December 2024 events

[Jim Eshelman]

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[Jim Eshelman]

December 5, 2024, 10:44:19 AM PST, 40N22'11" 125W01'31"

A 7.0 quake occurred in the ocean off the California coast (near Mendocino). Though a tsunami warning was issued, it was withdrawn soon after. I'm told it was the first 7.0 magnitude quake anywhere in the world this year. Damage was probably slight; but the Earth itself felt the impact and the charts are stunningly precise for the timing.

Year: Capsolar {+2}
(Though Venus softens it - and, indeed, nobody was hurt - it's an afflicted Venus and the presence of Saturn, the 0°04' Moon-Neptune, and the Moon-Venus-Saturn-Neptune complex is dark.)
Venus MC 0°31'
Uranus Asc 2°31'
Moon & Neptune more widely foreground
-- Moon-Neptune co 0°04' M
-- Saturn-Neptune sq 0°31' p
-- Moon-Saturn sq 0°45' p
-- Venus-Saturn sq 1°59'
-- Moon-Venus sq 2°54'
-- Venus-Neptune 1°55' p

Bridge {+3}
t Pluto co Cansolar Asc 7/16-2/27
t Uranus op Cansolar MC 11/11-4/14
t Saturn co Capsolar Asc 9/18-1/9
Event window: Nov 11 to Jan 9

Quarter: Libsolar {+2}
Saturn EP-a 0°04'
Jupiter & Neptune barely angular
-- Jupiter-Neptune sq 1°25' M
Moon-Sun op 2°19'
Moon-Pluto sq 2°37'

Month: Caplunar {+2}
Mars Dsc 1°30'
Pluto, Moon, & Venus more widely angular
-- Mars sq Saturn 0°11' p
-- Moon-Vens co 0°56' M
-- Moon-Pluto co 2°05' M
-- Saturn-Pluto sq 1°21' p
-- Venus-Pluto co 3°01' M
-- Mars-Pluto op 3°07' M
-- Moon-Saturn sq 2°29' p
-- Venus-Saturn sq 2°52' p

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits {+2 / 0 = +2}
t Saturn co s Asc 0°12'
t Sun sq s Asc 0°53'
t Mercury sq s Asc 1°38'
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p EP-a co t Moon 0°09'

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {+3 / -1 = +3}
(Quake angles were within 0°03' of the Cansolar's angles)
t Pluto co s Asc 0°31'
t Uranus op s MC 0°59'
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p Asc op t Venus 0°40'

[Jim Eshelman]

The years-long Syrian civil war climaxed yesterday when the rebel forces - fairly quiet for months - took Damascus. Assad fled to exile in Russia. This followed Isarel's weakening of Hamas and Hezbollah, being claimed as a collapse of Iran's web of agents aimed at regional conquest.

Various times are floated in the astrological press. I suppose the announcement by the rebels that they had taken Damascus is the best in theory, though the whole was a process stretching over several hours (and, actually, days). But we can get the highlights:

The Capsolar, as usual, set the main trend for the year. Only Saturn is angular (1°40' from Dsc) in PVP square to Sun 0°11'. (This, of course, is not good for those in power.) Intriguingly, the Moon-Venus square the whole world got was only 0°11' wide in mundo in Damascus, showing end of the war. (There is also the worldwide Moon-Neptune square.)

The Libsolar isn't as obvious but, again, shows peace and a change of circumstances. Venus is 0°49' from IC, Uranus is 2°41' off MC, and they are in mundane opposition (along with a worldwide decisive Moon-Pluto square).

While the Caplunar is dormant, the Liblunar vaguely participates with a closely angular Sun (0°24' off MC but unaspected). Moon squares Pluto mundo and a widely foreground Jupiter squares a middleground Mercury. This isn't as satisfying a chart but, experience show, usually means that in a divided, polarized situation, somebody wins.

It did seem, though, that the rebels found their window - the sense that "now is the time." Does astrology back them up by showing that building conditions led to this opportunity?

Yes, the Cansolar transits provided the timing. Damascus Cansolar MC 9°34' Aries has been transited for days (within the usual 2° orb) by Mars, which reached its station Friday. Yesterday was also an exact Venus-Pluto conjunction exactly on Cansolar Descendant! Then, the Cansolar Quotidian brought ingress Jupiter to Descendant for the final victory of the people.

