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Hi Marjorie,
Could you look at the astrology for NATO over the next few years and into the 2030s? I note that you’re using a different chart for NATO which I would suggest to say may not be the correct one. All the sources give the founding date as being 4th April 1949, Washington D.C.
That chart has an Aries Sun/Mars/Venus/Mercury all opposing Neptune in Libra. Between 2027 and 2032 (approximately), Neptune will conjunct this stellium and oppose its natal position. I have read one interpretation suggesting this may mean the dissolution of the alliance.
Nick Campion is firm about the August NATO chart being the correct one. I tested both charts out against previous NATO interventions and the August one is much more accurate about events.
I wonder whether you could look at the astrology of the Gulf countries. I am interested whether they will untangle themselves from the US and move into the Chinese orbit. In particular will they adopt the petro-yuan.
See post: Israel and the Middle East – rolling turmoil
29th December 2025
Could you take a look at Tiger Woods’ chart? He’s just had another incident this time arrested for DUI.
Astrologer, Nick Dagan Best, is holding firm that DT will exit stage left between now and end of April. Apparently, he doesn’t make many predictions, in general. FWIW.
Amelia, does Dagan Best have a public blog or other source for your comment? I can’t find any commentary from him on his website, so I probably have the wrong one (?). Thanks.
I was looking at it yesterday and he was a guest on someone else’s YT channel (Lawless Astrology) – although he does have his own channel as well.
Saturn and Neptune are now wedging themselves firmly into Trump’s 8th house (cusp is about 28-29Pisces iirc) and it’s interesting to see they are clearly having an effect. Also transit Uranus crossed his MC over the last year (26Tau) and many more people are seeing him differently now.
His progressed Mercury is conjunct Mars on his Asc and progressed Moon is currently exactly square to the Mercury//Mars conjunction. Even more anger than usual
Yes, transit Saturn will also square his 8 Cancer Mercury in late April this year, while at the same time, opposing his Neptune in Libra in the 2nd. Currently, transit Uranus is squaring his Mars/Ascendant making him even more volatile and belligerent than usual along with the Chiron/Eris conjunction in Aries squaring his Venus/Saturn in Cancer – which for me is the Achilles heel of his chart. In late April, Uranus finally enters Gemini for the duration, while the nodes square his natal BML in Sagittarius.
In short, he has a whole bunch of difficult transits right now and coming up. He looks absolutely terrible, like a walking cadaver and is increasingly incoherent. Classic signs of dementia which both my parents had, so I am very familiar with the symptoms of the disease. Along with Hegseth’s bizarre rapture obsession, white supremacist Christofascism and this hamfisted, ludicrous war, which show all the signs of becoming an unmitigated disaster, the world feels quite a dangerous place at the moment.
Agree about the signs of dementia, VF. I’ve also had the heartbreaking experience of seeing someone I loved gradually deteriorate with it. The anger and volatility can be part of it, as I am sure you know.
April’s New Moon is 27 Aries, aligning with tr Chiron and Eris, and square the USA’s Pluto in Capricorn. I also see that tr Jupiter in Cancer squares Mars in Aries in May, each aspecting DJT’s natal Saturn and then Venus. Plus USA 24 Cancer Mercury. A fair amount of dynamic Cardinal energy and tension. New Moon in May is aligned with troublesome Algol. The Full Moon in May is 9 Sagittarius, aligned with Antares in the heart of the Scorpion. And opposing the USA’s natal Uranus in Gemini. Elsbeth Ebertin writes:
“According to tradition, Antares is of violent character and is credited with being significant for a violent death, either in battle or by process of law. On the other hand, danger may come about by fire, weapons or machinery. Antares is also said to be unfortunate for the eyes, if in conjunction with the Ascendant, Moon or Sun and this has proven to be the case by later researchers.” [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.70-71.]
Thanks Jane for the Moons, fixed stars and transits to the US. I was wondering about the Aries New Moon – quite a line-up in Aries that day with Mercury, Mars, Chiron, Eris, Neptune and Saturn.
Hi Marjorie,
Would you mind taking another look at Ukraine? I read that many Middle Eastern Gulf countries are turning to Ukraine for their expertise in taking down drones. For example, Zelenskyy is visiting Saudi Arabia right now and Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are supposed to be signing a defense agreement.
Also, Ukraine has been successfully striking Russian oil fields and 40% of Russian oil export capacities have been halted.
Ukraine has kind of been lost in the news lately because of the situations in Palestine and Iran. However, I’m wondering if that’s about to change.
“Also, Ukraine has been successfully striking Russian oil fields and 40% of Russian oil export capacities have been halted.”
Not oil fields, but terminals. Ust-Luga 20 miles North-East from Estonian boarder town Narva and Primorsk just 30 miles from the Finnish boarder. And this has been three nights straight now! I think this is a very bad development for Putin, because these sites are very strategic, are near the NATO boarder, and should have solid defense by now, yet nothing. I mentioned this on the thread on Putin’s daughter Maria Vorontsova, who seems to have a panicky April.
Oh, and I should mention: My mother’s direct paternal ancestors likely were from Laukaansuu/ Ust-Luga area, who fled during Great Wrath, husband’s maternal grandfather’s family was in Koivisto/Primorsk and fled after WWII. Russians have long since destroyed ambient in these two places, so I am applauding the actions. I am pretty certain this has been coordinated with the JEF countries, too. We casually held a summit in Helsinki this week.
Solaia, what are JEF countries? Thanks!
