3
of 3) -- Pierre Dicharry. Third part of an article
utilizing a data base to find correspondences between astrological
factors and scores on personality tests used for recruitment.
This third part studies the statistical correlations of the test
results with angular relations between pairs of planets.
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How
to formulate a request for time of birth from government agencies
-- Yves Lenoble, supplementary comments by Patrice Petitalot.
Knowledge of the time
of birth is of value to every practicing astrologer and research
analyst. It is indispensable to know the hour recorded by
official agencies. In order to avoid receiving inaccurate
information in response, it is useful to be aware of pitfalls in
formulating a request.
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Study
on the relationships between transits and the work of Arnold
Schoenberg -- Hervé Delboy. We
observe the frequency of coincidence between the onset of transits
regarded as "benefic" by traditional astrology and the
dates of creation of the musical works of Schoenberg. This is
carried out by studying 44 separate events including a random
sample of fictitious transits. The results show that there exists
an excess of real transits at k=31 against 21.46 (p<0.01).
The analysis also considers planetary cycles.
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Book
review of Philosophy
of Science and the Occult, 2nd edition, by P. Grim, State
University of New York Press, USA. Anti-astrology assertions
demonstrate the need for further research in astrology.
Review by
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch.
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Press
Review:
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1)
Review of Correlation, volumes 12/2 and
13/1.
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2)
The Schneider-Gauquelin Research Journal,
volume 10, numbers 1 and 2, 1994.
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3)
Encyclopédie mondiale des astrologues (World
encyclopedia of astrologers) by Jacques Lescaut.
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4)
L'Astrologue, number 106, 2nd trimester, 1994.
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Issue 2 -- March 1994 --
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Statistical
comparison between a personality test and astrological factors,
Part 2 of 3 -- Pierre Dicharry. This
is the second part of a study of a data base linking astrological
factors with scores made on a personality test used by recruitment
agencies. This part studies the statistical correlations
between these tests and planets positioned on the horizon. The
study analyzes the angle of Domitude (Placidus houses in degrees)
and the ecliptic angle on the ascendant. There appear to be fewer
correlations with Domitude than with the ecliptic angle. Moreover,
correlations seem less numerous with the horizon than with the
position of the planets along the ecliptic (in signs), described
in first part of this article. The results are complex and
only a small part of them reflect traditional astrological data.
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Review
of the doctoral thesis in medicine of Frédéric Couderat,
presented 15 May 1992: Methodological contributions to the
study of astrological phenomena and human pathologies.
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Report
on the Ninth Congress on Research in London, 13-14 November 1993
-- Françoise Gauquelin.
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Study
of statistical data in Mercure et Vénus démasqués (Mercury
and Venus Unmasked) by Maurice Nouvel --
Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch
& Francis Santoni. Nouvel's
thesis, published in "Mercure et Vénus démasqués"
(ed. Pardès 1991), according to which one must, in astrological
practice, reverse these two planets, is studied by re-analyzing
the population of scholars used by the author, this time by
computerized means and by comparing it to other series. The
reversal hypothesis reveals itself to be faultily based on errors
in manual calculation, use of the sidereal zodiac for
interpretations, and unequal orbs for the two planets. Other
assumptions are probably accounted for by astronomical
considerations.
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Study
of correlations between transiting factors and the work of Maurice
Ravel -- Hervé Delboy. A
study of the frequency of correlation between the occurrences of
presumably favorable transits and the creation dates of the works
of musician Maurice Ravel. This
is carried out by studying 45 separate events including a random
sample of fictitious transits and corresponding events, and the
theoretical mean derived from actual transits occurring by chance.
The fictitious transits are based on random false dates. The
results show that there exists an excess of real transits at k =
24 against 13 in the fictitious group; 17.4 is the expected
average. This difference has a statistical significance of p <
0.05.
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Remarks
on the Study of correlations between transiting factors and
the work of Maurice Ravel by H. Delboy --
Pierre Dicharry.
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Review
of L'Univers astrologique des quatre éléments (The
Astrological world of the four elements) by André Barbault,
Éditions Traditionnelles, 1992.
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BIRTH
DATA BANKS AROUND THE WORLD -- Patrice Petitallot:
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1)
USA: The I.D.E.A. (Interational Exchange for Astrology) of
ISAR (International Society for Astrological Research).
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2)
USA: Pathfinder (D.O.M.E.--The Steinbrecher data
collection).
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3)
Italy: Grazia Bordoni
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4)
France: 3614 CEDRA, 3615 LOGISTEL, and 3615 URANIA.
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Press
Review:
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1)
Astro-psychological problems, volume 9, numbers 1 and
2, March & September 1993.
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2)
Correlation, volume 12, June 1993.
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3)
L'Astrologue, numbers 101-102, Éditions
Traditionnelles, 11 quai St Michel 75005 Paris.
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4)
The Astrological Journal, The Astrological Association,
Great Britain.
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Statistiques
de recherche: Les astres ont-ils une influence sur le genre
humain? (Research statistics: do the stars influence humanity?)--Roger
Husson, 51 av de Boutigny, 06530 Peymeinade, France.
--
Issue 1 - April 1993 --
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Methodological
problems in validating astrology scientifically: The Twins
Experiment -- Suzel
Fuzeau-Braesch
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Statistical
comparison between a personality test and astrological factors,
Part 1 of 3 -- Pierre Dicharry: Deals with
personality traits and the positions of the planets along the
ecliptic, with summaries of results by planet, and results by
sign.
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The
Third Euroskeptics Congress in Amsterdam, 4-5 October 1991--
Françoise Schneider-Gauquelin
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International
Book Reviews:
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1)
The Case for Astrology -- J. A. West (Arkana,
Penguin Books, London, 1981);
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2)
The Paranormal -- Percy Seymour (Arkana,
Penguin Books, London, 1992)
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