The scientific basis of astrology

Can the brain of an unborn child be linked to the cycles of the sun and planet? What if evolution, which has provided migrating birds with instinctual star-compasses, has also connected the human brain to the cosmos? What if behind all the hokum of daily horoscopes is a thread of truth stretching back through our genetic heritage? Astronomer Dr. Percy Seymour's controversial argument is that certain patterns of human behavior may parallel the motions of the stars because.

Of a sort of inbred sky calendar much like that which naturalists see influencing the behavior of animals as varied as birds and crabs. Even more intriguing--and with even greater consequences for the argument in favor of a new scientific astrology--is Dr. Seymour's theory that planetary motion, by affecting sunspots and influencing the Earth's magnetic field, may subtly alter the neural activity of developing fetuses. Is it possible that as we gestate in the womb, the. Magnetic flux of the larger womb that is Earth exerts an influence on our makeup every bit as real as the genetic influence of our parents? In a subject area all too often given over to mere superstition, Dr. Seymour attempts to bring a creative yet scientific perspective to bear. In The Scientific Basis of Astrology, the scientist who made headlines in 1984 with his suggestion that the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn explores new astronomical. Territory, once more linking it to important everyday beliefs. Genetics, astronomy, astrology, and human behavior are woven together in a single tapestry as Dr. Seymour seeks a rational explanation for knowledge traditionally considered "beyond science."