The Sun enters Aries March 20, 2026 at 2.27am GMT heralding the start of the astrological year.
There are 195 countries in the world today including 2 observer states, The Holy See (Vatican City) and Palestine. Each has its own Sun cycle chart.
It’s a general events chart that plays a subordinate role to the major cycle charts and in-sky aspects. Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign state and Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark
The planets by their house positions in a specified country’s chart place their characteristic influence on the mundane-matters they rule; and the planets that aspect the Sun have their global affairs accentuated.
Sun is conjunction Saturn, sextile Uranus, conjunction Neptune and sextile Pluto.
Saturn’s prominence encourages safety, economy, fear, greed, poverty and destruction by storm; and major events involving land, minerals, basic utilities, crops on the ground and miners, farmers and common laborers.
The mundane matters ruler by the house it occupies are subject to contraction, economy, poverty and loss.
Neptune’s prominence inclines towards visionary schemes, fanciful idealism, inflation, apprehension, chaos and uncertainty; and major events involving corporations, corporate power, stocks, oil, aviation, big pharma, drugs, fraud, movie world, actors, refugees and slavery.
The mundane matters ruled by the house it occupies are subject to schemes, deception, confusion and uncertainty.
Uranus is the planet of disruption, discontentment, unrest, protests, sudden change, unforeseen, unexpected events, exposé, invention and technology that’s seen by many as the savior of all humanity’s problems.
Pluto is the planet of groups, cooperation, teamwork and social cohesion; and division, coercion, threats, intimidation, warnings, disinformation and drastic events.
Saturn and Neptune were conjunction Sun in the 2025-26 Sun cycle and it’s observed that fear is everywhere and fraud, white collar corruption and the desire to escape reality are rife.
As the Sun progresses and forms aspects with Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto events related to their mundane affairs and the houses they occupy are inclined to occur. The aspect often times an event mapped in one of the major cycle charts.
No country has the Sun in house 1.
New Zealand and Fiji have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 2 > major events involve financial transactions, treasury, banks and affect the wealth and personal property of the people.
Australia, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 3 > major events involve road and rail transportation, cars, trucks, buses, communications, phones, emails, postal services, newspapers, public thinking and neighbor countries.
China, Japan, Philippines, North and South Korea (and Taiwan) have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 4 > major events involve land, territories, housing, buildings, the weather, crops on the ground and mining.
China’s 2026-27 Sun cycle chart
Chart data is March 20, 2026 at 10.47pm CST (39N55; 116E25)
Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 5 > major events involve entertainment, places of amusement, speculation, stock exchange, sport, athletes, children, birth rate and ambassadors from foreign countries.
India, Iran, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 6 > major events involve and affect the work-force, labor, employees, civil servants, police, harvest, stored grains, food, restaurants and illness.
Russia, Ukraine, Egypt, Turkey, Saud Arabia, Greece, Yemen and South Africa have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 7 > major events involve war, disputes, foreign policy, international relations and enemies.
Russia’s 2026-27 Sun cycle chart
Chart data is March 20, 2026 at 5.47pm MSK (55N45; 37E35)
The UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Denmark and Libya have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 8 > major events involve tariffs, taxes, gifts, pensions, insurance, debts due from foreign countries, death and the death rate.
No country has the Sun in house 9.
Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 1o > major events involve the administration, president/prime minister, business and international standing.
Brazil’s 2026-27 Sun cycle chart
Chart data is March 20, 2026 at 11.47am BRT (15S47; 47W55)
USA, Canada, Mexico and Chile have the Sun, Saturn and Neptune in house 11 > major events involve Congress, parliament and ambassadors sent to foreign countries.
No country has the Sun in house 12.
A 24-hour news cycle in 2026 is a report of political happenings, breaking news, disasters, destruction, killing, death, crime, suffering, sensation, analysis, opinion, social comment and celebrity gossip. So, specific events and developments indicated in a country’s Sun cycle chart can be difficult to detect.
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