US forecast Mar 29 - Apr 25, 2019
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:22 pm
USA Mundane Forecast
for the four weeks beginning MARCH 29, 2019
If you are unfamiliar with the methods and interpretations of Sidereal mundane astrology, please see my free book Sidereal Mundane Astrology. (A link to the current edition can be found near the top of the Publications sub-forum.) For standard interpretations, see Chapter 8 of the current (16th) Edition.
LONG-TERM (Solar Ingress) PATTERNS
For the United States, the 12 months beginning January 15, 2019 are dominated by Uranus on IC square Sun on Eastpoint (aspect 0°08' wide in RA). Sun-Uranus signals startling events, which, historically, have included surprise attacks, sudden changes in leadership, and technology breakthroughs.
URANUS is most angular (2°36' from IC), predicting explosions (literal or metaphorical), sudden rupture or eruption, shock, surprise, overflowing normal bounds, and disclosures and revelations. Uranian events often have profound social impact to the point of defining the character of an era. SUN (EP 1°53') concentrates attention on the government, especially the head of state, with increased government intervention or heightened perception of government’s presence in people’s lives. Sun's aspects to Uranus and Pluto infer rebellion against present leadership and rejection of prevailing political views. Sun-Pluto brings disrespect for the law or those forces that create it and enforce it, which sometimes means removing those in power.
MERCURY CONJOINS SATURN (2°46') in the foreground. Expect restrictions, delays, failures, or calamity relating to transportation and communication. Information flow is interrupted and rationed. Data integrity is doubted: cybersecurity remains a higher priority than cyber-expansion. Economic narrowing and backtracking on economic recovery interrupt commerce: more newspapers go out of business and more retail businesses close their doors.
Reinforcing the message of economic crisis, a MARS-JUPITER square (2°07') exists only mundanely, i.e., is geographically distinctive to Washington. This could be as slight as a few more government shutdowns or as ravaging as a market crash, but probably will be something between. Resources are squandered and stretched past their capacity. Belief-driven aggression accelerates. Bigots have louder voices. In nature, as in human affairs, expect stormy weather.
MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO (2°32' in mundo) anticipates major collisions of information, communication, and ideas. This suggests opposing factions in Congress will again engage passionately, unlike the tepid, rigid polarization of recent years. Investigations drill deeply into untapped data to disclose information that changes the prevailing paradigm, reframing how people think. Also, expect cyber attacks, including remote undermining of critical communication and cyber-control networks.
With Saturn in Sagittarius all year, immigration, aviation, elitism, and hierarchical economic separation dominate headlines.
Arisolar (Apr 15)
Due to a dormant Cansolar in July, the Arisolar is the operative Quarter chart for six months, from mid-April until mid-October. It is a chart of great severity. Saturn rises within 0°02' in Washington. Pluto is 2°34' below Ascendant, so that Saturn conjoins Pluto within 2°32' in mundo. Together, Saturn and Pluto are PVP square Moon, with Moon-Saturn partile.
With SATURN RISING so closely, expect loss and deprivation, whether of property or human life. Expect the stock market to falter, the economy to narrow, and banks to be in trouble. Damage from natural disasters increases. Foremost, with Moon-Saturn-Pluto, cruelty rises as hearts harden and sadness spreads like a dark cloud.
Saturn-Pluto brings dramatic hardships, sometimes with an apocalyptic sense of irrevocable loss or separation. Moon-Saturn means sacrifice, loss, and sadness. Moon-Pluto, intensifying the rest, emphasizes separation, alienation, and departures. The emotional impact of genocide matches these aspects, though of course other physical outcomes are possible.
MEDIUM-TERM PATTERNS (The Bridge)
Pluto marks the entire month. For nearly all of it (specifically March 29 to April 22), Jupiter transits Cansolar IC providing a JUPITER-PLUTO zone. Under this dual influence, events assault existing value systems, ideologies, and the political and other power systems that support them. Attempts at political destabilization or overthrow may occur. Jupiter-Pluto can deliver a stunning blow to economic conditions and often foreshadows outlandishly freaky weather.
SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingress) PATTERNS
Canlunar (Mar 16)
The Canlunar covers March 16 to April 5. Freed from its partnership with last month's now-expired Caplunar, this ingress is not inherently threatening. It has the feel of wheeling and dealing, "doing business," all with drama and showmanship.
Angular Neptune signals extreme excitement, whether happy or unhappy: the insanity of a crowd, as at a major sports event, or acting as a mob: madness, panic, confusion, uncertainty, disorientation, and a gripping sense of, “So, what happens now?” Causes can be many, from natural disasters to changes in leadership (which stir doubt and uncertainty) or mobs of all types (mindless herd-torrents or waves of people driven by a shared vision).
Mercury square Jupiter makes negotiation a big part of the main event or its aftermath. "Good conversation" often themes this aspect, with topics from trade negotiations to diplomatic missions and important legal or judicial action. Often we see acute win-lose polarization going into the situation. As already mentioned, "deal making" is the mark of the day.
Just outside the foreground zone, Sun squares Saturn 0°08' a mundane aspect unique to the Washington area. This adds a somber, arduous, demanding note: Survival instincts are acute. Sun-Saturn often involves a threat to the head of government or circumstances worsened by government gridlock or lock-down.
The March 29 Caplunar is dormant, bringing only a further, universal Moon-Pluto conjunction (2°01'). Look for unusually happy news somewhere near the Kentucky-Tennessee border (unless the Venus-Jupiter intersection just means enormous rain). Mars strikes an arc through the non-coastal West from Washington to Arizona. New Orleans looks threatened (or at least troublesome) with a triple-angularity of Mercury, Mars, and Neptune. Sun square Ascendant exactly through New York City draws attention to that spot and (with Mercury-Neptune straddling the NYC MC) suggests negative market news for the month.
Quotidian Asc squares Saturn Mar 29-30, then Q angles hit Mars on Mar 31 and Apr 1. CapQ Asc squares transiting Saturn and Pluto Apr 3. CanQ Dsc crosses Saturn Apr 5.
Arilunar (Apr 5)
The Arilunar covers April 5-12. This exceptional chart, with exacting angularity and aspect orbs, boils down to unhappy, conflict-driving, damaging Mercury-themed events.
Mercury is 0°02' before IC and Mars 0°02' before Descendant. They are in 0°00' mundane square. Completing a three-dimensional configuration, Mercury on the meridian and Mars on the horizon square Saturn on the prime vertical. Finally, Neptune is 2° from IC, conjunct Mercury and square Mars. To Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune, add a Moon-Pluto square.
In broad terms, this shows very negative events with Mercury themes. Unfortunately, that description is quite broad: While the most likely results are deadly transportation accidents, it could be many things involving vehicles or communication such as a damaging document or a deadly act that employs or occurs on a vehicle (such as a car used as a weapon, a car bomb, or a violent attack on a moving vehicle). Mercury-Mars combinations are famous for binding keen tactical planning with aggression as in the launching of war or a tactically crafted mass killing. It is surely much more than someone's fiery, antagonizing speech, though that also would be in the spirit of the aspects.
Although the Mars-Saturn PVP square (1°07') opens the door to diverse severities, perhaps the most threatening aspect is the Mars-Neptune mundane square. This is an aspect of terror, sponsoring panicky, frightening conditions such as natural disasters, crises centered on national leaders, or financial panics. Mercury square Neptune, in contrast, is marked most by confusion and disorientation. (One type of event for which all these factors appear together is the detonation of bombs.)
Mars sets along the entire eastern seaboard, intersecting Mercury and Neptune most closely through Maryland and North Carolina. Mars squares MC roughly along the line of the Mississippi River, making its length (and a hundred miles or so on either side) another threatened region.
Q angles touch transiting Pluto and ingress Saturn Apr 4-5: These are hard days with losses. Q Asc conjoins ingress Uranus Apr 8 and transiting Uranus Apr 10.
