Can Astrology Predict Personality? What the Double-Blind Tests Say
Do astrologers matching charts to unknown people beat chance? Double-blind tests, Carlson 1985 to Hartmann 2006, found they did not.
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Can Astrology Predict Personality? What the Double-Blind Tests SayCan Life Path Numbers Predict Who Succeeds? A Numerology Test on Nobel LaureatesThe Forer Experiment: A Whole Class Received the Same Personality Description and Everyone Felt It Was Accurate, Plus How to Test It Yourself in Ten MinutesHow Reliable Are Personality Tests: Enneagram, MBTI, and Why Employers Should Not Use Them to Screen People Out, with a Comparative North, Central, and South Vietnam PerspectiveWhy retaking the MBTI gives you a different type: the 16 personality types through the lens of psychometrics
Sun and Moon in Astrology: Reading the Sun Sign and Moon Sign Together
Alan Leo (1910) gave the Sun sign to the individual and the Moon sign to the personality, reading 144 pairs together. We read his text and note its limits.
Do 'compatible' zodiac signs marry more durably? Swedish population data answer
Swedish population register data from 1968 to 2001 show couples with 'compatible' zodiac signs neither marry more nor divorce less.
Do Two People Born at the Same Time Share the Same Fate? What the London 'Time Twins' Study Says
The 1958 London 'time twins' study tracked over two thousand people born minutes apart and found none of the similarity Western astrology predicts for them.
Virgo and Mercury: The Ruling Planet Connection in Astrology
Explore the deep connection between Virgo and its ruling planet Mercury: origins, influence mechanisms, and expressions in personality, love, and career.
Can Life Path Numbers Predict Who Succeeds? A Numerology Test on Nobel Laureates
A numerology test on 806 Nobel laureates found birth-number distribution no different from chance. Why does numerology still sound true to so many people?
Why retaking the MBTI gives you a different type: the 16 personality types through the lens of psychometrics
The MBTI measures four real personality dimensions, but splitting people into 16 discrete types makes those near the midpoint shift type on a retest.
The Forer Experiment: A Whole Class Received the Same Personality Description and Everyone Felt It Was Accurate, Plus How to Test It Yourself in Ten Minutes
In his 1949 paper, Bertram Forer reports giving 39 students one identical personality sketch from an astrology book; the class still rated it accurate.
How to Read Auspicious Hours (Giờ Hoàng Đạo) in a Day
A guide to the 12 two-hour blocks of a traditional Vietnamese day, how the 6 auspicious and 6 inauspicious hours are determined, and notes on timing.
Enneagram Type 7: The Enthusiast: Traits, Strengths, and Considerations
Explore Enneagram Type 7 (The Enthusiast) in depth, personality traits, strengths, potential blind spots, and growth advice for this type.
How Reliable Are Personality Tests: Enneagram, MBTI, and Why Employers Should Not Use Them to Screen People Out, with a Comparative North, Central, and South Vietnam Perspective
Enneagram and MBTI are self-understanding tools, not screening criteria, with a North, Central, and South Vietnam view of how each region receives them.
How to recognize a pseudoscientific advertisement: the criteria of philosophy of science, applied to 'energy', 'vibration', 'quantum'
No single test identifies pseudoscience. Philosophy of science uses a cluster of criteria, applied here to 'energy', 'vibration' and 'quantum'.
Cold reading: The technique that makes a vague statement sound like it hits your private life
Cold reading uses body language, double-edged statements and the Barnum effect to make vague claims feel like an accurate reading of your private life.
The Unique Early Tet Custom of the Si La People
The Si La people in Lai Châu celebrate Tet early, timing it to the harvest and peach blossoms, with black pig rituals and double chung cakes.
Karl Popper's Falsifiability: A Conjecture That Cannot Be Wrong Says Nothing
Falsifiability is Karl Popper's test: a theory is scientific only if observation could contradict it. He used astrology as a system that cannot be wrong.
Does Learning Astrology Make People More Certain About Themselves? Astrology as Self-Affirmation in Times of Crisis
Astrology students in a small 1998 study grew more certain about themselves, while psychology and German students did not.
Sun and Moon in Numerology: Why Number 1 Is the Sun and Number 2 the Moon
Number 1 as the Sun and number 2 as the Moon is a convention of modern numerology, spread by Cheiro's 1926 book. We read his text and the test results.
MBTI ISFP Personality Type (The Artist) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
A comprehensive guide to the ISFP (Artist) personality type in MBTI: origins, traits, inner workings, strengths, weaknesses, and suitable career directions.
MBTI ESFP Personality Type (The Entertainer) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
A comprehensive look at the ESFP (Entertainer) MBTI type: origins, identifying traits, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and suitable career directions.
