Showing posts with label January. Show all posts
Showing posts with label January. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 January 2021

Insurgence 2021 - the Aquarian Factor in context- past Present and Future



Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius

Jan 6 2021 a snapshot 2.30pm at Capitol Hill: Aquarius at the midheaven
Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius most elevated





Following unprecedented events at Capitol Hill Washington DC USA on January 6 2021 understanding where America is at in January 2021 requires a long look at history -but even a panorama taken of key points in the 20th century provide relevant clues to the astrological patterns underlying insurrection and fascism.

In 2021 similarly themed events are likely in many global locations.


To understand 2021 - as a manifestation of the December 21 conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius we need not only to understand Aquarius but also the conflict arising between Jupiter and Saturn co-existent in Aquarius - including their midpoint activation periods. This factor extends paired synergy - so the Jupiter and Saturn fusion doesn’t move fully away from Aquarius until mid February 2022 - even though Jupiter by then is in early Pisces.


In their unmodified expression:


Jupiter in Aquarius: supports freedom, enlarges groups & networks, includes diversity, encourages progress


Saturn in Aquarius : restricts freedoms, controls/structures groups, limits inclusion, excludes “Aliens”/The Other, resists progress.


A degree of conflict is likely both within individuals as well as in outer society in 2021 regarding the Aquarian principles - how to blend both and find balance - or find a polarized position or practise clear contradiction “one rule for me- another rule for you” or “you have to follow the rules, I don’t  -which appeals to those already resonating with non-conformist potentials of Uranus or Aquarius.


Further expansion on these placements in the latter part of the post



Understanding fascism/extremism involves understanding the potentials of 5 standout planetary indicators


PLUTO power  NEPTUNE mission  URANUS entitlement  SATURN control MARS aggression


Especially when channeled through Aries Gemini Sagittarius Leo Scorpio Aquarius


Fixed signs appear significant in event timing and in key figures.


Pluto is a factor in many sign expressions with Gemini Leo Scorpio - and Aquarius worth noting  -as well as tight aspects.


Neptunian Mission when a significant Neptune is made antisocial by Saturn /Uranus /Pluto


Mars adds fuel in support of other factors & in fire/fixed signs


Uranus is a strong signifier when non-conformity is primarily derived from a sense of entitlement [Royal titles inherited or nobility titles granted & ranks achieved [Military] are the groups who have been traditionally officially “entitled”. The Sun with a Uranus connection blends the Royal/Noble “special” with “beyond rules”.

 Leo & Aquarius enter into the frame in this respect.


Saturn in fixed signs expresses control in many ways.

[Jupiter will feature as an amplifying factor when connected to other planets and especially in high risk signs such as Aries Scorpio]



Key figures and Events - Background Influences






Adolf Hitler January 30 1933 after a decade of leading his Nazi party to dominance became the German Chancellor - authoritarian dictator of the Third Reich having beaten the democratic parliament of the Weimar Republic

Mercury Saturn and Sun were conjunct in Aquarius on that day.


Hitler himself has Uranus in the Ascendant zone of the 12th house

Sun Saturn and Venus in fixed signs

Saturn in Leo -the dipole of Aquarius


Hitler’s authoritarian “twin” Mussolini leading the instalment of fascism in Italy in the inter-war period has Uranus most elevated & semisquare Sun-Mercury in Leo.


The success of these two dictators filtered through to Americans: the power, the uniforms - to the extent that a copycat organisation with high political aspirations was formed on January 31 1933 - the day after Hiltler’s big rise on January  30 1933 - by William D. Pelley




1933-1936 the Silver Shirts  [Silver Legion of America} organisation was in the public arena. 

A uniformed organization influenced by Italian fascism of the 1920s then Nazism this racist anti-communist paramilitary group believed in a Christian militia. 

Leader William Pelley [March 12 1890 ] was also drawn to occult power [as was Hitler]. 

He planned a position as fascist dictator of America  - contesting for the Christian Party - but lost the 1936 election to FDR

Jailed for sedition & high treason. Died 1965.