The Joint Expeditionary Force is a UK led military partnership designed for rapid response, it consists of Scandinavian countries, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Netherlands, it is not part of NATO but all the members are also NATO members. It can act independently in its own right but it can also be deployed in support of NATO and other cooperative ventures such as the ONU
On a lighter note! What would be the indicators in a Astrology for a sweet tooth? Which baddy planets can we blame this on?
What prompted my initial post is the thought that if planets can influence everything – then what about food?
I’m guessing Venus since it rules Taurus who famously have sweet tooth or possibly the Moon-ruled Cancer the overindulgent mother who likes to bake sweet treats for her children.
Agree. Cancerian planets , especially in aspect to jupiter or the moon.
I blame my Venus in Cancer … me & Cake … story of my life. But maybe also just water planets seeking comfort. I a a Gemini (sag moon) but have my personal planets, aside from the luminaries in water signs (mars in pisces) and I am a notorious sweet tooth….
Agreed. The jupiter in cancer mother needs her citrus fruits to be sweet. The sun in cancer sibling just need sweet food but not as extreme as mother.
Me, venus in Taurus prefer savoury, fried food, Fruits must have both sweet and sour notes.
My daughter has a Cancer Moon-Jupiter, and the way she hawked cookies on her granny’s table the moment she could stand up is all the confirmation I need for this theory! My Taurus Venus- Cancer Saturn husband would stash his candy as a child, and still does to an extent. I am the savory person in our family, and I put this down to my Capricorn Moon. My treats are more salty and crunchy.
The stashing the candy is very Taurus because I did as a kid
Interesting. As I have Venus in Cancer – with Jupiter/Venus midpoint opposite my Moon in Capricorn!
It’s fun to play around and look at the index for Rex Bills’ The Rulership Book on Scribd.com. (free). Venus, Taurus, and Libra, Jupiter – all there, plus things like Mars for bakeries because of the hot ovens I imagine. But then milk and cream are ruled by the Moon, and so on. Honey is Venus, Jupiter and probably Leo. It’s complicated! I’m Cancer rising, and love creamy things – sweet or savoury, like cheese.
I’m a chocoholic. I have to chain myself to the wall in order to not eat an entire bar in one go. Venus trine Jupiter, Moon square Jupiter.
The tooth part comes from Saturn, which generally rules bones and teeth, though Virgo is connected with health via food and drugs, along with Cancer. Saturn afflicting the Moon, since the Moon rules Cancer, can lead to problems with food and digestion. Mercury is associated with nerves (toothache?) and an afflicted Mercury can indicate lack of judgment in the house or sign it is in. Sweetness can be linked to an excess of consumption, which comes with Venus in particular, but also Jupiter because it indicates expansion and excess. And the “positive” aspects, trine and sextile, lean toward an easy going attitude and having permission, which can lead to love of sweets. The trine, especially, puts up little resistance. So benefic planets and aspects are ones to watch for, though quincunxes can indicate a problem from another direction. Nothing is simple, LOL!
I am able to curb excess if I need to – Saturn is conjunct my Jupiter in Capricorn.
It seems like aspects to the Moon are important. I have a stellium in Cancer squaring Jupiter, but also a Moon Saturn combination. So there is the possibility for a see-saw quality between treats and denial. I have/am definitely outgrowing any sweet tooth / overindulgence tendencies with maturity. Food is more about functional necessity rather than pleasure.
Generally I only think about food when I am hungry which can lead to ‘hangry’ feelings (Sun Mars Mercury in Cancer?), if I am completely unprepared, which is too often. Cooking is perceived as a time consuming chore which is probably due to Moon Saturn, and not remotely relaxing. However, eggs (Cancer?) which require no thought and minimal preparation are a daily feature.
I’ve had a look at some charts and see a few patterns:
1) A fair amount of Cardinal signs. Not always enough to have the Sun there, needs to be through the chart.
2) An angular Moon, but need more birth times to be sure
3) Surprising amount of Capricorn and Saturn. I think maybe there is some fear of missing out on treats, maybe? Issues of “I deserve”
4) The only people I know who go for the cheeseboard at dessert are Cancerian men
5) Several Aries women I know love a bake-off
6) Field observation – Yesterday I saw a Libra/Capricorn eat 2 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs in a row. He wins I think…
I know a lot of Cancer Women (Sun Cancer & Moon in Cancer) who absolutely love eggs! Mostly scrambled eggs. Not a huge fans of eggs myself ….
That’s interesting, the first thing my cancerian child learned to cook was scrambled eggs 🙂
She also loves fish and seafood, especially prawns and sushi. Doesn’t like spicy food, quite a sensitive palate.
Building on my rant (sorry for that) below, Marjorie, could you have a look at the chart for Paul R. Ehrlich, born May 29, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and who died recently on March 13, 2026?
He popularised into public consciousness the fear of population explosion, which led to some atrocities against both women (such as forced abortions of all pregnant women in parts of China, just to make the stats look good) and men (forced vasectomies in India, during the Emergency period of 1975-77, where men were literally kidnapped off the streets and vasectomies performed on them).
Could you also have a look at the chart for Thomas Robert Malthus, born 13/14 February 1766 at Westcott, near Dorking in Surrey (details from Wikipedia)?
The 20th March 2026 episode of Bill Maher’s Real Time may be interesting to some.
He interviewed Tristan Harris, co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology, who was recently featured in the documentary film “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.”. This interviewee spoke about how we are moving into an “anti-human” world with AI taking over our lives and possibly many, if not most, jobs by the end of this decade.
We also have falling birth rates across the globe, which I know many people applaud, but which can also mean that many cultures, soft skills and some knowledge (such as some spoken languages) will die off.
