January 1, 2021: The covid-19 case count in America surpasses 20 million and the death count surpasses 350,000; over 200,000 new infections are being reported daily; the virus is raging across Britain and the government decides to close all primary schools in London for the next two weeks; and Israel is winning the competition to be the first nation to vaccinate its entire nations against covid-19. Progressed Saturn was parallel Mercury and Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Somalia nearly a million people displaced or isolated for months by the worst flooding (Saturn) in memory are now threatened by famine (Saturn). Progressed Saturn was parallel Mercury in the Saturn cycle.
Australia amends its national anthem replacing the words (Mercury) ‘young and free’ with ‘one and free’ amid calls to recognise that its Indigenous people are the oldest continued civilization in the world. Progressed Jupiter was conjunction Mercury in the Jupiter cycle.
The US congress overrides Donald Trump’s veto of a defense spending bill. Progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle; and progressed Jupiter was conjunction Mercury in the Jupiter cycle.
January 2: One hundred people are killed in attacks (Mars) on two villages in western Niger in one deadliest days of Islamist violence (Mars) in the country’s history. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
January 3: In an explosive phone call (Mars-Mercury) released (Uranus) by the Washington Post (Mercury) Donald Trump (Sun) pressures (Pluto) Georgia’s top election official to ‘find’ enough votes to overturn his defeat (Pluto) in the southern state. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; progressed Uranus was square Sun in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle. (In America’s chart progressed Moon was opposition Mercury and sesquisquare Uranus; and in Trump’s chart progressed Moon was square Uranus and semisquare progressed Midheaven.)
January 4: Iran’s government reports it has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility (Pluto) breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
Iran’ Revolutionary Guard seizes a South Korean flagged ship (Jupiter) in the Persian Gulf over alleged oil pollution and environmental hazards. Mars and Jupiter were square Uranus in the sky; progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Jupiter in the Sun cycle.
Covid-19: British PM Boris Johnson orders England into a new national lockdown (Pluto) to try to slow a surge in covid-19 cases (Saturn) that threatens to overwhelm parts of the health system. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; progressed Mars was square Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
January 5: At a Gulf summit the rulers (Sun) of Qatar and Saudi Arabia pledge solidarity (Pluto) to end a row (Mars) and strengthen an Arab alliance (Pluto) against Iran. In 2017 Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar accusing it of supporting terrorism. Progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
January 6: Insurrection Day in Washington; The headlines read: Violent pro-Trump mob storms Capital Building; Pro-Trump protestors storm US Capital with National Guard deployed; Mob storms Capital Building inflamed by angry Trump Speech; (and Washington in the final convulsions of Trump Era.) Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; in America’s Mars-Uranus conjunction chart Mars and Uranus are in house 11 (Congress); Saturn was square Uranus (radical conservatives) in the sky; progressed Mars was square Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
Meanwhile… Democrats take control of the senate with wins in Georgia run-offs; and 255,728 new cases of coronavirus are reported and 3,964 deaths.
Hong Kong police (Mars) arrest 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists (Aquarius) in the biggest crackdown (Mars) since China last year imposed a security law (Saturn) which opponents say is aimed at quashing dissent in the former British colony. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Saturn in the Mars cycle.
Covid-19: The total global cases count surpasses 87 million; and the UK reports 62,322 new cases and 1,041 deaths. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Saturn in the Mars cycle.
January 7: America is in state of shock (Uranus) after its earth-shaking moment when Donald Trump supporters stormed (Mars) the US Capital building; and Joe Biden says it is ‘totally unacceptable’ that police (Mars) showed more leniency than in Black Lives Matter protests (Uranus) last year. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
January 8: The events in America on January 6 dominate the world’s media. In an extraordinary development (Uranus) House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, writes to Army General Mark Milley (Mars), informing him: ‘The situation of this unhinged president could not be more dangerous, and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy.’ Pelosi informed members she had gotten assurances from General Milley that there are safeguards (Saturn) in place in the event Trump tried to launch a nuclear weapon. (What a relief.) And Twitter permanently suspends (Pluto) Trump ‘due to the risk (Mars) of further incitement (Uranus) of violence (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky and progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
Covid-19: The worldwide total case count surpasses 89 million; the United Kingdom records its highest daily death toll; London declares a major incident; the virus is out-of-control there and the city is at crisis point. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Northern Cameroon 13 people, fleeing an attack, are killed when a suicide bomber (Mars-Uranus) blows herself up. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars and Pluto in the Sun cycle.
