Real-time monitoring of world events: October 2024

Explainer: Forecast periods in global astrology

Major events in the Aquarian Age chart

October 5: Progressed Moon is semisextile birth chart Mercury > end date is October 30

October 6: Progressed Moon is sesquisquare progressed Venus > end date is October 31

October 23: Progressed Moon is inconjunct birth chart Pluto > end date is November 17

October 24: Progressed Moon is sesquisquare birth chart Neptune > end date is November 18

Progressed Moon is parallel progressed Sun > end date is February 26, 2025

Progressed Moon is parallel birth chart Mercury > end date is May 9, 2025

Major events in America’s chart

October 7: Progressed Moon is semisextile birth chart Moon in house 10 > end date is October 11

October 13: Progressed Moon is conjunction progressed Sun (politics and the president’s election) in house 11 (Congress) > peak power date is November 8

October 23: Progressed Moon sesquisquare progressed Saturn ends

October 26: Progressed Moon is semisquare progressed Venus (Kamala Harris) > peak power date is November 21

October 31: Progressed Moon is parallel progressed Midheaven > end date is January 4, 2025

Major in-sky astro-events

October 6: Mars opposition Pluto starts > peak power date is November 3 > Mars turns retrograde December 6 > aspect reaches peak power January 3, 2025 > end date is February 2, 2025

October 17: Mars is parallel Jupiter > event forecast period is October 1December 25; and Mars parallel Pluto ends

Jupiter is square Saturn > Jupiter turns retrograde October 9 > Saturn turns direct November 15 > aspect reaches peak power December 24 > Jupiter turns direct February 4, 2025 > aspect again reaches peak power June 15, 2025 > end date is August 1, 2025

Uranus is trine Pluto

Major events are inclined to occur near an aspects’ peak power date.

The major astro-events to watch in October 2024

Mars opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Mars square Mercury in the Mars cycle October 9; Jupiter parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle October 9; Saturn semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle October 14; and progressed Sun parallel Mars in the Sun cycle October 28.

Major astro-events October 2024

Virgo new Moon cycle ends October 2 > the Sun-Moon conjunction is square Jupiter, opposition Saturn and sesquisquare Pluto

Progressed Mars is parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle > end date is November 3

Progressed Jupiter is parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle > peak power date is October 9  

Progressed Saturn semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle starts > peak power date is October 14

Progressed Saturn is parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle > peak power date is November 15

Progressed Pluto is semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle > end date is January 12, 2025

Progressed Uranus (disruption and radical change) is parallel Pluto (groups and cooperation) in the Uranus cycle > peak power date is May 14, 2025

Progressed Uranus (unexpected events and sudden change) is parallel Sun (leaders and politicians) in the Uranus cycle > end date is May 19, 2025

Progressed Pluto is parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle > peak power date is September 24, 2026

Progressed Pluto (dictators and intimidation) is parallel Mars (strife and conflict) in the Pluto cycle > peak power date is September 6, 2027

October 1: Progressed Mars is sextile Sun in the Mars cycle

October 2: Libra new Moon cycle starts at 6.49pm GMT > The Sun-Moon conjunction is conjunction Mercury (controversy), square Mars (strife, conflict and violence) and sesquisquare Uranus (unrest, disruption and radical moves) > end date is November 1

October 5: Progressed Mars is trine Saturn in the Mars cycle

October 9: Progressed Jupiter is parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle > end date is January 2, 2025; and progressed Mars is square Mercury in the Mars cycle

October 11: Progressed Sun parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle starts > peak power date is October 14 > end date is October 17

October 14: Progressed Saturn is semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle > end date is January 1, 2025

October 16: Progressed Mars is sextile Uranus in the Mars cycle

October 17: Mars is parallel Jupiter in the sky

October 19: Progressed Mars is trine Moon in the Mars cycle

October 20: Progressed Sun is trine Mars in the Sun cycle

October 22: Progressed Mars is sextile Jupiter in the Mars cycle

October 24: Progressed Sun is square Pluto in the Sun cycle

October 25: Progressed Sun parallel Mars in the Sun cycle starts > peak power date is October 28 > end date is October 31

October 30: Mars is trine Neptune in the Mars cycle


Author: DW Sutton

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