Astrodatabank Explained

Astrodatabank
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Astrodatabank is a wiki website containing a collection of astrological data. The freely accessible database features the birth details and associated birth charts of public figures and mundane events. The collection was started by astrologer, Lois Rodden[1] in 1979. Astrodatabank is currently owned and maintained by the Swiss company Astrodienst and is published in English.

History

In 1979, Lois Rodden started publishing birth data with her book, Profiles of Women. Eventually this led onto the formation of Astrodatabank.[2] [3] [4] Mark McDonough[5] developed the Astrodatabank database work using the astrology birth data collected by Lois Rodden over 40 years of research.[6] Six months before Lois Rodden died, Lois named Pat Taglilatelo as her successor.[7] The data collection of another lifelong collector, Edwin Charles Steinbrecher, was integrated into the database during the next two years.

In July 2005, McDonough gave Richard Smoot ownership of the company. Astrodatabank was later bought by the Swiss company Astrodienst AG, of Alois Treindl, in 2008,[8] and converted into a wiki project and made freely accessible to all.[9]

Astrodatabank as a wiki was released on 12 March 2009, with 72,271 pages, in English. The names Astrodatabank, Astro-Databank, AstroDatabank, and ADB refer to the one and same project Astrodatabank.[10]

Application and Usage

The contents and data of the wiki have been recommended for the purpose of research related to astrological studies.[11] The project has been referred to by the National Council for Geocosmic Research for astrological research[12] [13] and has been recommended by Astrological Association of Great Britain as a large collection of verified astrological charts and a useful resource for scientific research.[14]

Researchers have imported Astrodatabank birth chart data into the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) for analysis. They claim that Astrodatabank sets the standards for rigorous astrological methodology and meet social scientific research design standards.[15] [16]

Export files of the AstroDienst database were used by the open source Python program TkAstroDb to analyze the contents of the Astrodatabank in a more blunt statistical way. TkAstroDb was written by Tanberk Celalettin Kutlu. It produces spreadsheets of the major statistical data found in the ADB export files, like data on ADB categories.[17] The resulting gigabytes of statistical astrological data on ADB categories were published online as excel files by the former ADB editor Sjoerd Visser.[18] The conclusion of The ADB Research Group was, that almost all claimed astrological variation could simply be explained by the sampling error, in contrary to the persistent irrational belief of astrologers that astrologically seen chance does not exist. The ADB researchers concluded that all statistically seen relevant astrological factors were too small to be predictive at the individual level. And that the large effects found in smaller ADB samples, were statistically seen neglectable when taking into account the 11 degrees of freedom involved with the postulated astrological factors. Impressive results were not found. The ADB categories just behaved like random ADB samples without confirming any astrological theory. Even if most biased astrologers and ADB Editors still believe in astrology.

The Astrodatabank has been used for astrological predictions by astrologers.[19] [20] The database has served as an important source of information related to notable people.[21] [22] [23] [24]

Research studies using Astrodatabank to replicate the original results of a successful test conducted by students of statistics class of Lake Forest College has been attempted.[25] The information provided on Astrodatabank, has been used for work related to history,[26] and for reference work.[27]

The contents of Astrodatabank has details of time of an event or person, with a related biography,[28] used also for studying the relation of charts to events in public lives.[29] [30]

Birth Data is recorded and rated

Astrodatabank has a variety of astrological data collections.[31] The data includes the birth details of celebrities,[32] [33] public figures,[34] [35] and Royal births.[36] The time and dates of significant events are also included.[37]

Editors and Astrological data collectors contribute to Astrodatabank entries.[38] Entries are first reviewed by the main editor for reliability and notability, before publication.

Astrodatabank birth entries are ranked according to the Lois Rodden Rating system. This requires full citation of source notes which detail the reference to the origin of the datum collected.[39] [40] [41] Entries are updated to reflect the most recent and most accurate information.[42] Originally the highest rating for accuracy was A. At the suggestion of Marion March, the AA category was included to distinguish between data based on personal memory and that supported by a birth certificate.[43] [44] The least reliable rating, DD refers to so called "dirty data". These are from a third rate source or where the datum is speculative or contradictory or dubious.[45] [46] A DD rating can apply to an entry with multiple claims of different birth data from equally reliable sources.[47] [48]

Data Type

A research article on the cognitive simulation of AstroDatabank records by using the Artificial Intelligence System – AIDOS, was published. The technology of simulation is described and the most important results are discussed.[49]

The data from Astrodatabank has been used for statistical studies in Astrology[50] and for studying patterns to account for human behavior.[51] The Astrodatabank data has been referenced by authors and writers as a source of information and data, in magazines and in their published books.[52] [53] [54] [55]

