Update: Wow! Roger Federer won his 20th Grand Slam. If you want to know what a Jupiter transit of the Moon looks like, check out his thank you speech. An outpouring of emotion from Federer and an outpouring of adoration from the crowd – the Moon symbolises emotions and represents the ‘people’ in mundane astrology, world events.
I would also like to point readers to the prediction by Indian astrologer, Greenstone Lobo, who said as far back as 2013 that Federer could win 20 Grand Slams. An amazing prediction considering Federer’s age at the time. Here’s the link: http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/column-octozone-20-grand-slams-a-possibility-for-roger-federer-1869633. Roger Federer reigns supreme at the age of 36. What an achievement!
The Australian Open is underway and once again, there are injury concerns for a lot of the top players. This seems to be a common theme which opened the door for two of the ‘oldies’ of the circuit to share the Grand Slam trophies between them in 2017.
Not just two ‘oldies’ but two of the all-time great tennis players, Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal, who won two Grand Slams each last season. Nadal and Federer, age 31 and 36 respectively, are the top 2 seeds once again.
For the first Grand Slam of 2017, Murray is out with a hip injury, Djokovic is seeded no. 14 and playing with an elbow injury, Wawrinka is seeded no. 9 and playing with a knee injury. Plus, I’ve glanced at the first results and four of the top 20 seeds have been knocked out in the first round: Sock, Anderson, Pouille and Isner! Is anything normal anymore in the world of Grand Slam tennis? It seems not.
Australian Open Chart 2018
So what can astrology tell us? Since the end of last season, two of the major planets have changed star sign. Saturn is now at home in its sign of rulership, Capricorn, a dignified placing for the planet of authority and hard work. While Jupiter, the planet that promises good fortune and opportunity, is in water sign Scorpio, powerful and intense.
In plain terms, Jupiter bestows success and Saturn is the grafter, but linked to injury worries, as it’s the planet of limitation. The chart for the start of the Aussie Open emphasizes the star signs, Scorpio and Capricorn. Note a full complement of planets in Capricorn in the 10th house of achievement. This includes the Moon, which is about to begin its swift journey through Capricorn triggering the other five planets.
Jupiter is an important planet in the chart because it rules both the Pisces Ascendant and Sagittarius Midheaven, two key angles in astrology. One represents the individual (Ascendant) and the other represents the pinnacle and achievement (Midheaven) of the chart. Jupiter is, therefore, the planet that symbolises the favourite. Mercury, ruler of the Descendant, is linked to the outsider, non-favourite and Mercury gives the nod to the youth, a younger player.
Jupiter is applying to a powerful sextile aspect with Pluto in Capricorn, Scorpio’s co-ruler, a major signature in the chart. This lends gravitas to the favourites’ chances of success. Note too, the Moon’s first planetary aspect will be a conjunction to Saturn, favouring the older player. Admittedly, both Saturn and Pluto can symbolise defeat but there’s strength in this planetary combination.
This is, however, the dark side of the Moon, when the light has not yet returned. This happens once the Moon reaches the Sun in Capricorn and a new moon cycle begins. This week’s New Moon is exact at 26 Capricorn 54 on Wednesday 17, 2018. Hidden themes could be the injury fears that lurk beneath the surface, what we don’t yet know. Otherwise, you have to like this chart for the favourites playing well.
Here’s the astrology for Nadal & Federer, Djokovic & Wawrinka:
Rafael Nadal, b. June 3, 1986, 7:10 pm, Manacor, Spain
Nadal’s Ascendant degree is 19 Scorpio 45. Notice Jupiter’s current transit at 19 Scorpio 07. This symbolises a renaissance for Nadal, as Jupiter moves over his Ascendant into the 1st house. There are other factors too connecting Nadal’s birth chart to the current astrology.
His ruling Mars is at 22 Capricorn 56 and in the thick of the Capricorn activity taking place. Nadal has a strong Scorpio (ASC)/Capricorn (Mars) signature in his own birth chart. Also, at the final, the Moon has moved to 23 Gemini and will apply to a conjunction of his natal Mercury (26 Gemini 23), his career planet. The astrology is compelling. This should be a strong tournament for him.
Update: Nadal retired in the semi-finals against Cilic with a leg/hip injury. Transiting Neptune was moving towards a square aspect of his Sun Gemini, exact on February 2nd. Neptune square Sun can be disillusioning but I’m not clear why this coincided with the injury. Jupiter rules hips and was conjunct his Ascendant, the physical body, but I felt the Jupiter transit and Pluto sextile would be positive for Nadal. So the jury’s out on the astrology for Nadal.
Roger Feder, b. August 8, 1981, 8:40 am, Basel, Switzerland
Federer has an important planetary body in the mix of the Jupiter/Pluto configuration. His Moon is at 20 Scorpio 44 and Jupiter by transit will be conjunct his natal Moon on January 27, 2018. The Moon isn’t closely connected to his career but this has to be helpful.
A lot of the planets in Federer’s birth chart connect with each other. Plus, with his Mars Cancer in mutual reception with his Moon Scorpio (i.e. each planet is in the other planet’s sign of rulership), you can make a case for this Jupiter transit playing into his chances of success.
Update: The added astrological factor I didn’t pick up on was the north node at 15 degrees Leo as the tournament began. It sat between Federer’s Sun Leo and Mercury Leo, his career ruler. The nodes are linked to destiny moments and along with the Jupiter transit of the Moon, this was Federer’s moment.
Stan Wawrinka, b. March 28, 1985, 11:05 am, Lausanne, Switzerland
Wawrinka starts the tournament with a dodgy knee and knees are ruled by Saturn. At the start of the tournament, he has natal Neptune conjunct his Pisces Midheaven, dreams of glory or is it all an illusion?
Transiting Saturn is exactly conjunct his natal Neptune, co-ruler of his Midheaven, success point on January 20, 2018. This feels limiting, especially as transiting Jupiter doesn’t boost his natal chart.
Novak Djokovic, b. May 22, 1987, 11:25 pm, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Djokovic starts the tournament with an elbow injury symbolised by Saturn, ruler of the bones in the body. Transiting Saturn is currently in Djokovic’ 12th house, a notoriously challenging transit for the planet of limitation.
He does have Jupiter in his 10th house as his Midheaven, success point is 14 degrees Scorpio. There’s no exact transit, however, although, with a Capricorn Ascendant/Scorpio Midheaven (11:25 pm birth chart), the current astrology could be helpful for him.
Other players to note: Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic, Gilles Simon, Jerzy Janowicz, Bernie Tomic, Benoit Paire.
I’ll write more about Best of the Rest at a later date. They might be out in round 1 the way the tournament’s going!
Prediction: Nadal’s astrology is strong – the one to beat.
Dear Ms Sally Kirkman,
What we have all been eagerly waiting for has finally hit the screen !!! Thanks-a-lot for finding time to write about the Australian Open astrology. January should be one of your busiest months !! Thanks once again
Thanks Sally.
Nadal has the easiest draw as well!! Yeahhh
Nick Kyrgios – his astrology demands a peek. He is fresh from success at Brisbane the season opener.
Also Dimitrov and Alexander Zverev. Provided, of course, their time of birth is available.
No time of birth for Kyrgios – Sun Taurus (April 27 1995); I do have a time of birth for Alexander Zverev – Sun Taurus (April 20 1997, 11:00 pm, Hamburg, Germany). Neither of them leap out with current astrology. Grigor Dimitrov is interesting – Sun Taurus (May 16 1991). Two birth time choices for him – 11:30am from the Bulgarian Astrological Association (but don’t know who told me this – maybe on this forum?) and 5:30am which I believe was Patrick’s verified time of birth? If the 11:30am time is correct, he could have a stunning year with Ascendant 10 Leo and Midheaven 28 Aries – 10 Leo because of the Jan 31 eclipse & north node Leo – exact late April – 28 Aries because of Uranus transit – exact late April. It would be good to get the right time confirmed if anyone can help further. Interesting that all three are Sun Taurus – Dimitrov Sun is at 24 Taurus so the Sun/Venus conjunction in the opening chart picks up his natal Sun and Jupiter is only just moving away from his natal Pluto. Not outstanding astrology for a win but in the mix.
Hi Sally,
Thank you for doing this. I do think Nadal has great astrology and easily go to the semi and meet Dimitrov. This match will be his challenge and Nadal’s loss. Australian Open 2018 will have two new title holders.
Sally you must also look at David Goffin astrology. Something happen since the 4th quarter of 2017. I believe he is a big threat to Roger & Rafa. I think he can end up in the Top 3 this year. He got the game & his serve is now a weapon & is clutch.
We do have a time of birth for David Goffin (December 7 1990, 2:35 pm, Liege, Belgium). Interesting astrology – Sun Sagittarius but a stack of planets round his Capricorn Midheaven at 14 degrees. So yes, I agree – one to watch. I’m really interested in how the Sun Scorpios, Sun Capricorns are going to do this year with the Jupiter-Pluto sextile strong until September and Saturn now in Capricorn. Also anyone who has a stack of planets in these two signs. A really powerful, transformational combination.
Goffin is ascendent Taurus, verified.
Nadal has a cupcake draw..so yeh no upset just give him the trophy.There is no chances of upset when you don’t even meet top 50 players till quater final.
Excuse me !! There is no cupcake draw. Roger’s draw , by comparison , is a lot easier . He is in the half where there are a lot of ” veterans ” & injured players & Federer knows how to use it to his fullest advantage.
Given Rafa’s form, rest that he got and draw… and of course the astrology… it is given that he will win.
nothing is given, you have to take it by playing well
Hi sally,
Just when i thought that there would not be any prediction from you for this yr AO 2018
Thanks
HI Sally. Was eagerly checking out for your post for the past two days. Thank you for your predictions. I am a regular visitor of your blog and likes it the most. I am a RAFA fan.
HI sally thank u for australian open prediction.on day of final for nadal mars which is in saggiratius at 1 degree is square to his midheaven virgo 0 degree. Transiting jupiter 20 degree is trine to his natal jupiter 20 degree in pisces .Transiting mercury will conjuct his natal mars but satrun which is at 4 degree in capricorn is sextile to natal pluto 5 degree in scorpio how it will act means it will help or create any problem .For federer jupiter will conjuct natal moon as u mention in ur articles means i use to follow ur website regularly it is powerful transit so sally u mention nadal has good astrology but federer transit jupiter conjuct natal moon is powerful . U know better than us please clarify.
