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

The Planets make Patterns

When any two planetary bodies are tracked over multiple orbits, the sublime geometric beauty of their energy traces is stunning to behold.
The planets make the most incredible patterns as revealed in animations and computer simulations tracking the orbit of any single planet in relationship to another.
In 1965 Britsh engineer Denys Fisher developed the Spirograph as a modern era toy

but he was pre-dated by mathematician Bruno Abakanowicz's invention in the 1800's.
The mechanics and mathematics of the toy demonstrate versions of what can be achieved when 2 bodies in motion trace out their circuits in relationship to each other.
 
These amazing images represent some of the patterns made by the orbits of the planets. 
Imagine the complexity of pattern-making even in just our known solar system, with each orbiting body in its own dance with each of the other planets and the whole combination working together.

 These designs are described on the Ensign Software site
The concept is simple:
"Take the orbits of any two planets and draw a line between the two planet positions every few days.  Because the inner planet orbits faster than the outer planet, interesting patterns evolve."
" Each planetary pairing has its own unique dance rhythm.  For example, the Earth-Venus dance returns to the original starting position after eight Earth years.  Eight Earth years equals thirteen Venus years".
The writer of these quotes studied John Martineau's 'A little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System', and was fascinated by the revelations of cosmic harmony 

The next ones are stills from a gif which tracks Earth - blue -and Venus -pink around the central Sun -yellow.

This not-to-scale graphic representation visualises the energy line between Earth and Venus and uses this as a pivot for drawing the web of field lines that result from the relationship between these 2 bodies in space

Over multiple orbits this superb design,like crocheted lace evolves into what is likely to be a multi-dimensional pattern of energy - the nature of which & specific design is based on the cyclic & recurrent harmonics produced by Earth & Venus moving in their dance together

 

Watch the original animated gif which is based on a post which reads:

Kepler in his Mysterium Cosmographicum in the 16th Century, was onto some aspects of this sublime geometric harmony.

Many of the geometric and mathematical wonders related to space, as covered by Martineau are shown in examples on the Library of Halexandria site 

The astrozero site has Martineau reproductions, including the geometric relationship between the size of Mercury relative to the size of Earth being exactly reflected in the scale of their respective orbits.
Ditto for Earth and Saturn.

For those entranced by the cosmos & in particular the geometries which many conceive of as sacred, everyone has their particular area of fascination.

To view the planetary geometries as mathematical wonders is significant enough in itself, but beyond this, entering into the territory of advanced astrological enquiry, the relevance of the separate planetary duets that are visualized and the overall significance of the totality of patterning even in our solar system, raises the issue of what astrology is reading or interpreting.
When we speak of Saturn or Pluto or Mars it could be some readers think we are referencing mythological gods of antiquity & that we are interpreting the will of anthropomorphised beings somehow acting in angry, destructive or controlling ways towards us.
To try and express to people what Saturn or Pluto or Mars actually are in the astrological framework is not an easy task due to the slow progress of mainstream science - and therefore common knowledge [despite quantum mechanics being over a century old] being eons behind the awareness of a lineage of mystics, sensitives, intuitives that the unseen is the nature of reality and that patterns of energy permeate all things - you, your chair, the weather and the cosmos.
By looking at simple examples of paired planets in orbit and seeing the geometric weave they form, insight can be gained into understanding even a glimpse of the fundamental notions that

•  the planets each have distinct energy patterns
• that planets in an orbital dynamic create a demonstrable pattern
• that a pattern is a demonstration of an energy type
• that astrologers have focussed on interpreting energy patterns for millennia

Drama & extremes: JANUARY 2016 Alert

Three significant patterns cluster around the January 2016 time frame from 6-10th.

The Sun, Moon, Pluto, Uranus, Chiron synergised energy could be activated as early as Jan 6 in advance of the New Moon on the 10th.
This violent, destructive combo is contemporary with Jupiter aligned tightly with the lunar nodal axis which delivers big and extreme events
In terms of natural forces, weather effects will continue to show alarming & possibly unprecedented effects, particularly involving massive amounts of water as well as its absence - drought.

In human terms, this period witnesses extreme religious dogma is the basis of extreme behaviour once again.
Venus and Saturn aligned will deepen relationships for some and destroy them for others.
Many separations and deprivations.
These effects are high-level potentials in the time frame noted and are preceded by over a week of Mars-Mercury angry mind energy. The thoughts behind the actions.

