April 1: In Israel thousands of people take to the streets in Tel Aviv to protest (Uranus) for the 13th straight week against a controversial judicial overhaul (Jupiter-Uranus) that has now been suspended by the government; and in Portugal thousands take to the streets of Lisbon and other cities in protest (Uranus) against soaring rents and house prices (Jupiter) caused by high inflation (Neptune). Uranus cycle events: progressed Uranus was sextile Venus and semisquare Uranus.
In America tornados and severe storms (Saturn) tear through towns and cities across Southern and Midwestern states killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens more. Saturn cycle event > progressed Saturn was parallel Sun. In America’s Saturn cycle chart progressed Saturn was parallel Midheaven (business activity and publicity) > start date was March 2, peak power date was March 28, end date is April 29. It plays a role in all the destructive storm and other Saturn events that occur in America during its forecast period.
April 4: Finland formally joins NATO (Pluto). Progressed Pluto was sextile Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
In America Donald Trump is arrested and charged with 34 felony accounts (Pluto) of falsifying business records. Prosecutors accuse him of violating election laws (Jupiter-house 9) by paying Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal through a scheme (Neptune) to suppress their accounts of sexual encounters (house 5) with him. He pleads not guilty. Progressed Sun was parallel Jupiter in the Sun and Moon cycles.
April 4-5: In Israel violence erupts at the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Jupiter) as police raid the compound in east Jerusalem firing stun grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian worshippers (Jupiter). In Israel’s Mars cycle chart progressed Mars was semisextile Midheaven. (Mars is conjunction Jupiter in house 8.)
April 6: Israel responds to a rocket attack (Mars) from southern Lebanon by launching air strikes on Gaza. Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was sextile ascendant in Israel’s Mars cycle chart.
In France unrest (Uranus) and strike action (Uranus) cause disruption (Uranus) on the 11th day of anti-pension reform protests (Uranus). Progressed Uranus was sextile Venus in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Sun was semisextile Uranus in the Sun cycle.
In America Senate Democrats call for an investigation into Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Jupiter) following a report that for decades he accepted luxury trips (Jupiter) from a Dallas businessman without publicly disclosing them (Uranus) despite a federal law requiring disclosure of most gifts (house 8). Progressed Sun was conjunction Jupiter and semisextile Uranus in the Sun cycle.
April 7: After days of violence (Mars) over Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site (Jupiter) Israel launches air raids (Mars) on Lebanon and bombards the Gaza Strip; and two people are killed when gunmen open fire (Mars) on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank. Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was sextile ascendant in Israel’s Mars cycle chart.
A new batch of classified documents (Mercury-house 12) that appear to detail American national security secrets (house 12) from Ukraine to the Middle East to China surface (Uranus) on social media sites (Pluto-house 9). Progressed Moon was semisextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating the major Mars-Pluto progressions; and Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
April 8: China responds angrily (Mars) to President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with US House speaker Kevin McCarthy by commencing three-days of military drills (Mars) around Taiwan. Progressed Moon was sextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart.
In Israel tens of thousands of people join protests (Uranus) against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the judiciary. Progressed Uranus was sextile Venus in the Uranus cycle.
April 9: Israel launches artillery attacks (Mars) on Syria after several rockets (Mars) are fired from Syrian territory towards northern Israel so the violence (Mars) escalates on multiple fronts (Pluto), including in Gaza, Lebanon, occupied East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank. Progressed Moon was sextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was semisextile Moon in the Mars cycle.
April 11: In Myanmar the military launches air attacks (Mars) on a town known to be a bastion of opposition to the coup (Pluto) killing at least 50 people; in Russia, for the first time in history (Uranus), the parliament (house 11) approves legislation to introduce electronic military draft papers (Mars) in an effort to make it harder for men to avoid being drafted; in Britain tens of thousands of junior doctors (Mars) — qualified physicians who make up nearly half of the medical workforce (house 6) — begin a four-day strike (Uranus-house 6) over pay rises (house 2); in Chile legislators (house 11) overwhelmingly pass a bill reducing the country’s work week (house 6) from 45 to 40 hours in a bid to improve the quality of life and rights of workers (Saturn-house 6); in Italy the cabinet (house 8) announces a state of emergency (Mars) on immigration following a ‘sharp rise’ in flows across the Mediterranean; and the US and Philippines begin their largest-ever military drills (Mars), which include a live-fire exercise on a sunken ship in the South China Sea. Progressed Moon was semisextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating all the major Mars-Saturn, Mars-Uranus and Mars-Pluto progressions; and progressed Mars was semisextile Sun in the Mars cycle.
April 12: North Korea launches what could be a ‘new type’ of ballistic missile (Mars) that lands in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Progressed Moon was semisextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating the major Mars-Uranus, Mars-Pluto parallel aspects. (It was North Korea’s first successful launch of a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM]).
It seems that Discord, the instant messaging platform that is associated with the Pentagon documents leak over the past month, has a fit-for-purpose name. With progressed Moon semisextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart it has stirred up a lot of global discord.
