Strong Themes in the Collective July to November 2022

Strong themes apply in 2022

 in the focal period considered

The themes considered cannot be disconnected from the backdrop of the Covid pandemic and while that factor and other viral challenges remain sustained under the oceanic weight of Neptune in Pisces [amplified repeatedly by Jupiter's support in 2022] this post looks at other ingredients in the mix.

Act I July 2022

Saturn & Jupiter engage in their classic dynamic (expansion-contraction) late in July (week3) being an exact 8-23 semisquare coinciding with Pluto retro reaching the annual closest alignment [perigee] to Earth & opposite Sun = Capricorn-Cancer 27'22° July 20.

When Pluto [or any outer planet] reaches this location opposite Sun and most aligned with Earth its potency is signified by being the midpoint of the 2 stations and the 2 square locations that occur to the East and West of the opposition location.

In 2022 Pluto goes through the sequence:

• square April 18
• retro station April 29
• opposition July 20
• direct station Oct 8
• square Oct 19

The focal period of Pluto 2022

Positional astronomy shows locations but does not track the retrograde [this being an illusion in perspective due to the Earth-based viewpoint.

Accordingly Pluto is shown in natural progression versus the degree positions assigned during retrograde

These big potent processes of Saturn Jupiter and Pluto under these positions point to manifest outcomes - not necessarily immediate - but in hindsight can be seen to be the hidden forces that accumulate towards expression often weeks later in weather or environmental events. Worldly events too can lag while waiting for the recipe to be mixed.

Act II August 2022

Chiron in Aries square Venus in Cancer with reference to Mars & Uranus in Taurus July 31-Aug 1 raises the profiles for money assets possessions homes attachments.
With Taurus involved any or all versions of Taurus from landforms to what we own or have as cash or capital can be expressed in a way consistent with the energy mix of Uranus Mars & the North Node.

This is a potent mix for very energised change upheaval with significant collective [North Node i.e. global implications]

Taurus by reflex to Scorpio is also about the power & security we associate with money & things.

On Aug 1st with Jupiter very close to exact station (locked in at July New Moon) & exact trining Sun the heat & fire energies are very involved.
This can mean hot heads in a big drama or maybe hot magma of spectacular potency.

Taken independently one signature doesn't have big consequences.

It is the confluence of factors in a limited time frame that draw attention.

The signatures laid down at the Aug 12 Full Moon at 19 Aquarius are awakened by the combination approaching 19 Taurus as July ends and August begins:

August Full Moon has Uranus square Sun & Moon.
Detailed analysis is signified (Mercury 12 Virgo) re whatever Pluto is doing to Capricorn at 27 Cap.
Is it political mayhem? A banking crisis? A major infrastructure failure?
Landform collapse from seismic upheaval?
Market meltdown?

Business failures?
At Full Moon the Mars-Neptune combination of earth & water tends to dissolve the earth therefore another weakening is signalled related to any earthy context
Any or all noted ( & relevant ones overlooked) could converge around the energies of the focal period with events both at the approach and entry into August and being sustained or reactivated around August Full Moon.

Saturn's role in August  while retrograde [since June 4]  a square to Mars in Taurus late in week one. Then Saturn is perigee Earth on August 14 and opposition Sun -and like Pluto has been described is then in the midpoint position of the 2 squares and 2 stations. The whole sequence beginning May 15 and running to Nov 11 2022. Mid August is therefore a period highly relevant for Earth and earth dwellers. The fixed signs get a lot of action in the months detailed and with Saturn in Aquarius linked to both Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Taurus  the structure of society and societal responsibilities related to government powers is likely under the microscope and could reflect aid or support packages needed as a result of events unfolding.

The bigger picture points to forces building in July that unfold in August. Then with Uranus in the last 2 weeks of August in slowdown & exact station retro being set to sustain Uranian conditions around Taurean things. This added factor reinforces the potential that the start of August manifestations have extended consequences.

Act III October 2022
Pluto will take up the reins in September - entering slowdown after sesquiquadrate (26-11) the Sun. Then stationary direct & square Sun in October bringing characteristic Plutonic intensity of a Capricornian kind to that month. 

Remember whatever Pluto does in Capricorn currently feeds through to Saturn while in Aquarius - the structure of society able to be transformed for good or ill dependent upon the consciousness of the plutocrats and patriarchs who are able to restructure or annihilate social norms.

A very dynamic period of change & challenge following the Taurean and Capricornian themes looks likely from July in advance of the next eclipses (Scorpio Taurus Oct-Nov)


Notes:

 I have reviewed in recent weeks work done last year regarding the periods when outer planets are considered perigee Earth. The midpoint positioning of the outer planet in transit suggests the potency of that period when the main aspect is an opposition to the Sun. A more detailed post incorporating this topic is due to be posted in a short period after this entry.

Outlook 2020 Astrology MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY

The coronavirus Covid-19 global crisis with economic responses really began to take hold in March 2020 as reflected in the March 10 full moon when Uranus exactly conjuncted Venus at 4 Taurus. This position activated 19 mutable - which was the Sun moon and Neptune at that full moon = weakened economy.
Markets dropped and the price of oil slumped soon after.
But an ordinary full moon is not a sustained indicator like an eclipse -unless it has a degree match to a prior or upcoming eclipse position - then that full moon pattern takes on themes of the connected eclipse as well as its own signature. This was not the case in the March event.
Global markets took a hit but have had some degree of recovery [Dow Jones was 26,121 on March 5 then 18,590 on March 23 then up to 23,949 on April 14.
Jupiter Pluto conjuncting in Capricorn  -closures and failures and lockdowns - have severely impacted economies from the last 2 weeks of March providing the second punch.

