The second most popular sport in the world and one of the four main team sports that are played with a ball in America, which is practiced globally, on an amateur or professional level, by over 300 million people, was created in 1891 in America at Springfield College in Massachusetts. The creator of this sport, Canadian citizen James Naismith, a graduate doctor and professor of physical education at the mentioned college, devised a new indoor game that would serve to maintain the condition of students during long winters.
Given that the history of this sport is known and that data are available on who invented this sport, at what time and in which country, as well as data on the founding of important basketball associations and institutions, it is possible to look at this sport from an astrological perspective. The method by which this can be achieved is to determine which astrological indicators describe basketball as a unique, characteristic sport, and then check whether these indicators are consistently repeated in the charts of important people, places and events related to basketball.
Inventing a sport means doing something that is a combination of the influence of planet Mars, a symbol of physical activity, competition, sport and Uranus, a symbol of ideas and invention, as well as the position of Mars in Aquarius, Uranus in Aries, Mars on a degree of Aquarius or Uranus on a degree of Aries.
Inventing a new team sport assumes that the air element and the associated signs Gemini, Libra and Aquarius must play an important role, since those signs represent teamwork, cooperation, collective, so Mars and Uranus should form contact and one or both planets should be in the signs of this element.
Like any more complex sport, the influence of other planets plays a big role, because every sport with the ball is a combination of Mars and Venus, every sport that is played with hands, in which dexterity and precision of hands are important and where the goal is to hit a small target is combination of Mars and Mercury, a sport played on time, where the goal is to achieve a result within a given time period is the connection of Mars with Saturn.
However, all these characteristics are common to many sports, so they do not characterize basketball by itself, but the elements that basketball shares with other sports.
The characteristics that make basketball a specific and unique sport are those that are related to the influence of Uranus, for several reasons.
First of all, the target to be hit in this sport, the basket, stands at a certain height, so to speak, in the air, at 3.05 meters from the ground, and it is necessary to insert the ball from above, from the top into the basket. Therefore, jumping plays an important role in this game and basketball is the only sport in which jumps, or rebounds are an important statistical category, in addition to the number of points and assists scored, and which often decides the winner of the match. In essence, it is very important to jump over the opponent, and jumps are not only important when catching a ball that misses the basket, but they are also important when scoring points, so the so-called dunking of the ball into the basket is impossible without players not having a pronounced ability to jump very high. On the other hand, the most important shooting technique is throwing the ball out of the hands while jumping, and whose name bears the pure symbolism of Mars and Uranus – “jump-shot” or jump (Uranus) shot (Mars).
In the second place, basketball is played at a fast pace and points are scored very quickly, as a result of which the result is constantly changing (Uranus). This contributes to the great uncertainty, excitement and unpredictability of this game, again recognizable Uranian characteristics, because the advantage can be gained and lost several times during the match, reversals are frequent and often the winner is decided by one shot or one jump, while free (Uranus) throws (Mars) can be crucial.
This sport is, of course, ideal for people who are tall or at least taller than average, which is again a characteristic of the air trinity. Of the air signs, in addition to the significant role of Aquarius, which is ruled by Uranus, the sign of Gemini and the planet Mercury describe some important elements that make basketball a specific sport. First of all, the target to be hit in this sport, the basket, is small in size (Mercury). Furthermore, the basket scored from the game is worth two (Gemini) points, that is, it has a double (Gemini) value. The sign Gemini and the planet Mercury, in addition to symbolizing duality in every sense, also symbolize movement or walking. Therefore, there is no rule that carries such a striking symbolism of this sign and the planet from the basketball two-step, which are the maximum number of steps that a player can make while carrying the bal. The term “two-step” itself contains two separate words that are merged into one, which again symbolizes the sign of Gemini and the planet Mercury.
Everything that makes basketball a sport as it is, is represented by Uranus in its various meanings (height, speed, jumping, uncertainty, rapid change, reversal) associated with Mars, so a combination of planets that symbolize any new sport, when connected by air signs, symbolize basketball as a unique, separate sport.
As mentioned, basketball originated on American soil, and over time it has become one of the most important sports in US and in it has been played, especially since the creation of the NBA League, basketball of the highest quality in the world. Therefore, in the horoscope of the United States of America, one should expect the positions of the planets that indicate the emergence of such a sport.
