May 1: War in Ukraine; Russia carries out missile attacks across southern and eastern Ukraine; a new runway at Odesa’s main airport is destroyed; Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv is hit by Russian shelling; and attacks on Mariupol continue as a few civilians are evacuated.
May Day marches around globe with workers (Saturn) protesting (Uranus) and demanding higher pay. Some violence is reported. Progressed Sun was parallel Saturn and Uranus in the Sun cycle.
May 2: Mars conjunction Neptune in the sky starts > Mars conjunction Pluto in the sky ignited the Russia-Ukraine conflict > Mars conjunction Saturn in the sky brought death, destruction, misery and a new age exodus > what’s next? Oil used as a weapon of war, an energy crisis, rapidly rising inflation? Armies will be on the move; firefighters will be kept busy.
May 2-3: Portico posts a leaked draft indicating the Supreme Court (Jupiter-house 9) plans to overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling which legalized abortion. Chief Justice Roberts describes the leak (Uranus) as ‘a singular and egregious breach’ and asks the Marshal of the Supreme Court to launch an investigation. Progressed Jupiter was conjunction and parallel Uranus (leaks) in the Jupiter cycle.
May 3: War in Ukraine; Russia unleashes rockets on the steel works in Mariupol after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a UN-brokered evacuation. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
May 4: War in Ukraine; Russia launches major assaults in Ukraine’s east and on the steelworks in Mariupol. Progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle.
North Korea fires a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast. It’s the country’s 14th known weapons test this year. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle.
In America inflation (Neptune) is at its highest in 40 years; prices (Jupiter) and the cost of living are rising; the Federal Reserve (house 2) hikes interest rates by half a percentage point; and stock markets (house 5) soar. Progressed Jupiter was parallel Moon, semisextile Neptune and conjunction Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
In America the death toll (house 8) from covid-19 (Saturn- house 6) surpasses one million. Progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
Progressed Moon inconjunct progressed Mars in the Aquarian Age chart starts.
May 5: War in Ukraine; the battle for the Azovstal steelworks continues; a new UN humanitarian convey (Pluto) is on its way to rescue civilians; and international donors pledge $6.5bn (Jupiter) to support Ukraine. Progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Moon in the Jupiter cycle.
In Israel at least three people are killed in a terror – stabbing – attack near Tel Aviv. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle.
Turkey’s official inflation rate (cost of living) (Neptune) spiralled to nearly 70 percent in April. Jupiter was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
The World Health Organization puts the global covid-19 death toll at nearly 15 million more than double the official number of 6.2 million.
In one of their sharpest U-turns ever (Uranus) US stocks plunge (house 5-Saturn) wiping out all of the previous day’s gains. Progressed Jupiter was conjunction and parallel Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
May 6: War in Ukraine; the Kremlin denies that its forces are storming the Azovstal steelworks and says humanitarian corridors are currently operating there; and the US is sending a new $150 million package (Jupiter) of military equipment. Progressed Jupiter was parallel Moon in the Jupiter cycle.
Sri Lanka’s president declares a state of emergency (Mars) for the second time in five weeks, giving security forces (Saturn-house 6) sweeping powers as a nationwide strike (Uranus) by angry (Mars) demonstrators cripples the country. After weeks of unrest (Uranus) shops closed and public transport was halted by the strike action which brought the nation of 22 million people to a standstill. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
In Havana, Cuba a massive explosion (Mars) at a five-star hotel blamed on a gas leak (Neptune) kills at least 26 people and injures many others. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle.
May 7: War in Ukraine; Russian forces continue their ground assault on the Azovstal steel plant with air support as all women, children and elderly civilians (Moon) are evacuated. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Moon in the Jupiter cycle.
Afghanistan’s supreme leader (Pluto) orders the country’s women to cover their faces in public. It’s one of the harshest restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban seized power. Progressed Pluto was square Jupiter in the Pluto cycle.
North Korea fires a submarine-launched ballistic missile (Mars) into the sea off the east coast of the peninsula. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
At least eight people have died in fires (Mars) in the Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk in eastern Russia where flames have ripped through villages and high winds have hampered efforts to extinguish the blazes; and the second largest wildfire in New Mexico’s history is raging out of control. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
May 8: War in Ukraine; fighting rages in eastern Ukraine; around 60 people are killed after a bomb (Mars) hits a school; America imposes more sanctions on Russian media, financing and elites; and the G7 announce a fresh round of sanctions on Russia and commits to phasing out its dependence on Russian energy (Neptune). Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
In Ireland Sinn Fein wins an historic election victory.