In Gambia, authorities seize nearly three tonnes of cocaine (Neptune) in one of the largest ever busts in West Africa. Progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was sextile Neptune in the Sun cycle.
January 9: An Indonesian plane (Neptune) crashes into the sea after taking off from Jakarta on a domestic flight with 62 people on board. Progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Delhi, India’s farmers (Saturn) maintain their protest (Uranus) against Modi’s new government farm policies. Progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: Around the globe countries and cities are introducing lockdowns and curfews; countries in South America are experiencing a second wave with the virus surging out of control; the UK’s total death count surpasses 80,000; and the case count in America is surging with over 300,000 new cases recorded each day. Progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
January 11: Democrats in the US Congress introduce an article of impeachment (Pluto) against President Donald Trump accusing him of ‘incitement to insurrection’ (Mars). Mars was conjunction and parallel Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
Pope Francis (Jupiter), in a step towards greater equality for women (Venus) in the Roman Catholic Church (Jupiter), changes (Uranus) church law (Jupiter) to allow women to read the Gospel (Jupiter) and serve on the alter as Eucharistic ministers. Progressed Jupiter was sextile birth chart Venus in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was square Uranus in the sky.
After rising sharply over the last month the value of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin (Jupiter) drops 21% (Saturn) in the biggest two-day slide since March 2020. Jupiter was square Uranus in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Jupiter in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Jupiter in the Sun cycle.
January 12: US political crisis: Vice President Mike Pence rejects calls to use the 25th Amendment to oust Trump; Trump’s iron grip on his party is weakening as at least four Republicans say they would join Democrats in voting to impeach him over the attack on the US Capitol; the US military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (Mars) put out a rare message to service members saying the violent riots last week were an assault on America’s constitutional process and against the law; and the FBI is rounding up the extremists who stormed the Capital Building on January 6. Mars was conjunction and parallel Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was conjunction Mars in the Sun cycle.
Covid-19: According to nCoV2019.live the total global case count surpasses 92 million and the total death count exceeds 1,970,000; and the pandemic has reached a crisis point in America, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Japan and Malaysia with many countries declaring states of emergency. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
January 13: The US House of Representatives (house11) votes 232-197 to impeach Donald Trump for the second time. Progressed Sun was semisquare progressed Pluto in America’s chart; and Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Israel launches more than 18 attacks (Mars) against Iranian-linked targets in Syria near the main border crossing to Iraq killing at least 10 Syrian soldiers and 47 allied fighters in the deadliest raid since 2018. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Italy’s former premier Matteo Renzi pulls his small party out of government, stripping the ruling coalition of its parliamentary majority and triggering political chaos. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: America and the UK report record numbers of deaths; Britain has the highest death toll in Europe with nearly 85,000; Spain reports a record 38,869 new cases; Indonesia reports a record 11,278 new cases and 306 deaths; Mainland China reports 115 new cases; Japan’s government expands its state of emergency to seven prefectures; The Philippines and Taiwan report their first case of the new variant of SARS-CoV-2; and the World Health Organization says that the infectious mutation of the novel coronavirus first recorded in the United Kingdom last month has spread to dozens of countries; and that the second year of the covid-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate. Mars was square Saturn and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky.
January 14: Forty-six civilians (Moon) are reported killed in an attack (Mars) by suspected Islamist militants (Mars) on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Moon in the Mars cycle.
The journal Science Advances reports that archaeologists (Uranus) have discovered (Uranus) the world’s oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
According to international data compiled by the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) global temperatures in 2020 were among the highest on record; so the United Nations warns the world is on course for a ‘catastrophic’ (Mars) temperature rise this century. Mars was square Saturn and conjunction Uranus in the sky.
January 15: At a parade North Korea displays what it claims to be the ‘world’s most powerful weapon’ – a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
At least four Pakistani soldiers (Mars) are killed in two separate clashes (Mars) with Indian troops in what Pakistan describes as an ‘unprovoked’ violation of the 2003 ceasefire agreement in the Dewa sector, a de facto border that divides the disputed Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Tunisian police (Mars) fire tear gas to disperse protesters (Uranus) in the northern city of Siliana after a policeman beat a shepherd in an incident that sparked anger, as the country celebrates the tenth anniversary of the transition to a full democracy. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
The Dutch government (Sun) resigns after thousands of families (Moon) were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay money back. Progressed Sun was square Moon in the Aquarian Age chart.
