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A double-blind test of astrology

Nature volume 318, pages 419–425 (1985)Cite this article

Two double-blind tests were made of the thesis that astrological ‘natal charts’ can be used to describe accurately personality traits of test subjects.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

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  2. Lawrence Berkeley Labs, Bldg 50, Rm 348, Berkeley, California, 94720, USA

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