MLB Baseball playoffs and Astrology

Baseball and Astrology, the connection between the two .. spherical shapes?...who knows.

Anyway, this is my Playoff prediction and grading my preseason analysis back from April to see how I did . First, looking back , I picked the White Sox to win it all and they did not even make the playoff's and they just let go of their manager. Their Pluto transit turned out to be more death and destruction then having lots of power at the plate.Colorado Rockies...similar deal , their Jupiter transit ended up feeling a little too lazy and a little less lucky. I also had the Red Sox and Braves int he playoffs and up until the last day of the season and their monumental collapses they would have been. Arizona Diamondbacks..I didn't see that one coming , Saturn can be limitations but it can also see young players mature very quickly and I went the wrong way with that one. their young pitchers turned phenomenal quickly. If anyone had Ian Kennedy being the likely CY Young winner over any of the Phillies , Braves or Giants Pitchers than you are certainly a better prognosticator than I am.

 

So anyway I picked 2 of 6 Division winners correctly and 3 of the 8 playoff teams correctly. Below here I posted my season predictions for the teams that made the playoffs. If you look over to the right to the " archives" you can see what I predicted for all 32 teams at the beginning of the season.This is my first year attempting to use Astrology with Baseball so be nice !!!! It appears that Jupiter is the most influential planet in the charts of Baseball teams at this point..and Pluto bad.

 

AL EAST

2.N Y YANKEES [93-69] great tradition.. decent transits

4.TAMPA BAY [ 87-75] downswing, last year was their chance .

AL CENTRAL

2. DETROIT [ 90-72] on the upswing, could make playoff's this year but will be very dangerous in 2012

AL WEST

1. TEXAS [ 92-70 ] Pluto transiting their Jupiter ..lots of Power , lots of Home runs . Hard to defeat but may self destruct [ see Pluto transits ]

　

NL EAST

1. PHILADELPHIA [ 99-63 ] Perhaps best starting rotation ever. Will be very good this year , will be awesome in 2012

　

　

NL CENTRAL

2. MILWAUKEE [ 90-72 ] on the upswing , still have some monkeys to get off of their back.

3. ST. LOUIS [ 86-76 ] slight downturn , still competitive and dangerous team ..but not scary anymore.

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NL WEST

5. ARIZONA [ 60- 102 ] bad ..just plain bad

 

I've missed the beginning of then playoffs but most of the Series are still going so I'm going to make my projections for the rest of the way. The only Series that seems in doubt is the Tigers and Yankees which is ties 2-2 at this point with deciding game 5 tomorrow.

Funnily enough the Tigers and Yankees have almost exactly the same chart's being their first game was played just 1 day apart in 1901 so it will be splitting hairs on those 2. So here's my predictions for the remainder of the playoffs.

As of now, [2 seed ] Texas has already eliminated [4 seed ] Tampa , Milwaukee and Philadelphia lead 2-1 and Detroit and Yankees are ties 2-2.

 

AL

Divisional playoffs

The Tigers and Yankees have the 2 best transits happening right now of any of the teams and they happen to be in the same league and playing the the first round of the playoffs. Both teams have great Jupiter transits as transiting Jupiter are sitting on the Sun Venus conjunction in Taurus that both teams have in their charts. They both have the transiting South Node sitting on their Natal Pluto in Gemini and transiting North Node in Sag conjunct their Natal Uranus and both teams are having a Mars return happening right now highlighting their intensity and desire to win. Transiting Venus is approaching the natal North Nodes in both charts also. So essentially their is minute difference between the two teams charts except for the Moon.

One note though is that Jupiter is retrograde and the Tigers being one day older than the Yankees the planets in their chart are at just a hair lower degree than the Yankees , both teams played extremely well the last couple months so this is really splitting hairs but I'm taking the Tigers in an upset here. These teams transits are so good right now though that I 'm takign the winner of this series to win the whole thing. If Detroit doesn't pull out game 5 my second pick to win it all is the Yankees.

Texas has already advanced defeating Tampa Bay 3-1.

 

AL Championship Series

The Rangers have some nice transits as well. They have Transiting Uranus conjunct their Natal Mercury [ excitement ],transiting Saturn is conjunct their Natal Uranus transiting South Node is conjunct their Mars Venus conjunction. Transiting Retrograde Jupiter is approaching their Natal Sun as well.The biggest thing in their chart though is transiting Pluto is conjunct the Rangers Natal Jupiter . As I pointed out in my season preview this has brought them lots of power and intensity, but as we saw with the White Sox and others playing with Pluto for very long can be dangerous, I'm picking Pluto to self destruct the Rangers here and the Tigers to take this one and go on to the World Series.

　

NL

Divisional playoffs

right now the favored [ no. 1 seed ] Phillies, who had the best record in baseball during the regular season lead the [ no. 4] Cardinals 2 games to 1 and the [ 2] Brewers who finally broke their curse and won their division lead the surprising [3] Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1. I don't see the underdog coming back in either of these series.

 

NL Championship Series

The Phillies and the Brewers meet here, the Phiilies had the best record in Baseball with 102 wins, they have the best pitching staff in several decades at least and I picked them to make it to the World Series in my preseason predictions. The Phillies have transiting Uranus conjunct their Mars Venus conjunction in their Natal chart Jupiter conjunct their Sun/ South Node conjunction but it is waning.Transiting North Node is square their Uranus and Pluto is square their Natal Mars Venus conjunction. These are fairly good transits and they have been the best team in Baseball most of the season and they have been a lot of people's pick to win the Championship this year from day one and no one would blame you for betting on them.

That being said , the Brewers have been the least successful of the teams in the post season, their last [ and only ] World Series appearance was in 1982 where they lost . They have had great talent and always seem to choke and underachieve and I tend to be leery of picking a team that has a history of choking . That being said I saw their transits looked good from the beginning of the season and they appear to have " gotten the monkey off of their back ". So with the developments of this season I'm going to go out on a limb here , the brewers transits are just much better than the Phillies I'm going to take the Brewers to pull the major upset here.Jupiter is conjunct their Natal Venus, Mercury, Moon, Saturn conjunction. Venus is approaching their Natal Neptune , Jupiter is also activating their Natal Jupiter by opposition , they just have a lot of really good energy happening right now. The brain says Phillies but the chart is telling me Brewers .

　

WORLD SERIES

Okay, i've explained the transits here for the teams already so I'm taking the Tigers over the Brewers to win it all .

Heres my ranking of the remaining teams as far as most likely to win the World Series. The top 3 are very close.

1.Tigers

2. Yankees

3.Brewers

4.Phillies

Astrology preview of 2011 NFL season

  Greetings my Metaphysical Pigskin brethren !

 As you know by now I truly love the study of cycles and events and one of the best ways to subjectively study the results of planetary phenomena is through sporting events because they are played out in front of you and the results are highly visible and not open to interpretation.

 

Last year I picked the Green Bay Packers to win the Super Bowl before the season because of the transits they had happening to their chart throughout the season and especially the Super Bowl chart aspects to the team's chart. So this year I will look  at the transits for this year and see how they play to the charts of all 32  NFL teams and throw out my predictions for the season.

