Friday, September 23, 2011

Astrology and the Vancouver Winter Olympics

By Kevin Foster


Sports do not incredibly interest me and for me mention in the Winter Olympics is really a actual conversation-stopper. Nonetheless I do realize that lots of people are sports fans, and if you're a keen skier or snowboarder the Vancouver Winter Olympics could be fascinating.

From an astrological thing of view everything using a beginning has a birth chart and these Olympics are no exception.

The Opening Ceremony was at 6 pm on February 12. As soon as we set up a chart for this time, it becomes relatively obvious that astrologers weren't consulted, which seems strange. If you're having a big event, like the Winter Olympics, you'd absolutely want it to start at a favourable time.

What I especially do not like about this horoscope could be the truth that it's before a new Moon. In other words this Olympics is owning under way at the very end of a lunar cycle. The energy is stagnant, and also the focus is on the past and not the future.

Also, the ruler on the Ascendant is not incredibly well placed. Being much more specific, Virgo is rising, so the Ascendant ruler is Mercury. And Mercury is doing a stressful, opposition aspect to Mars.

At the incredibly least this suggests a difference of opinion, but it may perhaps also hint at the controversy surrounding the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Georgian luger.

It ought to be pointed out that Nodar Kumaritashvili's fatal accident took location prior to the opening ceremony, and this opening ceremony was dedicated to his memory. So we see a reflection of the rather mournful symbolism of the dying phase of the lunar cycle.

As far as the horoscope of Nodar Kumaritashvili is concerned, it appears that he was born on November 25 1988, generating him a Sagittarian.

Luging is really a high-speed sport, that as far as I can gather is akin to sledging down a steep hill. This really is a incredibly Sagittarian activity. Following all, Sagittarians have a very good sense of adventure, and they usually appreciate going quite fast in an outdoor environment.

Yet what very stands out in Nodar Kumaritashvili's horoscope is his Mars, within the fifth degree of Aries. Mars will be the globe of assertion, and it's always connected with sport. It was very well placed in Aries, especially because it produced a favourable aspect to his Sagittarius Sun.

On the day of his death, February 12, Mars was inside fifth degree of Leo, making easy-going aspects to his natal Sun and Mars. His desire for action, and speed, ran quite smoothly. Indeed so smoothly that there was practically nothing a lot to stop it.

Yet that wasn't the whole story. 1 in the primary astrological events of early 2010 is often a stressful, 90-degree aspect among Saturn and Pluto. This Saturn-Pluto aspect triggered Kumaritashvili's Mars, and encouraged him to push himself to the limit.

Going back on the horoscope of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the Saturn-Pluto aspect is inescapable. Anything unfavorable was likely to happen, and any athlete whose horoscope tied in with this aspect would automatically be vulnerable.

I believe that if Nodar Kumaritashvili had consulted an astrologer, he would were suggested not to compete in these Olympics. Even so with his headstrong Sun in Sagittarius and Mars in Aries I doubt very much regardless of whether he would have paid much attention to this advice.




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