Love at First Sight: a study into astrology and attraction

Author: Van de moortel, Koen
Abstract: Most statistical studies done to investigate astrological claims either measure an astrologer’s capabilities (matching tests etc.) or oversimplify human subjects as belonging to a certain category (sportsman, extrovert …) or not. A way to avoid this might be to measure something like “instinctive” attraction or repulsion to someone unknown. The author tested this (in 1992) by judging 369 people on the street on a scale from “bah” to “wow!” (attraction -3 to +3). The assumption that people who had their natal Moon, Venus or Mars position in a major aspect with the same object in the author’s radix, would get a higher attraction score, appears to be confirmed with a significance in the order of 5%. The more (of these 3) aspects present between “judge” and test person the higher the average attraction. Also, the smaller the aspect orb, the higher the average attraction. Remarkable was that sextile aspects seem to have no effect.
Keywords: attraction, Moon, Venus, Mars
Notes:
Publication: Correlation: Astrological Association Journal of Research Into Astrology
Issue: Volume 17 Issue 1
Dated: 1998
Pages: pages 50 – 53