In April Saturn delivers the third punch with some influence in week one then primarily in the period 17-27 April -  pressing up close to the Capricorn South lunar node but then Mercury Sun and Venus [using  both the most basic & the most subtle of angles in the 24th harmonic]
Coinciding with Saturn's activity with Venus around April 25-26 the nodes reach 0'21 Cancer -which happens to be the June 21 Solar Eclipse in Cancer.
June 21 has Saturn aggravating the lunar energy of that New Moon eclipse and Jupiter and Pluto putting the brakes on Mars in Pisces.
My reading of this is:
Around April 25-26 a turning point globally re controlling covid-19 but economic fallout continues its carnage.
May 2020 reinforces this position:
Neptune and Saturn both weakening for Venus. Even if from late April there is some global economic revival it remains weak.
June 2020:
Indications of virus control at both the June 5 and June 21 eclipses with Mars in Pisces being restrained by Saturn then the Jupiter+ Pluto team
June 5 still signifies limits on movements and travel for an extended period
June 21 shows impacts on housing/housing market & families for an extended period

July 2020 has a further cardinal sign eclipse
This is a very testing month: much global turbulence -atmospheric and socio-economic - at the beginning of July surrounding the eclipse on July 5.
Jupiter and Pluto again very tight together in Capricorn. Venus will resonate with that very quickly: many levers pulled to resuscitate economies. Another extension of the "movements curtailed" theme. Eclipse indicators set another period of unresolved economic crisis till end of 2020. 
Reinforced again:
With Saturn strongly opposing the July 20 New Moon and connecting to the late Gemini-Sagittarius lunar nodes the tough times aren't over for families homes housing market especially. [atmospheric turbulence bringing severe weather is again an added adversity in various locations] Winter in the Southern Hemisphere aggravates issues.

By July there is likely to be an overall feeling of success globally in managing the coronavirus but the socio-economic fallout has long term dramas to play out not only this year - sustained during 2021.

To clarify even further:

• The success level is not equivalent to eradication
• The success level will be variable across the globe with style of management being the major determinant
• strict measures of containment will still feature in many contexts from April till end of 2020

Astrology offers clear distinction between 3 approaches taken: the Capricorn/Saturn the Aquarian/Uranian & the Piscean/Neptunian

Buckle in as best you can to try and ride out 2020. Change will come but this period is a phenomenon with a lot still to unfold in its wake beyond this year


For a recently curated summary post on this site with lots of content and related links see Astrology of 2020 & Beyond

Cancer Capricorn Eclipses July 2019

The Pamela Colman Smith illustration of the Moon card in the Rider Waite Tarot pack is highly relevant for the July eclipses at New Moon in Cancer and full Moon in Capricorn
Very instinctual with the July 2 July 3 Cancer Sun and Moon in the Scorpio decan and very subconscious with the aquatic symbol arising from the waters. Beasts are snarling at the moon. A lot of psychology is being aroused. And it's very gender based in terms of cultural norms: the matriarchy is ascending again, the patriarchy is on the defensive and in the early throes of decline.
Moon and Saturn have a lot to resolve as a consequence of these eclipses being potentized by Saturn and Pluto and these two positioned at the South of the nodal axis - where currently Capricorn sits and Cancer sits at the North.
Power is definitely an issue. How to rebalance and share authority management and control.
Women's issue feature strongly - including abortion (US)and maternity care (NZ).
Government management of family matters and housing are already in the mix due to the cardinal Pluto Saturn and Nodes so the eclipses of July add further emphasis to these any the range of possible Cancer or Capricorn issues.
The parental dynamic is also in the spotlight for the same reasons. Moon/Cancer is mother. Saturn/Capricorn is father.  Capricorn has been very energised and confronted this year. How to be a parent a father a partner a manager a boss a corporate head a politician a President .  People are watching seeing a lot of qualities being erased or contravened by the American leader. Though the past office holders were not saints the definition of Presidential has-been rewritten and seemingly  been a source of even greater emboldment to the rogue President. For the sake of humanity this cannot endure as a precedent setting role model for all roles Capricornian.  So Pluto is in the mix silently waiting to strike. Hints may be detected in July in anticipation of mid January 2020 when Saturn and Pluto truly conjoin when there is no mistake regarding what needs to change regarding the abuse or misuse of Capricornian and overall patriarchal energies .
All authorities managers and bosses have a Capricorn energy so this broad spectrum under predominantly male control is a testing ground for the use of longstanding patriarchal power - and the abuse of that is heavily under the microscope now like never before.
With Jupiter in close range of Saturn in July the emphasis now shifts from June's preoccupation of Jupiter with Neptune to the way Saturn is a great moderator of  Jupiter's excesses and the marker of limits or boundaries where Jupiter sees none.
Aspects to the Moon take on a bigger charge in the lunar month from the July New Moon eclipse. Considering the most problematic planets Saturn Uranus and Pluto it looks very much likely to be a very eventful and even stressful July for many when any of these three are square or opposing the moon. In fact from July 3 to August 1 this situation occurs on 16 out of 30 days. So adding to the cardinal mayhem from Saturn Pluto the nodes and eclipses add in the sudden upheavals engineered by Uranus from any of the fixed expressions courtesy of the Moon in Taurus Leo and their companions Scorpio and Aquarius. The energy can and will always find outlets through the full quartet of related signs when just one or two are under stress or emphasised.
Saturn is strong at the mid month full moon eclipse due to the Capricorn moon and Pluto is very strong then being even closer in proximity to the eclipse. This is a real slam dunk for Capricorn values. Behave accept responsibility recognise limits....all the grown up stuff the world has abandoned in favour of freedom and the delusion of unaccountable abandon.
There's always a reckoning.

• Cancer is an energy connected to mothering or nurturing in a more female way. The Moon being Cancer's representative in our local cosmos has general influence over a range of female specific issues which traditionally have been domestic household related. We could use the oriental concept of Yin to cover non-gender based orientations to the private home based world. Self protection is a big Cancer priority just as the crab has a tough outer shell and the home is meant to serve as a protective barrier. Any of these issues connected to the Cancer realm can arise under strong energies of an eclipse.

