Category: Sports Astrology

At the time of writing, Arsenal are in 2^nd place in the Premier League, while Everton are in 15^th place:  Despite Everton’s home advantage, it seems likely that Arsenal are the favourites to win this Saturday’s fixture at Goodison Park.  

Arsenal are represented by the Sun (ruler of the 1^st house) and Mars (ruler of the 10^th house, the house of victory for the favourites).  

Hosts and rivals Everton are signified by Saturn (ruler of the opposing 7^th house) and Venus (ruler of the 4^th house, the house of victory for the underdogs).   

In contest charts, the Moon’s aspects often highlight to key events of the match.  She first applies to a trine with Saturn, ruler of the 7^th house.  This is a positive testimony for Everton. 

The Moon next applies to conjunct Mars (ruler of the 1^st house) an even more powerful testimony for favourites, Arsenal.   

In his book “Sports Astrology”, John Frawley observes that bodily conjunctions from the Moon are usually final, so this lunar conjunction with Mars should be sufficient to award victory to Arsenal. However, it is interesting to note that the Moon makes one final aspect over the 5-degree orb considered most reliable when forecasting 90-minute football matches; a trine to Venus (ruler of the 4^th house); an otherwise promising testimony for Everton.  

At the very least, this suggests a much closer result than many pundits are expecting.  

Arsenal remain the likely winners but must remain vigilant throughout the entire game: The lunar aspect to Venus points to key opportunities for Everton in the second half of the match, which will allow them to remain a danger to Arsenal up until the final whistle.  

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Sports Astrology by John Frawley

Christian Astrology by William Lilly

According to the pundits, Brighton are odds-on favourites this afternoon’s FA Cup Quarter Final at Amex Stadium.  Brighton have the support of the home crowd, and have played well in recent matches, winning 6 of their last 7 games.   

Forest, who are placed 3^rd in the table to Brighton’s 7^th, have drawn their last 10 matches, suggesting their form is not as strong as earlier in the season, when they beat Brighton 7-0.  Furthermore, the absence of key striker Chris Wood, due to a hip injury, is a setback which may take a toll on their attacking strategy.  

So, although their 3^rd place in the League Table suggests Forest are the stronger team, this assessment may be based on past glories. The results of recent matches point to Brighton as the stronger team going into today’s match. 

The favourites are signified by Mercury, ruler of the 1^st and 10^th houses.  Mercury is currently retrograde.  In contest charts, this does not usually affect the result.  Nor does Mercury’s imminent arrival in Pisces, the sign of his detriment, or the house placement of the South and North Nodes, despite their proximity to the 1st and 7th house cusps.

More significantly, Mercury (although separating from combustion) is still close enough to the Sun to feel the detrimental effects. This is challenging for the favourites.

Mercury (Lord 1) opposes the Part of Fortune.  This would point to a win for the underdogs, but the aspect is already separating and refers to past glories, not future results. 

Venus is the dispositor of the Part of Fortune.  At 01 Libra 20, the antiscion of Venus is conjunct the Part of Fortune, which would usually be positive for the favourites.  However, Venus is retrograde, so this aspect is separating, and therefore has no bearing on the result.   

So far, we have a lot of separating aspects, which describe the recent form for both teams, but less which throws light on today’s game.  We must look to the aspects of the Moon, which more often provide the key to the results of contest matches than any other testimonies. 

The Moon applies to sextile Jupiter, her only aspect over 5 degrees.  This favours victory for the underdogs. 

The bigger question revolves around which team are the favourites and which are the underdogs.  

Nottingham are placed higher in the table than Brighton, which is a strong argument for them being the better team and the favourites, unless recent form is considered. This would be good news for underdogs Brighton.

However, if the pundits are correct, and Brighton are the favourites, Nottingham Forest are the underdogs and are likely to show an improvement in form and have a chance to repeat their victory over Brighton earlier in the season.   

Either way, this match promises to be closely fought, with strong performances from both sides.   

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Sports Astrology by John Frawley

Christian Astrology by William Lilly

At the time of writing, the pundits favour Brentford, whose recent form is slightly better than their rivals (Brentford have won 3 games out of 5, whilst Villa have won 2). Nevertheless, this promises to be a very close contest, in which Brentford will be hoping that home crowd support will cheer them to victory.   

As favourites, Brentford are signified by Mercury, ruler of the 1^st and 10^th houses (the 1^st house represents the favourites, whilst the 10^th house signifies their hopes of victory). 