A little info first though, transits to the charts of sports teams do not play out the same as transit's to the chart of a person. In football you want lots of Squares, lots of Mars and Pluto activity, things that may not be too appealing to a human soul walking this earth but when you play a violent, aggressive game for a living you want that extra energy for your team to be able to make a run at the playoffs . The same deal with other planets as well , Jupiter trines are awesome for a person ..but maybe too relaxing for a Football team. Saturn, well Saturn is not usually fun for a person, but you do learn a lot. I 've found that Saturn ,Uranus  and Pluto transits to the chart of a team signal a change. When those big planets of learning lessons and change come along it often will signify a departure in the recent history of the team. If your team has been bad the last few years , Saturn may give you discipline, or experience points if you have a lot of young players that are starting to figure it out. A Saturn transit may give your previously bad team the wisdom to not make the same mistakes as before. By the same account if you're team has been really good the last few years Saturn may limit your team due to injuries , or lack of payroll freedom .Your run of good fortune may be limited by a difficult Saturn transit. The same with Pluto or Uranus making hard aspects to the teams chart , it can't really be said that either of those is good or bad it's just likely that you will see a reversal from the previous few years. So even though there is little doubt who has won a particular  game at the end , you have to see the entire road not just the spot your standing at now. Where has the team been , what changes are they making, have they set themselves up well for the future.

 

A note of interest is that I also look at the key degrees that we come upon throughout the season. I look at degrees that are crossed over or hovered around [ like an annoying co-worker ! ] or where there's an eclipse or a planetary station [ the planet essentially stops or slows down it's motion ] . I take these degrees and look to see if there's players whose charts have planets at this point. I did not look at all 5?? players in the NFL's charts but I did look at the sun signs near one of these points and found 3 players of interest that might be fun to watch this year to see how it plays out. One planet that is interesting to watch is the planet Uranus which rules Aquarius and is currently in the sign of Aries. Uranus rules chaos and unpredictability and excitement and sudden changes. If any of you are NBA fans you may remember in the playoffs last year Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat where he would score 30 points and have 20 rebounds one game and then the next game he would have 5 points and 8 rebounds and kept going all over the place like that. We'll he had Uranus crossing over his Sun during that period which can cause sporadic behavior . Well I happened to find 3 players of note this year that have this aspect for the whole season and it will intensify the second half of the season. So it may be fun to keep an eye on these 3 players and see how they react to this planetary influence. My guess is you will see 150 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns slightly over half the time  and about 50 yards and no td's the rest of the games. They will be so explosive some days they will not be able to be shut down because they will have so much energy and other days you won't even know they're on the field. Consistency will NOT be the word here.

The 3 players are :
        Adrian Peterson - Running Back-  Minnesota
        Ahmad Bradshaw- Running Back- N.Y, Giants
        Jonathan Stewart- Running Back- Carolina  [ Jonathan is not a starter but he gets a lot of playing time so he will still be easy to follow]

   It may be a little scary watching these 3 if you have them on your Fantasy Football team if you would like to see 2 of them at the same time Carolina plays the Giants on October 30th ...Happy Halloween from me to all of you !

 

One additional thing I think I've figured out from last year is the key to a great season is a 3 course meal if you will. The first course is the team needs a bit of luck or as they say ..the planets favorably aligned. Some kind of transit from Jupiter or Venus will fill this need.
 Second, is you will need lots and lots of energy , preferably negative energy or an element of chaos and destruction will do . Squares to or from your Mars and/or Pluto will work here for sure. If you are an underdog or a habitual underachiever Uranus or Saturn will help change your luck.
 Third, there needs to be a sense of destiny fulfilled or some kind of Karmic thing being worked out. Transits to or from the Nodes and /or Saturn is usually what to look for.
 

Also, some teams just have stronger charts than others . The Pittsburgh Steelers are good almost every year , they almost need something limiting them or physically stopping them [ see last year when Ben got suspended and they and some other injuries and still came back and made it to the Super Bowl ]. The Arizona Cardinals traditionally are weaker , they need a boost to their chart to get them into the upper echelon . So the point is that you can't always just look at transits as apples to apples and predict which will be the stronger of the two teams. If a team is traditionally good or bad there must be something to put a halt to that cycle or create a change therefore a Saturn transit can be good for a team that has been bad in recent history but it can be bad for a team that has been traditionally good.

Another thing that I think you will notice if you are a sports fan is that every year there are teams that look unbeatable for part of the season  and you are sure they are going to win the championship and that no one can beat them [ see Eagles, Colts, Chargers most years, Patriots a lot of years,]. Then there are some teams  that can't seem to get started until the season is halfway over [ see Chargers every season ]. The reason for this is because of how their chart is . Now most NFL teams have their Sun in Virgo , a few in Libra , a few elsewhere so almost all of them will have Mercury  in either Leo, Virgo, or Libra in almost every case, therefore those are fairly useless to look at because you are wanting to differentiate between the teams to see who is going to come out on top. What you will notice is that teams with Mars in Leo or a lot of other planets in Leo  will normally be  better early in the season, teams with a lot of Sagittarius in their chart or Mars in Sag will pick up later in the season as planets begin making aspects to those planets, they are being activated. Now this doesn't work every year as there are always anomalies and retrogrades and eclipses and the such but it is a good rule of thumb.
 

So anyway here's my predictions for the upcoming NFL season and I'm going to give a little more detail into the Astrological aspects happening this year. So good luck to your team and send your hate mail to MMETHENY1984@YAHOO.COM  if I picked your team to stink and they don't.
 

UP AND COMING:
 BROWNS, RAMS, LIONS, TEXANS ,

 

TEAMS ON THE DOWN SWING FROM LAST YEAR:

  TAMPA BAY,CAROLINA, SEATTLE

 

 OPEN TO INTERPRETATION [ These are teams that have a lot going on in their chart but it's hard to tell how their energies and actions are going to play out. They will be much better than expected or they will not play up to their projections . I used my football knowledge more on these teams ]

 PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE, PITTSBURGH, KANSAS CITY .

 

NFC
EAST
1. Philadelphia  11-5  Tough schedule early. Will look awesome at times. Their problem will be their Mars energy is highest right before the season starts. Must beware of ego's and injuries .

 

2. Dallas  11-5  Much improved from last year. More cohesive and fewer injuries and better defensively with Rob Ryan there. Unlike Philly , transits get better later in season ,will be a handful at playoff time.

 

3.  N.Y.  Giants 9-7  Must play well early as schedule is difficult 2nd half of season. Lots of injuries to start seaosn. Probably not enough to stay with Philly and Dallas.Must win 5 or 6 of first 7 games.

 

4. Washington 5-11  I don't think anyone knows what Mike Shanahan is doing..except congratulating himself for thinking he's smarter than everyone else. Sorry, not so Mike.
NORTH

 

1. Green Bay 13-3 Powerful transits, defending champs, can't have as many injuries as last year. They will be brutal and stand a great chance of repeating.

 

2. Chicago 9-7  Added some potential weapons on offense . Cutler should do well but early schedule is harsh must avoid bad start to stay in wildcard race.Favorable Mars transits later in season.

 

3. Detroit 7-9  Uranus square Saturn and Pluto conjunct Saturn , those are nice transits for a team trying to break several years of bad play. Me likey !

 

4. Minnesota 6-10  As I said in last year's predictions..the window of opportunity has passed.

 

SOUTH

 

1. New Orleans 12-4  Great transits, explosive offense .They have all the stuff to win it all.

 

2. Atlanta 11-5 Very strong again .Gained experience from last year. Unfortunately their great transits end the last week of Regular season.