This leads me to my astrological observation(s). We are merely at the very start of the Age of Aquarius, which will likely last about two millennia. I am not sure why, but the vibe I get from contributors on this site is that Aquarius/Uranus is this wonderful sign of equality, progress and all happy, all dancing.
But it also has a darker side. It is impersonal, clinical, unsentimental, does not care about your existence, never mind your emotions. To it, you are dispensible. To me, Aquarius has all the vibes of an austere communist country of the 1930s to 70s (think Stalin’s purges and Mao’s..so many actions). As an aside, is there a heavily Aquarian/Uranian aspect to the astrological chart for communism?
Anyway, the point I am making above is that Aquarius is not that great sign as is made out on this site. Just because it follows Capricorn does not mean it is flawless. I suspect we will find major flaws in Aquarius/Uranus as Pluto in Aquarius hits its stride.
Which brings me to my second observation. Every major (political) revolution that majorly changes norms/systems is typically undone in 15-20 years. Within 15 years of the first French revolution, France went from being a kingdom to Napoleon crowning himself emperor. Within 15 years of the Russian revolution and the execution of Nicholas II, Russia/the Soviet Union had Stalin and his purges. Many of the freedoms French women won in the French Revolution were under by the Napoleonic Code within 15 years.
It is worth remembering that the liberties acquired during Pluto in Aquarius, a scientific, rational sign, can and likely will be reversed when Pluto moves to Pisces, a mystical, possibly fanatically religious sign.
I guess the point I am trying to make is, go easy on how Pluto-in-Aquarius will usher in heaven on earth (though I think some Trump supporters are trying to do that literally, to start off the Rapture, a uniquely American religious phenomenon). It is more complicated than that.
Roe-v-Wade reminded us all, that like the Dred Scott decision, this too shall pass. All things, good or bad, will come to an end. At the end of the darkest night, there is light. At the end of the brightest day, there is darkness. It is all a cycle.
UM, I agree with your observations about Aquarius and revolutions that reverse, or are significantly altered by subsequent events. The French Revolution being the poster child of that, and leading to much more pain in later upheavals that built on it.
It is, imo, a mistake to view ANY sign or planet from a purely optimistic point of view, such as the idealism that seems to permeate discussions about Aquarius. It’s ruler, Uranus, ought to make people more cautious out of the gate.
Planets just don’t care, nor do signs. Their influence is non-human and we should be respectful of our very humble place in the universe, despite grandiose religious aspirations. We are a pretty sad species, as any day watching the news out of the Middle East can testify.
The influence of planets and signs is unlikely to be more than synchronistic (which is a very big concept). In any case, without some huge project that systematically investigates astrology there are indications, but no proof. It works, and then it doesn’t. Aquarius is one thing and then it is something else.
If we could use all of known history and science, and even throw in AI (assuming those in combination could actually describe what transpires on this fine planet), to study the operation of those same planets and signs, we might still come up short. I believe we humans are simply stuck with “not knowing what reality actually is”.
We cannot KNOW what Aquarius is except by observation, which so far has taken 5000+ years and counting. Sure, we see that “something seems to work”, but for every astrologer there is a skeptic. There is a long way to go before astrology is anywhere near a “science”, and countless cookbook astro websites and popular astrology writers are not going to solve the grand puzzle of why Aquarius has many faces. A little scientific method might help, but so far that has been scarce in its study. So astrology is an exploration. It has a wonderful mind expanding effect on the way one views life. It is excellent in that way, but incomplete.
Thank you, SweetGrapes. That is a well-expressed, well-rounded observation.
Agree on Aquarius – like all Uranian ruled entities it has the capacity for enlightenment and pulling down old structures – but not so great at establishing new foundations which is why often chaos follows and the old limitations get reintroduced.
In individuals, Aquarius is a thinker and stubborn and if it gets hooked into an ideology can be obsessive and its emotional detachment turns chilly – hence Jorg Haider, neo- Nazi politico etc.
I have known one or two Aquarians who were real hustlers so not all sweetness and light, anti-materialists.
I am not sure science is a science in the sense of can-be-replicated-exactly – there are no explanations as I understand it (not too far admittedly) for quantum mechanics and much of theoretical physics. I much prefer seeing astrology as tapping into the realm of possibilities and potentials. The broad context is there but you never know until it unfolds whether it will be this end of the spectrum or the other.
I also agree on Aquarius. I’ve often wondered about the role of its traditional ruler, Saturn, too. Plus the symbolic water glyph, which looks like cartoon electric rays to me, and the notion of the Water Bearer – a person/servant who goes around distributing water from a jar to everyone. The universal nature is there to see, but the Saturnian energy seems hidden, yet I cannot discount it entirely. The old saying “cold as charity” springs to mind. I’ve also wondered about the chart for the Third Reich – Sun, Saturn, and Mercury in Aquarius. Uranus in Aries, square Pluto in Cancer signalled the coming storm.
Would it be interesting to look at the chart relating to yesterday’s announcement that Instagram (etc) were responsible for the suffering of a young woman who became addicted to these apps? It occurred to me that this could be the start of a ‘fightback’ against the tech companies – which is super interesting to see that it is taking place right at the start of Pluto in Aquarius.
Not meaning to get all mystical here, but this thread reminded me of something I read/heard by Joseph Campbell in the TV series that Bill Moyers did. It’s about the duality of existence and how both good and terrible make up the whole.
