NBA Playoffs and Astrology wrap up

Grretings all. Just as a follow up here the Heat won their second NBA Championship last night and I correctly picked the Heat at the beginning of the playoffs to win it all. Along the way I picked all 4 of the conference finalists and the Championship series finalists as well as picking 13 of the 15 series correctly [ that's about 87% accuracy if you're counting ].
 Anyway thanks for reading and I will be posting College and NFL previews in August.
   Be well all!

Jupiter in Gemini

  For all of my Gemini friends that have been patiently waiting for Jupiter to enter your sign..your time is here. Jupiter entered Gemini on Monday, June 11^th and will stay there for  about a year.  If you are a Gemini Sun Sign or have prominent placements in Gemini you can expect to receive many blessings  in the next year especially when Gemini is transiting your Sun.  Jupiter rules Higher Learning and Philosophy and long range travel [Mental travel as well ] as well as humor and religion [ as far as a belief system ]. But what do we really expect to “see” from Jupiter in Gemini , or any sign for that matter ?

Well as the base Gemini is about gathering facts and bits of minutia and experiencing different ideas and people and belief systems. Social Butterfly is certainly a Gemini term , the butterfly hops from flower to flower to gather a little sample of what each flower has to offer  and it takes it into it’s own body to nourish itself.

This is kind of what Gemini does on a mental level , it communicates with different people , never staying too long, gathers little bits and pieces of information that it feels [ or thinks ] it can use , takes that information goes onto the next person or place , gathers more information , on and on. This is how our belief systems and perceptions are created , taking little bits and pieces here and there of different religions, philosophies , and experiences and taking those parts and then weaving them into a tapestry.

And that is what the job of Sagittarius is , as well as to balance Gemini , is to take all the little tidbits of information that Gemini gathers and see where they fit in the big picture and where they fit  [ or don’t fit ] into our belief system.

As I said earlier Jupiter stays in a sign for about a year, so you get the benefits of Jupiter hitting your Sun and any other planets once every 12 years and Jupiter stays at a  certain degree for roughly a week so wherever Jupiter hits in your chart you get about 2 months beforehand and a month or so after the direct aspect that you  will gain the most benefits from this transit. Now if you are a Gemini and Jupiter is in Gemini as it is this year you will feel the favorable energy towards you on and off throughout the whole year.

Jupiter also has to do with pop culture and the mass mindset for that particular year. Expect to see more Gemini’s in the news than normal and expect to see things with a Gemini flavor to them.

On the Medical Astrology side you tend to see the parts of the body ruled by each sign the ones most affected during that year. Last year  there seemed to be a rash of sore throats and sinus issues as Jupiter was in Taurus last year as Taurus rules the throat amongst other things. This year expect to see the Gemini ruled parts of the bodies come to the forefront. Expect there to hear people experiencing respiratory problems as well as the Central Nervous System which are the domain of Mercury, Gemini’s ruler.

With all the information flying around things will be moving at a brisk pace this year , be sure to give your body time to catch up to your brain now and then. It is easy to get so involved with our thoughts that our gets neglected with the heavy Gemini influence and thus we can run our nervous system down which leaves our body  open to illness , be sure to stop and take a breath every so often. Also watch for Air quality alerts as Mercury rules the lungs also and stay on top of any breathing problems.

Most last piece of advice would be travel light and be ready to jump on opportunities quickly. I know I’ve mentioned this several times already but things will move quickly , be ready to jump on opportunities and make quick decisions as stressful as things are at times there are still lots of opportunities that will present themselves to us, after a year with Jupiter in Taurus the speed of Gemini  will be a bit much at times but we will be able to accomplish much more quicker with the Gemini energy compared to the slower fixed Taurus energy.

 So my Gemini friends, go out and mingle there is much to learn and take advantage of this energy  and we will talk soon .

 Be well all,

June 4th Full Moon ,Eclipse, Neptune RX

 As I’m sure everyone has noticed at this point there is much afoot this week in the heavens. There is much talk about the Venus eclipse of the Sun on Tuesday the 5^th but even though that is a rare occurrence it is just a small fragment of everything that’s going on now. So I will list out everything that’s happening right now with the celestial bodies and then I will try to break it down into small bite size pieces and I will keep the math to a minimum [ promise….kinda ].

First of all there are many things happening and shifting right now. As of today, June 4^th we have the following things happening :

1. There is a Full moon at 7:12 a.m. on Monday June 4^th.

2. There is a Lunar Eclipse at the same time, these both effect 14 degrees of Sagittarius and Gemini.

3. Neptune makes a station and goes retrograde at 3 degrees Pisces at 5:03 p.m.

4. Venus is currently retrograde [this only happens once every 18 months ] in Gemini  .

5. The Asteroid Chiron [which was first discovered when it was in the sign of Pisces ] is conjunct Neptune [ the ruler of Pisces ]

6. Uranus is within a degree of an exact square with Pluto .

7. There is a muteable Grand square between Chiron  in Pisces [ with Neptune conjunct Chiron but outside of the Grand square ] , the South Node of the Moon and the Sun in Gemini  [ with Venus  and mercury also conjunct  the Sun but outside of the Grand Square ] the North Node of the Moon in Sagittarius and Mars in Virgo.