His mix of mutable & fixed signs and planets tells the story in 2 threads

1.  Sun Pisces-Neptune Gemini-Mercury Aquarius-Uranus trine Mercury.


2. Neptune conjunct Pluto-both opposite Mars. Jupiter trine/sextile this group. 


Analysis: Mutables are signs of mind - His Pisces & Neptune both strongly flavoured by Gemini & the Gemini is intensified by Pluto. Connected to Mars in SAG  gives assertive/aggressive ideology. Mercury & Jupiter in Aquarius and their links to Uranus & Pluto Neptune bring out significant power-seeking non-conformity -all framed within a spiritual mission.

Pelley strongly matches the key astrological markers



1969 to present :  Sherrif’s Posse Comitatus

 an ideology combining archaic & old world rationales to create an alternative justice and control system run by Sheriffs independent of official government at every level. Set up own jury system.

Manifesting as vigilantism survivalism anti-taxation anti government, ignoring laws wherever possible, obstructing officialdom in any context -“paper terrorism” -flooding courts with frivilous legal actions [sound familiar?]





Key figure William Potter Gale headed a paramilitary chapter and a racist “Church” flying a Confederate flag.

Promoted 2nd Amendment “Right to Bear Arms . Influenced NRA.

Violence weapons intimidation -death threats - harassment, all involved.


Gale [ Nov 20 1916 ]

Sun Scorpio quincunx Jupiter in Aries -describes his military/aggressive power-by-force aproach. [he was a WW2 army colonel]

Yet he was an outwardly very handsome man - a likely charmer [Venus in Libra] but the Scorpio Sun plus Jupiter in Aries trine Mars in Sagittarius meant he needed  & achieved a means of delivering hateful propaganda to the masses. Gale styled himself as a Reverend who made radio broadcasts.

He was driven by a tribalist type of survivalism [Pluto in Cancer generation]

Uranus in Aquarius added in the rule-breaker element

Saturn in Leo signifies a cold-heartedness.


Analysis

Here again multiple pointers when in combination creating a rogue personality: Scorpio Sun & Mercury: driven by power. 

Uranus significant in Aquarius = power by any means when accompanied by Scorpio

Aries very amplified by Jupiter preferencing aggressive/ weaponised options and serving the Scorpio drives.

Pluto in Cancer affected Gale in the most extreme way.

With war memories and fascism underway during Pluto in Cancer the potential was high for the most survivalist personalities to become very tribal: my type my race my country.  Everyone else was the enemy - the outsider - which allows atrocities.

Pluto was early in Cancer when WW1 started and stayed there until during 1939 -just before WW2.




Gale was not the only influential source of Posse propaganda. Henry Beach - a follower of Gale’s had in earlier times belonged to the Silver Shirts. He promoted the ideologies from both sources and republished them including Gale’s ideas in his own locale.

Henry Lamont Beach [June 17 1903]  supported Nazi ideology. By the mid 1970s -aged 70 - his activities declined. He had been a dedicated distributor of manifestoes in his retirement years.

Beach has significant patterns that match the profile outlined:

Saturn in Aquarius - can be seen as seeking “societal control” and or rebelling against control by outside forces -typifying the blatant contradictions that co-exist in the minds of people who want to make the rules but not abide by rules.

Saturn is aspecting Sun-Pluto in Gemini, and mutable Jupiter & Uranus by sesquiquadrate/semisquare aspects.

3 mutable indicators Gemini Sagittarius and Pisces  show a very active mind driven by multiple planetary placements;

The Sun-Pluto midpoint 22 Gemini opposite Uranus 23 Sagittarius - both being square Jupiter 22 Pisces.



Analysis:

Henry Beach looks to be driven by a need to regulate or control society due to

thoughts full of non-conformist repressive ideas driven by a power-seeking “spiritual” philosophy or mission. Driven to spread these ideas.

 


Why are these figures and their organisations relevant in 2021?





A clear pathway exists from the extreme personalities who are driven to seize power and their modus operandi in past eras to the outcomes in standoffs and sieges in the latter part of last century [Waco 1993 re stockpiling of illegal weapons; Montana Freemen 1996] as well as domestic terrorism -the biggest event being the high ly destructive & fatal Mcveigh bombing of the Oklahoma Federal building 1995. A Gulf War vet, he sympathised with prior standoffs against authorities and chose the bombing date to honour the fallen at Waco.


