Is astrology relevant to consciousness and psi?
Geoffrey Dean, Ivan W. Kelly · 2003 · Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10(6-7), 175-198
This source is used as challenges evidence across 1 linked claim and 3 related evidence hubs. Its citation record is marked verified; that verifies the source trail, not the truth of any linked claim.
Summary
Critical review of empirical astrology research, including time-twins studies and tests of astrologers' chart-reading accuracy.
How this source is used on the map
Useful companion to Carlson's Nature test because it surveys a broader evidence base rather than one double-blind experiment.
Citation record
- Authors
- Geoffrey Dean, Ivan W. Kelly
- Year
- 2003
- Publication
- Journal of Consciousness Studies, 10(6-7), 175-198
- Source type
- Review
- Map role
- challenges
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- Not recorded
- PubMed
- Not recorded
- Not recorded
Linked claims
Related evidence hubs
Related research reports
A careful guide to spiritual claims that are popular but weakly supported, including astrology, reiki, auras, crystals, manifestation, numerology, and predictive tarot.
A balanced synthesis of the strongest and weakest evidence across afterlife, consciousness, reincarnation, mystical, psi, and practice claims.
Related sources
Foundational source for the Barnum/Forer effect, a central ordinary-cognition explanation for astrology, tarot, numerology, and psychic readings feeling personally accurate.
The most-cited rigorous test of literal-prediction astrology; the result is null and has not been overturned by subsequent replications.
Pair with 'Astrology and science' for the controlled-study record.
The single best summary for why astrology, as a literal predictive system, fails controlled tests.