Capricorn Research has always been interested in getting rich quickly. Unfortunately having no Jupiter to speak of and a very strong Saturn, this state of affairs is not likely to materialise this time round.
But there’s always the possibility of doing the research during this life, putting it online and coming back with more obvious material advantages next time round, to make the most of it.
This particular Capricorn is happy to do all the leg and brainwork to use the World Cup as an exhaustive testing method for assessing the accuracy of the Contests charts to predict the results of football matches.
They do say that generosity in this life will reap rewards in the next one so the findings will be shared with everyone. Readers with favourable Venus / Jupiter aspects and a few quid to spare, might like to take advantage of any insights gained to help us bankrupt William Hill and friends.
The Contest chart is a relatively simple method. It is based on a chart drawn for kick off of the match concerned. The Ascendant is ascribed to the favourites and the 7th house cusp to their opponents. The relative strength of the rulers of these two signs together with the Moon’s applying aspects should show which way the match will go.
All predictions were announced on Twitter before the game and can be verified on my account.
GAME 1 BRAZIL V CROATIA
PREDICTION made 10 / 6
JU dignified in CA for favourites Brazil. ME ret for Croatia. Moon rising in reception JU. Brazil win
Result Brazil 3 Croatia 1.
Jupiter for Brazil as hosts appropriately in Cancer. Mercury for Croatia in Cancer therefore in the sign that Brazil is exalted in, so under their power. Mercury also retrograde, not a disaster but not helpful either.
Interestingly the Moon makes no aspect to either Jupiter or Mercury, showing that this game will not be won in the usual way.
The Moon’s close conjunction with the Ascendant would be easily enough to give the game to Brazil.
If we look at the course of the match its clearly shown in the chart.
The Moon rising first meets an opposition to the Sun in the 7th. This suggests that Brazil would cause their own problems and so it proved as an unexplainable own goal by Marcelo put them 1 – 0 down.
The Moon does have mutual reception with Jupiter, each being in the other’s sign. This not only guarantees Brazil a win but also points to outside help. The referee awarded an extremely dodgy penalty to Brazil for their second goal. He also ignored Croatia’s claims for penalty of their own that were at least as good, and ruled out what seemed like a perfectly good Croatia goal.
Jupiter in this sense could be seen as the referee or even more sinisterly FIFA. Many people have pointed out that if Brazil do not do well in this tournament it would be a PR disaster for FIFA, so having a home biased referee in the first game would be a requirement.
Capricorn Research could not possibly comment, except perhaps to say that ” Mutual Reception ” would be a perfectly apt motto for FIFA.
So the astro score after game 1 is Astrology 1 – 0 up.
GAME 2 MEXICO V CAMEROON
PREDICTION made 12 / 06
Never forecast on VOC Moon, but who cares. VE for Mexico dignity TA, MA for Cameroon det in LI and 0 AS. Mexico win.
Result Mexico 1 Cameroon 0
Now this one is a bit tricky because this whole method of predicting contests derives from Horary astrology. Any astrologer faced with a chart with the Moon at the end of a sign with no more aspects to make, before it changes sign would be advised against making a prediction, because the Moon is suggesting that nothing will come of it.
Capricorn Research was inclined to go ahead with it despite this because it was unlikely that the match would be abandoned so some kind of result would have to occur.
Venus for the favourites Mexico is dignified in Taurus. Mars for Cameroon is in detriment in Libra, but also conjunct the Ascendant so in the power of Mexico. This seemed to be enough.
Interestingly, Mexico had two perfectly good goals disallowed for offside and at half time it looked as if the gods were against them, that nothing would come of their efforts, so the Moon being void of course was making its presence felt, but not enough to derail the prediction.
Astrology 2 – 0 up
GAME 3 SPAIN V NETHERLANDS
PREDICTION made 11/06
Spain v Netherlands tricky one. JU in CA for Spain and ME ret. But MO applying opposite ME could give it to the Dutch.
Capricorn Research was surprised to find odds of 16/5 against the Netherlands, so couldn’t miss the opportunity to put some money on them to win
Result Spain 1 Netherlands 5
This was tricky because Jupiter for Spain the World Champions was exalted in Cancer and Mercury for the Dutch was weak in Cancer, retrograde and heading towards combustion with the Sun.
