Cultural Patterns in the Cycle of Mutable Neptune

 The Mutable Neptune Cycle

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At late stage Neptune in Pisces we ought to have some grasp of another slippery era in a mutable sign for this powerfully confusing planet

The most recent mutable periods for Neptune

Gemini         1889-1902 - 13 years

Virgo           1928-1943 - 15 years

Sagittarius   1970-1984 - 14 years

Pisces          2011-2025 - 14 years

A rule of thumb to keep in mind: 

that Fixed signs precede the Mutable and Cardinal signs follow Mutables - and on that basis expect to see the flow from a Fixed sign Neptune era flow into the expressions that arise in the Mutable - and that key themes arising in the Mutable period will merge with what emerges in the Cardinal transit

An example: Neptune in Taurus prior to the last Neptune in Gemini saw occult  [Scorpio-Taurus ] interests merge with the mysticism and magic era under Gemini.

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Neptune in Gemini 1889-1902

The 1890s serve as an excellent snapshot for mutable Neptune.

Aside from social issues like crime and drug use and creative signifiers like the mainstreaming of photography through wider public access and the development of the moving picture camera - very Neptune in Gemini - we can expect some weird ideas to have floated around -and yes they did - but not as weird as in the 2020s

Ideas under Gemini led to the influential Rider Waite Tarot being released in 1909 following the more occult-oriented Neptune in Taurus era which stimulated fixed sign expressions through Neptune

Outpourings of what arises under a particular sign

 extend in a flow beyond the exact dating of the transit

 -creating an overlap and seeding of ideas into the subsequent period

Blogger Tene Hreno loves to post about the 1890s - and along with period illustrations she has listed some of what fits the weird tag: these tend to reveal Neptune in Taurus activating the Aquarian obsession with electric things and the drug and chemistry focus under Mutable Neptune

Cocaine and Heroin sold as everyday medicines

Coca Cola "brain tonic"

Tapeworm weight loss plan

The chin-reducer gadget

The cure-all electric corset

The electric hair restorer

Wafers laced with arsenic

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Neptune in Virgo 1928-1943 following on from earlier Fixed Leo that held sway as dark forces seeking dominance -the zeitgeist became attached to eugenics and racial purity along with building a super-race through healthy physical exercise. Most of that Nazi ideology was weird and evil - even the exercise activities were very regimented.

Naomi Klein in Doppelganger [2023] has unintentionally provided such a case study of Neptune that I have been able to reference some examples here as well as writing a dedicated Neptune post.

Klein says there was also a push to promote healthy exercise in the US during the Depression era -the creation of National Parks for hiking and general health benefits and building of swimming pools reflect the Sagittarian and Pisces aspects of Neptune while in Virgo

Purity of thought demanded by wartime totalitarian ideology tends to put people under the scrutiny of everyday spies pressured to work for the regime

Modest and plain scrimping and saving re-use and recycling as well as home-made would have been encouraged in many parts of the world during the early 1930s Great Depression and extending into the late 1930s outbreak of World War 2 and enduring during the war period up to the mid 1940s.

Many sacrifices happened in the Virgo period -lives lifestyles livelihood -immense suffering -a very cruel period

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Neptune in Sagittarius 1970-1984

Many born under this transit will be featuring in protest and alternative networks that have come to the fore under Neptune in Pisces 2011-2025 

Escapist beliefs and philosophies as well as the freedom flag flew highest in this period -travel adventure expansion beyond known boundaries. Drugs alcohol and gurus - "turn on tune in drop out" was a famous slogan adopted in pursuit of a way of being that wasn't attached to the system -along with the pursuit of nirvana through higher consciousness in far off lands like India [no guarantees offered]

The Beatles in the late 1960s while Neptune transited Scorpio [metaphysical-mystical themes] led the way with stoner songs like Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds and their Yellow Submarine album -several of the album songs used a Neptunian keyword -sea or sub

The fitness craze of the 1980s also acquired a beauty factor says Klein in Doppelganger. This is when mutable Neptune flowed into Cardinal Neptune - under Capricorn the Libran body beautiful urge came to the fore as a very viable business compatible with Sagittarian body fitness.

Klein explains in a referenced* explanation that our idealistic dreams and philosophies for society were dashed by neoliberalism  - and so people - firstly women then men - responded by utilising their most personal of assets - their looks -to gain a survivalist edge. The vision then [under Neptune in Cardinal Capricorn] became about controlling what you can control - things involving your body and its appearance. 

*The referenced source was authored by Barbara Ehrenreich

It's important to note that Neptunian freedom differs from Jupiterian freedom: Neptune in Sagittarius is at risk of being delusional or illusory. 

The essence of freedom has far more of an actual basis when expressed through Jupiter

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Neptune in Pisces 2011-2025 occurs in a different millennium as well as a different century but still carries through the strands and themes of prior mutable periods infused with the fixed sign that preceded each.

