Astrological signatures: Gender Fluidity & Transformational Imperatives

Some astrological thoughts on

gender fluidity & fluid sexuality

Caroline Cossey

The sexual revolution of the 20th century can be seen to have utilised the sequential energies of several of the outer planets - not limited to a single decade but spread over a lengthy period. And it wasn't simply a matter of more sex.

• Neptune in Scorpio  1956-1970 including the Uranus-Pluto conjunction during the 1960s
• Uranus in Scorpio from the end of 1974-end of 1981
• Pluto in Scorpio 1984-1995 including  the Uranus-Neptune conjunction in the early 1990s

After that 40 year period the subsequent 25 years  have been flavoured by Uranus and Neptune’s passage through Aquarius [Uranus 1996-2003] [Neptune 1998 to January 2012] - energies that have ushered in not only the age of global digital connectivity but also the use of digital technology to host video content dedicated to the sort of sexual fantasies and immersive sexual content [Neptune in Scorpio] resonating for those born in the 1956-1970 era. 

The Uranus in Scorpio cohort is also very activated by the Aquarian phase of Uranus & Neptune - reinforcing the online environment for sexual experiences and connections to be made.

In addition to that digital sexual arena the Aquarian effect from the latter 1990s into the second decade of the 2000s has seen a lot of social media available online for group identification and association around sex sexuality identity and gender. 

Out of this a new vocabulary and grammatical practices have emerged to fit new distinctions within the spectrum of expression in these areas of behaviour and identity.

The most high profile collective shift has involved people who have a desire to transition to the alternative sex and or gender identity - transsexuals and those identifying as transgender.

Though writings as far back as the Greek Classical era provided enough hints about sexual diversity - greater clarity in this new millennium about the spectrum of gender identity and of sexual orientation have further permeated social consciousness after a long slow arising in the twentieth century.

Comparative studies placing us humans in company with the diversity found across the range of animal species allows finally a conclusion that variability and transition are a normal/natural part of the range of biological potentials.

From an astrological perspective there are many energetic stimuli that could play a role in the assertion of behaviours such as same sex sexuality transgender or transsexuality and any type of rule-breaking or boundary-stretching choices.

Looking initially at various high profile people with known birthdates  - who chose to either fully transition from their apparent genetic sex at birth and/or to express in behaviours clothing and assert identity in the ways of the other sex - an initial observation is the presence of several of the personal planets (Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars) in mutable signs. This signifies fluid changeable energies.

Only some have full birth-timed chart availability but from information available mutable planets are recurrently found to be part of the story.

These examples include total known mutable personal planets mutable outer planets including Chiron,Nodes, + ASC if known:

Transition type also noted.

Chelsea Manning  M to F   [4] including Sun Mercury

Lana Wachowski   M to F   [7] including Mars

Lilly Wachowski     M to F   [5] including Moon

Caitlyn Jenner       M to F    [3] including Venus Mars

Georgie Stone       M to F    [4] including Mercury Mars

Chas Bono            F to M   [4] incl Sun Mars

Ian Harvie              F to M   [7] incl Sun Moon Mercury Venus? Mars

Patrick Califia        F to M   [5] incl Sun Mercury Venus Mars

But single factor analysis is not enough.

Ian Harvie

The next category of interest is the outer planets

 Pluto Neptune Uranus.

Pluto is a prime candidate for those who want to significantly transform themselves in any way. For Pluto to be relevant in this context it is the fixed signs especially Scorpio that blend the phrase sex change or transformed sexuality  [though that outcome may be produced hormonally surgically or symbolically using clothing ]

Pluto connected to :

personal planets Sun Mercury Venus Mars  Lunar Nodes ASC MC

For example

Caitlyn Jenner       Pluto trine Venus

Lilly Wachowski     Pluto quincunx Mars & sextile Venus

Lana Wachowski   Pluto sextile Mercury

Jan Morris             Pluto conjunct North Node

Georgie Stone       Pluto opposite Mercury & Mars

Chelsea Manning  Pluto conjunct Mars

Georgie Stone

Neptune is also relevant in the fixed signs especially Scorpio [fluid sexuality, sexual fantasies] and in the mutables especially Pisces [loose boundaries]

