US forecast Jan 15-30, 2022

[Jim Eshelman]

USA Mundane Forecast
for last half of JANUARY, 2022
If you are unfamiliar with the methods and interpretations of Sidereal mundane astrology, please see my free book Sidereal Mundane Astrology. (A link can be found near the top of the Publications sub-forum.) For standard interpretations, see Chapter 8 of the current (17th) Edition.

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. For the United States, the 12 months beginning January 15, 2022 are an accounting cycle for the Biden administration. Midterm elections nearly always weigh against the White House so, independent of astrology, we expect Democratic losses in the Senate and House of Representatives. With a Capsolar that is anti-President, anti-establishment, and more generally antigovernment, Republican gains seem certain.

Sun conjunct Pluto (1°21') is the primary aspect this year. Pluto, missing from 2021 Capsolar angles, has returned to angularity (square Ascendant 1°29'). Although the range of Sun-Pluto themes is diverse, from severe natural disasters to political confrontation, they always invite unprecedented conditions and irrevocable shifts of circumstances. Typical motifs include rebellion against prevailing conditions, assault on or removal of those in power, and disrespect for and disobeying the law. People demand freedom from arbitrary control or leadership that they feel is failing them. Especially with Pluto in Capricorn, more people think of themselves as sovereign, "a law unto oneself" or "exception to the rules," leading to increased lawlessness. [NOTE: Sun also squares Eris 0°01' in mundo.]

Moon opposes Mars and squares Neptune. Crime is up. People feel that their neighborhoods are more dangerous. Mundanely, Mars square Neptune is only 0°05' wide in Washington. Sun conjunct Pluto and Moon-Mars-Neptune also amps up the physical threat to the President or, if not him directly, then the Federal government, perhaps through heightened domestic terrorism. Expect a year of ferocious civil unrest as what was once called "civilization" rips open with unaddressed grievance while struggling to settle into some new pattern in which people feel greater safety and security.

Moon opposite Mars (affecting the world as a whole) creates a state of alarm. Typical expressions are violence, blood, fire, earthquakes, accidents, and other destruction, often with significant loss of life. Other expressions include war, bombings, other explosions, other attacks, and deaths of leaders. Moon square Neptune (local to Washington) describes waves of emotional reaction, fervor, herd-mind arousal, or panic accompanied by confusion, disorientation, uncertainty, and undermined security. Mars-Neptune is fundamentally an aspect of 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. (On the other hand, it seems professional sports are back with a vengeance!)

The Sun/Mercury midpoint, 0°14' from Capsolar IC, broadly intensifies and highlights Mercury themes, including transportation, commerce, and science. As Mercury squares (non-foreground) Uranus (0°34'), trends of scientific and technological advances continue (this year has social unrest, not a dystopian turning from technology): Freedom and flexibility in communication and travel are big break-out themes for the year, including significant expansion and redesign in social media's impact. Science continues to have direct, relevant influence on people's changing lives.

Mercury-Uranus also has repercussions on 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, as herd-mind passions surge the cry for "independent" opinion). Greater curiosity would help conditions improve, but, instead, we are likely to see passion-fed rejection of expert opinion, reliance on crowd opinion, and other challenges to convention or authority. “Don’t tell me how to think” takes on new, widespread life.

Across the U.S., the direst conditions concentrate on the West Coast. Moon, Mars, and Neptune lines flow especially through California, with the usual list of severe expectations. (Los Angeles is somewhat more Mars-driven, with Neptune affecting San Francisco more, but the entire state will feel both planets and their aspect.) A kinder tone is marked by Venus angular through the eastern Plains States, roughly at the longitude of Houston and from Houston northeast toward Minneapolis. Florida and the Appalachians feel the Sun-Pluto conjunction with unusual strength.

All year, Pluto in Capricorn and Uranus in Aries continue. However, significant changes in collective themes unfold this year. Neptune and Saturn begin the year in Aquarius and Capricorn, respectively; then Neptune enters Pisces May 20 to August 6 before returning, for a while, to Aquarius. Saturn enters Aquarius May 19 to June 20, then backtracks into Capricorn until 2023. Jupiter is in Aquarius until Jupiter enters Pisces April 17. Jupiter conjunct Neptune (April 12) is the major aspect of the year, being close most of April. Mars retrograde Oct 30 to Jan 12, keeps it in Taurus or Gemini from mid-August until May 2023.


MEDIUM-TERM (The Bridge)
ALL MONTH, Pluto squares Capsolar MC. All the Pluto themes mentioned above, as part of the Capsolar, are strong during these weeks.