As noted under Sagittarius -the arrival of Neptune in Pisces has taken many of that Neptunian generation to a new level of wacko -reminding us that the mutable cycle especially the squares will produce some significant resistance from people who reject the current program -whatever is mandated or mainstreamed or government policy that appears to threaten mutable values [freedom choice ] or is suspected of being malign/dictatorial becomes a target for minds with a big imagination and already carrying a loss of trust of  Big Brother [Daddy basically] All of this came to a head of course during the 2020+ Covid pandemic and has become itself firmly structured within online communities [thankyou Aquarius] and the structure does not look likely to dissolve quickly...the main focus though will shift to other hotbeds of conspiracy that some will insist upon until they arrive at their grave.

The early new millennium has absorbed Neptune in Aquarius 1998-2011 [addiction to technology] as a lead into how Pisces manifests in roughly one eighth of this century -flowing into Neptune's Cardinal period signified under Aries from 2025.

Has life on planet Earth ever been this bad? 

Morally ethically in terms of godlessness probably no. 

Such is our tech-focussed Earth-abusive global culture

War Economy Stalled Growth Poverty Tight Budgeting are a reality for many globally in contrast to the lives of the wealthy class.

Behaviour within the human collective is riddled with dysfunction despair and discord: we aren't doing well following outdated past century models. Clearly the demands of Pluto in Capricorn require significant accountability and refashioning of societal structures - as will arise as Pluto in Aquarius increasingly rolls out over 2 more decades - but Neptune's role - soon in Aries - 2025 - until the mid 2030s and while in tight sextile to Pluto -functions in necessary support of Pluto's transformative agenda

But first we need to learn well from Neptune in Pisces sextile Pluto in Capricorn which was tight for several months in 2023: the ultimate lesson being applying the maturity principle to all of Pisces' wayward behaviours - ideally many would have received the message of restraint  withdrawal detox limits to the point of professional help if needed.

Our devices are extremely addictive -Aquarius meets Pisces under the rays of Neptune. Apps social media gaming and pornography are in many ways a toxic recipe arguably designed to use control and data-mine us whatever the collateral damage -deterioration in mental health body issues like obesity eating disorders bodily self hatred and social dysfunctions like loss of direct connection with people and diminished communication skills are distress signals. 

We weren't designed for the digital life. Early adopters are guinea pigs in a plan unfolded that apparently wants to rush us into some degree of transhumanism - a modern species with digital implants. This plan also involves the eradication of gender as purely a status at birth. Chosen gender with surgical and pharmaceutical alterations is also an Aquarian notion devised under a Neptunian in Aquarius vision and the momentum has flowed into Neptune in Pisces.

Humanity is riddled with addiction and escapism of multiple kinds in the Pisces period. No ideal society - a Neptune in Aquarius concept - has come through - in fact more the reverse due to the formation of groups with very intense agendas doing battle with each other -socially and politically.

Humanity has not -2 years away from the end of Neptune's Pisces transit - found peace harmony compassion empathy to any globally impactful degree. Should there be further degeneration instead of awakening the Cardinal period ahead will merge with much accumulated distress and dysfunction.

Some light is evident in small communities where natural disasters have devastated lives and lifestyles. The old saying applies -such events can bring out the best in people and the worst in people.

Is is major devastation that will save humans from ourselves? Will we need to be shocked out of our ignorance and selfish competitive individualism?

The odds in respect of that seem high.

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In 2025

Neptune in Aries bringing Cardinal emphasis from 2025 while closely aspected to Pluto in Aquarius is capable of instilling much more collective responsibility graciousness shared support and a dissolving of the separate selfish ego - not suddenly and overwhelmingly but eventually - as a recognised necessity.

Expect a sustained period of events that demand collective cooperation at grassroots and small community levels -due to the collapse of various forms of infrastructure -both built and societal/managerial systems that have reached their terminal date under Pluto in Capricorn -demanding a mountain of restoration to be addressed but no fast fixes on offer.

 

Be good or be damned

may be a good insurance policy

as the world's insurer's fail us

December 2020 High Collective Significance of the Sagittarius Total Solar Eclipse

 The December 2020 Total Solar Eclipse at 23 Sagittarius carries a lot of significance due to associated planetary energies in the frame during the eclipse event period

In reference to the grid provided below the following notes apply:

The Pluto in Capricorn transit closely connected by semisextile to the December 2020 eclipse reveals the personal challenges apparent - in a longer time frame in advance of the eclipse - that can be identified as a crisis in maturation for each Sun sign that has needed to be addressed in order for the person to achieve a significant evolutionary stage in this early 2020s era.

The Sagittarius Total Solar Eclipse of mid-December 2020 provides the maturing Growth or Expansion context  - effectively a payoff - but one which requires the gains achieved through the Pluto derived challenge-to-mature context in order to deliver optimum benefits through the life experiences outlined.

Jupiter is the key influence over the Sagittarius Eclipse. But it’s complicated.

Jupiter is in the very contrasting energy Capricorn and tightly conjunct Saturn in Capricorn. 

What this collection of influences delivers is a sustained maturation process being made available firstly through challenges or crises [Pluto induced breakdown] followed by a growth & rebuilding/restoration process under the combined energies of Jupiter and Saturn.

