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An engineer was engaged to investigate, and after many years it was discovered that the source of the interference was an atmos- pheric phenomenon, known to meteorologists as "spherics". Spherics are short electromagnetic impulses which are continu- ously being formed in the atmosphere of the Earth and have a determining effect on the weather. With the help of magnetic wide-band antennae, it was possible to record the spectral maxima of these frequencies in over 35,000 individual tests. The frequencies discovered corresponded to C, G, C, E, G, A, G (the extra C and G being in a higher octave), with the G match- ing to within 0.28 Hz of the G of the tone of the period of revolu- tion of the Earth. Each of the frequencies bore a remarkable har- monic relation to each other, and it seemed that the music of the Earth's rotation was not simply an abstract principle but an actual measurable phenomenon. Cousto also computed frequencies for each of the planets, based on their orbital periods about the Sun: 282.54 Hz 442.46 Hz 420.82 Hz 289.44 Hz 367.16 Hz 295.70 Hz Mercury: Venus: Moon: Mars: Jupiter: Saturn: D- A- D- F# Looked at in this way, the planets appear to be a "family" in the key of D, as D is the tonic, F# is the third, and A is the fifth in a major triad. Out of 20 hormone frequencies supplied by a friend at Signature Sound Works, 13 were close matches to natural notes (no sharps or flats) in the key of D-major (of which seven were of the major triad). An alternative model for the musical basis of planetary influ- ence could be the rotation of each planet producing the fundamen- tal note which is then transferred to Earth. The notes for the daily rotation of each planet are: 26.84 Hz 25.64 Hz 26.30 Hz 23.49 Hz 29.59 Hz 28.41 Hz -A G#t+ -A +F# +A# —-A# Mercury: Venus: Moon: Mars: Jupiter: Saturn: The difference with this scheme is that whereas the orbital peri- od tones all harmonise with each other, most of these don't, although some are very close to each other. (The '+' and '—' signs refer to notes slightly above or below the designated tone or note; e.g., -A# is somewhere in between A and A#.) The correspondences with the hormone frequencies were also evident, but not as strong. STATISTICAL VERIFICATION OF BODY TYPES If, as we intend to prove, harmonic science—and therefore celestial influence—is ruled by geometry and numbers, then natu- rally it can be proved by numbers. Although statistics cannot give definitive answers, they can indicate the probability that the results obtained may have arisen by chance. Statistics, according to J. A. West, is a kind of mathematically justified common sense, and Gauquelin believed that a statistical law is a natural law like any other. Kepler's astrology was just as frugal as Gauquelin's, and he considered only the planets and their angles to be the essential elements of astrology. The crucial angles were the conjunction, opposition, square, trine, sextile and quintile, because they could all be equated with musical intervals. These are the aspects used for the following tests, with orbs of eight degrees for the large aspects and six degrees for the sextile and quintile. For these tests, I considered physical characteristics which are easily recog- nisable. For reasons that aren't yet clear, the Solar type does not produce the same results with the methods used for the other planetary types. I originally thought the type to be determined by the Sun's angles to the key points, but this yielded few positive results. Next, I took as an hypothesis that the Solar type is influenced by increased emanations from the Sun, so I turned to the sunspot cycle for my next attempt. The results were both interesting and perplexing. I found that the three Solar types I considered to be the most classic types were born in 1958, a year in which the highest-ever level of sunspot activity was recorded. This was more than a coincidence, yet there were few other significant or obvious corre- lations between the births of Solar types and this cycle of solar activity. Because the Sun is a star and not a planet, the Solar type is also of a different order. This means that the influence of the Sun on human physiology is also different than that of the planets, so, for the time being at least, the Solar type is not suitable for these tests. According to the statistical method, if there is no correlation between the planets and the body types, then any predictions should be hovering around the expected 16% due to chance. In all my tests, the results were well above this number and well above Gauquelin's results. I had collected nearly 600 charts of famous people, half of which I managed to identify by body type. Of a total of 299 charts, 261, or 87%, contained the planets relat- ing to type. Within that total, the charts of composite types totalled 182, and of those, 76, or 42%, contained both planets relating to type. The second sample comprised a total of 33 friends and acquaintances of which 31, or 94%, contained the appropriate planet. The composite types totalled 17, of which seven, or 41%, contained both planets relating to type. For my third test, I enlisted the aid of the National Council of Geocosmic Research in the US. Two members agreed to send me photos of 44 subjects so I could identify their types and the plan- ets I expected to find in their charts. I sent them my findings and they then e-mailed the results to me. Of a total of 44 subjects, I was able to identify 42 as types, from which I predicted 29 cor- rectly. Traditional astrology says that all planets appearing in the chart, regardless of whether they make angles to the ascendant (ASC) or midheaven (MC), play a role in shaping the individual, while stressing that those aspecting the ASC or MC are more important than the others. If the body type theory is correct, then it is not necessarily so that all planets must be considered. Not all planets necessarily play a key role, for the same reason that certain notes produce no harmony together, as each planet has a different frequency. There may also be an unknown factor that selects certain planets or fre- quencies and eliminates those not relating to type, which may have something to do with heredity or atmospheric conditions. A NEW SCIENCE OF CELESTIAL INFLUENCE Traditional astrology, in its attempt to reflect the holistic think- ing of the 20th century, has introduced so many variables into its interpretation that it long ago ceased to qualify as a science. Gauquelin, on the other hand, has established without doubt that NEXUS - 51 DECEMBER 1999 — JANUARY 2000 Continued on page 82