For the kids grownup during 1980’s and 1990’s Diego Maradona was the ‘god of professional football’. His magical maneuvers and skills of dribbling with the ball were unmatched with any other footballer in the history. Almost every team used to marked him with 2-3 players so that he could not get much possession of the ball. But still he was such a great playmaker that he often used to dribble pass multiple opposition players on a run. His mesmerising  performance on the filed for his country Argentina and for his club Napoli inspired millions of kids around the world to play football. The Scorpio lagna horoscope of  Diego Maradona has this enigmatic exchange of lagna lord Mars and the 8th lord Mercury which made him a charismatic genius who  also had a fall in career in the most controversial manner.

In 1986 world cup finals in Mexico Maradona Captained Argentina to win over West Germany by 3 goals to 2, which made him the most loved footballer on the planet. Maradona had scored 5 goals and assisted in another 5,  winning the world cup for Argentina in 1986.

Horoscope of Diego Maradona

30 October 1960, 07:05 hours at Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Maradona,_Diego

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Jupiter 11 years 7 months 13 days 

Diego Maradona was born on 30th of October 1960 at the time of Moon in the waxing condition on the day of Shukla Ekadashai in an auspicious Poorva-Bhadrapada Nakshtra of Jupiter. At the time of birth he got the dasha balance of strong 5th lord Jupiter which in his Scorpio lagna chart was placed in the 2nd house in mutual aspect with lagna lord Mars making a good Raja Yoga. The 5th house is the house of ‘Poorva Punya’ or the good deeds of previous lives. A strong 5th house from Janma lagna, Chandra Lagna and also in Navamsha made him a child-prodigy. As per his youth coach Francisco Cornejo, Maradona at the age of 8 was playing football like adults which made him surprised. If we see the strength of lagna and Moon in the chart of Diego Maradona we can understand  that astrologically he had a very mystical planetary configurations. The connection between the 3rd lord Saturn and lagna lord Mars is the yoga for becoming a sports player in Maradona’s horoscope.

The lagna lord Mars is in the 8th house which as per Brihat Parashara Hora Shatra’s ‘Bhavesh Phala Adhyay, chapter number 25 gives one ‘Siddha Vidhya’ i.e. mystical talent. The 8th lord Mercury is in the lagna so there is an exchange between lagna and the 8th house. As per Jataka Alankar an exchange between lagna and 8th houses lord make one courageous, gambler, risk taker, thief or cheat, aggressive in temperament and found of women’s. Diego Maradona was a street smart and cunning footballer on the field.

In Diego Maradona’s horoscope Moon as the 9th lord is strongly placed in the 4th house. Moon get the aspect of its sign lord Saturn which is a good Raja Yoga as per Chandra Yoga Adhyay of Brihat Parashra Hora Shatra. The 10th house from Moon has two benefics Mercury and Ketu making the classical ‘Amala-Keeriti-Yoga’ which gave him immortal fame. But this Moon is conjoined with Ketu which later took him into drug addiction when he got the dasha of 8th lord Mercury which we will discuss later in details.

As per Jaimini system his Karakamsha lagna is Taurus from where 10th house has Atamakaraka Moon. Saturn aspect the 2nd house from Karakamsha and Mercury is in Kendra from Karakamsha lagna is a yoga for fame.

Early rise in career and Marriage- A blessing of Saturn to Maradona

The maha dasha of Saturn from June 1972 to June 1991 was the best period in the life of Maradona. Saturn gave him everything in life; an early rise in career, fame, marriage and prestigious awards. In most of the ‘Shada Varga’s Saturn is in benefic Rashi’s. Saturn in the birth chart is associated with 5th lord and 2nd lord Jupiter in mutual aspect with lagna and 6th lord Mars. In Navamsha Saturn is exalted in Libra in the 3rd house of sporting activities. Saturn in Navamsha get the aspects of 5th lord Jupiter and 9th lord Mars which make him exceptionally strong. Maradona got married at the age of 24 in year 1984 when he was passing through Saturn-Moon in Vimshottari. In his chart 7th lord Venus is in the lagna along with Mercury. Three benefic Moon, Venus and Mercury in Kendra gave him an early marriage.