Nothing to add at the moment to what I’ve said already. I favour Nadal’s astrology over Federer’s. This is probably a good time to add this comment from Maxi Be on my Facebook astrology page. As some of you know, Maxi Be often comments on this forum and I respect his astrology. He said this: “Saturn and Mars in regency, Roger vs. Rafa? Saturn Libra is strong in Roger chart and Mars Capri in Rafa.
Jupiter activates competitive and aggressive instinct of Roger (moon-mars) and the expansive NN near his Sun, he is serious candidate to win AO.” So he favours Roger and yes, north node sits between Roger’s Sun/Mercury conjunction in Leo during the tournament. I’d missed this so an extra nod for Roger to make history… again. If Nadal’s time of birth is super-accurate, then I still favour Nadal.
Thanks, Sally!
You’ve given us an insightful picture of the planetary alignments for this tournament. It’s so exciting to see how the planets in the sky can favor or hinder us in our efforts. It’s very clear-cut in observing sports. Does the player win or lose? Which player is most favored?
Thank you for your time, effort, and insight. You do a great service in generating interest in astrology!
Hi Astrotennis, goid to have you back, too!
Thanks, Patrick!
And likewise, good to see you, too!
Hi Sally
Thank you for posting this!
Kind Regards
Hi Sally,
thank you very much for your AO 2018 article. I hope you are fine and had a good start into the new year! Hi also to all the guys in the forum!
Sally mentions Mercury conjunct MC pointing to success of younger players: there’s already a 15 year old girl making big headlines and local youngster De Minaur emerged with a Semis at Brisbane and fresh finalist in his birth town Sydney. A defeat of Tomas Berdych (Mars exact on Saturn) would suit the Uranus Sun square of the Opener which already brings numerous surprises and I expect further drops of big names in the third quarter of the draw. Dominic Thiem could continue his downfall in his first round vs Pella with Mars exactly conjunct natal Pluto – the same transit meant his out at Wimbledon 2016. At second round, Sasha Zverev has Chiron, and two days later the Sun, square natal Sun, then potentially to face his brother Mischa who defends a Quarter final from 2017. Both transits build a T-square. The next big name in this draw’s area, Stan Wawrinka, comes back from a 6 month pause and has obscuring Neptune exact on his MC. I remember Stan forming his hands to glasses on court when he spoke about his incapability of making the right decisions against Del Potro at Wimbledon 2016 – with Neptune conjunct his MC.
Thank you, Patrick, for your comments. Always helpful to read and get another perspective on the astrology. Just one point to note – Mercury is the ruler of the Descendant and in the 10th house, but not exactly conjunct the Midheaven. This is the symbolism that favours younger players to make some surprise wins – I note a 20 year old knocked out Venus Williams. Although the Moon/Saturn conjunction gives the nod to the older winner, I believe.
Thanks Sally! You’re right with Mercury, I mixed sth up. Yeah, Belinda Belic mirrors the DC, too.
Nadal could face another tough battle in repetition to last year against World Champion Dimitrov. At Semis, Grigor has the Sun conjunct natal Saturn and the Moon precisely on his Sun. Bautista Agut comes with the title of Auckland and enjoys career highlight astrology: Roberto has Uranus on his natal Sun and celebrates his Saturn Return, often a time of reaping. At Quarters he could face Djokovic or Monfils (Jupiter trine Jupiter) when the Sun hits his natal Mars boosting him with energy.
Roger Federer has Jupiter conjunct his Scorpio Moon very precise at final and he will feel confident when this transit is exact one day before. With Venus opposite his Mercury he won clearly on several occasions throughout his career against average players. Progressed Career Ruler Mercury sextiles natal Sun 0,1 as precise as pr. AC sextiles natal Mars and pr. Moon trines natal Moon. We remember his last year’s stunning comeback was accompanied by pr. Mercury conjunct pr. Jupiter. Great astrology for Roger again this time!
Rafael Nadal starts with MC on his Uranus and AC hit natal Jupiter. As Sally writes, he enjoys Mars travelling through his first House and has an even stronger Jupiter influence than Federer: Jupiter conjunct his AC at Day 1. At final, Jupiter precisely trines natal Jupiter 0,2 as another amazing transit which often favors athletes to major success as Nico Rosberg won the deciding race against Hamilton to become F1 World Champion and Dominika Cibulkova triumphed at the WTA final both in autumn 2016. At final, Venus precisely trine natal Sun might indicate a strong limelight appearance and after 4,5 hours play, the Moon is conjunct Nadal’s natal Career/Starsign Ruler Mercury. This combination also effects him as Progression: pr. Moon conjunct Mercury (Career Ruler) goes along with pr. Mercury trine Saturn and pr. AC trine Venus – all very precise. We will see how Mars square MC 0,8 will play out for him.
So both last year’s finalists once again have the astro recipe for success with great Jupiter transits even. Nadal has the perfect astrological recipe for a champion and I agree, this time it appears to be Nadal to have the better end. His Jupiter trine even strengthened by the sextile to Pluto during AO 2018. What could give Federer fans hope is carmic North Node snuggling in Roger’s natal Leo Sun Mercury conjunction and Mars trines natal North Node: a triumph would be his milestone 20th Grand Slam.
Thanks sally for your predictions on the australian open.let me see what the sidereal astrology says.29th degree of aqurius rises at the time of the start of the australian open and MC falls on the 28th degree of scorpio. so saturn is the ruling planet and mars is the ruler of the sucess point. in the chart moon is conjunct saturn with in 1 degree which may mean a older player above 30 winning the title. moon is also within 3 degrees of mercury which can show a young player winning but moons conjunction with saturn is stronger.for nadal the transit of jupiter over his ascendent and in an exact trine to his natal jupiter is a strong indication for sucess. moreover the lord of mc mars is in a exact sextile to his natal mars in the tournament chart and on the day of the final mars exactly squares his mc.also his natal ruling planet venus(sidereal astrology)trines his natal career planet sun on the day of the final.federer too has got good astrology as already mentioned by sally so my prediction is nadal vs federer final and nadal winning this year.
Thank you, James, and everyone else who’s commented on here so far. Really lovely to hear from you and to read your thanks for getting the predictions up and running. It means a lot even if I don’t reply to every comment. Looking forward to seeing how the astrology plays out once again.
From the views expressed thus far, it is easy to conclude that we will get to see a Federer v Nadal final once again.
Not necessarily! I anticipate that we’ll see a few upsets here and there….!
Thank You Sally for sharing your views on AO 2018. For me and many others in this forum, actual Grand Slam Start is the day you post your views and open the forum for sharing others’ view.
Thanks Patrick for providing your views. Batistua Agut just lost the match today against Fernando Verdasco.
I dont know Astrology but I keenly follow this forum. From a Layman perspective, I feel this Australian Open is wide open as I expect some new faces to make noise. Let us see.
Thanks once again Sally !!
Hi Sally,
Glad you took time to give your prediction once again. Thank you.
What about the women’s grand slam. If you or some other astrologers in this forum can take a look at it I would very pleased to read it.
Best regards
Lydia
I won’t be looking at the women’s tennis, Lydia. I might do closer to the final when there are less charts to sift through but I’m sure there will be others on here who will add their comments 🙂
Hi,Sally,You said the best will win this title.In my opinion,Roger is the best one,I think Roger’s astrology is better than Nadal’s.
How?
Hello everyone !!! I love the predictions . It is so exciting already. Thanks a lot , SALLY , for another forum .
For the first time, we have Sally, Patrick and James predicting on Nadal winning the Australian Open 2018. I am very excited to see Nadal winning his 17th Grand Slam! He will surpass Federer’s 19 grand slams in 2018-2019.All the best to Nadal. Hope he makes it in straight sets in the final like what he did in 2008 French Open.
Hi Sally and tennis fans,
Thanks for the comments now Rafa has the chance to win all the grand slam events twice,
Rafa is the only player to give remarkable sucess in all ATP tournaments, i like to see in Rafa with AO cup in the grandstand, bcuz at this point of time rodger is old and djokovic is not in confident so Rafa chances are very bright.
Vamos Rafa
Saravanan. G
I do not see why it is necessary to calculate Nadal’s birth time at 7.10 pm, when at every astrological site the hour is calculated at 6.20 pm, which has always been the one declared. And if this is the right time, different things change in the current astrological evaluation.
At that point I believe the favorite becomes Federer, unfortunately.
Nole is a step backwards, too many planets in Capricorn that make quadrate with his moon, even if he has jupiter and mars in X, but as a large conjunction. Then the day of the final would have mars opposite the sun, which is coming.
Among the less noble names, I say careful to Edmund, Capricorn. He has an interesting situation.
dear antoine the birth time of 7.10 pm clearly explains all his career success failures as well as his various health issues.the birth time of 6.20 pm which is mentioned everywhere does not do it. i am convinced 7.10 pm is his correct time of birth.
I am not convinced of this at all.
If we do this game then we should change practically all birth times, because we would always find coincidences with triumphs or failures.
I read here some time ago that, for example, NOLE’s ideal time of birth had to be advanced by an hour so as to be ascendant sagittarius instead of capricorn.
But if we also look at the physical conformation of Djokovic, we see that it corresponds perfectly to that of an ascendant Capricorn, with thinness and a very sharp and narrow face.
We must stick to the official birth time, which reads at 6.20 pm.
Very briefly, Antoine, as I’m dashing out the door. The time on Nadal’s birth certificate is 6:20 pm, yes, but there was a big discussion about this a few years ago because Nadal himself has stated a different time to a journalist, which allegedly he was told by his mother. That’s how I remember it. I would have to go back through all the comments to find this out. The 7:10 pm time continues to work well with the astrology. Admittedly, this is an unusual situation but that’s the background to let you know. Thank you for your comments on this. I agree Djokovic is Ascendant Capricorn – he is quite goat-like in appearance and I mean that nicely 🙂
Sally, I believe more accounts for an official birth certificate, written at the time in the obstetrics department, than a vague memory of a mother or her interpretation …
You do not think?
Then I do not know what these supposedly more favorable transits are with Nadal’s MC in 1 virgin grade.
The exact transit of Jupiter in this monomer occurred exactly in mid-August 2018.
And what brought this situation to nadal ?! Nothing, he did not win anything, in 2015 he was in a black crisis all year, the worst of his career.
When Jupiter passed to this alleged MC with birth time 7.20 pm, he participated in the Rogers Cup and after spending two rounds he came out in the quarterfinals defeated by Kei Nishikori. Then it went worse and worse in subsequent tournaments, including US open and ATP finals.
