US forecast Aug 13 - Sep 9, 2019
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 8:25 pm
USA Mundane Forecast
for the four weeks beginning AUGUST 13, 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 (0°08' wide in RA). Sun-Uranus signals startling events such as surprise attacks, sudden changes in leadership, and technology breakthroughs.
URANUS forecasts explosions (literal or metaphorical), sudden rupture or eruption, shock, surprise, overflowing normal bounds, and revelations. Uranian events often define the character of an era. SUN concentrates attention on the government (especially the head of state) with 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 that create or enforce it (which sometimes means removing those in power).
MERCURY CONJOINS SATURN in the foreground. Expect restrictions, delays, failures, or calamity in transportation and communication. Information flow is interrupted or rationed. Data integrity is doubted: cybersecurity remains a higher priority than cyber-expansion. Economic narrowing and backtracking on recovery interrupt commerce. More newspapers and retail close their doors.
Reinforcing the message of economic crisis, MARS square JUPITER exists only mundanely: It is geographically distinctive to Washington. This could be as slight as further government shutdowns or as ravaging as a market crash, but probably will be something between. Resources are squandered, stretched past capacity. Belief-driven aggression accelerates. Bigots have louder voices. In nature, as in human affairs, expect stormy weather.
MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO anticipates collisions of information, communication, and ideas. Perhaps opponents in Congress will engage passionately again, unlike the tepid, rigid polarization of recent years. Investigations drill deeply into untapped data to disclose information that reframes how people think. Cyber attacks include remote undermining of critical communication and cyber-control networks.
With Saturn in Sagittarius all year, immigration, aviation, elitism, hierarchical economic separation, and nationalism (anti-internationalism) dominate the public discussion.
Arisolar (Apr 15)
As the July 17 Cansolar is dormant, the Arisolar remains the Quarter chart until mid-October. It shows great severity. Saturn rises within 0°02' in Washington. Pluto is 2°34' below Ascendant, with Saturn conjunct Pluto. Together, Saturn and Pluto PVP square Moon, with Moon-Saturn partile.
With SATURN RISING so closely, expect loss and deprivation, whether of property or human life. The stock market will falter and the economy narrow. Banks are imperiled. Damage from natural disasters increases. Foremost with this Moon-Saturn-Pluto trio, human cruelty rises, hearts harden, and sadness spreads like a dark cloud. Saturn-Pluto brings dramatic hardships with a sense of irrevocable loss or separation. Moon-Saturn means sacrifice, loss, and sadness. Moon-Pluto emphasizes separation, alienation, and departures. The emotional impact of genocide matches these aspects, though of course other physical outcomes are possible.
For the United States, the first consequence of the new Cansolar is that the 2018 Cansolar expires. It concentrated passionate waves of populism with an elevation of thriving unreason fueling herd-mind arousal, disorientation, and deception while undermining trust and confidence. These should abate now. New threats are sharper, more reality based: Cansolar Moon squares Uranus (0°19') for the world and Moon opposes Mars in mundo for Washington.
MEDIUM-TERM PATTERNS (The Bridge)
URANUS squares Cansolar and CanQ Moon (one or both of them at the same time) for the entire month. This signifies winds of change. Conditions rapidly shift. Something new is breaking the horizon. Though Uranus periods can include harsh, threatening disruption, we are slated to get the better side of Uranus this summer. Like other indications, this transit suggests that new technology startles us, changing more or less everything. (It's probably more than just the widespread dissemination of 5G.)
One indication that these are winds of positive change lies in an expiring progression. Last month's Cansolar has Venus opposite Saturn. On August 30 (about the time the Canlunar begins), that aspect leaves its 1° orb for the rest of the year. Great causes of sadness are lifted, matters that have driven families and communities apart end, and the figurative party that was over just might get going again. In brief, we're done with ugliness for a while.
Within all this, transiting Mars squares Cansolar Ascendant for a week, August 31 to September 6. This MARS-URANUS zone has the greatest potential explosive violence or sudden attacks. Drive carefully this Labor Day.
SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingress) PATTERNS
Caplunar (Aug 13)
The Caplunar covers August 13 to September 9, especially the first two weeks, August 13-27. Mars is 0°17' from IC. Jupiter and an afflicted Neptune are more widely angular. Moon makes her last conjunction with Pluto for a while. The month is heated and harsh with aggressive confrontation, yet with flamboyance, a bit of drama in the delivery, and more theater than seems safe in a time of threat.
Grandstanding aside, Mars foreground signals any number of hurtful events from fires to hurricanes to accidents. Violence can't be ruled out, though it seems harder to believe in the current climate. Congress is on late recess to escape the Washington heat. Next year's presidential race is well underway, so expect aggressive competitive showmanship. Errors come from excess and immoderation that disclose failing leadership.