In Dashamsha chart Saturn as the 6th lord is in the 11th house of gains in mutual aspect with 10th lord and 3rd lord Venus. Here in Dashamsha the connection between 3rd and 6th houses lords repeats like it is in the birth chart. He was a fierce competitor on the field. During his Saturn-Sun dasha in Vimshottari he played in 1982 Football World Cup from his team Argentina. But since the sub period lord Sun was debilitated in the 12th house of losses so he couldn’t do much in the tournament.

He rose to stardom during 1986 world cup in Mexico when he was under Saturn-Rahu dasha in Vimshottari. Rahu is in the 10th house of fame receiving the aspect of 9th lord Moon and 5th lord Jupiter in his birth chart. We have discuss this Parashari Principal many a times on this blog. Rahu or Ketu in Kendra getting associated with Trine lords or Rahu-Ketu in Trine getting associated with Kendra lords gives Raja Yoga. Here in the horoscope of Maradona Rahu is the biggest Raja Yoga giving planet. He got the sub period of Rahu in 1986 the year in which he captained Argentina to a historic victory. After 4 years in 1990, Argentina again reached into the finals of the world cup plyaing with West Germany whom they had beaten in 1986. But this time Maradona’s team had to content with runner-up as  German’s won the trophy by scoring a late goal by penalty.

Mercury dasha and fall in career from mid of 1991

It is said that Maradona had started taking Cocaine from the mid of 1980’s when he was playing for European club Napoli which is the Sothern part of Italy dominated by drug mafia. But it was in Mercury maha dasha in 1991 when Maradona was caught first time for drug addiction. Mercury as the 8th lord associated with ‘Maraka’ Venus brought strain, disgrace in career and health troubles for him during his entire dasha from June 1991 to June 2008. Maradona failed drug test in 1994 world cup when he was passing through   Mercury-Ketu dasha in Vimshottari. The period of Mercury-Ketu or Ketu-Mercury are known to bring humiliation for the native if these planets are associated with malefic. In Maradona’s chart Mercury is in bad exchange with malefic Mars and Ketu is under aspect of malefic Saturn. In Navamsha both Mercury and Ketu are under bad aspect of Saturn. In Dashamsha Mercury is in the 12th house of losses and Ketu is with 12th lord Moon. His international career ended with disgrace during Mercury-Ketu dasha in Vimshottari in 1994 when he was expelled from the world cup tournament.

In the birth chart, Navamsha and Trimshamsha charts of Diego Maradona the 2nd house/lord and 9th house/lord is under afflictions. The 2nd house is seen for sacraments and traditions of the family. The 9th house is the house of social ethics and ‘Dharma’ or religious duties. If the 2nd and 9th houses or their lords get under afflictions in important Varga charts like Birth chart, Navamsha and Trimshamsah then a native can get under addiction to liquor or other anti-social activities etc. The afflictions to lagna and Moon should also be seen for the seriousness of this addiction.

 

Maradona’s personal life was also bad during Mercury dasha as he had divorce in 2003 during Mercury-Rahu in Vimshottari. It was during the end of Mercury dasha when he came out of his habit of excessive drinking and drug addiction. In Ketu dasha in 2008 he started his career as a football coach. Ketu is in conjunction with 9th lord Moon which shows a career in coaching during its dasha. He was the charge of the Argentina  team in 2010 world cup in South Africa before leaving at the end of the tournament. He died during Venus-Moon-Mercury in Vimshottari on 25th of November 2020. Venus is the lord of 7th house a ‘Maraka’ planet for Scorpio lagna.

 

 

 

 

The start of FIFA World Cup in Russia has one’s again initiated a debate about who is the best player of our generation – Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo ? Both have been prolific scorers for their respective countries and clubs. Both have won the FIFA Ballon d’Or award for equally 5 times each. Both players have regularly scored 50 plus goals in a single season and have scored more than 500 goals in their career for representing their  club and country. Astrologically the horoscope of Cristiano Ronaldo suggest that he could be the top goal scorer in the FIFA world cup 2018 while Lionel Messi may once again  disappoint his  fans a bit.