I think that concept fits Aquarius particularly well because Aquarius is the sign that most tangles with humans as such, and communities. Aquarians (11th house) are the more human supporters of the 10th house ruler, Capricorn, which are the pinacle symbols in astrology. Capricorn is the sea-goat, the goat with a fish tail, which implies a merger between lower animals and higher ones (literally the ones that originate in the ocean up to those that climb the mountain heights).
Well, what comes after Capricorn, but man? The beast that thinks and creates societies and politics and brings the water of knowledge (aka conscious life – which presumably includes humans and higher animals like whales?).
So, Aquarius is a 2 sided saviour/destroyer figure whose symbol is 2 separate, but parallel wavy lines and whose ruler is Uranus, perched on top of an earth circle like an old fashioned antenna. The good and bad, the divine and the unspeakably horrible. Sounds kind of familiar these days.
This Campbell quote comes toward the end of Moyer’s interview (Campbell and others cover the concepts elsewhere in much more depth). It points to the uncomfortable, endless good vs evil struggle from a slightly different angle. Here, in terms of astrology, keeping in mind that after Aquarius comes Pisces, humanity sinks back into the religious/evolutionary Neptune-soup, to be remixed and reborn to fight again in Aries. The great circle. Most fundamentalist Christians would strongly disagree with Moyer’s view, I think; even if they would agree with the terrible side, they would not agree with the circle coming around again (presumably indicating reincarnation). Everybody gets to make up their own minds on that one!
“JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Well, read Chapter 13 in Mark (which describes a kind of secondary armageddon, in addition to the one in St. John).
BILL MOYERS: Which says?
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: That’s the end of the world. You see, these are experiences that go past ethical judgments. Ethics is wiped out. Our religions, with the accent on the human, as I mentioned a little while ago, also stress the ethical. God is good. God is horrific the end of the world? There’s an Arab saying that I read somewhere in The Arabian Nights that the angel of death, when the angel of death comes it is terrible; when he has reached you, it is bliss.
Now, in the Buddhist systems, particularly as we get them from Tibet, the Buddhas appear in two aspects; there is the peaceful aspect and there is the wrathful aspect of the deity. Now, if you’re clinging to your ego and its little world and hanging on, and the deity wants to open you, the wrathful aspect comes. It seems to you terrible. But if you are open, and open enough, then that same deity would be experienced as bliss.”
I see the current dystopian tech overreach (snooping, digital ID, ‘for the children’ justifications) is the pure shadow of Pluto in Aquarius: impersonal, efficient, and dehumanizing. But the pushback, decentralization, local resilience, boycotting people/platforms with dark values, and global empathy for places like Palestine, is the positive side of that same transit.
What makes me slightly more optimistic about Pluto in Aquarius this time around, is placing what’s happening today through Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory lens, which I’ve mentioned on here way back. His theory states that humanity grows through consciousness ‘stages,’ like an individual maturing. He colour coded the levels of consciousness like this:
* Amber (traditional): order, belonging, ‘us vs. them’ → fuels fascism, nationalist rigidity.
* Orange (modern): reason, innovation, progress → fuels tech ‘solutions’ without soul.
* Green (postmodern): equality, inclusion → fuels compassion but can reject all structure.
* Teal (integral, emerging): integrates the previous, global awareness + local action, innovation with wisdom.
MAGA, Trump, Israel/Zionism, Christian Nationalism, Reform, etc? Strong Amber core, often dressed in Orange/Green language. Tech overreach? Orange efficiency + Green aesthetics, but Amber control underneath. The cognitive dissonance is the chaos.
But when people show cross-border empathy, hold power accountable, or choose community over convenience as we are seeing with millions of people across the globe, that’s early Teal waking up. That’s, ‘global family consciousness.’ We have never seen this at this scale before in history. And I think it’s why the shadow side of Pluto in Aquarius is escalating surveillance and fascism to try and stop it.
I don’t believe it will be a hippy wonderland over the next two decades. We will be run ragged mentally fighting for freedoms, discerning truth, while wading through intense propaganda and learning to use technology without losing our humanity. I think it’s going to be a hard, hair-raising slog and we have to learn to tune out regularly or we will get fried. Something I struggle with.
I believe that past revolutions failed because they only changed their laws while their consciousness stayed rooted in those earlier colour codes. Ken Wilber did say, along the lines of we are all at different developmental stages and can overlap different levels. So we don’t evolve in one clear, linear line. We go in a zig-zag direction, so at any particular time, we can be taken off into a direction by mad men, which is where I think we are at the moment. But ultimately, we will still evolve; light overcomes darkness, darkness comes back to keep the light at bay again. But I do think we are somewhat better equipped consciously this time around. I hope I’m not wrong.
I agree that ideas/ideals which get introduced in revolutions can often be undone later on, but I would suggest that the long term significance of such ideas/ideals being introduced is that it determines that they are indeed possible to achieve. The French Revolution’s changes may have been undone by Napoleon and France indeed went back to monarchy for a while, but over the 19th/20th centuries the ideas/ideals springing from it were gradually re-established with sturdier foundations. The importance of the Revolution in the long term was to show that such things could be done. This is not to deny however the downsides of the Revolutionary period in France which was chaotic to say the least.
To return to Aquarius, in the long term we are moving from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius so the underlying theme will be that, although Pluto in Pisces in 20 years time may have an effect as others have mentioned.
Hi Marjorie,
Could you look at the astrology for NATO over the next few years and into the 2030s? I note that you’re using a different chart for NATO which I would suggest to say may not be the correct one. All the sources give the founding date as being 4th April 1949, Washington D.C.
