February 1: In Argentina everything is melting as 45 million people swelter in a heat wave (Mars). Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction Sun and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
The farmer’s strikes (Saturn-Uranus) in France have spread across Europe. (Saturn is resisting modernity.) Progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn and semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and the Sun and Moon were semisquare Saturn, trine Uranus and conjunction Pluto in the Capricorn Moon cycle.
February 2: In response to the January 28 drone attack on a US military base in Jordan the US launches retaliatory strikes (Mars) on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq killing nearly 40 people; and North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles (Mars) off its west coast. Mars was conjunction and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
February 3: The US and Britain launch strikes (Mars) against 36 Houthi targets in Yemen. Mars was conjunction and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Germany around 200,000 people (Pluto) take to the streets as nationwide protests (Uranus-Pluto) against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party (Saturn) enter their fourth week. Progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
In Chile a state of emergency (Mars) is declared as firefighters battle forest fires (Mars) that have so far killed at least 112 with hundreds missing. Mars was conjunction and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
February 5: Buckingham Palace announces that Britain’s King Charles (Sun) has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. Progressed Mars was sesquisquare and parallel Sun in the Mars cycle. See his chart progressed to February 5, 2024
February 6: In America a federal appeals court (house 9) rules that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, bringing the former US president a step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial. See his chart progressed to February 6, 2024
February 7: In Pakistan twin bomb blasts (Mars) kill at least 28 people and wound dozens on the eve of general elections. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Sun in the Mars cycle.
February 12: In Gaza two Israeli-Argentine hostages (Pluto) held by Hamas (Pluto) in Rafah are freed in a ferocious (Mars) Israeli rescue operation that killed 74 Palestinians as international opposition (Pluto) to a ground invasion (Mars) without a credible plan (Saturn) to protect civilians (Moon) intensifies. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction Pluto in the Mars cycle.
According to a United Nation’s first-ever report (Uranus) on migrating animals more than a fifth of the world’s migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a result of climate change and human encroachment. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
February 14: Indonesia, an archipelago with about 6,000 inhabited islands and the world’s third largest democracy, votes. 204 million voters attend 820,000 polling stations, manned by 5,740,000 election workers to vote for 10,000 candidates. Voting is not compulsory. Prabowo Subianto, a 72-year-old former military general (Mars) once banned from Australia over his human rights record (Pluto) declared victory with a preliminary tally showing a landslide win. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky posing a threat to democracy.
In southern Lebanon 10 civilians including four children are killed in a barrage (Pluto) of Israeli military strikes (Mars). Hezbollah (Pluto) and the Israeli military (Mars) have been exchanging fire along the Israel-Lebanon border for more than four months, after the Lebanese armed group launched rockets across the disputed frontier in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In Spain a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his helicopter last year is shot dead (Mars) by two gunman (Mars) his body riddled with bullets (Mars). Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
February 15: In Gaza Israeli forces raid the biggest functioning hospital; in Lebanon Hezbollah retaliates to yesterday’s missile strikes by firing dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town; in Yemen the Houthis claim responsibility for a missile attack on Barbados-flagged bulk carrier ‘Lycavitos’ in the Gulf of Aden; and the leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In Kansas City, Missouri, a woman (Venus) dies and 22 people are wounded in a mass shooting (Mars-Pluto). Mars was conjunction Pluto on the sky; and progressed Mars was square Venus in the Mars cycle.
Greece becomes the first orthodox country (Saturn) to legalize same-sex marriage in a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights (Uranus). Jupiter was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
According to the Committee to Protect Journalists 99 journalists (Mercury) were killed worldwide in 2023. Progressed Mercury was parallel birth chart Mars in the Aquarian Age chart.
The UK and Japan fall into recession (Saturn). Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
February 16: In Russia jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny (Pluto) and archenemy of Vladimir Putin (Pluto) dies after a walk at the ‘Polar Wolf’ Arctic penal colony (house 12) where he was serving a three-decade sentence. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In New York Donald Trump is ordered to pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently (Neptune) overstating his net worth and is banned from serving as an officer or director of any New York corporation (house 10) for three years. See his chart progressed to February 16, 2024
In New York Donald Trump Jr. is ordered to pay $4 million in penalties to New York for lying to banks (house 2). See his chart progressed to February 16, 2024
February 18: In New Guinea’s remote Highland’s region at least 49 people are killed in an ambush (Mars) involving a tribal dispute (Mars). Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In Mexico City a huge crowd (Pluto) estimated at 700,000 people turns out in an anti-government, pro-democracy protest (Uranus) against President Lopez Obrador’s administration. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
According to a report by the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) poverty levels (Saturn), which closed the 2023 year at 49.5%, hit 57.4% in January 2024. 6 out 10 Argentinians are poor. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
February 19: Israel and Brazil are having a diplomatic row (Mars-Jupiter); Yemen’s Houthi militants (Mars) attack the Rubymar cargo vessel (Jupiter) in the Gulf of Aden; and at least 12 people are killed in a shootout (Mars) with security forces in northern Mexico near the border with the United States. Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Mars in the Mars cycle.
Alexey Navalny’s wife, Yulia Navalnaya (Venus), releases a nine-minute video in which she accuses Vladimir Putin of killing her husband and pledges to continue his fight (Mars) for a ‘free Russia’. Venus was conjunction Mars and Pluto in the Mars-Pluto conjunction chart.
