March 1, 2022 Strikes, lockouts, and other interruptions to the baseball season are reflected in transits to the birthchart of the National League. Today’s announcement by Commissioner Rob Manfred that the first week of the baseball season is cancelled occurred as Saturn conjunct Mercury at 18 degrees Aquarius formed hard aspects to the planets of…
Russian ice skater Kamila Valieva was born with a very strong Grand Cross in the fixed signs. Her Sun in Taurus is anchored by a square from Saturn in Leo, the sign of sports and performing arts. This aspect made her a tenacious competitor and performer. Less fortunately, her Sun and Saturn are opposed by…
Feb. 15, 2022 I do the astrology of football as well! The Rams won Super Bowl 56 with Saturn conjunct their MC. In baseball, it is Saturn that crowns the champions at the end of the Season. My experiences watching Super Bowl finishes have not convinced me that Saturn plays the same role of champ…
The Oakland Athletics introduced former player and coach Mark Kotsay as their manager on Dec 21, 2021 as the Sun was conjunct the A’s natal Saturn. The news was actually broken the day earlier by Jon Heyman of MLB network, which would make an even tighter conjunction from the Sun to the A’s Saturn. The…
Nov11, 2021 On Nov. 4, 2021, Giants catcher Buster Posey announced his retirement as the New Moon in Scorpio was exactly conjunct the Giants’ natal Moon. As the Moon rules catchers and fans, there could not be a more poetic astrological moment for an event that would greatly affect the Giants catcher and the Giants…
When the last out of a baseball season is recorded, there is invariably an aspect from an axis to Saturn or to a planet in Capricorn. (This aspect will exist to a planet in transit or to a planet within the winning team’s natal chart.) The 2021 season ended unusually in that this aspect from…
As Game 6 begins, Saturn will be conjunct the MC and casting its shadow over the whole game. Saturn is the Lord of Time, and he will make his presence known throughout the game. Houston faces elimination if it cannot win Game 6. But Saturn not only eliminates, it also crowns the champion. The atmosphere…
Nov. 1, 2021 Game 5 occurred on a near lunar return for the Astros, as the Moon in transit was almost exactly conjunct their natal Moon. Still, but by the end of the game, the Moon in transit had advanced to within one degree of the Astros natal Moon and it had been well-channeled by…
October 31, 2021 The chart for Game 5 does not have an obvious signature for the Braves to clinch the World Series. They are ahead in the Series, 3 games to 1, but the chart for Game 5 does not have a Saturn aspect looming which would indicate an end to the baseball season. (When…
October 31, 2021 The Sun Saturn square brought another tight tense contest for Game 4. The Saturn energy also brought a late-inning Braves comeback as they overcame a 2-0 Astros lead, scoring one run in the sixth inning and two runs in the seventh inning. Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson channeled the aspect of Mars at…
Like in Game 3, the Sun and Saturn are square to each other. Expect another close game. This game may not be low scoring like Game 4, since it lacks the opposition of the Moon to Jupiter. A new aspect is Mars at 0 degrees Scorpio square to the Braves Sun of 0 degrees Aquarius.…
The Square from the Sun to Saturn manifested in a tight tense game. The Braves held the lead from early on but it was a slim and fragile lead. Houston was always within striking distance of tying and even winning the game. Atlanta’s first run was scored at 9:20 as Venus was conjunct the Descendant.…
Oct. 29, 2021 Two transits stand out in the chart of Game 3: the Sun in exact square to Saturn, and the Moon near to an exact opposition to Jupiter. Saturn and Jupiter are currently 15 degrees apart. This is a minor aspect called a quattuorvigintile or semi-duodecile. It is generally not given much attention,…
In Game Two, the opposition between the Moon and Pluto would energize Venus and Uranus within the Astros’ birthchart.The key moment of Game Two occurred soon after Saturn was conjunct the MC. Saturn at 7 degrees Aquarius was exactly conjunct the MC at 7:35 pm CDT. At 7:47, Jose Siri, the Astros center fielder ruled…
October 27, 2021 In my most recent blog post, I noted that Uranus conjunct the Ascendant would at the start of the game would favor the Braves’ offense. The leadoff hitter Jorge Soler hit a homerun on the third pitch of the game at 5:12, three minutes into the game. Uranus rules the homerun in…
October 25, 2021 If Games One and Two of the 2021 World Series begin at their scheduled times` (7:09 CDT in Houston), their first pitches will be thrown with Uranus near an exact conjunction with the Ascendant in Game One and Games Two. These aspect favors the offense of the away team, Atlanta, in both…
Oct. 24, 2021 When the Atlanta Braves won the 2021 National League pennant on October 23 at 11:44 pm EDT in Atlanta, the IC was just past 4 degrees Libra, conjunct to the Braves natal Mars of 6 degrees Libra within 2 degrees and exactly square to the Braves natal Saturn of 4 degrees Capricorn…
Oct. 23, 2021 The Houston Astros won the 2021 American League pennant at precisely 10:38 pm CDT, Oct. 22, 2021, in Houston as Neptune was exactly conjunct the MC of 20 degrees Pisces and Saturn formed a semi-square to Neptune and the Pisces MC. (Pennants and World Series are won under Saturn transits; And the…
August 14, 2021 Wars can start when Mars and Pluto oppose each other. In baseball, similar violence can happen when the deep dark energy of Pluto is opposed by the aggression of Mars. There may be a bench clearing brawl. There may be a collision on the field, which leaves one or both players injured.…
August 14, 2021 When the final out of the World Series is recorded and one team becomes the new champion, there is almost always an aspect from an axis point to the planet Saturn. These aspects are made either to Saturn in transit or to Saturn in the natal chart of the World Series winner.…
Major League Baseball new enforcement against the use of pitchers applying substances to baseballs reflects a strengthened advantage of batters against pitchers in the birthchart of the National League. Changes in the rules and policies of Major League Baseball are generally mirrored in transits to the chart of the National League. The new enforcement policy…
May 11, 2021 As Mars at 11 degrees Cancer made an exact conjunction to the A’s Moon, Major League Baseball granted the A’s permission to explore new markets, citing a lack of progress in the Athletics’ plan to build to a new stadium within Oakland. The Moon rules stadiums, and an aspect from Mars to…
May 6, 2021 Under a Saturn transit, Orioles pitcher John Means credited his recently deceased father for helping him choose his pitches as he threw a no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners. Saturn is the planet of fathers, and Means father died in August of last year. Means was born in 1994, a year of a…
April 29, 2021 The Saturn-Uranus square, which is contributing much to the current discourse of racial equity, delivered a slap to the face of the Atlanta Braves as the 2021 All-Star Game was taken from them. Atlanta had been awarded to host this year’s All-Star Game, but that honor was removed by Major League Baseball…
The San Diego Padres finally recorded the first no-hitter in franchise history on April 9, 2021 under transits to their natal Saturn and Pluto. The Padres birthchart contains a quincunx aspect between Saturn of 20 degrees Aries and Pluto of 20 degrees Virgo. The Padres franchise has been playing since 1969, and Padres fans had…