December 1: The Israeli army resumes fighting in the Gaza Strip claiming Hamas violated the terms of the truce by firing into Israel territory. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was trine Mars in the Mars cycle. PS: the fighting is raging in Ukraine.
December 6: In Gaza fierce fighting (Mars) rages as Israel troops expand their offensive into southern Gaza forcing (Pluto) tens of thousands of displaced Palestinian civilians (Moon) to cram into a city close to the Egyptian border to avoid Israeli bombardment. Progressed Mars was opposition Moon and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
December 8: The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire (Jupiter-Pluto) in the war (Mars) between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
December 13: The UN General Assembly (Pluto) overwhelmingly passes a non-binding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian (Moon) ceasefire in Gaza. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Moon and semisquare and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Dubai delegates from nearly 200 countries (Pluto) at the United Nations COP28 climate talks (Saturn) agree to a deal that would, for the first time, push nations to transition away from fossil fuels to avert the worst effects (Saturn) of climate change. Mars was parallel Pluto and Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the sky.
December 15: Day 70 of the war in Gaza. According to Hamas officials at least 18,787 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since October 7; and the Israeli army (Mars) kills three captives (Pluto) held by Palestinian armed groups (Mars-Pluto) in Gaza after ‘mistakenly’ identifying them as a threat (Pluto). Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was inconjunct Uranus in the Mars cycle.
December 16: Cardinal Angelo Becciu (Jupiter), the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial (house 7-house 9) before a Vatican criminal court (Pluto-house 9), is convicted of embezzlement (Neptune-Pluto) and sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail. Progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Jupiter in the Aquarian Age chart; Jupiter was parallel Saturn and Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and Jupiter was sesquisquare the Sun-Moon conjunction in the Moon cycle.
In Argentina the port city of Bahia Blanca is hit by a storm (Saturn) that brought heavy rain (Saturn) and high winds and killed 14 people before moving towards Buenos Aires. Jupiter was conjunction Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
December 17: In the central Mexican state of Guanajuato 12 partygoers (Venus) are shot and killed by an armed group (Mar-Pluto). Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sesquisquare Venus in the Mars cycle.
In India at least nine workers are killed and several injured in a blast (Mars) at an explosives factory (Mars). Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
In Northern Queensland, Australia, a coastal trough linked to ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper dumps heavy rain causing flooding, power outages, evacuations and a trail of destruction. Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
December 18: Global shipping companies suspend voyages and pause shipments (Jupiter) through the Red Sea due to a deteriorating security situation (Saturn). Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the sky.
December 19: Several countries (Pluto) led by America agree to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard (Saturn) commercial shipping (Jupiter) against attacks (Mars) by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Mars was parallel Pluto and Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Sun was opposition Mars in the Mars cycle.
The Vatican (Jupiter) approves a landmark ruling to allow Roman Catholic priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies (Saturn), nor given in contexts related to civil unions or weddings. Progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Jupiter in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was parallel Saturn in the sky.
A magnitude-6.2 earthquake in remote northern China kills at least 125 people; a volcano erupts in Iceland spewing lave and smoke; heavy rains paralyse several parts of India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu; and an east coast storm in America claims 5 lives and leaves 400,000 without power. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was conjunction Saturn in the sky.
December 21: In a mass shooting (Mars-Pluto) in the Czech Republic a gunman kills 14 people and wounds 25 others at his Prague university. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and Mars was conjunction the Sun-Moon conjunction in the Moon cycle.
The civilian death toll in Gaza exceeds 20,000.
December 24: In Serbia thousands of people gather in the centre of Belgrade in an anti-government protest (Uranus) to demand the annulment of parliamentary and local elections held a week ago that international observers say were unfair. Progressed Uranus was semisquare Moon in the Uranus cycle.
In Sri Lanka police (Mars) arrest almost 15,000 people during a week-long operation against drug traffickers (Neptune) seizing almost 440kg of various types of narcotics, including heroin (Neptune). Mars was square Neptune in the sky.
In China a cold wave (Saturn) is sweeping across swathes of the country bringing blizzards (Saturn) and sending temperatures towards historic lows (Saturn). A weather observatory in Beijing has recorded more than 300 hours of below-freezing temperatures (Saturn) since December 11 when the record breaking big chill began. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Jupiter was conjunction Saturn in the sky.
December 26: In Totota, northcentral Liberia, at least 40 people are killed and many injured after a gas tanker (Neptune) crashes and explodes (Mars). Mars was square Neptune ion the sky.
December 28: Israeli forces pound central Gaza by land, sea and air with Palestinian authorities reporting dozens more deaths; and in North Korea Kim Jong Un orders his military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations (Mars) to counter what he calls unprecedented confrontational moves by the US. Mars was square Neptune in the sky.
December 29: In Ukraine a massive missile barrage – the biggest of the war so far – kills at least 39 people and wounds over 140. In a wave of attacks Russia launches an estimated 158 missiles and drones targeting Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Lviv. And in Gaza fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing strike Khan Younis with nearly 200 people reported killed. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Neptune in the Mars cycle.
December 30: In Serbia thousands of people rally in Belgrade in the biggest protest (Uranus) yet accusing President Aleksandar Vucic’s governing party of orchestrating a fraud (Neptune) in the December 17 parliamentary and municipal elections and demanding the results be annulled. Progressed Uranus was semisquare Moon in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Mars was square Neptune in the Mars cycle.
December 31: Global shipping giant Maersk (Jupiter-Neptune) suspends (Saturn) operations in the Red Sea for 48 hours after the US army attacks three Houthi boats killing at least 10 fighters (Mars). Jupiter was parallel Saturn and Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was inconjunct Mercury in the Mars cycle.
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