The Sports Astrologer - Ken Hopkins

NFL PLAYOFFS CONFRENCE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND: All times Eastern SUN-MOON PHASE is the prediction method used unless otherwise noted. (Playoff records do not include Super Bowl appearances.)

Sunday January 24: Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Taurus, Mercury direct in Capricorn.

NFC

MINNESOTA(13-4) at NEW ORLEANS(14-3) 3:00pm Eastern. Line: New Orleans by 4.0/52.5 total points. Vikings all time road playoff record: 6-14. The Saints all time home playoff record: 3-3. The Saints didn't look good in their last three games with two of which were at home but last week's game against the Cardinals makes things look to be back on track for for their winning ways. The Vikings have a tendency of playing five points off what is expected by the oddsmakers while the Saints have done just the opposite. Surprisingly the defenses may show up. New Orleans 23 Minnesota 13.

AFC

NY JETS(11-7) at INDIANAPOLIS(15-2) 6:40pm ET. Line: Indy by 7.0/41.5 total points. Jets all-time road playoff record: 5-7 Colts all-time home playoff record: 3-5 in Indy or 7-7 counting games played in Baltimore. Ryan certainly has the Jets believing and looking at the secondary progressed chart, The Jets are a team that will go far into the playoffs the next couple of years. The Colts actually are better candidates for going to the Super Bowl next year. The horseshoed-ones have not been world-beaters at home. The only time they have won two home playoff games in the same season was '06 when they went to the Super Bowl. Otherwise it has been one and done. The Jets are showing a tough defense and their offensive rookies are maturing before play-off eyes. It doesn't look like the Jets are going to lose their thrust this week and should give the horsies a good game and likely will win it. The lunar phase shows the Colts to be off about two points from their projected finish while the Jets have an upset win on the road in their celestial corner. The projected score might be similar to the NFC score. New York Jets 23 Indianapolis 12

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The article below was uploaded prior to the first playoff game on Saturday, January 9th.

Theme for the first round of the NFL Payoffs: THE SEQUEL

Never before have there been three rematches of the NFL last week opponents in the first week of playoffs. Will the results of NFL Week 17 be repeated? Probably in at least two of three contests. The three winners, Jets, Cowboys and Packers all appear to be the hot teams right now. When coaches "rest" players in New England, Indianapolis, New Orleans, team momentum comes to a halt and one wonders if those teams all possess an "on/off" switch than can be flipped "on" for the playoffs. We'll see.

NFL PLAYOFFS-WILDCARD ROUND: All times Eastern SUN-MOON PHASE is the prediction method used unless otherwise noted.

Saturday Jan 9, 2010 Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio and Mercury retrograde in Capricorn.

NEW YORK JETS(9-7) at CINCINNATI(10-6) 4:30pm. Line: Cincinnati by 2.5. Jets all-time road playoff record: 3-7 Bengals all-time home playoff record: 5-2. Last week's projected phase score had the Jets winning by 7. This week's look shows the Bengals without a positive historical match-up to call upon while the Jets did perform very well at Indianapolis in a 1986 game when a favorite of 9 points and ran away with a 26-7 win. The Jet's defense looks to be the difference here. No points allowed last week. (The Mercury trends seem to almost cancel out the lunar phase advantage the the Jets being 6-12 on the road when the Bengals are 9-4 as a home favorite.) From a research standpoint we'll keep track of which trend is stronger. I'll call the Jets a winner using the solar-lunar phase. New York 20, Cincinnati 17. Jets 24-14

PHILADELPHIA(11-5) at DALLAS(11-5) 8:00pm. Line: Dallas by 3.5. Eagles all-time road playoff record: 6-12. Cowboys all-time home playoff record: 19-7. Last week's projected phase score had the 'Pokes winning by 6 and that energy evolved into a 24-point win. This week's game could be a continuation as the trends are even stronger showuing a win by 20 points for Romo and the gang. The Eagles are a good team, but they aren't in a favorable moon phase. The Mercury trends show the Cowboys 11-9 as a home favorite and the Eagles 6-9 as a road dog. The 'Boys should win again. Dallas 30 Philadelphia 10 Dallas 34-14

Sunday Jan 10, 2010 Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius and Mercury retrograde in Capricorn.

