COSMOS, CHRISTOS, & CONSCIOUSNESS

The Chicago Bulls - An Enduring Dynasty

 The Chicago Bulls made an important decision in 1984 when they opted to draft the young Michael Jordan and rebuild the team around him. Even though Jordan excelled as an NBA player from day one, the Bulls were still bested every year in the playoffs. 

The Bulls' General Manager, Jerry Krause, made another inspired move in the 1987 draft when he picked up both Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen. The presence of these two gifted rookies propelled the team even further into the playoffs, but still not far enough.

The Bulls continued to change it up through the 1988-89 season, when the team made it all the way to the Conference Finals, only to be defeated by their arch-rivals, the Detroit Pistons. 

                                                                 Michael Jordan - Feb. 17, 1963, Brooklyn Heights, NY, 10:20am EST. Source: C. Withers quotes a mutual friend 

                                                                                                  Phil Jackson - Sept. 17, 1945, 5:40pm MWT, Deer Lodge, MT  Source: Przybylowski quotes the BC      

    The year 1989 brought an historic and far-reaching coaching change, as the Bulls dismissed Doug Collins and promoted his assistant, Phil Jackson.  There was some immediate improvement, but the team still lost the Conference Finals to the hated Pistons.     

        The 1990-91 season saw the turnaround.  The Bulls were on a mission. Tired of losing, they charged through the season, filled with  confidence and purpose. All the pieces fell into place in the playoffs as they swept the Pistons in the Conference Finals, and defeated Magic Johnson and the Lakers in 5 games to take the NBA Championship.  Success at last!  It was a long time coming, but it was built upon an enduring foundation which would eventually lead to two three-peat series, and 6 championships in all.

The planetary conditions at the time of the Bulls' first championship had both long- and short-term implications. On June 12, 1991, a strategic conjunction of Mars and Jupiter in the royal sign of Leo crowned Jordan and Jackson together as the new kings of the NBA.  Meanwhile, the slower moving planets, like Uranus, at 12º Capricorn, set the stage for success over the long-haul. 

 At 12º Capricorn, the planet Uranus ignited the harmonious trine aspect in the earth signs that we saw in the charts of  Jordan and Jackson. This aspect was mirrored in the charts of Horace Grant and Scottie Pippen, who also shared a similar alignment and planetary emphasis on 11-13º of the Earth and Water Signs.

While the positive aspects between their birth planets helped to unite these individuals as a team, the harmonious transiting aspects from the outer planets in general, and Uranus in Capricorn in particular, helped propel the team to victory on June 12, 1991. 

In the three-peat that followed, with championship victories in 1992 and 1993, three players emerged as the 'Triplets' of the Bulls' Triangle offense: Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and Horace Grant.

These three consistently led the Bulls in all of the following categories: Points per game, Minutes per game, Rebounds per game and Blocks per game.  

 In the previous article on the Dallas Cowboys 'Triplets,' we saw that the most important astronomical alignment during their reign at the top of the NFL was the Uranus-Neptune conjunction in Capricorn, combined with the sextile aspect to Pluto in Scorpio.

The same combination of planets went to work for the Bulls, too; just a little earlier.

In the 1991 Championship, Uranus was at 12º Capricorn, Neptune at 16º Capricorn, and Pluto at 18º Scorpio.

In the 1992 Championship, Uranus was at 16º Capricorn, Neptune was at 18º Capricorn and Pluto was at 20º Scorpio. 

In the 1993 Championship, Uranus was at 21º Capricorn, Neptune was at 20º Capricorn, and Pluto was at 23º Scorpio.

As the charts on the right show, the planetary harmony between the three players synchronized sufficiently with the signs of the times to keep them on top of the league for three seasons. 

Then, the unthinkable happened. Michael Jordan quit!  Broken-hearted after the sudden loss of his father, Jordan retired from the NBA, and took up baseball to honor his memory. .                                                                                               Horace Grant - July 4, 1965, 12:30am EST, Augusta, GA 

                                                        Source for time: HG to C. Roberts, from his memory

                                                                     Scottie Pippen - Sept. 25, 1965, Hamburg, AR  No Time Available

All astrological considerations aside, the main reason the Bulls won those first three championships was because the best player in the world played for, rather than against them. Ditto for their coach. While it might be interesting to speculate on the astrological reasons why these two have had such stellar careers, my concern here is not so much with 'why' they won, but with 'when.'  Timing is the great intangible, and both Jordan's and Jackson's careers provide excellent examples of how prevailing conditions within the solar system favor the efforts of certain individuals at certain times.