That chart has an Aries Sun/Mars/Venus/Mercury all opposing Neptune in Libra. Between 2027 and 2032 (approximately), Neptune will conjunct this stellium and oppose its natal position. I have read one interpretation suggesting this may mean the dissolution of the alliance.
Nick Campion is firm about the August NATO chart being the correct one. I tested both charts out against previous NATO interventions and the August one is much more accurate about events.
I wonder whether you could look at the astrology of the Gulf countries. I am interested whether they will untangle themselves from the US and move into the Chinese orbit. In particular will they adopt the petro-yuan.
See post: Israel and the Middle East – rolling turmoil
29th December 2025
Could you take a look at Tiger Woods’ chart? He’s just had another incident this time arrested for DUI.
Astrologer, Nick Dagan Best, is holding firm that DT will exit stage left between now and end of April. Apparently, he doesn’t make many predictions, in general. FWIW.
Amelia, does Dagan Best have a public blog or other source for your comment? I can’t find any commentary from him on his website, so I probably have the wrong one (?). Thanks.
I was looking at it yesterday and he was a guest on someone else’s YT channel (Lawless Astrology) – although he does have his own channel as well.
I’ve put the link here for those who may be interested.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY1PdM5u_KQ&t=1247s
I heard him say in a podcast with other astrologer (lawless astrology) on youtube recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY1PdM5u_KQ
Saturn and Neptune are now wedging themselves firmly into Trump’s 8th house (cusp is about 28-29Pisces iirc) and it’s interesting to see they are clearly having an effect. Also transit Uranus crossed his MC over the last year (26Tau) and many more people are seeing him differently now.
His progressed Mercury is conjunct Mars on his Asc and progressed Moon is currently exactly square to the Mercury//Mars conjunction. Even more anger than usual
Yes, transit Saturn will also square his 8 Cancer Mercury in late April this year, while at the same time, opposing his Neptune in Libra in the 2nd. Currently, transit Uranus is squaring his Mars/Ascendant making him even more volatile and belligerent than usual along with the Chiron/Eris conjunction in Aries squaring his Venus/Saturn in Cancer – which for me is the Achilles heel of his chart. In late April, Uranus finally enters Gemini for the duration, while the nodes square his natal BML in Sagittarius.
In short, he has a whole bunch of difficult transits right now and coming up. He looks absolutely terrible, like a walking cadaver and is increasingly incoherent. Classic signs of dementia which both my parents had, so I am very familiar with the symptoms of the disease. Along with Hegseth’s bizarre rapture obsession, white supremacist Christofascism and this hamfisted, ludicrous war, which show all the signs of becoming an unmitigated disaster, the world feels quite a dangerous place at the moment.
Agree about the signs of dementia, VF. I’ve also had the heartbreaking experience of seeing someone I loved gradually deteriorate with it. The anger and volatility can be part of it, as I am sure you know.
April’s New Moon is 27 Aries, aligning with tr Chiron and Eris, and square the USA’s Pluto in Capricorn. I also see that tr Jupiter in Cancer squares Mars in Aries in May, each aspecting DJT’s natal Saturn and then Venus. Plus USA 24 Cancer Mercury. A fair amount of dynamic Cardinal energy and tension. New Moon in May is aligned with troublesome Algol. The Full Moon in May is 9 Sagittarius, aligned with Antares in the heart of the Scorpion. And opposing the USA’s natal Uranus in Gemini. Elsbeth Ebertin writes:
“According to tradition, Antares is of violent character and is credited with being significant for a violent death, either in battle or by process of law. On the other hand, danger may come about by fire, weapons or machinery. Antares is also said to be unfortunate for the eyes, if in conjunction with the Ascendant, Moon or Sun and this has proven to be the case by later researchers.” [Fixed Stars and Their Interpretation, Elsbeth Ebertin, 1928, p.70-71.]
Thanks Jane for the Moons, fixed stars and transits to the US. I was wondering about the Aries New Moon – quite a line-up in Aries that day with Mercury, Mars, Chiron, Eris, Neptune and Saturn.
Hi Marjorie,
Would you mind taking another look at Ukraine? I read that many Middle Eastern Gulf countries are turning to Ukraine for their expertise in taking down drones. For example, Zelenskyy is visiting Saudi Arabia right now and Ukraine and Saudi Arabia are supposed to be signing a defense agreement.
Also, Ukraine has been successfully striking Russian oil fields and 40% of Russian oil export capacities have been halted.
Ukraine has kind of been lost in the news lately because of the situations in Palestine and Iran. However, I’m wondering if that’s about to change.
“Also, Ukraine has been successfully striking Russian oil fields and 40% of Russian oil export capacities have been halted.”
Not oil fields, but terminals. Ust-Luga 20 miles North-East from Estonian boarder town Narva and Primorsk just 30 miles from the Finnish boarder. And this has been three nights straight now! I think this is a very bad development for Putin, because these sites are very strategic, are near the NATO boarder, and should have solid defense by now, yet nothing. I mentioned this on the thread on Putin’s daughter Maria Vorontsova, who seems to have a panicky April.
Oh, and I should mention: My mother’s direct paternal ancestors likely were from Laukaansuu/ Ust-Luga area, who fled during Great Wrath, husband’s maternal grandfather’s family was in Koivisto/Primorsk and fled after WWII. Russians have long since destroyed ambient in these two places, so I am applauding the actions. I am pretty certain this has been coordinated with the JEF countries, too. We casually held a summit in Helsinki this week.
Solaia, what are JEF countries? Thanks!
