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by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:15 pm
Forum: Mundane Forecasts
Topic: U.S. Ingresses Mar 24 - Apr 20, 2025
Replies: 3
Views: 2041

Re: U.S. Ingresses Mar 24 - Apr 20, 2025


CAPLUNAR (Mar 24) Effective Mar 24-Apr 20
A Saturn line curves from Louisiana past Memphis and through Indianapolis and Detroit, perhaps mapping late winter storms.
The weather along much of this line has been fierce. My hometown is more or less on this line (Saturn 1°10' off Nadir): I saw ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:03 pm
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: JAE SLRs and Demi-SLRs 2024-25
Replies: 54
Views: 81218

Re: SLR 3/28/25

First impression: We had a lovely long weekend on the road. Venus certainly prevailed.

One interesting thing to mention: As we moved north to Los Olivos and San Luis Obispo, the chart became worse: Recalculate it for these locations and you will see a Venus-Saturn aspect gain dominance. I can't ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:41 pm
Forum: Quotidians
Topic: Casting a Quotidian
Replies: 10
Views: 16266

Re: Casting a Quotidian

Yes, the Diurnal Chart appears to have been the basis of Fagan's Bija- corrected version of secondary progressions, which (once a day) produces the same angles as the Diurnal Chart. However, statistics continue to show poor performance by this compared to conventional rate (Q2) secondaries ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:05 pm
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: 2024 - 2025 SLRs/DSLRs
Replies: 26
Views: 35483

Re: July 23rd, SDLR


This one scares me a bit, the Demi for July 23rd is kind of scary if you look at it from a different context. All 3 malefic are foreground. With Neptune Saturn making a close, less than 30 minute conjunction aspect. I don't want to lose my job, I'm surrounded by people who I think might actually ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:47 pm
Forum: Horoscopes of Interest
Topic: Rachel Zegler & Snow White
Replies: 2
Views: 334

Re: Rachel Zegler & Snow White

Solar arcs don't do anything to confirm the birthtime, and maybe they argue against it at bit. West Side Story was in 2021 - should have shown as a big break - and then mixed results for the current movie ( i.e., the movie isn't doing so well but it will play for decades, and the publicity has ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:31 pm
Forum: Horoscopes of Interest
Topic: Rachel Zegler & Snow White
Replies: 2
Views: 334

Re: Rachel Zegler & Snow White


Born May 3rd, 2001, at 10:00 AM Rachel Zegler was cast as Snow White.
She was born in Hackensack, NJ. The time, though, is fuzzy at best (C-rated): There is not yet any documentary evidence of the time, but she did write on Twitter that she had [Tropical] Cancer rising, so this birthtime is a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:26 am
Forum: Mundane Events
Topic: March 2025 Events
Replies: 14
Views: 14525

Myanmar earthquake (7.4)

March 28, 2025, 6:20:54 UT, 22N00'46'' 95E55'18''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Sagaing_earthquake

A 7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar this morning, not far from the capital, Mandalay. Several large aftershocks. As far away as Bangkok, the vibrations caused a high-rise under construction ...
by Jim Eshelman
Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:58 am
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: Mike's PVP aspects in Lunars
Replies: 40
Views: 50817

Re: Mike's PVP aspects in Lunars

I agree that Uranus' transit to Sun is more descriptive of what you described - the shifts regarding yourself . And, at the same time, natal Uranus, Jupiter, and Sun is sufficient by itself (along with the Sun-reinforced Saturn-Neptune).

I've been having some similar ambiguities where the lunar ...
by Jim Eshelman
Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:27 pm
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK

Benefic and malefic planets are perfectly balanced by angularity: Transiting Jupiter is easily the single strongest planet (and there's a bit of Venus), then a whole lot of malefic planets foreground but more weakly so. It works out to a tie score (7 points each).

