The Present Research
When I first began the data collecting for the research upon which this book is based, I had every intention of studying astrological
factors in a very comprehensive way. Unfortunately, most of the love-shy men studied did not know their exact birth times. In order for
astrological hypotheses to have been correctly tested, I as researcher would have had to have had access to each respondent’s birth time
within an accuracy range of five minutes. Since it was not feasible to obtain this information, I had to make do with mere birth date data
alone as far as most of the respondents were concerned.
Briefly stated, my own analysis corroborated that of Mayo. Hence significantly more of my chronic love-shys had sun signs of
Taurus, Pisces, and Capricorn, than would have been expected by chance. Similarly, the self-confident non-shys I studied had many
more Sagittarians
and Aires people among them than would have been expected by chance. In addition, the following generalizations also appear
warrented:
1. Love-shy men have a surfeit of planets located in the 4th, 5th, and 6th houses. This is interesting because in astrology this
signals low self-sufficiency combined with high introversion/inhibition.
2. The chronically love-shy are significantly more likely than self-confident men to have their natal Saturn in the 5th or 7th houses.
This is interesting because in astrology Saturn is the planet of restrictions. It is often referred to as the “negative teacher”. The
7th house is the house of marriage and partnerships; the 5th house is the house of sex and of children.
3. Chronically love-shy men have an overrepresentation of Mars in Cancer and in Pisces. In astrology Mars is the planet of energy
and drive. Cancer and Pisces are regarded as the two worst signs for Mars because they are associated with inertia and with
energy wastage.
4. Love shy men tend to have significantly more fixed signs and earth signs in their horoscopes than do self-confident, non-shy
men. In astrology such combinations would be associated with inhibition and with stubborn and often intractable problems such
as love-shyness.
5. Love-shy men are quite likely to have a natal Saturn that is square or conjunct to the natal sun or natal moon. Many loveshys
have Saturn in the same sign as either their sun, moon, or ascendant.
6. Severely love-shy men are significantly more likely than nonshys to have their natal Mars in one of the following four houses:
7th, 6th, 4th, and 3rd, in that order. Severe love-shyness seems to be associated with the natal Mars being opposite either the
native’s ascendant or the native’s midheaven--give or take an orb of ten degrees.
7. Severely love-shy men show some tendency for their natal Neptunes to be at or near their midheavens. Neptune is the planet of
fantasy, daydreams and illusion. Those with Neptune at or near the midheaven are believed by astrologers to be dominated
(ruled) by fantasy and illusion.
8. Severely love-shy men show some preponderance of planets, sun, moon, ascendant, and midheaven, in signs ruled by Venus:
i.e., Taurus and Libra. Many love-shy men have at least two of the three major astrological elements (sun, ascendant, and moon)
in the Venus-ruled Taurus and Libra.
9. Down through the centuries it has been noticed that the severely love-shy (men in particular) are substantially more likely than
the non-afflicted to have been born during the May 16 to 19 period than during any other four-day period of the calendar year.
The star called Caput Algol rules this four-day period. Traditionally this star had been called “The Evil One”. And the evidence
collected from scores of astrologers (including contemporary ones) indicates that this star does appear to have a detrimental
impact upon a person’s powers of endurance. Men, in particular, who had been born during this four-day period are highly likely
to be excessively passive. Further, the Caput Algol personality is commonly perceived as being “pleasant but non-competitive”
and sort of unambitious.
10. Astrologers determine a person’s sign for twelve different items: the sun, the moon, the rising sign, the midheaven, the two inner
planets, and the six outer planets. Each of these twelve items had been in some astrological sign at the moment of a person’s
birth. The severely love-shy are much more likely than the non-afflicted to have been born with nine or more of these twelve
items in “negative” or “feminine” signs: i.e., Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Pisces.
11. Those born with Jupiter and Saturn conjunct (give or take an orb of ten degrees) have an above average vulnerability towards
becoming severely love-shy. This is especially true if the conjunction occurs in the 5th or 7th houses.
Implications
Eventually we will know for sure whether these and other possible astrological factors correlate with severe love-shyness. If there is
a real and significant association between any of these factors and the tendency to develop severe love-shyness, the astrological natal
chart will provide society (including medical and education functionaries) with a conspicuous clue from the very beginning as to just
exactly which children may be at risk of developing pathological degrees of love shyness. The astrological natal chart is set at the precise
moment a person is officially born into this incarnate world. Therefore, if it should turn out that there is anything really worthwhile to
astrology as a diagnostic and predictive tool, it will eventually prove extremely advantageous as such a tool in helping towards the
propitious engineering of home and school environments for the love-shy prone. This will serve to effectively block loveshyness
symptomology from developing in the first place, as well as all of the other social and psychological factors which are known to be causal
antecedents for the development of love-shyness.