By Vaughn
Paul Manley, M.A.
Serena Williams, the younger sister of Venus Williams, just
won the Australian Open Tennis Championship on January 27th,
in an impressive comeback. "I surprised even myself,"
she said In an interview, after two years of injuries and minimal
tournament play. In pro tennis, there are four big tournaments,
called Grand Slams, and the Australian Open is one of them.
However, Serena hadn't even won a tournament, let alone a Grand
Slam tournament, since January 2005 when she won the same one
in Australia. This time she didn't just win, she won in dramatic
fashion, demolishing no. 1 seed Maria Sharapova in the finals,
6-1 6-2.
In July 2005, I wrote an article entitled,
Venus Williams's Big Comeback, that described Venus's unlikely
win at Wimbledon, another Grand Slam tournament, after a similar
story of two years of minimal tournament play, mostly due to
injuries. Now it's been Serena's turn.
Serena Williams's Natal Chart
Serena is currently in a Rahu-Rahu-Moon dasha. Why did she have
the comeback now? She's been in her 18 year Rahu mahadasha since
September 4, 2004. Rahu is certainly very well placed in her
chart. It is located in an angular house, aspected by a trinal
lord, Mars. This forms a raja yoga according to sage Parashara
(see Rahu
and Ketu Giving Raja Yogas). Rahu is disposited or ruled
by the Moon, who's well placed in a friend's sign in the benefic
5th house. Thus far, however, she's been mostly plagued with
injuries. This can be certainly explained by the fact that Saturn
has been transiting through Cancer, where both the mahadasha
lord, Rahu, and the ascendant lord, Mars, are located. From
Cancer, Saturn has also aspect been aspecting the 1st house
as well and the Sun, the significator of the 1st house. As soon
as Saturn transited into Leo in November, Serena's health improved.
The other shift that happened in November was that Serena started
her sub sub period of the Moon, which extends until March 22nd
of this year. Her Moon is in the dominating fire sign of Leo,
and in the benefic 5th house, as mentioned. The Moon is hemmed
in by malefic planets on either side, with Mars and Rahu in
Cancer, and Saturn and the Sun in Virgo. However, these are
also the lords of the 1st, 5th, and 10th houses, which are powerful
house lords for success. Malefic planets can also be good for
competition - they're well placed in the house of competition,
the 6th house, which is an upachaya house. The Moon is furthermore
in the sign, and the nakshatra, of the Sun. The Sun is located
in the 6th house of competition, and is involved in a powerful
raja yoga involving the 5th, 9th, and 10th lords.
You may notice that Mars, her ascendant lord, is debilitated
in the sign of Cancer. How can a debilitated Mars describe someone
who's such a successful athlete, and such a fighting spirit?
This is because Mars forms a neecha banga raja yoga, or royal
combination causing the cancellation of debility, because of
at least two factors. One is that it is located in an angular
house, and the other is that it is exalted in the navamsha chart.
The fact that it is in a raja yoga with Rahu, as mentioned,
greatly strengthens Mars as well. In addition, it's dispositor,
the Moon, is in a strong sign and house position. She has already
finished her Mars mahadasha, which is when her tennis career
took off. This certainly demonstrates Mars's strength. Marc
Boney talks about Serena's Mars in his article, Serena
Williams's Deceptive Mars.
Serena Williams's Navamsha Chart
If we look further at the Moon's strength in the divisional
charts, we'll see that the Moon is located in the angular 7th
house in the Navamsha chart, and aspected by the 9th and 10th
lords, Saturn and Jupiter. In the dashamsha chart the pattern
repeats. The Moon becomes the 1st lord located in the 10th house,
aspected by the 5th and 10th lord, Mars, and the 9th lord, Jupiter.
It's the combined factors of Saturn's transit moving away from
conjunction with the dasha lord, Rahu, and ascendant lord, Mars;
and the strength of the Moon's sub sub period that gave her
the lift to have a comeback, in my opinion.
One more subtler point. Serena has always done well at the Australian
Open - she's won it three times. The tournament is always held
in January, while the Sun is transiting through Capricorn, which
is Serena's 10th house of career. The Sun gets a high number
of 4 binnashtakavarga points in Capricorn. Venus, on the other
hand, has always done well at Wimbledon - she's won it three
times. Wimbledon is always played in late June/early July, while
the Sun is in Gemini. This is Venus's 10th house, where the
Sun gets a very high number of 6 binnashtakavarga points. Just
a little tidbit of astro-trivia.
Dashamsha Chart
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