At the 2023 Asian Games held in China, India secured fourth place by surpassing the 100-medal mark for the first time. The last edition of the Asian Games in China had to be postponed for one year ahead due to COVID effect in 2022. In the Asian Games in Japan this year India is having high hopes from its athletes to repeat the performance of last Asian Games. Coincidentally, the horoscope—cast for the moment the Sun enters the Virgo sign as per the Indian standard time we get a Virgo ascendant rising with the Sun in conjunction with Mercury (positioned in its ‘Moolatrikona’ sign) within the ascendant itself. A favorable astrological combination is formed by Jupiter placed in the 11th house of gains aspecting the Moon—which is in its debilitated sign Scorpio in the third house, which governs the area of sports in mundane astrology. Mars, the lord of the third house, is positioned in the tenth house (the house of prestige and status); this alignment indicates an astrological potential for young athletes to achieve significant success in the sporting arena for India.
Chart 1. Horoscope of Solar Ingress of Virgo 2026
From an astrological perspective, the chart for the Sun’s entry into Virgo—scheduled for September 17th at 7:53 AM (Indian Standard Time)—shows the Sun, Mercury, and Jupiter casting their aspect on a retrograde Saturn positioned in the seventh house (foreign policy). This indicates that India may take major decisions in this sphere over the next 30 days. Furthermore, the Virgo solar ingress chart presents astrological indications of significant success for India at the Asian Games in Japan, taking place between September 19 and October 4. India have high hoops to win medals in cricket, hockey, squash, shot -put, athletics, boxing, wrestling, shooting and weightlifting. In the solar ingress horoscope natural benefic Venus is placed in the 2nd house and Jupiter is in the 11th house of gains is good.
The 3rd house of sports has the 11th lord (gains and medals) the Moon is in its sign of debilitation. The debilitated planets are consider good in 3rd, 6th, 8th and 12th houses. The aspect of Jupiter on the 11th lord Moon can give India huge success in the up-coming Asian games in Japan. In Navamsha the lord of the 3rd house is in the 11th house of gains. But since the 3rd house is getting the aspect by Mars and Saturn so some of India’s athlete may get injured seriously and will be out of the finals.