TWO PERIODS OF THE MONTH bring Mars + Pluto patterns. Transiting Mars opposes Capsolar Moon through Jan 18, affecting the world at large (amplifying the Moon-Mars trends of the Capsolar). Transiting Mars crosses Washington Cansolar angles Jan 24-30, concentrating on the U.S. These windows will be more violent and ferocious, unleashing great force in events or behavior. Expect disrespect of law and the consequences of cumulative stress, along with the usual range of Mars events (fires, violence, the wrath of nature).

Mars enters Sagittarius 1/17. Historically, it has highlighted elitism, privilege, and patronage leveraging wealth, rank, power, or other privilege (including cronyism and crimes by the elite); attacks on the advantaged ("how the mighty have fallen"); international themed events including immigration, hegemony, and diplomatic impact; and controversy involving the justice system. -- Summaries of longer-term trends from outer planet sign transits are here.


SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingresses)

Caplunar (Jan 3)
The Caplunar is dormant.

Arilunar (Jan 10)
Effective Jan 10-17. The roll-over week of the Sidereal year seems to start off pretty happy. Venus is half a degree from IC, closely conjunct Sun on the ecliptic and square Moon-Uranus in azimuth. The tone is upbeat, comfortable, even celebrating.

The chart above is in azimuth to highlight the most important features. Moon conjoins Uranus on Vertex, both square angular Venus, with the Venus-Uranus PVP square only 0°22' wide. Much of this upbeat spirit involves unusual entertainments, novel pleasures, and a sense of being free and able to pursue a life of liberty (if not a libertine life).

Canlunar (Jan 17)
Effective Jan 17-30. Progress is made on the nation's woes: While indications are mixed, they are weighted toward the positive. Jupiter is most angular (sq. Asc 0°19'). Uranus squares Midheaven (1°02'). Together, they suggest progress and optimism. That I call it restrained optimism is due to Saturn 4° from MC.

Uranus is the most active planet. Uranus with Jupiter returns attention for a fortnight to remapping the larger social contract, invention and innovation, the advantages of “good science,” cautious collective optimism, and expecting good change. Moon opposite Sun (in addition to the usual Pluto aspect) suggests government involvement in all of this.

Uranus' other aspects are squares to Mercury (1°31') and Saturn (2°59'), which straddle Midheaven. Some really good new ideas hit brief roadblocks, but likely prevail before the chart expires.

Liblunar (Jan 24)
The Liblunar is dormant. Mars and Jupiter crossing near New York City suggests the aspect's typical impact on the financial sector.

[Jim Eshelman]

SIDEREAL LUNAR RETURN (Jan 10)
Effective Jan 9 to Feb 6. President Biden begins the new year weighted by great concerns and again under great threat. Transiting Saturn squares natal Mars (0°49') as the two most angular planets. He is engaged in battle and, at the moment (under this return), the odds are against him. Transiting Mars also squares his natal Midheaven (partile). Transiting Mars and natal Saturn are also foreground in the lunar return (though widely). This is a hard month.

Additionally, transiting Mercury conjoins natal Pluto within 0°00' (mundo) in the wide foreground, both also square natal Mercury (0°11'). In contrast to other forms of Mercury-Pluto, this stressful transit usually forces a confrontation: Decisions are called due, commitments may have to be made, and, above all, unambiguous answers are required. (He needs unambiguous answers - needs the fact - and people also demand them from him.)

Other aspects are typical of those that bring crisis and (metaphysical or physical) threat to seated presidents, such as the middleground Mars-Neptune conjunction (0°47'). Pluto's transit to his Jupiter (now exact: 0°01' wide in the SLR) is usually positive but, at root, shows great shifts in his rank, standing, and esteem. If his 8:30 birth time is exactly right, Neptune continues to transit 0°09' from his IC, affecting his identity as expressed through his most intimate surroundings and connections.

Indeed, there are reasons to think this may not be a matter of state but something more personal. Much as in his natal chart, his natal Venus/Saturn (0°06') and Sun/Saturn (0°35') midpoints are on the horizon. Transiting Saturn squares his Venus (2°39' mundo) in the foreground. His natal Sun-Venus conjunction and Venus-Uranus opposition are highlighted by the SLR's angles. In any case, his attitude and approach is paternal, deeply caring, protective, and deeply feeling the impact of events on others. After Mars and Saturn, the next most angular planet is natal Uranus, 2° from Ascendant but squared by Saturn within 0°07' mundo: He feels constrained, not fully at liberty to act boldly in the most pressing matters.

SIDEREAL DEMI-LUNAR RETURN (Jan 25)
Jan 24 to Feb 6. The second half of Pres. Biden's month is better than the first. The Demi-SLR shows matters successfully moving toward resolution.