CapQ MC squares MARS all week (exact 8/19), matching the Caplunar so closely that it takes little else to trigger fires or ignite a fight. On 8/13, CanQ EP conjoins Pluto.
Arilunar (Aug 20)
The Arilunar is dormant. The Caplunar flows through in full force.
MARS' angularity in the CapQ continues all week, softened by VENUS crossing CapQ angles beginning 8/23 and continuing until she exceeds Mars' strength 8/26-27. The Cansolar's MOON-URANUS square crosses CanQ angles 8/23. On the last day, 8/27, Cansolar VENUS-SATURN crosses the CanQ horizon, competing with the seeming contrary message of the CapQ Venus crossing.
Canlunar (Aug 27)
The Canlunar covers August 27 to September 2. Something has changed. There's a new order of things. Uranus alone is angular, 1°19' from Descendant and in 0°25' PVP square with Jupiter. If we don't literally have new leadership in one or another key government positions, we at least have a new leading spirit.
Uranus aspected by Jupiter anticipates ideological rebellion, both peaceful and violent, and remapping the larger social contract. Liberal social and political agendas demand wider horizons, expanded opportunities, civil liberties, and enhanced diversity. Invention, new technology and technological vision, futurism, and, more generally, “good science” engages popular imagination. One might hope this aspect means that political and thought leaders show more insight, resourcefulness, and ability to understand and manage complexity. At best, it expresses collective optimism and anticipation of good change. At its least, ideas along these lines are suddenly flying.
VENUS begins the week on CapQ IC. However, on 8/27, CanQ MC squares MARS with VENUS-SATURN still on the horizon. On 8/31, the Capsolar's exact JUPITER-NEPTUNE square crosses angles just as MARS crosses EP (and Pluto crosses CanQ Ascendant). It's a dramatic week!
Liblunar (Sep 2)
The Liblunar covers September 2-9. For all practical purposes, it is identical with the Canlunar but with slightly closer orbs. Uranus is 0°29' from Descendant in 0°57' PVP square with Jupiter. The interpretation is identical to that for the Canlunar.
JUPITER-NEPTUNE repeats its CapQ angularity 9/2 (this time without Mars). Transiting NEPTUNE crosses on its own 9/4 and 9/6 (each of these has a plus-and-minus two-day orb, so the effect is continuous most of the week).
for the four weeks beginning AUGUST 13, 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 (0°08' wide in RA). Sun-Uranus signals startling events such as surprise attacks, sudden changes in leadership, and technology breakthroughs.
URANUS forecasts explosions (literal or metaphorical), sudden rupture or eruption, shock, surprise, overflowing normal bounds, and revelations. Uranian events often define the character of an era. SUN concentrates attention on the government (especially the head of state) with 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 that create or enforce it (which sometimes means removing those in power).
MERCURY CONJOINS SATURN in the foreground. Expect restrictions, delays, failures, or calamity in transportation and communication. Information flow is interrupted or rationed. Data integrity is doubted: cybersecurity remains a higher priority than cyber-expansion. Economic narrowing and backtracking on recovery interrupt commerce. More newspapers and retail close their doors.
Reinforcing the message of economic crisis, MARS square JUPITER exists only mundanely: It is geographically distinctive to Washington. This could be as slight as further government shutdowns or as ravaging as a market crash, but probably will be something between. Resources are squandered, stretched past capacity. Belief-driven aggression accelerates. Bigots have louder voices. In nature, as in human affairs, expect stormy weather.
MERCURY CONJUNCT PLUTO anticipates collisions of information, communication, and ideas. Perhaps opponents in Congress will engage passionately again, unlike the tepid, rigid polarization of recent years. Investigations drill deeply into untapped data to disclose information that reframes how people think. Cyber attacks include remote undermining of critical communication and cyber-control networks.
With Saturn in Sagittarius all year, immigration, aviation, elitism, hierarchical economic separation, and nationalism (anti-internationalism) dominate the public discussion.
Arisolar (Apr 15)
As the July 17 Cansolar is dormant, the Arisolar remains the Quarter chart until mid-October. It shows great severity. Saturn rises within 0°02' in Washington. Pluto is 2°34' below Ascendant, with Saturn conjunct Pluto. Together, Saturn and Pluto PVP square Moon, with Moon-Saturn partile.
With SATURN RISING so closely, expect loss and deprivation, whether of property or human life. The stock market will falter and the economy narrow. Banks are imperiled. Damage from natural disasters increases. Foremost with this Moon-Saturn-Pluto trio, human cruelty rises, hearts harden, and sadness spreads like a dark cloud. Saturn-Pluto brings dramatic hardships with a sense of irrevocable loss or separation. Moon-Saturn means sacrifice, loss, and sadness. Moon-Pluto emphasizes separation, alienation, and departures. The emotional impact of genocide matches these aspects, though of course other physical outcomes are possible.