 Other points:
The July Full Moon eclipse mid month will make the Sun carry a Cancer plus Pisces emphasis and the Moon will have Capricorn plus Virgo effects. This is due to the 24° position of Sun and Moon being 3rd decan. Pisces will make Cancer more sensitive compassionate humanitarian and happy to have time in retreat from the world but best not spilling over into negative Neptune territory. Virgo adds more practical emphasis : tasks or jobs that have to be done - cleaning clearing and detailed work  - any of these will carry the burden of responsibility as indicated by the location and influences of Capricorn and Saturn in your personal astrology chart
 Also:

• Venus isn't comfortable at the full moon being opposite Saturn and so the cardinal sign emphasis has to be about relating and relationships. Venus in Cancer combines Moon and Venus so now both are confronting Saturn.  The cultural rebalancing is further emphasised. Expect more signs of the power shift and the challenges to the old order of gender based power as well as everyday relationship disillusionment leading to breakdown estrangement separation or divorce when resolution is unable to be achieved. The situation of carrying freeloading partners or to remain entangled with domineering or manipulative people is not working now.
• Cancer energy on a personal level is immediate family ties, the unit of intended protection where future generations are raised. The family is the sub-group of the clan or tribe and these larger conglomerates are also concerned with support and protection but they also face the risk of  warfare when competing tribes disagree over assets resources and territory. Tribal battles continue to form the trajectory of humanity even in this new millennium. 
• Nazism Fascism Communism and Nationalism are all tribal ideologies and it has to be said so are chauvinism and feminism. The Eurozone is a tribal  concept and Brexit is a dispute within the tribe. Aside from power struggles over resources tribes in the form of teams or groups can battle for ego credits to claim superiority. It is when ego gets heavily engaged that tribalism goes bad. Extreme tribalism is pathological and aggressively survivalist leading to atrocities and mass homicide. This can be understood in looking at the 3 faces of Cancer energy. The decans give full Cancer qualities to the first 10° of that sign. The second 10° is flavoured by Scorpio and the 3rd by Pisces . These reflect energetic resonances which are activated in individuals as well as in transiting planetary or luminary positions. This is why the July total eclipse at 10'38° Cancer is in the worrisome Scorpio zone and will activate the extreme end of tribalism in certain people and their group.
• The situation boiling away in Hong Kong is a tribal war emerging against clashing cultures and other similar examples are expected within the range of potential extreme ego conflicts that morph into tribal disputes.
• Mother Earth Gaia is clearly in the realm of concerns when the Moon and Cancer are emphasised. Collective action accountabiliy and responsibility regarding human disrespect of our home planet are emphasised by the Capricorn players in 2019 and especially under the July eclipses.
• All sorts of groups become tribal in their ego and protectionist motives: governments media the citizenry are all capable of waging tribal war against each other when the planets deliver the relevant threats and challenges.
• Ego is the source of tribal mayhem because it represents a huge disconnect from the ultimate reality of our shared commonalities: all human all sentient beings all with the same fundamental needs and that the sense of difference and separateness is a complete  delusion. As a species we are the only life force on the planet that is out of touch with our connection to the big picture...to the whole of existence. We are never disconnected but most of us have no framework for rediscovering the connection to the universe to nature to the other beings around us... known in our earliest incarnations. We will fail to thrive in real terms until that lost knowledge is rekindled and we understand truly the meaning of collective benefit and common good. 

Adverse conditions challenge Thailand Cave Rescue

In Chiang Rai Thailand a team of 12 local juvenile soccer players and their assistant coach entered a complex cave system on Saturday 23 June after football practice.

Due to a flooding event there were quickly forced further into the system and unable to make an exit.
A rescue operations base has been set up in the system's third chamber which is 1.7kms inside.
It is believed that none of the boys can swim which severely challenges a plan to teach them quickly enough to safely use scuba gear..
Detailed timeline of the cave entrapment & early rescue phase

Astrological factors in effect

A cave/mine or tunnel is an environment reflecting Pluto  energy

Saturn is an obstructive restrictive energy.

These two forces synergised give the potential for being trapped underground.
Water energy is Neptune
Flooding is Jupiter combining with Neptune.

The Entry Date: group enters cave complex

Saturday June 23 Saturn 6 Capricorn. Pluto 20 Capricorn. Synergy point is 13 Capricorn. Capricorn is the energy of rocks and walls. Saturn and Pluto combine to describe a difficult confining environment. Jupiter 13 Scorpio joins in as potentially a freeing energy but since March 9 2018 its retrograde status causes a holding pattern to prevail over action or movement.
Since June Jupiter has been combining with the water indicator Neptune bringing extreme water in diverse world locations. The cave complex is a prime venue for these forces due to regional monsoon factors which occur seasonally from early July.

Jupiter is close to resuming its active phase but progress in any related field [such as adventure, exploration, sport,] is likely to only pick up from the 9th or 10th of July.
The question is whether the big release of energy when Jupiter recharges at that point will coincide with extreme monsoon flooding and intensified life-threatening conditions.
The themes of the building solar eclipse which have already cast their shadow back into June due to the effects of Saturn and Pluto intensify exactly as Jupiter unleashes and build further in the 7 day window either side of the exact eclipse on July 13
With the prevailing forces posing elemental [water/Neptune] and environmental [cave confinement /Pluto-Saturn] challenges along with the inexperience of a young male group [reflected by Mars currently in Aquarius [attached with some significance to the lunar nodes] the high risk indicators surrounding the solar eclipse [the pairings of Pluto-Saturn  Neptune-Jupiter and Uranus-Chiron being all potentially hazardous this situation will cause great concern for the professionals tasked with extracting the group.
The wait it out or try to dodge the monsoon dilemmas will cause much indecision as both options pose problems and threats to life. A true Catch 22 situation.
For expanded detail on the overriding themes of the July 2018 solar eclipse -refer to Lessons in Relating

Astrology notes:
update July 11 The best possible outcome occurred on July 10 local time with all the team rescued. The energy of Jupiter going direct would have brought about immense supportive energies and due to the combined collective willpower of millions of global observers tuning into the combined energies of Jupiter Neptune and the Sun occurring in all of the feeling signs - Scorpio Pisces and Cancer the energy was transmuted from potential flooding disaster to beneficial supportive and compassionate assistance both in practical terms and in all the mind energy focussed on success. Compare this situation to the conditions present in severely flooded areas of Japan where in excess of 150 deaths so far have occurred due to big water flooding causing loss of homes and suffering for families. In Japan the worst possible outcomes of current energy were played out - compared to the global support directed to Thailand which would have undoubtedly played a huge role in raising the best energy.