The aspects are similarly mixed ...
by Jim Eshelman
Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:52 pm
Forum: Mundane Events
Topic: March 2025 Events
Replies: 14
Views: 14525

Re: US security breach


March 15, 2025, 11:44 am. Pentagon, Washington, DC\
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/hegseth-classified-war-plans-group-chat.html

At this time, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Vice President Vance, the White House's National Security Advisor, and other ranking principles conducted a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Wed Mar 26, 2025 5:31 pm
Forum: Mundane Events
Topic: March 2025 Events
Replies: 14
Views: 14525

Re: US security breach


March 15, 2025, 11:44 am. Pentagon, Washington, DC\
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/hegseth-classified-war-plans-group-chat.html

At this time, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Vice President Vance, the White House's National Security Advisor, and other ranking principles conducted a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Tue Mar 25, 2025 12:33 pm
Forum: Mundane Events
Topic: March 2025 Events
Replies: 14
Views: 14525

US security breach

March 15, 2025, 11:44 am. Pentagon, Washington, DC\
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/us/politics/hegseth-classified-war-plans-group-chat.html

At this time, Secretary of Defense Hegseth, Vice President Vance, the White House's National Security Advisor, and other ranking principles conducted a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Tue Mar 25, 2025 8:08 am
Forum: Horoscopes of Interest
Topic: Pope Francis
Replies: 9
Views: 11900

Re: Pope Francis

Pope Francis' recent health crisis - a respiratory affliction that left him hospitalized for weeks and, sometimes, on the verge of death - reached its climax February 28 (we now know) when a severe breathing crisis (caused by aspirating his own vomit) had doctors debating whether to use everything ...
by Jim Eshelman
Tue Mar 25, 2025 7:26 am
Forum: Biden Admin archives (2021-2025)
Topic: U.S. Ingresses Jul 20 - Aug 17, 2024
Replies: 6
Views: 7569

Re: U.S. Ingresses Jul 20 - Aug 17, 2024

2024 was one of the worst years ever for natural disasters in the U.S., and August 2024 was the worst month, with ten major weather-related disasters. Here are forecasts that overlap that period.


CAPLUNAR (Jul 20) Effective Jul 20-Aug 17
Malefics mark the angles of every active lunar ingress ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:48 pm
Forum: Sidereal Solar Returns
Topic: 2023 - TERRIBLE SSR
Replies: 256
Views: 190300

Re: 2023 - TERRIBLE SSR

You're right: I had Boston coordinates in the program, correctly typed "Grand Rapids. MI" and didn't click the button to retrieve no coordinates - so I accidentally calculated the chart for Boston in 2026, too (but labelled Grand rapids).

Here is the Michigan breakdown (as you described it):

r ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:13 pm
Forum: Sidereal Solar Returns
Topic: 2023 - TERRIBLE SSR
Replies: 256
Views: 190300

Re: 2023 - TERRIBLE SSR

I'll double check when I get home. I did type (or at least meant to type) Grand Rapids, MI. Thst was for your 2026 SSR, right? Boston this year, Grand Rapids next year?
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: 2024 - 2025 SLRs/DSLRs
Replies: 26
Views: 35483

Re: 2024 - 2025 SLRs/DSLRs

My biggest concern in this one is the Venus-Saturn conjunction on Descendant. The angularities are wide and may not be all that strong, but the aspect itself is close. (The strong Jupiter may overwhelm it.) Here's the full breakdown:

t Saturn Dsc -8°44'
t Venus Dsc -7°55'
t Jupiter MC -1°51 ...
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:09 pm
Forum: Sidereal Solar Returns
Topic: 2023 - TERRIBLE SSR
Replies: 256
Views: 190300

Re: Game Plan for the next two years

Boston sounds great! Yes, natal Saturn will be angular for several years in a row. It's good to get away from that. Sun mere minutes from MC is a great, strong symbol! Uranus setting sounds great, too.

And Grand Rapids Has Sun closely setting the next year. It also has your natal Mars-Uranus ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:44 pm
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: JAE SLRs and Demi-SLRs 2024-25
Replies: 54
Views: 81218

SLR 3/28/25

Mar 28, 2025, 1:31:32 AM PDT, home
Dignity = 6 , Indignity = 3
Spotlight = 6
Benefic = 5, Malefic = 2, Change = 0

20250328 JAE SLR.png

Impressions: On balance, a positive chart with romance. Notice, though, that Venus is both strongest and afflicted - by ecliptical conjunction to Neptune ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:28 pm
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK


