Case Study: The Astrology of Comedy

[12YearsABlob]

Avoiding what I should be doing makes me weirdly productive in other areas. So here we go again...
This time, it's comedians! I looked at 72 of 'em. 72 is an odd place to stop but then I realized, there are 72 tarot cards. So this is fine. 

Now, most of these findings corroborate the aspects one expects to find. There are a few curveballs, however, when you think about it, it all makes sense. For example, Capricorn is a surprise member of the winner's circle and Mercury-Uranus slightly edges out everyone's favourite Mercury-Jupiter. But you need a little zing and unexpectedness to thrive in this industry. And Cap energy has a wonderful, dry sense of humour. 

So, without further ado, the winners are: 

  

*'Overall Signs' counts all planets in the natal chart except Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. 

All the details, including orbs used, list of comedians, the calculations that went into this, etc. are in the file attached. Please feel free to ask any questions or make suggestions. The analysis is subject to revision and updates over time, of course. 

So what are your thoughts on this? Anyone I haven't covered you'd like to add to the list? 

Attachments:

Comedians_lst.xlsx (253.28 KB)

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There could be deeper analysis, i.e. by including the probabilities of certain aspects existing in the first place, etc. But I ran out of steam, so this will have to do for now.

[Ava]

This is wonderful! I just don't know how to dive in.

Well I checked Kristin Wiig's chart...

astro-charts.com/persons/chart/kristen-wiig/

- Gemini moon
- Mercury sextile Uranus (both aspecting the moon)
- Mars square Jupiter, Venus trine Jupiter
- Venus conjunct Pluto, Venus square Saturn

Her moon conjunct Bill Hader's sun.

[Ava]

My brother was born the same day and year as Tig Notaro.

astro-charts.com/persons/chart/tig-notaro/

He's usually sort of a monotone, and he looks stern/serious most of the time (Aries sun square Cap Mars). The fact that he can say anything at all without changing his expression or tone of voice is what makes him so funny. He often talks about doing something totally off the wall and then explains simply, "I had to" or "I have to."

I was with him the other day at our brother's house. He said, "Did you try that coffee? It's unbelievable. I don't know I'm going to get their machine out the door and into my car but I'll figure it out."

Me: "You're just going to take it?"

Him, dead serious. "I have to."

He looked remorseful. It's a shame they can't keep their coffee machine. His Pisces moon is already sad for them.