8. Chiron in Pisces is opposite to Mars in Virgo .

9.  On Tuesday Venus eclipses the Sun but this may have more Astronomical than Astrological value …but we shall see.

10. Also currently almost all of the planets and major luminaries are in muteable signs.

Okay when you have this many things happening at once you have to break them down into smaller pieces for them to make any sense . I will try to make this simple without my usual rambling and spouting off of numbers and geometry phrases [ probably ] .

1. There is a Full moon at 7:12 a.m. on Monday June 4^th.

       The Full Moon usually brings things to a head, anything started at the new Moon [ roughly  2 weeks ago ] comes to a head or fruition at the Full Moon . people are more emotional and intense usually at this time. The effects of this will decrease after early this morning.

2. There is a Lunar Eclipse at the same time, these both effect 14 degrees of Sagittarius and Gemini.

     This one ups no. 1 above. Eclipses push things in the direction they’re already headed . What houses or what in your chart is at or near 14 degrees of Sag or Gemini ? This is where the action in your chart will be. If this hits hard in your chart these effects may be felt for awhile afterwards.

3. Neptune makes a station and goes retrograde at 3 degrees Pisces at 5:03 p.m.

     Neptune rules Pisces and this is our imagination, compassion, dream life as well as faith, spirituality and intuition. On the physical reality level it rules Water and the Oceans and is one of the rulers of Nature.  When a planet goes Retrograde it is slowing down and it’s focus is becoming more focused and intense. On the challenging side Neptune rules addiction and victimization and disillusionment. The effects of this will be felt for up to a week on the other side of this station however Neptune will be in Pisces for the next 14 years and its effects will be felt frequently throughout .

4. Venus is currently retrograde [this only happens once every 18 months ] in Gemini  .

 When Venus is retrograde we often encounter things or people from our past . Also we are asked to examine what is important to us and what do we need on an internal level to sustain ourselves. Venus will turn direct on june 26^th.

5. The Asteroid Chiron [which was first discovered when it was in the sign of Pisces ] is conjunct Neptune [ the ruler of Pisces ].

 Chiron is the wounded healer symbolically.  Chiron is how we heal ourselves holistically, how we heal the Earth and how we help others . Being conjunct Neptune and both being in the sign of Pisces this should increase our empathy and our ability to deepen our compassion and help heal or psychic wounds as well as intuitively help others heal theirs. Chiron will be in Pisces for about another 4 years and it will be conjunct Neptune until early 2013.

6. Uranus is within a degree of an exact square with Pluto .

   We are earlish in this cycle in which Uranus and Pluto make 7 exact squares . As we approach each of  these exact squares we will see political struggles and revolution come further to the forefront  as the power structures of our world are redefined . This cycle lasts until 2018 .

7. There is a muteable Grand square between Chiron  in Pisces [ with Neptune conjunct Chiron but outside of the Grand square ] , the South Node of the Moon and the Sun in Gemini  [ with Venus  and mercury also conjunct  the Sun but outside of the Grand Square ] the North Node of the Moon in Sagittarius and Mars in Virgo.

 The short version of this is … The Nodes of the Moon are known as the Karmic Axis. The South Node is past Karma we’ve brought into this life to work on and the North Node is what we’re supposed to be working towards. These 2 are always in opposition , you are moving from the past [ South Node ] to the present [ North Node ] .

The North Node is now in Sagittarius which correlates with Truth and Nature and the big picture.

The South Node is currently in Gemini which gathers little details of information to add to it’s knowledge database to eventually create it’s own belief system.

We talked about the Chiron and Neptune conjunction in Pisces above in number  5.

Mars in Virgo is all about making corrections , seeing what doesn’t work, improving health and keeping the system working better in general.

So to put this into a coherent message  [ if it’s not too late for that ] this configuration is all about  cleansing ourselves physically [ Mars in Virgo  ] and psychically [ Chiron in Pisces ]from past trauma [ South Node and Sun in Gemini ] and pushing ourselves  [ mars ]to form the best reality that we can imagine [ Pisces ] as we become more attuned with Nature [ Pisces and Sag ]and our true selves [ Sag ].

8. Chiron in Pisces is opposite to Mars in Virgo.

 Pisces and Virgo are opposites, Chiron is how we heal ourselves and Mars is how we operate on an instinctual level . Mars is also the leading edge of our desires which urge us to move forward as a species and as individuals. With Chiron and Mars there are great strides to be made but great understanding to  do this while they are in opposition.

 The key to this transit is to be courageous [ Mars ] enough to confront our mental fears  [ Chiron ] so that we may explore our old wounds again so that they may be healed.

 There are a few more weeks left in this transit.

9.  On Tuesday Venus eclipses the Sun but this may have more Astronomical than Astrological value …but we shall see.

This last happened in June of 2004 and before that the last time was in 1882 , the next time after Tuesday will be in 2125.

This will be neat to look at and will reiterate the Venus themes listed under no. 4 . What is really important to us ? what do we need to sustain ourselves?  How can we love ourselves and each other  more?

10. Also currently almost all of the planets and major luminaries are in muteable signs.

  Okay there are 3 modalities in Astrology .  Muteable,  Cardinal and Fixed. The story I like to use is The Cardinal signs [ Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn ]  initiate the change in the world, The Fixed signs [ Taurus, Leo, Scorpio , Aquarius ]build the change in the world and the Muteable signs [ Virgo, Gemini, Sag, Pisces ] feel the results of the changes in the world .