Among the horoscopes of other football stars available at astro data bank the chart of Belgium Captain Eden Hazard is very promising. The Raja Yoga’s in the horoscope of Eden Hazad suggest that his team can reach into the semifinals or even in the finals of the FIFA world cup  surprising everyone with their outstanding  performance on the field. The horoscope of German coach Joachim Low is going weak at the moment with bad transit of Saturn from his 8th house in the Taurus lagan chart showing that his side will not be able to defend their title. It was Germany who had shown  wonderful skills and tactics  in the last world cup in 2014 beating Argentina in the finals. But this time Germany is not likely to win their 5th title and will miss the opportunity to equal the record of Brazil who is also one among the favorite of the tournament. The horoscope of French captain Hugo Lloris and Brazilian captain Neymar are also very good. The Brazil and France stand good chances to reach in the semi-finals. I will discuss these chart in the context of the ongoing games in the FIFA world cup 2018. But first see the astrological combinations to to be observed in the horoscopes of a successful sports person.

(a) The connection between the 3rd ( courage), 6th ( competition) , 10th ( career ) and 11th ( gains ) houses/lords present in the horoscope.

( b ) The Mars-Venus or Mars-Mercury conjunction also make one interested in sports.

( c) The 3rd house from lagn and Karakamsha under the Jaimini aspect of malefic planets Mars, Saturn, Sun and/or Rahu make one courageous and interested in sporting activities. If these planets are in Karakamsha lagna then also the person is brave and found of sports.

(d) Take note of Atamakaraka planet,  in which Rashi it is placed ? Malefic planets becoming Atamakaraka and placed in strong sign like Leo or Sagittarius also make one adventurous and  sports loving  person.

 

Horoscope of Cristiano Ronaldo 

5 February 1985, 05:25 hours at Funchal Portugal. 

32N 38′ and 16W 54′ 

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Ronaldo,_Cristiano

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Mercury 16 years 3 months 23 days 

Karakamsha is Cancer

In the Sagittarius lagan horoscope of Cristiano Ronaldo there is very good Raja Yoga of lagna lord Jupiter, 9th lord Sun and the 10th lord Mercury. Saturn , the functional malefic for Sagittarius lagan, aspect the 9th house and its lord Sun in Ronaldo’s horoscope. It was no surprise that his didn’t get the happiness from his father as he was died when Ronaldo was just 20 years of age. The maha dasha of exalted Venus starting from May 2008 give a boost to Ronaldo’s career. The 11th lord Venus is conjoined with the 5th lord Mars in a very good Dhana yoga.

The conjunction of Mars-Venus and placement of 8th lord in its own house is a good yoga for giving charismatic personality. Ronaldo is regarded as the one of the most fittest and fastest player on the field. Initially he use to play as a winger at the right side of the midfield giving precise crosses in the penalty area. His style of play is quite different from the previous generations stars of Portugal like Luis Figo and Deco. He is an expert in taking penalty kicks and controlling the ball with dribbling and flair which no one has in current generation of footballers.

However, in the last world cup in 2014 he performed badly due to an injury at that time he was undergoing a difficult Vimshottari dasha of Venus-Moon in his chart. The Moon is in Kemadruma yoga in the 8th house of injuries and obstacles. Now the Venus-Rahu-Mars period from 25 May 2018 to 28 July 2018 is very promising. Rahu is in the 5th house from the lagan and the 10th from the Moon. In Dashamsha the Venus, Rahu and Mars are in the 11th house of gains. Christiano Ronaldo can win the ‘Golden Boot’ award in the FIFA world cup 2018 in Russia. He may also led his team into the semi-finals but may not win the world cup trophy. The  2/12 dasha of Venus-Rahu and the Kemadruma Moon is a weakness of his chart.

In Chara dasha an excellent period of Cancer-Libra running (February 2018 to February 2019) is showing that he will dominate the FIFA world cup with his goal scoring ability and captaincy of his team. The Amatayakaraka Moon is in Cancer sign and from Libra it is the 10th house of fame. Ronaldo is likely to win the Golden Boot award at world cup and later he will also win the FIFA Men’s best player award for record sixth time.

