On January 3, 2026 the future arrived, right on time: In an audacious military operation America attacked and bombed Venezuela abducting its president Nicolas Meduro and his wife.
Progressed Mars in the Aquarian Age chart was sesquisquare birth chart Uranus forecasting conflict, war, extreme violence and surprise military attacks.
Mars in the sky – planet of aggressive force – was parallel (an aspect that’s not dissimilar to a conjunction) Pluto – planet of abductions, dictators and division.
And Saturn in the sky – planet of security and national security issues – was conjunction Neptune – planet of oil, drugs, confusion and chaos.
Donald Trump with his power urge backed up by America’s military might showed the world, and pretenders to global dominance, who’s the boss.
He responded to the in-sky Saturn-Neptune conjunction and the utopian-security message it was broadcasting: America’s national security interests are best served by arresting and abducting Venezuela’s narco terrorist kingpin and acquiring its oil.
The world was stunned. The Venezuelan people were shocked. Was it Venezuela’s Berlin Wall moment? Probably not.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that Maduro’s capture could trigger greater instability in Venezuela and the wider region. The country faces a confused, uncertain and unpredictable future. Violent chaos is very likely as armed factions compete for power.
America’s propaganda machine swung into action and having no understanding of international law, we all relied on experts to put us in the know. But human made laws can be twisted and inverted to mean whatever you want in the age of inversion.
With progressed Sun square birth chart Mars in America’s chart the aggressor nation attracted severe criticism and condemnation.
At a UN Security Council meeting many member states agreed that Nicolas Maduro had been an illegitimate and repressive leader but condemned the US military action as a breach of international law and the UN Charter. They demanded a democratic transition that reflected the will of the Venezuelan people.
Russia condemned America’s actions as ‘international banditry’ and ‘neo-colonialism and imperialism’ but you weren’t surprised; and America’s ally France condemned Maduros’s abduction as counter the principles of peaceful dispute resolution and the non-use of force.
But condemnation doesn’t mean much in the age of Lower-Pluto when some countries have no respect for international law and do what they want to get what they want. Domination by force is part of the Aquarius story.
The US maintained its actions were legally justified. The Trump administration had accused Maduro of narco-terrorism and enabling the transport of thousands of tonnes of cocaine to the US. It just has to prove it and it’s going to take a long, long time.
And with Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sky the drug issue was just a smoke screen. Trump wanted Venezuela’s oil. So, it’s not wise to believe what he and other lead actors are saying. (Iraq didn’t have weapons of mass destruction when America and others invaded in 2003.)
And for the record: America’s record of achieving regime change by force in the last 30 years has been disastrous. In 1994 President Bill Clinton sent in 25,000 troops and two aircraft carriers to enforce regime change in Haiti and since then the Haitian people have lived in misery and Haiti is now a failed state dominated by armed gangs. And America’s major Sun-Mars square doesn’t favor success in bringing about regime change in Venezuela.
Russia and China are closely observing events unfold as America establishes new benchmarks for getting what it wants. It’s playing into their hands setting the scene for an escalation of Aquarian age imperialism: the expansion of power and influence through military force, colonization and other means.
The world waits and wonders about what comes next. The US has a long record of armed intervention in Latin America and Donald Trump has his eye on Colombia, Panama, Cuba and Mexico. Could they be attacked and have their leaders kidnapped? And Trump wants Greenland. He says it’s a national security issue. He has two options. He can buy it (Saturn) or take it by military force (Mars). A forceful takeover means the end of NATO.
Mars, Saturn and Neptune have come down to Earth and having access to the messages being streamed by the planets in the sky and various astrological charts you can track events as they unfold and even make accurate predictions.
On January 8, 2026 Mars – the planet of military activity and militarism – moves to form a conjunction aspect with Pluto – planet of threats, intimidation and drastic events – and Donald Trump, the world’s leading exponent of Lower-Pluto’s thug behavior, is sure to respond to the massive influx of Mars-Pluto energy. It reaches peak power January 27.
He ordered the attack on Venezuela and the capture of Nicolas Maduro with Mars parallel Pluto in the sky and his new age gangster behavior is sure to catch on as others see how successful his self-serving threats and intimidation can be.
In Iran there’s simmering discontentment and widespread unrest. Will the ruling authority crackdown violently on protesters; will America intervene; and will Iran experience a Berlin Wall moment?
With Mars involved events and developments are going to move super-fast.
Saturn and Neptune
The in-sky Saturn-Neptune conjunction reaches peak power February 20; and it’s reinformed by Saturn parallel Neptune in the sky on March 15.
Saturn and Neptune featured in Donald Trump’s security driven grab of Venezuela’s oil and their influence is pronounced throughout 2026 so there’s sure to be ongoing worldwide repercussions.
They’re conjunction Sun in the 2026 Sun cycle and both planets have new cycles commencing. In the new Saturn cycle Neptune is conjunction Saturn and in the new (short) Neptune cycle Neptune is conjunction Saturn.