Mars conjunction Jupiter in the sky starts.
May 9: War in Ukraine; fighting rages in the east as Russian forces continue their assault on the Luhansk region’s main city of Severodonetsk; and Japan’s PM says Tokyo will ban Russian crude oil (Neptune) imports ‘in principle,’ as part of a Group of Seven (G7) campaign to counter Russia’s invasion. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
In Sri Lanka thousands of protestors (Uranus) defy a curfew to attack government figures and set ablaze (Mars) homes, shops and businesses belonging to ruling party lawmakers and provincial politicians. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is evacuated by heavily armed troops. Five protestors are killed and over 200 injured. There’s a people’s uprising (Uranus-house 1) taking place as the nation battles its worst economic crisis in history. Progressed Mars was parallel Midheaven in Sri Lanka’s Mars cycle chart; and progressed Uranus was inconjunct Midheaven in Sri Lanka’s Uranus cycle chart – Uranus is conjunction Moon in house 1. In Sri Lanka’s Mars-Neptune conjunction chart Mars is conjunction Neptune in house 8 (debt crisis and death).
China’s armed forces carried out another round of exercises near Taiwan from May 6-9. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
Nigerian airlines (Neptune) suspend all domestic flights over a fourfold increase (Jupiter) in jet fuel prices. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was sextile Jupiter in the Sun cycle.
US stocks (house 5) and global markets tumble to a 13 month low (Saturn) as investors (Neptune-house 8) are increasingly worried (Saturn) about inflation (Neptune), the war in Ukraine (Mars) and China’s covid-19 lockdowns (Saturn-Pluto). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune and Saturn was square Uranus in the sky; and progressed Pluto was square Jupiter in the Pluto cycle.
In the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr wins the presidency and the nation is polarized.
May 10: War in Ukraine; Ukrainian forces launch a counter-offensive north of Kharkiv recapturing villages from Russian troops; and missiles hit Odessa. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
May 11: War in Ukraine; Russian forces shell the border regions of Sumy and Chernihiv and continue to attack the Kharkiv region and the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol; Ukraine strikes Russian air defences and resupply vessels in the western Black Sea; and according to the head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine the civilian death toll in Ukraine is ‘thousands higher’ than the official United Nations figure of 3,381. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
And veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh (Venus) is shot (Mars) and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Progressed was parallel birth chart Venus in the Aquarian Age chart > peak power date is July 11, 2022; Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
May 12: War in Ukraine; Ukrainian forces keep up their counterattack in the north of Kharkiv; Russia’s bombardment of Mariupol continues; there’s renewed fighting in the Black Sea; Ukraine says it has damaged a navy logistics ship (Jupiter) there; and Finland and Sweden want to join NATO.
And North Korea reports (for the first time) a covid-19 (Saturn) outbreak (Mars); and fires three ballistic missiles (Mars) towards the sea off its east coast.
And a swift-moving wildfire (Mars) in Orange County, California, has torched at least 20 upscale mansions (Jupiter); and in New Mexico the largest wildfire in US history has burned around 170 homes and continues to threaten communities and businesses. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
May 13: War in Ukraine; rocket attacks intensify on Ukraine’s central Poltava region; Russian forces have likely taken control of all Rubizhne and Voevodivka in the Luhansk region; the Russian military target villages in the east near Donetsk, Lyman, Bakhmut and Kurakhiv; and Ukraine says it forces have damaged a Russian navy ship in the Black Sea.
And Israeli forces attack mourners (Saturn-house 8) who attempt to walk with Abu Akleh’s coffin in occupied East Jerusalem. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
The Supreme Court of Canada (Jupiter-house 9) rules that defendants accused of violent crimes (Mars) such as homicide and sexual assault (Mars) can use self-induced extreme intoxication (Mars) as a defense, striking down a federal law supported by women's advocacy groups. The court said a 1995 law (Jupiter-house 9) that prohibits the defense was unconstitutional and violated Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. At issue was whether defendants accused of a violent crime in a criminal court can raise extreme intoxication – known as ‘non-mental disorder automatism’ – as a defense. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
In New Delhi, India, at least 27 people die in a fire (Mars) in a four-storey building. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle.
