Wednesday, Dec.17

Hamburg - Aston Villa, 20.45 CET
Odds: 1,80 3,55 3,95
Asc 21LE05 MC 5TA20 Moon 6VI24 POF 1TA14
Played on the Day of Mercury and in the Hour of the Moon. Not radical.
I would point out I am a Villa-fan in this context, but the betties hold Villa as underdogs. The chart lacking radicality moves the result away from the favourites. The Moon applies to the trine of her dispositor, Mercury, who is in mutual reception with Saturn, L7. POF at 1TA14 is trine Pluto through signs of short ascension. All these testimonies may favour the underdogs, so a bet on Villa seems fair at a good price!

AC Milan - Wolfsburg, 20.45GMT, 45N27, 9E12
Odds: 1,85 3,40 4,00
Asc 16LE35 MC 4TA31 Moon 6VI24 POF 26AR43
Milan, who are favourites, should still win their match since the Sun, L1, is trine POF.

The duplet gives the odds of 7,31:1
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Portsmouth - Heerenveen, 19.45 GMT
Asc 11LE51 MC 23AR43 Moon 6VI24 POF 21AR59
Odds: 1,67 3,50 5,00
Played in the Hour of the Moon. Not radical.
Venus, L4, is conjunct the North Node and sits on the cusp of the 7th. Unfortunately for Portsmouth there could be a suprize here. It's an exciting bet, anyhow!

Milan (Ita) - Wolfsburg (Ger) 2-2
Portsmouth (Eng) - Heerenveen (Ned) 3-0
Ajax (Ned) - Slavia Prague (Cze) 2-2
Hamburg (Ger) - Aston Villa (Eng) 3-1

Well, I got absolutely nothing right this evening, but the betties were well off mark as well. Favourites like Milan and Ajax only managed a draw. Portsmouth, however, showed off their stuff while Villa had to bite the dust in Germany. The curious thing is that were I thought the underdogs would succeed the favourites held strong - however, where I thought the favourites would win they only managed a draw! How strange! Something to do with the lack of radicality?

Astrology might not be effective at this stage in the tornament, when the validity of some of the games was questionable. For example, Villa jad been alerady qualified and didn't have to win; and both Portsmouth and Hereenveen had already been out rendering the game same as a freindly.

In such cases some teams don't often seem to play to the maximum potential indicated in the chart.

May 20. 2009
Thank you to Ficina for pointing out that the match was being played in Istanbul.
I have now corrected the initial chart.

Shakhtar Donetsk - Werder Bremen, Istanbul, 20.45 CST
Odds: 2,70 3,25 2,50
Asc 18SG11 MC 9LI30 MO 10AR36 POF 28LI55
Day of Mercury, Hour Venus - not radical
The chart not radical and there being no clear favourite. The Moon is on the cusp of the 4th applying to Venus, L10. Venus, L10, antiscia Saturn. Jupiter, L1, conj Neptune. Mercury, L7, retrograde, combust on cusp of cadency. I will stick with the draw, although I think Moon in Aries may benefit Germany. I lack confidence after making a mistake in the first chart.

The Chart:
Does the Moon in the 4th applying to Venus, L10, in the 4th on the antiscia of Saturn bury the result and cause a draw?

Shakhtar Dnk. (Ukr) - Bremen (Ger) 1-1

Me win!

But then Shakhtar won 2-1 after extra play!
Congratulations!

Well done, Andrew, for correctly predicting the draw!