NATAL CHART United States
Just as in natal astrology the planet Mars, the sign in which the 5th house begins, the ruler of the 5th house and the planets in it describe the extent to which the individual is fond of sports and which sports he prefers, in mundane astrology the same indicators describe the role that sport play among the population of a given country, as well as which sports a large part of the people are in favor of. In the US horoscope (4.7.1776. 17:10 LMT, Philadelphia, PA) the 5th house starts at 29 ° Aries, while the ruler, Mars, is at 21 ° Gemini in the 7th house. Such positions show that both individual (Aries, Mars) and collective (Gemini, 7th House) sports play an important role among the population of this country. Mars, which is as well the ruler of the 4th House (homeland, territory within the borders of the state) at the degree of Sagittarius in the 7th house shows that certain team sports created on US soil are brought by foreign (Sagittarius) citizens, while the position of Mars in Gemini shows that those are the members of the states with which the USA borders (Gemini), that is, that they are neighboring (Gemini) states, such as Canada. What is most important is that Mars, together with Uranus, is in the air sign, Gemini, and forms trines with the planets in the remaining two air signs, Saturn in Libra and the Moon in Aquarius. The whole configuration made up of these four planets describes a team (air element, 7th house) sport (Mars) which on the soil of the state (Moon, 4th house) was invented (Uranus) by a foreigner (Mars on the degree of Sagittarius) from the neighboring (Gemini) country and which in time (Saturn) becomes a national (Moon) sport (Mars). Mars is not only in Gemini, but also in a wider separating conjunction with Uranus, the ruler of the 3rd house (neighboring country) and in trine with the Moon in the 3rd house.
Thus, the US horoscope contains the positions of the planets that confirm the possibility of the emergence of sports such as basketball on the soil of that country during its existence.
The man who invented basketball, James Naismith, was born on November 6, 1861 at 5:26 pm in the Canadian city of Almonte. Before analyzing his chart, some important data and events from his biography should be stated, because based on them, his chart was rectified.
He was born as the eldest son of John and Margaret Naismith, Scottish immigrants. Enthusiastic about sports from an early age, in 1883 he began his physical education studies in Montreal. As a versatile talented athlete, he played for the university team in several sports disciplines – football, lacrosse, rugby and gymnastics. He graduated in 1888, and in 1891 he became a professor of physical education at the faculty where he graduated. However, he left Montreal the same year to become a professor of physical education at the YMCA International Training School in the American city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
At the end of 1891, he received an order from the director of that university to invent a game within 14 days that students could play indoors during the winter, which would not be too rough and which would serve as a kind of sports distraction. Within the given deadline, he devised a new game, wrote the basic 13 rules and called it “basketball”. Contrary to today’s game, the teams contained 9 players each. As for the target to be hit, Naismith chose two wooden peach baskets that he nailed to the balcony wall in the hall. The height to which the baskets were nailed was determined by the height of the balcony, which was 3.05 meters, and so randomly selected, it never changed. The first game was played with a soccer ball, and on that occasion, a goalkeeper was sitting on the ladder, taking the ball out of the basket when the players threw the ball into it. Climbing the ladder for each removal of the ball, after the goal was scored, was solved by cutting the bottom of the basket, which caused the ball to fall. According to some sources, the board to which the hoop was attached was invented by accident, as a dam from spectators who prevented the ball from entering the basket from the balcony.
The first game was played in December 1891 between the students of the mentioned school, and for that reason that year is taken as the year of the birth of the new sport. The first public basketball match was played on March 2, 1892. years between students and teachers of Springfield college. That same year, Lew Allen of Hatford, Connecticut, made a cylindrical basket of heavy twisted wire and thus eliminated the wicker wooden basket set up by Dr. Naismith.
The soccer ball, which was used until 1894, was replaced by an official basketball. In the following year, boards with an allowed dimension of 1.80 m x 1.20 m were installed. Free throws were also introduced. Since 1896, the points scored from the game have been valued at 2 points, and the points scored from free throws have been valued at 1 point.
Until the end of the life of the creator of this sport on 28.11.1939, basketball became an Olympic sport and one of the most popular sports in the world.
James Naismith’s horoscope is characteristic in the sense that there is no lonely planet, that is, each planet forms aspects to at least two other planets.