The Moon, however had changed signs into Capricorn so the mutual reception with Jupiter had disappeared. Most importantly the Moon is applying extremely closely to Mercury. It is strengthened by Mercury being retrograde because both are heading towards each other.
It may be an opposition aspect, but that doesn’t matter, any major aspect can bring success.
The fact that it was so close accounts for the absolute thrashing that the Dutch handed out to Spain.
Astrology 3 – 0, and Capricorn Research first bet on the World Cup brought a tidy sum. Every other punter went for Spain, which is always gratifying.
GAME 4 CHILE V AUSTRALIA
PREDICTION made 12 / 06
Chile v Australia. MO for Aus in det and 0 AS ( in power of Chile ). Win for Chile as you might expect.
Result Chile 3 Australia 1
This one was very straightforward and the game was never in doubt. The Moon for Australia was in detriment in Capricorn but also closely conjunct the Ascendant. So Australia were weak and totally in the power of Chile.
Astrology 4 – 0 up
GAME 5 COLOMBIA V GREECE
PREDICTION made 13 / 06
Colombia v Greece. VE for Col in TA. MA for Gre in LI in house of Col. MO sep from MA app 120 VE gives it to Columbia
Result Colombia 3 Greece 0
Even more straightforward win for the favourites Colombia. This is about as simple as it gets. Again Venus for Colombia is dignified in Taurus, Mars for Greece is in detriment in Libra.
>Mars is also conjunct the Ascendant, so Greece is in Colombia’s power.
On top of all this the Moon is separating from a square to Mars, so the game is moving away from Greece. The Moon is applying to a trine to Venus, so giving the game to Colombia
Astrology 5 – 0 up
GAME 6 URUGUAY V COSTA RICA
PREDICTION
Uruguay v Costa Rica. JU for UR dignified. ME for Cos retro. MO app 180 JU gives it to favourites Uruguay
Result Uruguay 1 Costa Rica 3
This was a shock but a major lesson handed out to Capricorn Research. Before judging any Horary chart you should always make the Considerations Before Judgement. One of these is the Moon Void of Course, and this had been successfully ignored before.
A classic Consideration is that you should not judge a chart with less than 3 degrees or more than 27 degrees rising. The reason for this is that the conditions behind the question are either too premature to judge at that point or it is too late in the process. Basically it means that the Universe does not have all the necessary facts to be sure of the answer.
Buoyed by previous successes and distracted by the England game on that evening, Capricorn Research decided that 2 degrees 57 was good enough.
The Moon’s applying to Jupiter would have given the game to Uruguay.
But obviously not, so its interesting to ask why the Universe didn’t feel sufficiently in possession of all of the facts here. Maybe it couldn’t conceive of Uruguay being so slow and rubbish to lose this game.
An interesting feature of this match was that despite losing, Uruguay kept star player coming back from injury, Luis Suarez on the bench throughout.
Suarez has his Mars at 11 degrees Aries and has had an explosive year with Uranus conjunct it and Pluto in square. It seems that we can see Suarez in the chart symbolised by Uranus. The Moon is separating from a square to Uranus, leaving poor Luis behind on the bench.
You see if you look carefully enough a chart will give you loads of information about a match, way beyond predicting the result.
Unfortunately Capricorn Research did not look carefully enough and complacency took over.
I feel that the result so far should stay at Astrology 5 – 0 up but Capricorn Research only 5 – 1.
GAME 7 ENGLAND V ITALY
PREDICTION made 13 / 06
Hate to say it but Italy are slight favourites. Jupiter much stronger than Mercury. MO app 180 JU gives it to Italy
Result Italy 2 England 1
Capricorn Research didn’t want to predict this one and hid behind a confusion as to who were favourites. But really it was obvious that Italy were, so had to come out with the inevitable. Jupiter exalted for Italy. Mercury weak in Cancer, retrograde and now combust.
The Moon applies to opposite Jupiter so we had no chance. Its amazing that we actually made a decent fist of it.
Astrology 6 – 0 up CR 6 – 1
GAME 8 IVORY COAST V JAPAN
PREDICTION
Initially predicted Japan to win but withdrew it before game after experience with Uruguay and early rising degree.