BALTIMORE(9-7) at NEW ENGLAND(10-6) 1:00pm. Line New England by 3.5. Ravens all-time road playoff record: 5-2. Patriots all-time home playoff record: 9-1. Last week the Ravens took care of business at Oakland while the Pats took a beatdown at Buffalo. The Welker injury will be a major negative factor for New England in the post season, if not this week, probably the next. Belichick should have a plan that will work but that Baltimore defense is terrific. The phase projected score has the Patriots winning but not covering. In the preseason picks I had these two teams playing for the AFC Championship with the Ravens victorious. Now do I have to eat crow(so-to-speak)? New England 21 Baltimore 19. Baltimore 33-14

GREEN BAY(11-5) at ARIZONA(10-6) 4:30pm Line: Arizona by 1.5. Packers all-time road playoff record 7-10. Cardinals all-time home playoff record: 3-0. In last weeks game between these two, the lunar phaase projected score was dead even which would have given Green Bay the line victory. This game may have been the death knell for the redbirds in the playoff. With Rogers-Cromarte, Anquan Boldin and Calais Campbell getting nicked in last week's game, will all three be hampered in this game? The Cards have shown the ability to win without Anquan, but the injury to the defensive players is the swing vote in this one. So what does the lunar phase indicate? The Packers trend is not as strong as last week while the Cardinals have a better trend. Is that enough to reverse the 33-7 score? Of the three sequels, this one has the best chance of a different outcome. Although the Cardinals don't have alot of playoff games under their belt, they might be on the verge of establishing a winning home playoff tradition. Arizona 33 Green Bay 31. Arizona 51-45

Here some "quick hits" on some of the personalities on the sports pages.

Barry Bonds, July 24, 1964, Riverside, Ca. A sure-fire Hall-of-Famer until the steroid scandal and apparent cover up and stonewalling by Bonds. He has been indicted on several perjury charges by a grand jury. He has some things in his progressed chart, but I think the transit declination chart says a lot! He has Jupiter and Venus // at birth(natal positions are always on the left). The south node pays a visit in February of next year. Next about June 1st, the south node will bonk Pluto or is it the other way around. Maybe they "conspire" or join forces to give Barry a lesson in forgiveness(of himself) and maybe get on with life. There is a strong chance if he is convicted he will serve some hard time. 2009 is a key year for Barry and he may not rank it as his best year when it's all said and done.

Roger Clemens Aug 4, 1962 Dayton, Ohio

Mr Clemens appears to have lied about his steroid use but at least he didn't lie under oath so the only likely prison time for Roger, the attempting "Dodger" is in our minds. No sooner than the P Moon hits Mercury and Sun // in his natal chart, then we have confessions of a long term relationship with one of the Country music darlings and denial after denial that seems to be negated by hard evidence, including genetic. The last quarter of this year may benefit from the parallel to the P north node but then he runs up against Pluto, natal and progressed, for most of 2009. Looking at the path of the P Moon, it looks like he will be putting up with the energies through 2011 and we'll be putting up with his irrational explanations. That river "de Nile" is overflowing already!

Alex Rodriguez July 27, 1975 NYC

The Yankee slugger is getting ready to be "slugged" by the parallel energies of the Moon, south node, Mars and Saturn, yum, yum! As I have mentioned on several occasions, the extremes, northern and southern often coincide with major life changes. Divorce and public shame and humiliation fills the bill. Not sure that this would lead to his retirement as he's just 33 and would like to stay around to challenge the steroid king, Barry Bonds, all time home run total.

Madonna, Aug 16, 1958 Bay City, Michigan

Obviously Madonna's reputation(?) will not suffer as we've been through many reports of her many escapades of many descriptions. She does have a P Moon tagging natal Uranus January 1, 2009 and the P Uranus placement about six months later. Perhaps something and unexpected occurs in this time frame. Would she go for Alex as a semi-permanent roommate?

There goes her (Like a) virgin status(again)!

Interesting that these folks so much in the news are all Leos. Maybe with the south node traipsing through the catly sign of royalty will knock some deserving egos down a notch. Several could get their "felines" hurt! Ahhhhhhh.

