July 2: Conflict: In Ukraine Russia launches hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles (Mars) at Kyiv killing at least 27 people, wounding scores more and damaging around 130 buildings in the deadliest attack on the capital this year. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 3: Accident: In south-western Pakistan at least 40 people are killed and 8 others injured after an overcrowded passenger bus plunges (Mars) into a ravine. Mar was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 4: Heat and liberty: America celebrate 250 years of liberty and independence (Uranus) with more than 165 million people sweltering in extreme heat (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 7: Conflict: The US military unleashes a new wave of strikes against Iran and revokes a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Saturn and trine Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Treaty: In Fiji Australia and Fiji sign the Vuvale Union (Pluto) and the Ocean of Peace Alliance (Jupiter) in a ceremony in Suva. It’s a major development which could reshape the Pacific’s strategic landscape. Uranus was trine Pluto in the sky; progressed Jupiter was sextile Moon and parallel Mercury in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Sun was conjunction Jupiter in the Sun cycle.
July 8: Conflict: The United States military (Mars) conducts another wave of strikes on Iran. Tehran retaliates striking US military infrastructure in the Middle East. It’s the most serious escalation in fighting since both sides signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) n mid-June. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Sun in the Mars cycle.
Shock: China launches an intercontinental ballistic missile (Mars) into the Pacific Ocean. It was the first time ever (Uranus) that such a rocket (Mars) had been launched from a nuclear-powered submarine. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 10: Fire: In southern Spain at least 12 people have died and 23 others are missing in a wildfire (Mars) in a wooded area around Los Gallardos, Almería. Hundreds of firefighters (Mars) are trying to a contain the worst fire in years. A sustained heatwave (Mars) with temperatures of around 40C (104F) has caused wildfires across Southern Europe this summer with firefighters battling major incidents in France, Portugal and Spain and thousands forced to leave their homes. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 12: Conflict: The US carries out a third-round of strikes (Mars) on Iran targeting 140 Iranian military targets, including missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition stockpiles, communications networks and coastal surveillance facilities. In response, Iran attacks multiple US bases in the region and closes the Strait of Hormuz. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Fire: In Thailand at least 30 people are killed and 60 injured in a fire (Mars) that tore through a bar in Bangkok. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 13: Conflict: The US military (Mars) launches a third night of strikes (Mars) on Iran after a weekend of fighting (Mars) stretched across the wider Middle East. The US says it is reinstating a blockade (Pluto) of Iranian ships (Jupiter) and ports in the Persian Gulf. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Jupiter was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Conflict: In Yemen the Houthis retaliate launching missile and drone strikes at Saudi Arabia’s Abha International Airport accusing Saudi Arabia of launching air strikes against the international airport in Sanaa. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 7 and 13: Violence: In America on July 7, an ICE officer shoots (Mars) and kills 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo of Houston, Texas; and on July 13 an ICE agent fatally shoots (Mars) a 26-year-old Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in Maine. Mars was conjunction Uranus in house 1 of America’s Mars-Uranus conjunction chart.
July 14: Conflict: The US blockade (Pluto) of Iran takes effect and the US military carries out a new round of strikes. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Jupiter was opposition Pluto in the sky.
July 15: Conflict: The United States launches fresh strikes (Mars) against Iran targeting ‘Iranian military capabilities used to threaten vessels’ moving through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated by striking US military targets (Mars) in the region, including in Bahrain and Kuwait. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle. (Hostilities erupted on July 7 when America launched strikes. On July 5 progressed Moon in Trump’s chart moved to form a semisquare aspect with progressed Mars > peak date is August 7. His aggressive thought-cells are under discordant stimulation.)
Social change: In France lawmakers adopt a bill that will create a legal right (Jupiter) to assisted dying (Neptune) for adults with incurable illnesses, following an intense ethical and political debate. Jupiter was trine Neptune in the sky; and progressed Neptune was semisextile Sun and parallel Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
July 16: Fire and crash: In Algeria a fire (Mars) at a child welfare facility in Mohammadia, east of Algiers, kills 11 people, including children, and injures 19; and in Uganda twenty schoolchildren are killed after the bus carrying them crashes (Mars) on the way back from an educational field trip. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Wildfire: In Canada over 3,100 wildfires are active, with more than 100 considered out of control, particularly in northwestern Ontario and parts of Western Canada. Widespread smoke is affecting air quality in Canada and the US. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
July 17: The United States Army (Mars) launches a seventh consecutive night of strikes on Iran with Iran renewing attacks on Gulf States; and two US service members are killed in an Iranian missile and drone attack in Jordan. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Agreement: In Washington, Iraq’s government (Sun) strikes dozens of agreements (Pluto) with Western oil companies (Neptune), including the restoration of an energy supply route Baghdad could use to export its oil (Neptune) without the Strait of Hormuz. Uranus was sextile Neptune and trine Pluto in the sky; and progressed Neptune was semisextile Sun in the Neptune cycle.
