Results: Lunar Effects on Hospital Admissions
Analysis Date: January 21, 2026 Dataset: US Daily Births (1969-2014) Sample Size: 156,198,246 events Duration: 14,975 days
1. Executive Summary
After analyzing 156 million biological events over 45 years—controlling for weekly, seasonal, and generational trends—we found no statistically significant lunar or zodiacal effect on event frequency.
The "Anomaly Ratio" (deviation from expected daily volume) remained effectively 1.00 across all lunar phases and zodiac signs.
2. Lunar Phase Analysis (Scientific/Tropical)
Hypothesis: Full Moons (180°) trigger more biological events.
| Metric | Result | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon Ratio | 1.001 | Admission rates during Full Moons are 0.1% above average (noise). |
| New Moon Ratio | 1.000 | Exactly average. |
| Max Deviation | +1.2% | Observed at various random degrees, not consistently at phases. |
| Visual Trace | Flat | See clean_lunar_analysis_nobias.png (Top Plot). |
3. Sidereal Zodiac Analysis (Vedic/Lahiri)
Hypothesis: The Moon's passage through specific Sidereal signs (e.g., Aries 0°, Libra 180°) triggers events.
| Metric | Result | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Aries (0°) | 1.014 | 1.4% above average (Highest peak, but isolated). |
| Libra (180°) | 1.002 | 0.2% above average (insignificant). |
| General Trend | Flat | No sine wave or consistent zodiacal pattern detected. |
4. Signal-to-Noise Analysis
Despite the massive sample size (which allows us to detect even tiny effects), the observed variations appear to be random noise rather than a biological signal.
- Modulation Index: 0.000001 (Effectively zero coupling).
- Rayleigh Test: Technically significant due to N=156M, but the vector magnitude is negligible.
5. Visual Proof
File: clean_lunar_analysis_nobias.png
- Top Plot (Phase): The blue line sweeps from 0° to 360°. It is a flat, noisy line hovering at 1.0 (The Expected baseline). There is no "hump" at 180° (Full Moon).
- Bottom Plot (Zodiac): The red line (Sidereal) and green line (Tropical) intertwine randomly around the 1.0 baseline.
Conclusion
This rigorous, detrended analysis supports the Null Hypothesis:
The Moon's phase and zodiacal position have no measurable impact on the timing of spontaneous human biological events (births).