Neptune was in Scorpio 1956-1970 

The Wachowski sisters [Capricorn & Cancer ] were born 1965 1967

Ian Harvie  [Sun Gemini] 1968

Chas Bono [Sun Pisces] 1969

Mutable sign Neptune eras

Neptune in Sagittarius 1970-1984 open expansive all-embracing

Neptune in Pisces 2012-to Jan 2026 escapism fantasies changeable

Lily & Lana Wachowski

Neptune aspecting personal planets is relevant: Venus & Mars stand out in these examples

Lilly Wachowski       Neptune conjunct Venus

Lana Wachowski     Neptune trine Venus

Caitlyn Jenner         Neptune semisquare Mars

Georgie Stone         Neptune trine Mercury-Mars

Patrick Califia          Neptune quincunx Venus

Chas Bono              Neptune conjunct Mars

Uranus the rule breaker is a prime candidate in Scorpio [end of 1974-end of 1981]

Also note Uranus in transit - especially in any sign linked to a Neptune or Pluto disposed to transformation or fluidity regarding sex/identity/gender.

1960s had a Uranus Pluto conjunction in mutable Virgo.

Uranus-Neptune conjunctions are rare but the last [repeat of 3] in 1993 was in Capricorn -quite conflicted.

Uranus-Neptune square also rare last occurred in 1954 1955 & 1956 in Cardinal [affecting relationship choices] and Fixed - the Uranus in Leo square Neptune in Scorpio in 1956 at 0 degrees even more relevant.

Few people alive were born with the Uranus-Neptune opposition. The last was 1910.

Chelsea Manning

Chelsea Manning Uranus conjunct Sun & Mercury in Sagittarius

Wachowski sisters born during the Uranus-Pluto conjunction

Lana Wachowski Uranus square north Node

Jan Morris Uranus opposite Venus; Uranus in Pisces quincunx Neptune

Caitlyn Jenner Uranus trine Sun

Ian Harvie Uranus square Mercury, sextile Neptune, conjunct Pluto

Georgie Stone Uranus in Aquarius, Uranus squ Jupiter-Saturn-Venus-Sun in Taurus

Chas Bono Uranus conjunct Jupiter - both on south Node -all sextile Mars

Patrick Califia Uranus trine Sun

The Gemini-Sagittarius Mutable Factor

 

The Sagittarius factor is frequent in the small sample and could promote the need to be free to expand and explore in the context of gender/sexuality/sex

The Gemini factor is also frequent -along with Mercury conjunct Sun. This is the capacity to inhabit the inner and or outer Twin.

Caitlyn Jenner Venus in Sagittarius

Georgie Stone Pluto in Sagittarius opposite Mercury Mars in Gemini

Ian Harvie Sun Moon Mercury Venus Mars in Gemini

Chas Bono Mars in Sagittarius sextile Jupiter-Uranus

Chelsea Manning Chiron in Gemini; Sun Mercury Saturn Uranus in Sagittarius

 

Many of the same natal factors will apply to people who express themselves in primarily same sex attractions and perhaps to a lesser degree in those who function in a bisexual lifestyle.

Amongst high profile people  - generally who have not disclosed gender fluidity or same sex atractions in their private life there are example of those who are happy to express themselves through their chosen creative field - in ways that place them more centrally on the spectrum of gender/sexuality.

Examples would include  David Bowie Elton John Grace Jones Ellen DeGeneres Michael Jackson Cate Blanchett

David Bowie

Elton John  singer/songwriter Nodes in Gemini/Sagittarius, Uranus in Gemini; Venus in Aquarius, Mars in Pisces, Jupiter in Scorpio; Uranus square Mars

Michael Jackson singer/songwriter quite loose sexuality. Transformed his face through surgery.  Neptune in Scorpio; Pluto conjunct Virgo Sun

Sinead O’Connor singer/songwriter has been back & forth in her sexuality identity. 5 mutables include Uranus-Pluto conjunction [but opposed by Saturn in Pisces bringing religious restraint & conflict] Sun-Venus in Sagittarius.

Cate Blanchett actor who has inhabited male persona & a lesbian character . Neptune in Scorpio; 5 mutables. Jupiter-Pluto conjunction on south node.  Sun trine Jupiter-Pluto. North node Pisces. Mercury in Gemini. Mars in Sagittarius  A mix of loose & transformational.

David Bowie singer songwriter actor with some androgynous/fluid sexuality phases. Nodes Gemini Sagittarius. Uranus in Gemini. Venus in Sagittarius. Jupiter in Scorpio. Uranus quincunx Sun-Mars.  Sun-Mars semisquare Venus.

