September 2: The World Meteorological Organization (Saturn) reports that the number of weather disasters (Mars) – such as floods (Saturn) and heatwaves (Mars) – driven by climate change (Saturn) has increased fivefold during the past 50 years, killing more than two million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses. Progressed Mars was parallel birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and Mars was opposition Neptune in the sky.
After making landfall on August 29 Tropical Storm Ida (Saturn) lost its wind strength (Mercury) but held on to all the moisture (Moon) it picked up over the warm ocean water. As it moved north-east, it dumps 80mm of rain over New York City in one hour, causing flash flooding (Saturn-Uranus). Storm Ida has claimed at least 41 lives and millions are without power in Louisiana. Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was inconjunct Saturn in the Sun cycle.
The Caldor Fire (Mars) which broke out on August 14 in California is declared an emergency (Mars). The wildfire (Mars) has charred more than 82,500 hectares (204,000 acres) of drought-parched timber. Mars was opposition Neptune in the sky.
September 5: The Taliban (Pluto) takes complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan held by resistance forces, as it cements its control of the country. Progressed Mars was trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Special Forces soldiers (Mars) oust Guinea’s long-serving president, telling the nation they had dissolved its government and constitution and closed its land and air borders. The UN and US condemn the takeover (Pluto). Progressed Mars was trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
At least 50,000 farmers (Saturn) and their supporters gather in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to protest (Uranus) against new agriculture laws. Organisers describe the rally as the biggest protest since their movement began last November. Progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle; progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon and trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
September 6: There was dancing in the streets in Guinea after armed forces (Mars) arrested President Alpha Conde (Sun) and took control of the country. Coup leaders arrested politicians (Sun) and promised (Neptune) to set up a transitional national government (Sun). Progressed Neptune was parallel Sun in the Neptune cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon and trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
September 7: Myanmar’s shadow government declares a ‘people’s defensive war’ (Mars) against the country’s military (Mars), which seized power in a coup on February 1. Progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus and trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Afghanistan hundreds of protesters (Uranus) take to the streets of the capital Kabul chanting anti-Pakistan slogans and calling for ‘freedom’, a day after resistance leader Ahmad Massoud called for an ‘uprising’ (Uranus) against the Taliban rule. Progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Vietnam’s fourth wave of covid-19 (Saturn) turns the country’s containment of the virus from a success story to a nightmare as the daily death toll tops 13,000 and the case count surpasses 520,000. Everyone in the country is struggling to survive (Saturn). Progressed Saturn was parallel Mercury and Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle.
On the day that El Salvador adopts Bitcoin (Uranus) as its legal tender there’s a technological glitch (Uranus) and angry protests (Mars-Uranus) as the price of the cryptocurrency (Uranus) falls (Saturn) from $52,000 (£37,730) to under $43,000 at one point. The fall cost El Salvador one of Latin America’s poorest countries to lose $3m. Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
A new (Uranus) coronavirus (Saturn) variant – C.1.2 – has been identified in South Africa drawing attention from scientists due to the number and types of mutations it contains and the speed at which the mutations have occurred. Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle.
September 8: A fire (Mars) tears through an overcrowded jail block (house 12) in Indonesia’s Banten province killing at least 41 people and injuring dozens. Progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
September 11: The 20th anniversary of 9/11. See America’s chart progressed to September 11, 2001
Thousands of Catalans march through Barcelona calling for the region’s independence (Uranus) from Spain. Progressed Pluto was parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and the lunation is trine Uranus in the Moon cycle.
September 12: North Korea carries out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile (Mars) seen by analysts as possibly the country’s first such weapon with a nuclear capability (Pluto). Progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle; and the lunation is conjunction Mars in the Moon cycle.
September 13: Lawyers representing Prince Andrew challenge a US court’s (house 9) jurisdiction in a civil lawsuit (house 7) by Virginia Giuffre who has accused him of sexually assaulting her two decades ago, when she was 17. See Virginia Giuffre vs. Prince Andrew
September 15: North and South Korea test-launch ballistic missiles (Mars) in a display of their military assets. Progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
SpaceX’s first private flight launches into orbit with two contest winners, a healthcare worker and Jared Isaacman, their rich sponsor, on board. Progressed Moon was opposition birth chart Neptune in the Aquarian Age chart.