 

The potential is offered to express the growth direction with a new level of confidence and maturity.

This significant blend of Sagittarius & Jupiter with Capricorn & Saturn fully activates key themes that also are set to evolve under the December 2020 Jupiter-Saturn conjunction  in Aquarius - which heralds a 200 year delivery of their synergy in Air signs - following their equally long sequence in Earth signs.

The significance of this cannot be overlooked.

Humanity has had a strong attachment to objects possessions and the physical/material & bodily dimension in the Earth epoch.

The Air epoch emphasises the non-physical non-material energy of the mind & consciousness, concepts, ideas, experiences.

This is a huge contrast away from the object and the physical

The area of growth [Sagittarius/Jupiter] is given an opportunity to incorporate Capricorn/Saturn developmental qualities: the mature concepts including commitment, focus, restraint, responsibility, reliability, stable management & related qualities of mind.

If the Saturn approach is not accepted developed and applied in the context of growth the achievement of sustained developmental maturation will be missed.

For those who have identified confronted & begun to resolve the challenge/s needing to be resolved under Pluto's pressure during Capricorn in 2020 the pathway is more clearly available towards the context for a more mature state of growth or expansion.- made available through the shift to a more mature state of mind. 

This applies at any life stage -whether 5 years old or 75 years old - there is always maturation periods and adjustments to be made to the mental disposition.

Some will remain longer within the challenged state due to more mind work needing to be done using more focus and commitment - but those moving more slowly can still look to the new direction on offer & make some early beginnings.

The grid shows the zodiac signs which can be read as Sun sign and rising sign. 

From the perspective of each the location of the Dec 2020 Sagittarius eclipse and the location of transit Pluto are given with high potential options for positive utilisation of the energies available through these factors and - given the close synchronicity to the Jupiter-Saturn in Aquarius conjunction - the interpretations reflect how these events are linked.

Effectively this December 2020 transitional period offers a wide collective shift in consciousness - if embraced - blending the best of Jupiter and Saturn with thanks to Pluto.

2019 Zodiac Astrology in a nutshell

The astrological signs are usefully sorted into groupings that have matching types of expression and this method helps to show what similar themes apply in 2019 for related signs
If you want a global perspective on 2019 a detailed forecast is posted on this site

In this forecast the zodiac Sun Signs are presented in their groups CARDINAL FIXED and MUTABLE

 and their shared group themes are revealed

The Cardinal group is Aries Libra Cancer Capricorn

In 2019 all these signs are unusual in that they are all dealing significantly with cardinal issues. Cardinal issues are those that involve:

•  working on your personal style of self expression or personality
• improving how you function in relating to others especially private relationships
• dealing with career issues, matters of true calling or vocation
• focussing on family, roots, the meaning and function of home

All of these are on the table for cardinal signs in 2019 -for many this is a continuation lasting several years. All that differs is the degree of emphasis of the cardinal themes and where additional influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out:

• Aries is likely to be pulled towards living, studying or travelling overseas with an emphasis on seeking retreat. Money/income changes/unstable. A lot of personal change needed. Partnerships have less of a focus. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Libra has a home and family/parenting focus. Personal and partnership needs hard to cater for. Resources/assets undergo unexpected changes. Health is weakened. Digestion especially weak/sensitive. Service work or volunteering is a positive expression. Contact with foreign language - perhaps a new study. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Cancer has an emphasis on the challenges in partnerships & these can cause issues re home/location and career. Friendships affected by change -new beginning, some ending. Spiritual study or travel, better healthcare and nutrition are all beneficial. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Capricorn is required to do a lot of personal growth regarding self expression, self management -switching away from controlling others to controlling self. Less energy for home, family, career. Personal retreats/going within and reading spiritual self help are all beneficial. Relationships with children, lovers are changeable. Try to find a new creative outlet. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.

The Fixed group is Taurus Scorpio Leo Aquarius
In 2019 all these signs are dealing significantly with mutable issues. In addition points are made regarding  where other important influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out:

Mutable issues are change/adaptation/movement conditions that involve:

• the mind - how it functions and grows, thought patterns, ideas, beliefs, mental patterns

With a strong mutable effect the fixed [stubborn, rigid, obsessive] signs are being pressured to become more easy going, tolerant, educated, lateral, laid-back, accepting, forgiving through making changes to their conscious and subconscious ways of thinking.