Grace Jones singer/songwiter actor Marsy & androgynous possibly 5 mutables with Sagittarius ascendant & Gemini Moon. Pluto trine Venus. Mars trine Sun-Mercury.

 "I like dressing like a guy. I love it," she told Interview magazine in 1984. "The future is no sex. You can be a boy, a girl, whatever you want.”

Grace Jones

Gianni Versace fashion designer. Known to be Gay. 5 known mutables. Sagittarius Sun and Mars. North Node & Uranus in Gemini. Venus-Jupiter in Scorpio. Uranus opposite Mars.

Ellen DeGeneres performer/comedian. Known to be Gay. Scorpio Jupiter-Neptune-North Node all square Aquarius Sun. 3 mutables.  Mars in Sagittarius. Neptune in Scorpio expresses through Pisces ascendant. Uranus opposes Aquarius Sun & Venus

Variations on a Theme

The non-binary option:  Kate Bornstein Born March 15 1948

Kate is a self-described "gender non-conformist " born male feels neither male/female. Attracted to women. Sex reassignment 1986. 

Part of lesbian community and living with female partner

Sun Jupiter Uranus in mutable T-square in Pisces Sagittarius Gemini

Multiple chromosome variants exist beyond the  XX  XY standard for female and male. But anyone born with a Y chromosome is biologically male at birth.

Most variants result in developmental and a variety of health issues.

This chromosome variant example - male to female.

Caroline born Barry Cossey born 31/8/1954 with a published birth time.

The link provided allows you to read an online excerpt from Caroline's own account of her life.

XXXY chromsome - a rare variant of Klinefelter's Syndrome. 

Transitioned chemically and surgically by age 20.

Caroline's story is a great read,

Caroline aged 60

Caroline alternate cover pic for 1991 book

Caroline Cossey Birth Chart

Mutable sign axes with 'twin identity" Gemini at the MC

Essentially the key to the chart is the mutliple aspects to Venus -and Venus-Neptune.

Pluto Neptune Uranus - as well as Jupiter & Chiron - all aspect Venus.

Mutable Sun Mercury in mutable 12th.

Liberation urges (Uranus-Jupiter) express via the female energy Cancer.

South Node [past consciousness] in Cancer.

Moon receives intense pressure in addition from semisquare to Pluto.

There's always a big story of pressured growth/development in the life of people with multiple factors positioned in a narrow band of degrees.

Caroline has planets at 21-23-24-25 degrees all synergising

Loren Cameron photographer

Female to male

5 mutables

Sun Moon Venus Mars Pluto

Sun conjunct Pluto in Virgo Both sextile Neptune

Uranus conjunct Mercury

Mars in Virgo sextile Jupiter in Scorpio

Loren Cameron

Author's Statement

This post raises some points of investigation re gender fluidity and transition in the context of a range of behaviours that can be seen as fitting a profile of normality when considering the broader spectrum of human behaviour.

While this is not presented as a long-term study there are factors identified that can explain the type of energy profile [as identified by astrology] that gives a higher potential drive to change from one gender or sex to another -to whatever degree is demanded by those energy drives.

It is clear that the options are latent or blatant - overt or covert - and that some must follow the inner pressures to make a 100% transition -while others - most likely a very high majority in any cultural context that enables diversity of expression - will embody a physical presentation life-long that does not truly match their self perception and inner life.

Addendum April 2024: By 2024 with the upsurge in transitioning both of youth and adult age persons across the Western world in particular it can be seen that powerfully influential forces are funding and benefitting financially from the outflow of this phenomenon.

Multifactorial contributors are always in the mix in such a significant societal event.

One further influence in the bigger picture framework is based in the past life lineage of those currently incarnated. It is worth considering why predominantly males seek to transition. Was their past life lineage repeatedly female and therefore an enduring identity attachment? Or are these men of long lineage who need to experience life from the perspective of being a female in male dominated society? Answers to questions like these are elusive while interesting to ponder.

In the selection of factors regarded as relevant tight angles within 3 degrees seem significant in “forcing” the expression of change to manifest. 

In general I don't place much emphasis on connections that are over 5 degrees apart though wider than 3 degree connections may be apparent in those who feel much less pressure to change.

The Profiler [very endowed with Mutable energy & several relevant factors] while acknowledging gender fluidity & having been primarily drawn towards same sex attractions -sees the potential  - but often unclarified -roles played by chromosome variants, hormonal balance and social conditioning in modifying behavioural choices. 