NATAL CHART James Naismith
In the first place, the Sun is set in the sign of Scorpio, the sign of the domicile of Mars and the exaltation of Uranus. Thus determined, the Sun in Scorpio has the greatest potential, if the rest of the horoscope confirms it, to create something new (Uranus) in terms of sports (Mars). In addition to the Sun, Scorpio has a retrograde Mercury at 26 °, the ruler of the ASC on the 1st degree of Gemini. In the very first house there is Uranus at 15 ° Gemini as the ruler of MC, set on the 5th degree of Aquarius, which is a position that clearly describes a person who is known (10th house) for inventing a new (Uranus, Aquarius) game (Gemini), while Mc at the degree of Leo shows that it is a new sport (Leo), as well as Uranus in the trine with Mars. The same positions show that he invented the new sport on the orders of his superior, that is, the school principal (10th house). Most importantly, Uranus in Gemini forms a trine toward Mars at 20 ° Libra, a predicted contact formed through air signs, Libra and Gemini. In addition to these positions, the conjunction of the two largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, in the sign of Virgo in the 5th house, is striking.
The conjunction of the two largest planets is common in the horoscopes of significant historical figures, because the combination of these two planets carries the potential to create something that can have a long-term (Saturn) impact on a global (Jupiter) level. In the horoscope of the man who invented the sport, which over time became popular on a global level, it is logical that Jupiter and Saturn are in the 5th house (sport). Mercury, as the dispositor of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Ascendant, is located at 26 ° Scorpio and since it is retrograde, it makes an application sextile with Jupiter and Saturn. With ASC in Gemini and Mercury in sextile and reception with Saturn, it is understood that Naismith neatly wrote (Mercury) the basic rules (Saturn) of the game, but since Saturn is in conjunction with Jupiter and square with Uranus, the number of rules has increased significantly over time, almost tenfold (Jupiter), while, in addition to many new (Uranus) rules, many basic rules have been substantially changed (Uranus).
As mentioned, James Naismith invented basketball in December 1891, a month after he turned 30. The transits of the planets for that period are striking. In the first place, the 30th year of life is the year of Saturn’s return to the natal position, in this case, Saturn was again in Virgo in the 5th house. At the same time, from December 8 to the end of the month of that year, Mars and Uranus (which are in the trine in natal chart) transited through the sign of Scorpio, while on December 15, they were in exact conjunction at 4 ° Scorpio.
The secondary progressions for December 1891 show the following interesting positions:
The progressive Sun was at 14 ° Sagittarius in opposition to the progressive Uranus at 14 ° Gemini, which is important since these two planets in natal are connected not so much by the strong aspect of inconjunction, but also by reception, because the Sun exalts Uranus. At the same time, the progressive Moon was in the sign of Aquarius in the 10th House.
The most interesting thing is how, during the first 30 days after birth, the secondary progressive Mercury moved, which, it should be reminded, plays an extremely important role in the natal horoscope, because it is the dispositor of both ASC and Uranus, and then Jupiter and Saturn, with whom it is in applying sextile. In natal chart, Mercury is at 26 ° 17 ‘Scorpio in retrograde motion. On 1.12.1891, secondary progressed Mercury was set at 26 ° 18 ‘ of Scorpio, almost in a minute in his natal position. So, during his progressive journey, it moved retrogradely to 12 ° Scorpio, where it stopped and then went direct. During that period, it twice formed exact sextiles with both natal and progressive Jupiter and Saturn, only to return to the natal position in December 1891.
The chart of the solar return reveals the following positions: in parallel with the return of the Sun to its natal position, as many as four planets are in the signs in which they are in the natal horoscope. Saturn, naturally, was again in Virgo, Mercury in Scorpio, the Moon in Capricorn and Mars in Libra.
Biographical data confirming rectification:
- Parents are immigrants from Scotland- Moon (origin, genetics) in the 9th house in the trine with Saturn, the ruler of the 9th house (abroad).
- After the death of his parents at the age of 9 (ruler of the 4th house in Scorpio), his uncle (ruler of the 4th house-guardians in the 6th house-uncle) takes custody of him.
- He got married on June 20th. 1894. Jupiter, the ruler of the 7th house (marriage) transited through the sign of Gemini and 1 house. In the solar return chart for 1893, the rulers of the 1st house in Capricorn and the 7th house in Cancer, Saturn and the Moon are in conjunction in Libra (Marriage).
