Solunars by Aldebaran Sidereal Academy

Jan 28, 2017

I just read through the December 1941 issue of American Astrology - the mundane astrology sections - curious whether the forecasters of the day caught the attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of the United States into war.

They didn't. There was almost nothing related.

I found one reference to the president needing to require more aggressive attention toward the war in Europe from Congress. That seems way too little.

There was no mention of Japan at all. The attention was entirely ion Europe. Various mundane astrologers expected some major escalation in U.S. involvement the following April (1942), and there was mention of changes in the situation in Europe as of the prior September.

It's unclear that a Sidereal mundane astrologer would have done much better, but there were at least signs.

The Caplunar was dormant, so there was no new message until the November 29 Arilunar. The new ingress had a Saturn-Uranus conjunction rising, opposite Mercury - all very tight orbs - and then Pluto on IC a bit further away. This is at least tense, strained, with the possibility of Mercury calamities such as transportation disasters, or breakdowns in communications. Enough planets are there to trigger significant tragedy.

And surely this was set in motion; but this chart had expired by the time Pearl Harbor was attacked. As of two hours before sunrise in Washington on December 7, the Canlunar had come into play, and, though simple, it at least was stark: Saturn squares MC 0°05'. Uranus is on Westpoint 0°32', so it is startling. And we can expect that it is a matter of war because of a 0°26' Moon-Mars mundane square.

In the tense environment, this had sufficient information to lead to a prediction of a sudden, shocking, sad event with military implications. In the world climate of the time, I think the odds are pretty good that an entry into war, as a result of being attacked, would have been predicted.

This, of coure, is hindsight, but it's interesting to me to look.