Self-reflection: Yes, my Venus-Saturn square and backgrounded Venus... man, I can't even tell you how much i wish all that was different. It goes deep. The hardest thing for me to tell people about are their backgrounded planets. It just seems to represent things that people really struggle with ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sun Mar 23, 2025 5:05 pm
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: JAE SLRs and Demi-SLRs 2024-25
Replies: 54
Views: 81218

Re: Demi-SLR 3/13/25

A little more than halfway through, this Demi-SLR has been pretty much what was expected (without the most extreme negative possibilities). Again, most (all?) of this could have been seen from SQ and PSSR Moon's aspecting natal Sun and Mars while transiting Mars aspected all of them. I also had a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: Mundane Forecasts
Topic: U.S. Ingresses Mar 24 - Apr 20, 2025
Replies: 3
Views: 2041

Re: U.S. Ingresses Mar 24 - Apr 20, 2025

This is now complete.
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 22, 2025 1:38 pm
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK

Lance, did she spend her last birthday in Beaumont? Her last solar return is intense - has some of the best stuff she could have right now AND the worst. I'd like to get the location right. For Beaumont:

r Venus Asc -6°42'
t Neptune IC -5°12'
r Moon Asc -4°37'
r Saturn Dsc -3°46'
t Jupiter Dsc ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 22, 2025 12:41 pm
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK

A few other things from the Cosmic State report, since I have the Time Matters page open:

Her Moon is in a difficult condition - no BS about that. It's in its fall (Scorpio is a hard Moon, despite its many benefits), closely opposes Saturn and moderately conjoins Venus on one side and Neptune on ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:48 am
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK


She has struggled with depression her whole life, and I feel like the information about these specific things may make her feel lost to fate. I am at a loss for how to give her this information in a positive way. [...]

But even in our recent conversations, was going on about how much she loved ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:03 am
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK

So, what's true about her and those worrisome aspects...? Here is her chart from TM:

Long Lat Speed RA Dec Azi Alt ML PVL Ang
Mo 19Sc27'42" 2S53 +11°51' 252° 5' 25S20 277°23' -70° 6' 199°32' 109°45' 56%
Su 17Sg12'41" 0S 0 + 1° 1' 282°35' 22S56 265°16' -42°54' 355°37' 137° 0' 28%
Me 1Sg54'50" 0S ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:03 am
Forum: Discuss Your Own Horoscope
Topic: Lance’s Friend CK
Replies: 13
Views: 10379

Re: Lance’s Friend CK

Lance, my first impression (from reading your letter, not from the charts) is that there is a particular thing you are afraid to tell her - that you have unconscious or less conscious fear for her that is creating a withhold in you - and that whatever you don't want to tell her is probably not true ...
by Jim Eshelman
Fri Mar 21, 2025 12:30 pm
Forum: Secondary Progressions
Topic: Bija correction valid?
Replies: 26
Views: 42934

Re: Bija correction valid?

Not to my knowledge. What would be the logic of that?

It's not just that it would be a slight refinement on one or the other. It would be a dramatically different chart.

BTW, I wonder if you saw this recent thread including both its examples and its conclusions:
https://solunars.com/viewtopic.php ...
by Jim Eshelman
Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Solar Return Progressions
Topic: An example of PSSR Moon
Replies: 35
Views: 49070

Re: An example of PSSR Moon

It had crossed my mind that Mercury conjunct Saturn in Libra might theoretically fit "impaired perception involving the head region." That seemed a stretch, though, especially with consistent historic linking of eyes to Sun and Moon, and the fact that outer planet malefics to my Moon were most ...
by Jim Eshelman
Tue Mar 18, 2025 8:12 am
Forum: Sidereal Solar Returns
Topic: Veronica SSR 2025
Replies: 12
Views: 16980

Re: Veronica SSR 2025

Yes, your last demi-lunar was severe with Mars the most angular planet - though it was your natal Mars within a degree of WP and closely squared by transiting Sun. Still, it had a Sun-Jupiter square foreground so I would have expected it to be mostly positive.

