And so it goes... UConn wins convincingly after Butler falls apart in the second half. As I just explained in my post of minutes ago, Venus trine Fortuna must signify the win in the absence of any other convincing testimony. The Mars-Uranus conjunction was either irrelevant or signified Butler coming unhinged. Learning is good, even when it is a little painful :-)
Congrats to UConn and their fans--an NCAA hoops title is one of the great thrills in sports. Goodbye, college basketball, until next year!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Too painful to watch! (Butler's losing big)
The game has about seven minutes left but I can hardly watch at this point. Butler can't get a basket down to save their lives! It's truly horrible.
I think it's safe to say that my prediction will be wrong. (Well, I know a lot can happen in seven minutes in basketball, but Butler will need a miracle.)
I am now seeing the Mars-Uranus conjunction as an upset to Butler. Perhaps if the conjunction were applying the effect would be different.
I can only reason that the applying trine between Venus (UConn) and Fortuna signifies a win for them. I can find no other testimony in the chart that argues clearly for a UConn win. Perhaps the Moon being at the very start of Taurus, Venus's sign, is relevant. Maybe in the absence of aspects within the five degree range, the Moon's dispositor does matter.
Shortly we'll know for sure. Here's to a more competitive finish to the game.
I think it's safe to say that my prediction will be wrong. (Well, I know a lot can happen in seven minutes in basketball, but Butler will need a miracle.)
I am now seeing the Mars-Uranus conjunction as an upset to Butler. Perhaps if the conjunction were applying the effect would be different.
I can only reason that the applying trine between Venus (UConn) and Fortuna signifies a win for them. I can find no other testimony in the chart that argues clearly for a UConn win. Perhaps the Moon being at the very start of Taurus, Venus's sign, is relevant. Maybe in the absence of aspects within the five degree range, the Moon's dispositor does matter.
Shortly we'll know for sure. Here's to a more competitive finish to the game.
UConn vs. Butler: Butler will win
Tipoff in tonight's NCAA men's basketball final is set for 8:23 p.m. CDT in Houston, TX. UConn is favored by four points to beat Butler. Here's the chart:
UConn gets 1st house, ruler Venus. Butler gets 7th, ruler Mars. Moon is Lord 10, but we need the Moon to represent the action in the game so we'll have to do without Lord 10 (UConn's victory planet). Lord 4 is Saturn (Butler's victory planet). Frawley recommends we forego Saturn as a significator unless it is Lord 1 or 7, so we will limit our analysis here to Venus, Mars, Moon and Fortuna.
There is no easy testimony to determine the winner of this game. Readers may recall that in sports event charts we ignore essential and accidental dignities. The Moon is not cooperating, in that it makes no major aspect within the five degrees we are allowed. Nor does Fortuna help us in any easy way; its antiscion is not near a relevant cusp, nor is it bodily aspecting one of our three planets.
One possible testimony in favor of a UConn win is Venus trining Fortuna (only a minute away from perfecting). However, this is not a reliable testimony; and if tipoff is delayed even by a few minutes, this trine will be separated and therefore irrelevant.
What does the Moon tell us? Nothing obvious. Moon's dispositor is Venus (UConn), but that should not matter. It is placed in the 7th but not near the cusp, where it could favor Butler. Moon will aspect the antiscia of the Nodes in four degrees, sextiling antiscion South Node in Cancer and trining antiscion North Node in Capricorn. North Node is in the sign on the 4th cusp, Butler's victory. This might be significant, but it's a thin testimony. Moon's next aspect is a trine to Pluto, but this is beyond our usual range.
What about Fortuna? Its dispositor is Mars, but this is not supposed to matter. It's antiscion falls at 19 Aquarius, dispositor Saturn. This could favor Butler, but again, it is a weak testimony--especially since we were not going to use Saturn.
The only planet very close to one of our significators is Uranus, less than a degree separated from Mars. The question is, does this help or harm Mars (Butler)? Uranus brings upsets, so we could argue that this favors Butler.
We have to call it one way or another, so I will call it for Butler based on the Mars-Uranus conjunction.
I will be back right after tipoff to adjust the chart, and my prediction, if anything changes significantly in real time.
Postscript at 8:30 p.m.: Actual tipoff time was 8:26 p.m. The trine between Venus and Fortuna is wider now, still applying, not separated as I thought it would be. Back after the game!
UConn gets 1st house, ruler Venus. Butler gets 7th, ruler Mars. Moon is Lord 10, but we need the Moon to represent the action in the game so we'll have to do without Lord 10 (UConn's victory planet). Lord 4 is Saturn (Butler's victory planet). Frawley recommends we forego Saturn as a significator unless it is Lord 1 or 7, so we will limit our analysis here to Venus, Mars, Moon and Fortuna.
There is no easy testimony to determine the winner of this game. Readers may recall that in sports event charts we ignore essential and accidental dignities. The Moon is not cooperating, in that it makes no major aspect within the five degrees we are allowed. Nor does Fortuna help us in any easy way; its antiscion is not near a relevant cusp, nor is it bodily aspecting one of our three planets.
One possible testimony in favor of a UConn win is Venus trining Fortuna (only a minute away from perfecting). However, this is not a reliable testimony; and if tipoff is delayed even by a few minutes, this trine will be separated and therefore irrelevant.
What does the Moon tell us? Nothing obvious. Moon's dispositor is Venus (UConn), but that should not matter. It is placed in the 7th but not near the cusp, where it could favor Butler. Moon will aspect the antiscia of the Nodes in four degrees, sextiling antiscion South Node in Cancer and trining antiscion North Node in Capricorn. North Node is in the sign on the 4th cusp, Butler's victory. This might be significant, but it's a thin testimony. Moon's next aspect is a trine to Pluto, but this is beyond our usual range.
What about Fortuna? Its dispositor is Mars, but this is not supposed to matter. It's antiscion falls at 19 Aquarius, dispositor Saturn. This could favor Butler, but again, it is a weak testimony--especially since we were not going to use Saturn.
The only planet very close to one of our significators is Uranus, less than a degree separated from Mars. The question is, does this help or harm Mars (Butler)? Uranus brings upsets, so we could argue that this favors Butler.
We have to call it one way or another, so I will call it for Butler based on the Mars-Uranus conjunction.
I will be back right after tipoff to adjust the chart, and my prediction, if anything changes significantly in real time.
Postscript at 8:30 p.m.: Actual tipoff time was 8:26 p.m. The trine between Venus and Fortuna is wider now, still applying, not separated as I thought it would be. Back after the game!
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