Bret Favre Oct 10, 1969 Gulfport, Miss

Oh, yes, there's one fellow who's not a Leo who will be going through some interesting times. Bret Favre, former quarterback of the Green Bay Packers and a future Hall-of-Fame shoo-in retired after last football season. One can't help but think there were some ruffled feathers on both sides of the hen house. Favre and his agent felt the Packers didn't want him back for whatever reason. Favre retired but was that under some mental duress? I think so. He hasn't lost a thing off of his fastball. In other words, he can still play at a high level of quarterback efficiency as evidenced by last year when the team fell one game short of going to the Super Bowl. Favre has the "itch" to play and many teams are interested. Problem is the Packers still hold his contract rights and have reportedly stated that Favre could come back, but only as a backup. Favre and millions of fans would find that unacceptable. A definite lose, lose, lose situations. Favre loses, the fans lose, and the team loses--probably in more ways than one. We've got the P Moon hitting Mars early 2008(the retirement announcement--on impulse? Then we have the south node between the Mars hit and the Uranus reversal happening in July according to the P chart. The retirement thing often happens at the extremes but maybe Bret is ready to un-Pack and play another year or two before permanently hanging up the cleats. The best solution would be for an agreement among the parties. How about letting Favre go for s draft choice to the team he plays for,,,and put a non-compete clause in there that keeps him out of the central division(Detroit, Chicago or Minnesota). Carolina would be a good fit as they have questions at quarterback, lots of talent on both sides of the ball, and a connection between Favre and head coach, John Foxx. Also wouldn't it be something to see our Libra quarterback take the field in Green Bay..as a Panther when the cats come to town October 30th. A scary thought for the Green and Gold!

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2008: D’Backs are as Virgo Does

By the Sports Astrologer, Ken Hopkins article written 3-25-08

UPDATE: June 30, 2008 The Diamondbacks have been in a tail spin since May 10th when Mercury reached what is called a shadow point. This point marks the point Mercury will retrograde(go backwards) to before it reverses itself. July 4th is when it reaches the point where it went retrograde. With so many roster players ruled by the planet Mercury(Vigos and Geminis) it's not surprising things have been going backawrds for the team as a whole. It'll be interesting to see if the team repeats it's second half performance of last year.

This year the fortunes of the Arizona Diamondbacks rest on the shoulders of Virgo, the 6th sign of the zodiac. No less than seven of the 40-man roster of the Diamondback were born between August 22nd and September 22nd. Depending on exactly who makes the opening day 25-man roster, over one-fourth of the team could be Virgo! So what are the characteristics of a Virgo? Glad you asked! Virgos are precise, critical, perfection-driven, fault-finding and sometimes lack self-esteem and can be very picky. Other than that they are a lot of fun. Seriously every sign exhibits virtuous characteristics as well as those we sometimes perceive undesirable. It so happens that we’re “picking” on Virgos this year. The more insecure they are, the more difficult is is for the rest of the signs to cope. Virgo is an energy that manifests as analytical but also possesses a strong urge for service to their fellow man(and woman) kind. You will find many accountants and health workers with strong Virgo influences. Being very health-conscious, Virgos are concerned with eating right and having an exercise regimen that often leaves the rest of us feeling like we’ve been camped out on the couch spilling popcorn and wiping ice cream off our faces all week! Randy Johnson(9-10-1963) is the epitome of a Virgo. He’s very concerned with taking care of his body and also extremely focused or intense to the point of being easily irritated if someone interrupts his routine especially on game day.

Johnson will have plenty of Virgo company in the rotation this year. Dan Haren(9-17-80) will be in an inning-eating contest with Taurus Brandon Webb. Doug Davis(9-21-1975) completes the discriminating starting rotation. Another starter on the 40-man roster, Billy Buckner(8-27-83), will likely begin the season at AA or AAA. If Buckner were to have a big year in the minors, he could edge his way into the rotation by season’s end. If that were to occur, 80% of the starting rotation could be Virgo!