Normally there is somewhat of a balance [ reasonably at least ] between the modalities represented at any time . Right now is not normal . The main Luminaries and Planets I use are the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter , Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, the North and South Nodes and Chiron. That’s 13 total so balance would be about 4 each in all 3 of the modalities. Right now 9 of the 13 are in Muteable , 1 in Fixed and 3 Cardinal and Jupiter which is I Earth will be moving into Gemini on June 11^th. Now the Moon and the inner planets change frequently so this lineup will change but for this moment in time we occupy right now …very muteable.

So what does that mean when everything is so muteable ? Well that’s that shaky feeling out there that a lot of people are feeling , like nothing is settled , everything is very fluid. Bad news is that kinda sucks if you are wanting security and stability right now, basic Human emotions, nothing to be ashamed of .  Now if things haven’t been going so well for you and you need to move some things around..well that’s the good news, things are very fluid and easy to move around right now. When there’s a lot of fixed energy it’s hard to get any motion going. Now when there’s a lot of Cardinal energy out there it’s easy to initiate things and to start new projects but harder to finish things.

Now , the other thing that’s happening with this is that we’re getting a flash forward to what we can expect in July where we will be having  a T- square followed by a Grand Square in Muteable planets while the Cardinal Planets  do the reverse. This will be in full force July 17^th-27^th as the Olympics start.

In general this will be a time of great shifting and movement and if we alert to the energies we can make substantial progress in a very short period of time.

I will have a blog out regarding the events in July as we approach it.

Until then I will get more info out to you quicker as the events of 2012 start to unfold. Enjoy the freedom and flexibility for now.

 Ciao

Astrology and Stanley Cup Playoffs: King me

 Welcome to the Stanley Cup Finals preview with Astrology. Apparently I still have some work to do but with a no. 6 seed and a no. 8 seed in the Finals I guarantee no one had this matchup predicted correctly. To my discredit the 2 teams in the Finals I have picked to lose in every round, in my defense 8 of the 14 series have been won by the underdog , I can’t Imagine anyone having picked many of these right and I have picked 7 of the 14 series winners correctly.

So, since this is for learning purposes …what have we learned thus far? In Hockey the goalie’s chart definitely is more important than the teams chart . Also, Uranus definitely favors the underdogs. Thirdly, you can stretch the transits of the further out planets to 10 degrees  on either side.

Here’s my evidence….. veteran goaltender Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils has had a Hall of Fame career and already won Stanley Cups and appeared to be winding down for his career. However, he appears to have one more run left in him. As the playoffs began Brodeur had transiting Jupiter conjunct his Sun which is at 16  Taurus. As the playoffs progressed I figured that transit may start waning as well as the fact that he has transiting Pluto conjunct his natal Jupiter and Transiting Uranus square his Jupiter.

 After taking another look at his chart after the Devils pulled upsets in 3 consecutive playoff series oer the Panther, Flyers and then the no.1 seeded Rangers I saw that as well as his Sun at 16 Taurus his Natal Saturn is at 6 Gemini. As I write this Jupiter is at 26 Taurus and exactly 10 degrees past his Sun and exactly 10 degrees applying to his Saturn. Another interesting aspect is that the current placement of the North Node is exactly conjunct his Natal Neptune which is showing him favor at this juncture.

The Goalie for the upstart L.A. Kings is Jonathan Quick who also has 2 interesting tranists, Pluto is currently conjunct his Neptune [ giving focus and intensity to watery fantasies ] and the North Node [ destiny ]  of the Moon is conjunct his Natal Saturn [ discipline, public stature] . Quick has been spectacular as the Kings have set the record for most consecutive road wins in the playoffs as well as well as stuffing 3 high scoring opponents which were the no. 1,2 and 3 seeds in the Western Conference.

As I mentioned in my initial Stanley Cup blog the Kings have transiting Uranus conjunct their Natal Saturn and have pulled 3 consecutive upsets . I would go into the teams charts but at this point the charts of the Goalies far outweigh the teams charts.

So , who am I picking? I’m taking the Kings ,I’m not about to pick the Higher seed to win now with Uranus clearly in control.

Astrology and NBA Playoffs pt.2

 See I do learn from my mistakes. I went 6-2  in my first round predictions and 4-0 in the second round and I have all 4 Conference finalists picked correctly. My only misses have been the Clippers nudging the Grizzlies in a tough 7^th game and I picked the Bulls to get upset in the  2^nd round by the Celtics instead of the 1^st round by the 76ers.

The other topic I’ve brought up in both the NHL and the NBA playoffs is teams with tranisiting Uranus hitting their Saturn. There were 5 teams in the NHL Playoffs with this aspect and 4 did very well with a no. 8 seed reaching the Stanley cup finals. NBA teams with this transit did not fare as well with 2 going out early and one in the 2^nd round although the Pacers gave the Heat all they could handle. The team that has benefitted most is the aging Spurs who have had a youthful resurgence with their Uranus transit having won their first 9 playoff games as I write this and having not lost a game since mid April overall.

