Event forecast period was April 13 – May 15, 2024
April 17: In Dubai the heaviest rainfall in 75 years causes flooding (Saturn) and chaos (Neptune) with flights cancelled and delayed at Dubai International Airport (house 9-Neptune).
In Spain’s Canary Islands thousands of people protest (Uranus) in Tenerife calling for a temporarily limit on tourist arrivals (house 9) to stem a boom (Neptune) in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that locals say is driving up housing costs (Jupiter).
The New York Times and other media outlets report that 23 Chinese swimmers (Mars) had tested positive for a banned substance (Neptune) before the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 but were allowed to compete by world governing bodies and several went on to win medals, including gold.
April 23: In Malaysia ten crew members are killed when two navy helicopters (house 9-Neptune) collide (Mars) in mid-air during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade (house 9).
In Germany prosecutors in Berlin say that three German nationals had handed technologies with potential military purposes (Mars) to Chinese intelligence; and in the United Kingdom two men had been arrested on suspicion of providing ‘prejudicial information’ to Beijing.
April 24: In America hundreds of students (Mercury) at Colombia University (house 9) have set up an encampment to protest Israel’s Gaza incursion sparking a nationwide wave of protests (Uranus).
April 28: In Australia thousands of protestors (Uranus) rally in response to a wave of recent violence (Mars) against women (Venus) wanting gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency (Mars) and stricter laws put in place to stop it.
In America hundreds more people are arrested at college campuses as student protests (Uranus) against the war in Gaza (Mars) continue.
In Germany the trial (Jupiter-house 9) of the century starts with nine suspected members of a German far-right group (Saturn-Pluto) accused of plotting (Neptune-house 12) a violent coup (Mars-Pluto) to overthrow the government (house 10) and install minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss as Germany’s leader and imposing martial law.
In America four law enforcement officers (Mars) are fatally shot and four others wounded while attempting to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm (Mars) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
April 30: On April 17, in New York, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, posted a tweet on X: ‘As of 4 am this morning, Columbia University (house 9) students (Mercury) have occupied the center of campus, launching our Gaza Solidarity Encampment. We demand divestment and an end to Columbia’s complicity in genocide.’ It sparked a wave of student protests (Mercury-Uranus) across American universities. On April 29 Columbia university began suspending students who defied a deadline for vacating a tent camp and police (Mars) at a university in Austin, Texas, clashed with students and arrested dozens as they dismantled an encampment set up to protest (Uranus) Israel’s war (Mars) on Gaza. On April 30 Columbia University officials threatened (Pluto) the students who had seized and occupied a classroom building with academic expulsion and police (Mars) later entered the building and began making arrests loading those who had been detained onto buses.
May 2: In America university chaos (Neptune) continues as police (Mars) forcibly remove scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters (Uranus); and in Canada pro-Palestinian encampments are erected across major universities.
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