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Astrogenetics
There was a study I'm reading about at the moment which postulated that the predominant traits of each star sign (which were divided into "extroverted" and "introverted") are determined, not by the movement of the planets or the constellations, but by radiation from the sun. According to this study, as the sun rotates it emits an alternating cycle of positively and negatively charged electrons (due apparently to it's magnetic field) which then have an effect on the Earth's magnetic field and cause certain changes in a foetus's development. Thus you have a cycle of alternately "positive - extroverted" and "negative - introverted" star signs.
I'm not sure how valid this study was (it was first undertaken by astrologer Jeff Mayo with the noted psychologist Hans Eysenck, but subsequently taken up by Maurice Cotterell, who by the sounds of it had some trouble convincing "established" scientists to believe his various theories) and I'm unsure as to quite how they determined whether a sign is positive or negative (other than asking people whether they viewed themselves as extro- or introverted) but it's a fascinating read anyway.
I'm reading it as part of a study of the Maya called The Mayan Prophecies by Adrian Gilbert, but you can also find Cotterell's more detailed work on it in his own book Astrogenetics.
NB. I'm a Cancerian, and definitely introverted, so I've always thought there may be something in it, but then other Cancerians who I've met are not as introverted so who knows...
There was a study I'm reading about at the moment which postulated that the predominant traits of each star sign (which were divided into "extroverted" and "introverted") are determined, not by the movement of the planets or the constellations, but by radiation from the sun. According to this study, as the sun rotates it emits an alternating cycle of positively and negatively charged electrons (due apparently to it's magnetic field) which then have an effect on the Earth's magnetic field and cause certain changes in a foetus's development. Thus you have a cycle of alternately "positive - extroverted" and "negative - introverted" star signs.
I'm not sure how valid this study was (it was first undertaken by astrologer Jeff Mayo with the noted psychologist Hans Eysenck, but subsequently taken up by Maurice Cotterell, who by the sounds of it had some trouble convincing "established" scientists to believe his various theories) and I'm unsure as to quite how they determined whether a sign is positive or negative (other than asking people whether they viewed themselves as extro- or introverted) but it's a fascinating read anyway.
I'm reading it as part of a study of the Maya called The Mayan Prophecies by Adrian Gilbert, but you can also find Cotterell's more detailed work on it in his own book Astrogenetics.
NB. I'm a Cancerian, and definitely introverted, so I've always thought there may be something in it, but then other Cancerians who I've met are not as introverted so who knows...