At least 42 people are killed and more than 600 injured after a magnitude 6.2 earthquake (Saturn) struck and toppled buildings in Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island. Progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
Covid-19: The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpasses 2 million. It took nine months for the world to record the first 1 million deaths and three months to go from 1 million to 2 million deaths illustrating an accelerating rate of fatalities. So far in 2021, deaths have averaged over 11,900 per day or one life lost every eight seconds, according to Reuters. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
January 16: All 50 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) are on alert for possible violent protests (Mars-Uranus) ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Austria thousands of people march through Vienna to protest (Uranus) against coronavirus restrictions (Saturn-house 12). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
Covid-19: India launches the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drive aiming to inoculate about 300 million people by July; and emergency supplies of oxygen and respirators arrive in the Brazilian jungle state of Amazonas as the military and neighboring Venezuela scramble to alleviate an unfolding humanitarian crisis. Mars was conjunction Ur anus in the sky.
January 17: Putin critic and political activist Alexei Navalny (Uranus) is detained by police (Mars) after flying back to Moscow from Germany, five months after he was nearly killed by a nerve agent attack. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and Sun was square Mars and Uranus in the Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
Unidentified gunmen (Mars) killed two female judges (Jupiter) from Afghanistan’s Supreme Court adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities. Jupiter was square Uranus in the sky; Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and Jupiter was square Mars and Uranus in the Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
A caravan of around 8,000 Honduran migrants fleeing poverty (Saturn) and violence (Mars) and bound for America (Uranus) clashes with Guatemalan security forces (Mars) who use sticks and tear gas to block its entry into Guatemala. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and Saturn was square Mars and Uranus in the Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
Tens of thousands of protesters (Uranus) march across France to denounce a security bill (Saturn) that would restrict the filming of police (Mars) and posting of images on social media. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Covid-19: America is reporting over 220,000 new infections everyday; its total cases count surpasses 24 million; and Portugal’s health system is on the brink of collapse as covid cases surge. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
January 18: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warns that the world is on the brink of ‘catastrophic moral failure’ (Mars-Saturn) because of the unequal distribution of Covid vaccines. He said it was not fair for younger, healthy people in richer nations to get the jab before vulnerable people in poorer states. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky.
In America extraordinary security measures (Saturn-Uranus) are in place for Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky and in the Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
Tunisia deploys military units (Mars) to help quell days of social unrest (Uranus) that saw violent protests (Mars-Uranus) by young people in various cities demanding the release of hundreds of people arrested by police (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: Vaccination programs are being rushed out as new variants of the virus are emerging and spreading rapidly. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Uranus in the Mars cycle.
January 19: Iran’s army conducts another drill along the country’s southern coasts days after the United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Middle East. It was the fifth military show in two weeks as the army’s ground forces held land, air, and sea war games along the coast of Makran and the Sea of Oman. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
Covid-19: America’s death count officially surpasses 400,000; the UK reports a record 1,610 deaths; vaccination programs are being raced out around the globe; Germany and Israel are extending lockdowns; health officials in Germany are investigating a new strain of coronavirus that was discovered in the southern state of Bavaria; and there’s mounting global concern over emergent virus variants, at least two of which – one first found in the United Kingdom and another recorded initially in South Africa – are hastening the spread of the pandemic. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; progressed Saturn was semisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was conjunction Saturn in the Sun cycle.
January 20: Amidst a powerful show of force in America Joe Biden is sworn in as president and Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice-president. It signaled big change. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Venus and Saturn in the Sun cycle.
China imposes sanctions (Saturn) on Mike Pompeo and 27 other Trump officials. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was conjunction Saturn in the Sun cycle.
In Madrid, Spain an explosion (Mars) caused by a gas leak (Neptune) kills at least three people and injures 11 others. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
January 21: In Iraq’s first big suicide bombing (Mars-Uranus) in three years at least 32 people are killed when two men blow themselves up in a crowded Baghdad market; in eastern Ukraine at least 15 people are killed and 11 injured in a blaze (Mars) that tore through a residential home for the elderly; and five people are killed in a fire at the site of the world's largest vaccine producer in western India. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Mongolia's Prime Minister, Khurelsukh Ukhnaa (Sun) resigns a day after thousands protested (Uranus) in the capital Ulaanbaatar over the heavy-handed treatment (Mars) of a coronavirus-infected mother (Moon) and her newborn baby. Sun was square Mars and Uranus in the in-sky Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
Covid-19: Portugal, Spain and Indonesia report record numbers of deaths. Progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 22: The Treaty (Jupiter) on the Prohibition (Pluto) of Nuclear Weapons (Pluto) comes into force, banning the development, testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons in 51 countries. It was not endorsed by the world’s major nuclear powers. Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle; and Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In America: House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi informs the Senate she will transmit the House’s article of impeachment of Donald Trump to the Senate on January 27; and his second impeachment trial will commence February 9, 2021. In Trump’s chart progressed Moon will be square progressed Uranus and on February 7 progressed Moon moves to form a square aspect with birth chart Sun (his significance) in house 10 (his honor/credit-dishonor/discredit) – activating their birth chart opposition; and the first Saturn-Uranus square aspect in the sky is at peak power on February 17.
