May 2: In America university chaos (Neptune) continues as police (Mars) forcibly remove scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters (Uranus); and in Canada pro-Palestinian encampments are erected across major universities. Mars was conjunction and parallel Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus un the Mars cycle.
The new Mars cycle starts May 4 and the strife and conflict that occurs between May 1 and May 7 presages the cycle’s event trend and the dominant aspect in the cycle chart is Mars conjunction (and parallel) Neptune.
Turkey stops all exports and imports (house 9-Jupiter) to and from Israel citing ‘worsening humanitarian tragedy’ in the Palestinian territories. Jupiter was conjunction and parallel Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
May 4: Overpowering floods (Saturn) and mudslides (Saturn) caused by torrential rains are continuing to sweep southern Brazil, killing at least 56 people and forcing tens of thousands out of their homes (house 4). Saturn was parallel Sun and Moon in the Aries new Moon cycle; and progressed Saturn was semisextile Venus in the Saturn cycle. In Brazil’s Saturn cycle chart Saturn is in house 4.
Pakistan experiences its wettest April since 1961, receiving twice its normal April rainfall. Mars was conjunction Saturn in the sky.
May 5: Israel closes the Kerem Shalom crossing, one of the few routes to get humanitarian aid into Gaza, after Hamas fires rockets (Mars) from within the strip killing three Israeli soldiers (Mars); and Israel’s government moves to shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera television network (Pluto-house 9) in the country, branding it a mouthpiece for Hamas (Pluto). Progressed Uranus was trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
May 6: Hamas agrees to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel says the terms do not meet its demands and pressed ahead with strikes in Rafah while planning to continue negotiations on a deal. Mars was conjunction and parallel Neptune in the sky.
May 7: The Israeli military (Mars) takes ‘operational control’ of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Mars was conjunction and parallel Neptune in the sky.
May 8: The European Union’s climate change monitoring service reports that the world experienced its hottest (Mars) April on record, continuing an 11-month streak of unprecedented high temperatures. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was conjunction Saturn in the sky.
May 10: The United Nations General Assembly (Pluto) overwhelmingly backs a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council ‘reconsider the matter favorably’; after talks on a ceasefire (Venus-Jupiter) and a release of hostages (Pluto) held by Hamas (Pluto) ended in Cairo on Thursday (May 9) without agreement Washington says it is trying to keep Israel and Hamas engaged ‘if only virtually’; the Biden administration (Sun-house 10) says Israel’s use of US-supplied weapons (Mars) may have violated international humanitarian law (Jupiter) during its military operation (Mars) in Gaza; and the United Nations warns (Pluto) that aid (Jupiter) for Gaza could grind to a halt within days after Israel seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, closing the vital route on which the enclave of 2.3 million Palestinians depends. Mars was conjunction and parallel Neptune and Jupiter was parallel Uranus in the sky; progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus and parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun, trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
May 11: In northern Afghanistan at least 153 people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless in flash floods triggered by torrential rains. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle.
May 14: Georgia’s parliament (house 11) passes the third and final reading of a ‘foreign agents’ bill, prompting a warning (Pluto) from the United States that if the legislation failed to meet European Union standards, Washington could review relations and for thousands of people to protest (Uranus) in Tbilisi. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
There are 135 active fires (Mars) burning across Canada with 40 out of control. Mars was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 7.7 million people were displaced by disasters (Mars) and 68.3 million by conflict and violence (Mars) in 2023. The wars (Mars) in Sudan and Gaza pushed the numbers to a new record. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
May 15: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is shot (Mars) in an assassination attempt (Mars); in northern France armed gunmen (Mars) ambush a prison van to free a convicted criminal (Pluto) killing two prison guards and severely wounding three others; in New Caledonia France declares a state of emergency (Mars) after three young indigenous Kanak and a police official (Mars) are killed in riots (Uranus) over electoral reform (Uranus); in Kharkiv the fighting rages (Mars) with Russian troops (Mars) on the offensive and Ukrainian troops pulling back; in Gaza Israel continues its military push with fierce urban gun battles (Mars) taking place in the Jabalia camp at the University of California police (Mars) take back a lecture hall occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters (Uranus) and then clear a student encampment; and Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to have a debate. Progressed Uranus was trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle. In the cycle chart Uranus is opposition Mars so their progressed trine was never going to deliver any good news.