The data that most indicates the accuracy of the rectification is the moment and circumstances of the death of the basketball creator on November 28, 1939. Namely, after the death of his first wife in 1937, on 11. 6.1939. he married for the second time, and died in November of that year. In the natal chart in the 8th House (death) Venus (marriage) is set at 28 ° Sagittarius in squares with Jupiter at 21 ° Virgo, ruler of both eight (death) and seventh (marriage) house and Neptune at 29 ° Pisces. On the day of death, transiting Venus was at 27 ° Sagittarius (almost on the natal position in the 8th House) in squares with Jupiter at 29 ° Pisces (exactly on the natal Neptune) and Neptune at 25 ° Virgo (4 degrees ahead of natal Jupiter). In essence, Venus returned to the natal position in the 8th house and formed squares towards the same two planets with which it is squared in the natal, while those two planets swapped places.
Less than seven years after the death of James Naismith and less than a year after the end of World War II, on June 6, 1946. at 9:24 in New York, the highest quality basketball competition on the planet was founded under the original name BAA (Basketball Association of America). Three years later, on August 3, 1949, by merging the BAA with the NBL (National Basketball League), the newly formed league received the name that has been retained to this day, the National Basketball Association, or abbreviated, the NBA League.
The chart of the NBA league not only faithfully reflects the nature of the competition that was born that day, but also has important correlations with the chart of the USA and the chart of James Naismith.
NATAL CHART NBA League
For a start, the most represented is the air element, which contains 5 planets. In the sign of Gemini, a triple conjunction is formed between Sun at 15 °, Uranus at 17 ° and Mercury at 22 °. All three planets are in a trine with Jupiter at 17 ° Libra, Uranus is in an exact trine with Jupiter, and all four planets are in sextile with Mars at 22 ° Leo, of which Mercury, the final dispositor of the horoscope, is in exact sextile.
It is difficult to imagine a configuration that better describes what was born on that day, since as it is known, it is the highest quality (Sun) basketball (Uranus) competition (Mars) in the world (Jupiter), because in that league play the best (Sun) basketball players (Mars / Uranus) from American colleges (Jupiter), as well as the best foreign (Jupiter) basketball players (Mars / Uranus).
The positions of the planets in the houses for the proposed time of the founding of the league confirm what their positions in signs and aspects suggest. Already the ASC at 5 °of Leo shows that something of the highest quality (Leo) was founded that day at that time, and the MC at 23 ° of Aries and the ruler of MC, Mars, at 22 ° of Leo in the 1st house in the trine with the top of the 10th house, describes that a top (Leo) competition (Aries, Mars) was launched that day, which will attract (ASC) the best (Leo) players (Mars), who will, consequently, shape the identity (ASC) of the league and naturally build a reputation and status (MC) of the highest quality competition of its kind on the planet.
The same aspects show that the league is specific (Uranus) in the organization (Sun) of the competition (Mars), especially in the large number (Jupiter) matches (Mars) that need to be played during the season, 82 matches during the regular season and between 16 and 28 matches in the playoffs. In essence, teams competing for the title play over 100 matches in one season.
At this point, we should look at all of the above.
At the beginning, based on the well-known and generally accepted meanings of planets and signs, the assumption was made that basketball as a sport is symbolized by Mars and Uranus placed and connected via air signs.
Then, the charts of the country in which basketball originated, the man who invented the sport in that country, and the national basketball leagues of that country were presented and analyzed separately.
When these three horoscopes overlap and when the positions of the planets are compared, coincidences can be noticed that not only confirm the assumption, but also show more closely what astrologically symbolizes basketball.
-As for the position of the planets in the signs, in all three horoscopes Uranus is in the sign of Gemini, in the US chart at 8 °, in the chart of James Naismith at 15 °, and the NBA league at 17 °. The significance of this coincidence is obvious if we take into account the slow movement of Uranus, which transits through one sign for 7 years, and orbits the Sun for an average of 83.83 years. Thus, it is unusual that the three events (births) that are of cardinal importance for the existence and development of this sport on American soil, took place in a time interval that coincided with the Uranus cycle.
So, 4.7.1776 when Uranus was at 8 ° of Gemini, the United States were born, the country where basketball was created.
After 85 years and 4 months, on November 6, 1861, when Uranus was at 15 ° Gemini, a man was born who invented the sport in that country.
