After predicting the winners these last two years, I will attempt to make it third time lucky.\u00a0 Though it did not win me popularity last year: some felt I should have predicted Andy Murray to win, and resented that I didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Here as starters are the first four seeds from the women\u2019s and men\u2019s players, and I will be adding updates and forecasts in blogs and comments throughout Wimbledon, as I have in previous years.<\/p>\n
Serena Williams, No. 1 Women\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Serena Williams is now regarded as one of the greatest female tennis players of our time.\u00a0 What features of her chart stand out?\u00a0 A competitive Mars in Leo closely sextiles Jupiter (enthusiasm and luck) and Saturn (precision).\u00a0 She has the brilliance of Uranus trine North Node.\u00a0 Her sister Venus of course is also a great player, and Serena has Mercury in Libra square her Nodal Axis, which may indicate sibling rivalry on the tennis court.\u00a0 But what they both have is Venus square Mars, and Serena has it exact.\u00a0 Maybe this is a key to her success.<\/p>\n She begins Wimbledon with Jupiter trine her Venus, and has the afterglow of recently winning the French Open.\u00a0 Mars also trines her Jupiter (energy added to her enthusiasm) and enhances her own natal Mars-Jupiter sextile.\u00a0 Should have a splendid start to Wimbledon.\u00a0 In the first round she plays Mandy Minella who has some good aspects, but nothing I feel strong enough to upset the status quo.\u00a0 Serena finishes Wimbledon with Jupiter sextile her Ascendant (in supreme physical shape).<\/p>\n Novak Djokovic,No. 1 Men\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n I was working without a birth time last year, but now find he has a competitive Leo Ascendant in a Grand Trine with Jupiter and Saturn, which is a powerful configuration.\u00a0 His Moon in Pisces in 8th<\/sup> House is very instinctive and sextiles his Sun in Gemini (he\u2019s a great mimic) in 10th<\/sup> House (he knows his own mind).\u00a0 Having the Sun sextile Moon and Jupiter trine Saturn gives him a great deal of balance and measure and the ability to centre himself.\u00a0 He has the odd temper tantrum (Moon square Mars). \u00a0He is proud of his Serbian roots and they go deep (Pluto on his I.C.).<\/p>\n He begins Wimbledon with Mars on his Mercury \u2013 sharp, but possibly accident-prone.\u00a0 Neptune also sextiles his natal Venus so his mind may be on his personal life, or he may display added grace on the tennis court.\u00a0 In the first round he plays Florian Mayer who has some interesting transits, and could give him a good match.\u00a0 Djokovic ends Wimbledon with Mars opposite Uranus, so could be plagued with something like a dodgy ankle throughout.\u00a0 He is born a week apart from Andy Murray and some of their transits are similar.\u00a0 I will be watching for any parallels. <\/b><\/p>\n Victoria Azarenka, No. 2 Women\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Azarenka is a Sun Leo with a fiery Mars in the same sign.\u00a0 She has the exuberant Mars sextile Jupiter like Serena Williams, but 2 degrees apart as distinct from Serena\u2019s 1 degree apart (which may often give Serena the edge!).\u00a0 Azarenka\u2019s Moon is in Cancer, suitable to the ebb and flow of tennis action (many tennis champions are Cancerians or Librans).\u00a0 She has Venus trine Saturn\/Neptune which gives her dedication and inspiration in combination, and Mars on the South Node (the past life warrior archetupe).\u00a0 Great inner strength is shown in her chart by Chiron closely trine Pluto.<\/p>\n She begins Wimbledon with a Jupiter Return in Gemini!\u00a0 That would ensure a lot of hope, luck and buoyancy at the start.\u00a0 Pluto also transits her Neptune, so she may feel very excitable.\u00a0 In her first round she plays Maria Joao Koehler, and is not likely to encounter any problems.\u00a0 At the end of Wimbledon, the Jupiter Return will have passed, but Pluto will still be conjunct her natal Neptune, so she will be working out complex issues.\u00a0 Jupiter opposes her Uranus too at that time, so she may make an unforced error.\u00a0 Sadly, after a good start, she may not make the final.<\/p>\n Andy Murray,<\/i><\/b> <\/i><\/b>No. 2 Men\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The Olympics last year were a turning point for Andy Murray, and though he did not win Wimbledon there was a psychological shift within himself and in relation to his public.\u00a0 In August, with the empowerment of\u00a0 transitting Pluto sextile his natal Pluto, he won the gold.\u00a0 As mentioned in previous years, he does have a gifted chart, and we look forward to more successes from him in the future.\u00a0 He has a unique style said to resemble an earlier tennis player Miloslav Mecif:\u00a0 they are both Taureans, and while Andy Murray has Moon\/Saturn\/Uranus conjunct, Miloslav had Moon\/Uranus opposite Saturn, which is an interesting parallel.<\/p>\n Born a week apart from Djokovic, he has slightly more interesting transits.\u00a0 At the beginning, Mars sextiles his Jupiter, so he\u2019ll be fired up and hopeful, with an injection of adrenalin.\u00a0 The North Node is on his 3ed House cusp and sextile his Ascendant, so he is at peace with his karma at this time.\u00a0 He plays Benjamin Becker in the first round, who has a couple of favourable transits, so could needle Murray a little.\u00a0 At the end of Wimbledon, Murray will have Mars opposite his Uranus (like Djokovic), but he will also have a Mars Return, so may be iron-fisted!\u00a0 He seems a little more engaged than Djokovic, maybe a little more focused and a little less distracted, but there may be parallels.