January 1: Germany pulls the plug on three of its last six nuclear power stations as it withdraws from nuclear power (Pluto) and turns its focus to renewables. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
The United States cuts Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from access to a duty-free trade program (Jupiter) over alleged human rights violations (Pluto) and recent coups (Mars-Pluto). Progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
Progressed Saturn parallel Moon in the Saturn cycle puts a dampener on New Year’s celebrations; and America, France, Portugal, India and Australia start 2022 reporting record daily covid-19 (Mars) case numbers. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
January 2: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (Sun) resigns less than two months after being reinstated as part of a political agreement with the military (Mars). Progressed Sun was square Moon and progressed Moon was parallel birth chart Sun in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
January 3: Turkey’s annual inflation rate (Neptune) surges to 36.1% its highest in 19 years. Consumer prices rose by 13.58% in December > progressed Moon was opposition progressed Neptune in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Neptune was inconjunct Moon, square Mars and Saturn in the Neptune cycle. The Neptune discord also saw airlines cancelling thousands of flights over Christmas-New Years due to staffing problems with crew quarantining with covid.
A US jury finds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring (house 12) to defraud (Neptune) investors (Neptune-house 8) in the blood testing startup, convicting her on four of 11 counts. The bigger than big fraud case (Neptune) went to trial in September 2021 with progressed Moon opposition birth chart Neptune in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Neptune sesquisquare Pluto (crime) in the Neptune cycle. It ended and she was found guilty with progressed Moon opposition progressed Neptune in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Neptune inconjunct Moon in the Neptune cycle; and Mars square Neptune in the sky.
January 4: America reports a daily record of 1,082,549 new covid cases and the death toll surpasses 800,000. Progressed Saturn was parallel Moon in the Saturn cycle.
January 5: In Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (Sun) declares a two-week state of emergency (Mars) after protests (Uranus-Pluto) over a sharp rise in fuel prices (Jupiter) escalate into violence (Mars) in the nation’s biggest city Almaty and the western Mangistau province. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
North Korea tests a hypersonic weapon missile (Mars) that successfully hits its target. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
January 6: A countrywide uprising (Uranus) in Kazakhstan erupts into violence (Mars) in the main city Almaty. Troops (Mars) and protestors (Uranus) clash > dozens of rioters and 18 security force personnel are killed > homes and cars are burned (Mars) > and Russia sends in paratroopers (Mars) to quell the unrest (Uranus). Mars was parallel Pluto and square Neptune in the sky; Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
January 9: An apartment building fire (Mars) in The Bronx borough of New York claims 19 lives with dozens more injured. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was inconjunct Sun in the Mars cycle.
January 11: The highly contagious Omicron variant of covid-19 is racing across Europe; hospitalizations in America reach a daily record with 132,646 people hospitalized; and a third city in China goes into lockdown with about 20 million people confined to their homes. Mars was square Neptune and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Neptune in the Mars cycle.
European Union scientists report that 2021 was the world’s fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs. The hottest years on record were 2020 and 2016.
January 13: In the US Judge Lewis A Kaplan rules that Prince Andrew must face Virginia Giuffre’s sex abuse lawsuit. It means the case could be heard in court later this year. Then his military affiliations and Royal patronages were returned to The Queen. Andrew will no longer use the title ‘His Royal Highness’ in any official capacity and his other roles would be distributed among other members of the Royal family. He will defend the case as a private citizen. See Andrew’s chart progressed to January 13, 2022
January 14: Ukraine is hit by a massive cyberattack (Mars-Pluto) warning its citizens to ‘expect the worst’. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers (Jupiter) gather on the banks of the Ganges River for a holy bathe despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases (Mars) in the past month. Hindus believe a bathe in the holy river on the Makarsankranti festival washes away sins. Progressed Mars was semisextile Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
Parts of Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brazil and Paraguay have been setting record-high temperatures (Mars) as the region swelters under a historic heatwave (Mars). Many towns have posted their highest temperatures since record-keeping began, with some zones heating up to 45C (113F), according to the weather service. Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky.
January 15: Parts of the Tongan capital Nuku’alofa suffer ‘significant’ damage in a powerful underwater volcanic eruption (Mars-house 4) that triggered a tsunami warning. With phone and internet connections (Pluto) down Tonga’s 105,000 residents are virtually unreachable. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Pluto in the Mars cycle.
January 17: At least seven protestors (Uranus) are killed as thousands demonstrate against military rule (Mars) in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum. Progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus in the sky.
A huge winter storm (Saturn) brings snow and ice across the US, triggering weather warnings in states stretching from Mississippi to Maine, snarling travel and leaving at least 130,000 people without power (Uranus). Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was sesquisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
January 19: A diverse set of corporate earnings and investor (Neptune-house 8) worry about higher US Treasury yields and the US Federal Reserve tightening monetary policy have seen stocks (Neptune-house 5) get off to a rocky start in 2022; and robust demand and falling global stockpiles have seen the price of oil (Neptune) hit a fresh 7-year peak. Progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle > peak power date is February 11.
