and attractive to both genders, the mortal becoming divine by surrendering to the
divine.” According to J. Lee Lehman, “the asteroid Ganymed shows how we are able
to submit ourselves to that which is beyond our personal power. In negative form, it is
the way we evade even the awareness that there isanything beyond our own powers.”Sources:
Kowal, Charles T. Asteroids: Their Nature and Utilization.Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Ellis
Horwood Limited, 1988.
Lehman, J. Lee. The Ultimate Asteroid Book.West Chester, PA: Whitford Press, 1988.
Schwartz, Jacob. Asteroid Name Encyclopedia.St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1995.GAUQUELIN, FRANÇOISE
Françoise Schneider Gauquelin, psychologist and statistician, was born in Switzerland
in 1929. She first studied psychology in Geneva, then in Paris, where she met Michel
Gauquelin, also a psychology student, who introduced her to the scientific investiga-
tion of astrology.
Their 30-year collaboration in this field yielded important discoveries, now
often summarized as “the Gauquelin Mars effect with Sports Champions.” But actu-
ally their significant findings were not confined to Mars only but involve the four
most visible planets: Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and the Moon. These bodies are not
correlated with athletes only, but with all kinds of famous professionals, such as
actors, politicians, scientists, writers, painters, and musicians. After investigating
the data of some 15,000 professionals, the Gauquelins also explored some 16,000
parent-children pairs, which showed that similar planetary constellations preside at
the birth of parents and their children in a statistically significant pattern. These
outcomes appear to stem from a correlation of the planets with inborn character
traits of each individual.
Although such statements are based on a sound scientific methodology, they
were received with much skepticism and scorn by the scientific establishment in gen-
eral. In Europe and in the United States, scientific committees joined forces to prove
them fallacious. But the Gauquelins’ results successfully withstood even the most
severe tests. According to the famous British astrologer John Addey, “The specific
importance of the Gauquelins is not in their direct contribution to the knowledge of
astrological principles as such, though this has been valuable in some instances, but in
the fact that, confronted by a mountain of prejudice against astrology in an age which
demands secure empirical evidence, they have by dint of immense courage, tenacity,
and intelligence, provided this on a massive scale and in a form which has never been
refuted, despite repeated attempts by hostile critics in the scientific world.”
Michel and Françoise Gauquelin’s collaboration lasted until 1980. At that
point each of them continued their research work separately. Françoise has written
numerous technical books and articles dealing with the Gauquelin methodology. She
also wrote Psychology of the Planets(1982), which shows how strikingly similar are the
traditional psychological traits associated with the planets and the modern outcomes
of the Gauquelins’ statistical studies. Her research journal Astro-Psychological ProblemsGauquelin, Françoise
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