The Capsolar has no transits of note, although the Capsolar Quotidian shows the final push. For noon yesterday:

10°06' Cancer - CapQ Asc
10°59' Ari - Capsolar Jupiter
11°05' Can - t Mars

[Jim Eshelman]

December 4, 2024, 6:44 AM EST, New York, NY 40N45'46.2" 73W58'47.1"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Brian_Thompson

UHC CEO Brian Thompson's murder has become an explosive public event, unleashing (among other things) the accumulated rage people have toward the health insurance industry. Though I didn't initially think this was worth studying as a mundane event - more a personal event - I've changed my mind. I'm curious about the mundane significance shown by the charts converging on that time and place.

Event charts aren't usually too revelatory (maybe half the time or less), but for this kind of event one might expect otherwise. The clearest marker was that Sun was square Saturn 0°12'. Besides suggesting general tragedy, it specifically is negative toward those in authority. The 0°05' Mercury-Jupiter opposition is of equal interest. Then, at the moment of the shooting, Neptune was ready to cross IC.

Both the Capsolar and Cansolar have been dormant for NYC, which leaves only their Moon aspects to speak - and they are explicitly correct symbolism.

Year: Capsolar (Dormant.) Moon-Venus Moon-Neptune.
Year: Cansolar (Dormant.) Moon-Mars Moon-Uranus.

Bridge (None.)

Quarter: Libsolar {?? -1 ??}
Uranus Asc 0°08'
Venus Dsc 1°09'
Moon, Mercury, Pluto widely angular
-- Sun-Venus sq 0°07' p
-- Sun-Uranus sq 0°19' p
-- Venus-Uranus op 1°01' M
-- Moon-Pluto sq 2°37'
-- Mercury-Pluto sq 2°44' M
-- Moon-Mercury op 3°40' M
-- Sun-Pluto sq 2°53' p
Moon-Sun op 1°30' M

Month: Caplunar {+2 or +3}
Saturn N 1°15'
Mercury, Jupiter, & Neptune more widely angular
-- Mercury-Mars sq 1°10' p
-- Mercury-Neptune sq 1°25' M
-- Saturn sq middleground Uranus 2°11'
-- Neptune sq middleground Venus 2°23'
-- Jupiter-Pluto sq 1°25' p
-- Mars-Pluto op 2°35' p
Moon-Mars op 1°41' M
Moon-Pluto co 2°00' M

Week: Liblunar {+1}
Pluto EP 1°09'
-- Pluto op middleground Mars 2°28'
Moon-Mercury sq 1°10' M

Day: Capsolar Quotidian & Transits (Dormant.)

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits {0}
t Moon sq s Asc 0°12'
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p Asc sq p Moon 0°33'

Day: Arisolar Quotidian & Transits [+1 or +2}]
t Uranus sq s MC 0°24'
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p Asc sq t Neptune 0°18', s Neptune 1°35'
p MC op s Mercury 0°39', sq t Moon 0°55', sq p Moon 1°16'

Day: Libsolar Quotidian & Transits {+1 or 2 / -2 = 0}
t Mars op s Asc 1°51'
-- t Mars sq s Mercury 0°28'
t Uranus co s Asc 2°00'
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p MC sq s Jupiter 1°45'

My conclusion is that this is not a great showing overall. The setup starts OK, ironically with dormant solar ingresses - but their Moon aspects are exactly right. The Caplunar is also quite good. But the one viable solar ingress is wrong, the Week chart is a weak chart, and the daily findings are nearly absent: When symbolically right, they are weak, there aren't many in the first place, and some are wrong.

My conclusion is that this murder is not, after all, a mundane event - at least, not a convergence of the universe on that moment place. It was a personal event. -- However, it does seem to have launched a national reaction better told in charts for Washington. In that regard, I'd already written the following for this time period:

Transiting Mars remains conjunct Capsolar IC for Washington, DC through December 25. This weeks-long transit that began November 17 pivots around Mars' December 6 station (a day before Neptune's station). The entire time is volatile, especially because all lunar ingresses of the month suggest that the sound of war drums grows louder each week.

Pluto squares Ascendant in Washington, DC within 0°06'. This tells s bluntly that events of the next four weeks (and especially the first week) strike hard, landing with swift impact. Puto events stun the senses and halt the mind, at least for a moment, as it serves a mix of unprecedented conditions and irrevocable shifts. This is a more significant Caplunar than we have in most months.

We don't learn much else from the chart. Pluto does conjoin a middleground Venus (not too closely), which normally means irrevocable changes in relationships. In mundane astrology, that commonly means destabilizing foreign relations, especially with realignment of formal alliances and antipathies. Events can also have more personal (separation and loss) impact on individuals; but, this first week, the aspect is not too strong.