The outfield is also ripe with the virtuous sign. Virgo is represented by sun signs Chris Young(9-5-83) and Justin Upton(8-25-87). Even fellow outfield roamer, Eric Byrnes, sports a Moon in Virgo. Young could easily duplicate last year’s power numbers(30+ homers) and should he get on base a bit more, preferably hitting for a higher average, the stolen base comes into play more frequently putting pressure on defenses. Upton has always hit for a decent average in the minors, so should improve on the .221 he hit for the big club in his limited rookie season. Another outfielder on the big roster is Alex Romero(9-9-1983).who will begin the season in the minors. The D’Backs have had plenty of Virgo influence in the outfield in recent years as Luis Gonzalez(9-3-67) and Carlos Quentin(8-28-82) observed birthdays between Leo and Libra. One Virgo trait that benefits outfielders is the ability to analyze or discern almost immediately which should make this outfield trio the best in the majors at getting a jump on a hard-hit ball to their area whether it’s timing the arrival of the ball in a glove, or playing the caroms off of various outfield fences. Many of the Virgos have another astrological feature that indicates a time foe recognition and success, while at the same time the planet Saturn is making it’s regular appearance in the sign after 29 years of visiting the other signs. Often when this sun sign is visited by this planetary taskmaster, it can be a time of getting recognition for hard work, and for some a very trying time. With well-defined goals and a plan, Saturn energy has a more constructive channel. Some of this Virgo bunch could have a tough time, some should excel. If five of the seven have good or above average years, The Diamondbacks will be the “pick” of the National League crop!

UPDATE 04/06/08: Alex Romero made the 25-man roster so we have three outfielders and three pitchers Virgo. Doug Davies has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will have surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks. On the positive side, Virgos Chris Young and Justin Upton hit three home runs each in the first week as the D'Backs recorded a 4-2 record. (Both Young and Upton have the moon at the progressed northern extreme such as Chris Snyder's chart below)

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It's Snyder's time to "Star" in 2008!

When we look back at the 2008 Diamondback season one thing that will likely stand out is the play of catcher Chris Snyder. “Snydes” as he is often called by team broadcasters and reporters, is poised to have a breakout season. Snyder was born an Aquarian(2-12-81) in Houston, Texas.

In astrological sports studies, there is a particular event that unfolds every 14 years. This cyclical influence is determined by the progressed Moon. Basically the event occurs when the declination of the Moon is at it’s northern-most position and 14 years later at the southern-most point. I don’t want to spend too much time on the details so as not to lose the average listener who may not know much astrology, so I will emphasize the results.

As an example, here are some of the successes experienced by athletes who have had the Progressed Moon reach the northern extreme or make contact the with a specific declinational latitude of the Moon’s nodes. The node is where the moon crosses the path of the natal sun going north and south. See, I lost you, didn’t I?

Here’s what happened: Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds all set home run records and Tiger Woods won three of the four golf majors. In the first three examples the progressed Moon was in the northern extreme of those players’ charts by progression. Tiger benefited from the progressed Moon reaching the sensitive lunar node point. Mike D’Antoni and Avery Johnson had progressed Moons at their respective northern extremes in theiw progressed charts when they won NBA coach of the year awards, back-to-back. There are many, many more examples, but time and space is limited and we can elaborate later.

. Once a month earth’s natural satellite will appear to be far north. Two weeks later it will be low in the southern sky. These are the lunar northern and southern extreme positions. When they occur in the progressed chart of teams or individual athletes, championships are won and personal achievement peaks are reached. The Pittsburgh Steelers had this going for them when they beat Seattle in Super Bowl 40. They also had the northern extreme working they won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1979 and 1980. The Indianapolis Colts had the same northern extreme when they dominated the Bears in SB 41. The Detroit Tigers are in that cycle now having made it to the World Series the year before last and they might do it again this year. There is usually a three to four year span of time(two years prior to two years after the extreme point when teams and players are likely to be having exceptional years. Snider has the nodal hit this year and in 2012 with the northern extreme in between. This often coincides with outstanding personal achievements and monetary rewards to match. There are other times when players and teams do well, but the extremes produce a disproportionate amount of playoff teams and champions.

Snyder came on strong the last half of last season and I expect him to pick up where he left off, Should he stay healthy for the season, expect him to flirt with a 300 batting average, 20 home runs and 80 rbi’s. It could be an “all” star alignment in 2008. Then we’ll hear a lot of complimentary “Snyde” remarks…..

UPDATE 6-30 Snyder is hitting about .250 but is showing tremendous value in working with the pitching staff and is one of the major's best at throwing out runners attempting to steal. 2009-2011 will be the years when Snyder is making the most money with contracts signed then. Often the northern extreme years are when career peaks. This year he got off to an extremely slow start. Maybe I'm too optimistic about the progressed Moon-North Node parallel for a personal best year. It often does coincide with championships, but the extremes almost always coincide with major life changes. The season is just half over.