In the last blog I also mentioned players with eclipses about to hit their natal Sun. Tony Parker has played extremely well for the streaking Spurs and K.G. has literally willed the Celtics to victory in their wins in the first 2 rounds.

Now I picked the Heat to victory over the Thunder in the Finals but I do want to mention that the Spurs and Celtics also have outstanding transits that have Championship potential. Actually the Thunder have the least Championship worthy transits of any of the 4 left but with the Spurs you never know when the Uranus transit to Saturn will turn on them, it only takes 1 injury to their big 3 to give the Thunder all the room they need to get by the Spurs.

I’m sticking with the Heat to win it if they match up with the Thunder but if the Spurs stay healthy enough to quiet the Thunder I think they’re inside presence will be too much for Lebron and crew.

Astrology and NBA Playoffs

Time for the latest in my Sports Astrology prediction series as the NBA playoffs begin after what has been a strike shortened and very bizarre NBA season. The season has been full of drama and coaching changes and injuries to major players as they crammed a 66 game schedule into a shortened time period.

I made a few errors in my predictions Last year but I think I have put a few more of the pieces together. I will be looking at the charts of some of the key individual players this year as well as the charts of the teams and a few of the coaches.

Normally there is 1 or 2 pretty clear favorites but this year there seems to be more gray area than normal. The Miami Heat have had the best record for much of the season, but they’ve been passed by the Chicago Bulls for Home court advantage in the East even with their star Derrick Rose missing many games due to injuries. Also the Boston Celtics have overcome their age and injuries to post the best record in the second half of the season.

In the West  there’s always the Lakers who have upset a lot of their players by trading off a couple key parts from their championship teams, and they don’t have Phil Jackson on the bench anymore. The Spurs led by Tim Duncan and his 3 NBA Championships have catapulted to the top of the Western Conference and hold Home court advantage at this point , but they are a little long in the tooth and injury prone at times.. And then there’s many people’s favorites Oklahoma City who had the best record in the conference for most of the season but have been surpassed by the Spurs late in the season. Not to forget the West usually has at least 1 big upset or surprise team, last year it was the Memphis Grizzlies who have improved their seeding from last year’s playoffs. Who will be the surprise team this year? Let’s see if we can sue Astrology to help us clear up this muddled picture.

Last year the Dallas Mavericks finally beat the Lakers in the playoffs and put their past playoffs collapses behind them. As a reader pointed out to me last year Dirk Nowitzki  had an eclipse directly hitting his Natal Sun during the Playoffs thus helping propel them to the championship.

This year we have two eclipse’s happening during the playoffs as well, who does that effe2 quick things to keep in mind here first, an eclipse is not always good, if a player has been playing extremely poorly the last part of the season and then the eclipse hits their Sun ….well  ..bad news. The other thing too is that IF someone has a good transit for the Finals or has the eclipse falling favorably on June 4^th they must have good enough transits to still be playing on June 4^th. Many times I have seen with great transits happening during the Super Bowl or during the NBA Finals but they’re watching it at home because they’re transits stunk the first 2/3rds of the season and they didn’t even make the playoffs.

Well eclipses usually push things in the direction they’re already going , Dirk was hot at the time last year and maybe the eclipse helped pushed them over the top to the title. This year the first eclipse takes place on May 20 th at 0 Gemini and the second one during the playoffs takes place June 4^th at 14 Sag. After looking at the coaches charts for the playoff teams it doesn’t seem to make any direct hits at a cursory glance. Nor does the eclipse on June 4^th make a direct hit on anyone’s Sun. Since we do not have access to time’s of Birth for all of the players we don’t have access to the exact degree of their Moons’, Ascendants and Mid heavens . However , what we do have is 2 players have the eclipse on May 20^th hitting within one degree of their Suns , one in each conference in fact.

So who does the eclipse effect? Tony Parker of the Spurs in the West, and the Spurs have been awesome the second half of the season as their players have been getting healthy.

And in the East .. Kevin Garnett of the Celtics , who have also played great the second half of the season moving from several games back of the 76’ers to winning the Atlantic Division , but will Ray Allen come back from injury in time for the playoff run?

If you’ve read my NHL Stanley Cup Playoff predictions you’ve heard me blathering on about Uranus transiting Saturn. Now I think that Uranus is the planetary ruler of Hockey as sports wise Uranus rules defense and sudden changes, and that’s how you win in Hockey. That being said, I think that Jupiter rules Basketball but just for informational purposes let’s look and see what effect Uranus has in the Playoffs…here’s a few teams, Coaches  and players with pertinent Uranus transits right now and let’s see what they do in the first round.

 Coaches:

 Mike Woodson- Knicks

 Larry Drew- Hawks

Players:

 Chris Bosh- Heat

Teams:

Spurs [ Transiting  Uranus conjunct Saturn ]

Nuggets [Transiting  Uranus conjunct Saturn ]

Hawks [ Transiting Uranus conjunct Saturn ]

Pacers [ same ]

So in theory ..what you would expect is the team to maybe not do what you would expect and these teams mentioned will either be upset early or pull an upset or 2  and stay around much longer than expected. Obviously the real wild card here is the Hawks who have Uranus transiting the team and the coaches chart, also they are higher seeded than the their opponent the Celtics but did not win their division as the Celtics did and certainly do not have the tradition and name players the Celtics do, this series and the Lakers Nuggets will be 2 very interesting ones to watch in the first round.

