Maria Montessori’s biorhythm

Physician and educator · Born August 31, 1870

Maria Montessori was one of Italy’s first women doctors and developed the educational method named after her, now used worldwide.

The big day: January 6, 1907

First Casa dei Bambini opens. In the working-class district of San Lorenzo in Rome she opened her first children’s house, the Casa dei Bambini – the starting point of the Montessori movement.

Biorhythm on January 6, 1907

Age 36 · day 13,276 of life

Physical
+98 %
↗ rising
Emotional
+78 %
↗ rising
Intellectual
+95 %
↘ falling

On this day all three curves were positive – strongest: Physical at +98 %.

Intellectual was at +95 %, close to the peak of its cycle.

Ten days before and after the event

Th27Fr28Sa29Su30Mo31Tu1We2Th3Fr4Sa5Su6Mo7Tu8We9Th10Fr11Sa12Su13Mo14Tu15We16December 27, 1906: Critical day (Intellectual)January 1, 1907: Critical day (Physical)January 2, 1907: Critical day (Emotional)January 12, 1907: Critical day (Physical)January 12, 1907: Critical day (Intellectual)January 16, 1907: Critical day (Emotional)

The highlighted day is January 6, 1907.

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.