Aquarius Factors Relevant to 2021:

  • Waco 1993 and an earlier standoff  [Ruby Ridge 1992] occurred when Saturn was in Aquarius
  • [ when Saturn ingressed to Aquarius in Feb 1991 Pluto 20 Scorpio was square Sun 18 Aquarius]
  • Oklahoma bombing April 19 1995 occurred with Uranus in Aquarius.
[ When Uranus ingressed into Aquarius on 1 April 1995 it was
 sextile Pluto 0 Sagittarius - ideologically driven destruction]


Several other factors on those dates of ingress and manifestation
 can be seen to have supported the fatal & destructive outcomes


  • The Montana Freemen standoff March 25 1996 began an 81 day power struggle with enforcement agents. The group self declared as an anti government Christian Patriot movement. Uranus was in Aquarius on that date and sextile Pluto in Sagittarius - both in the 3-4 degree range.  Again multiple factors added to the tension
  • Ruby Ridge and Waco standoffs gave impetus to the ideologically driven militia movement in the US -peaking in 1996 [858 groups] then declining until 2008 aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis  followed by the election of Democrat Obama.

  • Also noting that the ingress chart of Saturn into Aquarius in April 1814 which was influential in the period of the August 1814 burning of the Capitol  - features:
Uranus on ASC square Jupiter. Sun Aries trine Neptune in Sagittarius -with Pluto square Neptune,  Saturn itself at 0 aquarius was semiquare Venus in Pisces. All very tight orbs.
The 1812 war -of which this was a pa - was a power struggle US versus Britain and allies -  over territory and trade. The peace treaty was signed in December 1814 under Saturn finally leaving Capricorn -"after decades of bitter partisan infighting in government" [under Saturn in Capricorn] but not until February 1815 was the Treaty ratified under Sun Saturn in Aquarius.






Though paramilitary activity is illegal in 50 states the emergence has been reinvigorated since the 1990s and illegality  has not curtailed the return to a peak of 334 groups in 2011 and likely more in 2021.


Ijeoma Oluo in her book Mediocre examines the origins of white male supremacy in America.

Looking at Buffalo Bill [William Cody]  she aligns him with the culture of triumph by white men over land and other races - as an expresion of hyper masculinity.

Buffalo Bill she says profited enormously from the entitlement agenda that expressed in the killling of man and beast in large numbers.

Though later regretful of that era, it seems, William Cody [February 26 1846 at Noon. No actual birth-time ] has factors in his energy that are consistent with the themes of this post:



Most obvious is Saturn in Aquarius - an energy asserted in this post that is consistent with the rejection/repression of The Other - man and beast alike.

His abundance of Pisces was expressed in the falsehoods/lies/myths he personally spun to create his own legendary status - then in a desire for redemption.

With Neptune also in Aquarius closely conjunct Saturn it was Saturn that first dominated his mind ahead of Neptune - but over time Neptune allowed him to feel a connection with the Native Americans he once dehumanised and saw as the enemy to slaughter. 

So too was there a reversal regarding his view of Bison/Buffalo - which led to his reputation as a conservationist [conservation is a Saturnian concept]

Pluto in Aries. North Node in Scorpio Mars conjunct Jupiter all promoted a strongly aggressive murderous quality in him before he gave way to the showman sub personality.

He had been regarded as a poseur in his early exploits and the power of public attention and acclaim allowed him to craft a life story for public consumption based on minimal facts - quite probably a Leo midheaven feeding off all that Pisces!

The issue here is the place Buffalo Bill fills in the American mythology.

This role model of American manhood has been sustained over the past century and plays a part in legitimising violence racism and toxic masculinity within American culture - based on notions of white supremacy over all domains, all lands, people and species.


All colonisation enacted by the white race over indigenous people has repeated the same story [Africa, Australia, New Zealand Canada showing clear examples of indigenous suppression] because the same mentality or consciousness has been in control - but this is not simply a white problem. Overall it is perpetrated by male power and witnessed in many non-white cultures where there has been scope for authoritarian power to overwhelm other ethnicities or belief systems. [China playing a significant role in this era]



It can be seen that when historic sources of control ideology converge

- colonialism racism fascism

 as they have in the 20th-21st centuries 

with economic alienation and feelings of disempowerment

 that an even more potent hybrid version is part of the mix.

America demonstrates this clearly as we watch 2021 unfold




When Aquarius resumed as a significant societal factor on Dec 21 2020

 it brought Saturn as well as Jupiter back into an effective position -

 expressed through that sign’s indicators

as well as planetary expressions entangled to the ingress in that chart.

