for the four weeks beginning APRIL 22, 2022
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USA Mundane Forecast §§§ The Biden Report §§§ Other Locations §§§ Ingress Summaries §§§ Transits to Capsolar Planets §§§ Outer Planet Sign Transits
LONG-TERM (Solar Ingresses)
Capsolar effective Jan 15, 2022 to Jan 15, 2023. (Summarized from my original interpretation in the Jan 15-30 forecast.)
- An accounting cycle for the Biden administration. Republican gains seem certain in the midterm elections.
- Sun conjunct Pluto (1°21'): Unprecedented conditions, irrevocable shifts, rebellion against prevailing conditions, assault on or removal of those in power, and disrespect for law (greater lawlessness). People demand freedom from arbitrary control or leadership they feel is failing them. More people think of themselves as "a law unto oneself" or "exception to the rules." Diverse themes from severe natural disasters to political confrontation.
- Moon-Mars-Neptune: Crime is up. Neighborhoods feel more dangerous. Ferocious civil unrest. What was once called "civilization" rips open with unaddressed grievance while struggling to settle into new patterns in which people feel greater safety and security.
- Sun-Pluto with Moon-Mars-Neptune: Increased physical threat to the president or the Federal government as a whole (perhaps through heightened domestic terrorism).
- Moon opposite Mars (affecting the world as a whole): A state of alarm. Typical expressions: violence, blood, fire, earthquakes, accidents, other destruction; often significant loss of life. Other expressions: war, bombings and explosions, other attacks, deaths of leaders. Moon square Neptune (local to Washington): Waves of emotional reaction, fervor, herd-mind arousal, or panic accompanied by confusion, disorientation, uncertainty, and an undermined sense of security. Mars-Neptune: Panic or feeling the ground fall from under one’s feet - surging adrenaline with heightened aroused emotion - increasing the risk of treachery, sabotage, other betrayal, poisoned relationships, and scandal.
- Sun/Mercury = IC: Broadly intensifies and highlights Mercury themes, including transportation, commerce, and science. Mercury square Uranus: Scientific and technological advances continue (no turning from technology). Freedom and flexibility in communication and travel are big break-out themes, including significant expansion and redesign in social media's impact. Science continues to have direct, relevant influence on people's changing lives.
- Mercury-Uranus impacts social trends: With growing urgency of antisocial independence and autonomous self-sufficiency, with people feeling exempt from precedents and historic social standards, "independent thinking" becomes a rallying cry (though probably more of a fantasy than a reality: herd-mind passions surge the cry for "independent" opinion). Passion-fed rejection of expert opinion, reliance on crowd opinion, other challenges to convention or authority. “Don’t tell me how to think” takes on new, widespread life.
Arisolar effective Apr 14 to Oct 18, 2022. (Summarized from my original interpretation in the Mar 26-Apr 22 forecast.)
- A neutral chart with little independent impact. Primarily yields to the Capsolar.
- Angular Mercury highlights obvious Mercury themes (communication, transportation, technology), with possible newsworthy developments in these areas - and perhaps in the news media itself.
ALL MONTH: Pluto sq. Capsolar Asc, Neptune sq. Capsolar Moon, forging a NEPTUNE-PLUTO ZONE. The continuing procession of shifting conditions is met by collective (massing) populist voices. Waves of heightened emotional reaction, fervor, and herd-mind arousal, possibly accompanied by confusion, uncertainty, and an undermined sense of security. This could be a reflection of the election cycle or the ferocious civil unrest forecast from the Capsolar for the year.
Apr 27-May 8 & May 14-20: Jupiter sq. CapQ Moon then Jupiter cross Cansolar MC in addition to the Neptune and Pluto influences. The former affects the world in general; the later is specific to the United States. This gives a positive spin to most of the Neptune-Pluto energies this month. Jupiter-Neptune-Pluto has several possible expressions, including rousing civil rights and labor rights movements; progressive social idealism or intents to reconstruct the social order; inflating, bullish markets and expansive speculation; religious or spiritual movements dominating the news; and extreme, outlandish weather, especially in the forms of flooding.