May 14: War in Ukraine; Ukraine says Russian troops are pulling back from the northeastern city of Kharkiv, but continuing their offensive in the east; Ukrainian forces are on the counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium; Zelenskyy says ‘very complex (Uranus) negotiations’ are under way with Russia to get fighters out of the besieged Azovstal plant in Mariupol; Russia suspends electricity supplies to Finland amid tensions over its expected NATO bid; the G7 group of nations (Pluto) vow to reinforce Russia’s economic and political isolation, continue to supply weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany’s foreign minister describes as a ‘wheat war’ being waged by Moscow; and Ukraine’s Kalusch Orchestra wins Eurovision with the folk hip hop song, ‘Stefania’. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky.
The UN Security Council condemns the killing of veteran Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh and calls for an immediate probe into her death. Her shooting death (Venus-Mars) while covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger (Mars). Progressed Mars was parallel birth chart Venus in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
There’s a covid-19 state of emergency in North Korea. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle.
Abortion rights groups (Mars-Pluto) rally in cities across America. Progressed Mars was parallel birth chart Venus in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle.
At least 10 people are killed in a hate-crime (Mars) shooting (Mars) in Buffalo, New York. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle.
May 15: War in Ukraine; the battle rages for Donbas; white, brightly burning munitions cascade down on the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol in what looks like a phosphorus or incendiary weapons attack; and Finland and Sweden officially announce their intentions to join NATO (Pluto). Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
There was a major cryptocurrency meltdown during the past week. On May 12 Forbes reported that a huge crash wipes out the price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Cardano, Solana, Terra’s Luna and Avalanche. Prices slumped to levels not seen since late 2020. On May 14 a complete wipeout in Terra blockchain’s native token LUNA saw Indian exchanges delist it from their platforms. LUNA tanked to merely a few decimal cents from its peak of $118. Indian crypto speculators and investors with LUNA in their portfolios had their holdings wiped out in a matter of hours. The crash was blamed on rising interest rates (Jupiter), inflation (Neptune) and Russia’s war in Ukraine (Mars). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky.
May 16: War in Ukraine; Russian forces target civilian and military sites in multiple towns in the Donetsk region; at least 100 Ukrainian nationals are killed; Russia continues its artillery and air attacks on Mariupol and the Azovstal steelworks; and the Ukrainian army still controls about 10 percent of the eastern region of Luhansk despite heavy Russian attacks. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon and sextile Pluto in the Mars cycle.
May 17: War in Ukraine; in the early hours Ukrainian troops holed up in the besieged port of Mariupol began evacuating, appearing to cede control to Russia after months of bombardment. They held out for 82 days, buying time for the rest of Ukraine to battle Russian forces and secure Western arms needed to withstand Russia’s assault. It was a significant defeat for Ukraine. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Sri Lanka has run out of petrol (Neptune). The government is unable to raise dollars (Jupiter-house 2) to pay for three shipments of oil (Neptune), with the ships (Jupiter) waiting outside the Colombo harbor for payments before discharging their cargoes. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; progressed Jupiter was semisquare Mars in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
After 30 years MacDonald’s (Neptune) is exiting Russia due to Moscow’s invasion (Mars) of Ukraine. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was semisquare Sun, square Venus and semisquare Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
May 18: War in Ukraine; Russia’s defence ministry says it has taken 959 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steelworks to Russian-controlled territory; Zelensky signs decrees to extend martial law (Mars) and mobilisation for another 90 days; and in the first war crimes trial (Mars-Jupiter) a Russian soldier (Mars) pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian (Moon). Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter was semisquare Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
Finland and Sweden officially apply to join NATO the world’s biggest military alliance (Mars-Pluto). Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky.
US stocks post their biggest daily drop in almost two years. The Dow plunges 1,164.52 points, or 3.57%, to 31,490.07. It continues a brutal (Mars) sell-off by investors (Neptune-house 8) spooked by inflation and rising cost pressures (Jupiter) for retailers. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was semisquare Sun and square Venus in the Jupiter cycle.
Inflation (Neptune) in the United Kingdom in April surges to 9% its highest annual rate in 40 years; and inflation in Canada accelerates to 6.8% a three-decade high. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
North Korea is in a nationwide lockdown (Pluto) as covid infections (Mars) explode across the country. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle.