 

3. Tampa Bay  78-9  Improving young team ,just not quite as good as last year's record.

 

4. Carolina 3-13 Rebuilding...nothing happening here. Lots of new coaches and players will take time for them to sort out.

 

WEST

 

1. St. Louis 9-7 Better again from last year, building solid team. Need to beware of injuries. First 7 games are brutal , need to win 2 or 3 of those then the last 9 games are much easier. Could win division with 7 or 8 wins but will be better than record suggests , will be tough in playoffs if they can get there.

 

2. San Francisco 7-9 Will be improved from last year , has some decent transits from Saturn. They still refuse to sign a starting QB which will limit them.

 

3. Arizona 6-10 Some people are picking them as the surprise winner in this division. Not me , lost too much , top RB injured . No great transits here.Try again next year.

 

4.Seattle 4-12  Last year will seem far away. Let go too many good players and have nothing at QB.Bad.

AFC

 

EAST
1. NEW ENGLAND 13-3 Filled lots of holes in off season. Very strong, will be very difficult to beat , have good enough transits they could get to Super Bowl.

 

2. NY JETS 12-4 Chart is nearly the same as New England's so it comes down to splitting hairs.Will be tough out in playoffs, the only team that can consistently beat Patriots.

 

3. Miami 6-10  No running backs , iffy QB. Will compete early but not enough energy here.

 

4 Buffalo 3-13  See above where I talked about transits being off. Will play hard but not much happening here. Fitzpatrick and Stevie Johnson will be fun to watch though.

 

NORTH

 

1. Baltimore 11-5 Nice transits, added some good offensive weapons in offseason. Will be neck and neck with Steelers most of way.

 

2. Pittsburgh 11-5 Will be tough as always , very intense early in season but I see them maybe losing a bit of steam late. And of course there's that Super Bowl runner up curse to deal with as well.

 

3. Cleveland 8-8  Great transits from Mars and Jupiter. Will be much improved .

 

4. Cincinnati 3-13  Made good financial moves in off season but needs to let young talent develope.

 

SOUTH

 

1. Houston 10-6 Yes, Yes this is the year for them. The only team in division with starting QB from last year back. Added some defensive help, nice Mars transits , unfortunately they kinda lose steam as playoffs start. Still they will get their first division title and playoff berth. For those that drafted Foster 1st in your Fantasy league..the transits to his Jupiter in Pisces are past, he won't get 1,600 yards this year.

 

2. Tennessee 7-9  Lots of player and coaching turnover. Not enough energy. Rebuilding.

 

3 .Indianapolis 6-10 See above where I mentioned Saturn. Saturn is making nasty transits to their chart and Saturn rules bones and the skeleton in medical Astrology..see Peyton Manning. Their run is over.

 

4.Jacksonville 6-10 Team may be in chaos with starting QB cut right before season. Defense will be improved. Will be better late in season.

 

 

WEST

 

1. San Diego  11-5 Hmmm, does anyone really trust these guys ? They always starts slow [ Uranus in late Leo] then play great late, then choke in playoffs.They do have Mars hitting their nodes late in the season this time though, will that be the difference...me thinks yes.

 

2. Kansas City  7-9  Down from last year. Weaker transits and tougher schedule.

 

3. Oakland 6-10 They were looking good last year but ket too many players get away. Good young talent but qb position too iffy. Will play decent early and late..not so much in the middle of season.

 

4. Denver 5-11  Will play well at times but too many holes here.  Keep rebuilding and we'll see you next year, be sure and tip your waitress on the way out.

 

NFL MVP
 PHILLIP RIVERS- SAN DIEGO

 The transits this guy has this year are FRIGHTENING . The only think that can stop him this time will be an injury or spontaneous combustion becasue he will be on fire.

 

PLAYOFFS

 

NFC

 There are good teams in the NFC and Philly could be a good sleper choice here but the Packers and Saints have such great transits and exposive offense's that they really are heads above the rest.

 

WILD CARD ROUND

ATLANTA over ST. LOUIS- this is close I almost took the Rams here.
DALLAS over PHILADELPHIA- This was a toss up as well. Don't be shocked if Philly wins both regular season games then Dallas wins the playoff rematch.These teams were very close.

 

DIVISIONAL
GREEN BAY over ATLANTA-sorry Atlanta, not this year.
NEW ORLEANS over DALLAS- Dallas will play valiently but just not enough to beat the Saints here.

 

NFC CHAMPIONSHIP

 GREEN BAY over NEW ORLEANS -I fretted over this one and changed it several times . They both have that destiny thing in their chart on top of all the other stuff. I think the Packers destiny may be just a tiny bit stronger than the Saints and they will porbably have homefiled advantage which may be the only difference between these two.

 

AFC

 Okay here's the conundrum ...one of the problems with sports teams charts is that when Pro league's expand they let in multiple teams at a time therefore you will have multiple teams with very similar charts thus making it hardder to find those dividing points between teams. My top 3 teams I like for the AFC are the Patriots, Chargers and Jets. They all started between September 9-11 th, 1960, virtually the same charts except for small differences. So this is where the Astrology wasn't as much help in finding differences between these three. Don't be shocked if it's the Jets or Patriots but Rivers chart was better than anyone elses for the big teams.

 

WILD CARD ROUND
NY JETS over HOUSTON -Nice season Texans
BALTIMORE over PITTSBURGH -Close call here but Super Bowl loser curse does in Steelers ...but their transits next year look nice from here so heads up Steeler nation.

 

DIVISIONAL
NEW ENGLAND over BALTIMORE-Just too much here, the Pats won't lose 4 consecutive playoff games.
SAN DIEGO over NY JETS - The Chargers will finally beat the Jets.

 

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
 SAN DIEGO over NEW ENGLAND   - The curse shall be broken ....the tie breaker was Phillip Rivers has the best chart of anyone this year and he will carry them.

 

SUPER BOWL
 Green Bay over San Diego  

   I never do this but I 'm picking the Packers to repeat.

 

 Here's the toop 5 in order for winning the Super Bowl

    1. GREEN BAY

    2.NEW ORLEANS

    3.SAN DIEGO

    4. NEW YORK JETS

    5. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

 

