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- A summary of Michel and Francoise Gauquelin's work.
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- Thomas David Kehoe keho@midway.uchicago.edu
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- Michel Gauquelin conducted huge statistical tests of the positions of
- planets at birth for various professional groups, personality types, and
- parent-child relationships. His sample sizes were as large as 60,000.
- His work has been repeated and verified by scientific organizations in
- several countries.
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- The chapter of Gauquelin's book "Birthtimes" which describes the
- reactions of the scientific community to his research (including the
- CSICOP episode) should be of interest to any philosopher of science. He
- also discusses scientific reactions to Galileo, Newton, and Kepler.
- Newton and Kepler were believers in astrology, and Newton's
- contemporaries refused to believe in "gravity" because it was action-at-
- a-distance -- something in the realm of astrology.
-
- Here is a summary of Gauquelin's results:
- If you were born with:
- Moon in 1st, 2nd house: "simple"
- Moon in 5th, 7th, 8th house: not a writer
- Moon in 9th house: "not simple"
- Moon in 9th, 12th house: writers, politicians
- Moon in 10th, 11th house: not a sports champion, scientist, or actor
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- Mars in 1st, 2nd, 8th, 11th house: not a scientist, actor, or writer
- Mars in 2nd house: not "strong will"
- Mars in 2nd, 3rd, 12th house: "extrovert"
- Mars in 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 12th house: scientists, actors, writers
- Mars in 4th, 5th house: not a sports champion
- Mars in 5th, 10th house: "introvert"
- Mars in 9th, early 11th, or 12th house: sports champions, physicians,
- military leaders, top executives; "strong will"; not a painter,
- musician, or writer
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- Jupiter in 1st, 9th, or 12th house: sports champions, writers,
- scientists
- Jupiter in 4th or 5th house: not an actor
- Jupiter in 4th, 5th, or 11th house: not a sports champion, scientist or
- writer
- Jupiter in 4th, 11th house: "introvert"
- Jupiter in 5th, 11th house: "simple"
- Jupiter in 9th house: "extrovert", "not simple"
- Jupiter in 9th or 12th house: actors, politicians, military leaders, top
- executives, journalists; not a scientist or physician
- Jupiter in 10th or 11th house: not an actor or sports champion
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- Saturn in 1st, 7th, 8th house: "strong will"
- Saturn in 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th house: not a scientist or
- physician
- Saturn in 1st, 3rd, 6th, 10th house: not a scientist
- Saturn in 3rd, 4th house: "extrovert"
- Saturn in 4th or 5th house: not a sports champion, actor, or writer
- Saturn in 8th house: "simple"
- Saturn in 9th, 12th house: scientists, physicians, sports champions,
- actors, writers, "simple", "introvert"; not actors, journalists,
- writers, painters
- Saturn in 10th house: "not strong will"
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- Moon in 9th or 12th house: amiable, disorganized, dreamer, easy-going,
- fashionable, friendly, generous, good company, good-hearted, helpful,
- imaginative, impressionable, impulsive, merry, nonchalant, popular,
- socialite, spontaneous, superficial, tolerant
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- Venus in 9th or 12th house: affable, agreeable, ambiguous, attractive,
- beloved, benevolent, charming, considerate, courteous, elegant,
- flattering, gallant, gracious, juvenile, kind, obliging, pleasant,
- poetic, polite, seductive
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- Mars in 9th or 12th house: active, ardent, belligerent, brave,
- combative, daring, dynamic, energetic, fearless, fighter, lively,
- offensive, reckless, spontaneous, strong-willed, stormy, tireless,
- tough, valiant, vitality
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- Jupiter in 9th or 12th house: ambitious, authoritarian, conceited, gay,
- harsh, humorous, independent, ironical, lively, mocking, prodigal,
- proud, show off, social climber, spendthrift, talkative, warm, well-off,
- witty, worldly
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- Saturn in 9th or 12th house: cold, concentrated, conscientious,
- discreet, introvert, methodical, meticulous, modest, observer, precise,
- reserved, sad, simple, sombre, stiff, taciturn, thoughtful, timid,
- uncommunicative, wise
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- These are people who are very successful at their professions. Studies
- of non-champion sportspersons, for example, found they were born with
- Mars in any house.