• Taurus has a strong emphasis on mind expansion drawn from overseas experiences or with other nationalities at home or the energy can be used through higher education/spiritual studies. Demands of work and health may conflict with these goals. A change of personality is on offer to shift you from old attachments and values.  Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change. Becoming a community volunteer and finding greater empowerment from esoteric explorations and sexual intimacy are all beneficial options.
• Scorpio is mostly asked to transform through you  altering your everyday communication style -making sure any overbearing, domineering and controlling traits are corrected . If obsessive, vengeful and destructive thinking takes hold help should be sought as it truly is time to continue the process of making your mind more healthy. Try to channel mental energy into reading, writing and education. Work and health are areas of challenge during 2019. Relationships are set to be unconventional and or unstable. Financially a good year. Romantic energy may best be put on hold and be used in an imaginative creative outlet. A compassionate role with children is a beneficial option. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change
• Leo has a strong continued emphasis on service types of employment and health matters. This issue could conflict with any travel plans and educational options. Changes are sustained in the career sector -new goals or discovery of a true calling. Involvement in charity or philanthropy is beneficial. Romance, creativity and children are focus areas all offering potential growth and positivity. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change.
• Aquarius is best focussed on retreating from the world -whether by choice or through forced circumstances such as health. Changes in the home and or family circumstances are indicated. Travel with friends or to be in a group is very beneficial for learning and growth. Money and assets can be much less significant as part of this withdrawal towards a greater spiritual emphasis. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change.

The Mutable group is Gemini Sagittarius Virgo Pisces
In 2019 all these signs are dealing significantly with Fixed issues. In addition points are made regarding  where other important influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out.
Fixed issues are those that involve:

• survival: this will be faced in the context of any or many of the following aspects of daily life - financial position, income, assets, resources, personal power/self empowerment, charisma/attractiveness, love and attention, feeling of being supported through networks of friends or contacts or community in general

• Gemini - changes regarding resources previously shared with others or gained through others can become a factor propelling you towards the responsibility for accumulating greater personal resources. Personal empowerment or charisma needs to be developed now. Fixed ideas around love and attention need to be revised. You are on the path towards making meaningful spiritual contributions to the world at large. Changes in the subconscious clear away obstructions. Best growth area in 2019 is through partnerships and an overseas factor could be in that mix. Issues around love and friendship are being resolved in order to reap the relating benefits.
• Virgo will develop most in areas involving areas of creative expression such as love affairs, children and the arts. A big emphasis on overseas is noted  -coming either through travel, study, home relocation. Beneficial energies also relate to expanding the home or family and through having a spiritual [not boozy or druggy] partnership -such as a teacher-student interchange. Fixed mental patterns involving control, power, jealousy, revenge need to be revised.
• Sagittarius has a big focus on material and financial assets and how to manage and transform them. Living by water or in a spiritual environment is beneficial. A very positive year of freedom adventure, success and personal growth. Changes in health and health routines, nutrition/diet are all worth exploring. Routine work situations also subject to change. Fixed beliefs involving freedom  and independence need to be revised.
• Pisces has a big focus on friendships, networks, communities, expanded contacts. Personal expression continues to move towards more spiritual compassionate responses to the world in general. Fixed mental patterns are subject to significant change. Career or true calling is very positively linked to overseas or people of other nationalities

Who's Who ? Zodiac Roulette at the White House

Gemini Trump is the House

All the rest are merely players

And many there are

Too many to fully know

But a cast of characters is required to let the opera be staged

Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury inside the Trump White House delivered a dazzling ensemble 

of Who's Who at a certain point in time

 in this swiftly moving feast. 
Updated notes will be compulsory 

in order to keep abreast of the dizzying pace

 of cast alterations due to those who have jumped ship or been turfed overboard - 
but more importantly to those readers 
outside the Beltway

 a Gallery is of use to show at least most of those
 who got most mentions in FFITWH 
[which untangles as WTF!? ] 

plus a few recent cast members who have arisen 

after the book's publication.

March 17 2018

In the photo panels below

• A Large Red X indicates either resigned fired [ or dead in the case of Roger Ailes] 

• Possibly of no use at all is that where known, the zodiac sign of the character is used as their forename. 
• [in 3 instances forename Secret applied where birth date not freely available] 

As A Serious Astrologer, mere Sun signs are not the usual diet of The Profiler - but they can identify basic compatibilities or the reverse - as seen when Aries Tillerson [clashing with Trump's Cancer planets ] was fired and replaced by a more compatible Capricorn Pompeo.]
In fact this cast of characters does not feature one Cancer -but all other signs have come or gone.

Going by the cast of prominent characters the most politically oriented sign Capricorn still has the edge in this fraught environment - and Gemini is of course looked upon with some degree of grace.

Of course author Virgo Wolff has to be brought to task for stating in Chapter 13 that :
"So when they did win, by the fluke alignment of the stars for Donald Trump..."
as there are no fluke alignments. 
An accurately timed birth chart is all that is needed to trace the rises and falls over a lifetime.
Confusion over Hillary Clinton's birth time and mixed indicators for both her and Trump made it impossible to make a strong prediction in 2016. As it turned out both had "wins" but January 2017 having transit Saturn capturing a lot of Trump's energy was consistent with the new level of responsibility -which manifested and was set in stone at the Inauguration.
Without top quality data, politics is too complex for an astrologer to call consistently well.

As there's no likelihood of getting a full set of data for the transient cast only the chart for the boss himself is included for reference.