Astrology and NCAA Football

Hello Sports fans and Astrology fans ! ...or is that the other way around ? Anyway , whichever you are , or perhaps you're fans of both . This is my College Football Astrology preview and  Extravaganza with a live puppet show to follow [ valid for citizens of Earth only ]. I currently reside just [ about 100 yards, the size of a football field ] outside of Columbus, Ohio which is fanatical about few things except food, electing bad political leaders and Ohio State Football. That being said I have managed to track down the charts for most of the NCAA teams in the big school division so I will attempt to use my Astrological and sports knowledge and blend them to see how accurate I can predict this years season. Other than the BCS National Championship game I am not going to predict the other Bowl game matchup's because the Bowl's are an outdated ,ridiculous, corrupt system which no amount  of logic cannever be applied to. 　 BIG TEN LEADERS   1. WISCONSIN- very powerful chart a few breaks and they can finish in the top 5.  2. OHIO ST- Time for new beginnings will still be good. 3. PENN ST- the usual here most likely 8-4  4. ILLINOIS- nice transit's - good qb, will pull some surprises .Could finish 3rd or even second if they beat OSU at home.  5. PURDUE-improving .  6. INDIANA- I'll be nice and say nothing.    LEGENDS   1. NEBRASKA- Great transits, great defense, quarterback...well his coach doesn't really like him.  2. MICHIGAN ST- still good, bad not like last year , maybe 8-4.  3. NORTHWESTERN- nice qb,worrysome defense, decent transits. Will get a bowl game , outside chance of finishing second in division.  4. MICHIGAN- new coach , better vibe's , getting better.  5. IOWA- graduated lots of players -graduated good transits as well.  6. MINNESOTA- see Indiana above.    BIG 10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WISCONSIN over NEBRASKA - two pwerhouses , but Wisconsin's transfer QB makes the difference.  BIG 12 　 1. OKLAHOMA- loaded, but has tough road games, be cautious.  2. OKLAHOMA ST- good QB , great offense, could upset the Sooners.  3. TEXAS A&M- loaded team, awesome transits, the top 3 teams here are very close.If they can win at Oklahoma will be top 5 in country.  4. TEXAS- better than last year but not all the way back.  5. KANSAS ST- good team, good transits ,tough conference.  6.MISSOURI- down a bit bust still competitive, bowl bound.  7. TEXAS TECH- hmmm, competitive but losing ground a bit.  8. KANSAS- still rebuilding.  9. IOWA ST- sorry cyclones , too many bullies here this year.  　 　 SEC   EAST   1. SOUTH CAROLINA- Nice transits , great RB , if they can get consistent QB play they will be hard to beat.  2. FLORIDA- good, not National Championship calliber again though.  3. GEORGIA- underachieving team still needs to mature.  4. VANDERBILT- looks promising this year. Bowl bound  5.TENNESSEE- This whole school is a mess right now.  6.KENTUCKY- will start strong ,finish not so good.    WEST   1. ALABAMA- Defense is the best, if they replace Offensive pieces will win it all.  2. ARKANSAS- no Ryan Mallett, no problem. Building good tradition.  3. LSU- great athleticsm, bad QB's , too many bar fights   4. MISSISSIPPI ST- good, will surprise some people.  5. AUBURN- National Championship hangover  6. OLE MISS- Improving but in a very tough division.    SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME ALABAMA over SOUTH CAROLINA - The tide just too much here.   BIG EAST 1. SYRACUSE- Here's a team that has played better than expected last 2 years and their transits are just so good this year I have to pick them here.Top 5 teams here are very,very close.  2. WVU- New Offense should light it up. If they had last year's D would play for Championship game.  3. S. FLORIDA- Solid team,if they get some consistency will be very hard to beat.  4. PITT-How can the school that had Dan Marino and Larry Fitzgerald never get a QB? Will be good on D but will sputter on O. Will get upset at least once.  5. CINCINNATTI - Vastly improved, very  nice transits, could finish as high as second.Will be one of most improved teams ,very dangerous in 2012 as transits progress. 6. UCONN- Lots of chnages from last year but still good.Bowl bound.  7. RUTGERS- Actually not bad team, will be a difficult to deal with, expect an upset or 2.  8  LOUISVILLE- Showed some life last year but graduated lots.  　 ACC ATLANTIC 1. FLORIDA ST- very , very strong .With a few breaks could make it to BCS with only 1 loss.  2. N.C ST- similar to last year.  3. CLEMSON- Improving but brutal schedule.  4. BOSTON COLLEGE- Inconsistent.  5. MARYLAND- decent but inconsistent.  6 WAKE FORREST- not as bad as lasy couple years.    COASTAL 1. VIRGINIA TECH- Hmm, nice QB, nice Defense, nice schedule. Beat FSU in ACC title game and they may play for the championship.  2. MIAMI FL- still trying to figure out the suspensions, will pull some upsets, will get upset.Too much chaos here.  3. N. CAROLINA- graduated incredible talent, fired coach, will still be decent.  4. GEORGIA TECH- good tradition, will give a run for second place in division.  5. VIRGINIA- trying to rebuild.  6. DUKE- stick to Basketball and medicine please.    ACC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 　 VIRGINIA TECH over FLORIDA STATE- Tech by a hair.　 PAC 12   SOUTH   1. UCLA- Underachieved ,Caoch's third year ,if QB plays up to ability will be very good. Transit wise they have a ton of power .If it doesn't blow up on them they will be one of the surprise teams in NCAA this year. Don't laugh at me if they lose to Houston in week 1, Houston will have lots of big wins this year. 2. USC- Trying to rebuild , not quite there.  3. ARIZONA- Good QB , difficult schedule.  4. ARIZONA ST- Good talent ,decent transits.  5. UTAH- Will  make good showing first year in PAC-10, difficult schedule.  6. COLORADO- Will give respectable effort .    NORTH 1. STANFORD- Not as talented as Oregon, but the stars seem to be aligned for them.Has seceral tough games though.  2. OREGON- Almost National Champs last year, will be too much for most to deal with.If Stanford game was at Oregon it would be different story.  3. OREGON ST - Good team, decent transits, may pull a surprise or 2.  4. WASHINGTON-Improving, but in harsh division.  5. CALIFORNIA- Will make Bowl game but just too many difficult games.  6. WASHINGTON ST- Improving ,but so is everyone else.    PAC 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME STANFORD  over UCLA  -It's the LUCK-y year.      Top teams from other conferences: 1. BOISE ST- The best transits possibly of anyone,should beat Georgia, may play for National Championship  2. NOTRE DAME- Rebuilding to past glory, will be better record wise ,2012 ..watchout.  3. HAWAII- Talent wise they're decent ,  but they're transits are so good I think they will be bettere than anyone expects.  4.HOUSTON- If QB stays healthy..watch out. They have outstanding transits, will pull some shockers.  5. TCU- Lost lots from last year but still decent.  6.BYU- Better than last year, getting back to old self.  7. N.ILLINOIS- good MAC team , will give any bigger boys they play fits.  8.OHIO U- good talent, much better schedule than last year, may win 10.    TEAMS ON THE UPSWING: TEXAS A&M, SYRACUSE,UCLA, NOTRE DAME, SOUTH FLORIDA, CINCINNATTI,FLORIDA ST, ARKANSAS, SOUTH CAROLINA ,OHIO U, N.ILLINOIS,TULSA  TEAMS ON THE DOWNSWING:  AUBURN,LOUISVILLE,IOWA,TCU,NAVY,TEXAS TECH,NEVADA    SURPRISE TEAMS :  SYRACUSE, UCLA ,HOUSTON,HAWAII,HOUSTON,SMU   HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER: ANDREW LUCK-STANFORD   SLEEPERS-RYAN BROYLES-OKLAHOMA, E.J. MANUEL-FLORIDA ST

BCS Championship game

Alabama over [ take your pick on who the BCS will put in here but ] my no.2,3, or 4 teams are Virginia Tech,  Boise St,  and Stanford

 but let's say Virginia Tech for arguments sake.