Their rivals, Aston Villa, are represented by Jupiter, ruler of the 7^th and 4^th houses. 

The Moon (whose aspects decide the results of more matches than any other testimonies) makes no aspects to either Mercury or Jupiter over the 5-degree orb considered most effective for a 90-minute football match, so we must look elsewhere in this chart. 

Jupiter (Aston Villa) placed just inside the 10^th house (Brentford) is highly positive for Brentford.  If Jupiter had been directly on the cusp, this would have favoured Villa, showing them dominating Brentford’s hopes of victory.  However, Jupiter placed inside the 10^th house, (even so close to the cusp), depicts Aston Villa in the power of their rivals.   

If the pundits are correct and Brentford truly are the favourites, this testimony should be powerful enough to award victory to the home team.   

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Christian Astrology by William Lilly

This season, the form of both teams has been unreliable, but Nottingham Forest (3^rd in the Premiership at the time of writing) have the home advantage and are considered favourites to win.  They are represented by Venus (ruler of the 1^st house).  They have no co-significator for this game as the Moon (ruler of the 10^th house, the house of victory for the favourites) already has a key role describing the events of the match.   

Mars, ruler of the opposing 7^th house and Saturn, ruler of the 4^th house represent their opponents Ipswich Town.   

Venus (1^st house ruler) is placed inside the 7^th house.  If Venus were closer to the cusp (within 1-2 degrees) this would be detrimental to Forest’s hopes of victory, depicting them in the power of their opponents.  However, Venus is retrograde and moving further closer towards the 7^th house cusp, which makes her placement worthy of note, despite the testimony not being conclusive.  

Over the 5-degrees orb considered most effective for a 90-minute football match, the Moon makes just one aspect; a square to the antiscion of the Part of Fortune at 08 Aquarius 52.  This favours Ipswich Town.   

Aspects of the Moon to the Part of Fortune or the antiscion of the Part of Fortune are often conclusive. In his book “Sports Astrology” John Frawley notes that it is often unnecessary to take the Moon past one of these aspects, as they are so powerful:  The heavens suggest that Ipswich may play better than expected and have cause to celebrate on Monday evening.   

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Christian Astrology by William Lilly

This chart is cast for the Premier League match between Nottingham Forest vs Liverpool, which is due to kick off at 20:00 (8pm) GMT/UST on Tuesday 14th January 2025 at City Ground, Nottingham

Currently at the top of the table, Liverpool are masters of all they survey and are odds-on favourites to win against hosts Nottingham Forest this coming Tuesday.  However, the heavens suggest that these teams may be more closely matched than the pundits think. 

As favourites, Liverpool are signified by Mercury, lord of the 1^st house. Their co-significator is Venus (lord of the 10^th house, the house of victory for the favourites).  

Although they may enjoy a home advantage, Nottingham Forest are considered the team less likely to win and have Jupiter (lord of the opposing 7^th house) and Mars (lord of the 4^th house, the house of victory for the underdogs) as their significators. 

Using major aspects only, the Moon’s only aspect to any significator for either team is a sextile to Jupiter, lord 7; a testimony for Nottingham Forest.   

The Moon’s aspects describe the progress of events during the match.  As the sextile between the Moon and Jupiter occurs just beyond the limits of the 5-degree orb considered most reliable for 90-minute football matches, this aspect suggests a late opportunity for Forest, which becomes more likely if the match drifts into extra time.    

The antiscion of the Moon (at 24 Taurus 02) is in proximity to the cusp of the 10^th house (the house of victory for the favourites).  As noted in John Frawley’s book “Sports Astrology”, the Moon or her antiscion placed here is a strong testimony of victory for the favourites.   

So we have one testimony for Nottingham Forest and one for Liverpool:  Of the two, the antiscion of the Moon’s placement on the 10^th house cusp is the stronger and will probably give the favourites the winning edge.  However, Nottingham Forest will prove strong opposition and may have the chance to thwart Liverpool’s hopes for victory should the match stray into extra time.   

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In their first match of the new year, Brighton and Hove Albion play hosts to Arsenal.  Arsenal are odds-on favourites to win, but do the heavens agree? 

As favourites. Arsenal are signified by the Sun, ruler of the 1^st house, and Mars, ruler of the 10^th house (the house of victory for the favourites). 