A Twitter post sums up the gratitude for the global input:

Another tweet on July 11: recognition of "the power of love"

[update July 12 - Boys were given sedative to control any risk of anxiety during rescue In astrological terms  drugs in general, especially mind altering medications or recreational drugs are signified by Neptune. ]
Night
One of the trapped boys called Night turned 16 on 23 June [the same date the cave was entered by the group] giving him a birthdate of 23-6-2002. On his date of birth the north node at 18 Gemini has Saturn conjunct at 20 degrees. The south node 18 Sagittarius has Pluto conjunct at 16 degrees. These factors alone describe entrapment in a cave on an excursion with a sports team.
His pre-natal eclipse [June 10 2002] at 20 Gemini reinforces this imprint.
Natal Jupiter at 21 Cancer opposed by transiting Pluto at 20 Capricorn on June 23 2018 may have profound effects on his family bonding & his future parenting.

Background news reports & relevant commentary with ongoing updates:
Entries in descending order

July 2 The locating of 12 young Thai boys and their team coach after 9 days within a 10kms long cave system - miles/kms -current position reported variously at several kilometres deep from the exit/entry point of rescuers raises the connection with prevailing forces -especially the Jupiter [big] Neptune [water] factor as their predicament was due to flooded channels in the caves.
Rescuers were told to think of the boys "as their own sons''

This event impacts many families and resulted in an international co-operative rescue effort - two themes that also reflect in advance the July solar eclipse themes noted.

Time is definitely critical in this situation given the forces of nature reflected by planetary factors in the mix . An efficient recovery of the trapped group in a life-threatening situation is urgent in advance of the potential issues indicated by the mid month eclipse
Thai army says boys could be in cave for months due to monsoon rains if they cannot be taught quickly to use scuba gear to enable their own exit. The rescue is regarded as highly complex and complicated.
With Jupiter's direct movement from mid July it will then quickly accelerate to reach much closer contact with Neptune [exact trine is August 19] as a weather indicator this is a sure sign of severe flood events in diverse global locations through August.

Children in foil blankets
US-Mexico immigration crisis and Thai cave rescue both involve children and confinement in the June to July period.
Saturn is the main signifier of confinement and restriction
Leo is the energy of children and Aquarius is group energy.
During June 2018 Saturn was aligned with the lunar nodes in Leo-Aquarius, locking in place the challenges seen to unfold for both groups -including the long slow progress in resolving their plight -aggravated by the involvement of Saturn energy but worsened by Mars [action] being retrograde in Aquarius - late June to late August.
Fast resolutions are increasingly looking unlikely in both situations

JULY 5

plan of the cave system

Challenges evident in rescue plan for boys in cave

July 6 A Thai Navy SEAL diver has died around 2am local time after running out of oxygen during transit of the cave complex. This reinforces the degree of adverse forces surrounding this event currently and in effect right from the initial evening when the cave was entered

July 8 after a clear decision was made 18 divers entered the cave system from 10 am local time for the purposes of phase one of a rescue plan. Water levels were regarded as at their lowest since the entrapment occurred on June 23 allowing some sections to be walked and providing a small window in which to act.

four boys were rescued.
July 9 with sustained pumping of water out of the cave system and despite some rainfall conditions allowed for a second rescue attempt: four more boys rescued

Purification Aggression: the global outbreaks July-August 2016

July 2016 saw multiple global outbreaks of what can be depicted as purification aggression involving mass killings and/or mass injuries.

Mass violence in general has been headline news in July 2016 -with the US rocked by shootings related to racial tensions between Police and the Black community, following outrage over the killings of many Black males by Police.
Racial purification may well be subconscious in some situations as well as a conscious motivator in other examples in this context.

The intensity of violent energy has remained in force during July  and likely intensifying in August 2016.

In Japan, July 26 2016
A mass killer had a desire to obliterate the disabled -a form of cleansing similar to eugenics -in a stabbing frenzy at a facility, leaving 19 dead and 25 wounded

Europe, particularly France and Germany are on sustained high alert on account of multiple examples across the continent involving aggression fuelled by religious purification
France July 14
Munich July 22
Bavaria July 24
France July 26

The mass killings and or injuries are in addition to the widespread psychological violence endured by any population or subculture subjected to a state of war - which effectively now exists between radical Islamists and all those perceived as infidels.

This state of war however is far more insidious, covert, hidden and unpredictable, being fought from within a nation's own borders, impacting the daily lives of millions unaccustomed to such a high level of threat.

update July 30 2016
The decision by the New Zealand government announced July 25, to make the country predator free by 2050 - an ambitious plan to eradicate rats, stoats, possums, weasels, ferrets from the entire country in defence of the native bird population. Framed in patriotic terms by Predator Free NZ this proposal also strong fits the purfication aggression agenda, where entire species will be killed off, having been determined by one sector of humanity, to be inferior, impure, compared to another.
In a holistic spiritual context this view is extremely ignorant.