September 16: The US, UK and Australia announce a special security pact (Saturn-Pluto) – Aukus – to share advanced technologies (Uranus) including nuclear-powered (Pluto) submarine (Neptune) know-how. Progressed Pluto was parallel Mars, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Sun was sesquisquare Uranus in the Sun cycle.
September 17: France, in a protest response (Uranus) to Aukus, recalls its ambassadors in the US and Australia for consultations escalating the security (Saturn) pact row (Mars). Progressed Pluto was parallel Mars, Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
A US Central Command investigation finds that an aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in a drone strike on August 29 and not an Islamic States suicide bomber who posed an imminent threat to US troops at Kabul airport. The US describes the killing of 10 innocent people as a tragic mistake. Progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle. (On August 29 progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle; and Mars was opposition Neptune in the sky.)
The People’s Bank of China (Jupiter) adds 90 billion yuan ($14 billion) of funds into China’s banking system (house 2) in an attempt to avert a funding squeeze (Saturn) amid a seasonal rise in financing demand (Jupiter) and investor concern (house 8) over an intensifying debt crisis (house 8) at China Evergrande and the health of real estate and credit markets. Progressed Saturn was parallel Jupiter in the Saturn cycle > end date is December 26, 2021.
September 18: France is furious (Mars) with Australia and America. Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian describes the Aukus row (Mars) a ‘crisis’ in French, US and Australian (Pluto) relations. He told France 2 television: ‘There has been duplicity, contempt and lies – you can’t play that way in an alliance (Pluto)’. Progressed Mars was parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart > peak power date is November 21, 2021; progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle. Progressed Moon was opposition birth chart Neptune – planet of duplicity and lies – in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars is conjunction the lunation in the new Moon cycle.
September 20: European Union leaders rally behind France in its anger over a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Australia that was scuppered when Canberra signed up to a trilateral Asia Pacific security pact with the United States and the United Kingdom. AUKUS is a major geopolitical shift and the diplomatic-trade-submarine row it triggered keeps on escalating. See Australia’s chart progressed to September 16, 2021
Cryptocurrency (Uranus) prices slump (Saturn) as a broad selloff sparked by worries about contagion from China Evergrande Group sweeps through global markets. Evergrande shares plunge (Saturn) to their lowest in more than 11 years. Progressed Saturn was parallel Jupiter and Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle.
September 22: The World Health Organization warns that air pollution (Neptune) is more dangerous than previously thought. It says that an estimated seven million people die prematurely each year from diseases linked to air pollution. Progressed Neptune was inconjunct Moon and sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle.
September 24: Leaders (Sun) of US, India, Australia and Japan – Quad – gather at a White House summit (Pluto) as Joe Biden pushes to boost Indo-Pacific alliances. Climate change and covid (Saturn) were also on the agenda. Progressed Neptune was parallel Sun in the Neptune cycle; and progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
Young people (Mercury) around the world take to the streets to protest (Uranus) and demand urgent action (Mars) to avert disastrous climate change (Saturn). Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was square Mercury in the Mars cycle.
China bans all crypto transactions (Uranus) and vows to root out mining of digital assets, delivering the toughest blow yet to the industry. The People’s Bank of China (Jupiter) said on its website that cryptocurrencies (Uranus), including Bitcoin and Tether, are not fiat currency and cannot be circulated. Bitcoin slumped 8% in the wake of the announcement. Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and Uranus was in Taurus.
September 28: North Korea claims to have successfully tested a new hypersonic missile (Mars) – a strategic weapon called Hwasong-8. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was opposition Mars in the Mars cycle.
Thousands of women (Venus) demonstrate (Uranus) in several Latin American cities to commemorate the global day of action for access to safe (Saturn) and legal (Jupiter) abortion (Mars). Progressed Venus was trine progressed Uranus in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle.
United States Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Mark Milley (Mars) acknowledges a strategic failure (Mars-Saturn) led to the chaotic withdrawal of US troops (Mars) from Afghanistan. Progressed Mars was parallel birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was opposition Mars in the Mars cycle.
Russia records 852 coronavirus deaths (Saturn-house 8) its highest single-day death toll during a surge in infections (Mars) fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant and a stuttering mass vaccination drive. Progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle.
September 30: Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda are suffering food insecurity (Saturn); Britain is suffering a petrol shortage; across China there’s a shortage of electricity (Saturn-Uranus); and Lebanon has a shortage of everything. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Saturn was parallel Uranus in the Saturn cycle.
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