{"id":8511,"date":"2025-08-03T13:52:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2025-08-03T13:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T13:54:31","slug":"aspects-for-the-week-beginning-3-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lanawooster.co.uk\/?p=8511","title":{"rendered":"Aspects for the week beginning 3 August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarina Wiegman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of Sarina: she is always herself\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Hans Verheij<\/p>\n

Last Sunday afternoon, a nation watched as the Lionesses, our Women\u2019s football team, triumphed in the final of the UEFA champions league.\u00a0 The match was nailbitingly close, involved a penalty shoot out, and represented a second such triumph for the team\u2019s manager, Sarina Wiegman.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 What makes the magic of a successful manager, and team?\u00a0 We came to know and love the characters playing over the period of the tournament, and I will look at a few.<\/p>\n

Birth Chart<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We do not have a birth time for Sarina, but she has the Sun in Scorpio: so she\u2019s intense, passionate, and driven.\u00a0 Scorpio is a persevering sign, and with having Moon in Taurus, she is doubly so (both signs are part of the Fixed Quadruplicity).\u00a0 She has the Sun opposite Saturn, experience born of hardship, which hints that as a player, she specialized in defence.\u00a0 She has four planets bunched up in Libra (Uranus\/Venus, Mercury\/Jupiter), indicating that the chart belongs to a Specialist.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Mercury square Mars produces a critical mind, and Mercury exactly conjunct Jupiter a wide-ranging mind and love of travel.\u00a0 Venus conjunct Uranus bestows personal magnetism.\u00a0 Her Mars is square to Jupiter (over the top enthusiasm, which she\u00a0 has made good use of!), and Mars is also trine Pluto (a powerhouse of energy).<\/p>\n

Life and Career<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Sarina was born in The Hague in 1969, and played football from a young age. \u00a0To make ends meet while training, she worked as a P.E. teacher. In 1986 she began playing for the Dutch national team. \u00a0From 1994, she played for North Carolina\u2019s soccer team, and won the Dutch championship.\u00a0 She represented the Netherlands between 1987 and 2001.\u00a0 She retired from playing in 2003, and began coaching. She coached the Dutch national team to victory at the UEFA Women\u2019s Euro of 2017.\u00a0 It was announced in August 2020 that she would manage the England women\u2019s team from September 2021.<\/p>\n

The transits for that moment were auspicious:<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0 And her Nodal Axis was square her natal Pluto (ruling planet) – again, a supreme challenge, but one that she was up to.<\/p>\n

The rest is history: she led the English team to victory, on home soil, at the UEFA Women\u2019s Euro in 2022.\u00a0 Not since our men\u2019s team in 1966 at the FIFA World Cup had we had achieved anything comparable.<\/p>\n

Her transits at the time of this victory included transiting North Node exactly conjunct her natal Uranus = A surprise!;\u00a0 Pluto trine her natal Pluto, Empowerment!; Uranus and the North Node sextile her natal North Node \u2013 Karmic Success and Progress!\u00a0 It was an astonishing feat.<\/p>\n

Then, astoundingly, on 27th <\/sup>July, just those few days ago, it happened again!\u00a0 This has cemented the record-breaking nature of Sarina\u2019s career.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

It was especially noted that she was inspired in her choice and timing of substitutes.<\/p>\n

Some of the Stars of the Tournament<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A study of some of the women stars throws up some interesting astrological facts.\u00a0 Though I don\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

Leah Williamson<\/u><\/p>\n

Captain Leah Williamson has the Sun in Aries, a sign of Leadership, but again (as with all these players, we have no birth time).\u00a0 She has 4 planets bunched up in Aries, and so is also a Specialist in her own way.\u00a0 She has the Sun conjunct closely Saturn, indicating the ability to take on responsibility, and possibly pointing to her role\u00a0 in central defence and midfield.\u00a0 Outstanding talent is suggested by the Sun exactly sextile Uranus and trine Pluto.\u00a0 She has a well-co-ordinated chart, which may contribute to making her a good captain.\u00a0 She has the Entrepreneur Archetype, in the shape of Jupiter conjunct Uranus.\u00a0 She also has the Strategist Archetype, in the shape of Saturn trine Pluto.\u00a0 She has Uranus sextile Pluto, the ability to work well with the complexity of a team.\u00a0 And Neptune trine closely with the North Node, a spiritual leader as well as one on the field!<\/p>\n

Leah led the team for Sarina\u2019s first triumph in 2022, and for that final, Leah\u2019s transits included:\u00a0 Saturn trine her North Node (responsibility earning her a karmic reward); and Jupiter on her Sun (an unequivocal Win!).<\/p>\n

For the second win, she had Jupiter squaring her natal Saturn (all about overcoming the odds); a Mars Return 24\/25th<\/sup> July, just after the semi-final.\u00a0 She may have had a particularly fine moment during that match.<\/p>\n

Choe Kelly<\/u><\/p>\n

Chloe Kelly was also involved in both triumphs, and memorably scored the final penalty at the end of this year\u2019s match.\u00a0 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).<\/p>\n

She is the youngest of seven in her family, an early lifestyle which may have prepared her for working in a team.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 She rose to astrological challenges, as well as the occasion.<\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s tournament, she came on at the end of the match, as a final flourish, and sealed the deal.\u00a0 Transiting Chiron was square to her Venus earlier than the tournament and during the match.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Transiting Mars also formed a minor transit, a quincunx, to her natal Mars.<\/p>\n

