Category: Transits (Page 14 of 20)

Solar Eclipse in Virgo (14/10/2023)

04/10/2023 / adrian / 0 Comments

Visibility: USA, Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Brazil. Most of Central and South America will be able to see it, as well as most of the US in the beginning.

Solar Eclipse at 26° Virgo, Chitra Nakshatra

An important point when analyzing eclipses and their effects is to understand that, generally, places where the eclipse is visible will see more effects than places where no visibility happens. It is also important to understand that eclipses have long sprawling effects, instead of immediate ones. New Moons and Full Moons affect the weeks around them, indicating monthly trends; Solar Eclipses and Lunar Eclipses affect the months around them, indicating yearly trends. The effects discussed below are things that will tend to happen in the next 6 months.

This Solar Eclipse happens in Chitra nakshatra, a star ruled by Tvashtar, the celestial architect. It represents beauty, the search for perfection and complicated structures. This nakshatra is related to anything requiring complexity and refinement. It deals naturally with art, as well as the engineering of complex things, such as computer chips and electronics.

It will be the final Solar Eclipse of the Rahu/Ketu in Aries/Libra transit, as the nodes will shift into Pisces/Virgo in the end of October.

As seen in the chart above, the Solar Eclipse will form a quincunx (6/8) aspect to Uranus. With a challenging aspect to the planet of sudden changes, this signals a moment of forced change, pressure or unexpected issues. The energy of Virgo deals a lot with planning, organizing things, and this aspect shows things going against the plan. Wild cards forcing unexpected change. On that note, a big point of this Solar Eclipse will deal with unexpected obstacles, and forced change, coming into play because of it.

This Eclipse is the second of three Solar Eclipses visible from the US. With the first one being a Total Solar Eclipse in August 2017, and the third being a Total Solar Eclipse in April 2024.

For the US and North America in general, having these two Solar Eclipses (October/2023 and April/2024) so close-by denotes an eventful moment, a powerful moment for change. As I’ve discussed on the US Sade Sati transit, there is a lot of transformation indicated in the chart of the country at the moment. This doesn’t indicate the easiest time, as changing is never easy. But overall, I think that things will improve in the long term.

Looking at the specific timeline going on, I believe that some shocking event or transformation in regards to the US is bound to happen around late 2023 and early 2024. A strong change in direction could be enacted, specially on a diplomatic level.

Going back to the current Eclipse specifically, it will be visible from most of the Americas. The path of the Eclipse will go through the Amazon forest, so I believe that some change in regards to that region is very likely. In special, we could see increased pressure towards the governments and leaders of that region, some reversals or issues with agreements could arise out of this.

Pluto will go direct on October 10th, so this Solar Eclipse will happen with a strong Pluto energy in the air. Pluto is a planet that deals a lot with power and politics, so we could see some strong reversals or obstacles in regards to politicians and leaders. Things going against plan and creating trouble.

On a personal level, this is a great moment for structural changes in life. Organizing yourself better, making plans, finding new paths and solutions to things. Making life better, by solving a long-standing issue, figures strongly now. Letting go of shadows and masks is another theme, focusing more on our own development, rather than what others think/want for us.

Check my guide for Eclipses to understand how will the Eclipse affect you personally.

US Sade Sati transit

07/09/2023 / adrian / 0 Comments

Sade Sati refers to the 7.5 years that Saturn takes transiting around the Moon of a birth chart. Saturn takes 2.5 years in a sign, so counting the sign before the Moon, the sign of the Moon and the sign after we have a total of about 7.5 years. With the Moon being the most personal planet in a chart, ruling our mind and emotions, and Saturn being the planet of karma and the harshest malefic; this transit denotes a challenging time of inner crisis and emotional maturation for a native. For a country, this shows a similarly challenging time.

Saturn sign	Dates
Capricorn (12th from Moon)	24/01/20-28/04/22, 12/07/22-17/01/23
Aquarius (conjunct Moon)	28/04/22-12/07/22, 17/01/23-29/03/25
Pisces (2nd from Moon)	29/03/25-02/06/27, 19/10/27-23/02/28

The United States, with a Moon in Aquarius, has been going through Sade Sati since 2020 and will remain like this until about early 2028, when Saturn leaves the sign of Pisces. 2023 is an important year in the culmination of this transit, as Saturn will transit the Moon in its exact natal degree.

Saturn transiting the Moon shows the most intense phase of the transit, when a native feels the most pressure and restrictions. Similarly, a turbulent global situation, with challenges from China and Russia, has been afflicting the US specially hard this year.

Tr. Saturn conjunct natal Moon
19/03/23 D
01/10/23 ℞
06/12/23 D

D: refers to direct, ℞: refers to retrograde

As denoted in the table above, Saturn will join the Moon a total of three times in 2023. It is common for slower planets, such as Saturn, to make three hits to a point in a chart, as part of their retrograde cycle. Some astrologers attribute a meaning to each of the hits. With the first one being a warning, or the awareness of issues. The second one, retrograde, showing a crisis or a turning point. The last one showing the conclusion, or finalization, a time where a native learns or adjusts himself to the lessons of that transit.

March 2023, when the first hit happened, was about a year after the start of the Ukraine War. A conflict that, by what both sides claimed at the time, would last no more than a few months. And yet we’ve had the first anniversary, and we are almost reaching a second one.

The second hit will happen on October 1st, so events around mid September to early October will tend to express a turning point for the US. The third hit, on December, will show some kind of shift in thinking for the country.

Predictions

As always, I don’t like looking at things in a vacuum. So putting things into perspective, the last Sade Sati for the US happened around 1991 to 1998. At that time, the US faced terror attacks, the imminence of the dot-com bubble and other financial crisis, as well as conflicts abroad like Iraq. Overall, on that previous cycle, the US faced challenges but came out of it without many problems.

A big difference this time is that the US is going through its first Pluto return. A Pluto return is a transit that no person has ever lived. Pluto takes about 14 years transiting each sign, times all the twelve signs, that yields about 168 years for a return. So Pluto return is something that mostly affects large institutions, such as countries and corporations.

Pluto being the planet of transformation, his return signals a time of strong transformation. Along with that, the US is going through Rahu-Mercury dasha from 2023 until 2026, both planets sitting in the 8th house of transformation. Overall, the trend for the US seems a rebirth or redefinition of the country. A fresh start of sorts being formed between now and the coming years.

So in the longer term, there is a clear transformation happening for the US. New definitions, new ways and new directions will tend to arise out of this.

Looking at the Sade Sati itself, I tend to believe that Saturn in Pisces will be much tamer than Saturn in Capricorn/Aquarius, and even a bit positive for the country. With that, I tend to believe that positive change could arise around 2025.

For the short term, Saturn in Aquarius will tend to be turbulent, specially for the remaining of 2023. Challenges will continue to arise, morale will be low and things will tend towards a downturn.

I still tend to believe that, in the long term, the current challenges and problems faced will lead towards improvement. Even though things might seem down in the short term.