It remains difficult for me to understand where it could be more “pertinent” to place his MC in Virgo in the 1st grade Virgo instead of 17 Leo.
Even if objectively the year would have been bad even with the official timetable and with the MC in Leo.
It is to be thought then that both birth times are wrong, because when Jupiter culminated was the worst moment of the bull of Manacor in career …
Thank you for your comments, Antoine. It makes for an interesting debate. I think also it’s important to remember that astrology is not going to be correct 100% of the time. If it was, we astrologers would be millionaires 🙂 I often liken astrological forecasting to financial forecasting or weather forecasting. When you’re working with cycles, in whatever field, you are in a stronger situation to make decisions/predictions because you have an extra level of knowledge that other people don’t have. Therefore, your percentages/your odds of getting it ‘right’ go up. They will never, however, be 100%.
Antoine, to me Nadal’s birth time is not yet assured as it seems with Djokovic, too. Novak achieved his greatest results in the past years when Pluto was conjunct his AC and we all see him as a Cap AC.
We had a focus on Nadal’s time once more at the US Open last year and the 7.20 PM put Mercury in the final exactly on his Midheaven. Yet what made me doubt this birth time while focussing on his career highlights and tournament wins was the fact that NO tournament opener or final of dozens of victories had planets or axis on his MC with 7.20 PM. This is very unusual to say the least.
To this point I was pretty confident that 7.20 is wrong, Mercury exactly conjunct natal MC (7.20 PM) at New York had grown my belief again in this time. Maybe we should just carry on comparing 6.10 PM with his future results and so far keep on using 7.20 PM.
Sorry, of course we are talking about 6.20 PM and 7.10 PM. I mixed minutes.
Hi Sally and others,
interesting to read about the birth times. With Djokovic”s birthtime as 1125PM and vedic astrology, I dont get capricorn ASC. I get Sagittarius. Then also does not make sense to because his lord of 2nd house (wealth, speech) and 3rd (courage .. all the essentials for an athlete) Saturn is extremely weak in the 12th house. To get a Capricorn Asc I have to change the time of birth to midnight. But it is good to read western astrology 🙂
Currently he is going Mercury main. This means mercury must be really good (12 slams and all achievements, 2015-16 the highlight). With birthtime around 6AM, Sun and mercury sit in Asc, giving the mercurial flair with languages and Sun causing the angry temperament. This goes well with time as 0030hrs as Mercury and Mars sitting nicely in the 5th house of fame and saturn aspecting Asc,
Strange how two systems work completely different.
Best,
Phani
James Green uses vedic astrology and we often come to similar conclusions, Phani. Different systems but both are relevant.
Antoine, just posting the above lines I remember that 6.20 PM would have put Jupiter on Nadal’s Midheaven at Roland Garros 2015 when he lost versus Djokovic in the Quarters. So 6.20 PM looks very improbable.
If Harrison vs roger, for sure Harrison will win Roger fedrer, Roger has less favorite and he has very tough draw as well.
Saravanan g
Im sry i meant the fourth round match possible between s query and fedex, there sam will prove his skills and won the match.
I am sure Dzumhur will prove his skills and win against Nadal in the 3rd round as Nadal had a long 2nd round match and is getting old…
I just knocked on wood !!!
I’m looking at some factors in effect for Roger, Rafa, and Novak.
Roger’s secondary progressed Ascendant is still within range of the conjunction to his Jupiter, a very fortunate progression. In addition, his progressed Sun is making a close sextile to his Moon. This also is a good progression and can bring success. And his progressed Mercury is within range of the sextile to his Sun. Since Mercury rules strategy and dexterity, it is an important planet in tennis. A positive Mercury factor to the Sun can express in success in the career. So, it looks like some excellent secondary progressions for Roger. However, a difficult progression is developing. Roger’s secondary progressed Midheaven is beginning to enter range of the square to his progressed Saturn, and this can bring difficulties in one’s career. I don’t think it’s close enough to exact yet to be a problem, but it could be problematic later this year.
Transits the day of the AO final include the Jupiter transit conjunct Roger’s Moon which Sally mentioned. Roger’s secondary progressed Midheaven is in Moon-ruled Cancer, but I don’t know if that’s significant enough for the Jupiter transit to bring career success. I do wonder along with Patrick if the North Node transit conjunct Roger’s Sun and the Mars transit trine his North Node could bring a highlight in his sports career.
Using the 7:10 p.m. time of birth, Rafa has some good progressions along with a difficult one. His secondary progressed Midheaven is sextile his progressed Saturn, and this could bring expression in his career of his mastery of the sport. But his secondary progressed Midheaven is also making a close square to his progressed Neptune. Neptune in difficult aspect to the Midheaven can bring disappointment in the career.
The day of the final, transiting Neptune is within 10 minutes of arc of the exact square to his Sun. That could be a difficult transit. Sometimes Neptune in difficult aspect to one’s Sun can bring low energy for some reason. Since the Sun is a career factor, it could also bring disappointment.
Now, this is interesting. Rafa also had this transit in effect during the USO 2017, and he won! At that time, Neptune was in retrograde motion. This time, it’s in direct motion. It will be interesting to see if that makes any difference. With the positive factors for him that Sally, Patrick, and james green have discussed, we may well not see any Neptune problems for him at all!
It will also be interesting to see how things go for Novak as he returns after a long absence from grand slam competition. This year, he has his progressed Sun moving through the 0 degree of Cancer and entering 1 degree of Cancer. This activates “world points”, when one may get the attention of the world. As his progressed Sun enters 1 degree of Cancer later in the year, it activates his Mars, planet of the athlete. I will be surprised if he doesn’t win at least one slam this year.
On the day of the AO final, Novak has the transiting Sun making a square to his Pluto. This could bring a powerful opponent or some other difficulty to deal with, but it could also bring out his own power.
The solar eclipse of Feb. 15 will be conjunct Novak’s secondary progressed Ascendant. My guess is that after this eclipse Novak will really become a force to be reckoned with. But it could be at this AO. Also, as eclipses are wildcards, it could express in a difficult way for him, but I don’t think so, I think it will energize him.
Well, those are some things I’ve been looking at. Please excuse me if I end up being way off. Transiting Neptune is currently opposite my Midheaven!
Thank you very much Astrotennis! You are our progression specialist! Always precious to read your observations,
Thanks, Patrick! I appreciate your kind support.
Hello Astrotennis,
Can you provide your astrological prediction for Andy Murray & David Goffin at least for this year?
Thanks
Hi, Mike,
Just a quickie look at some secondary progressions in effect for Murray. Actually, I don’t see any currently in strong effect for him. Later in the year, and going into next year, there are a couple that could be challenging. His progressed Sun will be opposite his progressed Uranus, and that could bring difficulties of some sort. And his progressed Midheaven will be opposite his progressed Neptune, and that could bring career difficulties. These may not be seen in effect, if at all, until 2019.
During Wimbledon this year, he has a potentially positive progression of prog. Saturn exactly trine his Jupiter, but that would need additional factors in effect to be significant.
For Goffin, his progressed Sun is currently approaching his Midheaven. This could bring an important time in his career, perhaps a peak of his success. It’s interesting that first his prog. Sun will conjunct his Neptune, since his Neptune is quite close to his natal Midheaven. Often that can be a difficult progression, Sun/ Neptune. But, with Neptune close to his Midheaven in his natal chart, perhaps it will express well.
Sally, help!!!
Anyway, in about a year, his progressed Sun will be exactly conjunct his Midheaven, and maybe that will be a career peak for him.
Keep in mind that there are always many astrological factors to examine, not just progressions. I think Sally has the right idea in going tournament by tournament to look at tournament charts, transits for certain players, etc. in making predictions.
Goffin’s astrology is fascinating and we have a time of birth – hoorah! For those of you who like to check out the astrology his birth details are December 7, 1990, 2:35 pm, Liege, Belgium. A stack of planets around his Capricorn Midheaven and I would guess the peak time for him will come when the progressed Sun is conjunct his Midheaven and his career planet Saturn is conjunct his Midheaven, plus Jupiter conjunct his Sagittarius Sun. That all takes place in 2019 – one to watch.
I was taught in astrology that for accurate predictions you look for a strong progression, backed up by a big transit and a small transit/lunation. The slower moving progressions aren’t always date-specific, they are often a backdrop for the year. Transits from the planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto are more accurate and when the transits are backed up by lunations, i.e. New Moon/Full Moon or a personal planet transit, i.e. Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, then you can really get accurate with your predictions.
The reason I like to look at the astrology during the tournament is that for astrology to work well, it needs to have a context, i.e. you want to see it playing out in real life. Otherwise, it can become very abstract and it’s important to remember it’s not a science, it’s a form of divination. Yes, it’s based on a set formula, the constant movements of the planets, but it doesn’t work like a science. It’s a different form of knowledge, understanding that’s more intuitive.
In an astrology consultation, I always start by working with the original birth chart to see what’s revealed in a person’s life, where the strengths of the chart are and the weaknesses. Only then, do I work with the timing. Obviously, we don’t have that luxury here but the astrology still has a part to play and as we’ve seen time and again over the last six years writing these astrology/tennis predictions, astrology can give a fresh perspective on a player’s potential.
Thank you, Sally. Beautifully expressed!
Hi
Hope you are well.
Interesting! Who do you think got the best astrology for AO?
Thanks.
Hi, Roger’s Fan,
Well, I look at factors in effect for only a few of the players.
I like what I see for Roger in this tournament. I think it looks better than Rafa’s astrology, using secondary progressions, a method I’m familiar with, and using the 7:10 time of birth for Rafa. However, the tournament chart favors Rafa, and Sally, Patrick, and james green are pointing out excellent factors in effect for him.
I think Novak is something of a wildcard, and my guess is he will be more of a contender later in the year when his progressed Sun conjuncts his Mars closer to exactly.
Hi Astrotennis: Could you have a look at Fernando Verdasco’s chart? He’s a Scorpio, aged 34 and previously beat Nadal at the Australian Open in 2016….
Hi Lucy,
I’m sorry, but I can’t find his time of birth, and I don’t even attempt to look at progressions without the all-important time of birth. There’s just too much astrological information missing without it.