The unfolding of those potentials relies on subsequent transits








If you wanted revolution and/or phenomenal political transformation -could you ask for more than this? With Uranus & Mars surrounding the "birth" and Jupiter Saturn very elevated, Pluto most elevated at the position of powerful Solar influence WOW. January 2021 comes as just part of a very big protracted story.


Saturn in Aquarius gives rise to people who want a rule based society - so long as it is their rules - it is in many ways a very restricted society - most are cast out or designated “enemy” - a special sector of same-thinking non-conformists are included.

They do not accept the rule based-society that the majority have sanctioned.

Only they are right, everyone else -  no matter how many - is wrong.


Jupiter in Aquarius at best stimulates increased freedom but can also result in widespread non-conformity.

 Freedom is not a singular entity -it comes with responsibility - and the natural counterforce to Jupiter is Saturn - so there are two drives that have to be balanced both within individuals alive in 2021 - and those born with that pattern for the duration their lives. 

Other Jupiter in Aquarius concepts are large gatherings, big groups large protests.

Depending upon the context there could be a need for containment or management - Saturn in Aquarius.

After 2021 Saturn is alone without Jupiter - for 14 months into early 2023 - when groups/communities networks face a context of controls

Jupiter in Aquarius will have various contextual expressions but in the context of political matters -American and global - 

the cries of Liberty! And Freedom!  And Rights! have to be carefully examined to see whose liberty whose freedom whose rights are being demanded.

If the scenario expects freedom without controls or responsibility then there’s a problem.







Jupiter and Saturn synergise in Aquarius midpoints though 2021

 and until the mid February Full Moon 2022



Aquarius energy permeates the online world courtesy of the electronic infrastructure provided by Uranus.


Any significant planet in Aquarius will have related consequences online.

Since extremism has proliferated due to the nature of online media, Saturn in Aquarius is likely to see more online controls and Jupiter in Aquarius a spread or enlargement of online communities.


With these planets significant in Aquarius in 2021 it is clear that online communities of people will continue to be a major factor in enlarging those groups with very determined plans and agendas


With Aquarius’ key planet Uranus still in Taurus in 2021 -and for 5 more years - the issues of financial wellbeing wealth and poverty are the drivers behind a lot of activism protest - as Covid-19 has worsened the poverty levels and the number of everyday citizens working for low and moderate incomes whose job has been lost. Taurus is also about security therefore many more will experience material/ financial irregularity and insecurity in 2021.

These issues generate a sense of being disempowered - not included in the system - which increasingly sees the wealthy become gluttonously over-rewarded. The power issues around money evoke Uranus to embrace Taurus’ polar sign Scorpio as well as Leo and Aquarius -the energy spreads into multiple expressions. This quadrupolar activity has been seen before and is an important “bigger picture” factor to include.


 [ The physics of solar magnetic activity acknowledges a quadrupolar phase dominant in part of the solar cycle compared to the dipolar phase]


Poverty [Great Depression, Global Financial Crisis, & soon to manifest clearly in the Covid Era] is a huge driver of anti-government non-conformity. 

At the extreme end this evokes the desire of dissaffected groups to seize power take control then begin disenfranching the “enemies” who might threaten their control.

The past era of Uranus in Taurus arose during the Great Depression and the Nazi Third Reich until 1942.

The current period of Uranus in Taurus is 2019-2026


Summary


2021 is a year with historic precedents both imported and domestically-generated in terms of uprisings and social conflict. 

Two key drivers in 2021 are Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius with long-term consequences.

Underlying that surge of energy is economic adversity in the Covid/post Covid context. [Uranus in Taurus]  both Jupiter and Saturn interact with Uranus in January/February but Uranus stresses/is stressed by Saturn multiple times in 2021.

Pluto is also of high significance while remaining in Capricorn until 2024 and having midpoints in Aquarius -shared with Jupiter until the end of 2022. 

within months Pluto then enters the first ingress into Aquarius.

Pluto also has Aquarius midpoints with Saturn -  in Aquarius and Pisces - until early April 2025.

This makes Aquarius/Uranus - and how society manages extremes of such - the big story of many years to come.    



After Jan 2021 four further years of networking & organisation for purposes benign or adverse to determine what type of power is managing or controlling communities.


Failure is not an option.