Although they are playing at home, Brighton are considered the underdogs, so are designated by the opposing 7^th house and its ruler Saturn.  They have Venus, ruler of the 4^th house (the house of victory for the underdogs), as their co-significator.  

Mars, Arsenal’s planet of victory, rests on their 1^st house cusp.  If Mars was placed inside the 1^st house, this would show victory already in their grasp.  However, Mars is on the cusp, showing that Arsenal are strongly focused on winning, but their victory is not guaranteed, especially as Mars is retrograde and moving away from the 1^st house cusp.   

The Moon, whose aspects often show how events will unfold, makes no decisive aspects to significators of either team.  This may forecast an uneventful game, with unsurprising results (that is to say, a win for the favourites).   

However, an important testimony hints at another possibility:  Pluto (who John Frawley observes seems to have a grudge against the favourites), is placed in the 7^th house (for Brighton) and opposes Arsenal’s 1^st house cusp.  With such a powerful ally, it is possible that Brighton may do better than expected and put an end to Arsenal’s winning streak.   

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As usual when the Moon applies to conjunct the Sun, the Part of Fortune is on the cusp of the 1^st house.  As this occurs every month at the time of the New Moon, the placement of the Part of Fortune is not significant to the result of the match.   

Notwithstanding, the conjunction of the Moon with the Sun has great importance in this chart:  This is because Leo rises, and the Sun (ruler of the 1^st house) represents the favorites.   

The aspects of the Moon describe how the events of the match will unfold, and a lunar conjunction with a significant planet often points to the winning team.  It is rarely necessary to look beyond it at any other aspects the Moon may make:  The strength of the lunar conjunction is usually sufficient to indicate the result.  

A conjunction between the Moon and the Sun (ruler of the 1^st house) suggests that victory will go to the favourites.     

So, who are the favourites?  Manchester United has the home advantage, but Newcastle are on a winning streak and are currently placed 7^th in the table to Manchester’s 14^th.  It seems likely that the Magpies will continue to play well and Newcastle will have cause to celebrate.   

Is there any hope in this chart for Manchester United?  Possibly.  Venus, ruler of the 10^th house (the house of victory for the favourites), is placed in the 7^th house, the house of the underdogs: Venus in the 7^th house shows that Newcastle’s hopes of victory are the power of Manchester United.  If Manchester United play better than expected, they could prove a severe hindrance to Newcastle’s ambitions.   

The chart inclines towards a victory for the favourites, but a draw cannot be ruled out.   

Wishing all my readers a Happy, Successful and Prosperous New Year! Please check back for more Astrological Football Forecasts in 2025.

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Currently at 4^th place in the table to Aston Villa’s 9^th, Chelsea are tipped to win Sunday’s match at Stamford Bridge.   

As favourites, Chelsea are denoted by the 1^st house, Mars (1^st house ruler) and Saturn (ruler of the 10^th house; the house of victory for the favourites). 

Aston Villa are represented by Venus (ruler of the 7^th house).  They have no other significators in this match, as the Moon, (ruler of the 4^th house, the house of victory for the underdogs), already has a key role describing the events of the match.  

As the game takes place around the time of the New Moon, the Part of Fortune is in the 1^st house.  This might seem fortunate for the favourites; but the placement of the Part of Fortune is linked to the Moon’s current phase and always occupies the 1^st house at the New Moon. Observation shows that wins for the favourites do not always correlate with a New Moon, so the Part of Fortune’s placement by antiscion (which varies from month to month as the New Moon changes sign) is considered more significant in contest charts than her bodily placement.   

The North Node is close to the cusp of the 1^st house but, once again, this is not quite as favourable for the favourites as it might appear.  In his book “Sports Astrology”, John Frawley notes that a team’s planet falling on a Node will be helped or harmed, but that the house placements of the Nodes do not seem significant. 

The Moon’s aspects describe how events will unfold and often (as in this case), hold the key to the result:  She applies first to a sextile with the antiscion of Saturn (at 17 Libra 05) which is positive for favourites Chelsea.   

The Moon next applies to a square with the antiscion of the Part of Fortune at 18 Virgo 52.  This is just beyond the 5-degree orb of aspect considered most reliable for a 90-minute football match and suggests that underdogs Aston Villa will have an opportunity to change their fortunes in the latter stages of the game.   

Verdict: Chelsea will dominate the match, but Aston Villa will have at least one chance to turn the tables on their adversaries.  The last few minutes of the game are likely to prove crucial.   

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Christian Astrology by William Lilly