End of the World Blog ! EMERGENCY MUST READ! Must save Herbert

I was going to let this one pass but decided I couldn't let it go without throwing in my 2 cents worth [ .05 cents after devaluation for inflation] . As I'm sure a lot of you have heard or seen from various media outlets radio Evangelist Harold Camping from the Family Broadcasting Network has predicted the end of the world with a Giant Earthquake and the Rapture occurring this Saturday, May 21st followed by complete destruction of the Earth and entire universe on October 21st of this year.   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/02/harold-camping-claims-rap_n_409377.html     Being that I am an Astrologer I am very interested in Prophecy and predictions and timing of events. I have taken much time to go through the Astrological charts of all 195 [ roughly , no one seems to really agree on the actual number ] of the known [ could there be unknown countries ?] countries on Earth . I could not find the time of Birth for Atlantis or Lemuria nor any of the countries of Middle earth although I was able to rectify a chart for Mordor [ nasty Pluto aspects ! ] so I just stuck with the 195 confirmed ones. I'm not saying that nothing bad will happen anywhere in the world tomorrow but I looked at the alignment of the planets with the charts of the 195 countries of the Earth and I don't see anything on a Biblical Rapture scale happening anywhere.   There are certain aspects that you see in the charts of big Earthquakes and other large disasters and there really aren't any of those happening tomorrow.Will there be some small earthquakes tomorrow somewhere on Earth ..yes, there are Earthquakes of some magnitude nearly every single day. Will there be a flood somewhere tomorrow...yes, it's flooding somewhere nearly every day . As each country has a chart of it's own there will be many places that have some challenging transits to their chart happening on any given day. That being said we really only have a hand full of major events in any given year and just because you have a difficult Saturn or Pluto transit today you may not have to consider yourself a goner. Most people survive most transits...statistical FACT .    In my area of study [ Astrology] i try to give a ballpark area where the energies are right for certain events or things to happen, I like to think of it as an Astrological Weather report if you will. I try to point out windows of time where the energy is right for certain events to happen or where energies are good for change or to take advantage of opportunities. This does not mean that these events are fated or cannot be changed , people have free will as do collective groups [ companies , organizations, countries ] thus are able to awaken and possibly avert or at least prepare for such dramatic events. I do have to touch on credibility though at this point .I think it is highly irresponsible to predict doom or someone's death or destruction even if you see some negative things happening in their chart or in their life , the chances are they're going to survive and it really does no one any good to just fill people full of fear...that's what we have Government for.     Also , this is not the first time he has predicted the end of the world. He also predicted it in 1994 and I imagine will again after Saturday. Some of his other messages may be good or positive but they are all going to be forgotten after this anyway. My belief that the proper way to handle such a thing is " we are heading into a turbulent time ..please prepare " not " you're all going to die Saturday " that just makes you a lunatic. Okay, enough of that rationality and credibility nonsense ,back to the end of the world. Like I was saying I didn't see any places with "end of the world " type scenarios in their charts, except for one tiny village on the outskirts of the Ural Mountains near Estonia which was formerly part of the Soviet Union. I have warned everyone in the surrounding area which is scarcely populated that the End is near for that village [ population 16 ] and that I was terribly sorry but all I could do was warn them in advance . 15 of the 16 residents have safely left the area already , the only one living creature I have not been able to reach is named Herbert .     possible picture of Herbert    Herbert is a Tur [ not sure if he's an Eastern or Western Tur ] or mountain dwelling goat antelope if you will . His birth chart is being harshly aspected by the Pluto - Uranus square right now and being that he is living in a dangerous area I fear for his safety [ Saturday only ] . I have tried numerous times to contact him but to no avail as land lines are not readily available in that part of the region and goat antelopes have a hard time typing on their Blackberry's because of their coarse hooves.    So if you have any contacts in that part of the region , please warn Herbert that the world is ending Saturday and to please take shelter or leave the area, I already feel badly for not being able to warn him myself. So be safe Saturday , maybe scribble out a quick last will on some toilet paper , have a drink and sit back and be afraid . I'll try and have another Blog done this weekend so those of us still here Sunday will have something to do .    goodbye for now..maybe        Mark

NBA Playoffs with Astrology pt.2

As I mentioned in my NHL Playoff Astrolology blog it can be tricky when a team has moved and you have to pick between multiple charts . We have that scenario here with Okahoma City who are formerly the Seattle Supersonics. The Natal chart for the Super Sonics is far more active than the chart for OKC,thus the rule of observation and correlation must apply here.   Another Astrological note here is that with transits to the charts of sports teams the usual 10 degress does not work, it appears to be in the 3-5 degree range at most. Also..... assuming you're still awake...when a planet goes either retrograde  [ going backwards] or moving away from an exact aspect with a planet in a teams horoscope the energy begins to fade much quicker than in a person's chart.   Well I didn't fare as well on the NBA picks as the NHL one's. I correctly got 5 of the 8 first round matchups and 1 of the 4 second round matchups ..but that's still as good as the non-Astrology prognosticators did as the no. 1 seed Spurs were upset in the first round and the 2 favourites for most people the Celtics and Lakers were both destroyed in the second round. Again if you bet on the playoffs this year you've already lost your money.   On another Astrological note someone replied on the blog about Uranus effecting some of the players.Uranus is the most unstable and surprising planet and a good example of how a Uranus transit effects someone is Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat. One of the 3 big free-agent signings for the Heat he has Uranus sitting exactly on his Natal Sun as of this moment and what you are seeing from him is spectacular play one night and you're not even sure if he's in the building the next game... these are the results of Uranus hitting your sun.   Earlier in the sports blogs I had mentioned the Effects of Pluto , Saturn and Uranus causing reversals or possible limitations in a teams chart. Well I didn't read those correctly at first look and Orlando,and the Lakers were teams that had Pluto hitting hard in their charts and since they had been teams that were in power the last several years they fell flat this year. Pluto being the planet of death rebirth and transformation you already are heaqring the talk of those teams completely changing their rosters and coaching staff before next season starts. As the chinese proverb says " may you live in interesting times".    So now that I've smacked myself on the wrist for missing those I'm going to take another  look at the 4 teams left seeing how their charts are playing out so far.In the East I picked the Heat to get to the Finals before losing in my original blog and they do have good transits happening but the Bulls have Venus and Mars and soon Jupiter approaching their North Node  [ destiny].The main transist in the chart for the Heat is Saturn [ discipline but also limitations] conjunct their Venus[ harmony] and Uranus [ excitement, but also inconsistency as we see with Chris Bosh's chart ] conjunct their Mars [ energy level]. I'm switching here and taking the Bulls, their Scorpio moon shows their defensive intensity and i think it will be too much for the inconsistent Heat.    In the West I totally miss judged the Pluto transits and we have the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder. This looks to be a very close matchup , they finished 1 game apart in the regular season, neither team has outstanding transits but OKC does have transiting Jupiter conjunct their North Node [ there's that destiny thing again] so I will give the nod to OKC in yet another upset , albeit a small one.   An interesting scenario for the finals then. Chicago vs. Oklahoma City.When the NBA finals begin in early june the planet Jupiter, which along with the Sun , rules sports will be right around 0 degrees Taurus and move up to 3 degrees of Taurus by the time the Finals would end. This puts Jupiter between the North Nodes of OKC [ 28 Aries] and Chicago [ 17 Taurus] applying to the Bulls destiny and moving away from the Thunder's. I woulkd look for OKC to do better early in the series but as the Jupiter energy moves further away from their North Node the Bulls will pull away and take the championship.   The Bulls  who had 2 different three-peats with Michael Jordan and crew won their last one in June of 1998 when they had transiting Venus and Saturn in Taurus applying to their North Node. I guess the moral of the story is..." it pays to Nodes your basketball. "