Most people will never know the primary factors driving their position on the gender fluidity spectrum but astrology can provides insights into factors that acknowledge the psychological  pressures that underlie asserting a particular place on that spectrum.

Whakaari White Island - 2019 Mass Fatality Eruption - astrological analysis of key factors

The Mass Fatality WHAKAARI ERUPTION

of December 2019

December 9 2019 was one of those

 out of the blue days in New Zealand. 

The month of Christmas and vacations - 

endings confronted and new beginnings envisaged.

updates 2023: a specific chart for Whakaari has been inserted 

along with a midpoint grid referenced at the end of the post

At 2.11 pm a sulphury steamy offshore island with an unsettled history erupted hot burning steam and caustic volcanic gases from its volcanic core. It had happened before but not in recent memory.

This time a group of adventurous travellers -mostly from other lands - were in the middle of a sightseeing tour. The consequences were horrendous for them and for the tour company staff.

This analysis is written for a general audience - with an easily readable rendition of astrological language representing what forces were in play when the eruption occurred  - and the factors explaining consequences for one of those affected.

 The astrological chart for the official timing of the eruption highlights key points considered and will be directly informative to those who can interpret the data contained

The transiting Sun Moon planets and other notable factors in the cosmos on that day were not offering a pleasant day out - despite the Sun being blessed by the Sagittarian urge for adventure we know full well how many meet their fate having followed that hopeful promise.

The issue in hand is that none of the factors prevailing in the heavens - even the all powerful Sun -was free to function in isolation.

The Sagittarian Sun at 16 degrees being synchronous with Neptune in Pisces at 16 degrees is where ungrounded faith arose. The perfect adventure imagined. Complete trust.

That clash of energies would also deliver miscalculations, confusion panic.

Everything else in the picture included the Fixed energy signs Taurus and Scorpio and the Cardinals - Aries Cancer plus a huge amount of Capricorn.

Taurus relates not only to the nature of planet Earth but also to our physical form -the body.

Scorpio is what exists beyond form beyond the body and therefore is associated with extreme transformation while alive - as well as physical death itself.

Fixed energies tend towards extreme & dramatic collective outcomes and expressions. The full range of fixed signs gets evoked when several planets are in fixed signs - here there were 4 including the Moon - so Leo  high drama and Aquarius a group situation.

Neptune in the water sign Pisces joined with Mars in the water sign Scorpio on December 9 2019 to bring about the hot burning steam and caustic volcanic gases. 

The Cardinal energy quartet being Aries Libra Cancer Capricorn was also fully evoked - these are all relating signs - Aries - relationship with Self, Libra with partner, Cancer with family & nurturing roles Capricorn with a more paternal or parental managerial style of relating.

These prevailing signs at that time can also be applied to aspects of bodily condition -or where injury/disease may strike -

Aries the head & face Libra the lumbar region kidneys and overall physical appearance, Cancer the chest breasts stomach, Capricorn - the skin bones skeleton.

Though travel energy is associated with Sagittarius and its associated planetary force Jupiter the status of a collection of travellers can be identified further:

A solo traveller represents Aries

A couple travelling together = Libra

A family or just mum and kids = Cancer

An older man/father = Capricorn

A pair or group of friends = Aquarius

Personnel operating as individuals would be identified as Aries factors

The total group

Where Jupiter’s significance is consistent with the Sagittarian desire for travel and adventure - is to seek out learn more see more through that impulse - expand yourself in an arena larger than the everyday and where freedom & risk-taking are often part of the thrill.

Jupiter can deliver well when transiting through Sagittarius - but a year later it has to express through Capricorn then 10 more signs….every 12 years in a perpetual cycle.

Jupiter is very much not at home in Capricorn.

Limits restrictions delays and difficulties will arise.

[not all bodies were retrieved, rescue efforts were delayed or withheld]

On December 2 2019 Jupiter had just finished a year in Sagittarius and immediately entered a Capricorn year.

We know Capricorn is associated with all types of skin issues -whether just dryness or damage or diseases.

When Jupiter is in Capricorn skin issues are more widespread.

The thing with late 2019 is now there was not only Jupiter in Capricorn - - this sector of the cosmic zodiac already contained Saturn Pluto the lunar South Node and Venus.