Remember, Jordan's first five seasons with the Bulls all ended in frustration. Even Michael Jordan couldn't win a championship without some help. Success finally came after the Chicago management built a team around him that played to his strengths. Jordan was not always happy with their personnel decisions, but ultimately, they developed into a highly synchronized unit; thanks to some highly-synchronized planetary harmonies.  Once the team's innate planetary harmonies were triggered by the transiting planets, they began to win championships. Even when you pulled Jordan out of the mix, the Bulls were still a good team. They made it into the playoffs in 1994, led by Scottie Pippen, but they were no longer the best team in the NBA.

Jordan returned late in the 1995 season, to the great relief of the team and the fans.  Although the Bulls made the playoffs in '95, they weren't good enough to beat the Orlando Magic - at least, not yet. A little more practice would soon right the ship, but the 95-96 Bulls were now sailing with a different crew.

I must congratulate you if you've made it this far.  I know it's not easy to follow a technical astrological analysis, but doing so does have its rewards. Your reward for sticking with me on this is that you are about to see something truly amazing: the astrological alignments behind the Bulls' greatest season; their record-setting 4th championship in 1996.

The Second Time Around

The 1995-96 Season was magic; a real high point, even for such a high-flying team. The Bulls raised the bar with a jaw-dropping 72-10 regular season record. Think about that one for a minute: 82 games, and they only lost 10. 

On June 16, 1996, the Bulls beat the Seattle Supersonics in the finals to claim their 4th NBA Championship.  Along the way, Manager Jerry Krause won the Executive of the Year award, Phil Jackson was named Coach of the Year, Tony Kukoc won the 6th Man of the Year, and the new Bull, Dennis Rodman led the league in rebounding.  Meanwhile, Jordan led the league in scoring for the eighth time, and ultimately claimed the NBA triple crown: Regular Season MVP, All Star Game MVP, and Finals MVP.  Many consider the 1996 Bulls to be the best team in basketball history.  I can't argue with that.

The Bulls' resurgence was accompanied by some big changes in the solar system.  Both Uranus and Pluto had changed signs: Uranus entered the early degrees of Aquarius and Pluto entered the early degrees of Sagittarius.The planet Neptune was close behind Uranus, and lingered in the last degrees of Capricorn.

In their new positions, these three planets were suddenly more helpful than ever. We already saw how Jordan, Pippen, and Coach Jackson shared a trine aspect between planets in the early degrees of the air signs, Libra and Aquarius. Now those natal alignments were being lit up with new energy and purpose by the transiting planets.

Further, the Bulls had made some major changes to their roster.  Horace Grant had departed for Orlando, while the shooting guard Ron Harper, and center Luke Longley had signed on.

Harper and Longley fit right into the mix, sharing the same trine alignment in the early degrees of the Air Signs.  

Of course the biggest change was the 1995 addition of the Dennis Rodman show. Even with his bizarre antics and countless distractions, the Human Crayon was a perfect astrological fit. His consistent rebounding and solid defensive skills brought this new Bulls lineup back to the top of the league for three solid seasons.  

                                                             Dennis Rodman: May 13, 1961  12:10am Trenton, NJ Source: E. Hathaway quotes his publicist, who quotes Rodman
                                                                                                                Ron Harper: Jan. 20, 1964 9:53am EST Dayton, Ohio Source: BC
                                                                                                         Luc Longley: Jan. 19, 1969  Melbourne, Australia  No time available

In the summer of 1998, hot on the heels of their 6th championship, Jerry Krause decided to dismantle the team, trading Pippen, and hiring a new head coach. With the departure of Phil Jackson, Jordan retired for the second time. It was over. The planets moved on, highlighting others.  The Bulls have struggled ever since. 

Of course, Jackson went on to coach in Los Angeles, where he promptly won another three titles, but that's a story for another day, and another webpage. 

Astrology is hardly the only factor in success, but it is a factor. While it's no substitute for talent and dedication, at the same time, there's no substitute for good timing and great aspects. Conditions prevailing within the solar system do tend to favor certain individuals at certain times. 

Think of all the talented, hard-working athletes out there currently mired in the obscurity of losing teams, or the coaches and owners consistently frustrated by a lack of results. A better understanding of timing and planetary cycles can help you bring the right individuals together at the right time. When this kind of knowledge goes into building your team, the resulting boost in production - even if it's only 15-20% - can make all the difference between winning and losing, and success and failure.

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