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- Also, the data peaks don't always fit neatly into houses.
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- Note that there are a few contradictions, due to difference databases
- being used. The examples below illustrate that there's nothing wrong
- with contradictions.
-
- Gauquelin tested 50,000 personality traits against the appropriate 12
- zodiac symbols. The results showed absolutely no correlation with
- traditional astrology. In fact, more often than not the people born in
- a sign lacked the personality traits associated with that sign.
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- He also was unable to correlate any personality traits with the position
- of the Sun, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto. He was unable to find
- professions associated with Venus in the 9th or 12th house, or at least
- professions where people become famous.
-
- Gauquelin's found that the two most powerful houses are the 12th (after
- rising), 9th (after midheaven), and two next most powerful houses are
- the 6th (after setting) and the 3rd (after midnight). Astrologers say
- that the most critical houses are the 1st (before rising), 4th (before
- midnight), 7th (before setting), and 10th (before midheaven). In other
- words, astrologers are right that the planet angles are very powerful,
- but wrongly assert that the planets are strongest at the angle and
- approaching the angle. Gauquelin found that the planets are strongest
- in the two hours (1 house) after the angle.
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- For example, astrologers assert that persons born with Mars in the 1st
- house will have that planets' qualities most strongly. Gauquelin found
- that although the qualities of Mars are correct, persons born in the
- 12th house will have those qualities strongest.
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- Lastly, Gauquelin disproved the astrological belief that children's
- horoscopes (planets in zodiac symbols) are similar to their parents
- (Kepler had been a believer in this). However, if a parent was born
- with a planet in a strong angle, his or her children also tend to have
- the same planet at the same angle. This he proved be examining a sample
- of 60,000 births. Again, this shows that planet angles are powerful,
- but the zodiac is meaningless. And again, the influential planets were
- the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. No hereditary influence was
- found for Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto.
-
- Gauquelin ends the book with a chapter on modern obstetrics,
- particularly research that shows that hormones from the fetus induce
- birth (in other words, the fetus decides when it wants to be born). He
- suggests that this research could lead to explanation of natal
- influences on personality. In other words, a fetus predisposed to
- "strong will" may be able to sense when Mars rises, or is overhead (and
- have difficulty sensing the setting and IC angles). The hereditary link
- may also be discovered.
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- Gauquelin urges astrologers to oppose recent trends towards Caerareans,
- drugs and other techniques to induce birth as a great threat to future
- research into astrology.
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-
- CASE STUDIES
-
- Here is the chart for Hermann Goring, Hitler's #2 man and chief of the
- SA and Luftwaffe:
-
- quads% astrolog -o goring
- Astrolog (1.40) chart for 12 January 1893 4:00 (GMT 1) 12'09E 48'51N
- Body Locat. Ret. Decl. Rul. House Rul. Placidus Houses.
- Moon: 15Sco52 -00 58' (-) [12th house] [-] - House cusp 2: 29Sag38
- Venu: 25Sag11 +00 49' (-) [ 1st house] [F] - House cusp 4: 17Pis42
- Mars: 09Ari57 +00 04' (R) [ 4th house] [-] - House cusp 5: 17Ari30
- Jupi: 16Ari55 -01 14' (-) [ 4th house] [-] - House cusp 6: 09Tau49
- Satu: 12Lib44 +02 27' (-) [10th house] [R] - House cusp 7: 27Tau42
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- Moon in 12th house: amiable, disorganized, dreamer, easy-going,
- fashionable, friendly, generous, good company, good-hearted, helpful,
- imaginative, impressionable, impulsive, merry, nonchalant, popular,
- socialite, spontaneous, superficial, tolerant
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- Moon in 12th house: writers, politicians
- Mars in 4th house: not a sports champion
- Jupiter in 4th house: not an actor
- Jupiter in 4th house: not a sports champion, scientist or writer
- Jupiter in 4th house: "introvert"
- Saturn in 10th house: "not strong will"
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- Goring was an extremely successful politician, but was hopelessly
- disorganized, prefering lavish living with his many friends and
- collecting art to his official duties. He was addicted to morphine, and
- did not have strong views on anything. He appeared to have a strong
- will, in that he gave moving and emotional speeches, but (like many
- politicians) this was "hot air."
