Is there any "scientific proof" that astrology is true? Has there been any studies that corroborate it?

Answer 1

Astrology is generally considered to be a pseudo-science and therefore not much studied scientifically. The only positive scientific studies I am aware of were those of Michel Gauquelin. He found statistically significant differences in the house positions of planets in the horoscopes of prominent people in various fields. His best-known result is the so-called Mars Effect, in which he found Mars more frequently near either the ascendant or midheaven for famous athletes.

However, Gauquelin also found no significance to the zodiacal signs and various other astrological indicators. He advocated scrapping most of traditional astrology and re-defining it based on statistically significant relationships.

Answer 2

Actually, any proof is against astrology. A few years ago, a scientific magazine collected all the predictions from astrologers for the new year and reviewed them with a probability rating. If someone had predicted that someone famous would die, and was correct, then that prediction would have gotten lots of point. If the were wrong, they lost a few. On the other hand, being wrong about something that was likely to happen lost lots of point, and so on.

Conclusion: astrology did sometimes WORSE than random.

The real problem is that you cannot prove a negative, as it involves proving it in all cases, all the time. It is astrology that has to prove itself.
But astrologers always weasel they way out. If the stuff they predicted did not happen, it is because we were warned and we did something that made it not happen. Just like the guy playing accordion in downtown New York, to scare away mammoths. "But there are no mammoths in New York!", you'd say.
"See? It WORKS."

Answer 3

Dear Ducklet,

To answer this question, one I had myself many years ago, I took up an intensive studying of astrology. Did that for two years. My findings:
1. There's something funnily true about sunsigns. Not 100%, but people born under the same sunsign seem to share many qualities that can't be explained any other way. Maybe it's something to do more with the time of birth rather than the influence of heavenly bodies that float on high.
2. Astrologers are scientific in their methods, but not in their basic concept. The basis of astrology is not scientific, but the charts, rules and everything else is proper.
From an astrological chart, for example, I can find out what time of day he or she was born from the ascendant, which year from the combo of Saturn and Jupiter, what phase of moon or whether there was an eclipse at that time. Their charts are good records of astronomical happenings.

3. Astrology is as scientific as God. A matter of belief, more than logic.

Thanks for giving me an opportunity to put down in writing what I had been thinking about,
Ashok

Answer 4

Sadly no... all the studies they have done "officially" (please note I say officially) have revealed there is nothing to astrology and the scientific basis to these star signs is practically nil.

However... I would not say they are baseless or lacking in any sort of facts. All myths, legends and superstitions always have stemmed from some grain of truth. This truth may have been stretched during the long years as it was told down the line to the next generation.

Think of the game "telephone". A group of people stand in a line and whisper a word or phrase into the ear of the next in line. This continues along the line and the very last person reveals what this word or phrase is. Quite often the word is mangled or garbled the further it goes down the line. Each person has "interpreted" the best they can although it is not exactly what it was.

This is how things went before we learned to record our histories. Even so, history is always recorded by the "winners" and in many ways slightly changed even then!

Answer 5

It is known that the phases of the moon can have effects on human behavior. Ask any police officer or emergency room worker and they will affirm the validity of this statement. This very basic human truth is where the legends of werewolves and full moons comes from. If you look closely enough you will find some small grain of truth at the root of many superstitions. Now if you are asking for scientific proof that the alignment of the planets when you were born has any connection to how you will fare in life I would assert that is rubbish. After all how many people were born at the exact same time as Donald Trump? How many of them are millionaires? Astrology is largely a sideshow of hum-buggery today. But, I would hazard a guess that at it's core are perhaps some long forgotten truths.

Answer 6

Nope. Astrology is about as real as Puff the Magic Dragon and affordable housing. Ha!

Answer 7

It would make sense because Scorpio has to do with death and birth because it's associated with the eighth house. There aren't any Scorpios in my family except for my cousin [born November 13], so I'm not sure.

Answer 8

there has not and will not be "scientific" "proof" that astrology is true

astrology, like all mysticism, is not "proovable"

there is no evidence that any astrologist has ever predicted anything better than any non-astrologist

there is no "science" or astrology

Answer 9

As far as astrology, none. Scientists, however, are looking into ways of seeing the future, beleive it or not. What a waste of time

Answer 10

Nope, like lucky charms, alchemy, and creationism, astrology is just a baseless superstition.