The Joint Expeditionary Force is a UK led military partnership designed for rapid response, it consists of Scandinavian countries, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Netherlands, it is not part of NATO but all the members are also NATO members. It can act independently in its own right but it can also be deployed in support of NATO and other cooperative ventures such as the ONU
On a lighter note! What would be the indicators in a Astrology for a sweet tooth? Which baddy planets can we blame this on?
What prompted my initial post is the thought that if planets can influence everything – then what about food?
I’m guessing Venus since it rules Taurus who famously have sweet tooth or possibly the Moon-ruled Cancer the overindulgent mother who likes to bake sweet treats for her children.
Agree. Cancerian planets , especially in aspect to jupiter or the moon.
I blame my Venus in Cancer … me & Cake … story of my life. But maybe also just water planets seeking comfort. I a a Gemini (sag moon) but have my personal planets, aside from the luminaries in water signs (mars in pisces) and I am a notorious sweet tooth….
Agreed. The jupiter in cancer mother needs her citrus fruits to be sweet. The sun in cancer sibling just need sweet food but not as extreme as mother.
Me, venus in Taurus prefer savoury, fried food, Fruits must have both sweet and sour notes.
My daughter has a Cancer Moon-Jupiter, and the way she hawked cookies on her granny’s table the moment she could stand up is all the confirmation I need for this theory! My Taurus Venus- Cancer Saturn husband would stash his candy as a child, and still does to an extent. I am the savory person in our family, and I put this down to my Capricorn Moon. My treats are more salty and crunchy.
The stashing the candy is very Taurus because I did as a kid
Interesting. As I have Venus in Cancer – with Jupiter/Venus midpoint opposite my Moon in Capricorn!
It’s fun to play around and look at the index for Rex Bills’ The Rulership Book on Scribd.com. (free). Venus, Taurus, and Libra, Jupiter – all there, plus things like Mars for bakeries because of the hot ovens I imagine. But then milk and cream are ruled by the Moon, and so on. Honey is Venus, Jupiter and probably Leo. It’s complicated! I’m Cancer rising, and love creamy things – sweet or savoury, like cheese.
I’m a chocoholic. I have to chain myself to the wall in order to not eat an entire bar in one go. Venus trine Jupiter, Moon square Jupiter.
The tooth part comes from Saturn, which generally rules bones and teeth, though Virgo is connected with health via food and drugs, along with Cancer. Saturn afflicting the Moon, since the Moon rules Cancer, can lead to problems with food and digestion. Mercury is associated with nerves (toothache?) and an afflicted Mercury can indicate lack of judgment in the house or sign it is in. Sweetness can be linked to an excess of consumption, which comes with Venus in particular, but also Jupiter because it indicates expansion and excess. And the “positive” aspects, trine and sextile, lean toward an easy going attitude and having permission, which can lead to love of sweets. The trine, especially, puts up little resistance. So benefic planets and aspects are ones to watch for, though quincunxes can indicate a problem from another direction. Nothing is simple, LOL!
I am able to curb excess if I need to – Saturn is conjunct my Jupiter in Capricorn.
It seems like aspects to the Moon are important. I have a stellium in Cancer squaring Jupiter, but also a Moon Saturn combination. So there is the possibility for a see-saw quality between treats and denial. I have/am definitely outgrowing any sweet tooth / overindulgence tendencies with maturity. Food is more about functional necessity rather than pleasure.
Generally I only think about food when I am hungry which can lead to ‘hangry’ feelings (Sun Mars Mercury in Cancer?), if I am completely unprepared, which is too often. Cooking is perceived as a time consuming chore which is probably due to Moon Saturn, and not remotely relaxing. However, eggs (Cancer?) which require no thought and minimal preparation are a daily feature.
I’ve had a look at some charts and see a few patterns:
1) A fair amount of Cardinal signs. Not always enough to have the Sun there, needs to be through the chart.
2) An angular Moon, but need more birth times to be sure
3) Surprising amount of Capricorn and Saturn. I think maybe there is some fear of missing out on treats, maybe? Issues of “I deserve”
4) The only people I know who go for the cheeseboard at dessert are Cancerian men
5) Several Aries women I know love a bake-off
6) Field observation – Yesterday I saw a Libra/Capricorn eat 2 Cadbury’s Creme Eggs in a row. He wins I think…
I know a lot of Cancer Women (Sun Cancer & Moon in Cancer) who absolutely love eggs! Mostly scrambled eggs. Not a huge fans of eggs myself ….
That’s interesting, the first thing my cancerian child learned to cook was scrambled eggs 🙂
She also loves fish and seafood, especially prawns and sushi. Doesn’t like spicy food, quite a sensitive palate.
Building on my rant (sorry for that) below, Marjorie, could you have a look at the chart for Paul R. Ehrlich, born May 29, 1932, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and who died recently on March 13, 2026?
He popularised into public consciousness the fear of population explosion, which led to some atrocities against both women (such as forced abortions of all pregnant women in parts of China, just to make the stats look good) and men (forced vasectomies in India, during the Emergency period of 1975-77, where men were literally kidnapped off the streets and vasectomies performed on them).
Could you also have a look at the chart for Thomas Robert Malthus, born 13/14 February 1766 at Westcott, near Dorking in Surrey (details from Wikipedia)?
The 20th March 2026 episode of Bill Maher’s Real Time may be interesting to some.
He interviewed Tristan Harris, co-founder of The Center for Humane Technology, who was recently featured in the documentary film “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.”. This interviewee spoke about how we are moving into an “anti-human” world with AI taking over our lives and possibly many, if not most, jobs by the end of this decade.
