Astrological study - a few tentative findings
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with OCD, so that I could look into whether the statistics indicated any
astrological indications of OCD. Now I've got a few results to pass on.
I've now got over 50 birth charts of people with OCD, 36 of them with times.
I'm still hoping to have these comprehensively analysed with a computer
program that could check all features and see which were significantly
over-represented. So far it hasn't happened, but I recently installed a
program called ZET, which will search a set of charts for those with a
specified feature. So I've been doing a little piecemeal research of my
own.
One of the most marked and puzzling features I've stumbled on so far
concerns Moon signs. 21 charts have the Moon in Leo, Virgo or Libra,
including 15 of the timed charts. The chance level, of course, would be 9
timed charts and 12.75 altogether. A friend of mine spotted this last year;
but the same feature shows up in the charts collected since then. I admit
that it conveys nothing to me at all!
The numbers of charts with the Moon in each individual sign are: Leo 8, Vir
7, Lib 6, Sco 5, Sag 5, Ari 5, Can 5, Tau 3, Gem 3, Cap 2, Pis 1, Aqu 0.
Other oddments: Pisces is the commonest Sun-sign, with 10 out of 51. This
makes some sense, given that, supposedly, most people with OCD are quite
self-sacrificing and concerned about other people's welfare, and this often
becomes the theme of their OCD.
I found out in how many charts each planet made more 180 and 90 degree
angles with other planets (traditionally "difficult" angles) than 120 and 60
degree ones (traditionally "good"). Venus was the worst by some distance,
with 38 charts out of 51. The other figures for this were (Moon 30), Jup
29, Sat 29, Mer 28, Ura 28, Mar 27, Sun 24, Plu 16 and Nep 13.
I've seen an association between Venus and OCD mentioned before:
http://kenoath.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/obsessive-compulsive-signs
In fact I came across another feature involving Venus: 16 of the charts had
Venus in Earth signs, 17 in Water, making 37 out of 51 with Venus in a
"feminine"/"yin" sign. I must say I don't really understand that one
either!
Would anyone else like to contribute to this study, either here or by
e-mail? It really would be a great help - anything statistical always takes
tons and tons of data to work well!
Thanks to everyone.
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Some people have asked me about "star signs". Just to clarify: the thing
commonly known as a "star sign" is more correctly called the Sun sign, it's
the Zodiac sign the Sun was in when someone was born. It's one of the most
important things in an astrological chart, but there are plenty of other
things to consider too.
Anyway, here's how many people with each Sun sign have replied so far:
Pisces 12, Capricorn 9, Scorpio 8, Gemini 7, Leo 5, Aquarius 4, Libra 3,
Taurus 3, Cancer 4, Aries 3, Virgo 3, Sagittarius 0. (That means that
Pisces, Capricorn, Scorpio and Gemini all have more than their fair share,
and the others less.)
Whether this is more uneven than you'd expect by chance I really couldn't
say just now. I've realised that I don't really know as much about
statistics as I thought. I'll post whether it is or not as soon as I know.
Any more data would still help. To recap, I need date of birth (including
year), and time and place of birth if known. If your OCD has any unusual
features, such as no obsessions or no physical compulsions, it'd be good to
point that out as well. Post it here or send an e-mail, whichever you
prefer.
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A. B.
My e-mail address is zen177395 at zendotcodotuk.
I don't check that account very often, so tell me on the newsgroup if you've
sent me an e-mail.