Footnotes


Donald Trump is significantly driven by Uranus in Gemini  conjunct Gemini Sun and with North Node at the midpoint - all opposite Moon in Sagittarius. This says almost everything about his documented behaviour but there’s more.. Pluto - power - and -assertion -Mars both in fixed sign Leo -and Mars rising at the ascendant.

Like Mussolini his Uranus is most elevated.

Pompeo has Saturn in Aquarius square Neptune in Scorpio plus Uranus conjunct Pluto.  - a very hawkish Capricorn and with quite a lot in resonance with the groups he claims to want to suppress.


This big publication has been researched analysed and published in a 3 day period in the context of Jupiter & Saturn in Aquarius -in particular with Jupiter exact trine the author’s Gemini ascendant



Aries expression for Uranus regarding large number of people [Jupiter in Libra]
Saturn restricting people from other countries. Fuelled by the opposite of compassion.
Trump himself being born with Saturn closely conjunct Venus produces a cold unsympathetic emotional  disposition




Astrological shorthand

Events of Jan 6 2021 in the US put further into context the implications of the Jupiter-Pluto midpoint in Capricorn.

The synergy of these two forces in this context & witnessed through Covid 2020 has been increased govt powers & controls. 

Where necessary this legacy endures.

The midpoint in CAP shifts to AQU on Jan 12 2021 1pm UK time & this begins the synergy of JUP-PLU in AQU

This new theme is the increased powers of networks/groups/communities.

Uranus - the Aquarian planet -now has a connection to the JUP-PLU synergy where before it was Saturn.

Online activism will increase significantly whether for constructive or destructive purposes. Flashpoints relate to Uranus stressing the JUP-PLU midpoint or Jupiter alone as well as Mars alignments to JUP & PLU at the same time - eg Sept & Dec 2021.


JUP & PLU maintain an AQU midpoint till the end of 2022 even when JUP enters Pisces. Many more points of interaction are on offer but not detailed here.

The US social-political environment already stands out as being highly vulnerable to the proliferation of groups & networks intent of challenging legitimate authority. A sustained challenging adversarial environment has high potential.


Saturn & Pluto also exit from their Capricorn midpoint in January 2021 - on the 29th at 0hrs UK time.

 In CAP this synergy has expressed as an infrastructure of extreme or significant restrictions limitations controls regulations rules under Covid conditions. The legacy of that endures where necessary.

SAT-PLU synergised in Aquarius puts the focus both on the way networks groups communities are managed/controlled by govts & corporates - & sees an empowered infrastructure for groups networks communities.

Saturn keeps an AQU midpoint with Pluto not just through 2021 - for around 4 years - even with SAT in Pisces & PLU in AQU. 

Again if Uranus stresses the midpoint eg Jan 2025 URA23TAU squ 23AQU in time for the Inauguration with PLU AQU conjunct Sun -this is a flashpoint to note.

Jupiter too in Taurus stresses any AQU midpoint in range & with a combination like with Mars Jup PLU at 0 fixed May 2023




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Monday, 17 December 2018

Astrology of 2019 global forecast


The astrology of 2019 in global terms is dominated by the cardinal energy led by Capricorn and expressed through the resonant signs Cancer, Libra and Aries.
We are all affected by these four signs as shown in their impact upon a person's full birth chart. People born under Capricorn Cancer Libra and Aries and especially those born in the range from the 5th-13th of their month will experience effects that will be growthful, testing and challenging -hard work, hard times, character-building stressful and potentially, ultimately very rewarding.
2019 will be a huge year in politics, business, banking, infrastructure. All the bedrock infrastructure -the physical material built and natural, as well as the societal structures that manage our life conditions are all up for major transformations.
In addition it is clear that increasingly severe weather conditions will play a significant role in the restructuring of environments and will affect human-made constructions.

Responsible management is the mantra for 2019 across all potential aspects of our existence -ignoring this in our natural environment is indeed perilous -echoing the warning recently delivered by Sir David Attenborough. But also in our societal and personal environments the warning signs are clear that many behaviours are unsustainable and are overdue for self-management.

There will be significant impacts upon homes, families, housing, homelessness in terms of addressing the necessity for responsible management. Governments globally are required to rise to the challenge of governing humanely not driven by the misguided culture of business agendas.

Some conditions will improve immensely, others deteriorate majorly - extremes of thriving or being annihilated are on the table depending upon how closely the zeitgeist or spirit of the times is being adhered to or resisted by individuals, societies or collectively as a species.