And, in another sector, in New Zealand, the purification agenda manifesting strongly in July 2016 relates to an idealistic view that all people are entitled to own their own homes. 
Global forces and domestic political policies have created in NZ [as in other Western nations] a housing boom involving extremely inflated house prices in Auckland city especially.
The Baby Boomer generation [1946-1964] have been demonised for having lived in an era when the costs of housing and education in particular were modest and achievable in a far more egalitarian way.
The disaffected are the millennials or late gen x-ers - the oldest of whom are mid-thirties and livid, hot with rage - but the most angry are the white middle class educated who are accustomed to entitlement by virtue of their inherited place in society - but that society has changed rapidly in their lifetime and the rug has now been pulled out from under them - saddled with high debt from sky-rocketing tertiary education fees many skipped the country. Then home ownership for many millennials went up in a puff of smoke as average sales in Auckland surpassed $800,000 in May 2015 - by March 2015 there were already 36 Auckland suburbs with an average residential sale price over $1 million
Local policies and global forces brought about this imbalance -but in NZ anyone aged over 55 is regarded as greedy, selfish because their life and opportunities were different -though not equally prosperous - and they will universally receive tax-payer funded retirement pension -which millennials will slog to pay for.
The anger is palpable, equivalent to the millennials wanting to eradicate the baby boomers in NZ and seize their karmic advantages -as clearly expressed in this cartoon .
The purification agenda expresses here as a purist or idealist view of an ongoing stable society - which, when threatened, morphs into an attack on another sector of society -symbolically seeking to exterminate them.
By the time the millennials rule Parliament it might not be safe to be a pensioner.

So what is going on?

The astrological indicators are strong
Sudden violence is a hallmark of Uranus transit through Aries [March 2011- March 2019
Mars in Scorpio [June, July 2016] - added more cruelty and destructive fuel
Jupiter in Virgo opposite Neptune in Pisces [May 2016] aroused strong fundamentalist "pure doctrine" religious devotion.
Saturn in Sagittarius [Dec 2014-Dec 2017] creates much interfaith and cross-cultural discord

June, July, August, September 2016 are sustained months of Saturn at a right angle -90 degrees offset against Neptune - creating an intensity of tension - aggravating fear and repression of those seen as foreign or culturally different.

August 2016 is significant
Jupiter in Virgo the combined stimulus to achieve extreme purity or purification - closes in on the angle triggering the sudden violence of Uranus in Aries.
The month begins with  Jupiter at 22 Virgo and Uranus at 24'30 Aries.
August 13 sees them exact at 24'25 [quincunx]
[Uranus began retrograde direction from  July 29]
August 13 is significant too for Saturn ending its retrograde phase and resuming stationary direct - emphasising the energies of this planet.
August 13 is a prelude to energy-building in the development of the Full Moon - the Sun reaches 24 Leo on August 16 - linking to the Uranus-Jupiter combination and the Full Moon on August 18 at 25'52 Leo-Aquarius extends the energies for a lunar month.
Mercury joins exactly with Jupiter on August 22.

Why the events of August are likely to be dramatic - 
[the Leo month is typically so - the Sun is at its strongest position for the year, for transmitting the prevailing energies of the cosmos]
is the link to the mid September lunar eclipse - at - 24'20 Pisces. 
The ability of an eclipse energy to function in past,present and future is well known amongst astrologers. 
In this respect, August could very well play out the themes indicated by the September lunar eclipse in Virgo-Pisces - faith, purity along with hi-level discord indicated by Mars 23 Sagittarius closely square the eclipse, and Saturn in Sagittarius again almost exact square Neptune in Pisces.
Huge conflicts involving faith, religion, compassion versus cold-heartedness, how we all deal with cultural/racial differences.
Uranus at 23 Aries at the eclipse is again very much in the picture, ready to erupt in violence.

Eclipse have a 6 month period of effect -at the very least - until the next eclipse -and so bear the signature for an extended period.

This is not an easy time at all for humanity. It is an extreme and enduring crisis that demands a major shift in global consciousness to neutralise and resolve the primitivism, irrationality and hatred.
Humanity's level of immaturity and spiritual ignorance is being exposed and can only be transcended by the obvious antidotes: maturity and spiritual wisdom. 
Each of us has a part to play to alter what we have created.

also read related material in September 2016 eclipse report

July 2016 Cancer New Moon astrology

The July New Moon in Cancer on the 4th is complicated - as befitting the times we are living in.
Some useful links to consider for the lunar month of July until the August New Moon, while I take a break from analysis.
But one small note from me:
Cancer energy activates all things concerning homes, families, parenting, emotions/moods.
Globally it is a time when domestic, tribal, clan or family issues strongly arise -with housing or home-related issues highly profiled. 

the new moon soon begins to be exposed to the solar light

Astrology King - very clear, easy to follow for beginners or those more conversed in astro terminology

Lua Astrology - lots of good insights, as usual - different emphasis to Astrology King, but hey we are all reading a different facet of the same diamond -so by piecing together pieces from each analysis you will find the truth that resonates for you like a well-struck bell.

Astrohawk adds in the new beginnings factor always connected to a New Moon and how emotions and relationships can begin on a new footing

Evolving door -a psychological perspective on the nurturing we need to do for our Inner Child

Collective Evolution a good summary of the main issues around the Cancer New Moon

Ambient Alchemy -a videocast which gets right to the point, no babble, very focussed on the emotional aspects of Cancer

Massive Attack Teardrop - very Cancerian baby-in-the-womb video content

A note on podcasts: I have been turned off more than once by astrology podcasters who essentially waste the listener's time due to their failure to get to the essence of their message, and instead deliver so much verbal space-filling chatter, :-[ so if one day I find an exceptional one, I will recommended it.

more recommended reports will be added as they are discovered

The Most Popular Months to be Born & their astrology

Is your birthday one of the most popular in New Zealand or one that most avoid?

Do you know the month when most Americans are born?

Is the UK the same -or different?

Official stats for the period of recent decades show some patterns of great interest to an astrologer and because there are differences in the NZ data versus that of other countries.