Result Japan 1 Ivory Coast 2
It would have been Jupiter for Japan and Mercury for Ivory Coast. The Moon applying to oppose Jupiter would give it to Japan. The early rising degree means that its unsafe though because their are conditions still to form that will influence the outcome.
Capricorn Research fell asleep through this match, its a tough job having to monitor 3 games per day, so not sure what influenced it but Japan were ahead only for a late turnaround 2 goals from Ivory Coast.
Score still Astrology 6 – 0 CR 6 – 1
GAME 9 SWITZERLAND V ECUADOR
PREDICTION made 14 / 06
No more complacency. Switzerland v Ecuador, Moon void of course. CR keeping stum on this one.
Result Switzerland 2 Ecuador 1
Looking at the chart, Venus for Switzerland dignified in Taurus, Mars for Ecuador in detriment in Libra and also conjunct the Ascendant. This is all enough to give the game comfortably to the Swiss, but the Moon being Void of Course and Capricorn Research’s newfound caution meant no prediction was made.
As it turned out Ecuador were ahead right up till the end, Switzerland got the winner almost with the last kick. So that’s what the Moon right at the end of the sign meant.
Astrology has to have this one so 7 – 0 , CR still 6 – 1 but a bit more courage would have made it 7.
GAME 10 FRANCE V HONDURAS
PREDICTION made 14 / 06
Ditto France v Honduras as early degree rising. No prediction.
The Moon had moved into Aquarius, and made no major aspects to either Jupiter for France or Mercury for Honduras. Inconjunctions ( 150 degree aspects ) are not generally used in contest charts because you have to draw the line somewhere. It is worth noting that if they were, the Moon’s separating from this aspect to Mercury would give the game to France.
Astrology 7 – 0 CR 6 – 1
>GAME 11 ARGENTINA V BOSNIA
PREDICTION made 15 / 06
Arg v Bos. Not happy when MO is a significator. JU 0 7th could mean shock. Newfound caution means no prediction.
Result Argentina 2 Bosnia 1
Its always difficult if Cancer is either rising or setting, because the Moon becomes one of the teams significators. This means its hard to know whether its aspects count or not. So on balance, this type of chart is one to avoid.
In theory a case could be made for either side. The Moon applying square to Saturn would suggest Argentina, whilst Jupiter conjunct the 7th house could point to Bosnia.
Astrology 7 – 0 CR 6 – 1
GAME 12 GERMANY V PORTUGAL
PREDICTION made 15 / 06
Moon separating from trine to Mars and applying to square Venus gives it favourites Germany
Result Germany 4 – Portugal 0
>Again as straightforward as they come. Venus for Germany dignified in Taurus, Mars for Portugal detriment in Libra and conjunct the Ascendant means Portugal are totally under the control of Germany.
The Moon is separating from a trine to Mars and applying to a square to Venus, so Germany win on both counts. The closeness of the separating aspect to Mars could well be the reason for the thrashing.
Astrology 8 – 0 CR 7 – 1
GAME 13 IRAN V NIGERIA
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
Iran v Nigeria. JU in CA and ME ret and comb should be Nigeria, but 3 deg rising and no MO asps means no prediction.
Result Iran 0 Nigeria 0
Just over three degrees rising should not be a problem. The rule is strict, so 3 .08 is fine to judge in the same way that 2.57 is not.
The problem here is that the Moon makes no aspect to either Jupiter for Nigeria or Mercury for Iran. So a draw is what the chart is actually saying. Wouldn’t recommend making a prediction of it though.
Still makes it Astrology 9 – 0. CR 7 – 1
GAME 14 GHANA V USA
PREDICTION made before game. Didn’t make it on Twitter, but did put money on USA to win at 2/1
Result Ghana 1 USA 2
This was a simple one. As mentioned before, Capricorn Research doesn’t like it when Cancer is rising or setting. The deciding factor is that the Moon is separating from a square to Saturn for the favourites Ghana. That and Jupiter conjunct the 7th house cusp gives it to the USA.
A particularly interesting factor here is that the Moon is on 4 minutes after Saturn, and the USA scored the first goal in 30 seconds. So the game goes away from Ghana right from the start.
Astrology 10 – 0, CR 8 – 1 and with an improved bank balance to boot.
