England's Geniuses

60 Minutes has done a number of segments on Savant personalities and tonight they just happened to list 2 men on their site who were both born in England in 1979. Hmm, 1979, that's when I visited England. The Sun never came out and there were a lot of punk rockers a la David Bowie running around. Can only imagine what they must have been pissing into the waters. OK, enough of public health investigations with OTCA, back to the geniuses.

Derek Paravicini is blind and has learning disabilities. In most areas of his life he's considered to be mentally at the level of a 3 year old, yet he can remember and play all the music he's ever heard and is a brilliant pianist.

Daniel Tammet is a genius in Math and also has a brilliant memory. Unlike Derek Paravicini he is not disabled and has written a book about his remarkable abilities.

Both men were born while Saturn was conjunct the North Node in Virgo and they are both having their Saturn Returns conjunct the South Node right now.

Chiron in 1979 was in Taurus and both men have Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, & Uranus in strong aspect to each other. Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus all show Mental Powers. Here they are conjunct the Sun (power) and in Fixed Signs which seems to combine Scorpionic Focus with Uranian Intuitive Brilliance (can't think of the word I'm looking for, sorry).

Interesting how the Pianist/Performer, Derek, is a Leo Sun and the Mathematician, Daniel, is an Aquarius -- a little Sun Sign fun.

Daniel Tammet
b. Jan. 31, 1979 London, England

Sun 12 Aquarius; Moon in Pisces or Aries; NN 18 Virgo

Sun conjunct Mars 9 Aquarius-Mercury 5 Aquarius opposite Jupiter 4 Leo Rx and squaring Chiron 6 Taurus.

North Node 18 Virgo conjunct Saturn 13 Virgo squaring Neptune 20 Sagittarius.

Derek Paravicini
b. July 26, 1979 (somewhere in...) England, Surrey maybe?

Sun 3 Leo; Moon Leo or Virgo; NN 9 Virgo

Sun conjunct Mercury 12 Leo Rx-Jupiter 17 Leo opposing Uranus 17 Scorpio and squaring Chiron 14 Taurus.

NN 9 Virgo conjunct Saturn 12 Virgo.