Animal species have much more specific breeding cycles than humankind.

In effect, most women have the choice to plan a pregnancy or to just roll the dice and see what happens. Under these supposedly more random conditions the results are actually not random at all.

NZ stats show that most birthdays in the data period occurred in September

• only one of the Top 10 most popular birthdates was in October – October 1^st

• This Top 10 was squeezed into a fortnight from 19 September-October 1^st

and

• The Top 20 occurred within the 4 weeks September 16-October 14

• The Top 21-30 places were also all spread over September-October

A very statistically significant pattern
So New Zealand is loaded with Virgos and Libras.

Does this obviously mean most Kiwi women conceive in the mid December-mid January period which is mostly Summer Vacation time?

The urge to sexually reproduce, mate, conceive is stimulated by planets in the zodiac sign Scorpio and when the energies of Venus, Mars and Pluto are prominent – so more people will feel more sexy during these periods.

The Sun is the dominant force affecting Earth because we are in orbit around it and we are part of the massive solar system network involving many other planetary influences that Earth cannot avoid.

The Sun is approximately in the same position in its cycle year after year so we know in mid December the athletic, outdoorsy, sporty Sagittarius energy is being emphasised through the Sun's position.

A few days before Christmas, the Sun moves into the sector in space associated with the sign Capricorn – and is there for the period through January until the 3^rd week.

Capricorn comic actor Jemaine Clement

Capricorn is earthy, grunty energy, basic & goaty -more neolithic caveman versus the toned Sagittarian gym bunny – but both are suitable enough to stimulate romping in the hay, the sand, under the trees... you get it.

Because these energies coincide with the southern hemisphere summer and more relaxed free time away from the chain gang, it is a great mix for one plus one makes 3.

When the usual suspects in terms of sexy planets are activated in the NZ holiday period the lights flash Green for Go even more brightly.

In December 2015 for example:

Venus joined the party by being in Scorpio from Dec 6-Dec 30

Mars in Libra was very keen on relating all through Dec and into January, especially when Jupiter boosted the hormones in the week before Xmas. Mars went into Scorpio on Jan 4 2016 for a long stay til March 7 2016. Whew. Feel the heat.

Pluto was in the sign of the goat, Capricorn, all through the vacation period, being in a long, very long orbit through this sector, since 2009 until 2024. More people feeling grunty for longer.

The kinky influence of Uranus in January makes Pluto want to extend into some unconventional practices. How many shades can you get?

So the 2015-2016 holiday period may increase the Sept-Oct 2016 birth stats even higher – which means we will end up with even more Virgos and Librans than currently rule the data over the past 34 years in New Zealand.

Is this a good thing?

So if NZ is over-abundant in people born under Virgo and Libra what personality aspects does that highlight in the population? :

Virgos are in their essential state [aside from other birth planet influences] the keepers of the Protestant Work Ethic. These are the people who live to work, day after day, week after week, year after year,. Keeping the system efficient is their mission in life, they love order, categories, classifications, analysis, nitpicking, can be highly self critical as well as critical of others.

They value perfection & purity, appreciating the mantra My Body is a temple” - and so careful reading of product labels, a keen interest exists in nutrition, superfoods, optimum health.

Virgos are the most mentally active Earth sign, lots of thinking of an analytic type and proneness to worry are traits that play havoc with their digestion and cause related health weaknesses.

Their interests in being great workers and looking after their health bolster

capitalist society and reduce the state health budget. Bravo you 8-6ers

Librans are in their essential state [aside from other birth planet influences] those who really really have to be half of a couple. 
Their mission in life is to pair up and stay there, so this usually means some form of commitment. Balance, harmony, beauty, are the ideals they seek. Looking good, the body beautiful [outside] a fabulous wardrobe, a ring and someone to hold hands with. Of course this can end up in identical outfits and velcro patches joining them 24/7. Enough is never enough when you are just a half needing another to be whole. But not all Librans end up this way. Some are serial wives/husbands, who prepare the next dish before the last one is fully devoured.

Librans will adore the era of the selfie -not as much for ego reasons like those shallow Leos -but more on aesthetic grounds. They adore culture, fine art, fine anything and if they attain a beauty that is essentially sculptural then all the better.

Being peacemaking, compromising, mediating types who hate conflict, Librans play a role in calming rough waters, keeping things civil and gentile. Their partnership drive can extend beyond their personal life into business or sporting partnerships and many successful examples exist across all these type of fields so in the areas of family, business and sporting life, Librans can perform as a very positive part of the societal structure.

Other than that they pay a fortune into the fashion, makeup, footwear, handbag and hairdressing industries. Fabulous.

So these two profiles constitute to a significant degree the most common personality types in NZ society in this era.

But

Astrology acknowledges that each zodiac sign is actually one part of a paired polarity – like twin energy -so each of us can oscillate or swing between the sign we were born under as well as the opposite sign . This adds another layer onto the personality.

• Virgos oscillate with Pisces. Librans oscillate with Aries

• [Taurus-Scorpio, Gemini-Sagittarius, Cancer-Capricorn, Leo-Aquarius]

• When Virgos are not suited to really be Virgos -in the ways explained above and on account of the other planets in their individual birthday makeup, those people will act more like Pisces -whose qualities are in many ways the opposite: work is not regarded as the dream: dreaming is the dream. Different from the machine-like work focus of Virgos, Pisces work flow is more sporadic, organic, going with the flow of prevailing energies. Where Virgos focus, Pisces zone out. Too much detail. Pisces sees the bigger picture not the micro details.

• Instead of the pure body goal of the Virgo, when in Pisces mode they are more likely to load up on toxins -alcohol, tobacco, drugs, medicines or at least any form of escapist or intoxicating experience.

• When Librans flip into Aries they abandon partnerships, they engage in conflict, they go for a warrior or masculine look instead of girly or metrosexual fashion, they rely on their own courage and strength instead of drawing it from their support person.