NHL Playoffs with Astrology pt. 2

Since this is about LEARNING and NOT gambling let's take a look at the results to this point as we reach the Conference Finals [yes I know they're already a game in ] . First of all ..some excuses ..lol!  Football appears to be the best Sport to be able to predict with Astrology at this point. 1 game a week, you can look at the chart beforehand . With the other major Professional sports you don't know if a series will go 4 games or 7 games or anything in between. Also , there is very little research out there on Teams Charts and Astrology, the stuff you will find the most is on individual players cycles. A couple of other tricky areas have been Outer Planet Transits..at this juncture I think that Saturn, Uranus and Pluto transits in the sports other than [ but possibly including ] Football signify a change of disruption in what has happened in very recent history so those planets do not signify attaining power or meeting your death within themselves , they just signify change is here and adjustments is needed.   Another tricky deal is when teams move cities and you then have multiple charts to work with , sometimes the original chart for the franchise works sometimes the chart for the first game of a relocated franchise. In this situation you look at the transits to each chart and see which one chart seems to be playing out for the team.    So Hockey is usually the tricky one as there are normally lots of upsets. I fared well picking 7 pf the 8 first round series correct only losing Montreal  / Boston which went 7 games and the team I picked [ Montreal ] lost 3 games in overtime so that was about as close as it gets.   Second round in Hockey is difficult becuase they reseed the teams unlike in other sports where they stick with the original bracket. So in the second round I got 2 of 4 but I did pick the upset of the no. 1 seed [ Washington ] although I had the matchups wrong because of the reseeding.    I correctly picked the 2 finalist for the Western Conference but went 0 for 2 in the East.I 'm sticking with my original pick for Stanley Cup champion ..the San Jose Sharks [ which happens to be my totem animal ..if you cared ] to defeat the Tampa Bay lightning in the finals .     An interesting thing here with San Jose and Tampa is that their charts are nearly identical .  San Jose played their first game October 4th ,1991 and Tampa played their first game on October 7 th,1991. In most sports you get a lot of teams with similar charts becuase to keep the number of teams even for scheduling purposes a league will normally add an even number of teams in a given year where there is expansion.  The main transit both of these teams are enjoying is Saturn conjunct their Natal Sun / Mercury Conjunction and transiting Pluto conjunct their Natal Uranus . I 'm sticking with the Sharks though as Tampa's moon is also conjunct transiting Saturn. So Tampa fans [ I know you're out there I can hear you crying] you're going to lose a very tough 7 game series .And that's the way the puck bounces .'Ciao for now

Don't read this blog

Greetings people of Earth.  Yes I know I'm a few days late on these but this is for educationaI purposes only not gambling purposes. I think it's good to challenge yourself from time to time , just to kinda keep yourself on your toes. While trying to rummage through my brain for some ideas for a challenge I came up with trying to see how many people I could get to read one of my blogs. Shortly after this idea came into my head I realized that even though I have a solid group of people that attend my class [ Thanks Dad and Sister ! ] and I give some lectures and I have been on some Internet radio shows , in the grand scheme of things I really am not a famous person [ you're welcome !] . I'm sure that Dr. Phil and the Kardashians and the Octomom and Charle Sheen and others probably have millions of people that read their blogs [ actually I don't know if any of those people have Blogs so I'm kind of embellishing here for dramatic purposes ] or their tweets [ No I am not on Twitter so don't look for me there ] So then it came to me .. I shall go the opposite way [ as I often do ] of the tide [ does this put me in the Salmon family ?]. I shall try to write a blog that absolutely no one will read.. I'm sure it's been done before but I usually have a few people that read my blogs [ even if it's against their will or over the phone or it has to be enclosed in a gift card ] but this was a task I 'm sure I was up to .    So I had to come up with a topic that would go over like a Led Zeppelin [ that would be a good name for a band actually ] . And being this is my Astrology blog it would have to have something to do with the application of Astrology to something . As I live in the United States most of my clients and followers are American [ although I hear that I'm big in Canada ....just kidding ] .although I do have friends in Canada and New Zealand and the Ukraine and probably other places as well [ Thanks Facebook ! you really do help people connect..it's NOT just a movie ]. So what do Americans care the least about ?.No... it's not the Federal Reserve System ..it's Hockey . For those of you who do not live in Canada , the Czech Republic or countries that were part of the former Soviet Union [ You know who you are Stans ! ..] hockey is a Sport that is over 25 years old ![ Actually the NHL itself is 94 years old] and is played with a puck which is shot into a netted goal [ if done properly ] . So every year in the spring the tournament to decide who will hold Lord Stanley's Cup [ yes that does almost sound dirty ] . Being that i actually AM a Hockey fan I will attempt to use my Astrological knowledge to predict who will be hoisting the magical cup 2 months from now. Also I may be the first person to attempt this ..and I 'm not using any wires or nets.You may not want to try this at home.    All kidding aside the NHL Playoffs are actually one of the best Playoffs of any of the Sports , there are always lots of upsets and the intensity level is probably unmatched in Sports. Another fun part of it is that the teams are reseeded after the first round so that you often have the underdogs having to spring multiple upsets to get to the Finals [ which often happens] . Also , unlike most of the other team sports [ except for perhaps Baseball ], in Hockey if you have a Goalie get hot you can have 1 person dominate and completely control the outcome of a game or a series. So sometimes you can have a team that barely makes the playoffs make it all the way to the Finals on the back of one person as can somewhat happen if you have a pitcher that gets hot, although a Pitcher cannot play every game like a Goalie can but he can control a specific game .    As far as rulerships with Hockey Jupiter [ Sports in general as well as luck ] is a usual suspect as is Mars [ aggression ] and Uranus [ surprise events ] as goals are usually results of a tremendous individual play or a strange unexpected bounce and Pluto [ sustained long term focused defensive effort ] . Okay that being said I researched to find the first games of all the NHL teams and particularly the 16 that made the playoffs ,produced their Team Natal charts , looked at the transits to said charts and then placed a group of Monkey's in a room with darts and a dartboard with the Team names on it .Just checking to see if you're still paying attention , the agent for the Monkey's wouldn't return my calls. I also looked at past years when there were similar planetary influences happening and TADA ! you get a wild guess . Just kidding , it's more scientific than that . Like I've said in my other Sports blogs, there's no one thing to look for in transits to a Team's chart it's like looking at different hands of Poker to see who has the best one , thus there could be some user error or difference in interpretation. Okay , now that I've made a disclaimer ..here's what I saw from looking at the charts of the 16 playoff teams [ seed's in parenthesis ].   Eastern Conference First round [1] Washington over [8] N Y Rangers 4-2 [2] Philadelphia  over [7] Buffalo 4-3 [6] Montreal over [3] Boston  4-3 [5] Tampa Bay over [4] Pittsburgh 4-3 Semi's [6] Montreal  over [1] Washington 4-3 [2] Philadelphia over [5] Tampa 4-3 conference finals [2] Philadelphia over [6] Montreal  4-3  Western Conference First round [1] Vancouver over [8] Chicago 4-1 [2] San Jose over [7] LA Kings 4-3 [3] Detrit over [6] Phoenix  4-3 [4] Nashville over [5] Anaheim 4-3 　 Semi's [1] Vancouver over [4] Nashville 4-3 [2] San Jose over [3] Detroit 4-3 conference finals San Jose over Vancouver 4-2 Stanley Cup Finals San Jose over Phiadelphia 4-2

