August 1: In Washington the White House announces that the US has negotiated (Jupiter) the biggest prisoner (house 12) exchange of its kind since the end of the Cold War involving 24 prisoners with 16 moving from Russia to the West and eight held in the West being sent back to Russia. Negotiations took more than a year and were held in secrecy (house 12). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto in the sky. In the Aquarian Age chart progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn and parallel birth chart Uranus; progressed Jupiter was sextile birth chart Venus; and progressed Moon was trine progressed Mars. In America’s chart progressed Moon was trine progressed Jupiter.
In Brazil the number of fires (Mars) in the Amazon rainforest region surged to a two decades record high for the month of July amid a drought in the region fanned by climate change. The Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest, plays a vital role in curbing global warming because of the vast amounts of greenhouse gas it absorbs. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky.
August 2: According to its Meteorological Agency Japan experienced its hottest (Mars) July in recorded history with temperatures 2.16 degrees Celsius higher than average, the hottest since records began in 1898 > Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and Japanese stocks (house 5) plunge (Saturn) with the benchmark Nikkei 225 index closing down 5.81 percent or 2,216.63 points, the second-biggest points drop in history after Wall Street shares tumbled over concerns (Saturn) about the US economy and a stronger yen > Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky.
In Somalia at least 37 civilians are killed and 212 injured in an explosion (Mars) at a popular beach restaurant in the capital Mogadishu. Al-Shabab an al-Qaeda-linked armed group (Mars-Pluto), claimed responsibility. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle.
August 3: With progressed Moon trine birth chart Mars and sesquisquare progressed Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart providing peak power stimulation to the major Mars-Saturn conjunction and Mars square Saturn in the sky the world is on tenterhooks as it awaits Iran’s retaliatory, revenge attack following the assassination of Hama’s leader Ismail Haniyeh. Citizens from around the world are being urged to leave Lebanon ‘on any available ticket’.
In Britain there’s widespread rioting (Uranus) by hundreds of anti-immigration protesters (Uranus) following the murder of three young girls in northwest England; in Venezuela thousands march in anti-Maduro protests following its contested election; and in Nigeria dozens of protesters are arrested in the capital Abuja on a third day of demonstrations over a cost-of-living crisis. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; and progressed Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
August 4: In war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) a ceasefire (Jupiter) between Congolese government troops and rebels from the M23 group begins. It’s not known how long it will last. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
In Bangladesh at least 91 people are killed, including 13 police officers (Mars), and dozens more injured in a new round of violence (Mars) as thousands of protesters (Uranus) return to the streets calling on PM Sheikh Hasina (Sun) to resign. Mars was conjunction Uranus in the sky; progressed Uranus was parallel Sun in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
In Gaza an Israeli airstrike hit two schools (house 5) and a tent camp inside a hospital (house 12) in Gaza City killing at least 44 people the day after a round of talks (Jupiter) in Cairo ended without result. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Uranus in the sky.
In the Gulf of Aden the MV Groton, a Liberian-flagged container ship (Jupiter), is attacked by ballistic missiles (Mars) fired by Yemen’s Houthi armed group. Mars was conjunction and parallel Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
August 5: In Bangladesh the hated dictator Sheikh Hasina (Mars-Pluto) resigns and flees (Saturn) to India following weeks of deadly protests (Uranus) that saw hundreds of people killed. Jubilant crowds (Jupiter) took to the streets to celebrate and stormed the presidential residence, carrying out looted (Pluto) furniture and TVs. Only Uranus could predict the speed at which a student uprising would change the political settings in Bangladesh. Mars was conjunction Uranus and Jupiter and Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto in the sky; progressed Moon was trine Mars and sesquisquare Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Jupiter was semisextile Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
Global stock markets (Neptune-house 5) have plummeted (Saturn) in recent days and markets in the US, Europe and Asia again fall (Saturn) sharply as fears (Saturn) rose that the American economy is heading for a slowdown (Saturn). All three major indexes registered their biggest three-day percentage declines since June 2022. The S&P 500 lost 159.20 points, or 2.98%, to end at 5,187.36 points; the Nasdaq Composite lost 567.78 points, or 3.38%, to 16,208.38; and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,030.47 points, or 2.59%, to 38,706.79. Jupiter was square Saturn and Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky; and progressed Moon was sesquisquare Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
In a landmark court decision (house 9) a judge (Jupiter) in America rules that Google (Pluto) acted illegally to crush its competition (house 7) and maintain a monopoly (Pluto) on online search and related advertising (house 9). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was semisextile Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
In America slow moving Tropical Storm Debby (Saturn) plows into northern Florida killing several people before churning toward Georgia and the Carolinas, threatening a week of torrential downpours (Saturn and flooding (Saturn) across the region. Just another billion-dollar climate disaster. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Moon was trine Mars and sesquisquare Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart stimulating the major progressed Mars-birth chart Saturn conjunction.