 Gemini Trump

Born 14 June 1946 at a total lunar eclipse full Moon with strongly eccentric, unpredictable Uranus and Big Confident Hyperbolic Jupiter attached.
Mars rising at dawn provides the Fire Fury and Theatre
Saturn shows the Family Boss persona
Gemini is the Messenger of all those synergised forces.
Born to Tweet often, angrily and with a very individualistic perspective.

Noted Players in Fire & Fury and Subsequential Characters

A Large Red X indicates either resigned  fired

 [ or dead in the case of Roger Ailes]

Surnames below each panel provide a background link

Flynn  Walsh  Spicer Priebus Comey Bannon Yates Hicks

Cohn  Tillerson  McMaster  Powell  Sessions Mueller Conway  Pence

Ailes  Murdoch   Ryan  Mattis  Kelly  Lewandowski Kushner  Trump   Pompeo   Haspel

Rosenstein   Kissinger   B Mercer   R Mercer

Manafort    Barrack     Scaramucci   McCabe

updated extra resignations in 2018 include Capricorn Sessions, Capricorn Haley, Taurus Kelly and Virgo Mattis

UN Ambassador Haley
Now that the Capricorns are joining the ranks of the leaving it seems all bets are off in the who might endure the longest ? category
Perhaps even a new flag is appropriate for the White House under Trump
One Star & Lots of Crosses

Casualties specific to the Trump Administration

Business Insider keeps a running tally of those fired or those who resigned. At the March 13 2018 update there were 4 Fired -starting from Preet Bharara and 16 resignations starting from Katie Walsh

McMaster's fate has been declared by some but reports are contradictory.

Speculations of further heads on the block -Vanity Fair

content will necessarily be updated

related reading:
Who's Who in the Russia Trump Enquiry led by Special Prosecutor Mueller

Who's Who - BBC special report

Pressure mounts for FBI to shut down Trump-Russia enquiry

March 22 2018 Trump lawyer John Dowd resigns

December 2017 high drama

December 2017 marks a transition time with Saturn finally ending the current cycle in Sagittarius and entering Capricorn at a time when the lunar nodes will contribute some dramatic effects

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The high profile wildfire situation in California has created extreme destruction in the fortnight prior to this post but the risk has not abated. The Thomas Fire in Santa Barbara County is centre stage and with many celebrity residents tweeting their experiences media are fully engaged.

On Dec 16 evacuated residents were allowed to return to Ventura County where the fire began.

There were periods of time when the fire was advancing at a rate of an acre a second

The forecast for December posted late November forewarned of extreme environmental hazards -and their potential to disrupt travel, transit, transport or movement. Indonesia's Mt Agung was then the highest profile event but with that subsiding attention swiftly moved to California.

Mass destruction is a feature of such intense fire events but that quality is highly and increasingly emphasised as the month of December in 2017 proceeds - leading to a special New Year alert 

For this reason the situation in California has to be seen as heading off the scale.

What is adding to the intense destruction under Jupiter in Scorpio is the tight connection to the Leo-Aquarius [fire and wind] contribution from the Moon's nodal axis.

This is all happening while Saturn reaches the end of its 3 years in Sagittarius [relief for many] and starts it' sojourn through Capricorn.

The last 10 degrees in Sagittarius have an overlay of Leo in the decanate system - and the 29th degree is the point of greatest learning/confrontation with karma - and since Saturn itself is a very strong karmic indicator when in the territory of your personal energy field [astrological chart pattern] the late December period is ramping up the intensity: karma is eyeballing a lot of people.

So the fire risk whether in California or in your backyard has to be taken very seriously -the combustibility energy is very prevalent - so this includes all forms of ignitable materials. Other extreme contexts must also be considered -explosions, bombs, destructive ignition - as risks to be avoided.

In the Southern summer hemisphere holiday period social gatherings involving fire, barbecues, fireworks are examples of where to take extra care.

The negative karma related to Saturn in Sagittarius if you lose all your possessions can be around failure to restrain excesses, extravagance, waste - or lack or moderation regarding attachment to things - versus a more humble, simple, spiritually connected existence.

Essentially it is a spiritual lesson and in December if that has not already been absorbed and responded to over the past 3 years then the last degree of Sagittarius is when Saturn will deliver the sting in the tail = a very strong confrontation with the reality of your distance from the fundamentals of life.

Saturn reached 29 degrees on December 11 carrying the themes outlined right to December 20-21 when the Sun and Saturn combine at 29 Sagittarius.

This period could deliver the most dramatic eyeballing of the lessons to be faced since the lunar nodes are triggered in tight connection to Jupiter.

High drama, death and destruction or structural collapse involving large scale events

This energy still exists as Saturn and the Sun then shift into Capricorn on the 21st-22nd.

Capricorn is the home base energy of Saturn - it is the zodiac expression of this planet. The first 10 degrees are very strong is expressing the lesson of this 3 year phase - time to absorb the most grown-up, adult, mature, responsible, reliable, disciplined, self-managing, nurturing, mentoring qualities possible to restructure your personality both for your own peace of mind but also to enhance the way your relationships function in every context - private/professional intimate/friendship/family and in your relating to humanity on a large scale.

