CG Jung first used the word synchronicity in 1930 in a memorial address for Richard Wilhelm, the translator of the I Ching or Book of Changes. Jung was seeking to explain the modus operandi of the I Ching and in later lectures he equated it with the Chinese concept of Tao.

The philosophical principle that underlies our conception of natural law is causality. If the connection between cause and effect turns out to be only relatively true then another explanation of the connection is required.

Synchronicity is no more baffling than quantum physics. It is only the ingrained belief in the sovereign power of causality that makes it appear unthinkable that causeless events exist or could even occur.

Jung decided to find out how far an accepted astrological tradition would stand up to statistical investigation. Jung’s choice fell on marriage because the traditional belief in regard to marriage has been that there is a conjunction of sun and moon in the horoscope of the marriage partners.

His results are significant.

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