Dr. David Voas from the University of Manchester said that

zodiac “love signs” have no impact on our chances of marrying

and stay married. The Senior Research Fellow at the University’s 【M1】________

Centre for Census and Survey Research analysed the birthdays of

all 20 million husbands and wives in England and Wales.

The investigation using 2001 census data failed to reveal

some evidence of attraction between star signs. He said: “If 【M2】________

a more than twenty million married people in England and 【M3】________

Wales are any guide, there’s no special compatibility between

people of particular signs. If there is even the smallest tendency for

Virgos to fancy for Capricorns, or for Libras to like Leos, then we 【M4】________

should see them in the marriage statistics. When you have a 【M5】________

population of ten million couples, then even if only one pair in a

thousand is influenced by the stars, you’d have ten thousand

couples than expected with certain combinations of signs.” 【M6】________

“There’s no such evidence, although: the numbers are just what 【M7】________

we’d predict on the basis of opportunity.” He added. 【M8】________

“Astrologers are likely to argue that full birth charts are

needed to predict personality accurately. But ordinary people talk 【M9】________

about is sun signs; if those are useless when it comes to sizing up a

mate, then that knocks a big hole in everyday belief. In any case,

the basic sun signs are important even in professional charts. If

they had any influence at all, whatever small, the giant magnifying 【M10】________

glass of this huge sample would detect it. There’s nothing there.”

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