It also had an aspect that, for ...
by Jim Eshelman
Tue Mar 18, 2025 6:53 am
Forum: Solar Return Progressions
Topic: An example of PSSR Moon
Replies: 35
Views: 49070

Re: An example of PSSR Moon

Arena wrote: Tue Mar 18, 2025 3:34 am Do you have any insulin problems in your body? Do you eat carbs and sugar? The keto diet helps get rid of insulin resistance.
No insulin problems. Negligible carbs. Been on keto (though with some interruptions) for half a dozen years. Plenty of oils and fats.
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 17, 2025 11:47 am
Forum: Major Planet Sign Transits
Topic: Saturn in Pisces
Replies: 12
Views: 18075

Re: Saturn in Pisces

Sure. But that's a separate issue from the three-year Saturn in Pisces passage per se.
by Jim Eshelman
Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:55 am
Forum: Solar Return Progressions
Topic: An example of PSSR Moon
Replies: 35
Views: 49070

Re: An example of PSSR Moon


Jim, with all the life problems you have had with your eye(s), have you isolated the astrological symbolism in your Natal for these problems?
Traditionally, eyes are associated with Sun and Moon. The worst problems came under Neptune's transit to Moon and the current (passing) problem with ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sun Mar 16, 2025 6:10 pm
Forum: Solar Return Progressions
Topic: An example of PSSR Moon
Replies: 35
Views: 49070

Re: An example of PSSR Moon

Another example today gave renewed confidence in PSSR Moon.

I've been under all sorts of Mars for weeks. As Mars looped around its station, it not only squared my natal Sun for a prolonged period, but was there when SQ and PSSR Moon squared natal Sun, with some independent aspects of the Moons to ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 6:38 pm
Forum: Major Planet Sign Transits
Topic: Saturn in Pisces
Replies: 12
Views: 18075

Re: Saturn in Pisces


How would we calculate when the last time Saturn was Conjunct Neptune in Pisces?

Feb 17 0053 14°Pi30'
May 23 0375 01°Pi05'
Jul 14 0375 00°Pi44'
Mar 9 0878 18°Pi10'
Jun 9 1200 04°Pi20'
Jul 12 1200 04°Pi07'
Jan 25 1201 02°Pi46'
Mar 27 1703 NS 21°Pi08'

I’ve often wondered for example when were ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 5:59 pm
Forum: Major Planet Sign Transits
Topic: Saturn in Pisces
Replies: 12
Views: 18075

Saturn in Pisces - my thesis

Saturn will transit the constellation Pisces April 5, 2025 to June 12, 2027, then (after a brief dip into Aries) from October 8, 2027 to March 3, 2028.

In theory, we expect this to resemble a blend of Saturn transiting everyone's Neptune while Saturn transits everyone's Venus. Saturn-Neptune means ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:29 am
Forum: Horoscopes of Interest
Topic: Chuck Schumer
Replies: 2
Views: 3942

Re: Chuck Schumer

Presuming he stays in Washington (as he usually does), his April 28 SLR shows some heat with a partile Mars-Pluto opposition across the horizon (and Sun square natal Pluto). That's enough to deliver a life-changing harsh blow. I think he will at least get wounded in the two weeks following.

His ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:15 am
Forum: Horoscopes of Interest
Topic: Chuck Schumer
Replies: 2
Views: 3942

Chuck Schumer

November 23, 1950, 11:00 am EST, Manhattan, NY (A Data)

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is coming under fire this week over his handling of the budget crisis that resolved yesterday. His left flank felt he should have stood his ground and let the Republicans in Congress fail on their own ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 10:45 am
Forum: "Many Things"
Topic: R.O.S.A. - 50th birthday recognition
Replies: 2
Views: 6235

R.O.S.A. - 50th birthday recognition

On March 17, 1975 - intentionally on St. Patrick's Day - Karen Wilkerson and Joan Piszek founded the Registry of Sidereal Astrologers (R.O.S.A.) in Placentia, California. They called it a registry because they didn't want the usual kind of "federation" with rules and structures but simply a way for ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:37 am
Forum: Quotidians
Topic: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian
Replies: 8
Views: 14489

Re: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian

As for solar ingresses, that's why I keep this thread up to date:
https://solunars.com/viewtopic.php?t=4547

On a quick thumbnail,

2025 is innocuous overall under the Capsolar, then gets a high-impact Cansolar, suggesting instability and focused especially on the tensions between the people as a ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:26 am
Forum: Quotidians
Topic: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian
Replies: 8
Views: 14489

