Taking Stock

The last three Celestial Wheel entries have taken us through a lethargic summer into an overactive fall, with the last focusing upon the U.S. chart.

August 14 Transit Lull

August 21 Dog Days

August 30, The U.S. Through The Fall

We can readily see the impacts upon natural events of the energetic lull, which began August 11.  Yes, storms have been sweeping across the country.  Yet, they haven't be catastrophic but rather a net gain for breaking the drought which has plagued much of America -- from the west to the east.  Many in Texas this summer have prayed for a hurricane to break their severe drought there and have been delighted with heavy summer storms.  Inevitable property damage has been a small price to pay for the water bonanza.  And although the peak of the hurricane season ends today, there is little tropical storm activity in the Atlantic now and one in the Pacific off California is bringing needed rain there.

But yes, the second half of the hurricane season lies ahead.  And very high ocean water temperatures have been both maintained at the surface and have gone deeper to further warm the Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and eastern Pacific.  (A sauce pan of hot water holds less heat than a deep cooking pot.) If you don't know this, hurricanes feed on ocean waters over 80 degrees, and our tropical seas have been well above that for many months now.

High water temperatures certainly respond to global warming, the absense of hurricanes and to dry Saharan dust which has been heavy this year and blocks hurricane formation.  The ocean water reservoir is thereby getting a double dose of heat in 2022.  The August 6 Mars Finishing In Aries stated,

I'll Do It Later

 

My girlfriend has three retrograde planets, and their latent energy results in delaying things and being very, very slow.  It takes her an hour to make a twenty minute frozen pizza.  Beyond that three planets are retrograde, hers accentuate inactivity.  Jupiter and Saturn, the two big planets, being retrograde reduce the chart's overall energy.  Mercury, the final retrograde, slows her mind, disguising that she is really highly intelligent.  She doesn't say this much any longer but told me her excuse for dodging responsibilities as a child was to say I'll do it later.

Examining the relative weakness of the transiting planets this summer until mid October, we can add another planet to the latent-energy retrogrades.

Mercury, the planet of communications and the nervous system, began yesterday one of its three time yearly retrogrades. 

These insights about my girlfriend's chart are relevant because now transiting planets also have three retrogrades and these are the same as in her chart --- Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury.  Events are both reduced and moderated.  It's like the military Hurry up and wait!  You can see the R letters beside each of these three planets.

Transits September 12, 2020

Mercury retrograde runs from September 9 through the morning of October 2. 

As transits are global planetary karma, this triple retrograde affects everyone, everywhere.  So, if you're expecting a package shipped from say France, it certainly won't arrive early!  And the political process as we approach the November 8 elections is a slog.  I can just see in a political debate a candidate dithering so long the moderator in exasperation sharply complaining, Please just answer the question!  To which the candidate replies, I have a tickle in my throat and need to adjust my belt.  Also, could I use the men's room first?

This is not necessarily a negative, for some situations are best handled by slowing them down.  On the other hand, if you're drowning, you don't want the lifeguard to check his Facebook page first.

Trump Through The Fall

This forecast may appear confusing by shifting from transits analysis to charts.  Too, this is a Mercury retrograde, which makes communications difficult.  The forecast is written to explain how the thread of the energetic lull (ongoing retrogrades and comparative weakness of malefic planets) from August 10 onward is entwined with the Vedic charts of the U.S. and Trump.

However, as Mars is the antagonist, recall the August 14 Transit Lull included this qualifier about this planet of storms and strife,

It Depends Where You Live

With so much going on nationally, and actually globally, forecasting natural events truly depends on where you live.  If in the west, then drought and fires are center stage.  In the Midwest, torrential thunderstorms have caused problems.  Truly, wherever you live, you experience major disruptions.  Some of this is Rahu Dasa in the U.S. chart, and some is climate change results.


The June 2 A Hard Read, concluded, In the meantime, understanding the world is in tremendous turmoil as Rahu destroys today to create tomorrow, and this astrologer lives on the Florida Gulf Coast, I bought this generator,

Later, the August 14 Transit Lull repeated this idea,  So, even as Saturn continues to aspect watery Cancer, Mars isn't stirring up natural events like we experienced when he was transiting Aries -- June 26 to August 10.  That doesn't mean disasters -- heat, fires, flooding, drought, hurricanes... -- won't occur this summer through mid fall.  It just means Mars isn't signaling major or tumultuous ones for the next few months.  However, I'm still glad I bought a generator.  There are lots of reasons the power can go out -- both natural disasters and civil unrest.

I live just south of Tampa in Venice, now in the cross hairs of this major storm, unusual for a hurricane.  In fact, it's been since 1921 that a catastrophic hurricane struck the Tampa Bay area.

There are two points here.  First, during Rahu Dasa, there is no peace in the world.  Second, forecasting this fall has stressed the this summer and early fall are comparatively quiet due to a transit lull.  Beginning mid October, all hell is gonna break loose.  The August 30 The U.S. Through The Fall explained, On October 17 Mars will enter Gemini, where he'll immediately jump on U.S. birthchart Mars at 00:41 degrees.  As much ruckus as this may cause during the election season, it won't be until Mars enters the U.S. Dasa lineup --November 19 to January 19 -- that mayhem ensures.  Consider here that both the great malefics -- Saturn and Mars -- will be active in the U.S. Dasas and in its transits then.

Wish me luck.  Ian is a truly major hurricane.  But, I have a generator and my apartment sits on an ancient Native American midden -- oyster shell mound -- 15 feet above sea level.  The ancients here didn't build villages and dispose of shells in vulnerable areas.