Note that New and Full Moon periods have usually a 3 day window either side of exactitude and have also a lunar month period ahead of exactitude, when potentials can also be repeatedly activated.

Einstein recognised on contemplating a compass for the first time: "something deeply hidden had to be behind things"
The study of universal forces and how they manifest on our planet is consistent with that awareness.
So much is "deeply hidden" to human physical perception but the mind can grasp that there is much much more.
Those who instantly dismiss astrology as a meaningless non-science are simply incapable of the type of thinking that Einstein portrays.

Updates added January 6 2016 NZST:
Elevated seismic/volcanic activity is also within the realm of potentials covered by the Sun-Moon-Pluto-Uranus combined forces.

The Saudi execution of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr as part of a mass execution event on January 2 has set the scene for mass protests as well as a political firestorm between Saudi Arabia and Iran. The intensity of this situation reflects the powerful destructive forces building first through Mars energy, then amplified by the combined planetary energies of the New Moon escalating from January 6.
Sunni Muslim dominated Saudi is in a heightened power struggle in the Middle East with Shia territory Iran and their respective allies in Syria and Yemen

Pluto is the planetary force that generates issues related to power, its use and abuse.
With Pluto in the sign Capricorn [2008-2023], it is political power that is under intense scrutiny and is the context for fierce struggles.

The 2016 Middle East crisis has been termed the most dangerous in the region for several decades

The prevailing energies impacting globally are the early point of what could very easily be a range of destructive outcomes.

Also keeping the intensity high are January 4 reports showing an IS video portraying the execution of 5 men declared to be spying for Britain.

January 14 2016
Further terrorist activity arises. This time in Jakarta Indonesia near UN offices

Saturn Square Neptune - forces opposed 2015-2016

Saturn in conflict with Neptune in the period 2015-2016 produces an array of adverse energies, with often significantly difficult or challenging processes or outcomes. 

WORLD EVENTS OF RELEVANCE

• Jihadist mission to crush Western infidels 
• Western alliance against global terrorism
• Rejection of other faiths
• Fundamentalist beliefs spread widely
• Environmental devastation from El Nino climate or weather extremes
• Economic decline

Many of the major Saturn in Sagittarius vs Neptune in Pisces issues are identified here:

• Clash of beliefs - expect strongly opposed beliefs, repressive philosophies and rejection of religious or spiritual  perspectives
• Drought - Saturn restricting Neptune's water = declining soil moisture
• Damaging deluge or flooding - Saturn brings damaging effects after water initiates breakdown
• Restricted growth - Sagittarian expansion limited by Saturn's restrictive effect on water
• Maritime disasters - Saturn causes malfunction, restrictions, problems for vessels and people when travel by water or recreation in water is involved
• Insomnia - Neptune and Pisces are related to sleep. Saturn causes inhibited/restricted sleep
• Oil slump - Neptune's relationships include water, oil, chemicals, drugs, medicines, alcohol. Oil is heading downward and likely to be depressed on international markets whenever Saturn in Sagittarius is in conflict with Neptune in Pisces.
• Economic downturn - e.g. a restricted growth cycle has once again resumed in China, with global implications.
• Reality versus Dreaming contrasts clearly the mindset of Saturn versus Neptune. Unrealistic schemes for business growth will fail.
• Legal problems due to alcohol/drug abuse or excess
• Liver problems from drug/alcohol abuse or excess
• Over-extension problems eg risk taking, excess physical effort due to poor judgement, confusion, being unrealistic
• Arthritic pelvic conditions due to toxic overload, dietary-induced inflammation.
• Paint, gas, chemical and oil related problems also includes biological problems from related toxicity, any negative outcomes from the use of such substances. Problems with painters, paint quality.
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POSITIVES
A positive outcome for Pisces/Neptune dominant people:
Saturn is the reality factor offset against Neptune's illusions, delusions, fantasies, escapism.

This can bring Pisces/Neptunians down to earth in a beneficial way, bringing back structure, goals, plans, ambitions, managed growth, career focus -as a counterpoint to the dissolute, aimless, drifting, unfocussed existence that is likely to have preceded this new opportunity for balance.

A good time for sports people [Sagittarius] to abandon drugs and alcohol [Pisces] and make a commitment to attain mastership in their field [Saturn]

Saturn and Neptune operate in two vastly different harmonic frequencies and various negative outcomes are anticipated when these fields

 cross paths.