Technology

Astrodatabank uses the wiki software MediaWiki with some self-created extensions to provide astrological charts.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Falconer, Kim. Astrology and Aptitude: How to Become What You Were Meant to Be. 2005. American Federation of Astrologers. 9780866905367. Lois Rodden, astrologer, author and founder of Astrodatabank research.
  2. Book: Acknowledgements. Mapping Your Birthchart: Understanding Your Needs & Potential access,Stephanie Clement, Cosmic Patterns. 9780738702025. Clement. Stephanie Jean. Patterns. Cosmic. 2003. Llewellyn Worldwide .
  3. Web site: Astrologers goes High-Tech. CNN. 1998.
  4. News: Suddenly popular, Mark McDonough, astrological-database,Web sites he built. The New York Times. 2003.
  5. Web site: McDonough. Kepler College. 2016-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160917043931/http://kepler.edu/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=35:individual-donors&catid=41:donors&Itemid=135. 2016-09-17. dead.
  6. Book: Lois Rodden,business partner Mark McDonough,runs the software. Soul Mate Astrology,Trish MacGregor. 9781616737689. MacGregor. Trish. 2004. Fair Winds Press .
  7. Web site: Pat Taglilatelo worked as an editor of Astrodatabank,from 2003. The National Council for Geocosmic Research.
  8. Web site: A conversation with Alois Treindl. The Mountain Astrologer. Tem. Tarrktar. AstroDatabank is a huge service to the whole field.. 2012.
  9. Web site: Great Astrology Blogs. Mary. Plumb. AstroDatabank database in now online free from Astrodienst. The Mountain Astrologer. 6 April 2009.
  10. Book: Langsdorf, Antonia. Geheimnisse der Astrologie. Astrodatabank software. Schlütersche. 2005. 9783899940701. de. For my astro-research on the celebrity list I used the genius of Astrodatabank because here you can view all this information together.
  11. Encyclopedia: Astrodatabank,research program. The Astrology Book, The Encyclopedia... James. Lewis. 2003. 9781578591442. James R. Lewis (scholar).
  12. Web site: Research Resources, Astrodatabank. National Council for Geocosmic Research. Jagdish. Maheshri.
  13. Astrological theory and practice. Academia.edu. Lall. Jean Hinson.
  14. Web site: Scientific Research. 25 January 2020. Large collection of verified astrological charts. The Astrological Association of Great Britain.
  15. Web site: Statistics on Frequency of Profile in the Human Design System, Basic Human Design Chart. Dr Eleanor. Haspel-Portner. Unified Life Sciences. Because our data is astrologically related, we worked with a paradigm that is astrologically and scientifically rigorous. The astrological methodology meets the standard for astrological research set forth by Astrodatabank.. 2001.
  16. Web site: Research of the integrated information variability model of the subjects reaction on the position of celestial bodies of the Solar System at the moment of birth. Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar, Russia. Dr Alexander. Trunev. Professor Eugene. Lutsenko. ... a data bank, co-holding 20,007 entries biographies of real persons, selected from AstroDataBank. ru. 2009.
  17. Web site: GitHub - dildeolupbiten/TkAstroDb: TkAstroDb is a program that uses Astrodatabank (Adb) to conduct statistical studies in astrology.. GitHub. 18 January 2022.
  18. Web site: Astrologie onderzoek (ADB astrology research).
  19. Web site: U.S. presidential race at center of astrology convention. Solomon. Banda. USA Today. Birth data are rated for accuracy and shared among astrologers through websites such as http://www.astrodatabank.com.. 17 May 2008.
  20. Web site: President Bush's 2004 victory. Bill. Meridian. Dell Horoscope. November 2004.
  21. Web site: Biography of Donald Trump. 45thuspresident.us. 2016.
  22. Web site: Nicolaus Copernicus Birthday. Earthsky. 19 February 2022.
  23. Web site: Christina Grimmie. 21 June 2016. Beliefnet.
  24. Web site: In Memoriam, Wolfgang Döbereiner, Placidus (Astrodatabank). Astrologie Heute.
  25. Web site: Research Study to Test Compatibility.
  26. Book: Postcoloniality: The French Dimension, Notes. Berghahn Books. Margaret A. Majumdar. 2007. 9781782387541.
  27. The Virtualization of Elián González. Paul. Allatson. Media Culture Journal. 2004. 7 . 5 . 10.5204/mcj.2449 . free.
  28. Book: Astrodatabank,biographical information. Midpoints Identify & Integrate Midpoints Into Horoscope Synthesis,Don McBroom. 9780738709833. McBroom. Don. 2007. Llewellyn Worldwide .
  29. Web site: Tools of astrology. https://web.archive.org/web/20150411100513/http://app.providencejournal.com/arts-entertainment/horoscopes/assets/includes/ae-horoscopes-tools.htm. dead. 2015-04-11. Providence Journal. 2003.
