title: Moon phase at the dates of birth and decease of anthroposophic pioneers.
abstract: Early adherents of Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the anthroposophical movement, tend to be born and to die during the dark half of the lunar month. There is significant correlation (P = 0.03) between the distributions of the lunar elongation at birth and at decease. However, this correlation does not operate at the level of individuals, suggesting that the effects of birth date and death date are statistically independent.
authors.affiliation: Louis Bolk Institute, Driebergen, The Netherlands. Jozef.Verhulst@ping.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhulst
mesh_terms: D001255:Astrology; D001723:Birth Rate; D006801:Humans; D016081:Moon