Global events calendar and forecast: January 2018

Forecast data is per aspects in the Aquarian Age chart, Donald Trump’s chart, America’s chart, the sky and the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto cycle charts.

December 26, 2017: In Donald Trump’s chart progressed Moon moves to form a sextile aspect with progressed Mars > peak power date is January 22, 2018

December 29, 2017: In Donald Trump’s chart progressed Moon moves to form a conjunction aspect with birth chart Pluto > peak power date is January 24, 2018

This peak in Mars-Pluto stimulation from December 26, 2017 to February 19, 2018 forecasts major events and developments involving the FBI’s Russia probe and/or allegations of sexual harassment

Donald Trump’s chart progressed to January 24, 2018

Chart data is: June 14, 1946 at 10.54am EDT; 73W48; 40N41

Progressed Mars – planet of strife, disputation, aggressive action and sex – at 9 Libra 57 in house 2 (finances) is sextile (opportunity) birth chart Pluto – planet of groups, compulsory cooperation, crime and coercion – at 10 Leo 03 in house 12 (secrets, secret plans, crime, collusion and conspiracy)

Progressed Moon at 10 Leo 03 in house 12 is sextile progressed Mars and conjunction birth chart Pluto

December 30, 2017: Jupiter sesquisquare Jupiter in Jupiter cycle starts – peak power date is January 5, 2018

Ongoing events

Uranus is parallel Saturn in Uranus cycle > end date is March 21, 2018

This aspect forecasts a wave of extreme conservatism, a conservative backlash to progressive change, widespread fear of change, discontented hardliners, unrest inspired by hardship and poverty, protests, extreme weather events, technology failures, electricity shortages, power outages and progressive change that goes back to the past

September 6, 2019: Pluto is parallel Saturn in Pluto cycle

Counter terrorism measures, terror threat alerts and cyber security are key issues

Pluto is the planet of groups, crime, corruption, drastic measures, terror networks and cooperative effort; and Saturn is the planet of fear, security, poverty, droughts, famines, floods and other natural disasters

January 1: Sun parallel Saturn in Sun cycle starts > peak power date is January 9 – Saturn is the planet of cold, suffering, misery and grief

In the Aquarian Age chart progressed Moon is sesquisquare progressed Venus (end date is January 16); sesquisquare progressed Saturn (end date is January 17); and inconjunct birth chart Saturn (end date is January 24).

Progressed Venus conjunction progressed Saturn is stimulated

Venus is the planet of women and women’s issues and Saturn is the planet of security, economy, loss and fear

January 2: Jupiter is semisextile Saturn in Jupiter cycle > end date is January 8

January 3: Mars is sesquisquare Mars in Mars cycle > fights, feuds, shootings, explosions, fires and accidents

Sun is square Mercury in Sun cycle > a day of controversy

Jupiter parallel Mars in Jupiter cycle starts > peak power date is February 2

Jupiter is the planet of religion, arbitration and laws; and Mars is the planet of strife, disputation, war, violence and fires

Israel’s Jupiter cycle chart progressed to February 2, 2018

Progressed Jupiter at 17S01 in house 4 (land, territories and Jerusalem) is parallel Mars in house 7 (foreign powers, partners and enemies)

The strife and violence that erupted over Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem keeps boiling over

January 5: Jupiter is sesquisquare Jupiter in Jupiter cycle > end date is January 11

In America’s chart progressed Moon is semisquare progressed Pluto > end date is February 3

Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Pluto and progressed Venus square birth chart Pluto are stimulated

America’s chart progressed to January 5, 2018

Chart data is: July 4, 1776 at 2.14.35am; Philadelphia, Pa 39N57; 75W09

Progressed Sun – planet of politics and political leaders – at 12 Pisces 36 in house 10 (Donald Trump) is semisquare birth chart Pluto – planet of coercion, disunity, crime and drastic action – at 28 Capricorn 19R in house 9 (courts, legal matters, constitution, social media and internet)

Progressed Venus – planet of women and women’s issues – in house 12 (secrets, secret enemies, spies, detectives, FBI, crime, prisons and hospitals) is square birth chart Pluto

Progressed Moon at 15 Sagittarius in house 7 (Russia) is semisquare progressed Pluto at 00 Aquarius 05 in house 9

Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Pluto forecasts a political crisis and corruption in high places – peak power date is September 26, 2018

The Pluto (house 9) discord forecasts a constitutional crisis – peak discord date is September 26, 2018

January 6/7: Mars is sextile Mercury and Pluto in Mars cycle > Mercury is the planet of journalists, reporters, messages and messengers

In America’s Mars cycle chart the Mercury-Pluto conjunction is in house 12 (secret activity, crime, collusion and secret enemies)

January 7: Mars in the sky – planet of strife, conflict, disputes, explosions, shootings, accidents and fires – is conjunction Jupiter – planet of finances, trade, religion, the courts and ships

