The Institute of Scientific Jyotish was founded by astrologer Ernst Wilhelm in 2009 for the purpose of statistically testing astrological techniques and astronomical calculations. It is our goal to generate data that will help astrologers feel secure and decisive in their selection of techniques and in their calculations, so many of which are controversial. It is also our hope that these statistics will help astrology to be respected as a true science and so not to be considered as a hocus pocus or psychic something. With the many disagreements that astrologers have over the very foundations of their calculations, it is no wonder that we are the laughing stocks of the scientific community. Clear cut statistics are what are needed for astrology to earn respect for the super science that it is. The average astrologer is more reliable in his predictions than is the average doctor with the correct diagnoses of disease or the weatherman in his forecasts, however, astrology is still not considered a science as is medicine and meteorology largely due to their not being any solid statistical proof of the merits of astrology. Astrology is sorely lacking in statistics and we welcome your help in our generating the needed statistics.
Through statistical comparisons it is our goal to determine which astrological techniques and calculations yield better results. While astrologers have always worked hard to test their techniques, the astrologer working hand in hand with clients and working with charts is always somewhat influenced by their preconceived ideas as well as their perceptions. Preconceived ideas can skew the results of any test as it makes one blind to other possibilities, while an astrologer's perceptive ability often takes him or her into the realm of intuition - beyond statistics. For statistical study, the unbiased and unperceptive "mind" of a CPU will really show the worth of a technique. The CPU does not have the ability to make a "silk purse out of a sow's ear," as the astrologer's intuition often does with a weak technique.
We are statistically testing and proving astrological techniques in two ways:
First, by having people enter their birth data and answer a simple list of questions. This first step will help us build up ground data and each such test will not just have a right or wrong answer, but also a control - a control being something considered important to any scientific testing and something always lacking in other astrological tests.
Second, to generate reports that can be viewed with different calculation options so that the viewer can see which option they find more accurate. This second part will only be implemented after we have gathered a lot of statistics via the first step.
Please help us in our endeavors by taking part in a test and also by requesting those you know to also take part in the test. It is very important that non-astrologers take part in the test, so please invite all your non-astrologer friends. No names will be asked for in any of the tests nor any information that could ever be used in a harmful or embarrassing fashion.
Copyright © 2009 Kala Occult Publishers. All Rights Reserved.