With so much energy being delivered through Capricorn skin would not be its only bodily or general experiental expression during the longer time frame and in any of the global GPS locations where the energy might be earthed - but on 9 December 2019 and over subsequent days the expression that got extensive Breaking New coverage in New Zealand was the fact that the faces heads and general body surfaces of multiple people had been scalded and burnt by the emissions of a volcano.

The force of Pluto is associated with death the underworld hidden things - and volcanoes.

Capricorn being expressed by the heavy hitting trio of Jupiter Saturn and Pluto was undeniably an overwhelming force delivering massive skin damage - both in individuals and across the affected group - resulting quickly in a global request for transplantable skin to be despatched - the quantity needed was mid-boggling.

Where can the burning energy be detected? Two factors:

1. Chiron in transit through Aries was at one degree just as Jupiter was also at one degree - the two forces and their expressions colluding in a damaging way - injury due to hot burnt skin

2. Mars -associated with heat & burning - and being the carrier force for Aries was in the transformation/death indicator Scorpio.

For many the wounding by melting heat was too extreme.

For the living: their faces/body parts/appearance transformed.

One young man had the misfortune to be called into work at short notice - over-riding his plan to celebrate his 19th birthday with a day off tour duties. His birthday came with a shock - over 80% skin burnt.

Wrong place wrong time will be evident in every individual whose details are known in comparison with the prevailing energies.

Regarding this event the tragedy of this young man became a news story.

Even without a fully timed astrological layout to view the ways in which his energy was majorly challenged on the fateful day are clear

Sagittarius - his birth sign/sun sign brought him into the adventurous tourism sector -but with Sun Mercury Pluto and Chiron all in that sign - the latter two factors are the alert signal: both indicate high potential for harm in Sagittarian contexts -travel adventure risk-taking - at specific times - and it is clear his 19th birthday was one of those days.

Pluto and Chiron in the young man’s energy had a shared position at 11 Sagittarius.

The Capricorn transits on the day for the pairing of Jupiter and Pluto and Jupiter and Saturn were 11.5 and 10 degrees.

This capturing of energy alone spells out the big story but as typical in major events multiple factors play a role.

The pairing of transit Saturn and Pluto met at 20.5 degrees Capricorn

The young man has his Mars at 21 Libra.

A severely destructive encounter. As if that wasn’t enough

transit Mercury-Mars met at 21 Scorpio

His appearance transformed.

Transit Neptune at 16 Pisces did his 17 Sagittarius Sun no favours - the trust and ungrounded faith was very accentuated in him.

That transit of Neptune had only just moved from near standstill at late November into early December. Its slow laboured movements in December - sleepy Neptune at odds with the vibrant Sagittarian drives saw the young man hospitalised in a coma for more than two weeks.

At birth his Chiron [indicator of a deeply wounding mark on the psyche] was at 19 Sagittarius. The risk to physical wellbeing associated with adventurous activities.

To bring this pattern into manifestation a similarly problematic planet came in range:

Saturn was 19 Capricorn on Dec 9 2019 - introducing the issue of skin as a type of deformity that could pose enduring psychological issues for a young man whose appearance was very pleasant..or at the very least a mountainous challenge to recover his inherent positivity.

Addendum

The midpoint grid for all chart positions above

This grid is needed to reference the following additional material

Using my own methodology developed since 2019 re extreme natural events it is important to extend the analysis in reference to strong indicative factors that were not included in the original post. Further study of such events reinforces the importance of outer planets [from Jupiter to Pluto ] which are in extremely slow orbit and in near approach to a significant natural event. more detail is added here

 The slow speed of the planet means its intensity of impact

 in the terrestrial environment is magnified 

during the weeks of slow orbit

Neptune [water signifier] was very slow being in an apparent retrograde loop from mid November 2019 at 16 Pisces [water sign ]. By 27 November Neptune was at Station -near motionless when at 15'55" being the end the loop & considered to be resuming Direct motion 

Neptune maintained slow pace until passing again over 16 Pisces on December 13  - this means that on the date of Whakaari's eruption 9 December Neptune was very slow very intense in terms of the implications of the water element - including steam the maritime adventure and the psychological states of mind already referenced

New insights related to the grid

The grid aligns all planetary and chart factors including solar lunar lunar nodal points and 2 chart axis points and compares each with all others to determine the degree and sign where each pairing synergises -creating a new signature of 2 factors