Covid-19: A variant of the novel coronavirus already accounts for about half of the new infections in the Brazilian Amazonian city of Manaus, raising concerns about its greater risk of spread; British PM Boris Johnson says the new English variant of covid-19 may be associated with a higher level of mortality; Pfizer commits to supply up to 40 million doses of its covid-19 vaccine this year to a World Health Organization-backed effort to get affordable shots to poor and middle-income countries; and AstraZeneca Plc informs European Union officials it would be cutting deliveries of its covid-19 vaccine to the bloc by 60% to 31 million doses in the first quarter of the year due to production problems. Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 23: Police (Mars) detain more than 3,000 people and use force (Mars) to break up rallies across Russia as tens of thousands of protesters (Uranus) demand the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny; and hundreds of people march through central Tunis in protest (Uranus) against inequality and police brutality (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
China passes a law (Jupiter-house 9) that for the first time (Uranus) explicitly allows its coast guard to fire (Mars) on foreign vessels (Jupiter). Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: Portugal reports a record daily death toll of 274 and more than 15,300 new cases; its health system is near collapse as covid cases surge; it now has the world’s highest seven-day rolling average of new cases and deaths per capita. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 24: Taiwan (for the second day running) reports a large incursion by 15 Chinese warplanes (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Western Sahara’s pro-independence Polisario Front (Uranus) bombards (Mars) the Guerguerat buffer zone under Moroccan control in the far south of the desert territory with four rockets (Mars) escalating tensions. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Dutch police (Mars) arrest, Chinese born Canadian national, Tse Chi Lop, the alleged leader of one of the world’s biggest drug rings (Neptune). In the in-sky Mars-Uranus conjunction chart Mars and Uranus were semisquare Neptune.
Israel bans all international flights (Neptune-house 9) to curb the spread of the coronavirus (Saturn). Progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
Dutch police (Mars) use water cannon and dogs against anti-lockdown protesters (Uranus) in central Amsterdam and Eindhoven. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and Mars was semisextile Mars in the Mars cycle.
Covid-19: The United States registers more than 25 million confirmed coronavirus cases; Mexico’s death toll surpasses 150,000; and Egypt begins its covid-19 vaccination drive with frontline medical staff. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
January 25: Tens of thousands of Yemenis march in Sanaa to condemn the United States for labelling the Iran-aligned Houthi movement a terrorist group (Pluto) and backing the Saudi-led military coalition (Mars-Pluto) it’s battling (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
After making landfall in central Mozambique on January 23 storm Eloise (Saturn) continues to dump rain across parts of southern Africa. Heavy winds, rain and flooding (Saturn) have destroyed buildings, drowned crops and displaced thousands. The death toll stands at 13. Progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
The article of impeachment (Jupiter-house 9) for former US President Donald Trump is brought to the United States Senate, officially triggering the trial, scheduled to begin on February 8. Mars was square Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Sun was conjunction Jupiter in the new Moon cycle.
Researchers report that almost half a million people have been killed in natural disasters (house 4) linked to extreme weather events (Saturn-Uranus) in the last 20 years, with the world’s poorest countries (Saturn) increasingly bearing the brunt of the climate emergency. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: According to nCoV2019.live the total global case count surpasses 100 million. Progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 26: On India’s Republic Day tens of thousands of protesting (Uranus) farmers (Saturn) drive into the capital Delhi on tractors (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky.
On Australia Day thousands of people defy public health concerns to protest (Uranus) against the celebration and the mistreatment of Indigenous people. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was square Uranus in the new Moon cycle.
In a deepening political crisis (Sun) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (Sun) hands in his resignation to the head of state. Progressed Sun was square birth chart Moon in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Uranus was square Sun in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Sun was square Uranus in the new Moon cycle.