In a rare international law enforcement operation (Pluto-house 12) by Britain’s National Crime Agency, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Europol (Pluto-house 12), Lockbit, a notorious cybercrime gang (Pluto) that holds its victims’ data to ransom is disrupted and its website is now under the control of the National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international law enforcement task force, ‘Operation Cronos’. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn in the Pluto cycle.
Niger misses a debt payment (Saturn) of $22m bringing its total default since the July 2023 coup (Mars-Pluto) to $519m. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
February 20: The United States again vetoes (Pluto) a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
Taiwan drives off a Chinese coast guard boat (Jupiter) that entered waters near its sensitive frontline islands, in a rise in tensions a day after China’s coast guard boarded a Taiwanese tourist boat triggering ‘panic’. Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Pluto in the sky.
On July 7, 2021 with Mars square Uranus in the sky Haitian President Jovenel Moise was assassinated by gunmen. Now a Haitian judge has charged some fifty people, including his widow and a former prime minister with his murder and called for their arrests. Meanwhile gangs have taken control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In southern Africa a severe cholera outbreak (Saturn) is ravaging communities with thousands of people dying from the disease and thousands more infected. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
February 23: The United States imposes extensive sanctions (Saturn-Pluto) against Russia, targeting more than 500 people and entities to mark the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion (Mars) of Ukraine and retaliate (Mars) for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Mars was conjunction Pluto in the sky; progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was trine Sun in the Mars cycle.
February 24: In the Gulf of Aden Yemen’s Houthis target (Mars) MV Torm Thor, a US-flagged, owned, and operated oil tanker (Jupiter-Neptune); and US and British forces (Mars) carry out strikes (Mars) against more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen. The strikes have so far failed to halt the Houthis’ attacks, which have upset global trade (Jupiter) and raised shipping rates (Jupiter). Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
February 25: In Burkina Faso 170 people including women and children are ‘executed’ (Mars-Pluto) in attacks on three villages; at least 15 Catholic worshippers (Jupiter) are killed when gunmen (Mars) attack a community in the country’s northern region; and in Natiaboani town dozens of people are shot dead at a mosque during early-morning prayers. Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Pluto in the sky.
February 26: In Hungary MPs (house 11) overwhelmingly ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO (Pluto). Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
In Palestine PM Mohammad Shtayyeh (Sun) resigns (Saturn-Pluto), along with his government (house 10), as the Palestinian Authority looks to build support (Jupiter) for an expanded role (Jupiter) following Israel’s war (Mars) against the Islamist group Hamas (Pluto) in Gaza. Mars was square Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
In South Korea the government issues an ultimatum (Pluto) to 8,000 trainee doctors (Mars) giving them until the end of February to return to work (house 6). Their strike (Uranus-house 6) which started on February 20 has disrupted (Uranus) services for patients at several major hospitals (house 12). Mars was square Jupiter and conjunction Pluto in the sky; progressed Uranus was semisquare Moon in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
February 27: In Mali at least 31 people (Pluto – group) are killed when a bus plunges (Mars) off a bridge into a river near the western town of Kenieba. Mars was square Uranus and conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
February 28: Officials from the United Nations accuse Israel of ‘systematically’ blocking aid (Jupiter) from reaching desperate Palestinians in Gaza ‘with at least 576,000 people in Gaza – one-quarter of the population – one step away from famine (Saturn)’. One in six children under the age of two in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition (Saturn) and wasting and practically all the 2.3 million people rely on ‘woefully inadequate’ food aid to survive. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
In Gaza Hamas calls for Palestinians to march to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque at the start of Ramadan – March 10. The mosque, one of the world’s holiest sites (Jupiter) for Muslims and the most sacred for Jews, has long been a flashpoint for potential violence (Mars), particularly during religious holidays (Jupiter). Mars was square Jupiter in the sky – end date is March 14. Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz has already warned that unless Hamas frees all hostages (Pluto) held in Gaza by March 10 a ground offensive (Mars) will be launched in Rafah. On March 10 Mars will be square Uranus in the sky – peak power date is March 9; and Jupiter will be conjunction Uranus in the sky – peak power date is April 21.
In Ghana the parliament (house 11) passes legislation (Jupiter) that intensifies a crackdown (Pluto0 on the rights of LGBTQ people (Uranus) and those promoting lesbian, gay or other non-conventional sexual or gender identities in the West African country. Mars was square Jupiter and Uranus in the sky; and Pluto was in Aquarius.
In Australia’s Victoria state extreme heat (Uranus) and a massive bushfire (Mars) saw tens of thousands of residents evacuate their homes. The fire danger is rated catastrophic. Mars was square Uranus in the sky.
In America the Supreme Court (Jupiter-house 9) agrees to decide Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss with the case set for oral argument during the week of April 22. Mars was square Jupiter and Jupiter was conjunction Uranus in the sky. Jupiter conjunction Uranus is at peak power on April 21.
February 29: In Gaza more than 100 Palestinians waiting for food aid are shot (Mars), trampled or run over by trucks (Mars) and killed in a crowd-crush incident (Pluto) near Gaza City. Mars was square Uranus and conjunction Pluto in the sky.
In Bangladesh at least 45 people are killed after a fire (Mars) broke out in a six-story shopping mall in Dhaka. Mars was square Uranus in the sky.
Texas is burning (Mars). Multiple wildfires (Mars) that started on Monday, February 26, have spread all week through the Texas Panhandle region amid unusually warm, dry and windy weather. Progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle; and Mars was square Uranus in the sky.
Astrology for Aquarius – sharing our knowledge