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-
- My chart:
- Astrolog (1.40) chart for 5 April 1962 19:20 (GMT -6) 104'38W 50'30N
- Moon: 03Tau02 -04 57' (-) [ 7th house] [-] - House cusp 2: 09Sco20
- Venu: 02Tau35 -00 31' (R) [ 7th house] [R] - House cusp 4: 17Cap45
- Mars: 19Pis22 -01 08' (-) [ 5th house] [-] - House cusp 5: 22Aqu43
- Jupi: 02Pis22 -00 48' (R) [ 5th house] [-] - House cusp 6: 21Pis19
- Satu: 09Aqu45 -00 28' (R) [ 4th house] [F] - House cusp 7: 13Ari43
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- Moon in 5th house: not a writer
- Mars in 5th house: not a sports champion
- Mars in 5th house: "introvert"
- Jupiter in 5th house: not an actor
- Jupiter in 5th house: not a sports champion, scientist or writer
- Jupiter in 5th house: "simple"
- Saturn in 4th house: not a scientist or physician
- Saturn in 4th house: "extrovert"
- Saturn in 4th house: not a sports champion, actor, or writer
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- I enjoy sports, writing, and science, but not enough to do any of these
- professionally. A personality test I took a few years ago said I was a
- balance between extrovert and introvert.
-
-
- A friend's one-year-old daughter:
- Astrolog (1.40) chart for 5 May 1990 10:47 (GMT -8) 119'01W 33'29N
- Moon: 00Lib39 -03 46' (-) [ 3rd house] [-] - House cusp 2: 29Leo15
- Venu: 01Ari49 -01 25' (F) [ 9th house] [-] - House cusp 4: 28Lib07
- Mars: 11Pis06 -01 37' (-) [ 8th house] [R] - House cusp 5: 03Sag00
- Jupi: 07Can46 +00 08' (-) [12th house] [R] - House cusp 6: 06Cap33
- Satu: 25Cap20 R +00 10' (R) [ 6th house] [-] - House cusp 7: 06Aqu36
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- Venus in 9th house: affable, agreeable, ambiguous, attractive, beloved,
- benevolent, charming, considerate, courteous, elegant, flattering,
- gallant, gracious, juvenile, kind, obliging, pleasant, poetic, polite,
- seductive
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- Mars in 8th house: not a scientist, actor, or writer
- Jupiter in 12th house: sports champions, writers, scientists
- Jupiter in 12th house: actors, politicians, military leaders, top
- executives, journalists; not a scientist or physician
- Saturn in 6th house: not a scientist
-
- The Venus strengths should incline her to be feminine. Perhaps I will
- suggest to her mother to encourage sports and leadership. Note that she
- gets contradictory influences for acting, science, and writing.
- Astrologers describe her Jupiter-Saturn Opposition as a number of
- tensions, between herself and others, between moving too fast and moving
- too slow, between starting new projects and finishing old ones.
-
- Let's compare this to traditional astrology (Robert Hand's "Planets in
- Youth"). Jupiter in the 12th house means "...you will be very kind and
- generous toward less fortunate people...a very gentle person who can't
- stand to see others hurt...you probably do not enjoy being in the
- limelight very much. You prefer to remain humble and quiet...And when
- you are alone, you find comfort in the peace and quiet of your own inner
- world..."
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- These last two sentences are the complete opposite of actors,
- politicians, and military leaders!
-