More than 300 top shipping, mining and trading companies (house 10-Jupiter-Saturn) plan to work together to help (Jupiter) hundreds of thousands of merchant sailors (Jupiter-Mars) stranded on ships (Jupiter) for many months due to the covid-19 crisis. Mars was square Jupiter in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Jupiter in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was conjunction Jupiter in the new Moon cycle.
Covid-19: Britain’s death toll surpasses 100,000; Indonesia’s case count surpassed one million; Thailand reports a record of 959 new cases; the United Arab Emirates reports a record 3,601 new cases; Portugal reports a record 291 deaths; and Ireland extends its level 5 lockdown restrictions until March 5. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 27: In Lebanon, hundreds of angry protestors (Mars-Uranus) take to the streets of Tripoli for the third straight night to denounce harsh living conditions and meagre government aid during a strict coronavirus lockdown. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky and the Mars cycle chart.
In western Cameroon at least 53 people are killed and 29 others are wounded when a bus and truck collide (Mars). Both vehicles were engulfed in flames (Mars). Progressed Mars was conjunction Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Wall Street falls 2.0% (Saturn) and becomes dysfunctional as a battle (Mars) between tech-savvy day traders (Uranus) and big hedge funds (house 5) takes an unexpected turn (Uranus) when shares in GameStop and AMC Entertainment soar to astronomical levels and then fall after a discussion forum on the Reddit website closes its doors. Trading in both companies was halted and when the Reddit forum reopened and trading resumed the share prices took off again. TD Ameritrade, a leading trading platform, took the unusual step (Uranus) of imposing restrictions (house 12-Saturn) on both stocks, citing ‘an abundance of caution (Saturn) amid unprecedented market conditions (Uranus).’ Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
Covid-19: Britain is in mourning; and there are vaccine production problems and reduced vaccine supplies. Progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
January 28: China warns Taiwan that ‘independence (Uranus) means war (Mars)’ and that its recent military activities (Mars) were a response to provocation and foreign interference. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky and the Mars cycle.
Covid-19: The race to immunise the global population is on the way; the EU and Britain are squabbling over vaccine supplies; the virus is rampaging through Portugal and Brazil; and health officials in the US state of South Carolina report that the new South Africa variant of the coronavirus has been detected in two people in the United States. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
January 29: Covid-19 – the second wave of coronavirus (Mars conjunction Uranus in the sky in January 2020) is worse than the first (Mars conjunction Saturn in the sky in March 2020); hundreds of millions of people are suffering due to the incompetence of their leaders (progressed Sun was square Moon in the Aquarian Age chart: there are production problems and major shortfalls with covid vaccines (progressed Neptune was square Saturn in the Neptune cycle); and with progressed Neptune square Mars in the Neptune cycle starting today an outbreak of vaccine wars is set to erupt.
January 30: Protesting farmers (Uranus)-Saturn) in India begin a one-day hunger strike (Uranus) as the government blocks internet services (Pluto) in several areas around New Delhi. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was sextile Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
Several thousand people march through cities across Poland in a third day of protests (Uranus) against a near-total ban on abortion the conservative government introduced; and hundreds of people rally in several French towns and cities in protests (Uranus) called by anti-capitalist and environmental groups (Saturn-Pluto) against e-commerce giant Amazon. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was sextile Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
A suicide bomber (Mars-Uranus) drives a vehicle loaded with explosives (Mars) into a base for Afghan defence forces in the country’s east, killing at least eight security personnel; and at least five people are killed and scores wounded when a car bomb detonates (Mars-Uranus) in the northern Syrian town of Afrin. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Covid-19: After two weeks in quarantine a World Health Organization-led team starts its investigation into the origins of covid-19; France is closing its borders; and Indonesia records 14,518 new cases. Progressed Saturn was conjunction Uranus in the Saturn cycle.
January 31: Police (Mars) detain at least 5,000 people across Russia as thousands of protesters take to the streets demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Aleksey Navalny; and hundreds of Tunisians march in the capital to protest (Uranus) against police abuses (Mars) they say are endangering freedoms won in the 2011 revolution that swept away authoritarian rule. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was conjunction Uranus in the Saturn cycle.
Covid-19: According to nCoV2019.live the total global case count surpasses 102 million and the death count tops 2.2 million; in Vienna thousands of people (Uranus) protest against coronavirus restrictions (Saturn-house12); and in Budapest hundreds of people protest against coronavirus lockdown measures. Progressed Saturn was conjunction Uranus in the Saturn cycle.
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