Progressed Moon inconjunct progressed Mars in the Aquarian Age chart that started on May 4 and peaks on May 31 is providing a backdrop to for all the major Mars events especially the shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and its aftermath; the hate-crime mass shooting in Buffalo, New York; the surrender of Mariupol; the explosion in Havana, Cuba; the fire in New Delhi, India; and the wildfires in Siberia, New Mexico and California.
May 19: War in Ukraine; US Congress approves a $40bn aid (Jupiter) package for Ukraine; the Biden administration announces an additional $100m in security assistance to Kyiv, including artillery, radars and other equipment; and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says ‘no’ to Sweden and Finland joining NATO. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was semisquare Sun and Mars in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Sun was trine Pluto in the Sun cycle.
May 20: War in Ukraine; Russia’s siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol nears its end; Zelensky says that Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has been ‘completely destroyed’ by Russian forces; and Russian forces in Luhansk advance towards the regional center Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. Mars was conjunction and parallel Neptune in the sky.
May 21: War in Ukraine; The Institute for the Study of War (Mercury-Mars) says Russian forces appear to be ‘digging in’ around Kharkiv and along the southern axis in preparation for Ukrainian counteroffensives and a protracted war; and Russia’s Gazprom halts gas (Neptune) exports to neighbouring Finland in the latest escalation of an energy payment dispute (Mars) with Western nations. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Saturn in the Mars cycle.
More than 80 cases of monkeypox (Mars) have been confirmed in at least 12 countries. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
May 22: War in Ukraine; Russia pounds Ukrainian forces with air strikes and artillery in the east and the south, targeting command centres, troops, and ammunition depots; and Russian forces intensify their efforts to capture Severodonetsk in the eastern Luhansk region. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Saturn in the Mars cycle.
In Australia the center-left progressive Labor Party wins the federal election with the political landscape getting a radical reshaping.
May 23: War in Ukraine; fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine takes a heavy toll; Zelensky says that Ukraine is losing between 50 and 100 soldiers a day; and Russian diplomat Boris Bondarev quits his post at the UN in Geneva in protest (Uranus) at the ‘bloody, witless’ war ‘unleashed by Putin in Ukraine’. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Uranus was semisquare Uranus in the Uranus cycle.
May 24: War in Ukraine; fighting rages in the Donbas region; the Russian invasion is in its most active phase with Russian troops trying to encircle the twin cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky.
In Uvalde, Texas at least 19 children (house 5) and two adults are killed after a gunman (Mars) opens fire in a Texas primary school (house 5). Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; the conjunction is in house 1 of America’s Mars-Neptune conjunction chart; progressed Mars was sextile Saturn in the Mars cycle; and in America’s Aquarian Age chart progressed Moon in house 5 (children and schools) was inconjunct progressed Mars (shootings and cusp ruler of house 5) and progressed ascendant in house 5 was opposition progressed Saturn (planet of grief and cusp ruler of house 8 – death). Jupiter cycle chart event > Jupiter is conjunction Mars > in America’s Jupiter cycle chart Jupiter (and Mars) is in house 11 (Congress) > new gun laws.
Russian and Chinese military planes (Neptune) carry out joint exercises near Japan while Quad leaders were meeting in Tokyo. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
Hungary imposes a state of emergency citing Ukraine war. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky.
A leak (Uranus) of thousands of photos (Neptune) and official documents (Mercury) from Xinjiang sheds new light on the extent of alleged abuses against the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in China’s far western region. Progressed Uranus was semisquare Uranus in the Uranus cycle.
May 25: War in Ukraine; Russian forces pound Ukrainian-held twin cities in the Donbas region that is now Moscow’s focus of the three-month war; and Russia’s Defence Ministry is promising (Neptune) to open a safe corridor to allow foreign ships (Jupiter) to leave Black Sea ports, with another corridor to allow ships to leave Mariupol.
North Korea test fires three missiles (Mars) off its east coast, including a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile.
And eleven newborn babies (house 5) die in a hospital fire (house 12-Mars) in the western Senegalese city of Tivaouane. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky.
May 26: War in Ukraine; Russia is pouring thousands of troops into its assault in the eastern Donbas region, attacking from three sides in an attempt to encircle Ukrainian forces in Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
Al Jazeera Media Network has assigned a legal team (Jupiter) to refer the killing (Mars) of its journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court (ICC) (Jupiter) in The Hague. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky. Jupiter cycle chart event.
