Sarina Wiegman

“The success of Sarina: she is always herself”

~ Hans Verheij

Last Sunday afternoon, a nation watched as the Lionesses, our Women’s football team, triumphed in the final of the UEFA champions league.  The match was nailbitingly close, involved a penalty shoot out, and represented a second such triumph for the team’s manager, Sarina Wiegman.  This week saw a homecoming parade and celebration in London for the team, with Sarina dancing and singing with her favourite music artist, Burna Boy.  What makes the magic of a successful manager, and team?  We came to know and love the characters playing over the period of the tournament, and I will look at a few.

Birth Chart

We do not have a birth time for Sarina, but she has the Sun in Scorpio: so she’s intense, passionate, and driven.  Scorpio is a persevering sign, and with having Moon in Taurus, she is doubly so (both signs are part of the Fixed Quadruplicity).  She has the Sun opposite Saturn, experience born of hardship, which hints that as a player, she specialized in defence.  She has four planets bunched up in Libra (Uranus/Venus, Mercury/Jupiter), indicating that the chart belongs to a Specialist.  Planets mainly occupying Libra means that she is good with one-to-one relationships (she is married with two daughters), though some have found her tough (Sun in Scorpio), but perhaps necessarily so in her role.  Mercury square Mars produces a critical mind, and Mercury exactly conjunct Jupiter a wide-ranging mind and love of travel.  Venus conjunct Uranus bestows personal magnetism.  Her Mars is square to Jupiter (over the top enthusiasm, which she  has made good use of!), and Mars is also trine Pluto (a powerhouse of energy).

Life and Career

Sarina was born in The Hague in 1969, and played football from a young age.  To make ends meet while training, she worked as a P.E. teacher. In 1986 she began playing for the Dutch national team.  From 1994, she played for North Carolina’s soccer team, and won the Dutch championship.  She represented the Netherlands between 1987 and 2001.  She retired from playing in 2003, and began coaching. She coached the Dutch national team to victory at the UEFA Women’s Euro of 2017.  It was announced in August 2020 that she would manage the England women’s team from September 2021.

The transits for that moment were auspicious:

Pluto (her ruler) on her Mars, all power to her elbow! Saturn was trine her natal Pluto, a supreme challenge, but one that she was up to. Jupiter was sextile her North Node, a major high-profile career advancement and karmic reward.  And her Nodal Axis was square her natal Pluto (ruling planet) – again, a supreme challenge, but one that she was up to.

The rest is history: she led the English team to victory, on home soil, at the UEFA Women’s Euro in 2022.  Not since our men’s team in 1966 at the FIFA World Cup had we had achieved anything comparable.

Her transits at the time of this victory included transiting North Node exactly conjunct her natal Uranus = A surprise!;  Pluto trine her natal Pluto, Empowerment!; Uranus and the North Node sextile her natal North Node – Karmic Success and Progress!  It was an astonishing feat.

Then, astoundingly, on 27th July, just those few days ago, it happened again!  This has cemented the record-breaking nature of Sarina’s career.  On this occasion, Pluto was sextile her natal Chiron (a deep experience), Pluto (her ruling planet) was square her natal Sun (she had passed the ultimate test of a Scorpio!) and Mars was trine her natal Mars.

It was especially noted that she was inspired in her choice and timing of substitutes.

Some of the Stars of the Tournament

A study of some of the women stars throws up some interesting astrological facts.  Though I don’t have the time on a Sunday morning, nor the technical ability, to amass statistics and spreadsheets on all the players, what I have found is intriguing.

Leah Williamson

Captain Leah Williamson has the Sun in Aries, a sign of Leadership, but again (as with all these players, we have no birth time).  She has 4 planets bunched up in Aries, and so is also a Specialist in her own way.  She has the Sun conjunct closely Saturn, indicating the ability to take on responsibility, and possibly pointing to her role  in central defence and midfield.  Outstanding talent is suggested by the Sun exactly sextile Uranus and trine Pluto.  She has a well-co-ordinated chart, which may contribute to making her a good captain.  She has the Entrepreneur Archetype, in the shape of Jupiter conjunct Uranus.  She also has the Strategist Archetype, in the shape of Saturn trine Pluto.  She has Uranus sextile Pluto, the ability to work well with the complexity of a team.  And Neptune trine closely with the North Node, a spiritual leader as well as one on the field!

Leah led the team for Sarina’s first triumph in 2022, and for that final, Leah’s transits included:  Saturn trine her North Node (responsibility earning her a karmic reward); and Jupiter on her Sun (an unequivocal Win!).

For the second win, she had Jupiter squaring her natal Saturn (all about overcoming the odds); a Mars Return 24/25th July, just after the semi-final.  She may have had a particularly fine moment during that match.

Choe Kelly

Chloe Kelly was also involved in both triumphs, and memorably scored the final penalty at the end of this year’s match.  She is a Capricornian, and has 6 planets bunched up in Capricorn and Aquarius, and so is another Specialist (especially in penalties!). She has Neptune conjunct her Sun, with Venus exactly conjunct the Sun, and, like Leah Williamson has Uranus sextile Pluto(the ability to work well with the complexity of a team).

She is the youngest of seven in her family, an early lifestyle which may have prepared her for working in a team.  Scoring the winning goal in the final of 2022, Pluto was on her natal Venus, Saturn (her ruling planet, and signifier of control) on her natal Mars, and Mars was opposite her natal Chiron.  She rose to astrological challenges, as well as the occasion.