Horoscope of Neymar

5 February 1992, 02:15 hours at Mogi Das Cruzes , Sao Paulo Brazil 

23S 31′ and 46W 11′ 

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Neymar

 

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari : Rahu 16 years 11 months 9 days 

Karakamsha is Scorpio

An excellent GajaKesari yoga in the horoscope of Neymar astrologically explain his star status in the world of football at such a young age of 25. With 55 goals in 85 international matches for Brazil since his debut at the age of 18 he has all the talent and promise to become the higher goal scorer for his country. It will be no surprise that this maha dasha of 5th lord Jupiter placed in the 10th house in mutual aspect with 9th lord Moon will make him ‘all time great footballer’ of the world. The maha dasha of Jupiter is running in the horoscope of Neymar from September 2009 to September 2025. Jupiter is in the 9th house in Navamsha and in Dashamsha it is placed in the 2nd house in good Raja Yoga. The 3rd house of skills in very strong in the Rashi and Navamsha chart of Neymar. In Rashi chart the yoga of Sun, Mercury and Saturn in the 3rd house is excellent. Neymar’s skill in dribbling and play-maker ability is often compared with compatriot Pele and Ronaldinho.

Now the Jupiter-Venus-Mars running current from 19 May 2018 to 15 July 2018 is good for his career. Mars and Venus conjoined in the 2nd house is receiving the aspect of Jupiter which is good Raja Yoga. Neymar will score important goals which will take his team to at least Semi Finals or may be even further in the finals of the tournament. However, since the sub period lord Mars rules the six house of injuries so he may not appear in all the games of the tournament. The  Chara dasha of Gemini-Sagittarius running shows that he may get himself injured in one of the important games which will cost Brazil badly. Atamakaraka Mars is in Sagittarius sign which can give Neymar an injury at most crucial time of the tournament.

 

Horoscope of Lionel Messi

24 June 1987, 20:30 hours at Rosario , Argentina

Longitude: 60 W 39′ and Latitude: 32S 57′ 

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Messi,_Lionel

 

 

Balance of Dasha in Vimshottari: Mars  5 years 11 months 07 days 

Karakamsha is Gemini 

The Capricorn lagna horoscope of Lionel Messi has very good Raja Yoga at 5/11 axis of achievements and gains. His lagna lord Saturn is in the 11th house in mutual aspect with 5th and 10th lord Venus which is a big Raja Yoga for Capricorn lagna native. Moon as the 7th lord is involve in this yoga is giving strength to it making him the most creative player as his 5th house is so strong. The 3rd house has Rahu in who’s dasha (May 1993 to May 2011) he rose to great highth in his sporting career. The malefic planets are placed in the 3rd, 6th and 11th houses only which is a Raja Yoga in itself as per Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. In Jupiter-Ketu dasha in Vimshottari (7 May 2018 to 13 April 2019) Messi is not likely to active any thing major as his dasha lords are in 6/8 position from each other. In Jaimini system the Chara Dasha of Gemini-Capricorn is running from 24 June 2018 to 24 June 2019 which is also not very auspicious as Amatayakaraka Moon falls in the 12th house from Gemini Rashi.

In transit the Saturn is moving from the 8th house from the Moon which is ‘Kantaka Shani Gochar’ indicating time for retirement. Messi is likely to leave the captaincy of Argentina after the disappointment in the world cup.  His team might struggle to reach into the semi-finals though Messi’s personal performance will be pretty decent.

Horoscope of Joachim Low

3 February 1960, 12:45 hours at Schwarz , Germany

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/L%C3%B6w,_Joachim

Karakamsha is Leo 

The horoscope of German Football coach Joachim Low is running under weak dasha of Rahu-Venus from June 2017 to June 2020. Venus the sub period lord is badly placed in the 8th house in Rashi chart. When under his guidance the Germans had won the Football world cup in 2014 then it was Rahu-Mercury dasha in Vimshottari. Mercury involve in the Raja yoga with Sun gave him the glory of becoming the coach of world cup winning team. Under his guidance the Germany remain at the number one ranking in FIFA for many months.

But now the bad dasha of Rahu-Venus-Mars from May 2018 to July 2018 will give him lots of trouble. Germany may not even qualify for the semi-finals. I have also check the horoscope of Tony Kroos ( 4 January 1990, 12:56 hours at Greifswald , Germany) which shows the poor performance of German forward line. The dismal performance of Germany may force Joachim Low to resign from the post of coach of this very talented side. The Chara dasha of Gemini-Libra is running from March to October this year. The Atamakaraka Mercury falls in the 8th house from Gemini and the four planets, including Amatayakarak Mars, giving aspect to the 12th from Libra shows chances of his retirement as chief coach of Germany.

