Graham Douglas
I am an independent researcher. My interests in research after graduating in Chemistry from Imperial College, London University in 1968 moved to Biophysics and resulted in publications on the subject of flagellar motility in prokaryotic microorganisms.
From 1977 onwards I have been researching two strands that arose from my sceptical response to claims of astrological validity. Following the work of the Gauquelins I have devoted a large part of my investigations to possible Solar and/or Lunar influences on the human organism before, at or after birth.
The other strand originated at the same time after discovering the work of Levi-Strauss and soon reached Semiotics, the area that I also study intensively in relation to possible links with the theory of Grid-Group Analysis. This has resulted in 3 articles in the journal Semiotics in the period 1997-2000, and recently in the International Journal of Languages and Culture (2025).
I am building a website where these papers are linked along with my other work in the field of journalism, where I have published many interviews with filmmakers in the journals www.theprisma.co.uk and www.latinolife.co.uk
Supervisors: I am open to comments and suggestions from any serious researcher in the fields mentioned.
Address: Resident in Lisbon
From 1977 onwards I have been researching two strands that arose from my sceptical response to claims of astrological validity. Following the work of the Gauquelins I have devoted a large part of my investigations to possible Solar and/or Lunar influences on the human organism before, at or after birth.
The other strand originated at the same time after discovering the work of Levi-Strauss and soon reached Semiotics, the area that I also study intensively in relation to possible links with the theory of Grid-Group Analysis. This has resulted in 3 articles in the journal Semiotics in the period 1997-2000, and recently in the International Journal of Languages and Culture (2025).
I am building a website where these papers are linked along with my other work in the field of journalism, where I have published many interviews with filmmakers in the journals www.theprisma.co.uk and www.latinolife.co.uk
Supervisors: I am open to comments and suggestions from any serious researcher in the fields mentioned.
Address: Resident in Lisbon
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Published data by other researchers has uncovered evidence that human longevity is reduced by increased solar activity. The question arises as to whether the 27-day Solar Rotation Cycle also carries this influence.
Michel Gauquelin observed that his collection of birth data of eminent writers and scientists showed surprising peaks when plotted against the zodiacal position of the Moon. In this report his study is extended in two ways. It is suggested that the positions of the lunar zodiac peaks vary with profession and planet. Second, longevity data from other sources are investigated uncovering a small set of recurring zodiacal longitudes close to the peaks in the Writers’ and Scientists’ data.
Alleged lunar effects often follow the 29.5-day lunation cycle, yet this pattern does not emerge in this data. Since data on longevity have been shown to correlate with solar activity cycles, it was conjectured that the 27.3- day cycle of the Moon may be masking an influence of the Sun’s 27-day rotation cycle.
The possible solar influence is supported by the presence of a semi-annual modulation in the data, which leads to a curious conjecture – that rather than conventional astrology the fundamental link may be to archaeo-astronomy and the symbolism of the compass directions which appears in many ancient cosmologies.
Published data by other researchers has uncovered evidence that human longevity is reduced by increased solar activity. The question arises as to whether the 27-day Solar Rotation Cycle also carries this influence.
Michel Gauquelin observed that his collection of birth data of eminent writers and scientists showed surprising peaks when plotted against the zodiacal position of the Moon. In this report his study is extended in two ways. It is suggested that the positions of the lunar zodiac peaks vary with profession and planet. Second, longevity data from other sources are investigated uncovering a small set of recurring zodiacal longitudes close to the peaks in the Writers’ and Scientists’ data.
Alleged lunar effects often follow the 29.5-day lunation cycle, yet this pattern does not emerge in this data. Since data on longevity have been shown to correlate with solar activity cycles, it was conjectured that the 27.3- day cycle of the Moon may be masking an influence of the Sun’s 27-day rotation cycle.
The possible solar influence is supported by the presence of a semi-annual modulation in the data, which leads to a curious conjecture – that rather than conventional astrology the fundamental link may be to archaeo-astronomy and the symbolism of the compass directions which appears in many ancient cosmologies.