Michelle Agyemang<\/u><\/p>\n

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 \u201cyoungest player\u201d of the tournament.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Against Italy in the semi-final, she again scored a late equalizer which helped save the match.\u00a0 Michelle is an Aquarian, ahead of her time (and old for her years!).\u00a0 She has Sun conjunct Neptune (in Aquarius), like Chloe Kelly has (but in Capricorn), due to the eight years difference in their age.\u00a0 She also has Mercury square Mars, like Sarina (a\u00a0 sharp mind).\u00a0 Her Saturn is exactly trine her North Node in Aries.<\/p>\n

Her recent transits at the final were:<\/p>\n

Jupiter trine her natal Uranus (luck plus surprise!) occurring exactly on 20th<\/sup> July (between the time of the equalizing goals on 17th<\/sup> and 22nd<\/sup> July).\u00a0 In addition, Mars was trine her natal Mars<\/p>\n

Hannah Hampton<\/u><\/p>\n

Hannah has less of a specialist\u2019s chart, but has a different role to play, as goalkeeper.\u00a0 A goalkeeper needs a strong Saturn.\u00a0 Accordingly, she has the Moon (at Noon, no birth time available) closely sextile Saturn.\u00a0 Her Sun is opposite Saturn, like Sarina Wiegman.\u00a0 She had me amazed, every time she saved a goal.<\/p>\n

Like Sarina she is a Scorpio (intense, passionate, and driven).\u00a0 She has overcome health issues to get where she is, including an eye condition which affects the sensing of depth perception.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Teamwork is the Dreamwork<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It is notable that the transits for the individual Lionesses are not as remarkable as Sarina\u2019s.\u00a0 I believe that is because their successes were a team effort.\u00a0 However, there is an important clue to their team work, bearing in mind that Mars rules football and that Mars interaspects indicate work together.<\/p>\n

Here is the clue:<\/p>\n

Mars positions<\/u><\/p>\n

Sarina = 23 degrees Capricorn, Earth<\/p>\n

Leah Williamson = 22 degrees 09\u2019 Virgo, Earth<\/p>\n

Chloe Kelly = Mars 22 degrees 11\u2019 Aquarius, Air<\/p>\n

Michelle Agyemang = 23 degrees 09\u2019 Taurus, Earth<\/p>\n

Transiting position of Mars at the final win = 23 degrees 38\u2019 Virgo, Earth<\/p>\n

All their Marses work together!\u00a0 And the transiting Mars at the recent final works with them!\u00a0 Only Hannah Hampson, who works from a different viewpoint, has a differing Mars.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s enough researching for one Sunday morning!\u00a0 But they provided what the nation needs right now, a good news story.<\/p>\n

Aspects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our aspects this week start on Wednesday (6th<\/sup>), technically with an ingress, not an aspect.\u00a0 The ingress in question is Mars entering Libra, at 23.23 Hrs (for those who like repeating numbers).\u00a0 Admittedly you have to wait most of the day for it\u2026<\/p>\n

That will a bring a change of energy, with Mars (the planet of war) entering Libra (the sign of peace).\u00a0 It means that Peace and War have to interact, and negotiate, and can no longer ignore each other.\u00a0 Either one can prevail, but they do have to try and acknowledge each other and if possible make progress.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Brave and hard headed negotiations internationally with this sojourn, which lasts until 22nd<\/sup> September.\u00a0 Put on your diplomat\u2019s hat during that time, as when Mars goes into the next sign, Scorpio, battles may recommence.\u00a0 This period could make all the difference, say in mitigation.\u00a0 The Sun will enter Libra that day, which could help the transition (from war to peace or less war).<\/p>\n

On Friday (8th<\/sup>) we have the *best aspect of the week*, Mars trine Uranus.\u00a0 You may be able to swing the element of the unexpected to work your way, with this aspect.\u00a0 It could, for instance, make for an unusual lunch!\u00a0 Excitement may describe proceedings.\u00a0 In science, technology and mechanics there could be progress and advances.\u00a0 Engineering and electrical themes also benefit, so sparks fly, but in a good way!\u00a0 You may also notice some bold and controversial moves.<\/p>\n

The week ends, on Saturday (9th<\/sup>), with a trio of oppositions.\u00a0 You may be struggling to keep various elements in balance.<\/p>\n

The first of these is Mars opposite Saturn, in the early hours.\u00a0 In dreams, you may be tackling a conundrum, for example.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 Two forces may be pushing against each other, and this could prove uncomfortable.\u00a0 This can mean a conflict in the outer world, or the inner world.\u00a0 A day which spells the need for caution.<\/p>\n

Around breakfast-time there is a Full Moon at 17 degrees Aquarius, effectively an opposition between the Sun and the Moon.\u00a0 It will add heightened emotion to the Mars-Saturn opposition.\u00a0 We might be torn by looking at an issue emotionally, then from a detached perspective, then back and forth.\u00a0 This may produce a stand off between the individual and the group.<\/p>\n

In the evening, we are faced with an opposition between Mars and Neptune.\u00a0 Again, there is a theme of war and peace, and smoke and mirrors, about this opposition, so don\u2019t try and be too clever, just try and stay away from unsavoury entanglements.\u00a0 There can also be a sense of illusion (Neptune) with this opposition.<\/p>\n

The week in bullet points:<\/p>\n