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Astrology and US Presidents: An Analysis of Sun Signs and Occupations, Lecture notes of Astrophysics

Wayne County Community College District Astrophysics

An analysis of the astrological signs of the 43 US Presidents and their occupations. The study aims to determine if there is a correlation between Sun signs and personality traits or occupations. Students can use this document to understand the concept of astrology, data analysis, and statistical interpretation.

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Is there a pattern in the distribution of US Presidents' birthdays among the zodiac signs?
Which sign has the smallest number of US Presidents?
What sign do you think has the greatest number of US Presidents?

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Testing the Pseudoscience of Astrology

Astrologers will tell you that the Sun sign (which is the sign of the zodiac the Sun was in when a

individual was born) influences the occupation a person chooses and is a strong factor of overall

personality.

Since it takes a certain kind of personality to be President (outgoing, well-spoken, ambitious), we

are going to test astrology using the 42 presidents. If personality and occupation are strongly

affected by Sun sign, we should find that the birthdays of the Presidents are clustered in one (or a

few) signs. If Sun signs do not affect personality and occupation, the Presidents' birthdays should

be randomly distributed among the zodiac signs.

Use the attached data sheets to help answer the following questions.

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1. Which sign do you think will have the greatest number of Presidents? Explain your answer

(what sign is associated with the important traits a president should have).

2. How many Presidents' birthdays fall under each of the Zodiac signs?

Aries __________

Taurus __________

Gemini __________

Cancer __________

Leo __________

Virgo __________

Libra __________

Scorpio __________

Sagittarius __________

Capricorn __________

Aquarius __________

Pisces __________

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Testing the Pseudoscience of Astrology

Astrologers will tell you that the Sun sign (which is the sign of the zodiac the Sun was in when a

individual was born) influences the occupation a person chooses and is a strong factor of overall

personality.

Since it takes a certain kind of personality to be President (outgoing, well-spoken, ambitious), we

are going to test astrology using the 42 presidents. If personality and occupation are strongly

affected by Sun sign, we should find that the birthdays of the Presidents are clustered in one (or a

few) signs. If Sun signs do not affect personality and occupation, the Presidents' birthdays should

be randomly distributed among the zodiac signs.

Use the attached data sheets to help answer the following questions.

1. Which sign do you think will have the greatest number of Presidents? Explain your answer

(what sign is associated with the important traits a president should have).

2. How many Presidents' birthdays fall under each of the Zodiac signs?

Aries __________

Taurus __________

Gemini __________

Cancer __________

Leo __________

Virgo __________

Libra __________

Scorpio __________

Sagittarius __________

Capricorn __________

Aquarius __________

Pisces __________

3. Which sign has the largest number of Presidents? How many?

4. Which sign has the smallest number of Presidents? How many?

5. Looking at your results, do you see any pattern?

6. Would you say the birth dates of the Presidents are strongly clustered in one or a few signs?

7. Use your results to make a statement regarding how scientific astrology really is.

Leo...the urge to shine...the desire to be. Summer reaches fullness and the days are hot. With growing done,

only ripening remains to be completed. Wheat dons its golden husks and the cheeks of crisp apples adopt a

radiant blush. The early harvest fruits are the most succulent in this, the Season of Plenty. The world is now

a stage and each individuals wants to shine like a star upon its burnished boards.

Virgo...the need to organize and analyze...to prepare for the harvest. Summer comes to its inevitable end as

life adds a final touch to perfect the harvest. It is now time to store the bounty of the Earth. Life analyses

this bounty, the needs of the community and plans the crop for the year which will follow. A detailed and

organized determination is made. Some grain will serve as feed...some as future seed.

Libra...the need to partner...the urge to bring together. It is the dawn of the Fall Equinox. Day and night

pause at a point of equality. Light dwindles as nights grow long. An awareness of chilly evenings soon to

come creates the desire to share a nest. The crisp air of the day is a canvas of leaf paintings and the delicate

filigree of early frost. With preparation and organization completed, the community gathers for the harvest

of fruit and grains. Time in the sun has come to an end.

Scorpio...the desire to go beneath the surface...to merge. Life upon Earth's exterior mantle dies. The

strength of the plant returns to the root, the potential of the flower secreted in the seed. Below the surace,

life burns...waiting to erupt. The visible world has vanished, but mystery remains and individuals learn to

see with more than merely the eye. With patience, the hidden lifeforce will wait...and plot its return.