We also have falling birth rates across the globe, which I know many people applaud, but which can also mean that many cultures, soft skills and some knowledge (such as some spoken languages) will die off.
This leads me to my astrological observation(s). We are merely at the very start of the Age of Aquarius, which will likely last about two millennia. I am not sure why, but the vibe I get from contributors on this site is that Aquarius/Uranus is this wonderful sign of equality, progress and all happy, all dancing.
But it also has a darker side. It is impersonal, clinical, unsentimental, does not care about your existence, never mind your emotions. To it, you are dispensible. To me, Aquarius has all the vibes of an austere communist country of the 1930s to 70s (think Stalin’s purges and Mao’s..so many actions). As an aside, is there a heavily Aquarian/Uranian aspect to the astrological chart for communism?
Anyway, the point I am making above is that Aquarius is not that great sign as is made out on this site. Just because it follows Capricorn does not mean it is flawless. I suspect we will find major flaws in Aquarius/Uranus as Pluto in Aquarius hits its stride.
Which brings me to my second observation. Every major (political) revolution that majorly changes norms/systems is typically undone in 15-20 years. Within 15 years of the first French revolution, France went from being a kingdom to Napoleon crowning himself emperor. Within 15 years of the Russian revolution and the execution of Nicholas II, Russia/the Soviet Union had Stalin and his purges. Many of the freedoms French women won in the French Revolution were under by the Napoleonic Code within 15 years.
It is worth remembering that the liberties acquired during Pluto in Aquarius, a scientific, rational sign, can and likely will be reversed when Pluto moves to Pisces, a mystical, possibly fanatically religious sign.
I guess the point I am trying to make is, go easy on how Pluto-in-Aquarius will usher in heaven on earth (though I think some Trump supporters are trying to do that literally, to start off the Rapture, a uniquely American religious phenomenon). It is more complicated than that.
Roe-v-Wade reminded us all, that like the Dred Scott decision, this too shall pass. All things, good or bad, will come to an end. At the end of the darkest night, there is light. At the end of the brightest day, there is darkness. It is all a cycle.
UM, I agree with your observations about Aquarius and revolutions that reverse, or are significantly altered by subsequent events. The French Revolution being the poster child of that, and leading to much more pain in later upheavals that built on it.
It is, imo, a mistake to view ANY sign or planet from a purely optimistic point of view, such as the idealism that seems to permeate discussions about Aquarius. It’s ruler, Uranus, ought to make people more cautious out of the gate.
Planets just don’t care, nor do signs. Their influence is non-human and we should be respectful of our very humble place in the universe, despite grandiose religious aspirations. We are a pretty sad species, as any day watching the news out of the Middle East can testify.
The influence of planets and signs is unlikely to be more than synchronistic (which is a very big concept). In any case, without some huge project that systematically investigates astrology there are indications, but no proof. It works, and then it doesn’t. Aquarius is one thing and then it is something else.
If we could use all of known history and science, and even throw in AI (assuming those in combination could actually describe what transpires on this fine planet), to study the operation of those same planets and signs, we might still come up short. I believe we humans are simply stuck with “not knowing what reality actually is”.
We cannot KNOW what Aquarius is except by observation, which so far has taken 5000+ years and counting. Sure, we see that “something seems to work”, but for every astrologer there is a skeptic. There is a long way to go before astrology is anywhere near a “science”, and countless cookbook astro websites and popular astrology writers are not going to solve the grand puzzle of why Aquarius has many faces. A little scientific method might help, but so far that has been scarce in its study. So astrology is an exploration. It has a wonderful mind expanding effect on the way one views life. It is excellent in that way, but incomplete.
Thank you, SweetGrapes. That is a well-expressed, well-rounded observation.
Agree on Aquarius – like all Uranian ruled entities it has the capacity for enlightenment and pulling down old structures – but not so great at establishing new foundations which is why often chaos follows and the old limitations get reintroduced.
In individuals, Aquarius is a thinker and stubborn and if it gets hooked into an ideology can be obsessive and its emotional detachment turns chilly – hence Jorg Haider, neo- Nazi politico etc.
I have known one or two Aquarians who were real hustlers so not all sweetness and light, anti-materialists.
I am not sure science is a science in the sense of can-be-replicated-exactly – there are no explanations as I understand it (not too far admittedly) for quantum mechanics and much of theoretical physics. I much prefer seeing astrology as tapping into the realm of possibilities and potentials. The broad context is there but you never know until it unfolds whether it will be this end of the spectrum or the other.
I also agree on Aquarius. I’ve often wondered about the role of its traditional ruler, Saturn, too. Plus the symbolic water glyph, which looks like cartoon electric rays to me, and the notion of the Water Bearer – a person/servant who goes around distributing water from a jar to everyone. The universal nature is there to see, but the Saturnian energy seems hidden, yet I cannot discount it entirely. The old saying “cold as charity” springs to mind. I’ve also wondered about the chart for the Third Reich – Sun, Saturn, and Mercury in Aquarius. Uranus in Aries, square Pluto in Cancer signalled the coming storm.
Would it be interesting to look at the chart relating to yesterday’s announcement that Instagram (etc) were responsible for the suffering of a young woman who became addicted to these apps? It occurred to me that this could be the start of a ‘fightback’ against the tech companies – which is super interesting to see that it is taking place right at the start of Pluto in Aquarius.
Not meaning to get all mystical here, but this thread reminded me of something I read/heard by Joseph Campbell in the TV series that Bill Moyers did. It’s about the duality of existence and how both good and terrible make up the whole.
