There has been at least one independent test. Jeremy Genovese (2017) examined the birth date numbers of 806 Nobel laureates from 1901 to 2010 and found the distribution did not differ from chance in any meaningful way. This study only tested one claim of numerology, on a particular group of people, not on numerology users in general.
Large meta-analyses find no link between moon phase and crime or birth counts. For sleep, the evidence remains contested and depends on light exposure.
Saturn return is the 29.46-year cycle when Saturn returns to its birth position: the mechanism, the ages 29 and 58, and research on the near-30 crisis.
Is AI Tarot reading accurate, and how does it differ from a human reader? An analysis based on 2025 psychology research on how accurate Tarot spreads feel.
What is pseudoscience? A look at the definition, Popper's demarcation criterion, critiques from Duhem, Quine and Kuhn, and the practical stakes involved.
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.
A child's Bát Tự or Tử Vi chart should only suggest temperament and how to accompany them, never a fixed verdict or scientific forecast of their future.
Online Tarot's reliability examined through Tarot history, psychological evidence on perceived accuracy, and Pew 2025 survey data on who uses it and why.
Higher education goes with lower belief in fortune telling, but the correlation is modest and mostly runs through thinking style rather than through degrees.
Human Design sorts people into four main energy types, sometimes plus a fifth hybrid. This guide breaks down the strategy, theme, and mechanics of each type.
Explore the physiognomic meanings of high, low, full, or bony cheekbones in Eastern face reading, along with a critical perspective from modern science.
Vietnamese ancestor worship varies by region, ethnicity and setting, from the central altar to Cửu huyền thất tổ honored in some southern communal houses.
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.
In Ngũ Quyết Loan Đầu feng shui, an acupoint is where earth energy veins converge. See the operating principles, key point types, and identification methods.
Giai mong truyen is a Vietnamese story type built on a dream and its reading. This covers its origins, mechanisms, dream categories and how dreams were read.
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.
Professor, doctor of surgery, the first person to successfully research the planned liver resection method, also called the dry liver resection method or the Tôn Thất Tùng method