The period from mid November 2015-October 2016 will show many of the outcomes that are consistent with the incompatibility
 of these two energies.

Positive achievements will only arise due to considerable effort 
and self management.

Overall, most people will encounter a significant restraint or restriction in their lives - or observe such effects spreading globally in the nearly year long period of effect.

With Saturn in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces, in close range of a 90 degree angle to each other in the period 2015-2016, the mutable zodiac signs Sagittarius, Gemini, Pisces, Virgo are most affected.

Saturn remains in Sagittarius 2015-2016-2017 - until December 20 2017

Neptune remains in Pisces 2011-2026

This summary of Saturn-Neptune covers the essence of the November 2015 post -which can be accessed for fuller context in that time frame.

update Dec 3 2015
The start of December 2015 saw examples of where on planet earth the signature themes were being grounded: record flooding in one state in India -reflecting the destructive forces of Saturn-Neptune in combination

read content: Heaviest rains in more than a century.

In Wales, UK heavy downpours, floods at start of Dec 2015:

This type of environmental event is occurring in the timeframe of a massive global outpouring of protests regarding the failure of governments to address extreme weather -which many believe are proof of "climate change" or "global warming". 

The UN global climate conference in Paris COP21 starting Nov 30 2015 was the catalyst for the global activism.

The human lifespan is very brief compared to the historical record which reflects clearly that planet earth has already seen countless cycles of climate and temperature extremes long before human impact.

There is no harm in being more sensitive to environmental imbalances which are likely to be aggravated by human activity and to aim for significantly reduced impacts, but the environmental atrocities born of corporate greed and centuries of trashing our planet cannot be reversed in a short time frame.

Planetary cycles are traceable indicators of past activity.

Saturn in Sagittarius in combination with Neptune in Pisces strongly reflects the desire of many to curb [Saturn] excessive [Sagittarius] gas emissions [Neptune/Pisces] & so this theme will also remain in force noticeably in the period until October 2016 in particular.

Slaughter in Paris November 2015 -written in the stars

Latest: March 18 2016
Fugitive Salah Abdeslam arrested in Belgium...scroll to end
Hundreds wounded, dozens slain in multiple coordinated terrorist strikes in the heart of Paris, where Friday evening activities saw many meet an untimely death, or survive with awful wounds, physical and psychological

What was written in the stars
 for November 13 2015?

The brutal events commenced at 9.20pm local time, extending across diverse locations until 9.53pm

A New Moon in Scorpio was in effect, having reached exact conjunction on November 11. The beginning moonlight began to emerge on the 12th. 

This was no ordinary Scorpio cycle -as noted in the November 4 post on this site explaining the potency of Scorpio's henchman, Pluto when on the rampage: these extracts are worth noting -

Scorpio is the zodiac sign that carries Pluto's deep and often dark themes - power -its use and misuse, all matters concerning death and transformational events, the minefield surrounding sex and reproduction.

...when Scorpio energy is expressed extremely negatively lives are snuffed out, bodies are violated, people are tortured, enslaved, subjected to extreme mind control. 

In November 2015

the Scorpio Sun-Moon conjunction [New Moon] connects with the position of Uranus, which brings sudden violent or sudden accident forces with likely fatal consequences to those closely resonating with that prevailing pattern [indicated in a personal birth chart].
This represents a riskier than usual period from November 8-14 as Pluto also brings to the fore thoughts of domination and control, along with thoughts of a wounding or damaging nature. 
In total, not a pleasant combination.

Venus and Mars activating the lunar nodes imply karmic male-female interactions which set the scene for some nasty outcomes. 
Be careful who you interact with in the stated period.
In addition collective events of a serious nature involving masses of people are within the range of possibilities

And so a forecast was made of extremely risky outcomes during the effective period of the November New Moon - [from 3 days before exact and extending till the December New Moon]

Where such energy is earthed can be the focus of specific astro-locality studies, but our small blue marble is capable of having multiple earthing points for strongly charged incoming patterns.
Tragically for France, it was Paris that once again [after Charlie Hebdo -January 7 2015] became a global ignition point regarding a clash of culture, ideology, belief that presents an extreme standoff between Western nations and Islamic fundamental jihadists
A representative time of 9.30 pm is indicative of the energy patterns in Paris.