Some businesses will reach a pinnacle of success while others that are not on the requisite page will fail.
Career peaks are also on offer for those most positively affected.

Relating is a key issue - relating in general to other humans, other beings in general as well as personal relationships, marriages and partnerships - also in the context of business or work dynamics/partnerships. We have to learn how to get on better and if efforts fail, how to terminate what's not working.

Families, kinship, heredity and ultimately the human family being under focus is intended to bind us not separate us. A lot needs to be resolved.

The Aries factor involves the challenge for all of us to manage personal egos, selfishness and seek out balanced mature role models to emulate instead of wanting to remain ever juvenile. The Aries part in all of us needs to learn how to mature willingly and to discover the benefits of experience and being unashamedly the supportive, mentoring senior. Most cultures still revere the wisdom of their elders but this is declining in many Western nations and is not to be encouraged.

Key stress points in the year are around the early January eclipse [which has a minimum 6 month influence period] ; mid April, July - 2 significant eclipses [also with 6 month effect period], mid October and late December.
The first and last quarters or 3 month periods of 2019 have the strongest overt expression of potentials

further content is added here to the initial 
quick summary
also read more detail in The Biggest Challenges in 2019

update January 4 2019
The Oxford Astrologer Christina mentions in the podcast for January 2019 another important expression of the Capricorn energy in 2019, coupled with this starter eclipse for the year being a Capricorn New Moon joined by Saturn and Pluto: the patriarchy will continue to be in the throes of transformation [my words] - this now long-institutionalised male system of privilege and power will undergo sustained challenges which will demand a sharing of our world.

update December 31 2018 The New Year period
  • 2019 opens with the building energies of the first eclipse [January 6] in Capricorn. As typical, extreme energies are whipped up in the window period of an eclipse and for at least half a year ahead. The window opens then closes within 3 days of exactitude = allow 3 days either side of January 6.
  • A Capricorn New Moon eclipse highlights the need to increase your level of self management -not expecting parents, partners or society to be the only moderating forces. The responsibility is yours. Stepping up, showing leadership, mentoring are further ways to go with this flow which is relevant to all of us. This type of growth will be assisted if your beliefs expand to recognise that we are all connected, all in this together, all have to play our part.
  • 2019 opens ominously due to the influence of Uranus in Aries in a strengthened state as it turns direct once again. The capturing of Venus in Scorpio and the lunar nodes on the Capricorn-Cancer axis will be a period to watch = Jan 4-6. Relationships suddenly altered -some starting with great passion and intensity some ending with the same fervour. This extends from family, personal to local national and international relations. Some people's lives are at risk in the intensity of influences affecting masses of people. For others it will be just the risk of one person. [ New Zealand boy racer gatherings at the end of 2018 have lots of the January eclipse themes already emerging - antisocial behaviour posing a dilemma for Police in terms of when & how to step in ]
  • The Capricorn elements of the eclipse are strong and will express in some contexts as authoritarian responses to mass anarchy, random violence, aggressive assaults. This is not the time to risk being caught up in out of control group bravado or antisocial behaviour: the System is poised for tough crackdowns though some reticence initially may spring from Neptune's voice of light-handed = soft tolerance. [these two planets are closely linked in this period] But firm responses will be better than letting Neptune and Jupiter get fully loose expression.
  • Adding in Jupiter and Neptune means there is huge scope for faith based conflicts, acts based on religious extremism, clashes of beliefs, differences of opinion. These planets combined can also promote excess alcohol, excess drug use and general lack of boundaries. Some will break all their limits and rules others will be ready to face the necessity for self-management, lines in the sand, boundaries, temperance and restraint.
  • Issues impacting homes, housing, families will be significant through all the themes associated with this eclipse
  • With Venus connected tightly to Uranus during this last segment of Uranus in Aries this eclipse also foreshadows the material/financial/economic changes already poised to have global impact during the years of Uranus in Taurus and so some further signposts are likely to emerge in the early period of 2019 confirming the mood of change.
Financial astrology specialist Ray Merriman considers 2019 will put all the ducks in line to create the classic bursting of the Jupiter-Neptune bubbles [illusions, blind optimism etc] with a hard awakening courtesy of all the Capricorn energy in play - which he sees then unfolding in 2020.
Astrologers of all kinds know that huge change is on the horizon regarding our material/financial/economic behaviour, infrastructure and models due to the background layer of Uranus in Taurus and it is clear that major change just like a single "accident" is never down to one single factor - or in this context one astrological influence. Many ingredients synergise as in a chemical process and eventually the trigger energy unleashes the whole shebang. The question is which trigger effects this and when is that trigger because it is clear as day that the necessary ingredients are very much converging as 2018 closes.

