Katherine Johnson’s biorhythm

Mathematician · Born August 26, 1918

As a NASA mathematician, Katherine Johnson calculated the trajectories of the first American crewed space flights.

The big day: February 20, 1962

John Glenn’s orbital flight. Before his flight, John Glenn specifically asked for her to check the computer’s calculations by hand. On Friendship 7 he became the first American to orbit the Earth.

Biorhythm on February 20, 1962

Age 43 · day 15,884 of life

Physical
−63 %
↘ falling
Emotional
+97 %
↘ falling
Intellectual
+87 %
↘ falling

On this day two of the three curves were positive – strongest: Emotional at +97 %.

Ten days before and after the event

Sa10Su11Mo12Tu13We14Th15Fr16Sa17Su18Mo19Tu20We21Th22Fr23Sa24Su25Mo26Tu27We28Th1Fr2February 12, 1962: Critical day (Emotional)February 17, 1962: Critical day (Physical)February 25, 1962: Critical day (Intellectual)February 26, 1962: Critical day (Emotional)March 1, 1962: Critical day (Physical)

The highlighted day is February 20, 1962.

To be clear: these days were deliberately chosen – they are moments of success on which the curves were favourable. It is a fun bit of detective work, not scientific proof. Everyone also achieves great things on “weak” biorhythm days.