January 8: Sun parallel Pluto in Sun cycle starts > activates various Pluto aspects – peak power date is January 15

January 9: Sun is conjunction Pluto and parallel Saturn in Sun cycle

January 10: Sun is square Jupiter in Sun cycle > activates Mars conjunction Jupiter in the sky

January 11: Mars is inconjunct Uranus in Mars cycle > strife, violence, unrest and protests

In America’s chart progressed Moon is inconjunct progressed Jupiter > end date is February 9

This Moon progression stimulates several Jupiter progressions forecasting major events involving finances, the courts, legal issues or religion

(Progressed Jupiter is square birth chart Saturn and on December 20, 2017 with progressed Moon inconjunct progressed Jupiter – the cusp ruler of house 11 (Congress) – and sextile birth chart Saturn – the cusp ruler of house 8 (taxes) – the US senate passed Donald Trump’s tax reform bill.)

January 13: Sun is square Uranus in Sun cycle > a day of protests

January 15: Mars is parallel Sun and semisextile Jupiter in Mars cycle > strife for a world leader, political rows, financial rows, fires and accidents

Sun is parallel Pluto in Sun cycle

January 17: Mars is semisextile Saturn in Mars cycle

Capricorn lunation at 2.17am GMT

America’s Capricorn new Moon chart

Chart data is: January 16, 2018 at 9.17pm EST; 77W01; 38N53

The lunation in house 5 – speculation, stock market, entertainment industry, schools, children, sport and sex – is conjunction Venus (women) and Pluto (coercion, harassment and drastic developments)

The dominant house 5 focus from January 16 to February 15, 2018 forecasts major events involving Wall Street, entertainers, athletes, teenagers and children.

The prominence of Venus and Pluto make women and sexual harassment a key issue.

All the planets in house 5 are square Uranus – planet of sudden, sensational events – in house 8 (death and taxes)

January 18: Pluto square Venus in Pluto cycle starts > peak power date is February 20

Venus is the planet of women, women’s issues and social events

Pluto is the planet of groups, lobbyists, coercion, harassment, kidnapping, dictators, gangs, gangsters, crime, criminal networks, computers, cyber-crime, insidious evil, drastic events, massive crowds, disunity, television, radio, internet and websites

America’s Pluto cycle chart progressed to February 20, 2018

Progressed Pluto at 20 Capricorn 23 in house 5 (Wall Street, entertainers, athletes, teenagers, children and sex) is square Venus in house 8 (death, debts, tariffs and taxes)

Progressed Venus square birth chart Pluto in America’s chart is stimulated

January 19: Mars is trine Venus in Mars cycle > sexual violence on women is an issue, strife for a woman

January 22, 2018: Mars is square Moon in Mars cycle > violent attacks on civilians, domestic violence, fires and accidents

In Donald Trump’s chart progressed Moon sextile birth chart Mars is at peak power

January 24, 2018: In Donald Trump’s chart progressed Moon conjunction birth chart Pluto is at peak power

January 25: Jupiter semisquare Pluto in Jupiter cycle starts > peak power date is February 3

Jupiter is the planet of finances, law, legal matters and religion; and Pluto is the planet of groups, crime, illegal activity, kidnapping, persecution, bully-boy tactics, corruption and inversion

Saturn square Saturn in Saturn cycle starts > heightened insecurity, security measures, economy, loss, hardship, suffering, freezing cold weather – peak power date is February 4

January 26: Saturn square Mars in Saturn cycle starts > sheer horror, dreadful destruction, violent weather events, natural disasters, war fears, unbearable brutality, horrific loss and suffering in the war zones – peak power date is February 5

Yemen’s Saturn cycle progressed to February 5, 2018

Progressed Saturn at 5 Capricorn 15 in house 10 is square Mars in house 7 (the international community); square Saturn in house 1 (the people and their welfare); and sextile Pluto in house 8 (death)

The suffering in Yemen is unbearable

January 27: Sun is square Mars in Sun cycle > activates Mars aspects in the Mars and Saturn cycles

January 28: Mars is trine Mars in Mars cycle

Saturn semisextile Pluto in Saturn cycle starts > success for international security forces combating crime and cyber crime – peak power date is February 7

January 30/31: Mars is semisquare Mercury and Pluto in Mars cycle > an attack on a journalist, violent crime, mob violence, accidents

Forecast periods

Events related to a designated aspect can occur during its forecast period.

Aspects in the sky have a wide time-frame that’s determined by the aspect’s orb of influence. The date indicated is when the aspect is perfect and at its peak power.

Aspects formed by Mars in the Mars cycle have a 3 day time-frame (36 hours either side of the indicated peak date) or 6 days (72 hours either side of the indicated peak date) if it’s a parallel aspect.

Aspects formed by the Sun in the Sun cycle have a 2 day time-frame (24 hours either side of the aspect’s peak time).


Author: DW Sutton

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