NBA Playoffs with Astrology

Howdy friends,  I've covered the other sports so here's my NBA Playoff Preview with Astrology. As always I hunted down through NBA history and found the first game for all the Teams in the NBA and looked closely at the charts of the 16 teams in the playoffs and the Transits occurring to those charts to make my predictions. A note of interest about the NBA and the playoff's is that there seems to be far fewer upsets in the NBA than in the other Major Pro Sports. I am not exactly sure why this is other than there always seems to be a few players in the league at a time that are above everyone else talent wise that it is harder for their team to get upset unless they have a really poor supporting cast . Magic, Bird, Jordan, Shaq, Kobe , Duncan ..you all know the names and these players teams have won the majority of the championships over the last 30 years . There have been exceptions but for the most part these players have dominated the other teams so until someone else comes along [ Durant ?] you tend to see the same few teams near the top of the NBA every year with just a couple teams switching in and out of the playoffs every year. Jupiter and Mars seem to be the main contributors to Basketball success. It appears to me that the planets that rule muteable signs or are less fixed to seem to be more favorable for Basketball and Hockey that have less structure and scoring often results from broken plays or fast breaks. Whereas I think there is more strategy and planning that maybe goes into Football and Baseball in a lot of instances. Anyway , that's my perception at this point , subject to change , not valid in all states. Another oddity is that Pro Basketball seems to have a lot of repeat champions or Dynasty's that can keep it going for several years even with Free agency being what it is now.    An interesting thing about the new era of sports is that teams will move cities if they're doing well financially or get a better offer from another city. This can lead to conflict as to which chart to use for a given team. The original birth of the team or the first game in the city they are currently in ? There are many schools of thought to this . You don't get a new chart when you move to a new city although you do through progressions get your updated. My research to this point has found that with a sports franchise it's a bit more than a person moving. A team just like a corporation [ but even more so ] is like an extension of the city that it represents . It is interweaved both financially and emotionally with the city it resides in. Look how Cleveland reacted when Lebron left, they had had their hearts ripped out. Also when a team moves they also change a lot of their players , often coaches , everything a lot fo times. The whole vibrational energy changes . It's not like when you and your family move to a new city , you still have your husband or wife and your children albeit you may go to work at a different place or your children go to a different school. But a team is such an extension of the city and more so the fans that make up that city and financially support that franchise that it's such a radical difference from it's previous existance that I have found that the new chart fits better with the team . That's my argument , the defense rests .    As far as Transits and things go , sports has to do with energy and often he who is the most aggressive and has the most energy has a good shot at winning because they have that extra energy push. trines [ 120 degree aspect ] are nice for a person , but when your job is to crush and punish your opponent I'll take that Mars Square [ 90 degree aspect ] to Pluto for some extra determination and maybe a bit of nastiness but you're not getting pushed around with that aspect though. So right now what I 'm looking for is teams and players if you're playing any Fantasy Sports with some of that Aries energy in their chart . Jupiter is at 18 , Mars at 8 , Uranus at 1 as well as the Sun and Moon both in Aries as of the starting date for the NBA and NHL playoffs. If a team or a player has a lot of that Aries energy in their chart they are vitalized right now.    So back to point, this is an Astrology column and here were trying to show the connectivity that Astrology is a good predictive tool and there are patterns and cycles to the events that go on around us even if we are not aware of all of them. The charts of players and teams and cities and franchises and corporations all work the same as your own chart does. You have hot streaks and cold streaks, times when people love you and times when people hate you and the point to it all is realizing that everything is a cycle where we evolve by working out our own issues and helping others with theirs. Granted these are Sports and probably totally meaningless in the grand picture of things but Sports are great ways to experiment because you can see a definitive end result with little gray area.    So as the Lakers and Phil Jackson begin their quest for another threepeat here's how I see things playing out with a little help from my Planetary friends. Eastern Conference first round [1] CHICAGO over[ 8] INDIANA   4-0 [ 2] MIAMI over  [7] PHILADELPHIA 4-2 this will be closer than expected [3] BOSTON over[ 6 ] N Y KNICKS  4-2 [4] ORLANDO over  [5] ATLANTA  4-1   second round Orlando over Chicago 4-3 Miami over Boston  4-3 this one is EXTREMELY tight   conference finals   Miami over Orlando   Western Conference first round [1] SAN ANTONIO over [8] MEMPHIS  4-2 [2] LA LAKERS over [7] NEW ORLEANS 4-0 [6] PORTLAND over  [3] DALLAS  4-3 [4] OKLAHOMA CITY over[5] DENVER 4-3 second round   Lakers over Portland 4-2 San Antonio over Oklahoma City 4-3  　 conference finals   Lakers over San Antonio 4-2 　 NBA FINALS Lakers over Miami 4-2

