Event charts were assessed for the remaining fixtures of the 2011 Six Nations rugby tournament. Event charts, although at the bottom of the astrological food chain, are not always straight forward; some present challenges which require subtlety of judgement and experience in order to reach a definitive conclusion. Event charts are used in sports' questions instead of horary charts when the querent has no specific favourite, the matches are not major league events or if there are multiple games being played within a tournament at different times (not at the same time); they are also used for a host of other events such as court cases/trials and to determine the outcome of major meetings such as when cabinet meets to decide the demise of the repo rate.

Will South Africa win the 2011 Cricket World Cup?

Horary astrologers worldwide will be focused on the matches along with the soccer fans, pitting their astrological skill against the sport. As the tournament unfolds I will delineate charts for my favourite teams and articles will be added to this page; the reader is encouraged to read them in sequence from the bottom upwards.

While I have attained the answer to this question, I am not going to divulge it. Many sports' fans have no desire to know the outcome in advance, and I will not incur the wrath of those who fall into this category. For those who do wish to know the outcome of sporting events, for whatever reason, horary astrology is the tool to use. Using this methodology the astrologer can accurately predict the outcome – all that is required is for the client to ask “will my team win?” No crystal balls, tea leaves or intuition are utilised - astrology is a celestial science requiring years of study and dedication before proficiency is attained.

Click here to read an article on the Euro 2008 Football Championship.

I recently presented this chart delineation (in far less technical terms) to a group of sports people. I have a deep seated interest in sport and a respectful curiosity about sports people, having spent over a decade in that arena as a sports coach and personal trainer. I am grateful to Bruce Fordyce for allowing me to share his nativity in relation to the topic in question. Bruce Fordyce is considered the world's greatest ultra marathon runner. He was born in the Far East and schooled in the UK , but is South African through and through. He entered his first Comrade's Marathon while a student at Wits University in Johannesburg, and won this gruelling ultra marathon eight times in succession and nine times overall. He competed internationally as well, winning the London to Brighton Marathon three times in succession, setting a world 50-mile record in the process.

The story of Lance Armstrong is so well known I will not repeat it here. When he retired from professional road cycling in 2005, after securing 7 consecutive Tour de France wins, many felt that he would never return to the sport. I thought it wise that he was exiting the sport while still riding the crest of the wave, and not hanging onto the glory only to watch it slip from his grasp over time. Many people who occupy the higher echelons of a sport or a profession, find it hard to let go when the time comes to make way for those whose time is waxing, while theirs is waning. This person then acquires an air of tragedy tinged with comedy when their position is usurped by the younger and more able-bodied competitors in their field. Far better, in my opinion, to exit gracefully and to be remembered as a king instead of a "has been".

I set this chart before Germany had won their semi final match as I (correctly) assumed that they would beat Russia . I did not circulate my attainment of judgement as it is unfair to those who choose to watch a sporting event without knowing the outcome.

The Accident

On Saturday the 28th of July 2007 while flying solo in a helicopter, Philip connected with overhead electrical cables and crashed. Resident farmers were on the scene, apparently within minutes, but there was no trace of him.

I had met him through my involvement in adventure racing, an outdoor multi disciplined sport, in which he was undoubtedly one of the best athletes in South Africa. Over the years I got to know him and I was always in awe of his physical prowess and his sheer capacity to devour life.

The thought of all his dynamic energy being extinguished in this crash was tragic, yet extremely fitting. If Philip was dead he had died while engaged in a task that gave him joy and a sense of accomplishment; he had worked in Iraq for many years to accumulate enough money to fund the acquisition of his helicopter licence. If anyone had been able to survive this crash, he would have; Philip was completely at ease in the bush and had very little fear when it came to accepting the challenges that nature offered. There were many stories told in the adventuring racing community of his bravery and daredevil attitude.

“Last night I was privileged to attend a talk by Professor Tim Noakes, guru physiologist, all-round nice guy and a natural communicator. His topic: Self-Belief in Athletes. His audiovisual presentation covered Lewis Pugh's Arctic swim and a whole list of famous moments in sport, including the first four-minute mile. His major insights after nearly 40 years in sports science? You can't achieve it until you really know you can. You have to believe it and then you have to act on it. Then you have to give 100% when it matters.

"Fatigue is purely an emotion!" he said, with a grin on his face. An example: Josiah Thugwane winning the 1996 Seattle Olympic marathon by just three seconds. "Watch the footage, you'll see that he outpsyched second place into believing that it wasn't worth his while to suffer for the win. He convinced the other athlete through his own body language that he was more fatigued than he was!"