So these polar opposite profiles are also very likely to enter into the framework when considering those born in the mid September-mid October time frame of any year -and therefore to be statistically relevant amongst New Zealand personality types.

For all those dedicated workers there will be an equally dedicated number who think life has different paths to follow.

For all those binging on superfoods and probiotics there will equally be those who binge on alcohol & reality altering addictions.

For all the gentile refined polite co-operative and well dressed fashionistas there will be the impatient, selfish pushy ME types who love a battle

Because these extremes operate within a person

And this recognition helps resolve the dilemma of how the astrology zodiac can possibly work in the southern hemisphere -because the signs describe the seasons from a northern hemisphere perspective -the reverse of life south of the equator.

The polarity oscillation -the psyche's capacity to swing between 2 related but opposite expressions explains how the zodiac can work in both hemispheres.

The same principle covers the seasonal aspects.

As for rare or unpopular birthdates in NZ

Data shows that Public Holidays are way down the rankings.

Xmas Eve, Xmas Day, Boxing Day. New Year's Day and Jan 2, Waitangi Day, Anzac Day, take up most of the Top 10 lowest ranked birthdates.

Feb 29 is automatically the least ranked due to it occurring only in Leap Years

Apart from these dates, March, April and June have 2,3,2 dates in the lowest 20

US data from 1973-1999 also found September to be the most common birthday month
so late December or January is likely to be main conception time = Capricorn, with also the November-December period = Scorpio and Sagittarius influences upon the sex drive.
Top September birthdays in the US = the 16^th, 9^th & 23^rd

The biggest spread of birthdays covered July, August and September, with July the lesser of those 3.

This means most US births are in the northern summer period.

The signs Cancer Leo and Virgo operate in this 3 month period .

Their polarities Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces are also evoked.

Cancer is family values, Leo is the entertainment industry

In the UK, data for live births 1992-2013 favours July for most birthdates -also summertime.
July is Cancer -family and tradition are strong values with Leo beginning in the 3rd week - the entertainment industry.

Although July did not come out on top in every year it was either 1^st, 2^nd or 3^rd in 20 out of the 22 years of data.
The only year that July slipped out of the top 5 rankings for numbers born that month was in 2012, when it came 6th
The only other months to rank repeatedly in the top 3 were May, August, September, October -but they only featured in 9,10,12, 11 times respectively -way less significant than the high scoring July at 20 times.
Therefore In the UK the favourite conception time is October - the going indoors time, when Autumn in underway - in order to produce so many July births.
The October mix of partnership time [Libra] and sex hormones [Scorpio] proving too heady for the Brits to resist.

But he most definite UK data relates to the month of February.

February produced the least live births in the UK in all 22 years calculated, differing from 5,000 to 10,000 compared to the number in the top ranked month.
Though the UK is known for eccentrics, they are rarer than you think if few choose to be born in the Aquarian-Piscean month.
The July record was 63,002 live births in 2011

Australia's favourite birth month is March
according to data for the period 2001-2012 inclusive
March led the stats overall twice as often as next favourite October.
March births mean winter conception
October births mean summertime conception
Pisces & Aries are born in March
Libra and Scorpio born in October.
The polarity for Pisces is Virgo, for Aries is Libra,  for Scorpio is Taurus

With NZ births predominating strongly in the Spring - which in the Northern latitudes is equated with Aries initiating type energy, it is not surprising if the Aries polarity of Libra is strong in the New Zealand psyche.

We even have a Rugby League team called the Warriors, we delight in the battle challenge ritual called the haka, face and body tattoos are very popular, boy racers use our roads as Playstation game scenes, mothers speed around our cities in monster Sports Utility Vehicles, road rage, speeding... traffic-light running is a national sport and we're very competitive.

As for the Pisces polarity of Virgo -dare I mention the drink, the drugs, the substances that have increasingly flooded the land since colonization. Yep too much of a good thing makes us flow back to our inner opposite.

NZ Stats data

UK stats data
Australia stats data

US graphic

GREECE says NO - astro analysis indicators for July

 

REUTERS report

GREECE says NO - bailout conditions rejected by 61%.
Astro analysis indicators for July indicate a month of extreme events - plus extending even longer due to aggravating effects:
Issues impacting upon families, on homes and housing, on government, on finance & economics and an activation of the energies of war and peace, make this month very potent.

 The period 13-19 July surrounding the Full Moon, is critical:
Devotional patriotism is strongly stimulated.
Loss of wealth, loss of assets, restricted access to money.

By late July
The overriding theme is that cruel, austere, brutal and cold hearted urges will be in conflict with the energies of big-hearted love and generosity. Helping those in need versus abandoning those who are struggling is a relevant consideration. 

 The full July report covers various optional expressions for the prevailing energy. 
Two major indicators analysed in the July report and forewarned in the June report, suggest a very rough economic period in store for many June-July-August-Sept 2015.
This will not just be limited to the domestic situation in Greece

Update July 15

On the eve of the New Moon the Greek parliament has passed measures to introduce the austerity conditions imposed by Euro creditors. The IMF has strongly criticised the extent of these measures. Too tough? or just right?
The astrological indicators are on the side of the IMF -that the conditions are too extreme - and that an implosion is the likely outcome as opposed to a recovery. 
The very rough economic period in store for many June-July-August-Sept 2015 is calling the shots - but this period is not the end of a longterm trend...read China and World economy indicators

Further reading

BBC report on the NO vote
Asian markets fall sharply
China in Decline -the past revisited -astro-analysis

July 2015 analysis shows hi-risk potentials

Analysis of prevailing energies extending from June 2015 into July 2015 shows continued high risk of extreme behaviour, extreme force.
Balance is in short supply.
Particular periods in the month of July stand out as emphasising the aggravating potentials.