update December 29 2018
Other than individual profiles of public figures, this site also covers globally relevant forecasts. One style of interpretation used for mass readings where individual birth times are not the focus - these group forecasts are based on the Sun or Zodiac Signs and though not a first choice method for many astrologers and not a focus of this website, the method has its uses.
For some very useful content visit Sally Kirkman's astrology site - some paid and some free material which includes the use of sun sign predictions and forecasts for the year ahead. This approach uses the birth zodiac sign as the rising sign to create a chart wheel from that starting point.

This sample with Aries at the left side would be a Sun sign wheel for that sign. Just rotate this image to place your sun sign in that left side "rising" position. Now this is the Sun Sign wheel for a person who is Libra

Using this method all the current planets are placed in the relevant areas of life [houses of the chart] and this alternate system [ie a birth time is not needed] is capable of providing another layer of information if you also have the more precise option of a chart based on your time of birth. For those lacking a known birth time this "Sun Sign" method provides meaningful indicators.

update Dec 18 2018
The Justice minister for the NZ government has been in talks with Google over the disclosure of a defendant's name in a recent high profile murder case -despite name suppression being in effect in NZ. This example reflects the emerging responsible management theme which will gain much greater ground in 2019
The other news regarding NZ govt agencies using private investigators to investigate citizens in ways that posed "an affront to democracy" represents another alarming feature of the current era where over-use of power by state agencies is a significant threat -and is clearly seen to have elements that revisit the 1930's in Europe - a dedicated post on this site examines the repeating cycles that generate this match

update Dec 17: in 2019 New Zealand is set to explore integrating "wellbeing" into the government budget.

the UK, Korea, Mexico, Israel and Austria... have all been
 exploring the wellbeing frameworks within their economies

This development clearly represents a transformational potential unfolding at the level of national politics within a democratic system and is in tune with the highest capacity of government: to nurture citizens in pursuit of the best possible quality of life.

Astrological notes:
Saturn and Pluto remain in close conjunction for most of 2019.
Saturn will range from 11-21 degrees and Pluto from 20-23 degrees over the course of the year.
Their midpoints need to be given attention -ranging from 16-21.5 degrees as much of the action is likely to occur when these two power players are closely merged.
The closest conjunction of the two is under 2 degrees at New Years Eve December 31.
Both Saturn and Jupiter are both in direct movement for 6 months of 2019 - Jan, Feb, March and Oct, Nov, Dec.
Their potency is most overt in those months.

Jupiter and Neptune in the mutable indicators Sagittarius and Pisces are major indicators of water related weather and climate effects in 2019.
Uranus in Aries until early March ramps up the heat, fire, combustibility aspects.
Uranus in Taurus expresses as changes in land and soil as a consequence of the workings of Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus already in process. Changes in land stability with subsequent landslides and earthquakes will continue to be notable.
Saturn and Neptune in close contact for most of 2019 offer a perfect opportunity to combine compassion with pragmatism = a benevolent government. It's about balancing out so the practicalities of Saturn are not so rigid and the looseness of Neptune is kept within clear boundaries. The same principles will apply to people in 2019 -the relevance depends upon your inherent nature: -some need to loosen up, some need to be more constrained.

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Notes on January 2018 Lunar eclipse

The January 31 total lunar eclipse is a complicated package, being empowered by its supermoon status and strengthened by the planetary connections closely entangled
Prior posts on extreme weather and significant environmental events [such as quakes, eruptions, avalanches, landslips] give the explanatory background showing what combinations consistently arise when such events have a top level probability of occurring.

news updates -the aftermath -scroll to end

Eclipses have a 6 month effect window -beginning days before exact and capable of identified themes being retriggered multiple times in that time frame due to repeated activation by further planetary factors coming within close range of the sensitive degree positions found in the full eclipse array -not just the sun & moon - some or all of the whole set of galactic players that are entangled by degree position to the eclipse and or to other planets.
via NASA
news updates added at end of post

Standout aspects activated by the January lunar eclipse
The indicators of sustained severe to extreme weather and major environmental conditions remain strong, sustaining the pattern locked in at January 1 2018 which indicated "high heat". This effect already noted in the US [in winter] New Zealand and Australia [in summer]
The combination of dryness, heat plus wind and fire plus wind are ongoing conditions with related high level of combustibility in general contexts.
Drought intensity likely to increase.

