posted February 22, 2010 12:09 PM         

Do it on that; your teacher will be impressed.

posted February 22, 2010 01:58 PM         

Especially since you mention Carl Jung, and his studies were more about the validity of Astrology from a psychological point of view rather than the effect of Astrological "predictions" on our behaviour and minds. If you're more interested in discussing whether or not Astrology has some sort of influence - or rather, the position of celestial bodies in an Astrological nature, to be precise - on us, you could do a bit about Jung's theory on Archetypes. That fits very well with the study of Astrology

The ironic thing is that I don't exactly believe in his archetypes, but I do believe in Astrology.

Jesus, it does show that I have a Virgo MC (and mercury conjunct rising) sometimes, doesn't it? "To be precise", "nitpicky", ...

posted February 22, 2010 10:46 PM         

Aya and baby, thank youuu. I totally agree with you there, i tend to forget how closed minded the world of science can be. I could write my paper on Jung's theory on Archetypes, but the problem is i have to come up with my OWN theory. If you guys have any other ideas or feedback, id appreciate it.

posted February 22, 2010 11:08 PM         

Men are from Mars, Women from Venus even when both are the same gender...offer an astrological interpretation on what the attracting element between romantic couples is.

Or, the moon's position (sign) at birth and it's effect on sharing a living space with other people. Perhaps you can draw psychological parallels.

posted February 23, 2010 03:50 AM         

My advice is to scale down and look at the mundane things of everyday life. "The psychological impact of astrology on the human psyche." is way too broad for a 2-pager. The words "psychological impact", "astrology", and "human psyche" all require volumes and volumes just to define! lol
maybe with tangible, definable, and concrete things you can actually observe.

home decor... maybe look at celebrity homes and make some kind of link to their sun signs and how general spatial design of a space affects people and their psychological state.

maybe you can zoom in and observe one planet. maybe the moon and its links to the mother figure and how the influence of the mother affects emotional development of the child.

relating to the whole archetype thing, maybe you can look at consumer psychology and the many layers of symbols and archetypes embedded in advertising and marketing today. (semiotics - Roland Barthes)
for example, how gender is portrayed in advertising. women: venus/moon- perfect figures, make up, all about attractiveness, and men: mars- rugged, manly, fear of domestication... many car commercials appeals to speed, freedom etc etc..

so yeah... start SMALL and you can expand and develop your theory around it

posted February 23, 2010 05:06 AM         

"Astrology and the phenomenon of self-fulfilling prophecy" or look at the stats that support planetary placements and personality aspects.

posted February 23, 2010 06:39 AM         

However, I do dispute the concusion that therefore Astrology must be false. I think the reason for the results have more to do with how someone wants to be vs. how they really are.

Who's going to argue when you say they're honest, intelligent, kind, etc... Right?

Maybe you could do your paper on that: make-belief vs. actuality in the human behaviour and how that undermines the accuracy of Astrology.

Just throwing something out there