Gia, Whatta Star!

When they announce that Giavanna is pitching, they’re not talking about the Los Angeles Dodgers', Giavanni Carerra. They’re talking about Giavanna Hampton of Elk Grove, California, one of the stars of House of Ruth.

At her young age, Giavanna Hampton (see chart) has set the local baseball community on its ear. Comparatively, she has a better era this year - a most respectable 3.43 - than Giavanni of the Dodgers (4.92). With a leg kick that would make Juan Marichal proud, this past year Giavanna stood out as the work horse of the team throwing more innings than any other pitcher and ending up number two in accumulated strike outs. Last year she hit nine home runs in one tournament gaining legendary status for the denting the scoreboard at Church Field with one of her long drives. This year, on June 5th, she hit a grand slam in a tournament two weeks after having her appendix removed.

Giavanna’s heroine is Ila Borders, the only woman pitcher ever to play in a professional male baseball league. As a robust thirteen year old growing up in California, the sugar plums in Giavanna’s dreams look like K’s (signifying a strike out) hanging on the fence of a major league park. Over the next few years as Saturn transits Leo and then Virgo, the hard work rewarding planet marches past her Saturn, Chiron, Jupiter, Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars. Sounds like a lot. Any astrologer will confirm that’s quite a schedule for any pitcher. That run completes in September of 2009 right after Giavanna turns eighteen. Saturn finishes that parade in alignment with Mars, the planet of exerted energy and referring to a drive and determination assigned to masculinity by archetype. Does that mean she could make an impact in an exclusively male sport?

Her horoscope carries three proud Leo planets all in focused alignment. No matter what Giavanna does, she’ll make a splash. With the planets in the expression oriented third house of her horoscope, she gets to make a statement for sure. And another thing for sure, Leos don’t take kindly to being patronized. By the time the multi-planet Saturn passage completes, her list of accomplishments, shining trophies, autographed baseballs and praises will have grown as much as her cleverness in pitching.

Yes, she is a girl. An astrologer will note that her Venus, the symbol of femininity in the pristine sign of Virgo, retrogrades. What satisfies a lot of girls doesn’t phase Giavanna at all. Guaranteed, she’d rather perfect her craft, cultivate strategy and be an icon of the feminine spirit in a different way. Add that Venus retrograde to a exceedingly potent Moon in Capricorn and her nickname could easily be “Driven.” A more motivated, determined and resilient pattern would be hard to find. Her Moon aligns with the fastest pulsar known in astrophysics. In real life, this notes one who rebounds fast, stays focused and carries constant affirmative reminders of intent in the mind. You can bet as her arm drops behind her body to gain momentum, her mental mantra repeats, “Outside corner, low and away.”

With aspirations of professional ball, does Giavanna stand in the constellation of stars to watch as they seek to shine on a major league diamond? If any female can such a mark, she has the tools. She’s the type of person who carries within her spirit a powerful, determined sense of destiny (her north node aligns with the purpose rich, enigmatic black hole SS433). Not succeeding cannot be allowed to be part of her consciousness. Persistence is the only option.

Naysayers may proclaim that baseball will never include women in the true professional level. Stranger gender based claims have been made. As a baseball fan, I fail to see the need to preserve the sport as a boy’s club. I’ll be watching Giavanna’s progress as she goes for a spot on the Franklin High School team. When you see certain horoscopes, sometimes you just know. I know this girl’s going places and I’m betting she’ll make more dents that the one she’s already made on a scoreboard