So onto predictions and as always feel free to send me your hate mail if I pick your team to choke.

Warning: Lakers and Celtics fans be aware ..your teams are the most likely to be upset in first round.

Western Conference

1^st ROUND

[1] SAN ANTONIO VS [8] UTAH

   Good transits for Spurs they should have lots of energy throughout playoffs , if they don’t get upset in first round of course.

[4] L.A. CLIPPERS VS [5] MEMPHIS

 This is a tough one to call..2 very young teams and the both have the eclipse in Sag hitting in both the teams charts if they stay around that long. I ‘ll go Grizzlies because of their playoff experience from last year.

[3] L.A. LAKERS VS [6] DENVER

 Hard one to pick , both teams have recently direct Mars in Virgo aspecting many planets in their chart. I ‘ll go with the Lakers , but it ain’t going to be easy. Lakers won 3 of 4 in regular season but all were close. I won’t be shocked if Nuggets pull the upset.

[2] OKLAHOMA CITY VS [7] DALLAS

  Thunder has nice transits, bt defending champs won’t go easily

Semifinals

Spurs over Grizzlies

Thunder over Lakers  [ talk about a grudge match after the cheap shot at end of the regular season ]

Western Conference Championship

Thunder over Spurs , but it will be close.I like the Thunder here, Uranus [ youth ] defeats Saturn [ age ] .

Eastern Conference

1^st Round

[1] CHICAGO VS [8] 76’ERS

 Too much Defense by the Bulls, but their best transits have kinda run their course though.

[4] ATLANTA  VS [5] BOSTON –Don’t like anything about predicting this series ..this looks dead even . Hawks have owned Celts in regular season last few years but Boston won 2 of 3 this year. I ‘m taking Celtics  in 7 but this will be a nail biter all the way, do not be shocked at all if Hawks win this.

[3] INDIANA VS [6] ORLANDO [ Van Gundy fights for his job , but Pacers pull this one out ]

[2] MIAMI VS [7] KNICKS  [ Heat have many good things in their chart , working towards a Jupiter return if they make it to Finals ]

Semifinals

Heat over Pacers

Celtics over Bulls

Eastern Conference Championship

Heat over Celtics

NBA Finals

Heat have Jupiter exactly conjunct their Natal Jupiter at time of Finals, I think they will get a few more lucky bounces. Spurs and Thunder both have good transits and it should go 6 or 7 games.

Sports Astrology: Uranus, Saturn and the NHL Playoffs

 Well here’s where Sports are such a great vehicle to study Astrology. As I mentioned in my Blog before the playoffs started there are 5 teams that have transiting Uranus conjunct Saturn in the teams charts. Now normally this will produce upsets and topsy turvey , inconsistent play. The funny thing here is that in the first round 4 of  the 5 teams with Uranus Transiting their Saturn all won their first round playoff series, 2 of them being upsets and the only one of the 5 teams that lost  [ Pittsburgh ] was playing another team that had the same transit [ Philly ] That entire series was bizarre itself with Philly shocking the Penguins by winning the first 3 games then the Penguins winning the next 2 including scoring 10 goals in a game which is the first time that had been done in the NHL playoffs in many , many decades. In several of the games in that series the team that led early ended up losing the game.

So that’s what you get with Uranus to Saturn transits, shocking reversals and changes in the status quo. The other big upset of note the L.A. Kings who were a no. 8 seed upset No. 1 seed Vancouver who accumulated the most points during the Regular Season and almost won the Stanley Cup last year taking Boston to 7 games. Also the Kings had not won a Playoff Series in over a decade, there’s Uranus for you, you just don’t know what to expect  only that it will be bizarre. I guess that’s the challenging part is that there are transits that are obviously good, transits that are obviously and then there are those that can go either way and you have to predict how it will play out in the teams and individual players charts which sometimes are contradicting to the Teams chart.

So anyway, looking forward to round 2 we have 4 of the 5 teams with the Uranus transit to Saturn left and 3 of them are in the West and 2 of them will have to play each other this round. My pick for the best, most brutal series of the 2^nd round however is Phoenix vs. Nashville. These are 2 pretty evenly matched teams with very different transits.

So here are my picks and I’m going with the Uranus conjunct Saturn teams.

EAST

Philly over New Jersey [ Brodeur’s Jupiter transit to his Sun is starting to wane now , I’m guessing the Uranus transit to Saturn continues to work for the Flyers ]

Rangers over Capitals [ Both teams have good transits but I’m sticking with Rangers my original pick to win the cup ]

WEST

ST.Louis over L.A. Kings [ both have Uranus transiting Saturn but one of them has to win, Blues goalies have better transits ]

The Predators have some good transits but I’m taking Uranus and the Coyotes.

My original Finals prediction of Rangers and Blues is still intact.

‘ciao for now.

Sports Astrology: NHL Stanley Cup Predictions

Hello Hockey Fans ! it’s that magical time of year again! Probably the best sports post season tournament is about to begin to see who will hoist Lord Stanley’s  Cup…yes I meant that to sound dirty!

