The future’s not in the stars, scientists say

THE fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves... It appears that Shakespeare’s Cassius was correct all along and that fate and the heavens have no influence on our characters.

A major scientific study into astrology has concluded there is no evidence to support a link between personality, intelligence and birth dates.

The study of more than 15,000 people found “in no cases did date of birth relate to individual differences in personality or general intelligence”.