AstroTennis, thank you so much for adding the progressions. Always really useful to read and be reminded of. I had forgotten that Djokovic has Sun progressed conjunct Mars this year (exact in August) and we mentioned last year that this could work as a reboot of his former success – Mars rules his Scorpio Midheaven so strongly linked to his career. I know Don Murray astrology thinks he will struggle until October 2018 and he was right about 2017 being an ‘unproductive’ year for him. I’m not so sure with Jupiter turning direct on his Midheaven in July. Will be interesting to watch. Just off to yoga! – then I’ll take a closer look at the other progressions you mention. I’ll be back 🙂
sally jupiter is turning direct very close to mc of djokovic in july but in an exact trine to wawrinkas mc.it will be interesting to see how wimbledon unfolds.
Hi Astrotennis, I think we worked out in the past that I use Solar Arc progressions for the Midheaven/Ascendant so this changes the Midheaven placing for Federer. I have it at 11 Cancer so a way off the square to his Saturn at 6 Libra. The Ascendant works out the same but I think it’s too wide to be relevant and separating from his Jupiter. I do however like the Mercury progression for Federer because it’s his career planet so sextile his natal Sun is another bonus.
Interesting what you say about the February eclipse triggering Djokovic’ progressed Ascendant – I wouldn’t use that astrology normally but it might create something spectacular? The Solar progression to his Mars is the big one plus Jupiter on his Midheaven later this year – both strong.
Re. Nadal – I missed transiting Neptune square Sun. If we are using the 7:10pm chart 🙂 it’s not that important because the Sun is in his 7th house – opponents. It would be important with the 6:20pm chart because then the Sun would be his career planet. I know the majority of people here see the 7:10pm chart working best.
Also a reminder to everyone reading these comments, there are always numerous astrological factors to take into account for each player and the astrologer’s role is to discern which are most important in prediction and in a particular context in a person’s life, i.e. Nadal’s Neptune square might bring disillusionment in love (Sun 7th house), for example, but not be about his career so much. Then, you would note other factors. I always try to be specific about the astrology for the tennis and, when you know the time of birth, the Midheaven (success point), Ascendant (self/identity) are most important and the planets that rule those two angles. Also planets in 10th house in the birth chart (career house).
Hi Sally,
Thanks for your detailed and interesting response to my post.
Isn’t it interesting that there are different methods of progressions? I’m not a professional astrologer, just an avid fan, and the books I happened to have gotten use secondary progressions, so that’s what I’ve been concentrating on learning. Of course, there’s always room for interpretation, and the all-important weighing of factors and evaluating where they might express in a person’s life.
Thanks for your guidance and professionalism. I always feel I learn by reading your interpretations, though I have a long way to go!
Hi Sally, brilliant assessment as usual!
I just noticed that Verdasco is a Scorpio, so perhaps you could take a peek at his chart? I have a feeling about an all-Spanish final…..!
Lucy.
Update on Verdasco (Scorpio):
He’s 34, has been as high as number 7 and got to the semis of the Australian a while back. Who knows?!
Verdasco is never ever be a grand stand finals, Rafa is the most favorite in GS ,fedex will decline as runner in fourth round or defently he could nt produce result against zvrev, federer plays excellent tennis but not after fourth round
Hi Lucy, Verdasco is out I think? His Sun is at 22 Scorpio so he will be having a Jupiter transit over his Sun and as Jupiter stations retrograde at 23 Scorpio on March 9th, it will be powerful for him from Mid-February to early April and again early October 2018.
Yes , he is . So is Wawrinka . A lot of upsets this early both in the men’s & women’s.
Sam Querrey (13th Seed) and David Goffin (7th Seed) both lost today. Novak Djokovich and Delpotro both through in 4 Sets !! Old Men doing good as per astrology !
Waiting for rogers match today, let us see how astrology favors to him.
Regards,
G saravanan
there is lot of discussion about nadals birthtime in this blog. with 6.20 pm birth time jupiter was on nadal mc during rg 2015 as pointed out by patrick but nadal lost. with 7.10 pm birth time not only jupiter was not on mc during rg 2015 but saturn was exactly aspecting his mc during french open 2015 which clearly explains his defeat to djokovic.i am convinced 7.10 pm is the correct birth time of nadal.
The birth time of djokovic is also correct. as per vedic astrology his ascendent is sagittarius. his 2nd and 3rd lord is no doubt in the 12th but exactly aspected by his ruling planet jupiter. this has made saturn a benefic planet for him.saturn is also mutually aspected by 7th and 10th lord mercury which is good for career and earnings.
And what would the correct birth time of Nole be like in your speech?
Always 11.25 pm?
Yes
Looking at the Women, Angi Kerber could reach the final again after her triumph two years ago. Pluto could stand on her MC and was conjunct her Moon in 2016 if she is born around noon. I see Caroline Wozniacki receive the opportunity to heal her wound never having won a GS yet while being WTA number 1 years ago. The Sun conjunct natal North Node at final indicates a major event and she could make a celebration perfect as she would recapture the WTA throne in the same time. Jupiter trines natal Sun and AC conjunct natal Sun. Progressed Chiron conjunct Jupiter and Pr. Sun square Pr. Sun both almost exact. Coming back from being confronted of 2 match points in second round she has the same psychological advantage Kerber used for her triumph after round 1 in 2016. Kerber would be back in the Top 10.
Thank you, Patrick 🙂
After checking Kerber’s Progressions I fear for Wozniacki her ‘drama’ could repeat and she becomes WTA No. 1 again but continues to lack a GS triumph. Kerber’s Progressed Jupiter trines progressed Mars 0,1 + Progressed Uranus conjunct progressed Saturn 0,1.
With the right birth time, Kerber also has Jupiter sextile natal Midheaven at final. Wozniacki has Pluto (conjunct final chart’s DC) in Opposition to natal Sun and a progressed Sun square.
I think Dzumhur will cause Nadal major problems tomorrow…
Only to lose in straight sets
Nadal could very well lose in straight sets
Nadal won in 3 sets
I just knocked on wood !!!
Ху,Салу
Тенкс фор бирт тајмс оф грејт плејерс.
Ју модерн астрологерс аре ин гуд атитјуд.
Гад хелп ју !
Richard gasquet had very poor Record against fedex in hard court and fedex won all the matches against Richie in hard court, but do remember Richie gives very tough fight against fedex in last meeting at shanghai, Now Richie had taken lesson from the last meeting with fedex and give high tough competion and he is waiting to break the record to start his count against fedex in third round match in Hard Court
Dear Mr Saravanan,
Federer leads Gasquet by 16 -1 Pasted below is the head to head statistics of Federer v Gasguet :
R. Federer R. Gasquet
Win 16 1
Loss 1 16
No Result / UE 0 0
Surface Type Win Loss No Result / UE
Grass Court ( R. Federer ) 3 none none
Grass Court ( R. Gasquet ) none 3 none
Hard Court ( R. Federer ) 8 none none
Hard Court ( R. Gasquet ) none 8 none
Carpet Court ( R. Federer ) 2 none none
Carpet Court ( R. Gasquet ) none 2 none
Clay Court ( R. Federer ) 3 1 none
Clay Court ( R. Gasquet ) 1 3 none
Gasquet has scored only one victory in Clay Court about 7 years ago.
For your information
And Federer lost in straight sets today 🙂
You mean he won in straight sets! I had to leap on to the site to check…
Sorry Sally , it was a satirical reply to Sarvanan .
The way he roots for Nasal that he degrades other players progress & achievement.
If I say something about Nadal , they will run away from discussion 🙂
Hello,
Thanks Patrick for your prediction for the womens’grand slam.
Sally, do you think that Nadal can lose against Dzumhur ?
Thanks
A pleasure Lydia 😄
I’ve never heard of Dzumhur before – a new player for me! Nadal is storming it at the moment – 2 sets up.
Federer vs krygios final will be a block buster to watch. I feel Federer will retain the title no matter what happens. Theoretically, If Nadal lose today or in round 4, and if Federer retains the title, he can move to world no. 1. This is Federer’s last possible hope to be no.1 again. Else it will become impossible ever. But Nadal is playing well, will be interesting next few days to see what’s in store
Last year, Andy Murray was Astro favorite, but lost in round 4. He was seeded no.1. This year Nadal is favorite, round 3 & round 4 will decide. Waiting to see those matches. Djokovic is also playing well. It’s going to be a perfect week for tennis fans
Fedex wont won grand slam any more and could not be #1any more , After round 4 he will exit from Australian open or even prior to that, Even if rafa loose it does nt matter but fedex wont retain the title to become #1 so go with flow.
😂 oh boy….
@Saravanan
I like your opinion about Federer.It is good for his age but look at end of January this year and Moon eclipses in Leo.It is very close his Sun.So,I think it is final year of his career.
Hi Sally,
I’ve always loved your content – be it monthly horoscopes or the tennis predictions.
While each of us is entitled to our opinion, we should all post sensible comments.
The posts by Saravanan are derogatory to an extent and do not augur well for the spirit of this discussion.
As a moderator, kindly do not approve such comments made by him or any of us.
Thanks, more power to you!
I have moderated quite a few and other comments from the people who love it when the astrology doesn’t work out! I’ll try and keep on top of it in further Grand Slams. I’ve not been that involved this time around. Thank you 🙂
Yes I Strongly agree with you and today it is evident.
The above reply was for Mr.Saravanan’s Comment
Nadal’s draw is a joke.
are you a fedal fan or only a federer fan because until now, the swiss draw is a big joke.
Really ? Now that A. Zverev & Del Potro are out , Federer’s draw is wide open. Besides having some ” veterans ” there whom Federer owns, there are a number of injured players. This is a superb opportunity ! Federer will grab it & use it to his fullest advantage .
Sally,thanks a lot for your idea to comment this sports event.
Nadal’s Jupiter is definitely making me happy… no players ranked 25 and above in last 15 GS matches!!!
Tommorow is the toughest day for the entire wrold tennis and i request everyone to prepare and to accept the result, Richard is ready to trouble his opponent, also Nadal must be careful in fourth round.
Its my humble request for roger fans
Sarvanan, while commenting try providing base here, you put your comments as if the things are going to be the way u think. Sorry to say but your comments does not make any sense more often than not.
Hi im sorry sally,
Im a Rafa fan but the way roger plays at this age is very high, If rafa and rogers could be in final what i feel is roger has little edge then rafa,
If the astrology not favour to roger he must exit prior to semi.
I pray to god the best will deserve
Alex Zverev out with Sun square natal Sun.
Tomas Berdych astrological predictions.I think he will beat Federer and Djokovic to reach the final.
Thomas playing amazing tennis as well , he is capable to beat roger and djokovic.