Sports Astrology : MLB PREVIEW

Yes I know we're a week into the season already but in an attempt to make Baseball more interesting ..just kidding ... it's just that my 2 favorite teams are 2 of the worst teams normally[ Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians I'm talking to you !] I have decided to apply my Astrological musings to the old American past time . Since I was able to pick the Super Bowl winner before the beginning of the NFL season [ yes, I 'm going to keep bringing that up ] I'm going to take a look at the charts of all 32 MLB teams and see what mystical knowledge I can gather about the upcoming season. I made an attempt to predict the outcome of the NCAA Tournament which I shared with some of you , but as I found out , if you don't have the chart's of ALL the teams it makes it very difficult to predict the winner of some of the games. A team can have really good or really bad aspects happening but if you don't know what's happening in the other teams chart you're still guessing at the outcome. I did accurately make some good predictions for some teams but info out there on College sports teams is sketchy for some schools especially when you find out that some of them have been fielding Football or Basketball teams for 100 years or more in some cases. Records get a little fuzzy going back that far .    First I'll go over a few of the ground rules. I'm learning some of this as I go along just like the rest of you but there are certain Planets that rule sports in general. These would be the Sun, Jupiter, and Mars . There are also other planets that are involved more with particular sports such as Saturn with Baseball and Football , Mercury with Baseball , Pluto with Football and there are a few others. Then there are planets that effect things in general in a sporting event like Neptune [ lack of energy , Intuition , rooting for the underdog ], Pluto [ Intensity,violence,power] ,Uranus [ excitement,sudden reversals ], Mars [ aggressiveness,energy] and the Moon [ emotions,fans ] . There are also the destiny points as well, Saturn [ destiny , wisdom, learning of lessons, the maturation process ] , the North Node [ future, destiny , claiming one's throne] the South Node [ past karma , overcoming past karma ] and Pluto [ claiming power ]. There are more to all of these but this is a good sampling. As you can apply transiting planets energies to a person's chart the same can be done to the chart of a corporation or a Team.   Once finding the Birth chart for the team [ getting the time, date and place of their first game ] you can them apply the transiting planets to the Teams chart to see where they stand . Now, the art or interpretation part of this is that just like with a person, a Saturn transit can be good or bad depending on what you've done up to this point . Did you develop your young players by putting them into games early in the season? Do you have good coaches and role models in the locker room ? Did you do enough pre-game study of your opponent ? Did you not overspend on overpriced Free Agents who are past their prime? If yes , then good Saturn transit, your team will reap   One more thing that makes the " interpretive " portion of this more fun is that there really isn't anything you can look at in a chart where you can say " this teams will win the championship , World Series , Super Bowl etc. ". Sometimes it's a Jupiter transit showing great luck and optimism,sometimes it's Pluto showing a team coming to Power making a good transit to the team chart. I t may be Saturn saying "you've worked hard... here's your reward " or it may be Uranus transiting the a team's North Node saying " exciting and surprising events leading to a fulfillment of future promise" or it can be a combination of transits. The bottom line is ...picking who will win the champion in a major sport is more like poker ...who has the best hand to win this round so it can be a lot of " is this teams' Jupiter transit more powerful than this teams Uranus transit ".Also as far as professional sports goes usually there are multiple teams that will enter the league at the same time so tat the number of teams stays even. This will lead to having 2 or sometimes more teams with a chart for the same day although possibly a different time or location. This is where how the franchise has been managed will also come into play as a diffirentiator between the  2. And of course I did statistics on sporting events for 20 odd years also so I do have some interest in the teams and know their history. So that's the other application to be made , what is this team doing ? Do they have the right mix of players? do they have enough from a talent standpoint ?how tough is their schedule or the Division they are in?   So there are several factors that go into these predictions , and they are fun and also you get to see a definitive wrong or right to the picks at the end of the season . plus the teams I like suck [ as in most sports, but I'm loyal at least ] . The biblical saying is " The meek shall inherit the Earth " I guess that means that one day we'll all be working for the Pittsburgh Pirates . There are over 900 players in Major League Baseball on the 30 professional teams . I did not look at the chart's of all 900 some players ...... because I have a life. I will try to throw in a few names at the end of some players that may surprise this season though if you are a Fantasy Sports geek [ look , I think I see one in the mirror now]. I did however., look at the charts of all 30 teams and the transits that took place during some of their more successful seasons to try and get a grasp on how transits similar to the ones we have now have played out in their charts in the past . So wing of Bat , eye of Newt , past World Series Transits and a few other tidbits get thrown into the old cauldron and poof ! ...you get your World Series winner .One note in defense of Fantasy sports geeks...if your teams are always bad you have to make it interesting somehow.   Okay so last year we had 2 surprise teams in the World Series with the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers . The Rangers haven't made the World Series ever since they moved to Texas in 1972. The Giants moved to San Francisco in 1958 from New York and had been in the World Series 3 times but never known. One of those being in 1989 which was a very famous Series ..but not for Baseball [ Google Northridge Earthquake]. Here are my predicted Final Standings AL EAST 1.BOSTON [ 96-66] very good transits , fixed team weaknesses on paper at least , cannot have as many injuries as last year 2.N Y YANKEES [93-69] great tradition.. decent transits 3 TORONTO [ 92-70 ] nice transits , surprise team could make playoffs 4.TAMPA BAY [ 87-75] downswing, last year was their chance . 5.BALTIMORE [76-86 ] upswing, have been terrible for years , finally turning the corner upwards , should be strong through end of May at least and then will tail off a bit AL CENTRAL 1. CHICAGO [ 97-65 ] Power in the chart , power in the lineup! 2. DETROIT [ 90-72] on the upswing, could make playoff's this year but will be very dangerous in 2012 3. MINNESOTA [ 86-76 ] still good but not as good as last year, the window has closed a bit 4. KANSAS CITY [ 72-90 ] a truly terrible team the last few years . Turning things around , will be good through end of May . Better and much more exciting this year 5. CLEVELAND [ 63-99 ] lots of young players, plays well early and late in the season . Has issues during the middle of the season. AL WEST 1. TEXAS [ 92-70 ] Pluto transiting their Jupiter ..lots of Power , lots of Home runs . Hard to defeat but may self destruct [ see Pluto transits ] 2. OAKLAND [ 90-72 ] much improved , just about as good as Texas 3. CALIFORNIA [ 75-87 ] stagnating, past their window of opportunity but could be competitive 4. SEATTLE [ 73-89] another awful team finally getting better perhaps. Will far exceed last years 61 wins. NL EAST 1. PHILADELPHIA [ 99-63 ] Perhaps best starting rotation ever. Will be very good this year , will be awesome in 2012 2. ATLANTA [ 98-64 ] great young pitchers and hitters . could make playoff's this year will be great in 2012 3. FLORIDA [ 87-75 ] lots of young players , getting better just in a tough division. will be better than expected and will play great late in the season but will be too far out. 4. NY METS [ 75-87 ] saddled by bad salary cap decisions [ see Saturn] this year. will be better next year 5. WASHINGTON [ 69-93 ] nothing happening here. Should be better next year when star rookie pitcher is back from injury. NL CENTRAL 1. CINCINNATI [94-68 ] good transits from Jupiter this year , even better next year. 2. MILWAUKEE [ 90-72 ] on the upswing , still have some monkeys to get off of their back. 3. ST. LOUIS [ 86-76 ] slight downturn , still competitive and dangerous team ..but not scary anymore. 4.CHICAGO CUBS [ 81-81 ] Oh Pluto , Pluto , Pluto ..change , transformation , rebirth . Needs to rebuild team and find direction. Will be good at times , need an identity. 5.HOUSTON [ 77-85 ] good young players but a lot of holes to fill too. Will be fun part of the season. 6.PITTSBURGH [ 72-90 ] Good young players if they don't trade them all at the trading deadline. Next year better, could actually break longest pro sports streak for losing seasons in a row in 2012. NL WEST 1.COLORADO [ 93 -69 ] on the upswing,good young players, nice transits, what's not to like here, will eb neck and neck with Giants all the way. 2.S.F. GIANTS [ 92-70 ] defending champs , still strong and has great pitching. NL West will be close. 3. SAN DIEGO [ 82-80 ] will still be competitive but will falter late like last year. 4. L.A. DODGERS [ 81-81] starts strong , tails off late 5. ARIZONA [ 60- 102 ] bad ..just plain bad and Playoff Predictions: NL PLAYOFFS [ SEEDS IN PARENTHESIS] 1.PHILADELPHIA 2.CINCINNATI 3.COLORADO 4.ATLANTA FIRST ROUND Philadelphia defeats Colorado 4-2 Atlanta defeats Cincinnati 4-3 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Philadelphia defeats Atlanta 4-3 AL PLAYOFFS [ SEEDS IN PARENTHESIS] 1.CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2.BOSTON RED SOX 3.TEXAS 4.NY YANKEES FIRST ROUND White Sox defeat Yankees 4-2 Red Sox defeat Texas 4-3 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES White Sox defeat Red Sox 4-2 WORLD SERIES WHITE SOX defeat PHILADELPHIA 4-3 the rewards of building your franchise the proper way and spending your money wisely. Saturn appreciates that approach and is more likely to reward you . Did you spend $36 million on a player who's missed 199 of the last 200 games with injuries? Did you just try to build a team by bringing in a bunch of over priced , overrated , underachievers who are routinely arrested or suspended ? then guess what ..Saturn no likey. You will be forced to deal with the limitations [ Saturn ] that you have set for yourself by trying to take short cuts. This could make for a long , painful season of lesson learning [ Saturn again ]. with projected records in [] :