MBTI ENTP Personality Type (The Debater): Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
A comprehensive look at the ENTP personality type (The Debater): origins, traits, strengths, weaknesses, and suitable career directions.
MBTI INFJ Personality Type (The Advocate): Characteristics, Strengths, and Career Directions
INFJ (The Advocate) in MBTI: identifying traits, strengths, weaknesses, and suitable career directions for this insightful, empathetic type.
MBTI ISFJ Personality Type (The Nurturer) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
ISFJ (The Nurturer) in MBTI: identifying traits, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and suitable career paths for this thoughtful and compassionate type.
MBTI INTJ Personality Type (The Strategist) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
A comprehensive look at the INTJ personality type (The Strategist) in MBTI: origins, traits, strengths, weaknesses, and suitable career directions.
MBTI ENFJ Personality Type (The Giver) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Guidance
ENFJ, MBTI's The Giver: identifying traits, strengths, weaknesses, and career guidance for this empathetic, people-oriented type.
ESFJ MBTI Personality Type (The Consul) - Characteristics, Strengths, and Career Directions
ESFJ (The Consul) MBTI type: characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and suitable career directions for this caring type.
MBTI INTP Personality Type (The Thinker): Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
INTP (The Thinker) in MBTI: logical, intuitive and flexible traits, plus strengths, weaknesses and suitable career paths.
MBTI ENFP Personality Type (The Campaigner) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Directions
ENFP is the inspiring, creative MBTI type. See its traits, strengths, weaknesses and career paths, plus why MBTI is only a reference tool.
MBTI ISTP Personality Type (The Craftsman) - Characteristics, Strengths and Career Directions
ISTP, MBTI's Craftsman type: logical thinking, flexible problem solving, and a love of machines and tools, plus strengths and career directions.
MBTI INFP Personality Type (The Mediator) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
INFP (The Mediator) is one of the 16 MBTI types, known for idealism, empathy and intuition. See traits, strengths, weaknesses and fitting careers.
ESTJ MBTI Personality Type (The Executive) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Directions
ESTJ (The Executive) MBTI type: its traits, strengths, weaknesses and suitable career paths, plus the origins of the type and a scientific view.
MBTI ESTP Personality Type (The Doer) - Characteristics, Strengths, and Career Directions
MBTI ESTP (The Doer) explained: key traits, strengths, weaknesses to overcome, and career paths in business, sports, and engineering.
What Does MBTI Borrow from Carl Jung, and Where Does It Differ?
MBTI borrows Jung's two attitudes and four functions, adds the J/P axis and sixteen types. How does psychology rate its reliability and validity?
ISTJ Personality Type (The Inspector) - Traits, Strengths, and Career Paths
ISTJ (The Inspector) in MBTI: origins, identifying traits, strengths, weaknesses, and suitable career paths, plus an objective scientific view.
Extraverted Sensing (Se) Cognitive Function in MBTI: Meaning and Manifestations
Extraverted Sensing (Se) in MBTI: its definition and mechanics, how it shows up across the personality types, plus strengths and weaknesses.
How MBTI and Big Five differ, and why psychology uses Big Five
MBTI and Big Five measure nearly the same four personality dimensions, but MBTI splits people into 16 discrete groups while Big Five keeps continuous scores.
What Is Synastry Chart Comparison and Why Has It Not Been Proven?
Synastry compares two birth charts through planetary aspects between two people: how it is read, where schools differ, and why science has not confirmed it.
Is Astrology Science or Superstition: The Wrong Question, and the Question Worth Asking Instead
Astrology is not science in the modern empirical sense, yet calling it pure superstition ignores its roots in Yin-Yang, the Five Elements and the I Ching.
Fire - Fire Element Compatibility in Astrology
Explore the compatibility between Fire element signs (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius) in astrology: strengths, challenges, and how to harmonize in love and work.
The Placebo Effect: Why Feeling Lighter After a Ceremony Is Real, Even When the Ritual Changes Nothing About the Condition
The placebo effect explains why feeling lighter after a ritual can be real, though it changes only subjective experience, not the disease itself.
Do People Turn to Divination More When They Feel Anxious? Research on Stress, Control and Ritual
Anxiety and ritual seeking track together in observational data, but experiments that induced lost control have not replicated.
Đoàn Văn Hậu
Left-back for the Vietnam national team, member of the 2018 AFF Cup championship team and gold medalist at SEA Games 2019
Nguyễn Đình Chiểu
Poet, physician, teacher, author of the narrative poem Lục Vân Tiên and Văn tế nghĩa sĩ Cần Giuộc