Each date should be extended by 1-3 days either side - with the New and Full Moon having the widest range.
Universal time is used - which in some locations indicates the day prior for events dated.

July 2    Full Moon & Saturn-Pluto, Mars emphasised
July 6-7 Sun, Mercury, Saturn Pluto
July 16  New Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Pluto 
July 31  Full Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto

With Cancer-Capricorn emphasised under the New and first Full Moon, the related signs Aries and Libra are automatically triggered as well.
Issues impacting upon families, on homes and housing, on government, on finance & economics and an activation of the energies of war and peace, make this month very potent.

Everyday issues will arise in the noted contexts but the hi-risk potentials involving the combined Saturn-Pluto capacity for extremes of destruction cannot be ignored.
When these two energies draw in other planets by virtue of their geometric positioning, there is more intensity and scope for the combined forces to have mass impact. 

People disposed to act out these forces are more triggered than usual to commit mayhem, under the prevailing vibrational stimulation occurring in July 2015.
[Update: News reports as July begins reflect the violent aggressive forces emphasised - prison riot in Australia, murders, stabbings. 
In addition, the role of Mars energy, especially from July 1-4: Mars brings heat, inflammations; more war-like, militaristic activity 
All these effects in addition to the overriding destructive Full Moon] themes of Saturn-Pluto
 

addendum June 29 

The above forecast was written in a period when two major themes already unfolding:

• A swarm of terrorist attacks, which seem to be a response to the call to act during Ramadan [18 June-17 July in 2015]

This is a June New Moon to July New Moon time frame

• the situation facing the Greek economy being at risk of default on its interest repayment to the IMF. 

The aftermath, if this default occurs is viewed either as extremely bad or not so bad by different observers. That may reflect whether you are an out-of work Greek citizen or a citizen of a more prosperous Euro nation. 

Clearly the threads are there, the energies in place for both situations to spiral into globally significant situations. 

The period 13-19 July Universal Time is of most relevance. 
Religious tribalism or devotional patriotism is strongly stimulated.
[Cancer New Moon in Pisces decanate]
Losses of wealth and relationships both equally possible
[Saturn-Venus]

July 15 update:

With a bailout negotiated for Greece instead of a Grexit from the Eurozone, the IMF has condemned the terms imposed on Greece -preferring a write-down of debt, but the creditors were not impressed. PM Tsipras faces a parliamentary battle to comply with bailout terms.
The austerity side of the equation has been given a leading advantage in the Greece negotiations -which is consistent with the New and next Full Moon forecasts identifying the balance sliding further into economic adversity for many.
All this volatile energy is now unfolding in the New Moon timeframe - building over 3 days, rising to exactitude on July 16 (UT 01.24) & the wake period of 3 days -effectively July 13-19 - plus generally in effect for the lunar month until mid August New Moon.
This is significant -as all events are that have timing connecting to a New Full or Eclipse solar-lunar event.
The New Moon themes as stated involve:
 Families, homes and housing.
Losses of wealth and losses in relationships both equally possible

Update July 17

Aljazeera report of at least 100 killed in car bomb blast in Iraq at the end of Ramadan
This coincides with the warning issued re the New Moon period 13-19 July


From July 28 another pattern builds
The unusual two Full Moons in a month situation compresses even further the timeline of events: 
Exact full Moon is on July 31 Universal time 10.44am
Now involving Leo-Aquarius -and their team-mates Taurus-Scorpio. 
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn will occupy 3 of those 4 signs but keywords for all four energies are relevant.

Leo is the indicator of dramatic people and events. 
Sun, Mercury, Jupiter in Leo will bring a lot of love energy to the fore
Aquarian energy is about social justice, relating as equals in any context, freedom.
But the Saturn-Pluto theme is still in play: Scorpio energy is expressed by Saturn in Scorpio at this time and the energy of Pluto in the equally ruthless Capricorn.
This combination as explained earlier:  hi-risk potentials involving the combined Saturn-Pluto capacity for extremes of destruction cannot be ignored.
When these two energies draw in other planets by virtue of their geometric positioning, there is more intensity and scope for the combined forces to have mass impact. 
This can be actions made by humans or forces of nature


People disposed to act out these forces are more triggered than usual to commit mayhem, under the prevailing vibrational stimulation occurring in July 2015.

Taurus represents money, possessions, security. The global financial entanglement threatens this aspect of life more than ever. 
Some will have these issues highest in their priorities.

The overriding theme is that cruel, austere, brutal and cold hearted urges will be in conflict with the energies of big-hearted love and generosity.
Helping those in need versus abandoning those who are struggling is a relevant consideration.
Jupiter & Venus together in Leo are a loving, warm, generous combination but when offset against the cold brutality of Saturn & Pluto a big choice has to be made to bring love to the fore instead of hate.
Each of us will resonate with some part of this pattern of energy and each is positioned on one part of the spectrum between love, kindness, tolerance and the energy of hatred, destruction and repression.
This positioning of self is emphasised in the lunar month from late July 2015. Hopefully you can act with full consciousness.
[update: a big global story with relevance to the July Full Moon is the shooting of Cecil the lion by American game hunter Walter Palmer. Cecil being a lion is a LEO symbol. The man abusing his technologically enhanced power - weaponry - is a Pluto-Saturn symbol

Palmer, left, above on another hunt. The internet has many images of this trophy hunters big game exploits.
Because this behaviour which was brought to global attention in the rising period of the late July Full Moon and because it resonates so strongly with the issues activated under the prevailing planetary energies, this issue is globally significant ]


Also read

June reports on this site New Moon, Extreme Weather 
and Full Moon
as these remain in effect for a lunar month extending into July as well. 

Updates

Are usually posted here or within text - when relevant news reflects forecast outcomes. Otherwise Google will bring up relevant results

July 7 Greece voted a resounding NO to the terms laid down to avoid the nation's loans default. The global impact is awaited.

Also Read the forecast summary related to the Greek situation