In this year’s tournament, she came on at the end of the match, as a final flourish, and sealed the deal.  Transiting Chiron was square to her Venus earlier than the tournament and during the match.  Venus is an important planet for her, being exactly conjunct her Sun, and she had various wrangles to sort out professionally with the clubs she played for, coming up to the tournament.  Transiting Mars also formed a minor transit, a quincunx, to her natal Mars.

Michelle Agyemang

Another player who created a sensation was Agyemang, who was only a ball girl at the time of the first triumph in 2022, and who this year received a special award as “youngest player” of the tournament.  She replaced Alessia Russo in an earlier round against Sweden and scored immediately, equalizing and saving the day late in the match, paving the way for what proved a penalty shoot-out win.  Against Italy in the semi-final, she again scored a late equalizer which helped save the match.  Michelle is an Aquarian, ahead of her time (and old for her years!).  She has Sun conjunct Neptune (in Aquarius), like Chloe Kelly has (but in Capricorn), due to the eight years difference in their age.  She also has Mercury square Mars, like Sarina (a  sharp mind).  Her Saturn is exactly trine her North Node in Aries.

Her recent transits at the final were:

Jupiter trine her natal Uranus (luck plus surprise!) occurring exactly on 20th July (between the time of the equalizing goals on 17th and 22nd July).  In addition, Mars was trine her natal Mars

Hannah Hampton

Hannah has less of a specialist’s chart, but has a different role to play, as goalkeeper.  A goalkeeper needs a strong Saturn.  Accordingly, she has the Moon (at Noon, no birth time available) closely sextile Saturn.  Her Sun is opposite Saturn, like Sarina Wiegman.  She had me amazed, every time she saved a goal.

Like Sarina she is a Scorpio (intense, passionate, and driven).  She has overcome health issues to get where she is, including an eye condition which affects the sensing of depth perception.

Transits include Chiron on her natal Pluto (she lost her grandfather just prior to the tournament, a grandfather who had encouraged her progress); and Mars was sextile her natal Sun.

Teamwork is the Dreamwork

It is notable that the transits for the individual Lionesses are not as remarkable as Sarina’s.  I believe that is because their successes were a team effort.  However, there is an important clue to their team work, bearing in mind that Mars rules football and that Mars interaspects indicate work together.

Here is the clue:

Mars positions

Sarina = 23 degrees Capricorn, Earth

Leah Williamson = 22 degrees 09’ Virgo, Earth

Chloe Kelly = Mars 22 degrees 11’ Aquarius, Air

Michelle Agyemang = 23 degrees 09’ Taurus, Earth

Transiting position of Mars at the final win = 23 degrees 38’ Virgo, Earth

All their Marses work together!  And the transiting Mars at the recent final works with them!  Only Hannah Hampson, who works from a different viewpoint, has a differing Mars.

That’s enough researching for one Sunday morning!  But they provided what the nation needs right now, a good news story.

Aspects

Our aspects this week start on Wednesday (6th), technically with an ingress, not an aspect.  The ingress in question is Mars entering Libra, at 23.23 Hrs (for those who like repeating numbers).  Admittedly you have to wait most of the day for it…

That will a bring a change of energy, with Mars (the planet of war) entering Libra (the sign of peace).  It means that Peace and War have to interact, and negotiate, and can no longer ignore each other.  Either one can prevail, but they do have to try and acknowledge each other and if possible make progress.  Whether you have an ongoing tussle in your circle, or are interested in the wider world picture, this movement of Mars could be crucial, especially if you have experienced an impasse.  Brave and hard headed negotiations internationally with this sojourn, which lasts until 22nd September.  Put on your diplomat’s hat during that time, as when Mars goes into the next sign, Scorpio, battles may recommence.  This period could make all the difference, say in mitigation.  The Sun will enter Libra that day, which could help the transition (from war to peace or less war).

On Friday (8th) we have the *best aspect of the week*, Mars trine Uranus.  You may be able to swing the element of the unexpected to work your way, with this aspect.  It could, for instance, make for an unusual lunch!  Excitement may describe proceedings.  In science, technology and mechanics there could be progress and advances.  Engineering and electrical themes also benefit, so sparks fly, but in a good way!  You may also notice some bold and controversial moves.

The week ends, on Saturday (9th), with a trio of oppositions.  You may be struggling to keep various elements in balance.

The first of these is Mars opposite Saturn, in the early hours.  In dreams, you may be tackling a conundrum, for example.  This aspect is no picnic, and indeed if you are trying to picnic you may have all sorts of obstructions: rain, wind or wasps to name three possibilities.  Two forces may be pushing against each other, and this could prove uncomfortable.  This can mean a conflict in the outer world, or the inner world.  A day which spells the need for caution.

Around breakfast-time there is a Full Moon at 17 degrees Aquarius, effectively an opposition between the Sun and the Moon.  It will add heightened emotion to the Mars-Saturn opposition.  We might be torn by looking at an issue emotionally, then from a detached perspective, then back and forth.  This may produce a stand off between the individual and the group.

In the evening, we are faced with an opposition between Mars and Neptune.  Again, there is a theme of war and peace, and smoke and mirrors, about this opposition, so don’t try and be too clever, just try and stay away from unsavoury entanglements.  There can also be a sense of illusion (Neptune) with this opposition.

The week in bullet points:

  • Wednesday – the need for negotiation
  • Friday – sparks fly, in a good way!
  • Saturday – balancing oppositions: obstructions, emotional high tide, illusions
Date: Aug 3rd, 2025 · Comments RSS · Tags: Sport