Canlunar (Apr 12)
The Canlunar, covering April 12-19, is potentially devastating. Saturn (0°53') and Pluto (2°10') straddle IC, their midpoint 0°38' from the angle. Both square Sun (which squares MC), the Sun-Pluto square being a tight 0°22'.
Saturn-Pluto is harsh and savage, with a characteristic sense of irrevocable loss. With Sun's importance (by angularity and an 0°08' square to Moon) and close Sun-Pluto and Sun-Saturn aspects, this will be a week that deeply damages the presidency of Donald Trump. (Beginning April 15, the Arisolar duplicates the Saturn-Pluto symbolism.)
With Sun so strong, the three most common historic scenarios are: (1) a direct assault on the person and office of the president; (2) a high-impact assault on the United States originating from outside the country, targeting the government; or (3) a natural disaster that requires significant government intervention. Other specific events are possible, of course.
Transiting Saturn and ingress Pluto cross CapQ MC together Apr 13-14, then transiting Pluto on Apr 16. Ingress Sun-Uranus cross an angle Apr 17-18.
Liblunar (Apr 19)
The Liblunar covers April 19-25. This week, things get better. If the market was down, it now turns up. If people were sorrowful, their spirits start to lift. Where there was stress, then now is leisure. Where things were hard, they get easier.
All of this comes from a closely angular Jupiter and a more widely angular Venus. However, it falls under a severe Arisolar, so the new wave of comfort is restrained.
Moon squares Pluto closely and opposes Sun somewhat widely. Intensity and a need for self-examination continue, with focus on solar figures or other solar themes. Mundanely (but not ecliptically), Sun squares Saturn and Uranus squares Pluto, so the burdens and costs of governing remain active themes.
Pleasantness kicks off with CanQ MC conjunct transiting Venus Apr 19-21. Various Uranuses cross CapQ angles April 21-22. CanQ Dsc crosses Venus-Saturn and Saturn-Pluto Apr 23-24, the saddest days of the week (possibly centered near Boston).
for the four weeks beginning MARCH 29, 2019
If you are unfamiliar with the methods and interpretations of Sidereal mundane astrology, please see my free book Sidereal Mundane Astrology. (A link to the current edition can be found near the top of the Publications sub-forum.) For standard interpretations, see Chapter 8 of the current (16th) Edition.
LONG-TERM (Solar Ingress) PATTERNS
For the United States, the 12 months beginning January 15, 2019 are dominated by Uranus on IC square Sun on Eastpoint (aspect 0°08' wide in RA). Sun-Uranus signals startling events, which, historically, have included surprise attacks, sudden changes in leadership, and technology breakthroughs.
URANUS is most angular (2°36' from IC), predicting explosions (literal or metaphorical), sudden rupture or eruption, shock, surprise, overflowing normal bounds, and disclosures and revelations. Uranian events often have profound social impact to the point of defining the character of an era. SUN (EP 1°53') concentrates attention on the government, especially the head of state, with increased government intervention or heightened perception of government’s presence in people’s lives. Sun's aspects to Uranus and Pluto infer rebellion against present leadership and rejection of prevailing political views. Sun-Pluto brings disrespect for the law or those forces that create it and enforce it, which sometimes means removing those in power.
MERCURY CONJOINS SATURN (2°46') in the foreground. Expect restrictions, delays, failures, or calamity relating to transportation and communication. Information flow is interrupted and rationed. Data integrity is doubted: cybersecurity remains a higher priority than cyber-expansion. Economic narrowing and backtracking on economic recovery interrupt commerce: more newspapers go out of business and more retail businesses close their doors.
Reinforcing the message of economic crisis, a MARS-JUPITER square (2°07') exists only mundanely, i.e., is geographically distinctive to Washington. This could be as slight as a few more government shutdowns or as ravaging as a market crash, but probably will be something between. Resources are squandered and stretched past their capacity. Belief-driven aggression accelerates. Bigots have louder voices. In nature, as in human affairs, expect stormy weather.
MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO (2°32' in mundo) anticipates major collisions of information, communication, and ideas. This suggests opposing factions in Congress will again engage passionately, unlike the tepid, rigid polarization of recent years. Investigations drill deeply into untapped data to disclose information that changes the prevailing paradigm, reframing how people think. Also, expect cyber attacks, including remote undermining of critical communication and cyber-control networks.
With Saturn in Sagittarius all year, immigration, aviation, elitism, and hierarchical economic separation dominate headlines.
Arisolar (Apr 15)
Due to a dormant Cansolar in July, the Arisolar is the operative Quarter chart for six months, from mid-April until mid-October. It is a chart of great severity. Saturn rises within 0°02' in Washington. Pluto is 2°34' below Ascendant, so that Saturn conjoins Pluto within 2°32' in mundo. Together, Saturn and Pluto are PVP square Moon, with Moon-Saturn partile.
With SATURN RISING so closely, expect loss and deprivation, whether of property or human life. Expect the stock market to falter, the economy to narrow, and banks to be in trouble. Damage from natural disasters increases. Foremost, with Moon-Saturn-Pluto, cruelty rises as hearts harden and sadness spreads like a dark cloud.
Saturn-Pluto brings dramatic hardships, sometimes with an apocalyptic sense of irrevocable loss or separation. Moon-Saturn means sacrifice, loss, and sadness. Moon-Pluto, intensifying the rest, emphasizes separation, alienation, and departures. The emotional impact of genocide matches these aspects, though of course other physical outcomes are possible.
MEDIUM-TERM PATTERNS (The Bridge)
Pluto marks the entire month. For nearly all of it (specifically March 29 to April 22), Jupiter transits Cansolar IC providing a JUPITER-PLUTO zone. Under this dual influence, events assault existing value systems, ideologies, and the political and other power systems that support them. Attempts at political destabilization or overthrow may occur. Jupiter-Pluto can deliver a stunning blow to economic conditions and often foreshadows outlandishly freaky weather.
SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingress) PATTERNS
Canlunar (Mar 16)
The Canlunar covers March 16 to April 5. Freed from its partnership with last month's now-expired Caplunar, this ingress is not inherently threatening. It has the feel of wheeling and dealing, "doing business," all with drama and showmanship.
Angular Neptune signals extreme excitement, whether happy or unhappy: the insanity of a crowd, as at a major sports event, or acting as a mob: madness, panic, confusion, uncertainty, disorientation, and a gripping sense of, “So, what happens now?” Causes can be many, from natural disasters to changes in leadership (which stir doubt and uncertainty) or mobs of all types (mindless herd-torrents or waves of people driven by a shared vision).
Mercury square Jupiter makes negotiation a big part of the main event or its aftermath. "Good conversation" often themes this aspect, with topics from trade negotiations to diplomatic missions and important legal or judicial action. Often we see acute win-lose polarization going into the situation. As already mentioned, "deal making" is the mark of the day.
Just outside the foreground zone, Sun squares Saturn 0°08' a mundane aspect unique to the Washington area. This adds a somber, arduous, demanding note: Survival instincts are acute. Sun-Saturn often involves a threat to the head of government or circumstances worsened by government gridlock or lock-down.
The March 29 Caplunar is dormant, bringing only a further, universal Moon-Pluto conjunction (2°01'). Look for unusually happy news somewhere near the Kentucky-Tennessee border (unless the Venus-Jupiter intersection just means enormous rain). Mars strikes an arc through the non-coastal West from Washington to Arizona. New Orleans looks threatened (or at least troublesome) with a triple-angularity of Mercury, Mars, and Neptune. Sun square Ascendant exactly through New York City draws attention to that spot and (with Mercury-Neptune straddling the NYC MC) suggests negative market news for the month.
Quotidian Asc squares Saturn Mar 29-30, then Q angles hit Mars on Mar 31 and Apr 1. CapQ Asc squares transiting Saturn and Pluto Apr 3. CanQ Dsc crosses Saturn Apr 5.
