Dawne Kovan’s Blog

This article was sent to me recently from Reuters’ website and I thought it deserved a wider audience – DK.

Something fishy is happening at the Olympic Games in Beijing. Put it all down to the stars.

Forget training, dedication and determination. An athlete’s star sign could be the secret to Olympic gold.

After comparing the birth dates of every Olympic winner since the modern Games began in 1896, British statistician Kenneth Mitchell discovered gold medals really are written in the stars. He found athletes born in certain months were more likely to thrive in particular events.

Mitchell dubbed the phenomenon “The Pisces Effect” after finding that athletes born under the sign received around 30 percent more medals than any other star sign in events like swimming and water polo.

In the history of the Games, the big winners in the overall medals haul were born under the signs of Capricorn, Aquarius and Aries. They boasted a significantly higher number of Golds.

Checking out the birth dates among the Beijing winners produces some intriguing results.

For fencers looking to deliver a sting in the tail and make it to the podium, Scorpio is the right sign. Two of the three Beijing medallists in the men’s individual sabre event were Scorpio, he said.

For pole vaulters charging down the track, it is better to be born under Taurus, the sign of the bull.

Any Olympic hopefuls unsure which event to pick can now turn to www.olympicstarsigns.com

check out their birth date and find which sport would be the perfect astrological fit.

Even Mitchell was surprised by his own findings which he said were conclusive “and I really mean conclusive.”

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Please note that you can go to www.olympicstarsign.com and pick up Kenneth Mitchell’s book on line for free. It makes very interesting reading, I have to say.