The merger of Saturn’s self-protective instinct with Neptune’s idealism is motivating nations to safeguard their citizens; just like Donald Trump hopes to safeguard the American people from Neptune’s drugs and narco terrorists.
The astral atmosphere is saturated in Saturn’s selfishness, greed, fear and insecurity; and getting a nation’s natural resources (oil or rare earth minerals) could ease the fear and insecurity. It might even pave the way for a more perfect, idealistic (Neptune) life grounded in more money and more possessions.
Saturn is the planet of loss and Donald Trump regularly experiences loss in the courts and if there’s an AI investment bust in 2026 there’ll be a lot of people experiencing large financial losses.
Mars, Saturn and Neptune
America’s attack on Venezuela bore the signature of Mars, Saturn and Neptune but the major Mars-Saturn-Neptune events are timed to occur between March 25 and May 12, 2026.
On March 20 a new Sun cycle starts with the Sun conjunction Saturn and Neptune; on March 25 Mars moves into orb of a conjunction aspect with Neptune; on March 26 a new Saturn cycle starts with Saturn conjunction Neptune; and on April 1 Mars moves into orb of a conjunction aspect with Saturn.
On April 12 a new Mars cycle starts with Mars conjunction Neptune and Saturn; on April 13 the in-sky Mars-Neptune conjunction is at peak power with Mars and Neptune conjunction Saturn; and on April 19 the in-sky Mars-Saturn conjunction is at peak power with Mars and Saturn conjunction Neptune.
On April 24 a new Neptune cycle starts with Neptune conjunction Saturn; on May 4 the in-sky Mars-Neptune conjunction ends; and on May 12 the in-sky Mars-Saturn conjunction ends.
On January 26, 2026 Neptune in the sky moves to Aries and on February 14 Saturn moves there too so the Mars-Saturn and Mars-Neptune conjunctions in April 2026 are formed in Aries – the sign of military matters and militarism aka aggressive military preparedness. Mars and Aries enhance the chance of major events involving aggressive military activity.
From March 15 to May 16, 2026 – when the in-sky Mars-Neptune and Mars-Saturn conjunctions are at peak power – progressed Moon in Donald Trump’s chart is square birth chart Mars; and from May 17 to June 24 progressed Moon is square progressed Mercury both aspects stimulating his major Mercury-Mars parallel and timing major events of the Mars-Mercury type.
Mars, Saturn and Neptune are on a trajectory but forecasting precise events requires high-level knowledge of the world today and the intensions of world leaders. Events will bear the signatures of Saturn and Neptune, Saturn and Mars, Neptune and Mars and all 3 together; and when they occur a knowledge of Mars, Saturn and Neptune in global affairs will allow you tag each event with its astro-marker
After May 12 there’s a reduced likelihood of major events until June 12 when Mars moves into orb of a conjunction aspect with Uranus > peak power date is July 4, 2026.
Aquarius 2026
The Aquarian Age chart and America’s chart provide valuable data pertaining to the timing of events.
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart reaches peak power February 9, 2026. It set the scene for a war of words, hate-speech, violent controversy, attacks on science and violence against journalists.
Progressed Mars sesquisquare progressed Uranus reaches peak power February 2027 and from August 18 to October 15, 2026 progressed Moon is square progressed Mars and sesquisquare progressed Uranus. Major events bearing the Mars-Uranus signature are sure to occur.
In America’s chart progressed Sun in house 11 (Congress) is square birth chart Mars in house 1 (the people) and progressed Moon is square birth chart Sun (April 28 to June 16); opposition progressed Mars (July 24 to September 9); parallel progressed Sun (September 29 to January 31, 2027); parallel progressed Mars (September 30 to February 7, 2027); and sextile birth chart Mars (October 30 to December 31). Major events bearing the Sun-Mars signature are sure to occur.
And progressed Sun is parallel birth chart Saturn and progressed Neptune in house 5 (entertainment and speculation) and progressed Moon is opposition birth chart Saturn (June 17 to August 4); parallel progressed Neptune (August 23 to January 2, 2027); and parallel birth chart Saturn (October 3 to February 13, 2027).
So, the stage is set for a history-making, breathtaking year.
Global astrology is a spectator sport and in 2026 the spectators will be kept busy and excited tracking fast-moving international events as they occur.
America is where the action is. Will Trump attack Colombia, Panama, Cuba? Will he get Greenland. Will Congress reign him in? Will the Democrats gain control of the senate in the Mid-Term elections? Will Congress impeach him? Tariffs, manufacturing, government shutdowns and the Epstein files are side issues. And the star of the show is having his story live screened to the world for all to see.
That said, the country where you live will experience its own Mars, Saturn and Neptune events. Your government is charged with protecting its citizens and keeping the show on the road so let’s hope it doesn’t end up a frightful, chaotic mess.
And there’ll be a constant stream of news reports related to destruction, war, violence, death, accidents and fires (Mars); and economy, loss, and despair caused by storms and flooding rain (Saturn). Drama, exaggeration, uncertainty and confusion (Neptune) will be common and widespread.
The short (aberration) Neptune cycle ends February 27, 2027.
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