Event forecast period was January 5 – July 20, 2024
January 5: The US Supreme Court (house 9) agrees to hear Donald Trump’s appeal of a judicial decision barring him from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot.
January 25: The World Court (Jupiter-house 9) orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide against the Palestinians and do more to help civilians, stopping short of ordering a ceasefire as requested by the plaintiff South Africa.
January 28: The world’s largest cruise ship (Jupiter) sets sail from Miami, Florida, on its maiden voyage (Uranus) making a seven-day island-hopping voyage (Neptune-house 9) in the Caribbean.
February 15: Greece becomes the first orthodox country (Saturn) to legalize same-sex marriage in a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights (Uranus).
February 28: In America the Supreme Court (Jupiter-house 9) agrees to decide Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss with the case set for oral argument during the week of April 22.
March 4: In France lawmakers (house 11-Jupiter) in a world first (Uranus) overwhelmingly vote 780-72 to approve a bill that will enshrine the right to an abortion in the Constitution of France (house 9). France became the first country to explicitly include the right to abortion in its constitution.
In America the Supreme Court (house 9-Jupiter) in a unanimous ruling rejects and effort by Colorado to remove Donald Trump’s name from the state’s Republican primary ballot using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The ruling also overrides challenges brought in other states.
March 10: After several rounds of negotiations spanning 16 years India signs a $100bn free trade agreement (Jupiter) with a four-member European bloc and will lift most import tariffs (Saturn) on industrial products from these countries in return for the investment over 15 years.
March 11: In India the Modi government (Sun-house 10) announces the implementation of the 2019 Citizen Amendment Act (Jupiter). It grants Indian nationality to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India due to religious persecution (Jupiter-Uranus) from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before December 31, 2014 and was not implemented in 2019 when protests (Uranus) and sectarian violence (Mars) broke out in New Delhi and scores were killed and hundreds injured.
March 18: The European Union announces a 7.4 billion-euro ($8.06bn) aid package (Jupiter) and an upgraded relationship with Egypt.
In Australia Uber agrees to pay $178m (Jupiter) to settle a lawsuit (Jupiter) with more than 8,000 taxi and hire car drivers (Uranus-house 3) who say they lost earnings (Saturn) to the ride-hailing app (Uranus).
March 28: In The Hague/Cairo the World Court (Jupiter) unanimously orders Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt spreading famine (Saturn).
China lifts (Jupiter) steep tariffs (Saturn) on Australian wine imposed more than three years ago in the latest sign of improving relations between the two countries.
April 6: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (Jupiter-house 2) is in China (house 7) addressing US concerns about China’s excess (Jupiter) manufacturing (Mars) capacity. Her top priority is to persuade Chinese officials to rein excess production capacity (Jupiter) for electric vehicles (Uranus), solar panels (Uranus) and other clean energy technology (Uranus) that threaten competing firms (Mars) in the US and other countries.
In Sudan food distribution (Moon-house 6) is now under way in West and Central Darfur for the first time in months after two aid convoys (Jupiter) crossed the border from Chad in late March, carrying food and nutrition assistance (Moon-Jupiter-house 6) for about 250,000 people for a month.
April 8: In a text dubbed ‘Dignitas Infinita’ (Infinite Dignity) (Uranus) the Vatican (Jupiter) reiterates its staunch opposition to sex changes (Mars-Uranus), gender theory, surrogate parenthood (house 5), abortion (Mars) and euthanasia (house 8). Other social themes, such as poverty (Saturn), migration and human trafficking (Pluto) are emphasized as being potential threats to human dignity. The text was signed by Pope Francis (Jupiter).
April 20: In America the US House of Representatives passes a $95 billion legislative package (Jupiter) providing security assistance (Saturn) to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
April 27: In Iraq the mainly conservative Shi’ite Muslim parliament (Saturn-house 11) passes a law (Jupiter-house 9) criminalizing same-sex relationships (Uranus) with a maximum 15-year prison sentence (house 12) in a move aimed to uphold religious values (Jupiter-house 9) but was condemned by rights advocates (Aquarius-Uranus) as the latest attack (Mars) on the LGBT community (Uranus) in Iraq.
May 20: The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, (Jupiter-Pluto) requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders saying he had reasonable grounds to believe the five men ‘bear criminal responsibility’ for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity (Mars-Pluto).
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