For Capricorns, Aries, Cancer and Libra in particular [though we all have these signs somewhere in our makeup] the next 3 years are challenging if this psychological shift is not made


In environmental terms, drought is the looming issue in high heat zones with the shift into Saturn in Capricorn officially from Dec 22. 2017 for a 3 year period.

The New Year period from Dec 31 2017 is addressed in this separate post

updates
Dec 25 2017 
The 22nd day spent fighting the Thomas fire in California

Dec 19
Very pleased to have just located a webpage for respected veteran astrologer Alan Oken one of my early teachers through his early books - if you're wanting to extend your astrological knowledge it will be well worth following his newsletters

April 2017 - Extreme Forces in Many Contexts

Extreme forces predicted for April 2017 are manifesting with great frequency.

Updates confirm multiple extreme force events

Extreme Weather
Extreme forces that began to combine from as early as late February 2017 and began to manifest in March 2017 are sustained through April 2017 in diverse global locations.

One manifestion of the intense energy combinations is extreme weather with water proving to be a major destructive element.

Although environmental devastation from these forces is a well-documented outcome [events consistently coinciding with planetary indicators] - the outcomes are not limited to one level  or one context of expression.

Relating

• The intense forces prevailing in April 2017 have direct human-human consequences, impacting dynamics between people and their relationships.
• The pressures require significant upgrades in the style and quality of people's conduct towards each other  - or estrangement/separation/endings are the likely events facing them in April. In some situations a need for reality checking is required in order to rebalance a relationship
• Loss of relationship due to external events will also occur for many.

Money
Money problems and losses, events affecting assets - events in April will impact the financial and material circumstances of many people globally.
For some people this may be due to a loss of their home from extreme weather or major damage with no insurance.
This is not a great month to do well financially, take financial risks or to start a business - and this is likely to be demonstrated in global market declines.

Extreme Forces - human generated
Extreme energies always have the capacity to manifest through human behaviour and activity. The potential for destructive outcomes as a result of human intention remains higher than normal during April.

also read: the karmic growth offered in April 2017 in respect of money management and relating


 and Leah Whitehouse's monthly report for a different emphasis in interpreting the hand that is dealt to us in April 2017. [Astrologers have their own reading style & mine would be in the least conventional and more global category]

confirmational updates from relevant global news:
diverse locations for effects of extreme weather already in effect include US reported April 3 and most fatally Colombia [mudslides after deluges] since March 31
April 3 Metro bombing in St Petersburg Russia multiple fatalities and injuries
April 4 Sarin gas suspected in mass exposure with dozens of fatalities and injuries inflicted in Syrian location Khan Shiekhun
April 5 extreme weather involving water and wind in New Zealand
April 6 extreme weather involving water, wind and associated landslips/mudslides continues to affect New Zealand -lower north and upper south islands

Several related news reports from US across the nation and one from India showing same intensity of weather

April 6 -extreme force in the form of a missile attack involving 59 cruise missiles launched on command of President Trump against Syrian military -in response to the April 4 Sarin gas attack in Syria by the Syrian regime
April 7 -extreme force by use of a speeding lorry deliberately crashed into a department store -deaths and injuries as people mowed down in Stockholm Sweden
April 9 multiple deaths in 2 blasts in Egypt on Palm Sunday
April 9 seismic stress is another example of extreme force -New Zealand is experiencing a fresh run of seismic unrest including in the vulnerable cook Strait region near the capitol, Wellington

April 10 - as anticipated, flow-on effects involving money/assets have already arisen from environmental damage. Markets & currencies are also in the firing line to trend downwards in April.  Awaiting global trend as April 10 gradually opens but NZ currency has dropped to a 4 week low
April 13 stocks fell across Asia, Us dollar and Treasury bond yields slumped to lowest for 2017
April 13 US discharged a GBU-43/B Massive Ordinance Air Blast Bomb in Afghanistan against ISIS
April 15 tensions between US and North Korea reach a dangerous level



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Background on Extreme Weather
rewinding to a post from Oct 2013..with 2017 updates -including more reference to significant planetary factors 

OCT

21

Extreme Weather from the Galactic Centre 

The GC -galactic centre -the rotational centre of the Milky Way galaxy - at 27 Sagittarius is an energy point of unimaginable potency

Significant events on earth expressing the power of natural forces can be seen to cluster in the time frame of a GC activation.