At 9.30pm on November 13, 2 days after New Moon it is now Mercury inclose conjunction to the Sun emphasising Scorpio states of mind  -including death, destruction, revenge, control, cruelty, annihilation

Uranus in Aries  [sudden/unexpected explosive aggression][ position17 Aries activating Sun-Mercury at 19-21 Scorpio] as well as Aries energy is at the apex of the chart - all amplifying the destructive Scorpio potentials.
Another chart factor at 17 degrees - Chiron in Pisces - faith, truth, idealism & illusion all shattered by the shocking violence
Jupiter almost 19 Virgo & almost exact opposite Chiron both served to exaggerate extreme beliefs and to intensify states of mind such as shock, bewilderment, confusion
Aries is a critical trigger energy on this day and at this time because the last lunar eclipse of 2015 [September 28] was at 4.40 Aries - a sensitive degree position awaiting activation by any relevant trigger in the 6 month effective eclipse time frame.

At 9.30pm the Midheaven of the chart [MC] was 2.41 Aries.
By 9.38 pm with multiple attacks underway the midheaven point of 4.40 Aries was exactly triggered the war-like aggression promised by the September Aries eclipse.
Why this was so pronounced and extreme is evidenced by energies clustered in the lower left quadrant: 
the north lunar node almost in exact conjunction to the ambassador of Aries energy, Mars, then Mars in close conjunction to Venus, both equally astride the central vertical chart axis at virtually 3 degrees Aries-Libra - a combination sending a domino-effect of turning-point energy to masses of people -these factors analysed in the November forecast as:
collective events of a serious nature involving masses of people

north lunar node, Mars, Venus at IC axis point

Scorpio's emissary, the rampaging Pluto is not obviously connected to this horrific combined scenario at first glance - but midpoint positions are regularly revealing of what cannot immediately be seen.
The grid below presents all chart factors compared -so that the position at which the combined energy of any pairing is activated is obvious and therefore whether it is significant activation point.
On November 13 2015
Pluto has a midpoint with Jupiter at 16 Scorpio
Pluto has a midpoint with Mars at 22 Scorpio.
Giving a combined Jupiter-Mars-Pluto midpoint of 19 Scorpio.
The meaning of Jupiter-Mars-Pluto is extreme brutal force and/or violence

19 degrees activates, reinforces and amplifies all other factors already noted in the range 17-21 degrees.

midpoint positions of any paired factors at 9.30pm Nov 13

positions at 9.38pm Nov 13 Paris

This amount of intensity identified as converging is what is regularly observed in the energy patterns of major events - multiple factors within a very narrow range of degree positions, operating in synergy, with a domino-effect or chain reaction of forces combining.

Detailed timeline from 9.20pm on November 13

via Wall St Journal

update 20 November 2015
Jihadist attack in Mali mall also reflects the month-long themes in effect outlined in the Pluto/Scorpio astro-analysis report posted for November 2015

March 18 2016
Fugitive Salah Abdeslam arrested in Belgium
Abdeslam is the key suspect in the Paris attacks of November 2015. One of Europe's most wanted men, the suspect, aged 26, has been on the run since last November, eventually captured in his known neighbourhood of Molenbeek in Brussels.

November 2015 - the problems arising: astro analysis

A major planetary pattern with significant global implications builds through November 2015 and recurs significantly in 2016. [June-Oct]
November sees Saturn's energy at odds with that of Neptune.
When any planets are offset at 90 degrees a stressful incompatibility is generated in their energy fields. 

Saturn

This is Part 2 of the November 2015 analysis
For Part 1 which covers the energies in effect for the Paris attacks on November 13 go to Pluto on the Rampage

November 2015: Saturn is in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces when this square angle stress occurs.
Effectively from November 25-November 30 in particular forces will be locked into patterns that both manifest outcomes within that time frame but also set in motion patterns that were born in that time frame. 
Related effects are listed later in this post

A consideration of a range of related keywords gives some definition to the range of outcomes that will be recorded across diverse locations and contexts.
In all prevailing influences, people and locations do not equally experience the same intensity of impacts.
In order to strongly experience a related effect, the signature resonance of each place and person must match or have near correspondence to the type of pattern that is generated by planetary wave emissions.
Those lesser affected will simply read about, or view/listen to related news reports.


At the time of writing [November 12 2015] the two planets Saturn and Neptune are less than two degrees off their exact square angle - 7 degrees 2 minutes which occurs on 26/27 November [timezone dependent] 
This proximity of the two planets is enough to generate effects.