First ,a brief Astrology lesson. As far as Sports Astrology goes I like to go with the Teams’ chart, not to mention I t would take me eternity to go through hundreds of players charts. However, after failing at my predictions in a couple of sports last year I have adjusted that thinking. After Tim Thomas led the Bruins to the Cup last year and seeing how much better his transits were over the ones to the Bruins team chart I have realized that in a couple of sports [ namely Hockey and Basketball ] the individual players charts can play as much importance as the team chart so I also looked at the charts of the Goalies and have weighed those in and ranked them as well as the team charts.

Second, another brief Astrology lesson , and a disclaimer I guess. Before I post my predictions here I’m going to make an excuse…just kidding ..I’m going to point out the tricky thing about this year. There’s always something that can throw you off or skew your prediction, usually it’s Uranus as Uranus by nature is unpredictable and full of surprises. Saturn and Pluto can be tricky as well sometimes but I think I’ve got them figured out, Uranus is the one that will get you though. If you’re team has stunk ..Uranus is good , because it’s sudden reversal. If you are normally good , then Uranus can be a surprising defeat or upset. It’s just like life ..if you’re at the top of the hill you want the status quo if you’re at the bottom you like the underdog and you want things to change. The other thing that you get with teams and players with this aspect happening is inconsistent play..great one night, not so the next.

When looking at the charts for the teams I noticed an interesting thing…I found several teams that had transiting Uranus [ surprise ] hitting their natal Saturn [status quo ] , this is where I have to switch to my sports knowledge and what I know about the history of the teams. This is also obviously where it’s easiest to make the wrong call. Here is a list of the teams with this aspect and I had to use my Piscean intuition to figure out which way Uranus would push these teams. So if all of my picks don’t pan out…you can blame Uranus….lol ..sorry that was a cheap one..but it’s not beneath me to do that.

Okay , here’s the teams with Uranus hitting their Saturn:

ST.Louis, Phoenix ,Pittsburgh, Philly , L.A. Kings

Also I have ranked the teams as far as the quality of their current transits and the transits for their Goalies and since several teams use 2 Goalies I have just ranked them by their teams names.

Team charts

East

1.       RANGERS

2.       CAPITALS

3.       PANTHERS

4.       PENGUINS

5.       DEVILS

6.       FLYERS

7.       SENATORS

8.       BRUINS

WEST

1.       BLUES

2.       COYOTES

3.       CANUCKS

4.       PREDSTORS

5.       RED WINGS

6.       KINGS

7.       SHARKS

8.       BLACKHAWKS

Goalies

EAST

1.       RANGERS [ Lundquist’s chart looks very awesome right now ]

2.       PENGUINS

3.       CAPITALS

4.       FLORIDA

5.       OTTAWA             

6.       DEVILS

7.       BRUINS [ Thomas does not have the great transits he had last year at this time ]

8.       FLYERS

WEST

1.       BLUES [ Elliott and Halak both look great and actually we’re born just over a month apart]

2.       COYOTES

3.       PREDATORS

4.       CANUCKS

5.       SHARKS

6.       BLACKHAWKS

7.       KINGS

8.       RED WINGS [ I have to mention Howard’s chart looks especially bad with current transits ]

So with my disclaimer safely in place ..here we go

EAST

QUARTERFINALS

[1] RANGERS over [8] SENATORS

[4] PENGUINS over [5] FLYERS

[3] PANTHERS over [6] DEVILS [ this was the toughest of the 1^st round matchups to pick ]

[7] CAPITALS over [2] BRUINS

SEMI’S

RANGERS over CAPS

PENGUINS over PANTHERS

EAST FINALS

RANGERS over PENGUINS

WEST

QUARTERFINALS

[1] CANUCKS over [8] KINGS

[4] PREDATORS over [5] RED WINGS

[3] COYOTES over [6] BLACKHAWKS

[2] BLUES over [7] SHARKS

SEMI’S

CANUCKS over PREDATORS

BLUES over COYOTES

WEST FINALS

BLUES over CANUCKS

STANLEY CUP FINALS

RANGERS over BLUES

Well I hope you enjoyed this half as much as I did , feel free to post comments if you wish. I will have further updates as the playoffs progress.

Sports Astrology : 2012 Baseball predictions with Astrology

Greetings  earthlings ,

It has been awhile now since last Baseball season ended and I think I have learned from my mistakes as I emerge from  the short , and not so cold [ for Ohio anyway] ,winter with renewed perspective on  a couple of the major sports that I had misjudged a bit  on my  predictions last year. So boldy I stand back up to the plate… alright that’s enough, I hate crappy old worn out clichés, and honestly …you’re lucky I’m writing about baseball at all. But seriously, I don’t feel that bad about my picks last year, EVERYBODY had the Arizona Diamondbacks winning their division... right …nope… David Freese ..World Series MVP from a team that struggled to finish .500 during the regular season, everyone picked that one I’m sure.

Well I think I picked as many of the playoff teams correctly as most of the major prognosticators, and I think I did better in College Football and just as good in the NFL as anyone on ESPN .And guess what …I’ve figured out what planets to look for in Hockey [ yes I realize that no one cares, but me and my Canadian friends like Hockey ]and Basketball too. So I shall riddle you with a year full of Sports Astrology Blogs …. Reap it !!!

