This global events report correlates major international events and developments with their markers in specified astrological charts or the sky. Events as reported by reputable news services.
This global events tracker correlates major international events and developments with their markers in specified astrological charts. Events as reported by reputable news services.
July 1: Mexican police (Mars) kill 19 gunmen in a shootout (Mars) in the northern state of Sinaloa. Five police officers were injured in the confrontation. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
At least 25 people are shot at a nightclub in Little Rock, Arkansas. With Mars opposition Pluto in the sky there were 12 drive-by shootings in Little Rock in the past week.
After Chinese President Xi Jinping warns (Pluto) Hong Kong residents against ‘impermissible’ challenges to Beijing’s authority thousands of people took to the streets in an annual march calling for greater democracy. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
Donald Trump’s twitter feud (Mars) with Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough enters its third day. Mars was opposition Mercury in the Mars cycle and Pluto in the sky.
July 2: A car bomb (Mars) kills 20 people in Damascus and wounds dozens more. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
At least 14 people are killed in Russia’s Tatarstan Republic when a bus catches fire (Mars) after colliding with a truck. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
At least one person dies and a number are injured when a huge fire (Mars) breaks out at a camp for Syrian refugees in Qab Elias, eastern Lebanon. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
Eight people were wounded in a shooting (Mars) in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon in an incident police (Mars) consider to be a settling of scores (Mars) rather than a militant attack. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
A US warship (Mars) sails near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam in an operation intended to challenge (Mars) the competing claims (Mars) of all three nations (Pluto). Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
US President Donald Trump steps up his feud (Mars) with the media (Mercury) by tweeting a mock video of himself tackling and repeatedly striking a man whose face had been replaced by the CNN logo. Progressed Moon was opposition birth chart Uranus – planet of bizarre behavior – and sesquisquare birth chart Mercury in the US chart; and Mars was opposition Mercury in the Mars cycle.
July 3: Eighteen people are killed when their tour bus collides (Mars) with a lorry and bursts into flames (Mars) on the A9 motorway in southern Germany. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
Eight people are killed when a helicopter crashes (Mars) while heading to help residents near an erupting volcano in central Java. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
Amid growing tensions a spokesman on behalf of Bhutan urges India and China to de-escalate their military stand-off at the Doklam tri-junction. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
July 4: North Korea successfully test-launches a new intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, which flew a trajectory that experts say could allow a weapon to hit the U.S. state of Alaska.
July 5: The UN Security Council holds an emergency session to consider North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart.
A lorry overloaded with passengers crashes (Mars) near Bambari, Central African Republic, killing at least 78 people and leaving dozens more injured. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Libya’s eastern commander Khalifa Haftar announces that his forces (Mars) have taken full control of Libya’s second city Benghazi from rival armed groups after a three-year campaign. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
In a surge of drug (Neptune) related violence (Mars) a shootout (Mars) in northern Mexico leaves at least 14 people dead. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle; and Sun was trine Neptune in the Sun cycle.
July 6: German police (Mars) have used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse protesters (Uranus) in Hamburg after being attacked (Mars) with bottles and stones by marchers protesting about the G20 summit. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
July 7: Anti-globalization activists (Uranus) riot (Mars) for a second night in Hamburg setting up street barricades, looting supermarkets and attacking police (Mars) with slingshots and petrol bombs (Mars). At least 160 police officers (Mars) are injured and 70 protesters (Uranus) arrested. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
A US official says the United States, Russia and regional countries have reached a ceasefire deal in southwestern Syria, one of the combat zones in a six-year-old Civil War (Mars). Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Thousands of supporters of Yemen’s secessionists (Uranus) rally in the southern city of Aden, backing a new group (Pluto) led by former head of Aden Governorate Aidarus al-Zoubaidi that advocates for autonomy (Uranus) of the country’s south. Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
The death toll from heavy rain (Saturn) and flooding (Saturn) in southern Japan rises to 15 as rescue workers reach isolated villages where at least 14 others are missing and feared dead. Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle activating the Moon-Saturn conjunction.