GAME 15 BELGIUM V ALGERIA
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
Moon VOC so not predicting this one. But VE in TA should give it to Belgium. Maybe another late dramatic winner
Result Belgium 2 Algeria 1
Anyone with better eyesight than Capricorn Research can see clearly that the Moon is not void of course, it still has to make a trine to Mercury.
Venus for Belgium is dignified in Taurus, Mars for Algeria is in detriment and conjunct the Ascendant so Algeria are under Belgium’s power.
Uranus is closely conjunct the 7th cusp though so some element of a shock has to be included.
Algeria parked the bus the whole game, with a tenacious strong defence marshalled by two players who had Pluto / Mars transits. They got a surprise break away penalty goal and held onto it for over an hour.
As with the Moon late in the sign, Belgium made a late comeback scoring twice in the last 20 minutes.
So astrology 11 – 0 up. Overcautious CR still 8 – 1.
GAME 16 BRAZIL V MEXICO
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
Brazil v Mexico JU for Brazil dig in CA. ME for Mexico ret and combust. MO app to 120 JU so Brazil to win.
Result Brazil 0 Mexico 0
Jupiter for Brazil exalted in Cancer, Mercury for Mexico retrograde and combust.
The Moon applies to trine Jupiter. In a way its understandable that a mistake could be made because the Moon is 23 degrees away from Jupiter, perhaps to long for a football match.
On the other hand the Moon is in mutual reception with Jupiter so it should give Brazil the win.
Why did it go wrong. It was all down to Mexican goalkeeper
Guillermo Ochoa, who produced a stunning series of saves to deny the hosts.
After the mutual reception of their first game and the gifts from the referee, this time it worked against Brazil. Why ? Because Jupiter was conjunct Ochoa’s Sun and Mars .
So we have a clear case of an individual’s transits having a final say over the chart for the match.
But with the Moon conjunct Neptune in Pisces, even the Universe was confused about the outcome here.
Still as this article is concerned with predicting the results based solely on the chart of the game, this one has to go down as the method’s first mistake.
Astrology 11 – 1, CR 8 – 2.
GAME 17 RUSSIA V SOUTH KOREA
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
No idea !
Result Russia 1 Korea 1
Here we have another instance of Cancer setting, so the Moon becomes Korea’s significator. Don’t know what the chart is saying here, perhaps its suggesting a draw.
Still Astrology 11 – 1, CR 8 – 2
GAME 18 AUSTRALIA V NETHERLANDS
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
No contest. Dutch win but not as easily as against Spain
Result Netherlands 3 Australia 2
It certainly wasn’t as easy as the Spain game. At one point Australia were 2 -1 up, but Van Persie and Robben did it again.
Usual stuff for these 1 pm kickoffs with Venus for Netherlands in Taurus and Mars for Australia in Libra conjunct Ascendant.
The Moon’s applying sextile to Venus, gives the game to the Dutch eventually. An orb of 11 degrees shows they had to wait until the end
Astrology 12 – 1, CR 9 – 2
GAME 19 SPAIN V CHILE
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
MO reception and 120 with JU for Spain. Holders to finally get a win. Will VDB drop Casillas ? Saturn says he should.
Result Spain 0 Chile 2
The biggest shock so far. The holders dumped out of the tournament after 2 games.
Astrologically massive shock too.
Jupiter for Spain exalted, Mercury for Chile retrograde and combust.
The Moon is applying to trine Jupiter and is in mutual reception.
This result is hard to explain. Perhaps its a question mark around traditional sign rulerships. If we give Pisces to Neptune rather than Jupiter, the mutual reception disappears. This might also help to explain the Brazil result.
Its still in trine, though and 9 degrees is not that far an orb.
The only thing that occurs is that because we are talking about a tournament, the choice of favourites might be in dispute. Spain having been so soundly thrashed by the Dutch could be considered the underdogs as Chile having won their first game were 3 points ahead of them.
Forecasting is difficult enough without having to constantly question who the favourites are.
Will have to put this down as another error for the method
Astrology 12 – 2, CR 9 -3.
GAME 20 CAMEROON V CROATIA
PREDICTION made 16 / 06
Late ASC so not interested. Opportunity for an early night.
Result Cameroon 0 Croatia 4
This is a chart where you could make a case for almost any result. Most of the standard factors suggest a win for the favourites, but there is also the very close conjunction of Mercury with the 7th house cusp which might suggest an upset.