May 16-19: For a few days, Mars squares Capsolar Moon, igniting a harsher side of Jupiter-Neptune-Pluto. By itself, such Mars aspects (affecting the whole world) sound alarm bells, triggering violence, blood, fire, bombs, forceful natural disasters, accidents, and other destruction. Given the concurrent aspects, this time it seems more ideology-driven, perhaps volatilizing the harsher sides of the paragraph immediately above.
Saturn enters Aquarius for about a month on May 19, previewing her later, longer stay. Summaries of longer-term trends from outer planet sign transits are here.
SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingresses)
Liblunar (Apr 16)
Effective Apr 16-May 6. Continuing in force for the first half of the new month, this Liblunar repeats and draws out themes already established in the Capsolar and Cansolar. Moon is exactly on Nadir. Pluto sets. Moon opposes culminating Sun 0°02' in mundo and both luminaries square the setting Pluto.
It seems President Biden is especially the center of attention, with very significant news. He likely takes a demoralizing hit. Given the overall tone of the year, I expect it not to be easy for him. He might surprise everyone with his familiar Scorpio boldness and audacity, but holding him accountable for results is the likely direction. As mentioned for the Capsolar, Sun-Pluto aspects foster unprecedented conditions, irrevocable shifts, rebellion against prevailing conditions, and challenging those in power.
A second theme arising from the 0°02' Moon-Sun opposition is marriage. Under this aspect, significant publicized weddings occur and other actions, such as legislation or court decisions impacting marriage rights and conditions.
Caplunar (Apr 22)
The Capsolar is dormant, so the Liblunar continues in force for the nation. Fire season may be starting much earlier than usual in California.
Arilunar (Apr 29)
The Arisolar is dormant, so the Liblunar continues in force. Fire indications continue in California. At the other extreme, see the map section for Venus-Jupiter-Neptune lines suggesting unusually great amounts of rain and possible flooding.
Canlunar (May 7)
Effective May 7-20. This month's one fully voiced lunar ingress has Neptune 0°11' from IC in Washington and Mercury close to Descendant. Moon, due west on the horizon, intensifies this with mundane (i.e., PVP) squares, placing a Moon-Mercury-Neptune trio in charge for two weeks. Impact is likely to be powerful with a partile (mundane) Moon-Pluto conjunction for the U.S.
One place Neptune, Moon-Neptune, and Mercury-Neptune often show together is in the stock market, which may excite much anxiety for these two weeks. Inflation and investor enthusiasm has likely been high in the first part of the year under Jupiter-Neptune conjunctions and now, as Jupiter pulls away, that bubble may pop, perhaps under the May 16-19 Mars transits.
More broadly, Mercury-Neptune sponsors confusion, disorientation, and silly (bad) choices. Uncertainty fuels “What happens next?” or “When will the other shoe drop?” anxiety. Transportation and communication can be impaired, of course. Other events that disorient and perplex are common. Moon-Neptune adds the flavor of an undermined sense of security.
Just remember that, "This too shall pass." There is always another ingress on its way!
Localized influences shift from earlier and later weeks. The longitude of Atlanta has Mars on IC, suggesting fires or violence. A Saturn line arcing across the West intersects Sun and Uranus in Colorado, whence startling bad news emerges. Another source of Saturn trouble is central Oklahoma.
Liblunar (May 14)
The Libsolar is dormant, so the Canlunar continues in force for the nation. Venus pleasingly touches New England, where a beautiful spring settles in. Jupiter runs through and around Atlanta, suggesting generous rains and other early sense of bounty. Mars and Neptune edge the greater Mississippi Delta region and parts due north where uneasy tensions are more likely. Southern California gets plenty of sunshine.
Two harsh zones are the Saturn line from southeast Arizona curving up to Montana and a Mars line that cuts through southern Florida and then grazes North Carolina and the East Coast right through Boston. This latter pattern is typical of early onset of the hurricane season but may take other Mars-themed forms as well.