Phoenix, Arizona records an air temperature of 118 °F (48 °C) at Sky Harbor Airport, breaking the record for hottest temperature (Mars) recorded in the city that was recorded in 1905. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Uranus in the Mars cycle.
July 8: Leaders from the world’s leading economies broke (Uranus) with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation. Progressed Moon was semisquare birth chart Uranus in Donald Trump’s chart.
July 9: Hundreds of thousands of people gather in Istanbul at the end of a 450km (280-mile) ‘justice’ march (Jupiter-Uranus) against the government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Uranus was parallel Jupiter in the Uranus cycle.
A state of emergency (Mars) is declared in British Columbia (BC), Canada as fire fighters (Mars) battle over 180 wildfires (Mars). An estimated 7,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Jupiter in the Mars cycle
Wildfires (Mars) in the United States have spread quickly, threatening hundreds of homes in California. The state is experiencing high temperatures (Mars) and high winds (Mercury). Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
July 10: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declares the battle (Mars) for Mosel over, after the majority of ISIL militants are defeated. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
At least 7 people are killed and 15 injured when gunmen fire (Mars) on a pilgrimage bus and a police vehicle (Mars), on the 11th day of the Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage (Jupiter) in the Indian city of Anantnag. Mars was square Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
A US Marine Corps Lockheed C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft (Mars) crashes (Mars) near Greenwood, Mississippi killing all sixteen on board. Mars was square Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
The New York Times reports that Donald Trump Jr. was told in an email before meeting a Russian lawyer who he thought had material damaging to Hillary Clinton that it was part of a Russian government bid to aid his father’s presidential campaign. Progressed Moon was conjunction progressed Saturn in Donald Trump’s chart. Saturn is in house 12 (clandestine activity and secret meetings) and is co-ruler of house 5 (his children).
July 11: US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Don Jr., releases an email chain (Uranus) showing he eagerly agreed to meet with a Russian government lawyer (Uranus) to obtain incriminating information on his father’s Democratic rival Hillary Clinton as part of Moscow’s support for the then Republican candidate. Progressed Moon was opposition progressed Uranus in the US chart. For a detailed assessment of this event see Earth-shaking moment’s event report.
America’s chart progressed to July 11, 2018
Progressed Moon at 9 Sagittarius 05 in house 7 is opposition birthchart Uranus at 8 Gemini 53 in house 1. The event was timed by transit Venus at 7 Gemini 16 in house 12 conjunction progressed Uranus at 7 Gemini 05.
The United States shoots down a simulated, incoming intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) (Mars) similar to the ones being developed by countries like North Korea, in a new test of the nation’s THAAD missile defenses (Saturn). Mars was inconjunct Saturn in the Mars cycle.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights informs Reuters it has ‘confirmed information’ that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and transit Sun was opposition Pluto in the Sun cycle.
July 12: Wildfires (Mars) devastate the Italian provinces of Messina, Naples, Enna and Rome. The Vesuvius National Park is reportedly completely destroyed (Mars) by flames and ash (Mars). Mars was parallel Saturn in the Mars cycle.
Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, is convicted on corruption charges (Pluto) and sentenced to nine and half years in prison. Sun was opposition and parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
July 13: In China prominent Chinese dissident (Uranus) and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo dies in custody from liver cancer. Sun was square Uranus in Sun cycle.
Hawaii District Judge Derrick Watson (Jupiter) extends the definition of ‘close family members’ to include grandparents, aunts, and uncles, thereby exempting them from President Donald Trump’s travel ban on six Muslim-majority nations. Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the Jupiter cycle; and Sun was square Jupiter in Sun cycle.
The Congressional Budget Office (Jupiter) estimates that in ten years the federal budget of US President Donald Trump will produce a $720 billion deficit (Saturn) rather than a $16 billion surplus as claimed by the Trump administration. Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the Jupiter cycle; and Sun was square Jupiter in Sun cycle.
July 14: A former Soviet counterintelligence officer, Rinat Akhmetshin, says he attended a June 2016 meeting (Mercury) with Donald Trump Jr. adding to allegations of possible connections between Moscow and the November election. Transit Mars was opposition birth chart Mercury in the Aquarian Age chart and Mars was sesquisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
Gunmen (Mars) shoot dead five police officers (Mars) near Gaza. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky.
