Saturn in Aries Fuels the Brewers Fire

By César Love

The popular narrative of the 2026 World Series was that of a clash between two small-market teams, neither of whom had ever won a World Series — but the story in the stars tells so much more. Both the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers were riding high on the zeitgeist of the Outer Planets. The Series, however, ended abruptly in five games as the Rays fell to earth under difficult transits of Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. The Brewers, meanwhile, brought home the trophy under an auspicious aspect from Saturn in Aries.

The Tampa Bay Rays (founded March 9, 1995), along with their twin franchise the Diamondbacks, are the youngest teams in Major League Baseball. They have one of the smallest payrolls, yet they hold their own against the well-funded Yankees and Red Sox, often besting them in the American League Eastern Division. The Rays compete because of their Mercury intelligence, with their founding Gemini Moon trine (120 degrees; ease of motion, talent) Mercury (23 Aquarius). Born during the Uranus-Neptune conjunction of the 1990s, they are highly receptive to Outer Planet information. The Rays are innovators with bold ideas. They pioneered such strategies as extreme infield shifts and starting pitchers who only pitch one inning.

In the 2026 season, the Rays received the energy of the Outer Planets from auspicious angles. Pluto in transit was conjoined (0-7 degrees; in sync with, union) their Descendant (2 Aquarius), while Neptune in Aries was trine their Leo Ascendant. Uranus in Gemini was sextile (60 degrees; supportive, helpful) to their Ascendant and trine their Descendant.  But when the World Series began on October 23, the classical planets were misaligned for the Rays. Mercury turned retrograde the next day, which bodes poorly for teams that have a luminary in Gemini or Virgo. Perhaps a worse aspect for the Rays, transiting Jupiter (23 Leo) opposed the Rays Mercury. Jupiter’s energy is antithetical to Mercury as its largeness undoes the precision needed to perform Virgo and Gemini tasks such as throwing and catching a baseball (Mercury rules pitching). Between Mercury retrograde and Jupiter opposite their Mercury, the Rays pitching faltered, even allowing 10 runs in Game 3. Their sense perceptions lapsed, and they made unusual mistakes. Tampa Bay is known for outstanding defense, yet costly errors that led to Brewers runs were made by first baseman Jonathan Aranda and third baseman Junior Caminero.

The Rays also experienced a Mars Return (1) early in the Series when transiting Mars (14 Leo) conjoined the Rays Mars in that degree. This aspect appears benefic for a sports team, especially with Mars positioned in Leo, the sign of sports. But baseball is a game of patience: it is generally best to wait for the ball to come to you or for the play to unfold rather initiate action. With an excess of Mars energy, the Rays were overly aggressive and made costly base-running mistakes. In Game 1, Jose Mesa, Jr., violated one of baseball’s cardinal rules: never make the final out at third base. Not only did Mesa fail attempting to steal third, he did so while Yandy Diaz, a trusted Rays hitter, was at bat. Later that same game, slow-running Jonathan Aranda was thrown out at second base on a failed hit-and-run attempt, which resulted in an inning-ending double play. Both these plays killed rallies that could have scored runs.

The Brewers (founded December 1, 1967) also have planetary placements that allowed them to channel the Outer Planets. Transiting Saturn and Neptune conjoined the Brewers Saturn (5 Aries), while Pluto similarly conjoined their Mars (0 Aquarius). Perhaps most significant, transiting Uranus (5 Gemini) energized the Brewers Jupiter (5 Virgo) with a powerful square (90 degrees; challenge demanding action or change). With both the Sun and Moon in Sagittarius, Jupiter is the depositor of both the Brewers’ luminaries. Not coincidentally, as the Brewers scored eight two-out runs in Game 3, the IC in St. Petersburg, FL, progressed from the fourth to seventh degree of Virgo, conjunct their Jupiter.

While the energy of the Rays founding chart is primarily Air and Water, the Brewers chart teems with Fire. As mentioned, the Milwaukee team has Sun and Moon in Sagittarius, plus Ascendant and Saturn in Aries. Such strong, fiery energy allowed them to channel the formidable Saturn-Neptune conjunction in Aries. During the Series, transiting Saturn (8 Aries) was trine the Brewers Sun exactly and trine their Moon (11 Sagittarius). Interestingly, the Brewers Saturn experienced the team’s second Saturn return in 2026.  

The abundance of Aries energy was proudly manifest in the play of Brewers rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt. In the astrology of baseball, the sign of Aries rules the shortstop position and it rules rookies. With Aries Rising, the Brewers’ most identifiable player, their long-time face of the franchise, is Robin Yount, a Hall of Fame shortstop who played his entire 20-year career for the Brewers. In the 2026 World Series, a younger shortstop would represent the Brewers Ascendant. Cooper Pratt set an extraordinary record of six consecutive hits, the first for a rookie in the World Series. Cooper Pratt (born August 18, 2004) not only responding to the Saturn-Neptune Aries conjunction, but his Sun (26 Leo) thrived under a conjunction from Jupiter in Leo.

The last out of the Fall Classic was recorded on October 28, 2026, at 11:13 p.m. EDT in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the Midheaven (3 Aries) conjoined Neptune (2 Aries), Saturn (9 Aries), and nestled between them, the Brewers Saturn (5 Aries). Whenever a World Series ends, expect an aspect from an axis point with Saturn to close the season and crown the champions.

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Notes

1. A natal or founding planet experiences a “return” when the same planet in transit “returns” to the same zodiac sign and degree it occupied in the birth or foundation chart. The period of time for the return depends on the time that planet takes to orbit the sun; several returns can happen if a retrograde period happens around the time of the return.