Sagitarrius...the desire to contemplate, to understand and to philosophize. The work of the Season is done.

The harvest is stored and hopefully in sufficient abundance to serve the community until Spring. Fires burn

brightly in hearths, illuminating the darkness of night and casting pictures upon the wall. Within

imagination, visits are made to faraway places. The mind ponders on life's greater purpose...the meaning of

existence and its purpose on Earth.

Capricorn...the need to conserve...the survival of the clan. Born on the longest night of the year, Capricorn

enters on the heels of the Winter Solstice. The world is cold with limited resources and the harvest must be

made to last until Spring. Light and heat are precious commodities, but the silence of a clear winter night is

often likened to that of a lullaby. There is a struggle for space within the hierarchy of the community.

Darkness is a dominating factor, but each new day tarries a little longer than the one before, demonstrating

a slow but steady climb toward warmer times. Eventually, the Year will begin again.

Aquarius...the urge to individuate. Confined within the shelter but awakened by the lengthening light, the

social animal demands freedom. The spark of such desire becomes apparent in all life...the bear in the cave

and the sprout within the seed. Those imprisoned by the cold of Winter are summoned by the increasing

day. Individuals observe those around them, fascinated by human nature. Together, each individual squirrel

recalls the timetable followed by all squirrels and a great choir sings, "I want to be me!"

Pisces...the need to dissolve, to shape-shift and become one with a larger truth. Spring is not far away.

Winter wants to dissolve into a new cycle of growth. The ice desires to melt and return once more to the

oceans and seas. It seeps into the ground, becoming one with the soil, and rises into the air to encircle the

Earth and return as rain. The seed gives up the shell that makes it a seed, in order that it might now become

a sprout...birth requires sacrifice. The old must persih for the new to discover itself. This is the Season

which knows what others might question...the great mystical oneness that transcends all physical form,

time and space

Birthdates of U.S. Presidents

1. George Washington: Feb 22,
1. John Adams: Oct 30,
1. Thomas Jefferson: Apr 13,
1. James Madison: Mar 16,
1. James Monroe: Apr 28.
1. John Q. Adams: Jul 11,
1. Andrew Jackson: Mar 15,
1. Martin Van Buren: Dec 5,
1. William Harrison: Feb 9,
1. John Tyler: Mar 29,
1. James Polk: Nov 2,
1. Zachary Taylor: Nov 24,
1. Millard Filmore: Jan 7,
1. Franklin Pierce: Nov 23,
1. James Buchanan: Apr 23,
1. Abraham Lincoln: Feb 12,
1. Andrew Johnson: Dec 29,
1. Ulysses Grant: Apr 27,
1. Rutherford Hayes: Oct 4,
1. James Garfield: Nov 19,
1. Chester Arthur: Oct 5,
1. Grover Cleveland: Mar 18,
- 1. Benjamin Harrison: Aug 20,
- 1. William McKinley: Jan 29,
- 1. Teddy Roosevelt: Oct 27,
- 1. William Taft: Sep 15,
- 1. Woodrow Wilson: Dec 28,
- 1. Warren Harding: Nov 2,
- 1. Calvin Coolidge: Jul 4,
- 1. Herbert Hoover: Aug 10,
- 1. Franklin Roosevelt: Jan 30,
- 1. Harry Truman: May 8,
- 1. Dwight Eisenhower: Oct 14,
- 1. John Kennedy: May 29,
- 1. Lyndon Johnson: Aug 27,
- 1. Richard Nixon: Jan
- 1. Gerald Ford: Jul 14,
- 1. Jimmy Carter: Oct 1,
- 1. Ronald Regan: Feb 6,
- 1. George Bush: Jun 12,
- 1. William Clinton Aug 19,
- 1. George Bush: July 6,
- 1. Barack Obama: August 4,

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Download Astrology and US Presidents: An Analysis of Sun Signs and Occupations and more Lecture notes Astrophysics in PDF only on Docsity!

Testing the Pseudoscience of Astrology

Astrologers will tell you that the Sun sign (which is the sign of the zodiac the Sun was in when a

individual was born) influences the occupation a person chooses and is a strong factor of overall

personality.

