Rags to Riches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yahoo!!!!!!!!! A Filly Won the Belmont Stakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rags to Riches is the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in 105 years! A girl called Ruthless (Love it!) won the first Belmont and a girl named Tanya won in 1905.

Rags to Riches
b. Feb. 27, 2004 Place? Lexington, Kentucky?

Sun 9 Pisces; Moon either in Taurus or Gemini; NN 14 Taurus.

I started by looking at RtoR's Venus to see where her Superhorsian Girlpower is Amped. Venus is at 23 Aries (Numero Uno) trined by Pluto (Power) 23 Sagittarius and square Chiron 24 Capricorn (Queen). Venus is further enhanced by her mutual reception with Mars (ruler of the 1st Sign) at 16 Taurus. Mars is conjunct the North Node in Taurus (disposits to Venus = girl power karma). In addition, transiting Mars is conjunct her natal Venus as well.

But it doesn't stop there. Rags to Riches' Sun is opposite Jupiter. This shows a great competitive spirit. It also shows a good relationship with Jupiterians. How fitting that her Jockey for today has 5 planets in Sagittarius and his Mars is conjunct her Sun. This vibe is super strong today as there is a Grand Cross pattern involving this Sun-Jupiter opposition. The Nodal axis is right on top of it. At the same time, it is being squared in turn by a Sun-Jupiter opposition!

Between the Mars-Venus and Sun-Jupiter-Nodes contacts, this is a high vitality day for RtoR. One interesting thing I noticed is that she was born with a Jupiter Retrograde and the Jupiter today is Retrograde. I've heard that people with Mercury Retrograde function better during Mercury Retrograde so maybe this applies to Jupiter as well.

Although a very successful jockey, Rags to Riches' Rider, John R. Velazquez, had never won a Triple Crown race so he's feeling extra lucky today. But, of course, it's his Jupiter Return! This squares his natal Mars 10 Pisces which, as I said before is conjunct RtoR's Sun and is conjunct the transiting North Node and is part of that big Grand Square transit in the Sky. He would have had a special affinity for Rags to Riches as she is a Pisces Sun and he has Sun conjunct Neptune.

John R. Velazquez
b. Nov. 24, 1971 Carolina, Puerto Rico

Sun 2 Sagittarius; Moon probably in Aquarius; NN 8 Aquarius

Remember when Street Sense won the Kentucky Derby? He had the same North Node as his Jockey, Calvin Borel, and the Sun was conjunct that point on the day of the Race. I wonder if there has to be a strong North Node connection between Horse and Rider.

Here's a list of the top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-Horse_magazine_List_of_Top_100_Racehorses_of_the_20th_Century. Notice that the top 5 are Sun in Aries. Also, horses are bred only at certain times of the year so some signs never race, as horses that is.