On the surface it is clear that not enough of significance for an event of this nature was evident in 9 December's chart factors alone and that the contributing factors lay both earlier and later than December 2019 - the factors now detected are typically involved but typically arise much closer in time to the strong expression of a related event

The factors are the eclipses of July 2019 and Late December 2019-January 2020

July 2019 total solar eclipse 10'38 Cancer

July 2019 lunar eclipse 24'04 Capricorn

The July Solar Eclipse is most closely seen in the 9 December event grid at the midpoint of Jupiter and Saturn - 10'06 Capricorn - which is an opposition match for the eclipse position at 10'38 -very tight 32 minutes variation. This signifies that  the July 2019 total solar eclipse had a major regulating function in respect of the forces of expansion [Jupiter] and contraction [Saturn] in the volcanic system that erupted in December 2019 -effectively potentising those processes at the date when Jupiter and Saturn were synergised at a position tightly enough aligned to the July solar eclipse -and that date was 9 December. The Jupiter-Pluto midpoint also has to be included here as these two factors are extreme high energy in combination -being 11'32 in the grid this was under a degree offset therefore very tightly aligned with the solar eclipse. considering Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto all 3 converged at 10'49 Capricorn even closer collectively to the 10'38 eclipse. This adds further identification of the level and intensity of force displayed on 9 December.

This is readily understood at the quantum level of simultaneity

 the present -no past no future -simply singular points converging all relevant factors 

- non-locality entanglement

Regarding the lunar eclipse of July 2019: the Tropics are very relevant to the declination and range of movement of the Sun and Moon in relationship to Earth 

  map credit

 QUORA Map explained

The lower map shows the latitudes of the tropics -North and South both at 23.5º Cancer and Capricorn

The upper map shows New Zealand in reference to the Tropic of Capricorn line

The July 2019 lunar eclipse at 24'04 Capricorn was at a slightly lower declination than the relevant tropic latitude going from South from the 0º equator between the 9th-23rd of July and the eclipse timing in NZ being the 17th of July

Why is this relevant? An eclipse carries multiple signatures of sensitive points in addition to the positions of the Sun and Moon. These can be activated any time a resonance occurs within the period between eclipses. The Moon was 24'04 Capricorn in the July eclipse.

The event grid for 9 December shows 24 Capricorn was sensitised enough to impact the midpoint of Mercury and Neptune - 22'43 Capricorn -nearly 23º and close enough to be very impacted. Capricorn represents factors including management and responsibility/accountability. Mercury is the state of mind and all types of communication -oral written published and digital. Neptune is a confused unclear influence affecting the communications related to Mercury. Basically a system failure occurred under those influences enhanced by the lunar eclipse intensifies a connected pattern.

A related outcome can commonly be linked back to Eclipse events that have occurred prior -earlier in linear time -but events can also be linked to eclipses that arise in what is in everyday concepts termed the future when applying the quantum lens. Abandoning the antiquated concept of linear time allows us to see how all time is pulled into the present - as understood to be valid at the quantum level of reality. Planetary analysis  - including eclipse events - demonstrates this remarkably well.

Eclipses after the Whakaari eruption occurred 26 December then 11 January 2020 NZ time.

The solar eclipse was 4'07 Capricorn

The lunar eclipse was 20'00 Cancer

Relevance to the December solar eclipse: Looking again at the 9 December grid to see what relevance these have:

The Sun-Pluto midpoint was 4'09 Capricorn a near 100% perfect alignment by conjunction. Sun-Pluto together converge the 2 most potent energy sources in our solar system in terms of observed expressions in terrestrial life

Relevance the January Lunar Eclipse : Venus-Pluto was 18'54 Capricorn on 9 December in tight opposition to the lunar eclipse with just 1'06 separation - Venus is the relating-relationship planet subjected to the transformational and often fatal force of Pluto -intensified under this eclipse; death and severe loss are signified  and reinforced by Saturn-Pluto meeting at 20'14 Capricorn -with only 14 mins of angular separtion from direct opposition to the lunar eclipse - an insignificant difference at the scale involved -but the tightness of alignments is also very typical in powerful events as it is in people with very intense energy expressions

It is hoped that these further aspects of analysis -even if at a more advanced level - can be of value to those who are intrigued by the ways in which planetary analysis can both pinpoint relevant factors that are commonplace in powerful natural events as well as assisting in timing/dating the expressions. 

