Bushwalk Australia

On a trip a few years ago, some of us got talking about how many club members were Aquarius. It seemed to be many more than for any other star sign.

Well, I got curious, and went through the membership list and the results were interesting. If they were evenly distributed, there should have been 13.5 people per star sign.

Capricorn 12 December 22 - January 19
Aquarius 20 January 20 - February 18
Pisces 12 February 19 - March 20
Aries 15 March 21 - April 19
Taurus 11 April 20 - May 20
Gemini 14 May 21 - June 20
Cancer 14 June 21 - July 22
Leo 19 July 23 - August 22
Virgo 12 August 23 - September 22
Libra 14 September 23 - October 22
Scorpio 6 October 23 - November 21
Sagittarius 13 November 22 - December 21

Most seem pretty close to the average, but Aquarius and Leo are significantly above average, and Scorpio is significantly below.

I sent this off to friend who knows a bit about astrology, and he observed that the highest numbers are Aquarius and Leo, which are opposites on the zodiac and so have something in common.

The lowest is Scorpio, and the second lowest is Taurus, which are also opposites and therefore have something in common too.

So what does all this mean? Are particular star signs attracted to the outdoors and bush more than people born under other star signs?

Or is it something else entirely? For example, Aquarius people relate better to groups than to individuals, so you would expect more of them in a club. But does that explain the Leos, Scorpios and Taurus?

Unfortunately, the forums don't allow multi-question polls, so we cannot test this.

So what if we start with star sign to see if any patterns emerge.

Cheers

David

Me thinks you need to consider the population spread as well, maybe a cold winter is good baby making time? Also if you are a traditionalist then I would bet that there are less marriages around Christmas than other times of the year.

Cheers Brett

Hmmm, if certain star signs are adverse to completing polls (but love walking) the results of your research here may be a little flawed!!

nice one JB!! also serious walkers may not spend all their time reading forums but be actually out there...(I wish!)

Brett wrote:Me thinks you need to consider the population spread as well, maybe a cold winter is good baby making time?

Indeed it is Brett, but peak number of deliveries at the QV was always September/October
Then of course just to confuse things, there are quite a few of us who were born in the northern hemisphere.

I have never been a star sign person , based on "how can you divide the worlds population (currently 6.8Bn give or take a city or two) into twelve groups" where anything at all can be meaningfully deduced. Sure - makes for a bit of fun - as long as people are just having fun. For me, nothing is more amazing and absorbing than the never ending pursuit of Truth.
Yeah, well...... I've always felt a little 'different'

Hey I dont care really, just thought I would tick the box and was surprised with the result so far
corvus

Getting a bit too cancerous there

ff

flyfisher wrote:Getting a bit too cancerous there

ff

Ah, yes John, diplomatic to the core I know theres a lot you could say if you wanted!
Wheres that thread that mentions Frog Call?

There is no 'superstar' option ?

Well, interesting so far. But only 34 votes? Surely more people than that read this forum?

davidmorr wrote:Well, interesting so far. But only 34 votes? Surely more people than that read this forum?

Maybe they know better

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac

and check out the constellation boundaries of the IAU

I was born when the Sun was in Gemini, yet the 2000 year old tropical Zodiac says I'm Cancer.

Anyone for the I Ching ?

Yep the indian astrology has a fixed zodiac so the same stars behind the signs are the same 2000 years ago.

davidmorr wrote:Well, interesting so far. But only 34 votes? Surely more people than that read this forum?

We do but, but some of us just think this astrology stuff is just stupid and hence don't read the topic at all. Still I have voted now and it's nice to see the mighty Cancerians are winning

Given that Pisces are suppose to be the biggest followers of star sign you would think my mob would be dominating the respondents but maybe our love for the good things in life means we are too busy completing the star surveys for spa resorts Curiously I find is spell checkers on computer programs reflect the view of the author and Pisces has been missed by the list of words but Taurus,Virgo, Capricorn, etc have not. Um? Conspiracy abounds? Maybe Nasa should name a rocket series after the star sign?

Cheers Brett

davidmorr wrote:Well, interesting so far. But only 34 votes? Surely more people than that read this forum?

I've only just read the thread as I couldn't believe it when it turned up - I don't believe there is anything in star signs - but thought I might check it out now seeing as it's had a few replies. I'll vote just for interest's sake.

Interesting. I suppose we are unlikely to get any more responses now, so lets look at the results. If star signs were uniformly distributed, then we should expect just under four people per star sign. The vast majority have 3, 4 or 5 which, given the small size of the sample, I'm inclined to call "average".

That leaves Cancer at 11, and Gemini and Leo at 1 to analyse.

Given that these results are so different from the results I originally posted, it seems likely that star sign is not a good predictor of interest in bushwalking, and probably reflects some other characteristic of the samples being used. As I suggested originally for my club, it may be that Aquarius like to be in groups.

What conclusions can we draw from this survey?

Firstly, my original analysis took a whole population, ie, all members of a club. The poll here was self-selecting, which in statistical analysis means it carries little weight. This is because many people who don't believe in star signs are unlikely to read the topic or vote. So it may be that Gemini and Leo in general don't believe in star signs, but Cancers do.

Secondly, the club analysis had a size of 160 people. This poll has only 47 people. Therefore the error in the results is likely to be much higher.

Thirdly, as Jellybean said:

Hmmm, if certain star signs are adverse to completing polls (but love walking) the results of your research here may be a little flawed!!

I would be surprised if more than one or two of the club members participate in online forums, whereas the people who responded here obviously do. So perhaps all we can conclude is that Cancerian bushwalkers spend a lot of time on forums while bushwalking club members are out walking.