France (the odds-on favourites) have won all their games in this tournament, whilst Morocco’s World Cup progress has seen them win four games and draw one. The pundits predict this game will be close, with a strong likelihood of extra time. But what do the heavens say?
As favourites, France are signified by Mars (lord 1) and Mercury (lord 10).
Morocco are represented by Venus (lord 7) and Jupiter (lord 4).
In contrast to charts from the early rounds of the tournament, testimonies for this match are plentiful.
Venus (lord 7) applies to the cusp of the 10th house (the favourite’s house of victory). To indicate a win for Morocco, Venus would need to be a little closer to the house cusp (within 2-degrees is ideal) but this does show that they have the ability to put France under serious pressure.
However, Venus is closely conjunct the South Node. This is a powerful testimony against Morocco, and weakens the otherwise positive placement of Venus close to the 10th house cusp.
Mercury (lord 10) is under the sunbeams and going retrograde to combustion (within degrees of the Sun). Potentially, this is a serious hindrance to France.
Retrograde Mercury (lord 10) immediately applies to conjunct the antiscion of Mars (lord 1) at 22 Cancer 13. This shows victory (lord 10) approaching the favourites France (lord 1). (Thank you, Raja Z Ali, for highlighting the potential of this aspect in a comment on a previous post).
The Moon who describes the progress of events during the match, applies first to sextile the Sun, and then (more significantly) to trine the Part of Fortune, which favours France.
These are the only aspects within the 5-degree orb considered most reliable for 90 minute football matches. Lunar aspects beyond this point often have reference to extra time, when this is possible.
The Moon will need to travel almost 10-degrees to conjunct Mercury and the antiscion of Mars, but this hints that, should the match stray into extra time, it would be an opportunity for France to consolidate any advantage.
In this chart, more testimonies favour France than support Morocco. The likelihood is a victory for France, but Morocco will make them work for it.
*Please Note: The aim will be to post one forecast for each day of the tournament, in advance of the match start time. All charts will be cast for BST (British Summer Time, which is 1 hour ahead of GMT/UST). Due to local time differences, the date of the contest chart may vary from the local match date. Forecasts are for astrological information and educational purposes only. Charts are set for the scheduled kickoff time. As forecasts are published ahead of the event, there is a possibility that the chart may change if the start of the match is delayed, making the published forecast invalid. In accordance with John Frawley’s system for judging contest charts, the favourites will be chosen on the basis of the bookmaker’s odds in advance of the match
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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 