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COSMIC UPDATE: 4th February 2002
Included
in this week’s Cosmic Update:-
Well, last week I promised that I would comment on the chart of the Super Bowl and since I’m not a one to give my word lightly, here goes.
Uranus, The Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics.
A few days before the Super Bowl my sports-enthusiast husband asked me whether or not astrology could predict the winning team. Keen to oblige I set up the chart for the opening of the game.
The 36th Super Bowl
3rd February 2002, 06:20hrs. New Orleans, Louisiana
(Click For Enlarged View)
Now, I have to confess, what I
know about sport would cover the span of my thumbnail but a chart is a chart is
a chart…
My eyes were immediately drawn
to the presence of Uranus on the Descendant, strong in its own sign and conjunct
the ruler of the Mid-heaven, Venus. At a glance I could see the game was going
to produce a surprise or two. But since neither team was playing on home ground
I was unable to apply my little pet theory that the home team is represented by
the Ascendant, its ruler and aspects and the away team by the Descendant, ruler
and its aspects. Thus in pursuit of an answer I resorted to horary astrology,
using as my starting point the time my husband posed the question.
Lo and behold the Ascendant and
the ruler of the chart, Mars, were in none other than Aries, the Ram. Clearly
this was an ‘on’ chart in that the subject was a contest (very Aries/Mars)
and the Rams were the focus of the question. However, Mars was only forming an applying
aspect to Pluto (and in purist horary terms only the planets up to and
including Saturn should be considered), although there was a square to the
Mid-heaven. I wasn’t entirely convinced that this chart qualified as a
‘yes’ answer so I looked to the moon for support. The moon in Virgo was void of course (making no applying
aspect to any planet or point) thereby supporting a ‘no’ verdict.
“No!” exclaimed my
incredulous husband, “they’re the favourites!”
In fact the Rams were such hot
favourites that the betting odds were five to one, which meant that if they won
they would have to do so by fourteen points in order for anyone to make a cent.
Now, having said that what I
know about football you could put on a pin head, I had been watching bits of the
latter games of the series and it had not escaped my notice that the New England
Patriots had not only put up a splendid defence in two other games where they
were the underdogs but they had made some excellent pitches too.
I cannot claim to have watched
the Super Bowl in its entirety, especially as by the third quarter the Rams were
ahead by some seven points, but when the Patriots began to close the gap, I was
hooked. In the last moments of the game the underdogs scored a touch-down,
making it a decisive victory for the New England team.
And, indeed, scoring a victory
for the astrology – a surprise outcome and at the last minute – very Uranian.
The Olympics chart and that of
the Super Bowl share some interesting features. The Ascendant/Descendant axis is
close – a mere two degrees apart – thus Uranus is conjunct the Descendant in
both cases. However, the Uranian quality of the Olympics chart is a little more
pronounced in that the sun (the ruler of the chart) is making an applying conjunction to Uranus. A conjunction that will become exact
during the course of the Games.
I have discussed this chart in
a previous article (see January 28th
Cosmic Update) but I wanted to add an extra comment here.
The opening ceremony did indeed
reflect the dramatic and colourful Leo Ascendant yet perhaps the more important
quality of the occasion was its strongly emotional and spiritual content. The
events of September 11th have given America back its heart and soul.
This was not only apparent in the highly charged rendering of The Star Spangled
Banner, sung while the tautly held tattered flag from the World Trade Centre
fluttered in the centre of the arena, but through the inclusion of native
Indians on foot and horseback. Sometimes, to the rest of the world, America
seems to be a young country, with all the brashness and insensitivity of the
new, but its real roots lie deep in ancient and richly spiritual soil. The
coming into a new consciousness, the awakening of the heart and soul, is a
quintessentially Uranian process. Thus, the Winter Olympics is an arena in which
to celebrate this awakening and reconnection every bit as much as to celebrate
the extraordinary achievements of athletes from all corners of the world.
As the first week of the Winter Olympics goes by the sun, moon and Uranus will all conjoin (12th/13th ) so we should watch with interest the displays of courage, speed and skill at that time. And we should also watch for the shocks, surprises and the fireworks
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