Super Bowl 2008 XLII

Astrology and the Super Bowl:

A Giant Leap of Faith

By Ken Hopkins

Can the New England juggernaut to an historical unbeaten season be derailed? New York Giant fans for the most part are convinced that team that gave the Patriots fits in the final regular season game at the Meadowlands can finish the job in Super Bowl XLII in Glendale. Many pigskin aficionados will point to that Saturday night game that originally was scheduled for the NFL network exclusively but due to the monumental significance of an undefeated NFL regular season a vast TV audience watched Eli Manning coming of football age. The Pats came to Giants Stadium as 14-point favorites and wound up trailing part of the game before finishing just three points better than the Big Guys. Since the kickoff that Saturday evening, the Giants have been on a mission. A mission that has evolved into a journey to immortality. Not only are the Giants the first NFC team to make it to the Super Bowl as a wildcard team, but they now own the longest road winning streak in 90 years of NFL history! Should they win on the first February Sunday in Arizona, they will have extended that streak to 11 and stopped New England from becoming the second team to go unbeaten for a season. Perhaps another dose of immortality, especially in the minds of the 1972 Dolphins. As a sidebar the Patriots are just two games behind the Giants in consecutive road wins, having won all eight road games this year.

Sportscasters and fans alike often make reference in a joking way to the stars being aligned when things come together for an athlete or a team. Usually this in reference to an MVP year or a championship. That adage of many a true word is spoken in jest rings true and I’m here to shed some celestial light on the match up for this year’s Super Bowl.

Astrology is so much more involved than reading one’s sun sign forecast for the day. There are many influences that go into the make up of a real horoscope. There’s Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the outer planets such as Uranus, Neptune and even the “dwarf planet” Pluto. I have looked at astrology for decades with an inner knowing that somehow sports outcomes can be predicted with the stars(planets). For years I decided to focus on the Moon and Mercury in my studies. After 15 years of working and studying it became obvious that Mercury cycles were more responsive to the happenings on the field than lunar cycles. During this time I was studying things from a longitudinal basis, in essence where a planet is from where it rises in the east to where it sets in the west continuing to the east point again. In the last four years, I have discovered a different astrological discipline called declinations. Declinations are based on where a planet is north or south of the celestial equator. This approach seems to be far more indicative of game outcomes and yearly team and individual forecasts than any system I’ve used before. I’m one that wants to predict based on how a team or athlete has performed in the past under similar astrological circumstances. To do this I look at where the Moon and Mercury were at the beginning of every game, home and away. Sometimes that equals hundreds of game dates.

In sports these days there are two major contests going on the field simultaneously. There is the actual or real winner on the field based on who scored the best whether it’s higher point or run totals in football, basketball and baseball, or the fewest such as golf. The second game is betting. Most of the football research I have done incorporates both major contests. Now let’s look at the game.

The Teams:

New York Giants: First Game: October 4, 1925 2:30pm New Britain, Ct

Coach Tom Coughlin August 31, 1946 Sun Sign Virgo, Moon sign Scorpio

QB: Eli Manning, January 3, 1981 Sun Sign Capricorn, Moon sign Sagittarius

New England Patriots: First Game: September 17, 1971 1:00pm Foxboro, Ma

(originally established as the Boston Patriots September 9, 1960 8:00pm at Boston, Ma)

Coach: Bill Belichick, April 16, 1952 Sun Sign Aries, Moon sign:Capricorn

QB: Tom Brady, Aug 3, 1977: Sun Sign: Leo, Moon sign: Aries

Planetary game data: Moon: 7 Degrees Capricorn at –27.20. Mercury is retrograde at 20 Aquarius at –11.37. Probably the most significant celestial event is the Moon far to the south. A position that is OOB(Out of Bounds). What this means is that a planet has exceeded the maximum travel of the Sun at 23 degrees and 26 minutes, the exact tilt of the earth from its axis. The Moon will exceed the solar declination maximum once every two weeks, as the Moon swings to the north, it is the signs of Gemini and Cancer out of bounds and then two weeks later it’s in Sagittarius and Capricorn. The Moon is symbolically linked to the emotions, personal and public. It seems that many of the most newsworthy of events unfold when the Moon is in the extreme positions. This being the largest single day sporting event of it’s kind in any year, lends perfectly to extreme public interest. The Moon is not out of bounds every year for the Super Bowl, so this could be an unusual year.