<\/p>\n Maria Sharapova<\/i><\/strong>, No. 3 Women\u2019s Seed<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Maria has several planets in the energetic sign of Aries, including an exact conjunction between her Mercury and North Node, indicating that to achieve athletic prowess is part of her karmic mission.\u00a0 This conjunction is 2 degrees away from Jupiter (success) and sextile Mars (extra speed).\u00a0 Venus (her love life) squares her Uranus (disruption) and though she is currently dating Grigor Dimitrov, she was previously engaged to a basketball player Sasha Vujacic with whom she was very compatible astrologically, but maybe the karma wasn\u2019t helpful.<\/p>\n At the start of Wimbledon she has Pluto squaring her Mercury, so a lot of nervous tension at this time.\u00a0 Uranus will be conjunct her Jupiter, so there will be an element of surprise keeping her on her toes.\u00a0 Jupiter sextile her Sun will provide some uplift, which will be helpful in the early rounds.\u00a0 She plays Kristina Mladenovic of France in the first round, but she may be on edge throughout the tournament.\u00a0 The final aspects for Sharapova are Mars opposite her Uranus (like Djokovic and Murray \u2013 she is born the previous month) and may also be plagued with the equivalent of a dodgy ankles (they can\u2019t all have a dodgy ankle, can they?). Again, I am not sure she would make the final.\u00a0 I think that if Serena is in the final (very likely) she may face someone from outside the first four seeds.\u00a0 That may become clearer later.<\/p>\n Roger Federer, No. 3 Men\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n I have written a lot about Roger Federer over the years, and we are fortunate to have his birth time.\u00a0 Like Murray, he has a Virgo Ascendant and the Moon conjunct Uranus, but without the added encumbrance of Saturn.\u00a0 He has the Sun and North Node in competitive Leo (very motivated), and Venus rising in fine-featured Virgo.\u00a0 I correctly predicted he would win last year, but don\u2019t feel so sure this year.\u00a0 He has a strong personal bond with his twins, who were born with the Moon sextile his Ascendant and Venus exactly trine his Venus.<\/p>\n At the outset of Wimbledon, the North Node trines his Mars, and his sense of purpose is strong.\u00a0 Pluto also trines his Ascendant on his 5th<\/sup> House cusp, which gives him strength but there is a sense of him finishing a phase of life and starting a new one.\u00a0 He plays Victor Hanescu in the first round, and with Hanescu\u2019s Pluto opposing his own natal Mercury, it is likely to be a washout for Hanescu.\u00a0 The same transits apply for Federer at the end as at the start, but the addition of the Nodal Axis squaring his Mercury (Ascendant ruler) brings the winds of karmic change.<\/p>\n Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 4 Women\u2019s Seed<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Like Roger Federer she has the highly motivating Sun and North Node in the same sign, though hers are in Pisces (her style has been called \u201csubtle).\u00a0 She also has Mars in Taurus (stamina) conjunct Jupiter (high energy enthusiasm).\u00a0 Uranus sextiles her North Node exactly (North Node\/Uranus connections being often found in brilliant tennis players).\u00a0 Plus she has a powerful exact trine between her Sun and Pluto.\u00a0 She has not done so well recently this year, and may not do so well at Wimbledon, but has a strong potential and likelihood of future success.<\/p>\n She could have mixed early performances, with Saturn sextile her Uranus, but Uranus squaring her Saturn\/Neptune.\u00a0 Neptune does sextile her Uranus and conjuncts her North Node, so she will be opening up spiritually now, and that may distract her physical performance this Wimbledon.\u00a0 She plays Y. M\u2019burger initially, and if she can get through the challenges of the early tournament rounds, she is likely to be rewarded by her experience towards the end.\u00a0 The tournament is likely to be a test of character.\u00a0 At the end of the two weeks, Saturn trines her North Node (perhaps reward for hard work) and initial aspects are still around.\u00a0 This could take her as far as the semi-finals.<\/p>\n David Ferrer, No. 4 Men\u2019s Seed<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n He\u2019s an energetic Sun in Aries, with Chiron closely sextile his North Node in Cancer so he would be good at problem-solving.\u00a0 His Venus trines Pluto exactly (with Neptune sextile in the middle), so he has deep feelings which run true in relationships.\u00a0 Saturn squares closely the Nodal Axis, which may indicate an Indian Summer in his career, certainly earlier delays in success.\u00a0 He has a strong and inventive mind, too, with Mercury trine Uranus, with quick reflexes\u00a0 He \u00a0is doing well this year..<\/p>\n Uranus is on his Sun at the start of Wimbledon, which is likely to work in his favour and may produce some stunning intuitive play.\u00a0 Neptune squares his Uranus making him oversensitive and a little overwrought.\u00a0 Pluto is squaring his Mars, which is dramatic, but this aspectdoes not become exact until after Wimbledon, so should not affect his performance.\u00a0 He plays Martin Alund in the first round, whose chart shows mixed fortunes at present.\u00a0 At the end of the Wimbledon round Jupiter squares his Mercury (high hopes) and Mars trines his Pluto (extra power to his elbow) so he may make the final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After predicting the winners these last two years, I will attempt to make it third time lucky.\u00a0 Though it did not win me popularity last year: some felt I should have predicted Andy Murray to win, and resented that I didn\u2019t.\u00a0 Here as starters are the first four seeds from the women\u2019s and men\u2019s players, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wimbledon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}