When Mercury also reaches 7 Sagittarius on November 25 conjoining Saturn and when the Sun reaches 7 Sagittarius on the 29-30th November, conjoining with Saturn -  in both of these periods the forces will be at right angles to Neptune so the Saturn-Neptune effects are amplified in the period 25-30 November and even into early December 2015. 

Here are some manifestations of the Saturn-Neptune-Sagittarius-Pisces energies involved.
Note that mostly challenging, difficult conditions arise with these combinations.

• Clash of beliefs - expect strongly opposed beliefs, repressive philosophies and rejection of religious or spiritual  perspectives
• Drought - Saturn restricting Neptune's water = declining soil moisture
• Damaging deluge or flooding - Saturn brings damaging effects after water initiates breakdown
• Restricted growth - Sagittarian expansion limited by Saturn's restrictive effect on water
• Maritime disasters - Saturn causes malfunction, restrictions, problems for vessels and people when travel by water is involved
• Insomnia - Neptune and Pisces are related to sleep. Saturn causes inhibited/restricted sleep
• Oil slump - Neptune's relationships include water, oil, chemicals, drugs, medicines, alcohol. Oil is heading downward and likely to be depressed on international markets whenever Saturn in Sagittarius is conflict with Neptune in Pisces.
• Economic downturn - e.g. a restricted growth cycle has once again resumed in China, with global implications.
• Reality versus Dreaming contrasts clearly the mindset of Saturn versus Neptune. Unrealistic schemes for business growth will fail.
• Legal problems due to alcohol/drug abuse or excess
• Liver problems from drug/alcohol abuse or excess
• Over-extension problems eg risk taking, excess physical effort due to poor judgement, confusion, being unrealistic
• Arthritic pelvic conditions due to toxic overload, dietary-induced inflammation.
• Paint, gas, chemical and oil related problems also includes biological problems from related toxicity, any negative outcomes from the use of such substances. Problems with painters, paint quality.

A positive outcome for Pisces/Neptune dominant people:
Saturn is the reality factor offset against Neptune's illusions, delusions, fantasies, escapism.

This can being Pisces/Neptunians down to earth in a beneficial way, bringing back structure, goals, plans, ambitions, managed growth, career focus -as a counterpoint to the dissolute, aimless, drifting, unfocussed existence that is likely to have preceded this new opportunity for balance.

A good time for sports people [Sagittarius] to abandon drugs and alcohol [Pisces] and make a commitment to attain mastership in their field [Saturn]



Looking forward to the bigger picture in 2016 because only some of the Saturn-Neptune issues will arise in late Nov 2015, or they will begin and not be resolved or completed until late 2016:

• the year sees repeated Saturn-Neptune combined effects
• June 2016 expect to see many themes arise during this month especially in the first week as detailed below-  
• [when 12-13 degrees also involves the Gemini Sun and 14 Virgo brings Jupiter into the picture meaning al1 4 mutable signs activated - Pisces opposite Virgo, Gemini opposite Sagittarius and form the mutable cross at the June 5 Gemini New Moon -energies flowing into July, August and September.

• The involvement of the Moon's lunar nodal axis becomes highly relevant from mid-June 2016 [when Jupiter in Virgo merges with the Virgo-Pisces axis in the 15-16 degree range while Saturn and Neptune occupy  12 degrees.]

• The 9 Virgo solar eclipse New Moon at the start of September occurs opposite Neptune in Pisces with these factors all at odds with Saturn in Sagittarius. 
• Soon after, Sun, lunar nodes, Mars, Saturn and Neptune will collectively amplify mutable sign energies relating to water -extremes of drought in places, extremes of deluge or flood in others with mass effects. Growth and production from the soil environment to the factory production line are equally affected.
• Economic effects are inevitable including rising unemployment, declining company values, national GDP impacted negatively.

• If you think these indicators hold the potential for global recession you could be correct.

• September 2016 as well as November 2016 are 2 months to watch in these respects both environmental/climate related and economically.

Neptune

Update Nov 14
With the mass attacks in Paris late on Friday Nov 13 the Saturn-Neptune energy brings another expression to the fore:
It is likely that public sentiment will strongly converge around a Saturnian or negative/severe/restrictive response to migrants/refugees in addition to the perceived threat from radicals driven by religious fundamentalism
Saturn in Sagittarius translates as fear/rejection, dislike of foreigners. 
This energy will be at odds with the compassion or sympathy/humanitarian response typical of Neptune in Pisces.