In locations where the season is not capable of destructive heat in the natural environment, the risk shifts to fire or combustion in constructed environments. 

In addition technological and communication devices more at risk of destructive combustion
"Meltdown" energy.

With lots of entanglement [Pluto-Uranus-Chiron-Saturn-Pluto] the structural collapse theme already identified for January is sustained.

  • Forces of nature being out of balance are the starting point for these outcomes in vulnerable zones. 
  • Environmental examples are landslips, flooding and avalanches [excess snow is the issue generally in Feb 2018] with resulting destruction. 
  • Other contexts involves physical structures such buildings, bridges. 
  • On the smaller scales soil or pasture structure affected. In human affairs the structure of any system or network or way of life that is not functioning in a balanced manner is capable of some degree of breakdown or collapse.


The power shift arising during the spread of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements is sustained. This is no flash in the pan. The energy change is real, deep and powerful.

Power use/abuse, politics, accountability, responsibility all remain in the spotlight -especially with the need to replace delusion, escapism, avoidance or fantasy with cold hard facts and reality. Replace addiction with withdrawal. Exchange dissolution with new structure.

Death themes continue to be pronounced -in some cases literal death of the body, in other cases a psychological death so that other parts of the mind arise giving new strength.
Environmental death relates to plants or animals affected by the sustained elemental imbalance delivered by the forces of nature.

Significant encounters involving someone known from the past. The friendship/love spectrum has to be re-examined..is this a repeat or has something changed?
This is the Aquarius-Leo eclipse with lunar nodes and Venus. It will be most relevant for those with positions in the range 10-17 degrees of Leo-Aquarius-Taurus-Scorpio.
A creative surge is also inspired in many due to the combined Venus-Leo-Neptune energies

Many key effects are location specific as the eclipse chart is organised differently around the wheel due to location. For this reason only one location/nation is given as an example

The representative New Zealand chart based on the densest population zone Auckland shows the eclipse emphasis in the areas of communication, discussion, reading writing, publishing, education/study and mind activity in general [houses 3 and 9]
Venus and Neptune both add layers to the themes.
Love, friendship, creativity/art/theatre/performance, magical & innovative entertainment, technology, children are all themes or combinations -eg children's performance, technological art, arts education...are the sort of things arising more prominently in the half year of this eclipse

The risk accentuated around the sea/water during adventurous activity is also apparent due to Mars' position.
The force of water is significant in environmental events.
The land, agriculture and horticulture are also under threat with Saturn Pluto and Uranus [dryness, wind and heat] made more intense by the death cycle under Jupiter - affecting things related to the land/earth structure. Consequences for some also include their material, financial assets.



Haven't had time to look in depth at other locations but the chart for Washington DC will give some clues [to astrologers] as to the conditions for America


also read
Links between weather events of January 2018 and January 1935

addendum: related news
Feb 10
cyclone Gita in Samoa -flooding & landslips

Feb 4
Snow storm pounds Moscow

Another water death in NZ

Wildfires NW Italy

Feb3 top Google results for avalanche -Italy, Canada, India



February 3
two die in flooded river - NZ storm

landslips and flooding featured highly in NZ supermoon storm

UK braces for winter freeze

Feb 1
Bridge collapses in NZ storm
In New Zealand the supermoon whipped up the forces of a remnant tropical cyclone on Feb 1 bringing wind, rain and flooding bearing significant destructive force
Many kinds of structures suffered collapse/destruction as a result
Nelson coastal buildings damaged
Storm seen as "Biblical"
Stuff News headlines Feb 2

Jan 31 -Daily Mail summary of wild & unusual weather in Australia -floods, snow, cyclone
Jan 31 - the meltdown affect displayed as rail electrics fail train outage in Wellington
Jan 31
NZ weather forecast is for the typical disturbed conditions that accompany a significant lunar event

Meanwhile in Morocco:

Audio from Radio NZ re shifting energies in alpine and glacier environments

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