This includes major movements or quantities of fire, earth, air and water and can include floods, landslides, earthquakes, volcanic activity, tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, torrential rain, tsunami, wildfires, explosive events - as well as including events of this type perpetuated by human activity [ Hiroshima-Nagasaki 1944].

scroll to end for updates to 2017

Typhoon Haiyan has slammed Philippines -an example of GC generated extreme forces
 update Nov 8 2013

Observations [above] made October 21 2013 re the roles of Saturn in October [12 Scorpio] & the November Scorpio eclipse [11 Scorpio] in activating by semisquare the Galactic Centre position of 27 SAG

above are the most potent activators of Galactic Centre energies, stepped down into the environment of Earth, with 27 SAG as the actual position of the galactic centre and all points at 90 and 180 degrees of that being significant, as well as all positions midway = 12 degrees in all 4 fixed energy signs [Scorpio, Taurus, Leo, Aquarius] Any one occupied position has an equal capacity to trigger any or all others

The GC gets activated annually by the Sun around December 19
In 2013 only Mercury  [Jan 17] and Venus [November 2] make the same exact conjunction to 27 SAG. But these alone do not give rise to major activations.
My energy analysis method always includes the GC activations by the remaining signs of the mutable quartet - PISCES VIRGO GEMINI as well as the semi & sesqui squares = 12 degree position of any of the fixed signs SCORPIO TAURUS  LEO AQUARIUS.

When the 27 MUTABLE or 12 FIXED sign positions feature in a New, Full Moon or Eclipse the likelihood of extreme forces arising to a significant extent in diverse earth locations is worth considering

Milky Way Galactic Centre

It so happens from late 2013 into 2014 there is a run on these relevant factors with strong activations of the GC energy delivered by:


September full moon 27 PISCES
October lunar eclipse SATURN at 12 SCORPIO
November solar eclipse at 11 SCORPIO being midpoint of MERC-NODES-SAT
December full moon at 25 GEMINI
January new moon 11 AQUARIUS
March full moon 26 VIRGO

Exact positions at 27 or 12 are strongest but + or - 2 degrees is well within range of effect - giving a range 25-29 Mutable and 10-14 Fixed to consider.

Full and New Moons begin to be effective days before exactitude and until the following new or full state.

Eclipses belong to a six-monthly cycle so the effects can spread ahead that far - as well as being pre-triggered -one of the qualities of space-time that defies the limited linear logic of manufactured earth-time.

The period September 2013 - May 2014
is likely to be notable for many more extreme weather events and major environmental events which reveal the potency of the forces of nature.

The role of the paired transformers Pluto & Uranus locked at a 90 degree angle is undeniable in accentuating or aggravating the situation.

These two energies are very representative of Galactic Centre forces so their current activation provides a double-whammy effect whenever our solar system is zapped by a blast from the GC 

A torus of super-heated dust surrounding the galactic centre black Hole -artist's conception

Updates
Prior historical example:
CYCLONE Yasi formed January 26 2011.
Dissipated Feb 3 2011
GC activation came via URANUS  in conjunction with JUPITER  =  both at 27 Pisces on January 4 2011. The process was set in motion weeks before the cyclone formed.
[ 27 Pisces is at exact 90 degrees to the GC & therefore a very strong trigger - made stronger by the combined mega force of Jupiter blended with Uranus the force of change.]

The etymology of the word typhoon is of interest in terms of the most likely link back to Greek mythology
TYPHOEUS aka TYPHON  was a monstrous immortal storm-giant...so huge his head was said to brush the stars..
He appeared man-shaped down to the thighs, with two coiled vipers in place of legs. Attached to his hands in place of fingers were a hundred serpent heads, fifty per hand. He was winged, with dirty matted hair and beard, pointed ears, and eyes flashing fire. According to some he had two hundred hands each with fifty serpents for fingers and a hundred heads, one in human form with the rest being heads of bulls, boars, serpents, lions and leopards. As a volcano-daimon, Typhoeus hurled red-hot rocks at the sky and storms of fire boiled from his mouth. 
-from theoi.com where extensive detail is available

Relevant news October 2013
Britain braces for worst storm of 2013
M7.1 quake off Japan  after sun pumps out a swarm of M and X flares

                      time frame October 23, 24, 25,26 2013 shown though 3 M flares also
                                        occurred on Oct 22 -see flare calendar
This amount of sustained output has not been seen for some time & has a relationship to extreme weather and natural events on earth including large quakes.

Summary of late October- early November sustained solar activity -
+ November 5 saw an X3.3 flare [3rd biggest in current solar cycle - and biggest for 2013]

November 2013
The biggest storm of 2013 slams the Philippines from November 6 [Typhoon Haiyan]
Lethal cyclone devastates Somalia

Solar activity remains high with two weeks of sustained M flares & the occasional X flare - while according to standard observations, no geomagnetic effects at storm level as a result of all the CME's sent from the sun up till Nov 12

M-flares abundant. X flare on Nov 8

December 2013
Around Dec 8
Heavy snowfall across Northern Hemisphere & in unusual places -Egypt, Hawaii, Middle East -all due to a jet stream snaking much further southwards in a meridional pattern rather than zonal