Those unfamiliar with quantum concepts may struggle to accept the non-linear timing model and the notion of time being very compressed into the moment but with perseverance it may prove to be as rewarding to you as it is to me.

The updates added reflect the current period as the world watches Grindavik Iceland re an expected major eruptive period and inspires me to put more work into analysing that event

the Profiler

November 2023

Further Reading for technical and incident details

Wikipedia entry

2020 themes in the human collective

The flavour of Virgo the third earth decanate as an expression of Jupiter Saturn and Pluto within the final 10 degrees of Capricorn is considered in the 3 minute audio link sited in Google Drive Audio file

Addendum:
In some places a much greater shift towards authoritarian and dictatorial governments and corporate power but where possible there will be resistance and reformation demanded
Purification and perfectionist agendas have returned as in the 1930s across Europe but now in diverse nations East and West including within major world powers
Polarised politics reflect the ongoing intense struggle for humanitarian conditions of life across the planet.
The themes of 2020 have already been forewarned during the past 2 years.
2020 is where the buck stops and things get serious
The reining in proceeds with full intent

Astrology of 2019 global forecast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

further content is added here to the initial 

quick summary
also read more detail in The Biggest Challenges in 2019

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

update December 31 2018 The New Year period

• 2019 opens with the building energies of the first eclipse [January 6] in Capricorn. As typical, extreme energies are whipped up in the window period of an eclipse and for at least half a year ahead. The window opens then closes within 3 days of exactitude = allow 3 days either side of January 6.
• A Capricorn New Moon eclipse highlights the need to increase your level of self management -not expecting parents, partners or society to be the only moderating forces. The responsibility is yours. Stepping up, showing leadership, mentoring are further ways to go with this flow which is relevant to all of us. This type of growth will be assisted if your beliefs expand to recognise that we are all connected, all in this together, all have to play our part.
• 2019 opens ominously due to the influence of Uranus in Aries in a strengthened state as it turns direct once again. The capturing of Venus in Scorpio and the lunar nodes on the Capricorn-Cancer axis will be a period to watch = Jan 4-6. Relationships suddenly altered -some starting with great passion and intensity some ending with the same fervour. This extends from family, personal to local national and international relations. Some people's lives are at risk in the intensity of influences affecting masses of people. For others it will be just the risk of one person. [ New Zealand boy racer gatherings at the end of 2018 have lots of the January eclipse themes already emerging - antisocial behaviour posing a dilemma for Police in terms of when & how to step in ]
• The Capricorn elements of the eclipse are strong and will express in some contexts as authoritarian responses to mass anarchy, random violence, aggressive assaults. This is not the time to risk being caught up in out of control group bravado or antisocial behaviour: the System is poised for tough crackdowns though some reticence initially may spring from Neptune's voice of light-handed = soft tolerance. [these two planets are closely linked in this period] But firm responses will be better than letting Neptune and Jupiter get fully loose expression.
• Adding in Jupiter and Neptune means there is huge scope for faith based conflicts, acts based on religious extremism, clashes of beliefs, differences of opinion. These planets combined can also promote excess alcohol, excess drug use and general lack of boundaries. Some will break all their limits and rules others will be ready to face the necessity for self-management, lines in the sand, boundaries, temperance and restraint.
• Issues impacting homes, housing, families will be significant through all the themes associated with this eclipse
• With Venus connected tightly to Uranus during this last segment of Uranus in Aries this eclipse also foreshadows the material/financial/economic changes already poised to have global impact during the years of Uranus in Taurus and so some further signposts are likely to emerge in the early period of 2019 confirming the mood of change.

Financial astrology specialist Ray Merriman considers 2019 will put all the ducks in line to create the classic bursting of the Jupiter-Neptune bubbles [illusions, blind optimism etc] with a hard awakening courtesy of all the Capricorn energy in play - which he sees then unfolding in 2020.
Astrologers of all kinds know that huge change is on the horizon regarding our material/financial/economic behaviour, infrastructure and models due to the background layer of Uranus in Taurus and it is clear that major change just like a single "accident" is never down to one single factor - or in this context one astrological influence. Many ingredients synergise as in a chemical process and eventually the trigger energy unleashes the whole shebang. The question is which trigger effects this and when is that trigger because it is clear as day that the necessary ingredients are very much converging as 2018 closes.

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

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

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

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

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

the UK, Korea, Mexico, Israel and Austria... have all been

 exploring the wellbeing frameworks within their economies

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

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

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