Arilunar (Apr 5)
The Arilunar covers April 5-12. This exceptional chart, with exacting angularity and aspect orbs, boils down to unhappy, conflict-driving, damaging Mercury-themed events.
Mercury is 0°02' before IC and Mars 0°02' before Descendant. They are in 0°00' mundane square. Completing a three-dimensional configuration, Mercury on the meridian and Mars on the horizon square Saturn on the prime vertical. Finally, Neptune is 2° from IC, conjunct Mercury and square Mars. To Mercury, Mars, Saturn, and Neptune, add a Moon-Pluto square.
In broad terms, this shows very negative events with Mercury themes. Unfortunately, that description is quite broad: While the most likely results are deadly transportation accidents, it could be many things involving vehicles or communication such as a damaging document or a deadly act that employs or occurs on a vehicle (such as a car used as a weapon, a car bomb, or a violent attack on a moving vehicle). Mercury-Mars combinations are famous for binding keen tactical planning with aggression as in the launching of war or a tactically crafted mass killing. It is surely much more than someone's fiery, antagonizing speech, though that also would be in the spirit of the aspects.
Although the Mars-Saturn PVP square (1°07') opens the door to diverse severities, perhaps the most threatening aspect is the Mars-Neptune mundane square. This is an aspect of terror, sponsoring panicky, frightening conditions such as natural disasters, crises centered on national leaders, or financial panics. Mercury square Neptune, in contrast, is marked most by confusion and disorientation. (One type of event for which all these factors appear together is the detonation of bombs.)
Mars sets along the entire eastern seaboard, intersecting Mercury and Neptune most closely through Maryland and North Carolina. Mars squares MC roughly along the line of the Mississippi River, making its length (and a hundred miles or so on either side) another threatened region.
Q angles touch transiting Pluto and ingress Saturn Apr 4-5: These are hard days with losses. Q Asc conjoins ingress Uranus Apr 8 and transiting Uranus Apr 10.
Canlunar (Apr 12)
The Canlunar, covering April 12-19, is potentially devastating. Saturn (0°53') and Pluto (2°10') straddle IC, their midpoint 0°38' from the angle. Both square Sun (which squares MC), the Sun-Pluto square being a tight 0°22'.
Saturn-Pluto is harsh and savage, with a characteristic sense of irrevocable loss. With Sun's importance (by angularity and an 0°08' square to Moon) and close Sun-Pluto and Sun-Saturn aspects, this will be a week that deeply damages the presidency of Donald Trump. (Beginning April 15, the Arisolar duplicates the Saturn-Pluto symbolism.)
With Sun so strong, the three most common historic scenarios are: (1) a direct assault on the person and office of the president; (2) a high-impact assault on the United States originating from outside the country, targeting the government; or (3) a natural disaster that requires significant government intervention. Other specific events are possible, of course.
Transiting Saturn and ingress Pluto cross CapQ MC together Apr 13-14, then transiting Pluto on Apr 16. Ingress Sun-Uranus cross an angle Apr 17-18.
Liblunar (Apr 19)
The Liblunar covers April 19-25. This week, things get better. If the market was down, it now turns up. If people were sorrowful, their spirits start to lift. Where there was stress, then now is leisure. Where things were hard, they get easier.
All of this comes from a closely angular Jupiter and a more widely angular Venus. However, it falls under a severe Arisolar, so the new wave of comfort is restrained.
Moon squares Pluto closely and opposes Sun somewhat widely. Intensity and a need for self-examination continue, with focus on solar figures or other solar themes. Mundanely (but not ecliptically), Sun squares Saturn and Uranus squares Pluto, so the burdens and costs of governing remain active themes.
Pleasantness kicks off with CanQ MC conjunct transiting Venus Apr 19-21. Various Uranuses cross CapQ angles April 21-22. CanQ Dsc crosses Venus-Saturn and Saturn-Pluto Apr 23-24, the saddest days of the week (possibly centered near Boston).