No rule all dreams to become true, but there is an interesting match between Nick and Dimitrov
To Anand
Berdych played with an precise T-Square created by the Moon to his natal Venus Saturn Square. The Sun could have sextiled his MC. Both transits are over next round. Jupiter sextile his star sign ruler Mercury goes out of 1 degree orb for his match versus Federer as the Uranus natal Venus trine still is. Venus trine natal Mars at Monday. Besides astrology Berdych never belonged to the mentally strongest players and has discouraging head-to-heads against the Big 4. With a 6-19 H2H, he missed two match points against Federer at Miami last year closing with a 3 meter off target double fault. Precisely one year ago, Berdych felt overwhelmed by Federer’s play as he stated in an interview. With his form, maybe he wins 1 set.
I believe Schwartzman has the game to beat Nadal.
Keep believing, he too will lose comprehensively, just like the one whom you supported in 3rd round.
Cant’s believe Del Potro is out to Berdych! Anyone think Berdych can progress much further?
Tomaz will beat roger federer and possible to meet Nadal in final, Djokovic put 100 percent on tommorow match else it will be a tough time for him.
And Cilic will defeat Nadal n all astrological predictions will go wrong like last year AU open.
Till now Nadal has not played with a big server .
And Cilic does posses a Thumping forehand .
Nadal tested by Schwartzman. Had many chances for upset. But Nadal wins the big moment. Cilic, krygios hopefully beat him. I’m waiting for Federer krygios finals
Fedex confidence was shake in second round as well as in fourth round, his confident will break by tomaz that is for sure, tomaz vs nadal final, we know schwart is tough, Rafeal plays a control game in 2 and 3 rd set. From here Rafeal will be tested each and every match but he will come up.
Nadal had been tested today against Schwartzman. He is a tough opponent & fought hard to the very last point. But Nadal proved to be a tougher opponent & emerged victorious. This is good for Nadal. I believe that he needs to be tested to be stronger & harder to beat for his next rounds.
Nick is Out from Oziee open and tommorow there is a tough test for both novak and fedex, there is possible chances that both will come out in few hours differences on the same day.
Nadal is the man to beat. Sally you’re likely to be spot on yet again.
My predictions. Nadal beats Cilic in 3 sets, Dimitrov in 4 and wins final in 4 against Federer. If Tomas reaches final, then in 3 sets.
Antoine you were right to focus on Capricorn Edmund 🖒
Its Edmund vs nadal semi
Nadal vs chung final
Nadal will b the winer
As predicted by Sally, Novak Djokovic still has some injuries impact. He lost in well fought straight sets match to H.Chung – 7-6, 7-5 and 7-6
Not a huge surprise that both Wawrinka and Djokovic are out – both suffering injuries going into the tournament and neither had amazing astrology to help their cause. Looking forward to what Djokovic will do later in the season.
Berdych astrology predictions please.
Berdych is Sun Virgo – b. Sept 17 1985 – no time of birth. His chart seems very precise and focused, strong Virgo/Scorpio combination. He has Pluto applying to a trine aspect to his natal Mercury Virgo and a major Jupiter transit later this year. Federer has the stronger astrology with the Jupiter transit of his natal Moon exact on January 27, although as mentioned in the article, it doesn’t relate directly to his career. I’d still favour Federer.
i expect djokovic to do well at the french open and wimbledon
Hi Sally,
I am really impressed with Hyeon Chung and Denis Shapovalov. What’s your take on them?
Shapovalov is a fiery Aries, b. April 15 1999 – time unknown. Uranus has just turned direct on his Sun Aries, often an exciting and dynamic transit. Chung Hyeon is a Sun Taurus (same as Dimitrov) b. May 19 1996 – time unknown. Tend to be sloggers and resilient players who are hard to wear down. He has a strong earth element in his chart – Taurus/Capricorn – likely to do well in a couple of years when Jupiter is in Capricorn. He plays Sandgren next, another unknown to me. Sun Cancer, b. July 22 1991. Unusual star sign for a tennis player. Not a lot to go on astrologically but Sandgren has the slightly stronger planetary aspect over the next few days – Saturn trine Mars. From a Sun sign aspect, I’d hedge my bets for Chung.
Hi Sally,
Thank you. Being Canadian, of course I like Shapovalov more but chung is also impressive. Chung is a carbon copy of Novak’s playing. Shapovalov is a combination of Nadal and Federer – they will be interesting to watch over the years according to their astrology that you mentioned.
Kudos to Chung for making it to the second week of the Australian Open.
Cheers.
Hello Sally
Tomorrow a big match again between Nadal and Cilic. Has Cilic any chance to beat Nadal.
Thank you.
There’s always a chance! Cilic is Sun Libra – b. Sept 28 1988, 5:00 am, Zagreb Croatia. He has Gemini, the tennis star sign conjunct his Midheaven, success point in the chart. With a very close Sun-Mars opposition (Sun Libra/Mars Aries), he is not your typical Libra and has a strong competitive instinct with that Mars. Transits aren’t helpful as Saturn is square the Sun/Mars opposition, although he does have some nice lunar, i.e. Moon progressions, but they are more about emotional ease and comfort rather than dynamic and go-getting. They do trigger his Sun/Mars though, so an interesting balance. I still favour Nadal’s astrology with the recent Jupiter transit of his Ascendant, also being picked out by Pluto sextile his Ascendant and a Jupiter transit to his natal Jupiter. He has the Jupiter-Pluto power combination strong in his chart.
Sarvanan G,
With due respect to your opinion and astrology skills, it does seem like you are on a single track thought process. While you can support any player you want, you want to impose darkness aorund one person and that, in my opinion, is unhealthy.
Edmond beats Dimitrov in four sets
Another Fedal final looming.
So many Surprises / Shocks ! Del Potro out in Straight Sets, Djokovic out, Dimitrov out – Chung and Edumund in Quarters and Edmund in Semis Now !!
Sally, Good for you UK Guys with Kyle Edmund filling the void of Andy Murray !! Superb play from him based on live commentary I followed in Telegraph
Kyle Edmund is Sun Capricorn, b. January 8, 1995 – no time of birth. Transiting Jupiter was sextile his Sun at 17 Capricorn at the start of the year and he’s had a run of minor personal planet transits throughout the tournament. Dimitrov v. Edmund was the battle of the earth signs – Sun Taurus (Dimitrov) v. Sun Capricorn (Edmund). We will find out very soon whether his opponent will be Nadal in the semis. He’ll have to lift his game once again if it is!
OK Mr.Saravanan. We got your point. We appreciate your liking for a sportsman as great as Nadal. We got it that your prediction (or Wish) is that Federer to lose before Final and Nadal will win Final. We respect you, we respect Nadal, Federer and all the players who put their efforts out there. Please avoid repeated posting. If you are basing your prediction on astrology, please do explain so that layman like me can find it interesting.
Nadal retires…..out of AO….I think 6.20 was the correct time.I think Federer will win this
Yes, he’s out. It doesn’t mean that 6:20 is the correct time however.
We just have to admit federer will always have the lead in grand slam tally against rafa or novak he is just too lucky something always happens to one of these two the moment it seems they are getting close hard luck for Rafa
This is bit of a shocker … Nadal Retiring.. Both Clic and Nadal played from the middle of first set to end of 3rd set. It was the 4th set that was one way… even then Nadal was trying his best. He is a real Warrior and unfortunate for Nadal. I wish him the speedy recovery !!
Cilic – he showed great patience and stayed on with Nadal. If he has not fought like he did today, Nadal may not have got the injury. He battled very hard and is rewarded with Semi Final Appearance !! Best Wishes to Cilic.
Agreed – a shocker! I was keeping an eye on the score and was concerned when I saw he lost the fourth set 6-2. Looking at his astrology, I don’t really see the issue, although maybe Pluto sextile his Ascendant. It should play out in a positive way though, especially with Jupiter in Scorpio boosting his Ascendant. The only minor factor is the north node sextile his Chiron, the ‘wound’ in astrology, but again not major. Do we know what was troubling him – maybe Neptune transit square the Sun was a factor, as one of you mentioned previously. Maybe Astrotennis mentioned this? So no gems of wisdom from me this time I’m afraid.
Sally, in retrospective, Chiron conjunct AC may indicate the retirement due to injury of the favorite (Nadal is seeded No.1). Astrotennis indicated Neptune in square to natal Saturn is direct this time different than to the US Open as it was retrograde. I wonder if Jupiter didn’t play out as expected as it points to House 4 and family in Nadal’s chart.
Patrick, I was wondering the same thing. Could Chiron conjunct the AC of the tournament chart indicate the injury retirement of the favorite?
The Neptune transit is square Rafa’s Sun, rather than Saturn. Therefore potentially more significant since the Sun is a personal “planet”? And Neptune is in direct motion this time, rather than retrograde as it was during the 2017 USO.
Sally, there was another situation a few years ago in which you said that a planet in direct motion can express more strongly than the retrograde? I think it was in 2012 when Jupiter was conjunct Roger’s Midheaven during the Wimbledon final, and he won. The following January, it was also conjunct his Midheaven within half a degree, but it was retrograde, and he lost in the AO.
You are right, I mixed up as I thought about Saturn conjunct natal Neptune in the forthcoming weeks. A lot if Neptune in Nadal’s chart. I can confirm that Jupiter often plays out weak when it is retrograde.
Yes, I agree. The planets do play out differently by transit when retrograde or direct. That’s one thing we’re learning from this tournament’s astrology. It’s also about discerning which astrology you think is the stronger and I could not ignore the Jupiter/Pluto connection for Nadal which graced his chart so beautifully. The issue does seem to be with the Neptune transit to the Sun for him personally. Do we know yet what happened? I haven’t heard the full story. Tennis is becoming a punishing sport.
Nadal’s results declined with Jupiter moving away from his Ascendant. At the first two rounds it was approaching and today Jupiter was almost 1 away degree from Nadal’s Ascendant. The trine to natal Jupiter was 0,16 precise.
Patrick, you’re right – pesky Chiron again! As you know, I favour the main astrology over Chiron but it was a complex chart that started the tournament. Yes, the Jupiter transit wasn’t directly related to Nadal’s career but still, it was rather lovely. Maybe he’s bought a huge home somewhere 🙂
Yes, Sally, one year ago Chiron was precisely conjunct the AC together with Mars in the Opener and it didn’t show any severe injuries. We all didn’t expect that the Jupiter trine wouldn’t play out with a final participation. I guess so 😂
Sally satrun sextile natal pluto has effect on nadal and again he is injured
Hmm, not sure about Saturn sextile Pluto. No major astrological factors indicating injury, more a lack of self belief perhaps with Neptune square the Sun? That’s not usually an issue for Nadal though. Sad to see him lose in this way.
