The Moment
Somebody just told two NFL quarterbacks their love lives are basically on a countdown clock… and it wasn’t a coach, a therapist, or even their girlfriends.
On his program “StarCast Weekly”, astrologer Richard James took a look at the charts for Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert and his pop-star girlfriend Madison Beer, plus New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart and model Marissa Ayers. His verdict: neither relationship is “written in the stars” to last.
For Herbert and Beer, James points to the fact that they’re both Pisces and claims that combo is not built for the long haul. He also dives into sexual compatibility, saying Herbert’s “Mars in Aries” makes him more spontaneous, while painting Madison as “freakier” but aiming for something more serious long-term.
He goes so far as to describe Herbert’s romance as a “strike of lightning”-fast, intense, and gone before you know it.
Then he shifts to Dart and Ayers, calling out their strong initial attraction but warning that the “stars” show big communication problems ahead. Both quarterbacks’ teams are out of the playoffs right now, so the not-so-subtle implication is: they’ll be waiting for their next championship ring and maybe their next relationship, if James is right.
James, for context, hosts a weekly astrology series where he walks through each sign and offers forecasts on a spiritual streaming platform.
The Take
I love a good horoscope as much as the next person who’s ever said, “That tracks” after a bad week. But telling real, living couples they should basically pre-grieve their relationships? That hits different.
This is where celebrity culture, sports fandom, and astrology all pile into the same SUV. We’re not just talking about two cute couples posting from Cabo. We’re talking about franchises, fan bases, and millions of people who think they have a personal stake in these players’ lives. Add a TV-style astrologer saying, “Yeah, this isn’t going to last,” and suddenly a private relationship becomes a public prophecy.
To me, it’s like reading a 10-day weather forecast and canceling your wedding six months out because there’s a 20% chance of rain. Interesting data? Maybe. Absolute fate? Come on.
Astrology can be fun, reflective, even comforting. But using it like a scoreboard for other people’s love lives feels a little off. Herbert and Beer are still young, still figuring it out like everyone else-just with paparazzi lenses involved. Dart and Ayers are in that same vortex of being young, attractive, and very online. They don’t need an extra Greek chorus announcing an expiration date.
Also, the way this stuff is framed matters. Talking about “sexual compatibility” on air makes for juicy TV, sure, but it flattens two whole human beings into stereotypes: the “freaky” pop star, the “spontaneous” QB, the “confident model.” That’s not insight; that’s branding with a zodiac filter.
If you want my read: this is less about whether the stars doom these couples and more about how much we enjoy turning celebrities into relationship case studies. Astrology just becomes the latest prop. Yesterday it was “body language experts” watching red-carpet clips in slow motion; today it’s Mars in Aries and a double Pisces warning label.
By all means, pull up your birth chart and spiral (responsibly). But maybe we stop treating a stranger’s romantic forecast as a spoiler for someone else’s love story.
Receipts
- Confirmed: Richard James hosts a weekly astrology program where he gives sign-by-sign forecasts and relationship takes, including a recent segment on Justin Herbert, Madison Beer, Jaxson Dart, and Marissa Ayers, as described in a January 17, 2026 entertainment report.
- Confirmed: Justin Herbert is the starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers, and Madison Beer is a charting pop singer with a large online following, according to publicly available NFL and music industry bios.
- Confirmed: In the segment, James reportedly describes Herbert and Beer as both Pisces, questions their long-term and sexual compatibility, and calls Herbert’s relationship a “lightning” type romance. He also highlights communication issues for Jaxson Dart and Marissa Ayers while describing their strong attraction.
- Confirmed: As of mid-January 2026, both the Chargers and the Giants are out of the NFL playoffs, according to league standings.
- Unverified / Opinion-Based: The claim that Herbert and Beer, or Dart and Ayers, are “doomed” or will not last as couples is an astrological prediction, not a proven fact.
- Unverified / Opinion-Based: Specific judgments about the couples’ sexual compatibility or future communication breakdowns are James’s interpretive opinions, not independently documented realities of their relationships.
Backstory (For Casual Readers)
If some of these names are new to you, here’s the nutshell version. Justin Herbert is one of the NFL’s young star quarterbacks, drafted in 2020 and quickly becoming the face of the Los Angeles Chargers. Madison Beer is a singer who first went viral as a teen and has since built a big pop career and social media presence. Their pairing has been buzzy: sports guy meets glossy pop girl, very modern fairytale energy.
Jaxson Dart is a rising quarterback now linked to the New York Giants in this report, and Marissa Ayers is a model with a growing profile online. Think of them as the next wave of “sports power couple” in the making. Layer on the current boom in pop astrology-apps, TikTok readings, chart memes-and you get this mashup: football, fame, and forecasts all trying to share the same headline.
What’s Next
In the short term, expect more of this. Astrology has become a whole sub-industry of entertainment, and sports stars are just the latest frontier. If this segment gets clicks and conversation, there will be more couples on the zodiac chopping block-actors, singers, influencers, you name it.
As for the couples themselves, the most likely scenario is the least dramatic one: they either keep dating or they don’t, based on the same boring, human reasons the rest of us do-stress, schedules, family, chemistry, growth. If they address astrology at all, it’ll probably be with a tossed-off joke in an interview or a wry caption online.
For fans, the healthier move is to treat these predictions as what they are: commentary, not commandments. If hearing someone dissect Madison and Justin’s charts makes you curious about your own, great. Just remember that a stranger with a mic shouldn’t have more say over your love life-or theirs-than the people actually in it.
So, I’m curious: do you think it’s fair game for astrologers to publicly predict real couples’ breakups, or should that stay out of the entertainment forecast?
Sources
Recent entertainment report on Richard James’s astrological commentary about Justin Herbert, Madison Beer, Jaxson Dart, and Marissa Ayers (published January 17, 2026); publicly available NFL records and artist biographies accessed prior to 2025.
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