Sacramento Athletics

The first pitch of the A’s first official game in Sacramento was thrown under challenging square aspects involving the Moon and planets in Cancer, rulers of home stadiums. At Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, at 7:08 pm PDT, on March 31, 2025, Joey Estes pitched to the Cubs’ Ian Happ and soon walked him.

When a sports franchise relocates, a birthchart is cast for the new city of residence. The new Sacramento Athletics birthchart is only slightly different from their birthchart located in Oakland since they have moved only 80 miles. The Ascendant and Descendant axis has shifted from the 23rd degree of Libra and Aries to the 24th degree of Libra and Aries. The MC and IC axis has stayed within the degrees of 27 Capricorn and 27 Cancer.

The Moon and planets in Cancer are the rulers of home stadiums and home cities. Fittingly, at first pitch, the Sun at 11 degrees Aries was exactly square to the A’s natal Moon of 11 degrees Cancer. Mars at 23 degrees 47 minutes of Cancer was square to the Sacramento A’s Ascendant of 24 degrees, 12 degrees of Libra. These difficult squares reflect the precarious circumstances concerning the A’s relocation to Sacramento. Other major squares are Venus retrograde at 27 degrees, 28 minutes Pisces, Mercury retrograde of 28 degrees,  41 and Neptune at 0 degrees, 4 minutes Aries all square to the A’s natal opposition between Saturn of 29 Gemini and Neptune of 29 Sagittarius. Aspects to the A’s Saturn-Neptune opposition reflect the challenges of A’s management to make the move from Oakland sustainable. (Venus, Mercury and Neptune are also trine to the A’s MC of 28 Cancer.)