So I’m going to attempt to keep the technical Astrology info to a minimum [ yes, I’m aware that I always say that ]. All I will say is that I looked hard at players that had Jupiter in late Taurus through early Gemini ..and we’ll just say that it’s reaping dividends already in my Fantasy Baseball league [ yes, I’m aware that I’m a math geek ]. So onto predictions :

NL EAST

1. PHILADELPHIA [ 95-67]- best rotation in Baseball still, lots of injuries to offense is concerning , still they have ice transits overall.

2. MIAMI [ 88-74] vastly improving –if some of their guesses work out they could be a wild card.

3. ATLANTA [ 86-76 ]- umm, did absolutely nothing in off season. Lots of good young pitchers still. Need young talent to play well.

4. WASHINGTON [ 85-77 ]- This was a tough one , really improved last year , could finish as high as second. A team that has made good moves.

5. N.Y. METS [ 75-87 ]- Won’t be as bad as people think, won’t compete for  playoffs but they won’t be the worst team in the league either.

NL CENTRAL

1. CINCINNATI [ 98-64]- I think, I think…they finally have all the pieces in place. It’s  Dusty’s to lose. Good transits this season.

2. ST.LOUIS  [ 93-69 ]- Hmmm, Matheny at Manager, there’s a name you can trust. Lots of pieces still in place even without Albert , no one wants to play them in October.

3. MILWAUKEE [ 84-78 ]- You can’t replace Prince’s that easy.

4. PITTSBURGH  [ 79-83 ] – Alllllllmost there , really close to breaking that under .500 streak.

5. CHICAGO  [ 68- 94 ]-  Why is Chris Marmol in the Major Leagues?

6. HOUSTON [ 65-97 ] – not sure what this team is doing other than taking away the Pirates role of giving away all their good players at trading deadline for nothing.

NL WEST

1 .L.A. DODGERS [ 93-69 ] – this just feels like a team that has come out from under a lot of turbulence and they have put a nice team together. I’m taking the Dodgers to pull the upset here.

2. ARIZONA- [ 91-71 ]- Second best run team in Baseball. Kirk Gibson is a great Manager. This is the hardest team in baseball’s chart to figure out. If they get the repeat from all of the young pitchers hat they got last year they could win division again.

3. SAN FRANCISCO [ 89- 73] Still really strong pitching wise but offense has slipped a bit. Will be in the hunt , still good enough to win division.

4. COLORADO [ 70-92 ]- Not sure what their direction is at this point, losing talent quickly.

5. SAN DIEGO [ 61-101]- WHY?

AL EAST

1. TAMPA BAY [ 97-65 ] – This is the  best run team in baseball, from front office, to manager to , players that produce what they should be.

2. N.Y. YANKEES [ 96-66 ]- Dangerous as always, it will come down to starting pitching for them.

3. BOSTON [ 86-76]- yeah it’s just not that smart to fire a manager that wins you 2 World Series when you hadn’t won one in 100 years before that. Get rid of the problem players in the clubhouse, not the Manager.

4. TORONTO [ 84-78 ]- Really, really good time in a brutal division. Won’t be shocked if they finish ahead of Red Sox.

5. BALTIMORE [ 75-87]-Transits improving ,looking decent for next year .Getting  better  talent wise.

AL CENTRAL

1. DETROIT [ 105-57 ] – Massive amounts of power , Jupiter is making great transits to their chart, will absolutely bludgeon most trams to death. If they get pitching like they did last year will be nearly unbeatable.

2. CLEVELAND [ 87-75 ]- Good young talent here too, just need veterans to stay healthy.

3. KANSAS CITY [ 79-83 ]- Improving , just have to keep these young guys together 1 more year.

4. CHICAGO W.S. [ 72-90]- Rebuilding , rebuilding, rebuilding…Rawhide!

5. MINNESOTA [ 71-91 ]- can’t have as many injuries as last year but they let too many good players jump ship.

AL WEST

1. TEXAS [ 94-68]- Still strong , but barely ahead of Angels.

2. LOS ANGELES ANGELS [ 97-65 ]- Nothing not to like here, lots of good hitters to go around as long as there are no injuries to Pitching staff things look good.

3. SEATTLE [ 69-93 ]- Some good young position players , not going anywhere though.

4. OAKLAND [ 67-95 ]- More like No Moneyball.

Playoffs 

NL

WILCARD

ST.Louis over Arizona

DIVISIONAL

ST.Louis over Philly

Cincinnati over L.A. Dodgers

LCS

Cincinnati over ST. Louis

AL

WILCARD

N.Y. YANKEES over Angels

DIVISIONAL

Detroit over Tampa Bay

Yankees over Rangers

LCS

Tigers over Yankees

World Series

Tigers over Reds

2012 key Astrological dates

 What’s the point of procrasting if you can’t be late on things …that being said, here’s the forecast for the last 75% of 2012. I wanted to let things shake out a bit first but I’ve got a list here of the most pertinent dates and periods for the rest of this year and I ‘m going to give you a little run down of each now. As additional things develop and as some of these dates get closer I will add additional info to some of these . These are not the only things happening this year but I think I have picked out what will be the most ….ummmm…. entertaining… periods of this year. Okay enough foreshadowing already, this isn’t Film class after all.