Frankly i am shocked at nadal getting injured and withdrawing from the match. i did not foresee this astrologically at all. now in hindsight i am thinking the lunar eclipse probably had some thing to do with it. as per vedic astrology he is running the major period of moon and moon is the one getting eclipsed. just thinking out aloud. i hope sally will throw some light on his injury withdrawal from the tournament.
Hi James ,
Now who do you think will lift the trophy as per your astrological prediction ?
Can you please let us kow if Cilic has any chance .
hi tennis fan now that nadal has gone my next favourite is federer i had predicted a rafa vs roger final in the beginning but after this shock one has to wait and see what happens.
Hi James Green,
Nadal’s moon is with Rahu and in the 6th and his 6th lird Jupiter is in the 5th. Moon is the lord of career and Jupiter the lord if troubles. He has moon-jupiter period. I hate to say his gradual decline has begun. But astrology is one thing and karma is another. Astrologically these planets might have bad phases but they triumph:)
Best,
Phani
hi phani jupiter was transiting over nadals point ascendent and in exact trine to his natal jupiter during the tournament.this was what made me predict nadal will win the tournament. especially as he was running the sub period of jupiter in the major period of moon.jupiter is the 3rd and 6th lord for his libra ascendent aspecting his ascendent exactly from the 5th explains his various health issues he faces in his life.one can say jupiter the 6th lord transiting his ascendent exactly has given him an injury. but when jupiter was exactly in a trine to his point ascendent as well as his natal jupiter in june 2014 made him win the the french open.his jupiter sub period in moon major periob started in the 1st week of june 2017 when he won the french open and also went on to win the usopen 3 months later. so jupiter sub period in moon major period has not been bad so far for his career. i think some post mortem analysis is needed to find out the reasons for his injury retirement so that we may be wiser in the future.
James, what do think about Nadal’s future?
rinku i thought nadal will win both ao and uso in 2018 but after what happenrd at ao i have to restudy his chart.
Dear James,
Dis you notice Federer is underground his Mercury dasha, highly malefic being 2 and 11 lord in the 12th house of loss with ascendant lord and Rahu. Its a deathly combination. Worst willl be mercury-rahu and mercury-saturn periods. Good thing is mercury is combust in ascendant lord Sun. But the whole combination is not good for relationship with the governments (taxes etc). But overall I am worried 😟
Great thing is his career chart is excellent, he has the potential to continue for a long time
Best
Phani
dear phani in my experience i have noticed that major dasa and sub periods have less influence in the success and failures of tennis players.it is the transits that have more bearing on their careers.
dear phani federer is running the sub period of jupiter in the major period of mercury. his sub period of rahu is over.
Still thinking about it all, James. Will try and make sense of it once we know more and offer my thoughts.
Hi Sally
You mentioned in your introduction
*Hidden themes could be the injury fears that lurk beneath the surface, what we don’t yet know.*
It seems that you were accurate in your comments.. Or do I interpret you wrongly ?
No, you are correct. I’m still mulling over the astrology and trying to make sense of it myself. I did bet Chung ahead of Sandgren, just – feeling slightly relieved about that one.
Hi Sally,
With so many upsets, does the tournament chart indicate anything of this phenomenon? The only Top 10 players left are Roger & Marin. Are they safe ?
Hi Sally hope ur good just wanted to ask you is Federer now the favourite in ur view? astrologically speaking
Thank you for asking about how I’m doing. I was upset by Nadal’s loss and I always get a pile of hateful comments when a prediction goes wrong – which of course I spam immediately! I was talking with a client today and he was asking the same question when the score was 5-2 down for Federer against Berdych! I see at the moment it’s now 6-6 in the first set. So hopefully there won’t be another big upset! We don’t have a time of birth for Edmund or Chung – really interesting that the Sun Capricorn (Edmund) has done so well, as there was the huge stellium in Capricorn in the tournament chart. So yes, Federer is still the one to beat astrologically! Update: Federer’s won the 1st set – phew!
Sally, you have a superb record of accurate predictions!
Nobody can be right all the time, and anyone who has actually studied astrology knows this. Every presidential cycle in the US, I read predictions from a number of professional astrologers, and let’s just say they don’t all agree. Some get the right pick and some don’t. And the next cycle, it can be different astrologers who make the right pick. I always find it interesting to see what factors they are looking at, and how things turn out.
Astrology is an awesome art based upon the complex interplay of the heavenly bodies. Those of us familiar with it have respect for this and don’t expect anyone to get every single prediction spot on.
So critics, get lost!
Agree, well said! Sally has outstanding record and the best tecnique to predict sports events. Astrology is so complex with so many transits and multiple meanings attached (planets located in (natal) houses/signs/making natal aspects) and on top you cannot forecast the impact of certain transits which sometimes play out in both directions from my observations. A bit you can compare with weather forecast, I guess. They are far from right all the time and yet, it‘s super working. If you have the courage to fail, make astro predictions 🙂
Excellent remarks, Patrick!
Thank you, Patrick 🙂
Thank you, AstroTennis. Lovely to hear and I’m feeling much better today even if my preferred finalist, Edmund lost! He did well though – a strong showing for the Sun Capricorn to reach the semis. Pleased for him.
Sally, due to your high level predictions, it is to suppose that some people try to use your assessments for betting on matches. Players regularly receive sick comments from frustrated people whose favorit lost a match. Please ignore them, they are not worth it.
Thanks for the reply much appreciated
The way I see it, Rafa’s injury retirement from the match is due to two Neptune factors, both quite close to exact.
I have seen difficult Neptune transits to a player’s Sun express in illness or injury before. I didn’t know to look for connections to the Midheaven career point, but maybe simply the difficult transit to the Sun, a health factor, can SOMETIMES express this way, especially if there are reinforcing factors.
The reinforcing factor in this case would be the current nearly exact square of Rafa’s secondary progressed Midheaven to his secondary progressed Neptune. That could express in an injury impacting something in his career. Secondary progressions require an accurate time of birth to be accurate. I would say that the injury retirement is a powerful indication that the 7:10 p.m. time of birth is accurate.
Thanks Astrotennis!
Not much words. If Federer prevails over berdych. He is on the way to 20th Grandslam. World no.1 will be at striking distance. Best chance.
Tomas Berdych has Saturn trine Mars very precise these days and North Node trines natal Uranus. Progressed Mars is conjunct natal Sun. There’s even Venus conjunct natal Jupiter tomorrow. Could be a thrilling match. However, most will expect Federer to prevail as his astrology suits to reaching a historical 20th Grand Slam. As much as Federer earns this record, I think it is not worthy for a Grand Slam happening in the summer of Australia that the top favorite only has to play once at daylight. As a yearlong tennis fan I connect the AO with matches to hot degrees and this is an advantage for Roger (and Nadal if he won) that can make a deciding difference against others who almost collapsed playing with 39 degrees.
As suspected the third quarter of the draw came up with the most surprises expressed by the precise Uranus Sun Square of Day 1 and both remaining players kicked out several top guys. In the afternoon, planet of surprises Uranus is conjunct the Moon (conjunct AC at scheduled match start) which suits to the unexpected match of the ATP 97 + 56. For Sandgren, the moon runs towards a trine with natal Mercury – often the Career ruler for players. Sandgren has the Sun conjunct natal Saturn tomorrow same as Real Madrid’s coach Zidane enjoyed at his CL triumph 2016. Interestingly, is the same degree where Chung has natal Uranus! As Saturn can play out disappointing, too, that can speak for Chung. If Chung advances into the Semis, next to Edmund, it will once more suit Sally’s prediction with a young player being successful (Mercury in the 10th House).
Lol fair for all players.Nobody wants to watch world no 135 vs 76 on RLA and RF/RN on court 3.They sell tickets.You are acting as if they haven’t played a day match in their career.
I can’t agree that it’s fair to other players at all. It should not always be about commercial considerations, as the organisers would still make millions even if Federer were to play during the day more than once! This is just greed and makes them look biased. That’s not what sport should be about and the fact that the top players have played day matches at some point in their career, does not negate the unfairness of the Australian Open this year.
Federer played just one match during the day – and that was against someone who was just cannon-fodder and he no chance of losing against. The system should be more balanced and the organisers wouldn’t lose out that much if they made some changes and the tournament would retain more integrity and credibility this way….
These are excuses similar to what Nadal gave when started complaining about the officials that players are getting injured.
Well said, Lucy! Also many Women were discriminated by late match starts.
Pliskova revealed she didn’t get to sleep until 7am on Tuesday morning after her match against Strycova started at 10.55pm. Wozniacki had her quarterfinal starting at 11.30pm, while Gavrilova’s second-round match started at 11.59pm. This destroys the rhythm you need for the next round and gives opponents a clear advantage.
Chung Hyeon beats Tennys Sandgren in straight sets – 6-4 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 and reach semi-finals to meet the winner of Roger Federrer vs Thomas Berdych. Australian Open looks to be full of surprises!
Federer defeats Berdych 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
The way Berdych started the match, I thought he will give Federer huge fight if not winning it. But somehow, he chocked at the end of first set serving for the set and later it was all Federer. Berdych took injury timeout at the end of second set.
Hi Sally and all.
Australian Open is becoming a strange open. Roger is the last of the older players left in the draw. I kept reading your Australian Open article. Berdych was a tough opponent with his hard hitting style.
So, what is the astrology for the semi final? Roger plays on Friday. Cilic and other opponent get a day off.
Looking forward to the astrology, not a prediction game. Astrology is the only thing I am interested in. I am learning about it all the time.
Kind Regards
Interesting 4:
Cilic vs Edmund
Federer vs Chung
Who are your picks to reach final?
Mine would be Cilic vs Federer.
It will be Cilic vs Chung
We know Federer’s astrology – two major success factors, Jupiter conjunct his Moon – exact Jan 27, North Node exactly mid-way between his Sun/Mercury conjunction Leo – I like both for making history. Cilic’s astrology doesn’t leap out for me, although we do have a time of birth and there’s an interesting interplay between the Moon on the chart for the final (23 Gemini) conjunct Cilic’s Midheaven and Cilic’s Moon at 8 Taurus, close to the Midheaven of the chart for the final (12 Taurus). Intriguing, but not sure what it means. I want Edmund to be in the final and as a Sun Capricorn, he’s in with a shout (no time of birth). Athletic Mars is exactly conjunct his Venus at 0 Sagittarius on Jan 27 and on the day of the final Mercury is at 24 Capricorn 56 applying to a conjunction of Edmund’s Uranus at 25 Capricorn 54. Uranus often springs surprises. So I’m going for a Federer-Edmund final. Data for those who are interested: Marin Cilic, b. Sept 28 1988, 5:00 am, Zagreb, Croatia; Kyle Edmund, b. Jan 8 1995, time unknown, Beverley, UK; Chart for the final: Jan 28 2018, 7:30 pm, Melbourne, Australia.