Two female tourists (Venus) are killed and four others are wounded in a mass stabbing attack (Mars) at a hotel in Hurghada, Red Sea Governate. Mars was sesquisquare Neptune and trine Venus in the Mars cycle.
A fire (Mars) in a condominium tower in Honolulu, Hawaii kills three people with an unknown number of residents still trapped in their apartments. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky.
Two teenagers are arrested after acid (Neptune) was thrown in people’s faces in five attacks (Mars) over one night in London. Mars was sesquisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
July 15: Indonesia renames part of the South China Sea as ‘North Natuna Sea’, angering (Mars) China. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky.
At least eight people are killed in a stampede (Pluto) at a football stadium in Dakar, Senegal, that started after police (Mars) used tear gas to break up a fight (Mars) between the rival teams fans (Pluto). Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky; and Sun was parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
July 16: Gunmen (Mars) in Venezuela shot into a crowd of voters (Pluto) killing one woman and wounding three others during an unofficial referendum organized by the opposition to push for an end to two decades of socialist rule. Mars was inconjunct Moon in Mars cycle; and Sun was parallel Pluto in Sun cycle.
Tens of thousands of protesters (Uranus) flood the streets of the capital of the Dominican Republic in the biggest demonstration of anger (Mars) over corruption (Pluto) in decades following a landmark bribery case against top officials. Mars was square Uranus in the sky; and Sun was parallel Pluto in Sun cycle
At least one person is killed (Mars) and dozens injured in clashes between police (Mars) and residents of a Nile island in Cairo, when security forces (Saturn) attempted to demolish illegal buildings (Saturn). Mars was parallel Saturn in the Mars cycle.
Thousands rally in Poland’s largest cities against the ruling party’s judicial reforms (Jupiter-Uranus), which the opposition says would kill the judges’ independence (Jupiter-Uranus) and undermine democracy (Uranus). Uranus was parallel Jupiter in the Uranus cycle.
A fire (Mars) in the Chinese city of Changshu in Jiangsu province kills 22 people and injures three. Mars was inconjunct Moon in Mars cycle.
A poll conducted by ABC News (America)/Washington Post finds that Donald Trump’s approval rating of 36% sets a record low and his disapproval rating of 58% sets a record high.
Donald Trump’s chart progressed to July 16, 2017
Transit Saturn at 24 Cancer 13 in house 11 was conjunction birthchart Saturn activating progressed Saturn (falls) conjunction progressed MC (his popularity) in house 12 (disappointments).
A stalemate (progressed Mercury opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart) between China and India leads to fears (Saturn) that the ongoing stand-off over Doklam in the Himalayas, disputed by Bhutan, may continue into the winter. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky.
Seven people are killed in Gila County, Arizona when a flash flood (Saturn) sparked by monsoon-like rains (Saturn) surges through a swimming hole. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky.
July 18: In the US Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapse (Saturn) in the US Senate (house 11), dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill former President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. In Donald Trump’s chart Saturn – planet of loss – is in house 11 (the Senate) and progressed Moon is conjunction the progressed Saturn-progressed MC conjunction in house 12 (disappointments).
July 19: Thousands of residents are evacuated (Saturn) in Mariposa Country, California, following the rapid spread (Mars) of the Detwiler Fire (Mars) near Yosemite National Park. Eclipse disaster-event with Mars square Uranus and parallel Pluto in the sky.
The United Nations demands (Pluto) media access to report on the "man-made catastrophe" in Yemen after a Saudi Arabia-led coalition blocks three foreign journalists from traveling on a UN aid flight to the Houthi rebel-controlled capital Sana’a. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle and the sky.
Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, demands (Pluto) answers to the shooting (Mars) of Justine Damond by a US police officer (Mars) in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday July 15. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
July 21: Six people – three Israeli and three Palestinians – are killed in the bloodiest spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence for years, prompted by Israel’s installation of metal detectors at entry points to the Noble Sanctuary-Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem’s walled Old City. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered the suspension of all official contact with Israel until it removed the metal detectors. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was parallel Pluto and trine Mars in the Mars cycle.