Fortunately the chart has a late degree rising so is unjudgeable. Since they left Brazil there have been allegations that some Cameroon players were bribed to throw games, this one in particular is being referred to. Could this be what this late Ascendant means. Result already determined in advance ?
Astrology still 12 – 2, CR 9 – 3
GAME 21 COLOMBIA V IVORY COAST
PREDICTION 18 / 06
Moon makes no aspects Venus or Mars. Venus for Colombia is stronger but not predicting here.
Result Colombia 2 Ivory Coast 1
Again there is the usual strength of the favourites Colombia for these 1 pm kickoffs but its the Moon’s next aspects that count and as its not applying to Venus or Mars, the safe thing to do is make no prediction.
Astrology 12 – 2, CR 9 – 3
GAME 22 ENGLAND V URUGUAY
PREDICTION made 18 / 06
Moon is VOC so will probably regret this one. England favourites so JU exalted. ME for Ur detriment, retro, combust. Mutual reception between Moon and Jupiter means England win tomorrow, fingers well and truly crossed here.
Result Uruguay 2 England 1
Its hard to work out which was the worst performance here, that of England or Capricorn Research.
The Moon was not void of course, it had one very significant aspect to make, the square to Mercury. This aspect was also extremely close, meaning that the game would definitely be won by Uruguay. It also entirely cancels out any possible reception between the Moon and Jupiter.
That this obvious aspect was missed is a source of considerable embarrassment and the only excuses that can be put forward are that subjectivity and alcohol impaired judgement. The defence for this was that the Moon was in Pisces in square to a retrograde and combust Mercury. Most astrologers would understand.
Incidentally Mercury described the winning goal perfectly. Mercury was retrograde (an inadvertent back header ) conjunct the Sun ( by the captain ) in Gemini ( Steven Gerrard’s sign ).
GAME 23 JAPAN V GREECE
PREDICTION made 18 / 06
Chart saying nothing much so no prediction. Does anyone care ? Thought not.
Result Japan 0 Greece 0
This is another of those horrible ones with the Moon as a significator. Its possible that Jupiter being so close to the 7th cusp could suggest an upset, but its just advisable to ignore these ones.
Astrology 13 – 2, CR 9 – 4
GAME 24 ITALY V COSTA RICA
PREDICTION made 19 / 06
27 degree 20 rising so no prediction. Venus for Italy is much stronger than Mars for Costa Rica however
Result Italy 0 Costa Rica 1
On seeing this one had a late degree rising, it was immediately dismissed without further consideration. The chart however clearly shows a Costa Rica win as the Moon is applying to oppose Mars. The fact that Venus is stronger than Mars is a simple statement of the teams relative global standings.
So this one has to be Astrology 14 – 2, CR still 9 – 4
GAME 25 FRANCE V SWITZERLAND
PREDICTION made 19 / 06
JU for France exalted, ME for Swiss retro, combust. Moon 90 JU so France to win late in game
Result France 5 Switzerland 2
The Moon applying to square Jupiter meant a win for France. The distance of 12 degrees between them contributed to the prediction that they would win it late on, but obviously that wasn’t the case. The Moon’s position in the explosive Mars / Uranus / Pluto T Square accounted for all the goals.
Astrology 15 – 2 CR 10 – 4
GAME 26 ECUADOR V HONDURAS
PREDICTION made 19 / 06
chart showing nothing. Universe simply not interested
Result Ecuador 2 Honduras 1
This is another situation where the Moon being a significator confuses things, but it makes no aspects to Saturn the planet that rules Ecuador so nothing to say at all.
Astrology still 15 – 2 CR 10 – 4
GAME 27 ARGENTINA V IRAN
PREDICTION made 20 / 6
VE in TA, MA det and 0 ASC. MO no aspects to either so no prediction though Arg will obviously win
Result Argentina 1 Iran 0
This was a fascinating game, with the strong favourites Argentina expected to crush Iran but only winning thanks to a Lionel Messi goal in the last few minutes. The Moon makes no aspects to either Venus or Mars so no prediction could be made.
Astrology 15 – 2 CR 10 – 4
GAME 28 GERMANY V GHANA
PREDICTION made 20 / 6
Moon is separating from 90 JU and applying 60 ME. A clear win for Ghana ! I know, crazy prediction.
