‘How does astrology work? Is there any science to it? Is it possible for planets to affect human behaviour by frequency or resonance or quantum or solar system energy influence for example?’ Those questions became the focus of a minor thesis (10,000 words) which I researched and wrote between 2001 and 2003.
I returned to the same research topic in 2006 and used the material in a conference paper I presented at the 16th FAA International Astrologers Conference held in Melbourne.
I looked at some of the major researchers, many of them scientist astrologers, who have influenced the thinking of astrologers on how astrology works, especially the biology of astrology (energy-field-biofield interaction with material-physical-body etc).
Some of the key researchers include:
- Percy Seymour – a plausible multilink theory for how astrology might work, including ideas from physics, astronomy, psychology, geomagnetics and magnetobiology
- Steven Strogatz – concepts of synchronology & biological clocks that show humans ‘might be a clock’ and that the ‘master biological clock’ that coordinates the trillions of ‘clocks’ within humans is located in the brain in the pineal gland region
- Frank McGillion – the possible role of the pineal gland, magnetite in the brain and melatonin in responding to electromagnetic activity and affecting cellular function
- Patrick Curry & Roy Willis – the exploration of how the biochemical/electrical impulses of newborns respond to units of meaning in spoken language right from birth as if engaging in ‘participation with divinity in the work of creation’.
A PDF of the thesis reference list is here.