Millions of Venezuelans join in a general strike (Pluto) called by the opposition as pressure mounts on President Nicolás Maduro to cancel elections for a new constituent assembly. Three people are killed in clashes with police (Mars) with more than 300 arrested. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle and the sky.
The US Justice Department says it has shut down the dark net marketplace AlphaBay (Pluto), working with international partners to knock offline the site accused of allowing hundreds of thousands of people to buy and sell drugs, firearms, computer hacking tools and other illicit goods. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle and the sky.
Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau (Mars), resigns in the wake of last Saturday’s shooting of Australian woman Justine Damond. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
White House Press Secretary, Sean Spicer, resigns due to Donald Trump’s appointment of Anthony Scaramucci as the White House Communications Director.
Donald Trump's chart progressed to July 21, 2017
Progressed Uranus at 21 Gemini 18 in house 10 – cusp ruler of house 6 (Spicer his employee) – was opposition (separation) birthchart Moon at 21 Sagittarius 12 in house 4; progressed Moon in at 2 Leo 48 in house 12 was semisquare birthchart Uranus; and transit Venus at 18 Gemini 39 in house 10 was conjunction birth chart Uranus activating the Uranus-Moon opposition. Uranus events are sudden and unexpected and bring change.
July 22: Israel sends extra troops (Mars) into the occupied West Bank and its police (Mars) break up a crowd (Pluto) of stone-throwing Palestinians in Jerusalem as international concern mounts over the deadliest outbreak of violence (Mars) between the two sides for years. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Iran announces the launch of a new missile production line (Mars-Pluto) with tensions high between the United States and Tehran. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Venezuela’s opposition calls a two-day national strike (Pluto) against President Nicolas Maduro after another day of violent clashes (Mars). Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Donald Trump fires off ten tweets informing the world that he has ‘complete power to pardon.’ See Earth-Shaking moments: July-August 2017.
July 23: Two Jordanians are killed and an Israeli wounded in a shooting incident (Mars) at the Israeli embassy in Jordan’s capital Amman. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Nine men are found dead inside a tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas in what authorities are calling a case of ‘ruthless’ human trafficking (Pluto). Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
July 24: Seventeen employees of the Turkish newspaper, Cumhuriyet (Mercury), go on trial on charges of aiding a terrorist organisation. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart.
A suicide car bomber (Mars-Uranus)) detonates a car bomb (Mars) in Kabul killing at least 24 people and injuring 40. Mars was square Uranus in the sky and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
A suicide bomber (Mars-Uranus) kills at least 26 people, many of them police (Mars), in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. Mars was square Uranus in the sky and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
Polish President Andrzej Duda (Sun) announces he will veto two judicial reform bills (Jupiter-Uranus) passed by Poland’s parliament, which the EU said would result in sanctions, and which have generated continuous demonstrations (Uranus) across the country. Uranus was parallel Jupiter in the Uranus cycle; and Jupiter was trine Sun in the Jupiter cycle.
July 25: The US House of Representatives votes in favor (Jupiter) of economic sanctions (Saturn) against Russia for its interference in the 2016 election, and against Iran and North Korea for their weapons programs (Mars). Jupiter was parallel Saturn and trine Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
Firefighters (Mars) battle wildfires (Mars) across southern France with 10,000 people evacuated. Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and Jupiter was trine Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
The United States Navy (Mars) says the USS Thunderbolt (Jupiter) fired a warning shot (Mars) at an Iranian patrol boat after it came within 150 yards of U.S. ship. Jupiter was trine Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
July 26: US President Donald Trump tweets that transgender Americans (Uranus) will not be allowed to serve ‘in any capacity’ (Pluto) in the US Armed Services (house 6). Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in house 6 (military personnel) of the US Aquarian Age chart; Mars was square Uranus in the Leo lunation chart; and in Donald Trump’s chart progressed Mars was sextile birth chart Pluto and progressed Moon was semisquare birth chart Uranus – cusp ruler of house 6 – stimulating the progressed Uranus-birth chart Moon opposition aspect.