For the United States, the first consequence of the new Cansolar is that the 2018 Cansolar expires. It concentrated passionate waves of populism with an elevation of thriving unreason fueling herd-mind arousal, disorientation, and deception while undermining trust and confidence. These should abate now. New threats are sharper, more reality based: Cansolar Moon squares Uranus (0°19') for the world and Moon opposes Mars in mundo for Washington.
MEDIUM-TERM PATTERNS (The Bridge)
URANUS squares Cansolar and CanQ Moon (one or both of them at the same time) for the entire month. This signifies winds of change. Conditions rapidly shift. Something new is breaking the horizon. Though Uranus periods can include harsh, threatening disruption, we are slated to get the better side of Uranus this summer. Like other indications, this transit suggests that new technology startles us, changing more or less everything. (It's probably more than just the widespread dissemination of 5G.)
One indication that these are winds of positive change lies in an expiring progression. Last month's Cansolar has Venus opposite Saturn. On August 30 (about the time the Canlunar begins), that aspect leaves its 1° orb for the rest of the year. Great causes of sadness are lifted, matters that have driven families and communities apart end, and the figurative party that was over just might get going again. In brief, we're done with ugliness for a while.
Within all this, transiting Mars squares Cansolar Ascendant for a week, August 31 to September 6. This MARS-URANUS zone has the greatest potential explosive violence or sudden attacks. Drive carefully this Labor Day.
SHORT-TERM (Lunar Ingress) PATTERNS
Caplunar (Aug 13)
The Caplunar covers August 13 to September 9, especially the first two weeks, August 13-27. Mars is 0°17' from IC. Jupiter and an afflicted Neptune are more widely angular. Moon makes her last conjunction with Pluto for a while. The month is heated and harsh with aggressive confrontation, yet with flamboyance, a bit of drama in the delivery, and more theater than seems safe in a time of threat.
Grandstanding aside, Mars foreground signals any number of hurtful events from fires to hurricanes to accidents. Violence can't be ruled out, though it seems harder to believe in the current climate. Congress is on late recess to escape the Washington heat. Next year's presidential race is well underway, so expect aggressive competitive showmanship. Errors come from excess and immoderation that disclose failing leadership.
CapQ MC squares MARS all week (exact 8/19), matching the Caplunar so closely that it takes little else to trigger fires or ignite a fight. On 8/13, CanQ EP conjoins Pluto.
Arilunar (Aug 20)
The Arilunar is dormant. The Caplunar flows through in full force.
MARS' angularity in the CapQ continues all week, softened by VENUS crossing CapQ angles beginning 8/23 and continuing until she exceeds Mars' strength 8/26-27. The Cansolar's MOON-URANUS square crosses CanQ angles 8/23. On the last day, 8/27, Cansolar VENUS-SATURN crosses the CanQ horizon, competing with the seeming contrary message of the CapQ Venus crossing.
Canlunar (Aug 27)
The Canlunar covers August 27 to September 2. Something has changed. There's a new order of things. Uranus alone is angular, 1°19' from Descendant and in 0°25' PVP square with Jupiter. If we don't literally have new leadership in one or another key government positions, we at least have a new leading spirit.
Uranus aspected by Jupiter anticipates ideological rebellion, both peaceful and violent, and remapping the larger social contract. Liberal social and political agendas demand wider horizons, expanded opportunities, civil liberties, and enhanced diversity. Invention, new technology and technological vision, futurism, and, more generally, “good science” engages popular imagination. One might hope this aspect means that political and thought leaders show more insight, resourcefulness, and ability to understand and manage complexity. At best, it expresses collective optimism and anticipation of good change. At its least, ideas along these lines are suddenly flying.
VENUS begins the week on CapQ IC. However, on 8/27, CanQ MC squares MARS with VENUS-SATURN still on the horizon. On 8/31, the Capsolar's exact JUPITER-NEPTUNE square crosses angles just as MARS crosses EP (and Pluto crosses CanQ Ascendant). It's a dramatic week!
Liblunar (Sep 2)
The Liblunar covers September 2-9. For all practical purposes, it is identical with the Canlunar but with slightly closer orbs. Uranus is 0°29' from Descendant in 0°57' PVP square with Jupiter. The interpretation is identical to that for the Canlunar.
JUPITER-NEPTUNE repeats its CapQ angularity 9/2 (this time without Mars). Transiting NEPTUNE crosses on its own 9/4 and 9/6 (each of these has a plus-and-minus two-day orb, so the effect is continuous most of the week).