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Michel Gauquelin (November 13, 1928 – May 20, 1991) was a French psychologist and statistician. Along with his wife he conducted statistical research to analyze astrology by studying various correlations using very large samples of birth data.
The Gauquelins analyzed some basic tenets of astrology and found a correlation amongst birth planetary positions of a person, his psychological character and the career or vocation or success in it.
After research over several decades, Gauquelin was very critical of certain widely accepted beliefs in astrology, particularly the zodiacal signs, which he extensively tested without finding results: "It is now quite certain that the signs in the sky which presided over our births have no power whatever to decide our fates, to affect our hereditary characteristics, or to play any part, however humble, in the totality of effects, random or otherwise, which form the fabric of our lives and mould our impulses to action."
Instead he found that planets and angles were more indicative. “Subsequent results only confirmed and amplified my initial discovery about the physicians. On the whole, it emerged that there was an increasingly solid statistical link between the time of birth of great men and their occupational success. ... Having collected over 20,000 dates of birth of professional celebrities from various European countries and from the United States, I had to draw the conclusion that the position of the planets at birth is linked to one's destiny.
Significant results involving 5 planets and 11 professions first found in French data were replicated by the Gauquelins with data from other European countries and the U.S. Several of their findings have also been replicated independently by others.
Gauquelin's findings demonstrate some fundamental astrological principles: Planets positions in the chart, especially near the angles and their individual planetary character are most important in affecting an individual. Whereas the zodiac signs have no discernible effect at all.
The Gauquelin sectors are around the astrological angles – the Ascendant and Midheaven (the most powerful zones) and the Descendant and IC (slightly weaker). However, instead of angular 1st and 10th house, the key sectors are the cadent 12th and 9th houses. Certain planets in 12th and 9th showed the following professions:
Saturn – scientists, physicians, doctors
Mars – doctors, sports, scientists, military, executives
Moon – writers, politicians
Jupiter – actors, journalists, playwrights, politicians, military, executives
Do you find this to be true in your experience? Do 12th and 9th planets indicate career, vocation or interests of a person?
The Gauquelins analyzed some basic tenets of astrology and found a correlation amongst birth planetary positions of a person, his psychological character and the career or vocation or success in it.
After research over several decades, Gauquelin was very critical of certain widely accepted beliefs in astrology, particularly the zodiacal signs, which he extensively tested without finding results: "It is now quite certain that the signs in the sky which presided over our births have no power whatever to decide our fates, to affect our hereditary characteristics, or to play any part, however humble, in the totality of effects, random or otherwise, which form the fabric of our lives and mould our impulses to action."
Instead he found that planets and angles were more indicative. “Subsequent results only confirmed and amplified my initial discovery about the physicians. On the whole, it emerged that there was an increasingly solid statistical link between the time of birth of great men and their occupational success. ... Having collected over 20,000 dates of birth of professional celebrities from various European countries and from the United States, I had to draw the conclusion that the position of the planets at birth is linked to one's destiny.
Significant results involving 5 planets and 11 professions first found in French data were replicated by the Gauquelins with data from other European countries and the U.S. Several of their findings have also been replicated independently by others.
Gauquelin's findings demonstrate some fundamental astrological principles: Planets positions in the chart, especially near the angles and their individual planetary character are most important in affecting an individual. Whereas the zodiac signs have no discernible effect at all.
The Gauquelin sectors are around the astrological angles – the Ascendant and Midheaven (the most powerful zones) and the Descendant and IC (slightly weaker). However, instead of angular 1st and 10th house, the key sectors are the cadent 12th and 9th houses. Certain planets in 12th and 9th showed the following professions:
Saturn – scientists, physicians, doctors
Mars – doctors, sports, scientists, military, executives
Moon – writers, politicians
Jupiter – actors, journalists, playwrights, politicians, military, executives
Do you find this to be true in your experience? Do 12th and 9th planets indicate career, vocation or interests of a person?
