| Acknowledgments |
v |
| Foreword by Professor Giorgio Piccardi |
xi |
| Publisher's Foreword |
xiii |
| Preface to the English Edition |
xv |
Chapter One: The Puzzle of Childbirth
..............*Delivery Description *Causes and Mechanisms of Delivery
..............*Extraterrestrial Factors and Diurnal Rhythms *Modern Deliveries |
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Chapter Two: Birthtimes of Famous People
..............*The Sky and the Diurnal Movement *Astrological Houses vs Gauquelin 36 Sectors
..............*Celebrities and the Planets *Timing the Destiny |
8 |
Chapter Three: The Planetary Heredity Hhypothesis
..............*Birth Data of Parents and Children *Astronomical Conditions of the Hypothesis
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14 |
Chapter Four: Planetary Heredity Results
..............*The Distance Factor *Profession and Heredity |
19 |
Chapter Five: Childbirth Conditions
..............*Surgical Intervention *Drugs during the Delivery
..............*Shift of the Effect in Recent Years *Irreversible Evolution |
24 |
Chapter Six: Planetary Heredity in the Family
..............*Effect of sex *Plus-plus Parents vs Minus-minus Parents
..............*Siblings: Effect of Birth Order |
30 |
Chapter Seven: Other Times of the Life
..............*The Onset of Labor *The Time of Death |
37 |
Chapter Eight: Astrology and Heredity
..............*Heredity in the Signs of the Zodiac *Heredity in Aspects *Heredity in Houses |
41 |
Chapter Nine: Is There a Physical Explanation?
..............*In Search of an Explanation *Geomagnetism and Planetary Heredity *Cosmic Anthropology? |
47 |
Postscript: The 1998 Status of Planetary Heredity
..............*1 - Exploring New Directions of Research (1966-70)
..............*2 - Replicating Planetary Heredity (1972-77)
..............*3 - Computer Re-analysis of the Data (1979-84)
..............*4 - The Puzzling 1984 Planetary Heredity Experiment
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52 |
| Appendix: Methodology and Raw Results |
66 |
| ..............Appendix 1: The Gathering of Birthdata |
67 |
| ..............Appendix 2: Astronomical Problems |
71 |
| ..............Appendix 3: Statistical Results |
74 |
| ..............Appendix 4: Table of Raw Results |
81 |
| Bibliography |
91 |
| Index |
93 |