First I will touch on the first couple things that happened in the first quarter of the year that you may have felt but didn’t realize what was happening with all of the other stuff going on. We had Mars in it’s very long [ 8 month ] transit of Virgo going retrograde on January 23^rd . This has been the jump in the increase of irritation and frustration you have seen in the people around you the last few months. And on February 4^th we saw Neptune go into the sign it rules , Pisces, and this was the start of the 14 year cycle which so far raised everyone’s  intuition ,psychic abilities , intuition and weepiness in the last 2  months. Neptune helps us get in touch with our spiritual side and be more natural and be more in touch with everything that shares this planet with us and these are good things.

We have 2 different sets of things happening  in our universe right now. 1] We are seeing the destruction and overthrow of things that are no longer useful .  2. We are getting back in touch with who we are supposed to be.  These may seem unrelated but things often have to be taken away to make room for new better things to come into our lives. So this is where we are as of Early April 2012 on Planet Earth. Things are speeding up as I ‘m sure you’ve all noticed and we are in a time of progressed evolution as we shed all the old parts of ourselves and it almost feels like we are living in “ real time” now when we can imagine things and see them come into fruition almost immediately.

These are the next steps in our evolution:

•       Apr. 10 Pluto retrograde at 9 Capricorn

Pluto rules our souls evolution and also it’s about death, rebirth and transformation. when a planet stations it’s effects are more powerful ,on these days we often see life changing events on the news as people , governments ,currencies and even sometimes the Earth itself transforms.

•       Apr. 13 Mars direct at 3 Virgo

 Mars is the lower octave of Pluto and Mars is how we evolve through our physical body. Mars is about energy , anger, aggression and instinctual behavior.

When 2 powerful planets like this station in the same week it should make for some very interesting news headlines. These 2 stations will most likely play out 1 of 2 ways with most people. Either there will be a great release of pressure or there will be a great culmination of frustration for what’s been boiling since January 23^rd when Mars went retrograde.

•       Jun.3 Neptune retrograde at 3 pisces

 Whenever Neptune makes a station it is sleepy time for everyone and we are all asked to get in touch with our intuition and our dream life. People will also feel more emotional and sympathetic than normal. Also during this week there is Jupiter wrapping up its year long stay in Taurus and the Sun, Mercury and Venus are all conjunct in Gemini , with Venus being retrograde as it does every 18 months or so. I would expect this to be the best feeling week of the year with the heavy Neptune and Venus influence and the social butterfly effect of Gemini.

•       Jun. 11 Jupiter enters Gemini

 Jupiter enters Gemini for the beginning of its year long stay there. People will become information gatherers on a grand scale.

•       Jun. 24 Uranus square Pluto at 8 Aries Capricorn

When these 2 square up as they will be several times over the next few years there is Revolution in the Air as the power structures come under attack.

•       Jun. 25 Saturn direct at 22 Libra

Saturn turns direct and this usually makes everyone feel very work orientated and disciplined …and probably guilty too. As Saturn moves forward again we can start putting forward those plans we’ve been working on internally since early February.

•       July 12. Uranus retro at 8 Aries

Uranus station...time to feel some freedom and Independence.

July 17-21

   Cardinal Grand Cross with a Muteable t-square followed by a Muteable Grand Cross and a  Cardinal t-square. I will be posting much ,much more on these configurations as this is where he action is.

•       Sep. 17 Pluto direct at 6 Capricorn

        Intensity here as always with a Pluto station. There will be the death, transformation, rebirth theme in the news stories today.

•       Sep. 19 Uranus square Pluto at 7 Aries Capricorn

Square dancing again [ ouch , that was bad ] look for more Revolutions and economies tumbling in the news today.

•       Oct. 5 Saturn enters Scorpio

Ahhh, the big clamp down. If you are looking for big things to happen on 12/21/12 you should be looking at this date instead. The powers that be are.

Nov.6^th Election day – 4 years ago we had Uranus opposite Saturn and Uranus was the big winner. This year we have Saturn newly into Scorpio and we’re just a few days short of a Neptune station. It should be interesting.

•       Nov. 10 Neptune direct at zero Pisces

Sleepy time the sequal , everyone is ready to zone out after the Presidential Election is over. This is time to move forward with all those plans you’ve been dreaming up while Neptune was retrograde.

•       Nov. 29 Mars conjunct Pluto at 8 Capricorn

Anger and explosiveness rules here, be nice to your relatives at Thanksgiving , even though there may be more family power struggles and resentments than usual.

•       Dec. 12 Uranus direct at 4 Aries

Uranus station again…There are often large Earthquakes and other disasters on days when Uranus stations , don’t listen to the panic of 12/21 that will probably be flying around. This isn’t the precursor to the end of the world it’s just another Uranus station.

•       Dec. 21 Winter Solstice - The End of the Mayan Calendar

We will still exist on December 22^nd.

•       Dec. 21 Yod at 9 degrees is Saturn in Scorpio ,Pluto in Capricorn and Jupiter in Gemini.

How about that, not only are not going to die, there is actually a pretty nice configuration that day.

   So that’s the cliff notes version of 2012 but I will be posting much more on and around some of these key dates I’ve mentioned.

  Take care everyone.