Since it takes a certain kind of personality to be President (outgoing, well-spoken, ambitious), we

are going to test astrology using the 42 presidents. If personality and occupation are strongly

affected by Sun sign, we should find that the birthdays of the Presidents are clustered in one (or a

few) signs. If Sun signs do not affect personality and occupation, the Presidents' birthdays should

be randomly distributed among the zodiac signs.

Use the attached data sheets to help answer the following questions.

1. Which sign do you think will have the greatest number of Presidents? Explain your answer

(what sign is associated with the important traits a president should have).

2. How many Presidents' birthdays fall under each of the Zodiac signs?

Aries __________

Taurus __________

Gemini __________

Cancer __________

Leo __________

Virgo __________

Libra __________

Scorpio __________

Sagittarius __________

Capricorn __________

Aquarius __________

Pisces __________

3. Which sign has the largest number of Presidents? How many?

4. Which sign has the smallest number of Presidents? How many?

5. Looking at your results, do you see any pattern?

6. Would you say the birth dates of the Presidents are strongly clustered in one or a few signs?

7. Use your results to make a statement regarding how scientific astrology really is.

Leo...the urge to shine...the desire to be. Summer reaches fullness and the days are hot. With growing done,

only ripening remains to be completed. Wheat dons its golden husks and the cheeks of crisp apples adopt a

radiant blush. The early harvest fruits are the most succulent in this, the Season of Plenty. The world is now

a stage and each individuals wants to shine like a star upon its burnished boards.

Virgo...the need to organize and analyze...to prepare for the harvest. Summer comes to its inevitable end as

life adds a final touch to perfect the harvest. It is now time to store the bounty of the Earth. Life analyses

this bounty, the needs of the community and plans the crop for the year which will follow. A detailed and

organized determination is made. Some grain will serve as feed...some as future seed.

Libra...the need to partner...the urge to bring together. It is the dawn of the Fall Equinox. Day and night

pause at a point of equality. Light dwindles as nights grow long. An awareness of chilly evenings soon to

come creates the desire to share a nest. The crisp air of the day is a canvas of leaf paintings and the delicate

filigree of early frost. With preparation and organization completed, the community gathers for the harvest

of fruit and grains. Time in the sun has come to an end.

Scorpio...the desire to go beneath the surface...to merge. Life upon Earth's exterior mantle dies. The

strength of the plant returns to the root, the potential of the flower secreted in the seed. Below the surace,

life burns...waiting to erupt. The visible world has vanished, but mystery remains and individuals learn to

see with more than merely the eye. With patience, the hidden lifeforce will wait...and plot its return.

Sagitarrius...the desire to contemplate, to understand and to philosophize. The work of the Season is done.

The harvest is stored and hopefully in sufficient abundance to serve the community until Spring. Fires burn

brightly in hearths, illuminating the darkness of night and casting pictures upon the wall. Within

imagination, visits are made to faraway places. The mind ponders on life's greater purpose...the meaning of

existence and its purpose on Earth.

Capricorn...the need to conserve...the survival of the clan. Born on the longest night of the year, Capricorn

enters on the heels of the Winter Solstice. The world is cold with limited resources and the harvest must be

made to last until Spring. Light and heat are precious commodities, but the silence of a clear winter night is

often likened to that of a lullaby. There is a struggle for space within the hierarchy of the community.

Darkness is a dominating factor, but each new day tarries a little longer than the one before, demonstrating

a slow but steady climb toward warmer times. Eventually, the Year will begin again.

Aquarius...the urge to individuate. Confined within the shelter but awakened by the lengthening light, the

social animal demands freedom. The spark of such desire becomes apparent in all life...the bear in the cave

and the sprout within the seed. Those imprisoned by the cold of Winter are summoned by the increasing

day. Individuals observe those around them, fascinated by human nature. Together, each individual squirrel

recalls the timetable followed by all squirrels and a great choir sings, "I want to be me!"

Pisces...the need to dissolve, to shape-shift and become one with a larger truth. Spring is not far away.

Winter wants to dissolve into a new cycle of growth. The ice desires to melt and return once more to the

oceans and seas. It seeps into the ground, becoming one with the soil, and rises into the air to encircle the

Earth and return as rain. The seed gives up the shell that makes it a seed, in order that it might now become

a sprout...birth requires sacrifice. The old must persih for the new to discover itself. This is the Season

which knows what others might question...the great mystical oneness that transcends all physical form,

time and space

Birthdates of U.S. Presidents