After a month of witnessing top-notch soccer talent vying for a place in the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, we now have the thrilling matchups of England confronting Argentina and France taking on Spain. The big question remains: which of these teams might falter when faced with the tournament’s high-pressure demands?
An experienced astrologer has analyzed each team’s blend of star signs, leadership dynamics, and how these elements relate to emotional susceptibility, indecisiveness, and pressure management. Here’s what the analysis reveals.
Renowned celebrity psychic astrologer Inbaal Honigman, who has been interpreting the Tarot since the 1990s, has made multiple media appearances over the past twenty years. Her insights have been featured in Big Brother’s Little Brother, Elle Magazine, and on talkSPORT radio, among others.
Representing Casino.org, Honigman explained to Showbiz Cheat Sheet, “There are two main reasons why some teams might crumble under pressure more than others. Primarily, it comes down to the zodiac signs of the players. Certain signs, like the intrepid Sagittarius or the driven Capricorn, tend to excel in high-pressure scenarios. These are signs that relish in the hustle and the accomplishment.
“Those pressure-loving signs enjoy setting their targets and then going for it, and nothing will stop them. The pressure-proof signs can take anything in their stride, and will show up to the match with the same attitude, no matter who they play and what the weather is. Other signs can take it or leave it when it comes to stress. The grounded sign of Taurus, for example, and the intense sign of Scorpio can feel the stress, but not act on it.”
Honigman continued, “Those kinds of signs are so committed to being their true selves. So although their emotions are strong and sincere, they’ll still respond to situations according to their everyday habits. They hold their personal truths to be self-evident, so they don’t huff and grumble when things get tense, and they still deliver a world-class performance.
“Naturally, they’d be incredible athletes, gifted and resilient, or they wouldn’t have been there in the first place, but their sensitive nature can let them down under pressure. If one star crumbles under the heat, then the whole team could potentially follow.”
The astrologer added, “The second reason that some squads would struggle under pressure is the changing positions of the planets. All the planets in the solar system move all the time, hurtling forwards in the infinite, each in their orbit. During the World Cup, the Sun is in Gemini, then it moves into Cancer and stays in the sign of the Crab for the rest of the tournament.
“Each planet moves at its own pace, going through each sign in turn. In the 2026 World Cup, something special happens between the group stage and the knockout stage … This will impact the signs of Virgo and Gemini, which are governed by Mercury. This phenomenon, called the Mercury retrograde, will also impact Cancerians because Mercury will be in Cancer throughout the knockout stage.”
Honigman concluded with a warning for the team that may struggle in the next match, ” Mercury retrograde, in astrology, is quite a stressful period, causing issues around teamwork, friendships, and communication. During the Mercury retrograde, social interaction struggles and old arguments can rise in the present. For those two reasons, the team with the most Cancerians will be the one most likely to buckle under the pressure. That team happens to be Spain.”