Here's a much less fun, but arugably more practical, alternative to a zodiac wheel.
A Columbia University study published last week in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association ran an algorithim on New York City medical records and conluded that there are significantly higher risks for certain diseases for New Yorkers born in certain months.
The study, which surveys the birth dates and medical histories of 1.7 million patients treated at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center between 1985 and 2013, finds that occurrence of several forms of heart disease is high among individuals born in the winter and early spring, that September babies are at risk for asthma, and that lots ADHD patients were born mid-fall.
No major disease spikes appear between April and August, but September and October have a wealth of them.
This information is definitely not as entertaining as astrological analyses of the significance of your birth date (as of yet, this algorithim has not been applied to medical records to try and determine whether your crush is going to ask you out), but don't let this info worry you too much. According to Nicholas Tatonetti, a senior author on the study, disease risks related to birth month are "relatively minor when compared to more influential variables like diet and exercise.”
Take a look at the infographic to find out what the most commonly occurring diseases are for your birth month.
