Month: December 2021

Due to ongoing disruptions and postponements in the festive football schedule, I’ll be taking a short break from astrological football forecasts. But watch this space – football forecasts will be back in the New Year. Wishing a Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and a happy, healthy and successful 2022 to all!

With so many games cancelled this week, there are few matches to choose from.  The chart for Saturday’s game between hosts Leeds and favourites Arsenal is far from perfect, but there is just enough information to attempt a judgement. 

The favourites (Arsenal) are usually represented by the 1^st house and its ruler.  Cancer ascends, making the 1^st house ruler the Moon.  As the Moon already has a key role in contest charts, that of significator of events, her dispositor Mercury is summoned from the substitutes bench to represent Arsenal.  Mercury’s new role as main significator for Arsenal supersedes his other function as ruler of the 4^th house (victory for the underdogs), in which he would have represented Leeds.    

Leeds, as the underdogs, are represented by the ruler of the opposing 7^th house, Saturn.   

Mercury, at 07 Capricorn 12, applies to conjunct the Part of Fortune.  At 7 degrees, the orb of aspect is quite wide, but an applying conjunction with Fortuna is often significant and cannot be overlooked.   

The antiscion of Mercury, at 22 Sagittarius 10, opposes the Moon.  This is a minor testimony which also supports Arsenal.   

These testimonies are far from clear cut, but with two for Arsenal, and none for Leeds, it seems likely the result will go the way the pundits expect.   

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Astrology by LouiseOfArabia

Bibliography

Sports Astrology by John Frawley

Christian Astrology by William Lilly

Manchester City, currently topping the table, are favourites to win against visitors Wolves. But do the heavens agree?

The Moon’s placement inside the 1st house (representing the favourites) seems at first glance to be a vote of confidence for Manchester City. But the Moon is almost 7 degrees from the house cusp significantly hindering her power to help their cause.

The situation looks much better for their rivals: As ruler of the opposing 7th house, Mercury represents Wolves, and is placed directly on the cusp of the 10th house (the house of victory and success). Mercury’s opposition with the Part of Fortune (which would also favour Wolves) is just past, but the Moon’s next (and final aspect) significantly also aspects Mercury.

With Mercury (Wolves) playing such a key role, and Jupiter (Manchester City) very much on the sidelines, we can expect to see Wolves do much better than the pundits predict.

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Astrology by LouiseOfArabia

Bibliography

Sports Astrology by John Frawley

Christian Astrology by William Lilly

Currently leading the Premiership, Chelsea are favourites to win against hosts West Ham this Saturday.  But could the home side have a few surprises in store? 

In some systems of sporting prediction, the 1^st house and its ruler are automatically awarded to the home team.  However, in John Frawley’s technique (outlined in his book, Sports Astrology), the 1^st house always represents the favourites, while the opposing 7^th house is given to the underdogs.   

In the chart for this Saturday’s match, this distinction is very important, as Mercury (7^th house ruler) is in the position of greatest strength; applying to a conjunction with the 10^th house cusp (victory, success) and just about to make a conjunction with the Moon. 

Mercury must travel just over 6 degrees to perfect his conjunction with the 10^th house cusp, which is quite a distance for a 90-minute football fixture (even when extra time is allowed).  But this matters little, as the key to the match is the soon to be exact conjunction with the Moon:  A conjunction with the Moon is strong enough to beat all other testimonies and will likely award to the game to the team signified by Mercury.  Following the Frawley system, this will be West Ham.   

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Astrology by LouiseOfArabia

Bibliography

Sports Astrology by John Frawley

Christian Astrology by William Lilly