The Full Moon at 25 SAG-GEM was within range of the GC & thus geoeffective in the time frame of a lunar month into January
 The Sun reached the Galactic Centre point late on Dec 18 UT at 27 SAG and Mercury too on Dec 22 - allowing for a conjoined activation of the GC forces in the period around Dec 20-22 
The important seasonal markers at zero Cardinal [Capricorn-Cancer, Aries-Libra] are also likely to be caught up in the timing of GC activations since 27 SAG is just 3 degrees from 0 Capricorn and the whole spectrum is activated at all other seasonal markers in March, June, September as well as in December
December 2013 is particularly worth observing for the added complexity of the Sun-Pluto-Mercury-Mars-Uranus synergistic activation from even as early as Dec 29 then strengthening in days to New Years Eve, January 1 & 2 2014
Natural forces [i.e. expressed as weather] & biological behaviour -human & other species vulnerable [with variation dependent on individual susceptibility] to disturbed, volatile & stress effects which will be evident in a range of news reports
From Weather Action :

Dec 21

Piers Corbyn from Weather Action says the North Atlantic jet stream reached a record 275 mph on Dec 22 2013 -consistent with the long range prediction of wild jet stream events in the shift to a Mini Ice Age circulation pattern.
Corbyn's methodology is centred around solar activity which impacts Earth. 
His analysis also targets the end of Dec 2013 & into January 2014:
"Newly erupting active sunspot regions are coming round to be Earth-facing (below) when we predicted and will drive dangerous weather conditions around end Dec and start Jan in USA, Brit+Ire, Europe and the whole world."
"This 'Mini-Ice-Age increase in wild and extreme events will continue for the next 20 years" 
Dec 22 UT In my locale the weather has undergone a sudden change from an unusually warm start of summer to cooler temps due to squally gusts of wind

2014 updates
Extreme flooding UK -January torrential
Massive landslide Washington State - March disaster in Oso
M8.2 quake Chile big offshore event was fortunately low in fatalities

2017 updates
MARCH
With the Galactic Center 27 SAG being activated by exact alignment from transiting Saturn at 27 Sagittarius, beginning effectiveness from start of March 2017 intense outcomes anticipated soon began to be evident. 

One planet alone is usually not significant enough to bring the worst extremes. [severe quakes, colossal tsunamis]

In March 2017 Saturn at 27 degrees links with any other activating factors at 27 and 12 degrees. 
The Sun and Neptune match these positions during March: Neptune [water indicator] for most of the month and the Sun at/in range of 12 degrees from March 2-4. 
From March 6 [UT] Mars at 27 Aries energises Saturn at 27 Sagittarius - extending over several days

The probabilities for heavy rain with flooding and destructive conditions creating losses and obstructions will also be very high in this time frame.
Just as March began [3rd] an indicator of extremes was in place -the exact opposition of Jupiter and Uranus. This opposition has an effective time frame of just over 2 weeks [until at least March 19] in which to keep generating more systems. This energy combination generates unbalanced energies and would have contributed significantly to extreme atmospheric conditions and the creation of disturbed, destructive weather systems. 
The Sun reaching 21-23 degees in the March 11-March 13 period synergises with this potent energy.
Then importantly 17-20th March when firstly the Sun is at 27 degrees, soon joined by the Moon on the 20th of March.

Regions of New Zealand's North Island beginning 7 March experienced extreme flooding followed by forceful winds -with conditions enduring several days after a brief lull between systems.

Other global locations showed related effects in this time period -as reported March 9 - India, Pakistan, Atlanta US...

Memphis and UK heavy rain news

Britain gets March warning

NZ reports from: Coromandel region  Waiheke Island
Clevedon  summary of damage

NZ Metservice forecast 9 March 

March 11 Coverage of NZ North Island extreme weather

March 2017 Fatalities recorded in Madagascar cyclone

Wiki entry for Cyclone Enawo

March 12 2017
further extreme rainfall on Sunday has deluged nearly 200 properties across Auckland City

mid-March saw  blizzard conditions in north-east US regions

March 14 saw the start of extreme rain, flooding and mudslides in Peru. This follows an intense period of extreme weather since early in 2017

By 28 March 2017 Queensland Australia was subject to Cyclone Debbie. The initial effects were followed by extreme widespread flooding affecting an even larger landscape than initially affected -even by April 2 more flooding was anticipated

Saturn on GC
With Saturn's transiting position in Sagittarius remaining within the 27-28 degree range throughout April and still within the 26-27 degree range for most of May 2017 it is anticipated that activation of Galactic Centre [GC] energies is creating exactly the turbulent forces that generate extreme weather. The higher potential for this looks to be increased in April 2017 with Neptune [the water indicator] also highly activated [Uranus+Sun transits through Aries]
The 3rd factor [and there is always more than one] is thatimbalance underlies the generation of these extreme forces. Energy related to extreme unbalanced forces was generated at the end of March [Pluto+Jupiter] and the triggers spawned at that time were given the force to unfold in days ahead...ready to merge increasingly from April 4 with Saturn barely moving from its transiting position, intensifying through the first week of April to lead into the developing Saturn-Venus energy at 28 Sagittarius and the Sun-Jupiter-Pluto energies combining from April 7.
Extreme forces remain locked in for a lengthy period, with many different manifestations - weather or environmentally related as well as human induced - with a likely time frame from April 7-19 2017
So this is a big package of extreme and destructive forces which will be manifested in many global locations 

further reading:

Galactic Centre activation in the Galveston Hurricane in September 1900