84 years and 7 months after his birth, on June 6, 1946, when Uranus was at 17 ° Gemini, a professional national league was founded in that country in which this sport is played at the highest level.
– in all three charts Uranus in Gemini forms a positive aspect with Mars. In the first case, Uranus is in a wider separated conjunction with Mars, in the second in a trine with Mars in Libra, and in the third in sextile with Mars in Leo.
From other comparative aspects, the following stand out:
-The Sun at 15 ° Gemini in the NBA League chart is located exactly on Uranus in the chart of the basketball creator, which describes the NBA League as the top, highest quality (Sun) expression of what he invented (Uranus).
The dispositor of the Sun and the final dispositor of the NBA league chart, Mercury, at 22 ° Gemini in conjunction with the North Moon node at 21 ° falls on Mars at 21 ° Gemini in the US chart. These positions describe that the most talented athletes born in the USA will play in this league and that, consequently, the NBA league will become one of the symbols of American sports and enjoy great popularity and ratings (Gemini) in other countries (7 houses).
In essence, the comparison of these three charts leads to the conclusion that basketball as a sport does not symbolize only any aspect of Mars and Uranus, and that one or both planets are in any air sign, but basketball is specifically represented by Uranus in the sign of Gemini in conjunction or in one of two harmonic aspects with Mars, which is therefore found in either air or fire signs.
It should be noted that this refers to American basketball, that is, to the origin and development of basketball on the American continent. During the first half of the 20th century, countless basketball institutions were founded on other continents, and, of course, in their charts, Uranus is not in Gemini. But, some similarities are still to be found.
One of the world’s largest basketball organizations, FIBA (Fédération Internationale deBasketball), which is an association of national basketball federations that manages international basketball and has over 200 member countries, was founded on June 18, 1932. in Geneva. In the chart of FIBA, as well as in the chart of the NBA league, the Sun is in the sign of Gemini, at 26 ° and in sextiles with Uranus at 22 ° of Aries and Jupiter at 19 ° of Leo. Uranus is not in Gemini nor is it in aspect with Mars which is furthermore laid at 27 ° Taurus and without application aspects. But again, there is a connection between the sign of Gemini and Mars and Uranus, because the Sun is in Gemini and in aspect with Uranus in Aries, whose is the dispositor of Mars. It is interesting that in both charts Uranus and Jupiter are in trine, and that both planets are connected to the Sun, because the combination of these three planets precisely describes a large (Jupiter) basketball (Uranus) organization (Sun).
NATAL CHART FIBA
If the basic thesis of this essay is accepted as valid, that Uranus placed in the sign of Gemini, which is in good aspect with Mars, which is therefore in one of the air or fire signs, represents basketball as a sport, and especially American basketball, then based on this one or several rational predictions can be made.
During the next seven-year transit of Uranus through the sign of Gemini, something significant will happen in the world of basketball on American soil. Uranus will enter this sign in July 2025, but will soon enter retrograde motion and return to the sign of Taurus. He will re-enter the sign of Gemini at the end of April 2026 and will remain in that sign until May 2033, which will be the end of his seven-year transit through that sign. During this relatively long period of time, Mars will form conjunctions, sextiles, and trines with Uranus on several occasions, making it extremely difficult to determine exactly what year something significant will happen regarding American basketball. It would be good if that was the only problem, however, the even bigger question is what exactly will happen and, on that issue, everyone is free to guess what one wants.
One possibility is that one or more new rules will be introduced that will significantly change the way this sport is understood and played.
The second possibility, which seems most certain to me, is the following: since during the first transit of Uranus through the sign of Gemini the country in which this sport originated was born, during the second the man who invented the sport was born, and during the third the league was born on that soil in which that sport is played at the highest level, during the next, fourth cycle, it would be appropriate for that league to be expanded beyond the American continent. In other words, it is possible that a world, i.e., global version of the NBA league will be created in this period. Since it is not realistic to expect that all continents have a representative in this league, it could potentially lead to clubs from the continent where the best basketball is played after the American one getting the opportunity to compete in this new league. Since that continent is Europe, it is possible that some of Europe’s biggest basketball clubs will, for the first time, get a chance to compete with America’s biggest clubs for the world title.
Of course, something completely different is possible, which is impossible to predict, as well as the possibility that nothing will happen. It remains to be seen.
