The photo is of Cliff Young and shows the Aquarian’s typical friendliness. Image credit goes to Vasilijem 113-12. It was taken from an article in earthlymission.com by Vilmos Molnar published on May 5, 2022, about the unique Young.
For a relatively new technology such as aviation, achievement is often measured by who accomplished a feat first. This may be contrasted to the world of sports, where the best are those who had the most (hits, slams, wins, etc.) or the highest average. In any event, a few astrological signs seem to predominate, thus proving the validity of astrology.
Sports
Distance Runners
My two favorite distance runners—neither are mentioned as record holders–are both Aquarians.
Cliff Young
Cliff Young lived on an isolated farm in Australia. Because his family was impoverished, he had to round up 2,000 sheep on foot on a 2,000-acre farm. It sometimes took him 2-3 days to capture all the sheep. Young was 61 years old when he entered an ultramarathon between Sydney and Melbourne, a distance of 544 miles. He wore his work clothes and boots. The other runners stopped to sleep. Young continued on at night and won with a gait that resembled a shuffle. It was a classic example of the moral in Aesop’s Fable “The Tortoise and the Hare”: slow and steady wins the race. Cliff not only had a good race plan but the will and fixity of purpose to execute it. (allthatsinteresting.com/cliff-young) By the way, his “shuffle” is now copied by some ultramarathoners as a way to conserve energy.
Louis Zamperini
Louis Zamperini might have been the first to run a mile in under four minutes. However, his plane was shot down in the Pacific during World War II, and he was tortured by his captors. He survived floating in the Pacific in a life raft for 47 days. The injuries he received ended his running career. His life is testimony to the indomitability of the human spirit.
Baseball
Most hits: Pete Rose- Sun in Aries 4,256
Most home runs: Hank Aaron: Sun in Aquarius 755*
Special Mention: Babe Ruth: Sun in Aquarius 714**
Most Proficient: Ty Cobb: Sun in Sagittarius .367 lifetime batting average
Most wins: Denton True Cy Young: Sun in Aries 511
*Barry Bonds, a Leo, had 762 but took performance enhancing drugs.
**Ruth revolutionized baseball by gripping the bat at the end and swinging for the fences. Before that, hands were placed above the end and even apart for more control.
Football
Quarterback with the most passing yards: Tom Brady- Sun in Leo 89, 214
Running back with the most yards: Emmitt Smith- Sun in Taurus 18,355
Back with the most yards per carry: Jamaal Charles- Sun in Capricorn 5.4
Special Mention: Jim Brown, fullback: Sun in Aquarius 5.3 [great balance, became a movie star]
Basketball
Highest career scoring average: Michael Jordan: Sun in Aquarius 30.12***
Most rebounds per game career average: Wilt Chamberlain: Sun in Leo 22.89****
Most assists per game career average: Magic Johnson: Sun in Leo***** 11.19
***Wilt Chamberlain: Sun in Leo is second at 30.07.
****Bill Russell: Sun in Aquarius is second with 22.45.
******John Stockton: Sun in Aries is second at 10.51
Special Mention: Caitlin Clark: Sun in Aquarius all-time NCAA points leader.
Track
First man to break the 4-minute mile barrier: Roger Bannister: Sun in Aries 3.59.4 [1954]
First man to break 10 seconds in the 100-meter dash: Jim Hines: Sun in Virgo
First man to run a sub-two-hour marathon (unofficial): Eliud Kipchoge: Sun in Scorpio
First man to clear 15 feet (pole vault): “Dutch” Warmerdam: Sun in Cancer [1940, used a wooden (bamboo) pole]
Golf
Most PGA wins: Tie: Sam Snead: Sun in Gemini, Tiger Woods: Sun in Capricorn 82
Most wins at a major (PGA, US Open, British Open, Masters): Jack Nicklaus: Sun in Aquarius 18
Tennis
Most grand slams: Novak Djokovic: Sun in Gemini 24
Most ATP singles titles: Jimmy Conners: Sun in Virgo 109
Most titles singles, doubles, mixed: John McEnroe: Sun in Aquarius 155, 77/77/1
NASCAR
Most wins: Richard Petty: Sun in Cancer [119 stock, 81 Winston Cub, total 200]
Second: David Pearson: Sun in Capricorn [58 stock, 47 Winston Cup, total 105]
Hockey
Most career goals: Wayne Gretzky: Sun in Aquarius 894
Most career assists: Wayne Gretzky: Sun in Aquarius 1,963
Mountaineering
First man to summit Mount Everest: Sir Edmund Hillary: Sun in Cancer
First man to climb the 14 peaks above 26,246 feet: “Nims” Purja: Sun in Leo
Aviation
The first flight in a balloon (tethered and free flight) was Jean Francoise Pilatre de Rozier’s Sun in Aries [1783]. Other passengers were also present.
First powered flight: Orville Wright -Sun in Leo, the second by Wilbur Wright- Sun in Aries [1903] Flights were made consecutively on the same day, December 17, 1903.
First to cross the Atlantic: Charles Lindberg- Sun in Aquarius [1927]
First woman to make the Atlantic crossing: Amelia Earhart- Sun in Leo [1932]
First to cross the Pacific: Charles Kingford Smith (Australian)- Sun in Aquarius [1928]
First woman to cross the Pacific: Betty Miller- Sun in Aries. [1963]
First to fly faster than sound: Chuck Yeager- Sun in Aquarius [1947]
First man in space: Yuri Gagarin- Sun in Pisces [1961]
First man on the moon: Neil Armstrong- Sun in Leo [1969]
Ace with the most kills: Erich Hartmann- Sun in Aries 352 kills (1942-45)
Aquarius, Leo, or Aries
My very rough count indicates—it includes a couple of second-place finishes—that about 29/39 feats were accomplished by either an Aquarius, Leo, or Aries. This equates to around 74%, which is certainly statistically significant.