Keith Barry, Baby Merlin

I just read an interesting entry on Jonah Lehrer's blog (The Frontal Cortex) called "The Cognitive Neuroscience of Magic." Lehrer links to a TED Blog Lecture given in 2004 by Irish Magician/Illusionist Keith Barry which is really incredible. Keith Barry blindfolds himself and drives a strange woman down the street in a car. Really expensive car. I wouldn't have risked it myself. Barry's stage performance is equally interesting. (Link: http://blog.ted.com/2008/07/brain_magic_kei.php)

According to this interview:
http://badpsychics.com/thefraudfiles/modules/sections/index.php?artid=53&op=viewarticle

Barry says that he's a Skeptic. He also gives his Birth information. There's no way in Hell this is going to be his real birth date but here it is. NOTE: HAHA, it wasn't Barry's birth info but that's because I transposed the Birth Date. I, an American, gave Barry, an Irishman, a birth date of Feb. 10. A commentor was kind enough to correct my stupidity and say that Barry's real birth date is not 2/10 but 10/2. That's October 2 for those of us who are 8 hours behind.

Keith Barry
Oct. 2, 1976 Waterford, Southern Ireland

Sun 10 Libra; Moon Aquarius or Capricorn; NN4 Scorpio

Boy, Libra's are great Illusionists and/or Psychics. John Edwards and Silvia Browne are both Libras. So are most of my ex-therapists. I still have trouble not believing that John Edwards isn't psychic. He's just too cool. But, then again, I live in California and anybody who can speak that fast seems really smart to me.

There's plenty of Scorpio emphasis in this chart. Sun is conjunct Pluto. And the North Node is in Scorpio, Pluto's Sign. It is conjunct Mars in Libra on one side and Uranus and Venus in Scorpio on the other side. That's good for a little dip into the Occult. Progressed Sun has been passing over this stellium and is just finishing up. It was following Pluto's path (transit) which would have passed over the stellium when Barry was a kid. What an exciting, magnetic set of transits to go through as a kid. I personally would have gone a little crazy with that, lots of depth and spectacle on the psychic realm at such an early age. Barry certainly would have understood that things are not what they seem at a very early age. This would also have given him the focus to work hard and create a career for himself. He worked his way through College and has a Chemistry degree.

Mars here conjunct the North Node (very widely). I've wondered about this before so I'll wonder again if a strong Mars especially in a Man's chart is a sign of early success.

Mercury is in Virgo, gives an analytical mind, very perfectionistic.

Barry has a nice outer planet Small Triangle. Saturn (Career) in Leo (Showman) trines Pluto (Career) in Libra (Diplomacy, Pleasure) with both sextiling Neptune (Illusion) in Sagittarius (Search for Truth) in the middle.

Thanks for the Commentor who pointed out my goof.