On April 13 Jack Teixeria, a 21-year-old US Air Force National Guardsman (Mars-house 6) was arrested (house 7) over the leaked classified military intelligence (house 12) and faces charges under the Espionage Act.
April 14: In France the top constitutional court (Jupiter-house 9) clears the Macron government’s highly unpopular pension age reform bill and it becomes law; in America Jack Teixeria the US airman accused of leaking confidential intelligence and defence documents is officially charged in a Boston Court; and the US Supreme Court temporarily halts a ruling that set limits on access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Progressed Jupiter was square Sun, semisquare Mars and sextile Neptune in the Jupiter cycle.
April 15: In Sudan, after months of tension, fierce fighting (Mars) erupts between the country’s army (house 6) and the paramilitary RSF (Mars) with at least 25 people killed and 183 others injured > the nation is preparing to transition to democratic rule following an army coup.
And in northern Burkina Faso unidentified assailants (Mars) kill 40 people and wound 33 others in an attack (Mars) on the army and a volunteer defence forces detachment; in Mexico six adults and a child are killed after gunmen (Mars) open fire at a holiday resort; in Dadeville, Alabama four people are killed and multiple people injured during a shooting at a teenager’s birthday party; in Dubai sixteen people are dead and nine others injured after a fire (Mars) at a residential building; in India former politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother shot dead (Mars) on live TV; and South Korea fires warning shots (Mars) towards a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border. Progressed Moon was sextile birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating the major Mars-Pluto, Mars-Saturn progressions; progressed Mars was sesquisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter was semisquare Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
April 16: Fighting rages on in Sudan with the death toll rising.
April 18: In Sudan fighting rages (Mars) hours after an internationally brokered truce was supposed to come into effect with the opposing forces accusing each other of violating the ceasefire. Progressed Mars was semisquare Mars in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was sextile Mars in the Sun and Moon cycles.
In America there’s a last-minute settlement in the Dominion defamation lawsuit (Jupiter) against Fox News. Progressed Jupiter was semisquare Mars and semisextile Neptune in the Jupiter cycle.
April 19: In Sanaa, Yemen, at least 78 people are killed and dozens injured in a stampede (Mars-Pluto) at a school (house 5) where hundreds of people (Pluto) had gathered in the hope (Jupiter) of getting charitable donations (house 12) being handed out by merchants (Jupiter) to mark the final days of Ramada (Jupiter). Progressed Jupiter was semisquare Mars in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Sun was square Pluto in the Sun cycle.
April 20: In Sudan the fighting (Mars) rages for a sixth day. A three-day ceasefire (Venus) is to go into effect at 4.00pm local time to allow civilians (Moon) to reach safe areas (Saturn). It didn’t and the fighting raged on. Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating major Mars-Venus, Mars-Saturn and Mars-Pluto progressions; progressed Saturn was inconjunct Mars in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes (Mars) after launch. Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart activating major Mars-Saturn, Mars-Pluto progressions; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn and square Pluto in the Sun cycle.
April 22: In Sudan foreign nationals begin evacuating (Saturn) as the fighting (Mars) enters its second week. Progressed Saturn was inconjunct Mars in the Saturn cycle.
In Israel tens of thousands of protesters (Uranus) rally to express their opposition to the governments divisive plan (Pluto) to overhaul the judicial system; and in England thousands of climate-change protesters (Uranus-Saturn) rally to ‘highlight the environmental failures’ (Saturn) of government. Progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
Parts of Asia have reported extreme heat Mars-Uranus) this month, with record-breaking temperatures seen in some countries. In the Bagna district of Bangkok, the heat index – which includes relative humidity and measures what the temperature feels like – hits a record 54 C (129 F). Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Saturn was inconjunct Mars in the Saturn cycle.
April 24: According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) world military spending (Mars-Jupiter) in 2022 reached an all-time high of $2.24 trillion rising for the eighth consecutive year. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the May 2022 Jupiter cycle.
In Haiti 13 suspected gang members (Pluto) are lynched, stoned (Saturn) and set on fire (Mars) by crowd of residents in Port-au-Prince. Progressed Saturn was square Pluto in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was sextile Uranus in the Mars cycle.
April 25/26: In America San Francisco’s First Republic Bank’s shares plunge to a record low (Saturn) and its market value plunges below $1bn for the first time ever prompting fears (Saturn) of further bank collapses (house 2). In America’s chart progressed Moon was parallel progressed Venus (the ruler of house 2) stimulating the major Venus-Saturn opposition aspect.
There’s a major humanitarian disaster (Pluto) unfolding in Sudan. Progressed Saturn is square Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
April 28: In Ukraine 25 civilians (Moon) are killed in a wave of missile strikes (Mars), the first large-scale air strikes in nearly two months. Progressed Moon was semisextile Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon in the Mars cycle.
In Sudan hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands are fleeing (Saturn) for their lives as the war (Mars) between two feuding generals, who hate each other, rages on. Progressed Saturn was inconjunct Mars in the Saturn cycle.
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