Though natal Saturn is the most angular planet (0°43'), the other active factors are benefic: Natal Sun-Venus closely angular, natal Uranus more widely foreground, and transiting Jupiter (the only foreground transiting planet) 4° from IC. Furthermore, all the foreground aspects are positive. With natal Sun, Venus, and Saturn closely angular, he displays most of the personal traits already highlighted in the SLR, including conscientious effort and a deeply caring (even parental) protectiveness.

Jupiter says that things turn his way. It squares his Mercury mundanely (0°28') and squares his Uranus ecliptically (1°49'). His ideas and resourcefulness garner respect. These two Jupiter transits and his natal Sun-Venus conjunction rising give a positive flow to the fortnight.

[Jim Eshelman]

Geographic areas centered on map lines have a roughly 150-200 mile leeway (3°) for strong effects. For these mappings of planetary energies, see standard interpretations in Chapter 8 of Sidereal Mundane Astrology. (A link to the free current edition can always be found near the top of the Publications sub-forum.) Readers may wish to consider all planet lines and intersections against the standard interpretations.

Caplunar (Jan 3)

Arilunar (Jan 10)

Canlunar (Jan 17)

Liblunar (Jan 24)

[Jim Eshelman]

This section provides the raw components for our forecasts, providing a quick visual overview and making it easier to see when lunar ingresses echo patterns in the operative solar ingresses.

SOLAR INGRESSES

CAPSOLAR (Jan 15)
Pluto (Sun Mercury).
Moon-Mars Moon-Neptune.
Su/Me Sun-Pluto (Mercury-Saturn Mercury-Uranus).

NOTE: Sun squares Eris 0°01' mundo.

LUNAR INGRESSES

CAPLUNAR (Jan 3)
(Dormant.) Moon-Mercury Moon-Venus Moon-Pluto.

ARILUNAR (Jan 10)
Venus (Moon Sun Pluto).
Moon-Venus Moon-Uranus Moon-Pluto Sun-Venus Venus-Uranus.

CANLUNAR (Jan 17)
Jupiter Uranus (Mercury Saturn).
Moon-Sun Moon-Pluto.
Mercury-Uranus Saturn-Uranus.

LIBLUNAR (Jan 24)
(Dormant.) Moon-Pluto.


PRES. BIDEN'S LUNAR RETURNS

SIDEREAL LUNAR RETURN (Jan 10)
t Saturn. r Sun Venus Mars Saturn Uranus.
tMercury-r Mercury, Pluto t Mars-rMC tSaturn-rMars, Uranus tSaturn-rVenus.
r Sun-Venus Mercury-Pluto Venus-Uranus.

SIDEREAL DEMI-LUNAR RETURN (Jan 25)
t Jupiter. r Sun Mercury Venus Saturn Uranus.
t Jupiter-r Mercury, t Jupiter-rUranus, r Sun-Venus.

[Jim Eshelman]

Transits to Capsolar planets are important identifiers for locales where the 'natal' planet was angular in the Capsolar, or where it spins to a CapQ angle at the time of the aspect.

t Pluto conj. Capsolar Pluto ALL MONTH
t Neptune conj. Capsolar Neptune ALL MONTH
t Uranus conj. Capsolar Uranus ALL MONTH (SD 1/18, exact 1/21)
t Uranus sq. Capsolar Mercury ALL MONTH
t Saturn conj. Capsolar Saturn START-Jan 23
t Jupiter conj. Capsolar Jupiter START-Jan 19

[Jim Eshelman]

Pluto in Capricorn (2021-2038)
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Harsher, struggling, dystopian: people doubt they will regain guarantees of safety or security from violence, economic crisis, or cultural breakdown. Autonomous self-sufficiency, struggle for survival. Need to preserve and restore survivability of the planet. Shortages of land, secure living space, and privacy (territorial conflicts). Hunger and dwelling insecurity. People determining anew how they want to be governed. Control vs. being controlled. Increased social isolation and focus on survival (anticipating breakdown of society or survivability of the world with depleting stability and resources). Intensified tensions between individual survival vs. connected wider community, and between uplifted and controlling classes vs. the debased and controlled classes. Breakdown of old structures and outmoded patterns. Bedrock financial institutions are challenged and reassessed. New economies emerge, including a structural reconceiving of work, jobs, employment, and earnings. Anything father-themed comes under attack (and retaliates). Ancient grievances and resentments are renewed. Society's relationship to aging and the aged will change necessarily. Revolution in pharmacology.