January 20: The metaphorical Doomsday Clock, which symbolises how close humans are to extinction, remains alarmingly close to midnight – at 100 seconds – for the third year, with scientists warning against the threats of nuclear war, climate change and deadly diseases. Progressed Mars was parallel Saturn, Uranus and Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart.
Joe Biden’s first year in office was a rough tumultuous road – Afghanistan, Delta, (Saturn) Omicron (Saturn), the economy and conservative obstructionism (Saturn) – and in August 2021 his approval rating fell to an historic low and it’s been at 42% or 43% ever since. In his chart progressed Midheaven (his popularity and reputation) was opposition birth chart Saturn – the coronavirus pandemic – in house 7 (war, other countries). It reached peak power in August 2021 and ends August 2022.
January 21: Weeks of diplomatic talks (Jupiter) aimed at averting a Russian invasion (Mars) of Ukraine and threats (Pluto) warning Russia of dire consequences if it does have achieved next to nothing (Neptune). Jupiter was sextile Uranus in the sky; and progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle.
In Yemen at least 70 people are killed in a Saudi-led coalition (Pluto) air raid (Mars-Neptune) on prison (house 12) in the northern city of Saada, with dozens of others wounded. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle.
Netflix shares (Neptune) tumble 21.8% after the streaming giant forecast weak subscriber growth. Progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle.
January 24: Burkina Faso’s army (house 6) deposes President Roch Kabore (Sun), suspends the constitution, dissolves the government and the national assembly, and closes the country’s borders. It was a non-violent takeover and those detained are in a secure (Saturn) location. Progressed Mars was semisextile Saturn in the Mars cycle. In Burkina Faso’s Mars cycle chart Mars is in house 6 – the country’s army.
January 25: Russia continues its troop buildup (house 6) on its border with Ukraine; the EU group of countries (Pluto) are standing firm in their resolve to support Ukraine; everyone is threatening sanctions (Pluto) against Russia’s dictator, Vladimir Putin; the US warns (Pluto) Belarus against helping Russia invade Ukraine; Volodymyr Zelenskyy tells his nation that ‘everything is under control, there is no reason to panic’; the International Monetary Fund warns (Pluto) that conflict (Mars) would likely increase energy costs (Jupiter-Neptune) and keep headline inflation rates (Neptune) elevated; expert commentators are making wild guesses as to what Putin will do; and Mars moves ever closer to its in-sky conjunction with Pluto on March 3 > start date is February 14.
North Korea (Pluto) keeps ratcheting up tensions with its fifth weapons test (Mars) of the year >two cruise missiles, a tactical guided missile, two ‘hypersonic missiles’ capable of high speed and manoeuvring after lift-off, and a railway-borne missile system. It all started with Mars parallel Pluto in the sky and has continued with progressed Neptune sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle. North Korea, like Russia will respond to the influx of Mars-Pluto energy in February and March 2022.
Stockmarket turmoil (Neptune-house 5) in the first weeks of 2022 – wild swings in stock prices with big declines followed by rebounds – has investors (Neptune-house 8) jumpy, agitated and uncertain. The reason is progressed Neptune sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle > peak power date is February 11.
January 26: New covid-19 infections in the Americas reach their highest level since the pandemic began. Omicron is the dominant strain in the region. Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Moon in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
January 27: Six days ago (with Mars square Neptune in the sky) ISIL (Pluto), launched an ambitious attack to try and free some 3,500 of its fighters held in Al-Sana’a prison, in the northeastern Syrian Hassakeh province. Today it was defeated by Kurdish-led military personnel. The attempted jailbreak and the ensuing clashes left more than 180 people dead and the UN estimates that 45,000 residents were displaced. ISIL is a Mars-Pluto group and it’s likely to respond in a big way to the influx of Mars-Pluto energy from mid February to mid March, 2022.
January 29: The UN says that deadly storm Ana (Saturn) that claimed 86 lives and washed away roads and bridges (house 3) in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi over the past few days shows the reality of Earth’s climate crisis; and five states on the US East Coast declare states of emergency as they’re battered by a blizzard (Saturn). Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
January 30: North Korea (Pluto) conducts its largest missile test since 2017 firing a Hwasong-12 ‘mid-range ballistic missile’ (Mars) into the sea off its east coast. Progressed Neptune was sesquisquare Pluto in the Neptune cycle; and progressed Mars was square Moon in the Mars cycle.
Heavy rains, flooding and landslides (Saturn) across Brazils’ Sao Paulo state have killed at least 19 people over the past three days with over 500 families left homeless. Progressed Sun was conjunction and parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
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