US lawmakers (Jupiter-house 11) reach an agreement paving the way for the US Senate (house 11) to pass a bill as soon as this week to impose new sanctions (Saturn) on Russia and bar (Pluto) President Trump from easing sanctions on Moscow without Congress’ approval. Jupiter was trine Sun in the Jupiter cycle and square Pluto in the sky.
July 27: In Venezuela at least three protesters (Uranus) are killed amid clashes with police (Mars) as a two-day national strike (Uranus) called by the opposition begins. Uranus was opposition Saturn in the Uranus cycle; and Jupiter was trine Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
France nationalizes (Sun) the STX Europe-owned Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard Jupiter) in Saint-Nazaire, Pays de la Loire, to prevent Italian shipbuilding (Jupiter-Mars) firm Fincantieri taking majority control. Italy calls the French decision to ‘grave and incomprehensible’. Jupiter was trine the Sun and Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
July 28: North Korea conducts another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) (Mars) that proves its ability to strike all of America’s mainland, drawing a sharp warning from US President Donald Trump and a rebuke (Mercury) from China. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Uranus in the Leo lunation chart.
Nawaz Sharif resigns as prime minister (Sun) of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court (Jupiter) to disqualify him (Pluto) from office. The ruling came after a probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr. Sharif’s children to offshore companies. Jupiter was trine Sun in the Jupiter cycle; and Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
The American Health Care Act of 2017 (Jupiter) fails (Saturn) passage in the United States Senate (house 11). Jupiter was conjunction Saturn in the Jupiter cycle. With progressed Jupiter square birth chart Saturn in house 11 (the Senate) of Donald Trump’s chart it was another loss (Saturn) for the President.
Moscow orders the United States to cut hundreds of diplomatic staff and says it will seize two U.S. diplomatic properties in retaliation (Mars) for the bill that imposes sanctions (Pluto) on Russia was passed by the US Senate. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
US President Donald Trump names General John Kelly, who currently heads the Department of Homeland Security, as his next chief of staff. Reince Priebus told CNN he resigned from the post on Thursday. See Earth-shaking moments: July-August 2017.
July 29: The EU’s executive branch sends a formal notice to Poland expressing their concern that the new ‘discretionary’ powers given to the country’s justice minister (Jupiter) threaten the independence of the courts (Jupiter) in violation (Pluto) of EU laws (Jupiter). Poland has a month to respond. Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
July 30: Ten people are killed in deadly protests that rock Venezuela as voters broadly boycott (Pluto) an election for a constitutional super-body (Jupiter) that unpopular leftist President Nicolas Maduro vowed would begin a ‘new era of combat’ in the crisis-stricken nation. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; Sun was square Mars in the Sun cycle; and Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
The United States flies two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force (Mars) and the US ambassador to the United Nations said ‘the time for talk is over’ (Mercury) and that China, Japan and South Korea must act after Pyongyang’s latest missile tests. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Sun was square Mars in the Sun cycle.
President Vladimir Putin expels (Pluto) 755 Diplomats in response to new US sanctions (Pluto) approved by Congress. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
Boko Haram insurgents ambush (Mars) an oil exploration team in the Magumeri area of Borneo State, Nigeria, killing (Mars) at least 69 people. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Sun was square Mars in the Sun cycle.
July 31: US President Donald Trump fires newly appointed White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci over an obscene tirade (Mars) in the latest staff upheaval for the six-month-old administration. Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart.
Flooding (Saturn) in Gujarat, Western India, kills at least 213 people with the death toll expected to rise as flood waters recede. Heavy rain triggered ‘“the worst flood of the century’ in the state. Saturn was semisquare Uranus in the Saturn cycle; and Uranus was opposition Saturn in the Uranus cycle.
The United States sanctions (Pluto) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro over the controversial (Mercury) Constitutional Assembly election which critics say is an attempt to establish a dictatorship (Pluto). Progressed Mercury was opposition birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was square Pluto in the sky.
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