This is Part 2 of the November 2015 analysis.

Part 1 on Pluto in November 2015

Notes:
Saturn is detailed in depth on this site* and many references to Saturn in Sagittarius as well as Neptune and mutable energies .
To look at the combined effects means finding what sort of synergies are possible with Saturn and Neptune. This process looks at the keyword combinations that express the inherent Saturnian and Neptunian qualities as well as the relevance of their current passages through Sagittarius and Pisces.



Further Reading
*Saturn -your best guide 
Neptune in Pisces
Sleepy, Druggy Neptune

Pluto, boss of Scorpio, on the rampage

Every year for 3 weeks in November, 

Pluto is the boss

 

2015 sees Pluto with a Capricorn flavour -both Plutonians and Capricornians are control freaks at their worst -most comfortable when dominating or managing the behaviour of others, to their standards.

Pluto though is a very extreme version when taking domination to the maximum - torture, homicide, violation.

Ideally Pluto in Capricorn enables Scorpio types and Pluto responders to learn self management as well as the supportive guidance of others and a policy of benevolent support.

In societal terms Capricorn reflects the energy of governments and the banking system. 

Both of these institutions have undergone intense transformational experiences in places across the globe during the Pluto in Capricorn period since 2008, assisted by the role of Uranus in overturning systems, many societies have shifted towards austerity measures [whilst the elite enjoy ever more stratospheric benefits, perks and salaries]

We have only just witnessed the start of real austerity in this century. Much more radical change is on offer -and detailed extensively on this blog, accessible via keyword search.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign that carries Pluto's deep and often dark themes - power -its use and misuse, all matters concerning death and transformational events, the minefield surrounding sex and reproduction. 

update Nov 11-12 -Reported globally: NZ Prime Minister in widespread condemnation for using the issue of rape as a political tool. 

At the highest level, Scorpios and those influenced strongly by Pluto are capable of a major evolutionary journey in one lifetime, regularly developing their inner strength and extending their insights. 
Scorpios operating at their peak have immense healing ability, being capable of harnessing transformational energy for the benefit of others.
The metaphysical or energy realm existing beyond the physical is the level of perception that advanced Scorpios can tap into and utilise. In the simplest of terms, many have obvious psychic or pre-cognitive abilities.

Those Scorpios who linger in their attachment to power over others, manipulation, domination and cruelty are the ones to avoid. 

Having power over the lives of others is a responsibility few manage with humility so it comes as no surprise that when Scorpio energy is expressed extremely negatively lives are snuffed out, bodies are violated, people are tortured, enslaved, subjected to extreme mind control. Possessiveness and jealousy are classic Scorpio traits.

In November 2015
the Scorpio Sun-Moon conjunction [New Moon] connects with the position of Uranus, which brings sudden violent or sudden accident forces with likely fatal consequences to those closely resonating with that prevailing pattern [indicated in a personal birth chart].
This represents a riskier than usual period from November 8-14 as Pluto also brings to the fore thoughts of domination and control, along with thoughts of a wounding or damaging nature.
Pluto's close, but not exact angle to Uranus [Pluto in Capricorn-Uranus in Aries square at 4 degrees separation] evokes extreme destructive, violent and revolutionary forces
In total, not a pleasant combination.
Update Nov 14
Terror in Paris. Dozens slain in multiple coordinated attacks on Friday Nov 13 beginning around 9.45pm -CNN report
The atrocities committed have many of the hallmarks of a Plutonic rampage.
Also read extended post Slaughter in Paris November 2015

Venus and Mars activating the lunar nodes imply karmic male-female interactions which set the scene for some nasty outcomes. 
Be careful who you interact with in the stated period.
In addition collective events of a serious nature involving masses of people are within the range of possibilities

update November 21 2015
It comes as no surprise that a significant milestone has been reached in the West's response to Jihadism following the attacks in Parisian public places on November 13. French President Hollande promptly declared France to be at war with Islamic fundamentalists

This is part one of the November 2015 report.

PART TWO for November 2015 separately posted
An indepth look at the global consequences of Saturn and Neptune 2015-2016

Further related reading:
Posts on the astrological indicators of: Brutal Austerity, Power, Predators and Narcissists, Sex Offender Profiling, Nasty Criminal Energy