Re: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian


For now short term, I see no devastating Arc charts for Trump.
He's in the middle of horrendous solar arcs, including directed Neptune conjunct his Moon exactly now and directed MC (if we assume an exact birth time) conjunct his Pluto (17' applying, so exact in three to four months). Directed Sun ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:47 am
Forum: Mundane Events
Topic: March 2025 Events
Replies: 14
Views: 14525

Re: March 2025 Events

And I thought she was just joking about Trump's malicious threats to annex Canada - making her an involuntary U.S. citizen.

For the Carney administration, clearly the strongest feature is the 0°14' Sun-Saturn mundane conjunction, since Sun is only 0°12' from Zenith. But of similar interest ...
by Jim Eshelman
Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:43 am
Forum: Time Matters
Topic: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows
Replies: 188
Views: 356234

Re: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows

Link updated and installing. (I expect nothing to report <s>).
by Jim Eshelman
Fri Mar 14, 2025 8:02 am
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: 2024 - 2025 SLRs/DSLRs
Replies: 26
Views: 35483

Re: 2024 - 2025 SLRs/DSLRs


My 3/9 DSLR had Mars on the Ic, today, I find out my rent is being raised a ridiculous amount, and I will be moving. It was a really big jolt, and I feel like I am being taken advantage of.
It even has the symbolism of the angle, which makes it especially interesting.

Except... I don't get that ...
by Jim Eshelman
Thu Mar 13, 2025 5:07 pm
Forum: Time Matters
Topic: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows
Replies: 188
Views: 356234

Re: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows

Thanks. This will let Ember look at the problem. BTW for the future there is no need to take a screen shot (which takes up more database space for the site). The error log is in text form so you can just paste it here as text:

----------2025-03-13 17:06:26----------
STARTUP ERROR:
[Errno 2] No such ...
by Jim Eshelman
Thu Mar 13, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: Time Matters
Topic: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows
Replies: 188
Views: 356234

Re: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows

No, that's not it. What was the error message? Did it fully open eventually? (If it did, there's a button on the front screen that gives you error log info. Please paste thst in your response.)
by Jim Eshelman
Thu Mar 13, 2025 6:34 am
Forum: Quotidians
Topic: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian
Replies: 8
Views: 14489

Re: Trump's March 10 2025 Solar Quotidian

I'm sure it means that. That's what Saturn-Neptune usually means.

Plus, there is an invariable pattern for decades involving the economy and presidential party: Bush (recession), Clinton (rolling economy with surplus), Bush (Great Recession), Obama (recovery and vital economy), Trump (economic ...
by Jim Eshelman
Wed Mar 12, 2025 9:02 am
Forum: Time Matters
Topic: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows
Replies: 188
Views: 356234

BUG - missed PVP aspect in SLR

My March 13 demi-lunar for home (34N03'46" 118W18'47") should have a PVP transiting Uranus square natal Neptune. It doesn't. - However, the program used to produce this. I only discovered it was missing because I had listed it when I did a year if lunars and demis in October. In redoing the same ...
by Jim Eshelman
Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:37 am
Forum: Sidereal Lunar Returns
Topic: JAE SLRs and Demi-SLRs 2024-25
Replies: 54
Views: 81218

Demi-SLR 3/13/25

Mar 13, 2025, 9:01:57 PM PDT, home
MARS = 9
Malefic = 12 , Benefic = 5
Dignity = 8 , Indignity = 5
Spotlight = 5, Change = 3
NAT = 21 , Trans = 4

Impressions: [I was considering flying to Salt Lake City to lighten the load on this, but that's not possible now.] A harsh chart from transiting ...
by Jim Eshelman
Wed Mar 12, 2025 8:23 am
Forum: Time Matters
Topic: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows
Replies: 188
Views: 356234

Re: Time Matters 0.6.0a Alpha Pre-Release - Windows


Let me add another post onto this. Since I extracted out the midpoint logic, I think it'll be much easier to test, which means we get value from having explicit test cases that encode what we think the expected behavior is.

This assumes that we're either in an ingress, or a polywheel (and ...