For some ineffable reason, the Washington Post's Congress Votes database lets you sort the vote count by astrological sign...
No, they don't include Ophiuchus.
Bastards.
Apparently piscans and taurids are authoritarians, while scorpions are liberal rebel hippies, or something.
And don't talk to me about those Congressional virgins either...
But, wait, for the plebs in the House the fishes and bulls are all liberals, although the virgins remain authoritarian.
Now, I am all confused, clearly my initial hypothesis is flawed...
Hm, some serious fun could be had with this.
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This is great! We need more statistical evidence that astrology is hogwash. Bring on the science!
This gives us something to work toward implementing in the New Age enlightened future. Say, eg, instead of rotating State power as Switzerland rotates power among the Cantons, we could choose a President based on an astrological cycle, from Aries through Pisces (sorry, no Ophiuchus even it hogs so much of the sky).
There's a book in the science section of my local library (all two shelves of it) called The Scientific Proof Of Astrology, been tempted to pick it up for ages just for a laugh. Perhaps combining its insights with the article from the Post will allow me to somehow influence the future of US politics...
Let us know if it can also be sorted by voice volume, incoherent blather quantity, sound-bitiness, or chicken-dropping odor!
Is this the book? I know nothing about the book, but that review suggests it's a possibly serious attempt by an astronomer (yes, astronomer, not astrologer) to suggest, er, something...