Horoscope of Hugu Lloris

26 December 1986, 16: 15 , Nice ,  France

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Lloris,_Hugo

Karakamsha is Gemini 

The Gemini lagan horoscope given above is of French Captain Hugo Lloris who play as a goalkeeper. He is now under the maha dasha of Saturn which is in exchange of 9th and 6th houses lords in his chart. See the exchange of houses between Mars and Saturn in his horoscope. In the Gemini lagan chart of Hugo Lloris the 6th lord Mars and the 9th lord Saturn are in exchange which though is consider bad as ‘Khala Yoga’ but in the horoscope of a sports person it is a good yoga.

The dasha of Saturn-Saturn in Vimshottari will make him a tough competitor in the French box on the field. The world cup could be his tournament as a goalkeeper. Saturn is in own house in Navamsha and Dashmasha charts. In Jaimini Chara dasha the period of Aquarius-Capricorn-Leo from 16 June  2018 to 14 July 2018 is good for him. The Aquarius receive the aspect of Amatayakaraka Venus and also of Ganatikaraka Moon. The Capricorn is the 8th house from the lagan and 12th from the Atamakaraka Mars showing chances of an injurty. This is were he is venerable and it may become the reason of France’s failure to reach among the top 4 teams in the tournament.

Horoscope of Diego Costa 

7 October 1988, 07:30 am at Lagerto ( Sergipe) Brazil

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Costa,_Diego

 

Karkamsha is Virgo

The Libra (Tula) lagna horoscope given above is of Diego Costa who was born and brought-up in Brazil but played most of his football in Europe. He had played two international matched for Brazil in 2013 but later shifted to Spain to get the citizenship their and play for its national team.  At present he is one of the most inform player in Spanish side and is a prolific goal scorer for them.

In his Libra lagan chart the 3rd house has Saturn and 6th house has Mars which is good for a sports person. The Karakamsha lagna is Virgo having Sun and Mercury receiving the aspect of Mars and Saturn. The influence of Saturn and Mercury on Karakamsha is a yoga that can make him very famous in his career.

In Parashari Yoga’s the 9th lord Mercury with the 11th lord Sun is a good Dhana Yoga. In the 12th house Mercury and Sun are specially consider very good. The lagan lord Venus and the 10th lord Moon are in good Raja Yoga also. His maha dasha of Moon since December 2014 has given him good rise in his career. The present dasha of Moon-Jupiter in Vimshottari, which are in Gajakesari yoga in both Rashi and Navamsha, will give him good success in the FIFA world cup as a goalscorer for his team. But since Jupiter is in the 8th house so his side may not become champion this time though their performance will be very good. In Chara Dasha the Pisces-Cancer period is running at present. The Pisces has Ganatikaraka Mars in mutual aspect with Atamakaraka Mercury and Amatayakaraka Sun. These planets are giving aspect to the 12th house from Cancer showing some disappointment due to a possible injury to him.

Horoscope of Eden Hazard

7 January 1991, 12:05 hours at La Louviere , Belgium 

Source: https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Hazard,_Eden

 

Karakamsha is Libra 

The Pisces lagan horoscope of Belgium’s captain Eden Hazard has excellent yoga’s for success in sporting career. The 3rd lord Venus in the 11th house of gains with 11th lord Saturn is in mutual aspect with lagan and 10th lord Jupiter. This connection of 3rd , 11th , lagan and 10th is very good for a sports person. The 6th lord Sun is in the 10th house getting directional strength. Eden Hazard’s performance in the world cup will be excellent during his Rahu-Mars-Saturn period in Vimshottari from 7 May 2018 to 7 July 2018. Rahu in the eleventh house of gains and Mars in the 3rd house of courage is very good. The sub period lord Saturn is involve in excellent yoga for success in sporting venture.

The Chara dasha of Cancer-Capricorn is not very favorable as the Amatayakaraka Moon aspect the 12th house from both. But the team of Belgium can reach into the semifinals under the leadership of Eden Hazard or may be in the finals of FIFA world cup. Among all the horoscopes we have analysis so far the horoscope of Cristiano Ronaldo , Neymar and Eden Hazard seems to be the strongest. I was not able to get the horoscopes of the any of the player or even the coach of Spain’s national team which is also a good contender to win the world cup. The foundation horoscope of Spain ( 22 November 1975, 12:45 hours at Madrid, Spain) do not show much promise for sports glory at present. So it will be Brazil or Belgium which has very good chances for winning the world cup football in Russia.