Top Scientist gives backing to Astrology

[kaustubh88]

Hi all,
An article from The Sunday Times:-
Star movements can influence us
THE PLANETS may control your future after all.
Jonathan Leake, Science Editor - Sunday Times 16 May 2004

A renowned astronomer has broken with scientific orthodoxy to claim that astrology could have some basis in fact. Long dismissed as little better than fortune telling, astrology has been attacked as a pseudo-science by the Royal Astronomical Society. But one of its members, Dr Percy Seymour, has reopened the debate with a provocative book claiming movements of the sun, stars and planets can influence the brains of unborn children in measurable ways.

Seymour is a former principal lecturer in astronomy and astrophysics at Plymouth University who has been a researcher at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. While stressing he has no time for star-sign horoscopes, he does believe human brain development may be affected by the Earth's magnetic field, especially during growth in the womb. In his book, The Scientific Proof of Astrology, he suggests that the Earth's magnetic field is affected by interactions with those of the sun and the moon. Other planets such as Jupiter, Mars and Venus also play a part because their magnetic fields affect solar magnetism.

Seymour said: "It means the whole solar system is playing a symphony on the Earth's magnetic field. We are all genetically tuned to receive a different set of melodies from this symphony." His claims will infuriate other astronomers. They have suffered the humiliation of seeing astrology rising in popularity with top astrologers' earnings surging beyond those of even the most eminent of researchers. Until now they have at least had the comfort of being able to dismiss any suggestion of scientific support for the idea that people's lives and personalities are influenced by the planets.

Among the most outspoken figures against astrology are Sir Martin Rees, the astronomer royal, and Professor Stephen Hawking. Rees has described astrology as "absurd", adding: "There is no place for astrology in our scientific view of the world; moreover its predictive claims cannot stand any critical scrutiny."

Seth Shostak, a leading American astronomer, was also scathing, describing Seymour's theory as "nonsensical". He pointed out that even though large planets like Jupiter had magnetic and gravitational fields far greater than the Earth's, they were massively diluted by distance. "Jupiter's magnetic field is about a trillion times weaker than the Earth's," he said. "You would experience a far stronger field from your lights and washing machine." Shostak works for the Seti Institute in California which is building a powerful radio telescope to seek alien life. "By 2025 we will have surveyed a million stars and I believe we will have found intelligent aliens," he added. Hawking, Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University, has said that astrology became impossible as soon as early scientists found that the Earth was not the centre of the universe, an idea on which astrology was founded. [1]

However, Seymour's theories won qualified support from an unexpected source. Richard Dawkins, professor for the public understanding of science at Oxford University, who once suggested that astrologers be prosecuted under the trades descriptions act, said that although he had not read the book Seymour's ideas sounded interesting.

Astrologers were delighted by Seymour's claims. Russell Grant, the astrologer, said: "At last someone is not just saying: It's a load of poppycock'. If the moon is connected with the ebb and flow of the tides, and humans are 70% water, then why can't the moon be affecting us? So we have good moods or bad moods depending upon the position of the moon?" Others seem to agree although few will discuss it openly.

Several years ago it emerged that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development was using astrology to help manage its £5 billion investment portfolio programming computers with crucial dates such as lunar eclipses and planetary conjunctions.

This year's Sunday Times Rich List included an analysis of the star signs of Britain's 1,000 richest people finding significant differences with 110 born under Gemini but only 73 under Pisces. Among the powerful who have admitted consulting astrologers to make decisions are Ronald and Nancy Reagan, who allowed the astrologer Joan Quigley to dictate the presidential agenda, including the take-off times for Air Force One. Reagan's chief of staff reportedly had a colour-coded calendar around which he was expected to organise the President's schedule: green for "good" days and red for "bad". Even Margaret Thatcher once told MPs: "I was born under the sign of Libra, it follows that I am well-balanced."

Happy Reading
Kaustubh88

[ramc]

That's good article, thank you for sharing.

[MeeraL]

Good. Thank you

[justicetomeplease]

I must thank you for this article!
Kaustubh, Earth's Magnetic field is definitely effected by the Sun but I'm not understanding Moon part. Actually the magnetic field is generated by electric currents due to the motion of convection currents of molten iron in the Earth's outer core, these convection currents are caused by heat escaping from the core, a natural process called a geodynamo (dynamo theory). The magnitude of the field is very low comparatively. Till few Tesla only.
For dynamo theory do look the following page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_theory

Magnetic fields are generated by the motion of electric currents. This is actually a law (an observation) which was observed by Biot & Savart. One could say that this is an empirical law.

Regards & thanks Kaustubh
justice

[joyd]

People who is well versed with the ithihasik[puranik]way of universe creation are well remembers that at the beginning of the universe there is no life but only the sound of "OM".so everything under the control of sound[frequencies].Let me express some views on these planet frequencies and how they will controll us from far away distances.

How planets affect us? As we all know that planets are far heavenly bodies from Earth but still they re affecting us in a more scientifically way. Everyone who doubts and criticises astrology as a very profitable and no loss business without any capital investment. But Almighty is the top scientist/creator of this universe and he designed the things in such a miraculous and at the same in a more sophisticated scientific way.
The whole universe is linked with certain frequencies including the earth and earthlings like us. The solar system, stars, galaxies are all linked with such frequency waves.pl don’t confuse with the word gravity yourself in this regard. It’s only a binding and balancing force between 2 bodies.
Earth emits a frequency of 7.83 Hz. This is at the Alpha-Theta border of our brain waves. The Schumann Resonance is the global electro-magnetic resonance between Earth’s surface and ionosphere and is excited by lightning.

Earth does have a hum and perhaps this hum at 7.83 Hz is the “Om” heard by the ancient Rishis, the sound vibration of all creation where in the beginning there was a word. This 7.83 Hz is also the state of being awake but in meditation or lost in a day dream.

Earth is not the only planet to emit a frequency. Radio astronomy at NASA has determined that Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Luminaries also emits frequencies of their own with similar to our brain waves..Here the lists of planet emitting frequencies are given.

Mercury - 141.27 Hz (10 HZ Alpha) /2. Venus - 221.23 Hz (9 Hz Alpha) / 3. Mars - 144.72 Hz (8 Hz Alpha) / 4. Jupiter - 183.58 Hz (7 Hz Theta) / 5. Saturn - 147.85 Hz (6 Hz Theta) /
6. Uranus - 207.36 Hz (5 Hz Theta) / Neptune - 211.44 Hz (4 Hz Theta) / Pluto - 140.25 Hz (3 Hz Delta)..

Coming to down to earth. Planets emit different kind of frequencies and these frequencies are corresponding to our brain waves frequencies. Our brain emits Delta frequencies in our deep sleep [between 0.5 – 3 hertz/Hz].

The frequency of Theta of our brain wave is 4 – 7 Hz.. We dream at Theta, also deep meditations can occur here. Alpha is our daydreaming and meditation state which has a frequency of 8 – 13 Hz. Beta is our awakened state of frequency 14 Hz...

joyd.