  30. Web site: Jack London-Horoskop, birth details, Astrodatabank. Jack London International.
  31. Book: Pond, David. Mapping Your Romantic Relationships: Discover Your Love Potential. 1994. Llewellyn Worldwide. 9780738704203.
  32. Book: Gieseler Greenbaum, Dorian. Temperament,Astrology's Forgotten Key. Biography of Kenneth Branagh from Astrodatabank. 2005. The Wessex Astrologer . 9781902405179.
  33. Book: Roell, David. The Triple Witching Hour, The Third Book of Astrological Essays. Birth details of Clint Eastwood. August 2012. Astrology Center of America . 9781933303475.
  34. Book: Clement, Stephanie Jean. Mapping Your Family Relationships: Understanding Your Family Dynamics. All chart data of public figures from Astrodatabank. 2004. Cosmic Patterns. 9780738706238.
  35. Book: Riske, Kris. Mapping Your Future. All chart data of public figures from Astrodatabank. 2004. Llewellyn Worldwide . 9780738705019.
  36. Book: Reinhold, Helga. Astrologie trifft Genealogie,Eine fruchtbare Begegnung. Prince and Princess birth charts from Astrodatabank. 2012. BoD – Books on Demand . 9783848222483.
  37. Book: Nordhaus-Bike, Anne. Follow the Sun: A Simple Way to Use Astrology for Living in Harmony. Natal chart Jane Addams. September 2011. AuthorHouse . 9781456759315.
  38. Book: Stuart, Edwin. Thirty Years in the 12th House. Birth certificate data collection . March 2008 . AuthorHouse . 9781434354266 .
  39. Web site: Presidential race front and center at astrology convention. The Denver Post. The Associated Press. 16 May 2008.
  40. Web site: U.S. prez race front and center at astrology convention. The San Diego Union-Tribune. 17 May 2008. Birth data are rated for accuracy and shared among astrologers through Web sites such as www.astrodatabank.com. Solomon. Banda. 30 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160917062158/http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/nation/20080517-0926-astrologers-candidates.html. 17 September 2016. dead.
  41. Web site: Presidential race in the stars for astrologers. Fox News Channel. 17 May 2008.
  42. Book: Angioli, Suzanne. Planet Neptune..US Presidents,..to Barack Obama. Birth data, latest version. 5 April 2016. Balboa Press . 9781504351829.
  43. Web site: Astrology for Aquarius. Brotherhood of Light. In 1979 ... Lois Rodden published Profiles of Women. In April 1992 Rodden published Profiles of Crime and in 1996 a revised, updated edition of Profiles of Women..
  44. Book: Tebbs, Carol. The Complete Book of Chart Rectification. Source notes from Astrodatabank's full dossier for Elizabeth Taylor. 2008. Llewellyn Worldwide. 9780738713083.
  45. Rodden Rating. D Dritt klassige Quelle, spekulative, widersprüchliche und zweifelhafte Daten. Meridian Magazine. de. 2011. Holger. Fass. 2016-09-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20160914072820/http://www.lebendige-astrologie.de/tl_files/pdfs/112-01_EDI.PDF. 2016-09-14. dead.
  46. Dirty Data of Michael Jackson, Astrodatabank. ASTROLOG Magazine.
  47. Book: Mythic Astrology Applied: Personal Healing Through the Planets. Disputed time of birth for Hillary Clinton. Ariel. Guttman. Gail. Guttman. Kenneth. Johnson. Llewellyn Worldwide. 2004. 9780738704258.
  48. Book: Clement, Dr Stephanie. Power of the Midheaven: The Astrology of Self Realization. Birth place discrepancy, of Neil Armstrong. 2001. Llewellyn Worldwide. 9781567181470.
  49. Web site: Artificial Intelligence System for Identification of Social Categories of Natives Based on Astronomical Parameters. International Journal Chaos and Correlation. 2008.
  50. Generating Control groups. Kyosti. Tarvainen. 2015. The Kepler Conference. 2016-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160905181348/http://www.thekeplerconference.com/control-groups-k-tarvainen. 2016-09-05. dead.
  51. Book: Sundance, Kyra. The Dog Rules. registration. 232. medical astrodatabank.. Notes. Simon and Schuster. 2009. 9781416588658.
  52. Book: Simms, Maria Kay . A Time for Magick: Planetary Hours for Meditations, Rituals & Spells. 2001. Llewellyn Worldwide. 9781567186222.
  53. Book: Fernandez, Maurice. Neptune, the 12th House, and Pisces. Trafford Publishing. 2004. AstroDatabank has been an essential tool in the research of this book. 9781412040280.
  54. Book: Costello, Priscilla. The Weiser Concise Guide to Practical Astrology. Weiser. 2008. 9781609253042.
  55. Book: The Threat Closer to Home: Hugo Chavez and the War Against America. Douglas. Schoen. Michael. Rowan. Simon and Schuster. 2009. 9781439101735.

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