I think you mentioned that an older player may win this yr. The oldest with the potential is only federer. However i m not taking chung lightly.
Federer vs Edmund. Nadal withdrew in 2010 QF against Murray. (British). That Federer won. This is going to be another repeated history. This time Edmund from British will be the runner up. Technically Edmund is better than cilic and he is likely to be in finals
What history exactly Federer is going to make if he wins AO.
To win 20 majors on the men side, not have been done before
When will Roger Federer retire? Will he do that on a high winning note or otherwise? He has few major Masters to defend in 2018 and it can be tough.
Any astrological prediction Sally,Patrick and AstroTennis?
I can’t see him stopping this season if he continues to play well and is injury free. He may reassess at the end of 2018. That’s when Jupiter reaches his IC, home and family, and Saturn opposes his Mars, possibly slowing him down.
Now no more astrological prediction of AI 2018 it’s clear roger federer is going to win easily.
Anyone have any ideas about Chung? He is a Taurean, born only a few days before Djokovic!
Cilic in final once again.Looks confident in semi final.Need to check his astrology once again.
Hello Sally, i really want to thank you for all the tennis predictions that you do :). People sometimes forget that you do this for us the tennis fans and its a pity that some people try to put mean comments here, such is the social media these days that its a shame. But its always to read your blogs and other content on your website.
To me , you are the #GOAT of astrology.
Take Care.
Nice – I share the sentiments.
BELIEVE OR NOT MAJORITY OF THE PPL HERE LOVE AND SUPPORT NADAL AND THE FACT THAT SHE PREDICTED NADAL TO WIN AND HE LOST THEY ARE UPSET. I WILL BE LETTING YOU SOMETHING SPIRITUAL GUYS, I BELIEVE GOD HAS CROWNED FEDERER AS THE BEST TENNIS PLAYER. IF YOU GUYS OBSERVE AND STUDY THE GAME EVERY TIME SOMEONE GET CLOSE TO FEDERER EITHER THE CLOSEST TENNIS PLAYER GET INJURED OR FEDERER WIN A SLAM (s) TO FURTHER SEPARATE HIMSELF. I BELIEVE ITS THE WILL OF GOD, FEDERER IS A GIFT FROM GOD AND I AM ALWAYS THANKING MY HEAVENLY FATHER FOR FEDERER
You have a point !
there has always been a benevolent celestial intervention in the case of Federer.
Federer is blessed !!!
the natural attributes plus the divine support make a magic combo
@Darth Universe: In the words of John McEnroe: YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
Facts @lucy
Sorry, NO tennis player is a god – it’s just a sport – and not all tennis fans support the same player so it’s NOT a fact, just an opinion….and when you state an opinion as a fact, you are stifling free speech.
What a clarity of thought and very well said.
Chung defeated Alexander Zverev in 5 sets – with a fifth set score 6-0 ; and Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Zverev commented that it was top level tennis from Chung.
Is there an outside chance for Chung ?
Not much is seen written about Chung in this blog.
Chung retired in the second set.
Federer in finals
So who is winning sunday then sally? Federer favourite or can cilic challenge the maestro?
Sally, your final take on this year’s open! Federer or cilic. Federer looks terrifically determined and wants it to win desperately. It seems Federer sweeps the opportunity available with him to add as many as grand slam possible
Federer has the best astrology. If Cilic wins, I will find it hard to make sense of the astrology. If the other astrologers on here want to comment, that would be great too.
At the outset, thanks a ton Sally, you taking out time to write up your predictions for Tennis fans is really amazing. Really appreciate that.
The way Federer has been playing it looks unlikely that anyone else could win. I am also surprised by many people contributing his success to other’s injury. The fact is that even Djokovic and Nadal have benefited several times because of Federer’s injury. Even last US Open is a case of the same. Federer had impeccable record (year 2017) against Nadal and a non injured Federer vs Nadal might have resulted similar results on a Hard court. Anyways, nothing to belittle anyone here – I think Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are one of the best ever. It is normal for them to get injured and not play at times when your career is 15-18 years long and that too at the top. Secondly, Federer is probably blessed that he is playing at 36 the way he is; most of the players do retire by 32 or at least not in their top form. Now players complaining and even people complaining about their idols being injured at this age is really ridiculous. I think it is normal. Normal to get injured when you push your bodies beyond certain limits at this age. The way Djokovic, Nadal and Murray play it is very normal to wear out by 30-32. Even Federer has repeatedly struggled with his back ache since almost 5-6 years; but he has a different style of play, give that to him that he is a master artist unlike other hard hitters.
The fact is (as you’ve correctly identified), Federer has had his fair share of injuries and until last year, hadn’t won a slam for 5 years, so clearly he is as vulnerble as the others when it comes to wear and tear and age catching-up in the end. He may be currently enjoying a swansong, but don’t write others off at the age of 32, because tennis players are going on for much longer now.
Karlovic, for example is 39 and still winning matches against younger players, so I think this is becoming the new trend.
Also, because other players have a different style of playing, that does not mean they don’t possess artistry and skills either! Murray has one of the best lobs in the game and it is a joy to watch!
Thanks for writing Lucy, and I am not saying others have none, but he is different we know how fluid his game is. Unfortunately any game has very very good players and the best. Djokovic is the one the best returners of the serve, even better than Federer, so is Nadal when it comes to his forehand and like you mentioned Murray possesses one of the best lobs which is a joy to watch, sure. I am not saying all others are very very good and even I am saying Federer, Djokovic and Nadal are probably as good as each other. Nevertheless, the other two have a different style of play. Mind it the long rallies that they play is very much unlike the old style where serve, volleys which is mastered by Federer and he of course mixes it well with some amazing drop shots etc (Again, I am not saying others don’t have skills). Any tennis player in top 100 has to be really good. So lets not catch words.
However, other top players do have a quite physical game that cannot be maintained for a long time. Secondly the consistency of Nadal and Djokovic have put them at the top and to win grand slams you have to win consistently, Sorry Karlovic might be winning with some but he doesn’t boast of consistency- wrong example. Being at the top like Federer, Nadal or Djokovic is different and playing tennis at 40 years is different. People play tennis even at 50 years of age and they run good. That is not the point. Karlovic is not a top 5 or top ten player and plus he is a serve and volley, so again..
It still remains a fact, as a top player like Sampras, Agassi i.e. one wants to be playing when they are still competing in semifinals or finals of the grand slams or getting out in 2nd or 3rd round. Federer despite of being injured was always a top billing and a top 5 most of the bad years, and may be in top 10 in injured days, We will see that about others.
Lastly, I am sure that Djokovic, Nadal and Murray can still compete 🙂 but my point was never about them not playing, but complaining about the injury. If you run like Djokovic, Nadal, Murray and Federer and you are over 30 years of age already played for over 13-15 years of professional tennis in your life, you will get injured. Competing against a 25-26 year olds and wanna run like horses, you will get injured. It is normal to happen, that is what I meant. Yes, you can always try to come back. Best if luck for that.
sally i too think federer has the best astrology but before the quater finals i thought nadal had the best astrology and now am looking silly.let us see what happens.
Thanks Sally..
I would love to see Cilic win this – as he was prevented from playing properly at Wimbledon last year, due to injury. Hope to see a good match…
No astrological predictions for the finals guys??? Please we are very keen on knowing astrology..
No need for astrological prediction, cilic is the man to take Australian open in his hand,
The way he road to australian open final make him to win, he know how to built Ace presure to fedex and the Ace presure make fedex knock out with runner up trophy.
Fedex is not a god but he is choosen by the god for blessed in all aspects, its tough to retain a trophy for fedex.god knows the best.
Here we go again….
Saravanan, your statements about Federer are entertaining to read. Whoever wins the final, deserves it – with that being said, I am rooting for Federer. Mind you, I do like Marin. I have respect for both players.
Blah blah blah
Thanks Saravanan, you are the best. Do you know why? Reason? Do you need reason for that? Really? Ohh, there is none..
Federer will loose… You know why? Do you need a reason for that? Really? Ohh, there is one.. I HATE HIM FOR BEING SO GOOD AND BEING AHEAD OF OTHER TOP PLAYERS 😉
OMG i never hate fedex he did so many wonders in tennis the entire wrold respect him for his acheivements,
Last year he playing amazing tennis in Australia, but this year his confidence was shake in second , fourth and also he almost lost the first set in quater finals he never had a major challenge in this tournament,
Cilic spends a lot of time on court And he is from Goran ivanesevic land both are huge ace players, Cilic treatment will be ace presure on tommorow to win the crown and i beleive tommorow fedex wont withstand that ace presure and lets go for the best
You are one confused individual G Sarvanan. Always contradicting yourself. Launching a tirade against Fed one minute then saying he is great.
hahaha.. Haters have no reason..
Just a unidimensional comment.. Federer looses no matter what.. Doesn’t matter if he is playing well, he is well rested, serving well. Even if in astro column where we are talking – his astrology is also supportive and looks good.
No it doesn’t matter. Federer will loose.. So if you are just trying to belittle Federer cause he is Federer, then you need one reason. You just need to be named Sarvanan 😉
Sally I am not sure whether you’ll publish my comment. But I just want to get your thoughts on how you could let the comments from Mr.Saravanan be published in this blog. I have been reading his comments for years now and his only agenda is to belittle Federer every chance he gets without any astrological or logical explanation for it.
You are not the only one who is unhappy so I have now changed the settings and will moderate Saravanan’s comments before they are published. To let you know, I ‘spammed’ quite a few that came in but as I’m not on the forum all the time, I let others go. I don’t mind a bit of friendly debate on the forum, that’s healthy, but I will aim to keep closer tabs on what’s approved and what’s not next time. I do take out quite a few that add nothing to the forum but I agree, I don’t like comments that belittle other people/players or are totally negative. Ideally, I want this forum to be about the astrology but at the same time I do like hearing other people’s thoughts about the tennis when they’re constructive, interesting, etc. You don’t need to know about astrology to publish a comment.
FedEx wins as expected
I am sad for Halep – I hope she gets to win a Slam in the future. She is an amazing champion. And congrats to Wozniacki.