Change: In America, Ken Kies, the top lawyer (Uranus) for the Internal Revenue Service (house 8), is scheduled to leave his post amid rumors of clashes (Mars) with President Donald Trump’s White House. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
Disease: In New Zealand the first (Uranus) H5N1 bird flu infection (Mars is detected in a brown skua seabird, days after the country recorded its first case of the disease (Saturn) in swamp barrier hawk. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
July 19/20: Conflict: In Ukraine Russia hits Kyiv with one of the heaviest barrages of ballistic missiles (Mars) of the war; Ukraine launches hundreds of drones to attack (Mars) Moscow; and a Russian strike on a ship (Jupiter) near the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa kills at least 10 people. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
July 20: Conflict: Yemen’s Houthis impose a maritime embargo/naval blockade (Jupiter-Pluto) on Saudi Arabia and close the Bab al-Mandab Strait – the Red Sea’s southern gateway – to Saudi vessels. Saudi Arabia vows to take ‘all necessary measures to protect its ships in accordance with international law (Jupiter)’. Event is ongoing. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Jupiter was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Trade: Donald Trump signs an order imposing a 50% tariff (Jupiter) on a wide range of goods imported from Canada, in retaliation (Mars) for what he called ‘unequal treatment’ of US cars, dairy and alcohol. The duties take effect on August 19.
Protest: In India police (Mars) fire tear gas and attack supporters of the youth-led Cockroach movement with canes and baton charges as more than 10,000 demonstrators (Uranus) marched towards India’s parliament in New Delhi in the largest protest (Uranus) yet demanding the resignation of the education minister and a crackdown on corruption in the exam system. The march followed weeks of protests (Uranus) over alleged exam paper leaks and accusations of a wider education system crisis (Mercury). Event is ongoing. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Uranus was parallel Mercury in the Uranus cycle
July 21: Protest: In Ukraine a row over the future of the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces (Mars), escalates. Protestors (Uranus) demand the reinstatement of sacked defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov and Volodymyr Zelensky dismisses the country’s army commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi. Event is ongoing. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle. Ukraine’s Mars-Uranus conjunction chart has Mars and Uranus in house 10 forecasting fast changes involving the country’s leaders.
The cost of Conflict: In America, while speaking to lawmakers of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Pete Hegseth attempts to justify additional funding requests for a conflict that Washington claimed to have won months ago. He said that the months-long US-led war on Iran is estimated to have cost about $37.5bn so far, and asked for twice that amount to continue fighting. In America’s chart progressed Sun in house 11, the ruler of house 2 (the people’s money), was square birth chart Mars, planet of war, in house 1 (the people).
July 22: Trade: In America a 25% tariff (Jupiter) on thousands of Brazilian imports, including sugar, apparel, paper and steel, comes into effect. Jupiter was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
July 23: Conflict: The US carries out a 12th consecutive night of strikes (Mars) on Iran; Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthis attack (Mars) two Saudi oil tankers (Jupiter-Neptune) in the Red Sea that had ‘violated’ its blockade (Pluto) of Saudi ports; and the price of oil (Jupiter) surges past $100 a barrel reigniting fears (Saturn) over global energy supplies. Events are ongoing. Mars was parallel Pluto, Jupiter was opposition Pluto, and Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky; progressed Neptune was parallel Saturn in the Neptune cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Trade-warring: The US imposes new tariffs (Jupiter-house 8) ranging from 10% to 12.5%, on imports (house 9) from around 60 trading partners including the UK, EU, Canada, Japan, India and Australia over claims they failed to properly stop forced labor (Saturn-Pluto). They take effect July 24. Jupiter was trine Saturn and opposition Pluto in the sky and progressed Saturn was square Jupiter in the Saturn cycle.
Rogue AI: After OpenAI’s recent admission (Uranus) that its AI models (Uranus) went out of control in an ‘unprecedented’ way (Uranus) and hacked (Pluto) into a major repository of computer coding information US lawmakers – Congressman Ted Lieu, a Democrat, and Congressman Nathaniel Moran, a Republican (house 11) – introduce a bill named the AI Kill Switch Act (Pluto) that gives the government the ability to quickly order the turning off of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that may threaten the public. Progressed Uranus was parallel Mercury in the Uranus cycle; progressed Sun was parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle; progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun in house 11 was square birth chart Mars in house 1 of America’s chart.
Fire: In south-west France around 20,00o people have been evacuated as wildfires (Mars) spread in the Gironde region. Wildfires are also burning in Spain and Italy. Event is ongoing. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
July 25: Protest: In India Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) calls off its five-week-long protest (Uranus). Neptune was sextile Pluto in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle.
Disease: The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak (Mars-Saturn) in the Democratic Republic of Congo surges above 1,309, an extraordinary rise of more than 40 percent in just five days indicating the virus is spreading ‘like a wildfire’. Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky; Saturn was square Jupiter in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Accident: In Syria two buses collide (Mars) between al-Sukhnah and Palmyra killing at least 35 people and injuring 30 others. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and Mars cycle.
Mystery: Two boats (Jupiter) carrying more than 500 Rohingya asylum seekers have disappeared almost without a trace (Neptune) off the coast of Myanmar in recent weeks. Jupiter was trine Neptune in the sky; and progressed Neptune was parallel Saturn in the Neptune cycle.
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