There are 15 astrology schools in the UK.

You can study for a degree in astrology.

Research by Leeds University, for Olgivy and Mather (the advertising company) found more than 70 per cent of people believed there was truth in astrology.

Broadcaster Derrick Jameson's wife, Lizzie, is an astrologer.

In New York, annually, the Astrology and Stock Market Forecasting Conference is held.

In 1995, The Institute of Management, admitted that it was known that some big British companies used astrology for recruitment purposes.

The Indian government of Prime Minister Narashima Rao (until 1996) had astrologer Narenda Sharma to assist in the timing of political decisions. He was afforded the same status as a cabinet minister.

USA President's Ronald Reagan, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln all consulted astrologers.

Football managers Sir Bobby Robson, Kevin Keegan, Sven Goran Eriksson, Bob Paisley and Sir Alf Ramsey were all born under the innovative sign of Aquarius.

Substantive research in the USA and Germany, has shown that the incident of crime rises steeply at the time of a full moon.

Dr Percy Seymour, of Plymouth University, became the first British Professor of Astrophysics to conclude, in his book the Evidence of Science, that the magnetic field of the earth was affected by the movement of planets and solar flare activity from the Sun, and these could influence peoples emotions.