Happy (?) Birthday USA, 2022 Edition

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Every history has a beginning, a climax, a crisis, and then either a pause or a breakthrough. This is true for individuals, and it is true for countries as well. The story of the United States of America is a fascinating one, especially through an astrological lens.

Before understanding the present situation we have to understand how we got here. Back in 2009 I wrote:

The United States is at an astrological crossroads. America made progress Mars turned retrograde last year, and is looking for a new direction. Pluto, the God of Change, US Midhaven, continues to challenge the point of public perception. The qualities that gave America its power in the last 400 years will not work for the next 400, and the nation will have to adapt. Economic systems are changing and becoming much more difficult and fluid as they become global. Traditional social systems are weakening and a new way is needed to look at the way humans form families and cultural groups. As individuals we must become more agile and resilient so that we can adapt to the changing group, or we will not be able to survive till the 21st century. This is not a time to look back and long for the conservative values ​​of the 1950s – those days are over. A new day is coming, and we have to be ready for it.

obviously we No It’s ready, and Pluto’s return to its place in the US charts is drawing attention to the deep rifts that divide the country. But let’s take a look at a birthday chart in the United States and see what this year has in store for us.

US Pluto Returns, return to move Pluto in its place (sibley) charts for the US officially began in February 2022 and will not be completed until October 2023. ,Geeky Astrological Details: The second phase of precise alignment occurs on July 11, 2022, and the third and final precise alignment occurs on December 28, 2022, just before Pluto moves into Aquarius. However, Pluto will be retrograde and in September-October 2023 Pluto will be very tight, though not an exact conjunction.) I’ve written a lot on this topic – here’s a good introductory article if this is new to you.

You never know what a Pluto transit will bring. Pluto acts as the hand of fate, destroying the parts of our lives that no longer serve us, empowering us where necessary, forcing us to make changes where we put our feet. can draw. Pluto is the Lord of the Underworld, and isn’t afraid to dive into the dark gaps of the psyche where secrets lie and we can see how this has operated in American politics. The hatred and anger that has been hidden underground for many years has come to the fore and it is all before us. Which is frightening, but also necessary for real change.

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Major Planetary Transits: Mars (Kriya) is in the 7th house of partnerships and enemies in the US chart. The 7th house is quite full, which also houses Venus, Jupiter and Sun. Americans think we have allies around the world, but we must also have an enemy. That enemy began as England during the Revolutionary War, then the French, then the enemy was indoors in the First Civil War. The enemy was the Native peoples after the Civil War, followed by Germany in the First and Second World Wars, and then Communism in the 1950s.

Mars is squared by Neptune (idealism and illusion) in the US charts, and both of these planets are activated by a transit of Neptune that began in March 2021 just after the January 6 riots and just officially completed, though It will come very close. One final trigger point at the end of 2022. This Neptune transit coincides with the massive rise of conspiracy theories and lack of clarity in American politics. A certain amount of this is to be expected with Mars squared to Neptune in the US charts, but this transit of Neptune has magnified it.

A few words about the US Progressive Sun in Pisces, I invite you to read this article about the movement of the US Progressive Sun in Pisces and its impact on the political situation since 2004. The US Progressive Sun is now over half of Pisces, and in a few years it will start to set. The Mars/Neptune away from dynamic in the US charts suggests that it would be a good time for the US price scatter to resume.

Solar return. A Solar Return chart is inserted for the moment the Sun returns to its position in the natal chart. It could be on your birthday, or it could be the day before or the day after. This chart is a snapshot of the energies that will affect your birthday year.

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Note, this section has been modified since it was originally posted to fix an error. The Solar Return chart has an interesting conjunction of Jupiter in the middle sky which represents the leadership of the government and the nation. The middle sky is the sign located on the top of the tenth house, which in worldly astrology can also represent the president or leader of the country. In the solar return chart for the coming twelve months, Aries, the sign of the warrior, is the sign on the middle sky in conjunction with Jupiter. I would like to be optimistic, after all it is Jupiter, and I think it suggests a restructuring of the government to be able to function more efficiently and with a greater sense of joint purpose. Chiron is also in a broad conjunction with Jupiter, which suggests that healing can take place. But Chiron squares the first house Sun, which means that the original wound of identity will not heal easily, but Chiron is sextile Venus that can smooth out some rough edges.

Mercury ruled Gemini is moving in the Solar Return chart, and Mercury is in the first house and therefore extremely important in this chart. Mercury is the planet of communication and information, and dissemination of information and clearing up misinformation can be the highlight of the year. Misinformation and confusion are unlikely to disappear with our friend Neptune opposing the Moon in the Solar Return chart, but Mars harmonizes in a sextile to Mercury to help activate the processing and clarification of communication . In addition, both Neptune and the Moon are in harmonious aspect to the South Node of the past, helping us to recover and emerge from the trauma brought to this place.

The Black Moon is an interesting challenge (square) from Lilith (especially the elemental rage against the patriarch) to Eris (discord), and Pluto (creative destruction) is tied there as well (Square Eris, in front of BML) While last year the national struggle was based on racial equality, this year it looks like the focus will be on women’s rights.

The United States of America has been such an interesting experiment and unique of all the nations of the world in its effort to patchwork many different people together and make a quilt of humanity. Will this experiment be able to continue? For me it is a question of timing.

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