Astrological twin

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As astrological twins is called in Astrology two people at the same time born were.

According to almost all astrologers, the time of birth is of decisive importance for the “life plan” (disposition, opportunities, character, fate) of the person concerned. According to their theory , the newly born person is exposed to an energy field that gives them their "life plan". In conclusion, people with the same time of birth should experience the same life plan, i.e. the same dispositions, the same opportunities, the same character and the same fate . Astrological twins - referred to as astro-twins or time twins in Anglo-Saxon literature - are, according to the critics of astrology, the definitive test of astrology's abilities, as possible errors or uncertainties in the interpretation of the planetary constellations - i.e. the horoscope - are avoided .

definition

There is no single definition of astrological Gemini. The range extends from “in one day at any location” to “within 5 minutes at the same location”. The astrologer John Addey, who made a very extensive study of astrological Gemini in 1967, assumes that really extraordinary similarities in life and character can only be found in people who are almost at the same time [within a few minutes] and at the same Locality were born . Nonetheless, he considers the tendency for similarities that occur with a birth on the same day to be significant enough to be investigated .

The frequency of astrological twins

The statistical frequency of astrological Gemini is high. The distribution of dates of birth in large populations follows a Poisson distribution . Mathematically, it derives from this that in a city with 1 million inhabitants, around 4000 astrological twin pairs are born per year in a time interval of five minutes or less. With 10 million inhabitants, the number rises to 100,000. The same number of astrological twin pairs is achieved in a city with a population of 1 million if the time interval is extended to 60 minutes and less.

Studies on Astrological Gemini and their results

The first systematic study of astrological Gemini was carried out by the two British astrologers Peter Roberts and Helen Greengrass in 1994. With the support of the media , they were able to find 128 astrological twins who were born within an hour and on six different birthdays in the period from 1934 to 1964. After the interviews with the test subjects , they were able to identify clues for similar interests and professions. For example, two subjects who were born 15 minutes apart were clarinet and bassoon players , respectively . However, they could not find any clear similarities in their looks, handwriting, names, or events in their life. After expanding the circle of astrological Gemini to include people born within one day - a total of 1400 couples - they found a percentage increase in similarities. In principle, this contradicts the assumptions that the parallels between the “life plans” increase as the time between birth decreases. In an independent analysis of the data, systematic errors in the analysis by Roberts and Greengrass were found. The re-analysis came to the conclusion that there are no significant similarities in the “life plan” of the astrological Gemini compared to other individuals.

history

Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) expresses himself in his book De civitate Dei (From the State of God) , written in the years 413 to 426, in Book 5, Chapter 2, about astrological Gemini (an extract from it):

“Quod enim conantur efficere de intervallo exiguo temporis, quod inter se gemini dum nascerentur habuerunt, propter caeli particulam, ubi ponitur horae notatio, quem horoscopum vocant, aut non tantum valet, quanta invenitur in geminorum voluntatiam valet, plus casibus etiam diversitas , quam est geminorum vel humilitas generis eadem vel nobilitas, cuius maximam diversitatem nonnisi in hora, qua quisque nascitur, ponunt. Ac per hoc si tam celeriter alter post alterum nascitur, ut eadem pars horoscopi maneat, paria cuncta quaero, quae in nullis possunt geminis inveniri; si autem sequentis tarditas horoscopum mutat, parentes diversos quaero, quos gemini habere non possunt. "

"Because the short period of time between the birth of twins, which has to be used because of the particle in the sky where the hour is to be entered, what is called the position of the horoscope, is either not so important that it is able to explain the significant difference, which is found in the will, action, demeanor and fate of twins, or it even makes more than that it is able to explain the same birth status of twins, since one can see the enormous difference between low and noble descent that is Cannot find Gemini, attributed solely to the astrological hour of birth. And accordingly, if twins are born so quickly one after the other that the horoscope remains in the same position, they would have to be equal in everything, which is never the case; or, if the arrival of one of them is delayed so much that the horoscope changes in the meantime, they would have to have different parents, which contradicts the term "Gemini". "

For critics of astrology, Augustine's arguments are still valid 1500 years later.

Known astrological twins

King George III

Historically the best known astrological twins are the wealthy ironmonger Samuel Hemmings and Georg III. , King of Great Britain. Both were reported to have had the same hour of birth and death. There would also have been a multitude of other parallels, such as getting married on the same day. A closer examination of the contemporary documents could only confirm the simultaneous death of the two.

Proven known astrological Gemini are for example:

Astrological triplets :

Astrological Gemini in Literature

King Edward VII

Erich Kästner describes in his novel Das doppelte Lottchen (1949) in the first chapter the astrological twin couple King Edward VII and his doppelganger , a tailor.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Astrology Lexicon: Astrological Gemini , accessed on November 9, 2007
  2. ↑ a b c d e f G. Dean, IW Kelly: Astrology Relevant to Consciousness and Psi? ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 162 kB) In: Journal of Consciousness Studies , 10/2003, pp. 175–98. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.imprint.co.uk
  3. ^ J. Addey: Astrological twins. In: Astrological Journal 9/1967, pp. 14-29.
  4. ↑ CC French among others: The astrology of time twins: a re-analysis. In: Journal of Scientific Exploration 11/1997, pp. 147-55.
  5. ↑ Augustine: Twins of the same and different physical condition. 5th book, chapter 2
  6. ^ FA Muller: Concepts of Simultaneity: From Antiquity to Einstein and beyond. In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 40/2007, pp. 12255-6.
  7. ↑ N. Fischer, M. Mayer: The Confessions of Augustine of Hippo. (PDF; 663 kB) Herder, Freiburg i.Br., pp. 284–341.
  8. ↑ C. Köllerer: Augustinus: Der Gottesstaat November 20, 2011, accessed on August 13, 2012.
  9. ↑ MB Epstein: The Madness of King George II. In: AAGB , 1995
  10. ↑ G. Dean: Was there ever a Samuel Hemmings? In: Correlation 13/1994, pp. 17-30.
  11. ↑ Erich Kästner: Das Doppelte Lottchen . Cecilie Dressler Verlag, ISBN 3-7915-3011-9 , 1st chapter.
  12. ↑ P. Lewy: Das doppelte Lottchen or from reading aloud, traveling by train, watching TV and other coincidences (PDF; 72 kB), 1997