Literature

I have always had a huge respect for good writers and I am sure that many of you share that feeling with me. Do you also wonder where all that good reading comes from? I asked Canadian poets Carolyn Zonailo and Stephen Morrissey about their work and they told me that a poem would just "arrive" and they would sit down and write it out. It might take a little tweaking, they say, but for the most part a new work will arrive all at once. Well, as mysterious as that sounds, I am very grateful for the results. I published my first book in 2007 after a year of writing and it is available in a limited edition: COMPANIONS

The 88 Nobel Laureates for literature span a birth-date range from November 30, 1817 until January 4, 1940. Alphabetically we move from Vicente Aleixandre to William Yeats. We find all our favorite authors in this group, some of whom have no doubt had a lasting influence on our individual lives. While it must be very exciting to discover the genetic sequence of a lethal virus, for most of us the intricacies and complexities of such a discovery are lost. However, a really good story is understood by most people in all cultures and we all have our favorites. Let us take a look at these women and men who have dazzled us with their literary genius.

The placement of the Sun is shown as actual sector counts in the following table and then as sector percentages of the group total in the graph below the table.

Thirteen percent of the Nobel Laureates for literature were born when the Sun was in sector 4 and another 13% when the Sun was in sector 7. Only 3% were born when the Sun was in sector 10 which is the period of the calendar year from about December 21st until January 20th each year. In the northern hemisphere, this is the first 30 days of winter. Perhaps in our evolution we were so busy keeping warm and finding food there was no time to use our minds for the creation of literature. Sectors 4 and 7 both account for 13% each of the total and these sectors mark the beginning of Summer and Fall respectively, both seasons of warmth and abundance in the northern hemisphere. There was certainly time for activity other than basic survival during those seasons of the year.

The following table shows the data for Mercury. Since this planet, closest to the Sun, is in an elliptical orbit, it spends differing amounts of time in the sectors and this factor has been included in the results.

SECTOR	COUNT	DAYS IN SECTOR	COUNTS PER DAY	RANKING
1	7	6	1.16
2	7	5	1.40	3
3	3	4	0.75
4	2	5	0.40	low
5	11	6	1.83	1
6	4	7	0.57
7	12	8	1.50	2
8	11	10	1.10
9	13	11	1.18
10	7	10	0.70
11	5	9	0.55
12	6	7	0.86

This is a very small group and it is not surprising that these results for Mercury are quite different than those found for the 1,357 people in the Canadian Writers project, where the high sector was 3 and the low sector was 5. CANADIANS

NOTE: Previously on this website I explained the relationship of the Sun to the seasons of the year. One cannot do that for the planets except for Earth. For example, we can say the summer sectors are 4, 5 and 6 for the Sun (Earth in sectors 10, 11, & 12). However, when Mercury is in sector 4, 5 or 6 it may not be summer. Mercury is said to be located in those sectors of the great circle where the Sun is found in the summer season. We can speak of seasons only for the Sun or the Earth. The planets can be found in all the sectors but cannot be directly related to a season of the year by the sector in which they are found as we can do for the Sun and Earth.

The grouping of heliocentric Venus in the heliograms of the laureates is seen in the following table and graph. The table shows the actual per sector count for Venus.

Sector 2 accounts for 15% of the group and sector 5 accounts for only 3% of the group. By a factor of 4:1 Nobel Laureates in literature have Venus in sector 2 of their heliogram rather than sector 5. Two smaller peaks are seen in sectors 4 and 9 (11% each of the group total).

The table and graph below shows the distribution of heliocentric Mars in the 12 sectors for these laureates. The table shows the actual per sector count but since Mars has an elliptical orbit around the Sun and spends different amounts of time in each sector, this factor has also been incorporated into the results.

SECTOR	COUNT (X 10)	DAYS IN SECTOR	COUNT PER DAY	RANKING
1	30	49	0.6	low
2	110	53	2.1	1
3	70	58	1.2
4	90	64	1.4
5	50	68	0.7
6	60	68	0.9
7	100	65	1.5
8	50	61	0.8
9	90	55	1.6	3
10	90	50	1.8	2
11	40	48	0.8
12	100	47	2.1	1

Mars has the highest count in sectors 2 and 12 and the low count in sector 1 for the small group, whereas in the Canadian Writers project the high count was in sector 6 and the low count in sector 12. That being said, this table shows the Mars profile for this group of writers all of whom have been made Nobel Laureates.

HELIOGRAM TYPES	AS % OF TOTAL GROUP
bee	1.1
bowl	55.7
butterfly	18.2
hemispheric	3.4
solo	6.8
splay	11.4
train	0
wasp	3.4

To see a comparison of heliogram types in all the projects, use the following link: HELIOGRAM SUMMARY

For a review of the five major planetary patterns, use the following link: Patterns

The table below shows the count and percentage of the planetary patterns on the heliograms of this distinguished group of authors. The NONE pattern indicates that these writers did not have any of the 5 major planetary patterns on their heliograms but they did have other patterns.

Some heliograms have only one pattern and some have as many as four and that is why the % column does not total 100%. The most frequently seen combination was a stellium and a t-square on the heliograms.

PATTERN	COUNT	AS %
kite	20	22.7
grand cross	7	7.9
grand trine	6	6.8
stellium	65	73.9
t-square	47	53.4
none of the above	3	3.4