I think that concept fits Aquarius particularly well because Aquarius is the sign that most tangles with humans as such, and communities. Aquarians (11th house) are the more human supporters of the 10th house ruler, Capricorn, which are the pinacle symbols in astrology. Capricorn is the sea-goat, the goat with a fish tail, which implies a merger between lower animals and higher ones (literally the ones that originate in the ocean up to those that climb the mountain heights).
Well, what comes after Capricorn, but man? The beast that thinks and creates societies and politics and brings the water of knowledge (aka conscious life – which presumably includes humans and higher animals like whales?).
So, Aquarius is a 2 sided saviour/destroyer figure whose symbol is 2 separate, but parallel wavy lines and whose ruler is Uranus, perched on top of an earth circle like an old fashioned antenna. The good and bad, the divine and the unspeakably horrible. Sounds kind of familiar these days.
This Campbell quote comes toward the end of Moyer’s interview (Campbell and others cover the concepts elsewhere in much more depth). It points to the uncomfortable, endless good vs evil struggle from a slightly different angle. Here, in terms of astrology, keeping in mind that after Aquarius comes Pisces, humanity sinks back into the religious/evolutionary Neptune-soup, to be remixed and reborn to fight again in Aries. The great circle. Most fundamentalist Christians would strongly disagree with Moyer’s view, I think; even if they would agree with the terrible side, they would not agree with the circle coming around again (presumably indicating reincarnation). Everybody gets to make up their own minds on that one!
https://billmoyers.com/content/ep-6-joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-masks-of-eternity-audio/
“JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Well, read Chapter 13 in Mark (which describes a kind of secondary armageddon, in addition to the one in St. John).
BILL MOYERS: Which says?
JOSEPH CAMPBELL: That’s the end of the world. You see, these are experiences that go past ethical judgments. Ethics is wiped out. Our religions, with the accent on the human, as I mentioned a little while ago, also stress the ethical. God is good. God is horrific the end of the world? There’s an Arab saying that I read somewhere in The Arabian Nights that the angel of death, when the angel of death comes it is terrible; when he has reached you, it is bliss.
Now, in the Buddhist systems, particularly as we get them from Tibet, the Buddhas appear in two aspects; there is the peaceful aspect and there is the wrathful aspect of the deity. Now, if you’re clinging to your ego and its little world and hanging on, and the deity wants to open you, the wrathful aspect comes. It seems to you terrible. But if you are open, and open enough, then that same deity would be experienced as bliss.”
I see the current dystopian tech overreach (snooping, digital ID, ‘for the children’ justifications) is the pure shadow of Pluto in Aquarius: impersonal, efficient, and dehumanizing. But the pushback, decentralization, local resilience, boycotting people/platforms with dark values, and global empathy for places like Palestine, is the positive side of that same transit.
What makes me slightly more optimistic about Pluto in Aquarius this time around, is placing what’s happening today through Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory lens, which I’ve mentioned on here way back. His theory states that humanity grows through consciousness ‘stages,’ like an individual maturing. He colour coded the levels of consciousness like this:
* Amber (traditional): order, belonging, ‘us vs. them’ → fuels fascism, nationalist rigidity.
* Orange (modern): reason, innovation, progress → fuels tech ‘solutions’ without soul.
* Green (postmodern): equality, inclusion → fuels compassion but can reject all structure.
* Teal (integral, emerging): integrates the previous, global awareness + local action, innovation with wisdom.
MAGA, Trump, Israel/Zionism, Christian Nationalism, Reform, etc? Strong Amber core, often dressed in Orange/Green language. Tech overreach? Orange efficiency + Green aesthetics, but Amber control underneath. The cognitive dissonance is the chaos.
But when people show cross-border empathy, hold power accountable, or choose community over convenience as we are seeing with millions of people across the globe, that’s early Teal waking up. That’s, ‘global family consciousness.’ We have never seen this at this scale before in history. And I think it’s why the shadow side of Pluto in Aquarius is escalating surveillance and fascism to try and stop it.
I don’t believe it will be a hippy wonderland over the next two decades. We will be run ragged mentally fighting for freedoms, discerning truth, while wading through intense propaganda and learning to use technology without losing our humanity. I think it’s going to be a hard, hair-raising slog and we have to learn to tune out regularly or we will get fried. Something I struggle with.
I believe that past revolutions failed because they only changed their laws while their consciousness stayed rooted in those earlier colour codes. Ken Wilber did say, along the lines of we are all at different developmental stages and can overlap different levels. So we don’t evolve in one clear, linear line. We go in a zig-zag direction, so at any particular time, we can be taken off into a direction by mad men, which is where I think we are at the moment. But ultimately, we will still evolve; light overcomes darkness, darkness comes back to keep the light at bay again. But I do think we are somewhat better equipped consciously this time around. I hope I’m not wrong.
I agree that ideas/ideals which get introduced in revolutions can often be undone later on, but I would suggest that the long term significance of such ideas/ideals being introduced is that it determines that they are indeed possible to achieve. The French Revolution’s changes may have been undone by Napoleon and France indeed went back to monarchy for a while, but over the 19th/20th centuries the ideas/ideals springing from it were gradually re-established with sturdier foundations. The importance of the Revolution in the long term was to show that such things could be done. This is not to deny however the downsides of the Revolutionary period in France which was chaotic to say the least.
To return to Aquarius, in the long term we are moving from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius so the underlying theme will be that, although Pluto in Pisces in 20 years time may have an effect as others have mentioned.