June 3: In Nigeria labor unions (house 6) shut down the national electricity grid and disrupt (Uranus) flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike (Uranus-house 6) over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage (house 2). Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun in the Uranus cycle; and Uranus was conjunction the Sun-Moon lunation in the Taurus Moon cycle.
In Wilmington, Delaware a jury is sworn in for the trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, a historic criminal prosecution of a sitting president’s son.
June 5-6: Israel launches a new military operation (Mars) in central Gaza taking ‘operational control’ over eastern areas of Bureij refugee camp with dozens of Palestinians reported killed and in a targeted strike on a Gaza school Israel claims up to 30 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters are killed with Hamas saying that 40 people were killed including women and children sheltering at the UN site; and at least 150 people, including 35 children, are feared dead in a massacre (Mars-Pluto) in a village in central Sudan blamed on the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group (Pluto) fighting the army. Mars was square Pluto in the sky.
June 7: The United Nations (Pluto) adds Israel to its so-called ‘blacklist’ of countries that have committed abuses (Mars) against children (house 5) in armed conflict (Mars). Progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn in the Pluto cycle; and Mars was square Pluto in the sky.
In Sudan about 40 people are killed in ‘violent artillery fire’ (Mars) by paramilitary forces in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, as fighting and displacement intensify across the war-ravaged country. Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Neptune in the Mars cycle.
June 8: In Gaza four hostages (Pluto) are freed (Jupiter) in a raid by Israeli forces (Mars) that Palestinian officials said killed more than 200 people > Mars was square and Jupiter was trine Pluto in the sky; and at least two people are reported killed in southern Lebanon as cross-border fighting (Mars) between Hezbollah and Israel continues amid the threat (Pluto) of a wider war (Mars). Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Neptune in the Mars cycle.
June 10: Malawi’s vice-president Saulos Chilima (Sun) and nine others are killed in a plane crash (Mars). Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus in the Mars cycle.
June 11: In Bangkok around 1,000 animals, birds, dogs, cats, snakes, pythons, rats and geckos (house 6), are burnt to death in their cages in a fire (Mars) in the pet zone of the famous open-air Chatuchak market that gutted nearly 100 shops. Progressed Mars was semisquare Uranus and square Pluto in the Mars cycle.
June 12: A UN inquiry finds that both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes (Mars-Pluto) in the early stages of the Gaza war and that Israel’s actions also constituted crimes against humanity (Pluto) because of the immense civilian losses. Progressed Mars was parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Pluto in the sky.
In Lebanon Hezbollah fires multiple barrages of rockets (Mars) into northern Israel in retaliation (Mars) for an Israeli strike which killed one of its senior commanders vowing it would increase the intensity, force and quantity of its attacks; and in Kuwait at least 49 people are killed in a fire (Mars) that broke out in a building housing foreign workers. Mars was square Pluto in the Mars cycle and the sky.
June 13: The G7 3-day leaders (Sun) summit (Pluto) to discuss global affairs opens in Italy’s southern region of Puglia. Progressed Moon was opposition progressed Sun in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Pluto was semisextile and parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle; progressed Uranus was parallel Sun in the Uranus cycle; and Mars was square Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
US President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement (Saturn) aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s defense against Russian invaders (house 7-Mars) and getting Ukraine closer to NATO membership. Progressed Pluto was semisextile and parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle; and Mars was square Pluto in the sky.
The United Nations adds Israel’s armed and security forces (Mars-Saturn), Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group (Mars-Pluto) to its list of offenders for violating children’s (house 5) rights. Progressed Mars was parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Pluto in the sky.
The United Nations refugee agency says the number of people forced (Pluto) to flee their homes by war, (Mars), violence and persecution (Pluto) stands at a record 117.3 million. It’s the 12th year in a row the number has increased. Progressed Mars has been parallel birth chart and progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart since June 2015.
