Okay, so I stumbled upon this kinda interesting question: “tennis players most common astrology sign is born”. I’m not a huge astrology guy, but I was curious, and figured, hey, why not dig into it?
First thing I did was figure out where to even START. I mean, I don’t have a database of every tennis player and their birthdays just lying around. So, I hit up the usual suspects – Wikipedia, official tennis sites, that kinda stuff. I started compiling a list of top players, both male and female, past and present. It was a real pain, let me tell you, because finding accurate birthdates wasn’t always easy.
Once I had a decent list – maybe around 100 players or so – the real fun began. I needed their birthdays, specifically the month and day, to figure out their astrological sign. I painstakingly went through each player, Googling their birthdays and adding it to my spreadsheet. Seriously, my Google search history from that day is probably hilarious.
Then came the boring part: assigning zodiac signs. I just used a basic online astrology chart and went through my spreadsheet, marking down each player’s sign. Aries, Taurus, Gemini… you know the drill.
After I had all the signs, I used the glorious power of spreadsheets to count how many players fell under each sign. I just used a simple “COUNTIF” formula in Excel. Nothing fancy, but it got the job done.
Finally, the moment of truth! I sorted the signs by the number of players, and boom, there it was: the most common astrological sign among my sample of tennis players. I won’t spoil it here (you’ll have to find out for yourself!), but I was actually a little surprised by the result.
Lessons Learned:
- Data gathering is always a pain in the butt.
- Spreadsheets are your friend.
- Astrology is kinda interesting, even if you don’t believe in it.
Is my research super scientific? Nah. But it was a fun little project, and I learned something new. Plus, now I have a random factoid to impress (or bore) people with at parties. What more could you ask for?