There certainly could be more fan interest than usual. We know that we have teams with two impressive streaks, The Patriots having a chance to run the table and finish unbeaten at 19-0 for an NFL season which has never been done before and the Giants have an opportunity to extend their NFL record of 10 consecutive road wins, something that has not been accomplished in 90 years of NFL competition. Which steak is more difficult to achieve. The discussions could go eternal!

So how have the teams fared with the Lunar and Mercury cycles? Glad you asked. Let’s look at the favorite New England Patriots. The Patriots are 12-point favorites. The Pats have gone 9-2 winning as a road tossup or favorite when the Moon was out of bounds in the southern extreme. Their Mercury accomplishments at the 11th degree 1-2 straight up and against the line.

The Giants’ Lunar cycle is not as strong as a road underdog as the Patriots are a road favorite. The Big Guys are 5-7 with a 6-6 record versus the line. The Mercury cycle though has them 1t 3-0 winning all three games as an underdog which means they covered the spread as well.

With other games this past season when two teams facing each other had winning indicators, the underdog has won. The Fiesta Bowl comes to mind as well as last week’s Packer-Giant game. This game should be close and I don’t expect the handicapper’s 53 and one half total points to be met. Oh, and what about that giant leap of faith? This year is a leap year, so maybe we could see a New York team “leap” over the burgeoning myth of the New England area teams that seem so dominating of late. A Giant leap just might do it!

Here’s the “Leaping” score New York Giants 26 New England 23

The Quarterbacks: Tom Brady: Has some challenging energies at 5:20pm and 7:20 pm, while there is potential for positives at 5:35pm and 6:35pm. (If the teams aren’t on the field, the energies will remain idle.) Eli Manning: High/positive energy times are 5:45pm(near end of 1st half and 6:40 pm(probably the middle of the 3rd quarter.

Astrological Super Bowl Trivia During a nine-year stretch 1971-1979 at least one of the starting quarterbacks was an Aquarian. More Aquarius Trivia: Two were born Feb 3rd, two Feb 5th and the last three to appear in Super Bowls were all born Feb 14th. No other sign has more than one QB born on a date. Even More Aquarian Trivia: Also only once did an Aquarian QB win a game where the other QB was not an Aquarian in A super Bowl game..

Hot Sports News: Tigers on the Growl/Prowl.

The Detroit team is certainly plugged into the lunar extreme cycles. When the progressed Moon was at the southern point in 1968, they won it all. Could they do it again with the lunar northern extreme? They have a three-year window. This year the Moon paralleled the MC and is now approaching one with progressed Mercury. The final hit on the MC in this northern visit happens in 2008. Detroit Tigers: April 25, 1901 in Detroit.

Floyd Landis Winner? of the Tour de France.

Glancing at the transiting declinations some interesting things jump out. The race was completed on Sunday, July 23rd. The moon was still out of bounds at the northern peak. It seems that much in the news during this lunar period is amplified in the eyes of the public. Secondly, the transiting Sun's declination forms a parallel with natal Saturn. This parallel can certainly be unfavorable in theory as Saturn is often seen involved the stopping streaks and acts as a kind of wall. Another interesting feature of this parallel is the participation of the vertex. Although this is a "noon chart" often hits on the MC, ASC and VTX seem to coincide with the events being experienced. The end of this controversy or some degree of closure is likely to occur when the Moon is out-of-bounds(OOB).

The secondary progressed declination chart does not readily reveal the controversy that Landis is experiencing in the aftermath of his alleged victory. His preliminary blood tests after the race reveal elevated levels of testosterone. The moon is on the upswing. Using noon as the birth time, the progressed Moon parallels progressed Jupiter. We could expect Jupiter's influence at work for a major athletic win. We might suspect Jupiter to possible be at work for an abundance of something as well in a test. Also the progressed Sun is crossing the declination latitude of the North Node. What I would normally associate with a positive outcome. The transiting declination chart follows below.

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