June 14: The US Supreme Court’s (house 9) conservative (Saturn) majority strikes down a Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks (Mars) — a rapid-fire gun accessory (Mars) which was used in the deadliest mass shooting (Mars-Pluto) in modern US history – finding it overstepped when it changed course from predecessors by banning bump stocks. Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Moon was semisquare birth chart Pluto and parallel progressed Saturn – the rulers of house 9 – in America’s chart.
June 15: In France hundreds of thousands of people (Pluto) in Paris and other cities march in protest (Uranus) against the far-right National Rally; and in Brazil thousands of women protest against a conservative Congress bill that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide and establish sentences of six to 20 years in prison. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Pluto in the Sun cycle.
June 17: In Israel Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves his war cabinet as tensions escalate with Hezbollah. Progressed Mars was conjunction Venus in the Mars cycle. With Mars conjunction Uranus in the sky starting June 23 a wider conflict in the region appears imminent.
June 18: Thailand’s Senate (house 9) passes a marriage equality bill (house 7), paving the way for the country to become the first (Uranus) in Southeast Asia to recognize same-sex marriage. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun in the Uranus cycle; progressed Mars was conjunction Venus in the Mars cycle; and Venus was conjunction Moon in the Gemini new Moon cycle.
June 19: North Korea and Russia sign a ‘Treaty (Jupiter) on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ and agree to provide immediate military assistance (Mars) if either faces armed aggression. Jupiter was trine Pluto and Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Pluto was parallel Mars, semisextile Saturn and parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
In Saudi Arabia at least 562 people have died since June 14 due to extreme heat (Mars) during the hajj at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The temperature soared past 51 degrees Celsius (124 Fahrenheit). Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was conjunction and parallel Venus in the Mars cycle. (The total death toll was later estimated to be at least 1,301 people.)
June 21: In Southern Gaza Israeli forces pound Rafah and other areas across the enclave engaging in close-quarter combat (Mars) with Hamas militants and killing at least 45 Palestinians; and The International Committee of the Red Cross says its offices in Gaza have been damaged by shelling (Mars), which killed 22 people who had sought shelter around its compound. Mars was square Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Moon and parallel Venus in the Mars cycle.
In Central America at least 30 people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as storms (Saturn) and heavy rainfall flood rivers, destroy homes and trigger landslides. Progressed Saturn was square Moon in the Saturn cycle.
In Turkey at least 11 people are killed and 78 injured as wildfires blaze between the cities of Diyarbakir and Mardin. Progressed Mars was semisquare Moon and parallel Venus in the Mars cycle.
June 23: In Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan gunmen (Mars) target the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on the Orthodox festival of Pentecost with 15 police officers (Mars), several civilians and six attackers killed. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
June 24: In South Korea a lithium battery factory was set on fire (Mars) after multiple batteries exploded (Mars) killing at least 22 people and injuring eight.
June 25: In Kenya protests (Uranus) against controversial tax reforms (house 8-Uranus) turn violent (Mars) when police (Mars) fire on protestors (Uranus) trying to storm Parliament House, killing at least 5. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Israel the Supreme Court (house 9-Jupiter) rules unanimously that the military (Mars) must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men (Saturn) for military service (house 6). Progressed Jupiter was sesquisquare and parallel Sun in the Jupiter cycle; and Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
June 26: In Kenya President William Ruto makes a sudden and unexpected backdown (Uranus) and withdraws his planned tax hikes a day after clashes between police (Mars) and protesters (Uranus) left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded across the country. Progressed Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
In Bolivia armed forces (Mars-house 6) pull back from the presidential palace in a failed uprising (Uranus) after leaders from around the world blasted the army’s actions as illegal. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was conjunction Mars in the Jupiter cycle.
NATO announces that its next Secretary-General will be Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
June 29: In Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state at least 18 people are killed and 30 injured in a series of deadly bomb blasts (Mars). Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Neptune in the Mars cycle.
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