Neptune in Aquarius (2009-2023)
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Suppressed or diffused social progressiveness, squashed rebellions, deranged concepts of liberty, all setting the stage for a future conflict or breakthrough after the transit is over. Imagined new vistas and possibilities without current capacity to reach or manage them. Roused socialist-leaning liberalism. Failure of universalism, futurism, or true enlightenment to flourish. Shortage of dispassionate clarity, fostered ignorance.

This transit reflects living in a time when most people feel like we are living in a science fiction wonderland, "imagining the inconceivable." Change happens so fast, technical progress accelerating far beyond any vision prior generations had to the 21st century (provided it doesn't involve transportation). One aspect of this is increased complexity with life changing faster than neurology can grasp, manage, and keep up. It has fostered technological surveillance and loss of privacy.

Uranus in Aries (2017-2025)
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A volatile time politically. Issues of economics, government, and accelerated armament. Great challenges to the stability of existing alliances: Acute polarization splits former allies (individuals, social groups, or nations) along new axes. Widespread dissatisfaction fuels repudiation of historic closely held views and values. Each such era, while people are passing through it, feels like a transitions between a concluding old cycle and an opening new cycle.

An unyielding, unremitting sense of emergency exists, then autocratic governance increases. Extraordinary autocratic power is yielded (voluntarily granted) to national leaders, who acquire increasing dominion of economic and social issues. Armament, safety, going one's way alone without the encumbrances of alliances... these win out over the demand for personal liberty and social equality. The masses seem more comfortable with an authoritarian father figure to "make everything OK." Absent a state of war, there me be a suspension of checks and balances on autocracy normal to martial law.

Increased polarization and struggle between opposing extremes - each historic period has its own example, whether it be arising fascism vs. socialism (or political elements that, if more extreme, would have emerged as overtly fascist or socialist, extremism of right vs. left), opposing views on slavery, Catholic vs. Protestant wars, etc. Economics (especially trade) are unstable, in a precarious balance. Economics policies become more nationalistic and autistic, increasingly protective, to defend against trade inequities and competition imbalances. Extreme unrest in economically hurting populations.

Saturn in Capricorn (Jan 2020 - Jan 2023)
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Individual and political struggles for survival, autonomy, and self-sufficiency. Land & space: Shortages of land and secure space, redefining boundaries; territorial acquisitions and annexations, mineral rights, mining conflicts; walls, embargoes, spatial segregation, splitting historically separate countries into autonomous nations. Earth & water crises: Ecological concerns regarding climate change; land- and water-based retaliations by the Earth against destabilizing climate change; volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, no-warning fire outbreaks; water and land rights and conservation. Hunger, food-security, and dwelling issues including crop failures and famine; further crumbling of farming as a viable livelihood; hunger may be weaponized (or may be addressed aggressively). Earth-mindful rebellion religions thrive, including renewal and empowerment of paganism. Major finance developments: Vast financial institutional restructuring and management, especially favoring capitalism. Changes in how we collectively control money and commerce including bedrock foundations, controls, and financial restructuring; institutions aimed at money security are created or strengthened; long-standing economic hardship and social disenfranchisement boil over. Fear: Focus on how we manage and respond to it. Disabilities and misfortune draw focus: "Inferiority" (so-called) more visible; disability and genetic bigotry; widespread civil liberties conflicts and civil rights resistance activism. Relief from the arts and laughter.

[Jim Eshelman]

This is now complete. (In the last few days, I've written over a year's worth of these. I'll back off now and let time catch up a bit.)

[Jim Eshelman]

Canlunar (Jan 17)[attachment=0]
Effective Jan 17-30. Progress is made on the nation's woes: While indications are mixed, they are weighted toward the positive. Jupiter is most angular (sq. Asc 0°19'). Uranus squares Midheaven (1°02'). Together, they suggest progress and optimism. That I call it restrained optimism is due to Saturn 4° from MC...

Liblunar (Jan 24)
The Liblunar is dormant. Mars and Jupiter crossing near New York City suggests the aspect's typical impact on the financial sector.

So far this morning, over 1,000 points down. This is a deep plunge! (Down about 2,000 points in the last five sessions. Still up for the last 12 months, but today rolls things back to approximately last April 1.)

Also CapQ MC for Washington squares Saturn this morning.

[Jim Eshelman]

Wow! "Weighted to the positive" indeed from over 1,000 down, the Dow recovered to close UP for the day!

You'd think this was one of last weekend's football games.

[SteveS]

Lets see how the week (Fri) closes. If weekly close below 33,350 could be first technical sign of a 20% correction in the Dow. Its in the hands of the Federal Reserve with Interest Rates.