Spain’s lower house of parliament passes a bill (Jupiter) that qualifies all non-consensual sex as rape (Mars). Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
Publisher’s (Jupiter-house 9) in Turkey are struggling (Mars) to release new books and survive amid the country’s economic crisis. Inflation (Neptune) reached 70% in May. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky.
May 27: War in Ukraine; Russian forces make gains in the Luhansk region but a shortage of combat-ready equipment is slowing their offensive in the battle for Severodonetsk. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard (Mars) seize two Greek oil tankers (Neptune-Jupiter) in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf. Mars was conjunction Neptune and Jupiter in the sky.
In Texas protesters (Uranus) holding signs and crosses with photos of victims of the Texas elementary school shooting converge outside the National Rifle Association’s (Mars) annual convention in Houston. Progressed Uranus was sextile Venus and semisquare Uranus in the Uranus cycle.
May 28: War in Ukraine; Russian forces step up their assault on Severodonetsk; the governor of Luhansk says they have entered the city; Ukraine says Russia has captured most of Lyman but its forces were blocking an advance to Sloviansk; Kyiv intensifies its calls for longer-range weaponry from the West to help it fight back in the Donbas region; and the United Nations says a total of 4,031 civilians have been killed in Ukraine, including nearly 200 children, although the real number is bound to be much, much higher. Progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction Moon and parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
An unnamed US official tells Britain’s Financial Times newspaper that the QUAD has launched a maritime surveillance plan (Jupiter) and plans to fund (Jupiter) commercial satellite-tracking services to provide maritime intelligence to the Indo-Pacific nations free of charge. It is the groups’ most significant move against China so far. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
At least 31 people are killed during a stampede (Mars) at a church charity event (Jupiter-house 12) in southern Nigeria’s Port Harcourt city. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
In America the Texas elementary school massacre (Mars) continues to dominant all media outlets. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction Moon in the Mars cycle.
May 29: War in Ukraine; Russian forces intensify their heavy artillery barrages in the eastern region of Luhansk; fighting rages for Severodonetsk; and Ukraine receives Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark and self-propelled howitzers from the United States.
And thousands of far-right Israelis storm Damascus Gate in occupied East Jerusalem to mark the so-called flag march in the old city. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
May 30: War in Ukraine; Russian troops enter the outskirts of Severodonetsk in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province; Putin tells Erdogan that Russia is ready to facilitate the unhindered export (Jupiter-house 9) of grain (Saturn-house 6) from Ukrainian ports (house 9) in coordination with Turkey; and according to Britain’s defense ministry Russia appears to have suffered devastating losses amongst mid-and junior-ranking officers. Progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
European Union leaders agree in principle to cut 90 percent of oil imports (Neptune) from Russia by the end of this year after reaching a compromise deal with Hungary. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and counterparts in 10 Pacific Island nations fail (Saturn) to reach consensus (Pluto) at talks on a sweeping security (Saturn) and trade deal (Jupiter) amid concerns the proposal could ‘threaten regional stability’. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; progressed Pluto was square Jupiter and parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Moon was conjunction progressed Saturn in China’s chart.
Canada’s government (Sun) introduces legislation (Jupiter) to implement a ‘national freeze’ on the sale (Jupiter) and purchase of handguns (Mars) as part of a gun control package that would also limit magazine capacities and ban some toys that look like guns. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was sextile Sun in the Jupiter cycle.
Archaeologists (Uranus) working at a cemetery near Cairo uncover hundreds of ancient Egyptian coffins and bronze statues of the gods Anubis, Amun, Min, Osiris, Isis, Nefertum, Bastet and Hathor along with a headless statue of the architect Imhotep, who built the Saqqara pyramid. Progressed Uranus was sextile Uranus in the Uranus cycle.
May 31: War in Ukraine; Russian forces take control of the northeast and southeast outskirts of Severodonetsk and are continuing to gain ground within the city. Mar was conjunction and parallel Jupiter in the sky > new Mars cycle chart event.
Pope Francis (Jupiter) leads an international prayer service for peace in Ukraine and other places stricken by war (Mars) Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
In North-east Brazil over a hundred people have died as torrential rain Saturn) triggers landslides (Saturn) and torrents of mud sweep shanty towns away near the city of Recife. Progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle.
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