Chart is cast using UST/GMT
Manchester United are the bookie’s favourites to win this Sunday’s match against Aston Villa. But are the bookmaker’s odds an accurate reflection of their chances, especially as the teams are equally well placed in the table, with 51 points each?
Perhaps the contest chart can throw further light on the situation.
As favourites, Manchester United are represented by the Sun, while Saturn (traditional ruler of Aquarius and ruler of the opposing 7th house) is chief significator for their rivals, Aston Villa.
For their co-significators, these teams are represented by Mars and Venus (rulers of the 10th and 5th houses respectively).
The only truly significant testimony in this chart is the close application of the Moon to conjunct the 7th house cusp. In his book “Sports Astrology”, John Frawley notes that “Moon applying to or close inside the 1st or 10th cusp: victory goes to the favourite. Moon applying to or close inside the 7th or 4th cusp: victory goes to the underdog”. With the Moon on the 7th cusp in our current contest chart, things look highly positive for the underdogs.
So the underdogs will have a much better game than expected. But who are the underdogs? A greater number of football fans have backed Manchester United to win, but is their loyal enthusiasm for their team a reliable guide?
In matches such as these, where the two teams have equal points on the table, we could use another favourite astrological method for assigning the houses: Give the 1st and 10th house to the home team, and the 7th and 4th houses to the visitors. Using this method, the testimony of the Moon still favours visitors Aston Villa.
This chart has little to say, except that the least favoured or visiting team is going to have a much better game than expected. The Moon in a team’s house is described by Frawley as “a big surge of energy towards the team, almost as if the cosmos is cheering for it”. It seems that, in this game, the heavens themselves will be the 12th man on the pitch, helping the cause of the underdogs.
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Bibliography
Sports Astrology by John Frawley
Christian Astrology by William Lilly
Gambler’s Dharma by Simon Chokoisky (Sports Charts analysed with traditional and modern Vedic Astrology techniques)
ASTROLOGY BY LOUISE OF ARABIA 