2025-12-31 Iowa vs Vanderbilt — ReliaQuest Bowl

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Iowa @ Vanderbilt — ReliaQuest Bowl — Raymond James StadiumLocal: 2025-12-31 12:00:00 EST | UTC: 2025-12-31 17:00:00
Lat/Lon: 27.975958, -82.503693
ASC: Aries 04°03′ | MC: Capricorn 02°38′
Sun: Capricorn 10°16′ (H10)
Moon: Gemini 02°21′ (H2)
Mercury: Sagittarius 28°12′ (H9)
Venus: Capricorn 08°50′ (H10)
Mars: Capricorn 12°27′ (H10)
Jupiter: Cancer 21°23′ (H4) ℞
Saturn: Pisces 26°09′ (H12)
Uranus: Taurus 27°57′ (H2) ℞
Neptune: Pisces 29°30′ (H12)
Pluto: Aquarius 02°42′ (H11)
House cusps:
H1 Aries 04°03′
H2 Taurus 10°46′
H3 Gemini 08°40′
H4 Cancer 02°38′
H5 Cancer 26°57′
H6 Leo 25°58′
H7 Libra 04°03′
H8 Scorpio 10°46′
H9 Sagittarius 08°40′
H10 Capricorn 02°38′
H11 Capricorn 26°57′
H12 Aquarius 25°58′
Aspects:
Moon(H2) △ Pluto(H11) — Orb 0°22′ (Applying)
Mercury(H9) □ Neptune(H12) — Orb 1°18′ (Applying)
Sun(H10) ☌ Venus(H10) — Orb 1°26′ (Applying)
Saturn(H12) ⚹ Uranus(H2) — Orb 1°48′ (Applying)
Sun(H10) ☌ Mars(H10) — Orb 2°12′ (Applying)
Saturn(H12) ☌ Neptune(H12) — Orb 3°21′ (Applying)
Venus(H10) ☌ Mars(H10) — Orb 3°38′ (Applying)
Mars(H10) ☍ Jupiter(H4) — Orb 8°56′ (Applying)
Uranus(H2) ⚹ Neptune(H12) — Orb 1°33′ (Separating)
Mercury(H9) □ Saturn(H12) — Orb 2°03′ (Separating)
Moon(H2) ⚹ Neptune(H12) — Orb 2°51′ (Separating)
Neptune(H12) ⚹ Pluto(H11) — Orb 3°12′ (Separating)
Moon(H2) ☌ Uranus(H2) — Orb 4°24′ (Separating)
Uranus(H2) △ Pluto(H11) — Orb 4°45′ (Separating)
Jupiter(H4) △ Saturn(H12) — Orb 4°45′ (Separating)
Moon(H2) ⚹ Saturn(H12) — Orb 6°12′ (Separating)
Other aspects:
Mars(H10) ⧄ Uranus(H2) — Orb 0°30′ (Applying)
Mercury(H9) ⚻ Uranus(H2) — Orb 0°15′ (Separating)
Postgame astrology recap (ReliaQuest Bowl)
Iowa 34, Vanderbilt 27 — and the chart reads like a “control the top of the chart, survive the chaos” kind of bowl game. With Aries rising (4°) you get a feisty, momentum-choppy tone (fast starts, fast answers, quick emotional swings). But the real headline is the Capricorn stack in the 10th house (Sun/Venus/Mars all in H10) with the MC in Capricorn: that’s classic “grown-up football” symbolism—execution, composure, and finishing structure showing up when the game gets tight.
The scoring shape matches the chart’s signature of weird + swingy + still ultimately disciplined: Iowa goes 7–0 in the 1st, then that 2-point safety in the 2nd quarter screams “12th-house/hidden-rooms football” with Saturn–Neptune conjoined in Pisces in H12 (pressure, misreads, confinement, getting pinned). Add Mercury in Sagittarius squaring Saturn/Neptune and you get the vibe of mistakes, confusion, or situational breakdowns that produce non-standard points and sudden field-position flips.
Then Vanderbilt’s 14-point 3rd quarter looks like the game’s volatile trigger coming alive: Mars (H10) square Uranus (H2) within 0°30 applying is the “sudden-change” aspect—one play can flip the scoreboard or force a scramble. Pair that with Moon in Gemini in the 2nd house (the “points” house) and you get scoring in bursts, not a smooth drip. The Moon also ties into the intensity spike via Moon trine Pluto (0°22 applying)—a surge of collective momentum, the “here we go” feeling where the game suddenly has teeth.
But Iowa’s response—10 in the 3rd and 10 in the 4th—is the Capricorn 10th-house story paying off. When the chart leans that hard into 10th-house Capricorn, the team that can keep their posture and manage the game usually wins the “late integrity test.” Even the broad Mars opposite Jupiter (Cancer, H4, Rx) reads like big swings and emotional surges, but with Capricorn angular/10th emphasis, the finish tends to reward the steadier hand rather than the flashier wave.
Bottom line: this was a scrappy Aries-rising game with Moon/Uranus scoreboard volatility, but the Capricorn-on-the-MC / H10 dominance fits Iowa grinding through the chaos and landing the cleaner finish in a one-score bowl.