Federer wins. Octazone predicted 5 years back. What a player he is.
http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/column-octozone-20-grand-slams-a-possibility-for-roger-federer-1869633
I remember reading that a few years back and like many thought it would be lovely but highly unlikely….what a pleasant surprise. Cilic certainly made the match exciting but Roger prevailed. 20 slams!! Amazing!!
That guy’s predictions are unbelievable.
He predicts most popular sports and 90% of the time, he is bang on target .
I know him personally.
Im Sad for cilic and halep where one points makes a difference and huge cost for them, Thanks to sally for this blog to entertain all tennis lover across the globe, will see on french open and all the people share their opinion on this blog.
Bye bye
Cilic will probably beat Nadal at French Open.
Halep and nadal will be a clay court specialist, lets go for best and i hope non of the big players wont skip clay court season,
When you 6-1 in a set, it is not one point difference. For all the fight Cilic had put in. I am not convinced of your statements Mr. Sarvanan. Now, it would sound wise if you stop being too biased. Your bias stems not just from liking someone and not Federer; but you wanna belittle someone who has played great Tennis all through tournament and came out winner in finals. The fact is both played really well, but Federer was certainly better player mentally and skill wise at the end of the day. Appreciate that and stop making comments which looks more biased as it has been. Anyone can win but not Federer was a killer and laughable throughout..
Hi Sally and All
Well done Sally, you was right in your astrology about older players win AO.
What a great win for Roger and Caroline.
It has been a strange AO.
.Roger Federer wins sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
Sally – You wrote on January 26, 2018 at 3:00 pm
“Federer has the best astrology. If Cilic wins, I will find it hard to make sense of the astrology. If the other astrologers on here want to comment, that would be great too.Roger Federer wins sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title”.
Applaud your confidence to make this statement. It is not hard to make sense of the astrology for people like you. Really enjoyed reading this column on a daily basis. Thank you very much.
Absolutely .
I am following Sally’s Grand Slam predictions starting from 2012 Wimbledon.
And when Federer lost the 4th set , I was still confident that he would win because Sally can’t be twice wrong.
Cheers Sally .
Will soon need your service for my personal issues 🙂
Just speechless … what a Champion 👌🏼 Extra Ordinary 5th Set by Federer👍🏼 At 36 years 5 months Roger Federer is able to retain the title in Australian Open and get to magic number of 20 Grand Slams !!!!!!
Thanks Sally for your service to Tennis I say it from My Heart 👍
Thanks,
Sathia
with federer winning the australian open the astrology has not been a failure at all congratulations to all who said federer is the 2nd favoirute before the tournament began. but i am still trying to make sense of nadal withdrawing with injury.
Congratulations Sally,
Again you have been right in your predictions. You are awesome.Hope you will continue as it is a pleasure for a lot of people to read your comments.
Best regards
Sally you had couple of interesting comments.
Federer has the best astrology, may be slightly less favourable as compared to Nadal, but he still had chance.
An older player to win the tournament
Favourite will be the winner.
In fact Federer was betting favorite ahead of all and even fans considered him to be favorite for Australia
He is certainly the older guy..
Lastly, even AstroTennis had termed Federer to win the tournament.
So I love it and my belief in astrology is saved from being shaken :-).
Thanks Sally and all for contributng to this blog – Astrotennis, James and Patrick.. Cheers
in principle we have to appreciate Sally. yes she picked federer as second best … … in spite of his advancing age of 36 and that Djokovic
and others were back to begin with….. it required the astrological gumption to pick the oldest as the second favorite.
and she stuck with federer against Cilic….. let us congratulate Federer and also acknowledge Sally’s astrological prowess.
Sally, thank you. Brilliant as per usual. Congrats to Federer.
Thank you to everyone who posted lovely comments after Federer’s win today. It’s much appreciated. The astrology turned out well in the end, even if most of us fancied the other ‘oldie’ Nadal, over Federer at the start. I’ll be writing my Update to the article over the next day or so. A few things I want to acknowledge in the Update so it will come in stages. See you all at the French Open.
Hi Sally. Thanks again for this forum. Didn’t want to say anything til the end but as soon as I saw that the tournament node was conjunct
RF ‘s sun I felt the chances of him winning were high. There was a definite nod to his destiny here and at 36 a nodal year felt that this too strengthened the case for that. However I do feel that this year will be a turning point for him as you mention.Magnificent to see him for all this time. A privilege.
Thank you very much, Sally, for the AO 2018 blog! I enjoy your update posting Roger Federer’s speech – he is such a great guy apart from his outstanding physical abilities and reminds us what really counts in life. Boris Becker sees him as the greatest athlete of our times due to his human impact on our global society.
Your prediction of younger players to play a role at Melbourne 2018 proved right in the Semis with one older player facing a younger one each. The Opener’s Moon and Midheaven conjunct Saturn (an older player) 2 degrees earlier than Mercury (a younger) may nicely mirror the triumph of the more experienced. With the Moon to conjunct Federer‘s Gemini MC 2 degrees earlier than Cilic’s maybe was symbolic as Federer having his hands ‚earlier’ on the trophy. As North Node is still in Leo this season, it is to suppose that Federer’s run will continue in 2018. For the Women final, my first thought to pick Wozniacki (after I switched to Kerber) proved right and she healed her wound (progr. Chiron Jupiter) achieving her first GS title while reclaiming the WTA throne.
See you all at Roland Garros! 😃
….and congrats for picking Federer right in the final! 👍
Thanks all to the other astrologers, among James and Astrotennis, too!!
Agreed, I couldn’t do this without the other astrologers who point out anything I’ve missed and give their predictions from their own astrological perspective. Invaluable, and that includes you too, Patrick.
Thank you very much, Sally 😃
dear sally your predictions on the australian open has by and large come out correct except the initial winner as nadal where we all went wrong.congratulations. your success rate is pretty high in predicting the grand slams.can you throw some light on the astrological reasons for nadal”s injury retirement.thank you in anticipation.
James, do you see Nadal winning any more slams esp French?
rinku at this point of time i do not rule out nadal winning more slams
Thanks James good to know.
Hi James, I don’t have a clear answer for you and I have stated as much on the article – see Update Nadal. It is bewildering. The Neptune transit square the Sun can be disorienting but it’s rarely about a physical injury, more likely a loss of confidence. Jupiter rules the hips and Jupiter was by transit conjunct the Ascendant, representing the physical body. Yet, I see Jupiter here as joyful and celebratory, rather than painful and disappointing. If Pluto was square to Jupiter, that could indicate a problem with the hip, but it was sextile, i.e. in a positive aspect to Jupiter. Nadal’s most injury-prone period coincided with Saturn in his 1st house, which is understandable. So I am none the wiser, unless it is actually something psychosomatic for Nadal? – that might explain the Neptune transit.
hi sally on closer scrutiny of nadal chart i found that mars was in the exact 8th of nadals natal north node on the day of the quater final against cilic and also transiting south node was in the exact 8th from his natal ruling planet venus(sidereal astrology) 8th generally show hidden injuries and perhaps nadal was carrying the injury to the tournament with out knowling it.may be this is the answer to nadals injury retirement.please your thoughts on it.
That sounds like relevant astrology to me, James. One other minor factor I noticed with Nadal’s astrology is that once both Venus and the Sun moved into Aquarius, they made square aspects to Nadal’s Pluto (chart co-ruler) in the 12th house. Both transits happened in the second week of the tennis. Like the Neptune transit square the Sun (identity), this seems to me as if there was something hidden going on that we don’t know about. Not necessarily self-destructive behaviour playing out, but along a similar vein, something behind the scenes.
Thank you sally for your predictions to perfection, with due contributions by James Green, Patrick and Astro tennis. I always loved to read your column exhibiting your awesome astrological prowess. Looking forward to French open.
We all had a very pleasant fortnight’s `tennis astrology ‘ treat.
Thanks-a-lot Sally and all others.
Hi Sally – it seems lobo is predicting more slams for roger
http://www.dnaindia.com/sports/report-australian-open-2018-federer-will-thump-cilic-and-win-his-20th-grand-slam-says-astrologer-greenstone-lobo-2579188
I just read it. that gives me confidence that if federer plays roland garros he will win. i also believe its possible for him a calendar grand slam this year
Sally,
Please add a “Like” button in the comments section please 🙂
Regards,
Samarjeet
I haven’t worked out how to do it yet! I’ll keep trying. I think I might need a plugin to do it.
Thanks alot Sally! Hoping to hear from you at Rolland garros.
P.S welldone for the prediction as you did choose roger as second and over cilic, keep up the great work and tha ks once again!
Sally, thanks again for this wonderful astrology/ tennis blog! There isn’t anything else like it. You always provide us with excellent insights, and we observe the mysterious planets expressing. Thanks for the updates including the expression of the Jupiter transit of Roger’s Moon. Also the Greenstone Lobo prediction from years ago about Federer reaching 20 grand slams!
Thanks also to Patrick, james green, and others who have contributed their insights. And thanks to the many others who helped make this an interesting, informative, and most of all, pleasant, experience.
Roger Federer can keep winning Slams till 2020, predicts Scientific Astrologer, Greenstone Lobo
Astrological prediction on how many more Grand Slams will Roger Federer win.
https://www.sportskeeda.com/tennis/roger-federer-can-keep-winning-slams-till-2020-predicts-scientific-astrologer
Hey Sally hope ur good, are you going to make the french open prediction? Hope that you will looking forward to them many thanks
I am planning to take a look this week. If the astrology’s interesting, I’m in.
Thanks alot Sally always look forward for your predictions, just absolutely love them. Please share your thoughts even if the astrology does not intrigue you if possible.
Thanks again
Hi sally waiting for ur 2018 french open predictions.I think nadal having good chance with uranus conjuct natal moon in taurus on day of final and uranus is trine to his midheaven ..
Hi Krishna, I’ve been looking at the astrology today and will post something over the next 24 hours or so. Certainly before the tournament begins. Nadal is the hot favourite but I’m not keen on Uranus transit conjunct his Moon. That feels unsettling to me, unless he’s about to move home! Anyway, you will soon have my thoughts. With you once I’ve written my labour of love 🙂
Thank u sally one more request if time permits for u for champions league football final on 26th kiev ukraine between liverpool and reak madrid who is having better chance for winning title since liverpool team is from united kingdom i want to win liverpool is there any chance astrologically for liverpool
I have a bet on liverpool to win but it’s not based on astrology!
So sally anything regarding the french open? Would love to get ur view