May 19: In Iran President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others are killed in a helicopter crash (Mars-Neptune). Progressed Mars was parallel Mercury and semisextile Mars in the Mars cycle. Mars is conjunction Neptune in the cycle chart. In Iran’s Mars cycle chart transit progressed Mars was in house 8 (death), Mercury is in house 8, and Mars is the cusp ruler.
May 20: The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, (Jupiter-Pluto) requests arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders saying he had reasonable grounds to believe the five men ‘bear criminal responsibility’ for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity (Mars-Pluto). Jupiter was conjunction Uranus, parallel Uranus and trine Pluto in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Mercury in the Mars cycle; and progressed Jupiter was trine Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
May 22: Ireland, Spain and Norway break (Pluto) with their EU partners and decided to recognise a Palestinian state. They join (Pluto) 139 other countries Progressed Uranus was sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
May 23: In Gaza Israeli forces (Mars) kill at least 60 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments (Mars) across the Gaza Strip and battle (Mars) with Hamas-led militants in Rafah’s southeast; and China starts two days of military drills (Mars) in the Taiwan Strait north, south and east of Taiwan. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Mercury and Saturn in the Mars cycle.
In Brazil heavy rains (Saturn) return ruining days-long clean-up efforts and causing flooding (Saturn) in previously untouched Rio Grande do Sul’s capital city of Porto Alegre. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
May 24: In The Hague, judges (Jupiter) at the top UN court order Israel to immediately halt its military assault (Mars) on the city of Rafah in Gaza. The order can’t be enforced but highlights Israel’s global isolation (house 12). Jupiter was parallel Uranus and trine Pluto in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Mercury in the Jupiter cycle.
In Papua New Guinea more than 670 people are feared dead in a massive landslide (Saturn) in a remote village, described as an ‘unprecedented natural disaster’ (Mars-Saturn). Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky; Mars was parallel Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn was sesquisquare Moon in the Saturn cycle.
May 25: In Myanmar escalating violence (Mars) in conflict-torn Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee (Saturn) amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property. Progressed Mars was conjunction Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
In India’s Gujarat state at least 24 people, including many children (house 5), die in a fire (Mars) at a family entertainment venue (house 5); and in New Delhi seven newborns (house 5) die in a fire (Mars) at a baby care hospital (house 12). Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky and the Mars cycle.
May 26: In Sudan’s Darfur region violent artillery shelling (Mars) between rival groups (Pluto) kills at least 130 people in a hospital (house 12) in the besieged city of El Fasher; and coastal regions of Bangladesh and India are pounded by strong winds and heavy rain (Saturn) as severe cyclone Remal (Saturn) makes landfall killing at least 16 people and leaving millions without electricity. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky and the Mars cycle.
In America 22 people are killed (house 8) when tornadoes (Mercury) and storms (Saturn) tear through Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky. It’s the most recent weather disaster to hit the country in the past month. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky and the Mars cycle. Eclipse event > Mercury was conjunction and Saturn in house 8 was parallel the eclipse.
May 27: In Gaza an Israeli airstrike triggers a fire (Mars) that kills 45 people in a tent camp in Rafah prompting an outcry from global leaders who urged the implementation of a World Court Order to halt Israel’s assault; and the death toll in the New Guinea landslide is now estimated at over 2,000. Mars was parallel Saturn in the sky and the Mars cycle.
May 28: In New York closing arguments in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial wrap up. Jurors now deliberate.
May 30: In New York Donald Trump is found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.
In America President Joe Biden authorizes Kyiv to launch US-supplied weapons (Mars) at military targets inside Russia that are supporting an offensive against the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. Progressed Mars was semisextile Uranus in the Mars cycle.
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