Fixed Stars Natal Interpretation

Overview

This project investigates the influence of major fixed stars in natal astrology using a continuous intensity weighting system rather than binary "orb" cutoffs. By using trigonometric similarity, we can quantify the exact "strength" of a planetary contact to a fixed star.

Methodology: Cosine Intensity

Traditional astrological analysis often uses a hard binary cutoff (e.g., "Is the planet within 2 degrees? Yes/No"). This project replaces that approach with a Cosine Similarity metric, which provides a continuous measure of alignment precision.

The Algorithm

For every planet in a birth chart and every fixed star:

  1. Calculate the angular difference: $ \delta = |\theta_{planet} - \theta_{star}| $
  2. Calculate Intensity: $ \text{Intensity} = \cos(\delta) $

This yields a value where:

We apply a high-pass filter (minimum threshold) to filter out noise, but the final analysis sums these cosine values to determine the "Total Intensity" of a star's influence on a group, rather than just counting occurrences.

Scope

Data

The project uses a dataset of approximately 900+ public figures (celebrity_data.csv). The "Cause" or "Category" column is used to group individuals (e.g., Politicians, Musicians, Scientists) to analyze which stars are most "intense" for specific fields.

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Visualizations

References

Data Provenance

Fixed Stars