August 6: In one of the biggest attacks (Mars) on Russia of the two-year-old war around 1,000 Ukrainian troops (Mars-house 6) ram through the Russian border in the Kursk region with tanks and armoured vehicles, covered in the air by swarms of drones and pounding artillery. Progressed Moon was trine Mars in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 7: In Britain thousands of police (Mars) and anti-racism protesters (Uranus) take to the streets to challenge far-right groups (Saturn-Pluto) following more than a week of violent racist attacks (Mars-Uranus) targeting Muslims and migrants. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was semisextile Uranus in the Jupiter cycle.
Researchers say that over the past decade ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef have hit their highest level in 400 years warning that the largest living ecosystem on Earth is unlikely to survive if planetary warming (Mars) is not stopped. Progressed Moon was trine birth chart Mars and sesquisquare birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart stimulating the major Mars-Saturn conjunction.
Progressed Mars is parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle upping the likelihood of Iran carrying out a revenge attack on Israel > peak power date is August 18.
August 8: In the Democratic Republic of the Congo a military court (Mars-Jupiter) sentences 26 people accused of involvement in armed groups, including the M23 (Mars-Pluto), to death after a high-profile two-week trial (house 9). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In July 2024 China suffered 76.9 billion yuan ($10.1 billion) in economic losses (Saturn) from natural disasters (house 4), with 88% caused by heavy rains, floods or their effects (Saturn). Progressed Moon was sesquisquare birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Saturn was square Moon in the Saturn cycle.
August 9: In Ukraine a Russian missile strike (Mars) on a supermarket in the town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region kills at least 14 people and injures 43 others. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Uganda, after weeks of torrential rain (Saturn), a huge mound of garbage at a landfill site in Kampala collapses crushing and burying homes on the edge of the site and killing at least 21 people. Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
In Washington the US State Department says it will provide Israel with $3.5 billion (Jupiter) to spend on US weapons and military equipment (Mars). Mars was conjunction and parallel Jupiter in the sky.
August 10: In Gaza more than 80 Palestinians are killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike (Mars) on a school sheltering displaced people (Saturn) that was carried out during early morning prayers (Jupiter). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Serbia tens of thousands of protesters (Uranus) gather in central Belgrade demanding a halt to Rio Tinto’s lithium project (Saturn) in Western Serbia over fears (Saturn) it could pollute nearby land and water. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; progressed Moon was sesquisquare birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Pluto was semisextile Saturn and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
August 11: In Greece a fast-moving wildfire (Mars) outside Athens fuelled by hot, windy weather burns trees, houses and cars and forces residents to flee. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle. Hundreds of wildfires have broken out across Greece since May and scientists attribute their frequency and intensity to the increasingly hot and dry weather conditions linked to climate change. After its warmest winter on record and long periods of little or no rainfall, Greece also registered its hottest June and July and is forecast to record its hottest-ever summer.
August 12: Ukraine’s top commander Oleksandr Syrskyi says Kyiv’s forces control 1,000 sq km of Russian territory as they press their biggest cross-border incursion in two-and-a-half years of full-scale war. In a surprise attack on August 6 Ukrainian forces swept across some western parts of Russia’s Kursk region and for the first time since World War II Russian territory was under occupation. On August 10 Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that his military was fighting inside Russia. Military analysts reckon the attack could change the course of the war. In Zelenskyy’s chart progressed Sun was trine progressed Mars.
The Paris Olympics come to an end and President Emmanuel Macron must now deal with a self-created political crisis (Sun). Progressed Uranus is parallel Sun in the Uranus cycle.
August 13: The United States approves the sale (Jupiter) of $20 billion (Jupiter) in F-15 fighter jets and other military equipment (Mars) to Israel over several years including tank cartridges (Mars) valued at $774 million, explosive mortar cartridges (Mars) valued at over $60 million and army vehicles (Mars) worth $583 million. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
In India thousands of doctors (Mars) march in Kolkata and the surrounding West Bengal state to denounce (Uranus) the rape and murder (Mars) of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital (house 12), demanding justice (Saturn) for the victim and better security measures (Saturn). Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky; progressed Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Sun was square Uranus in the Sun cycle.
In Myanmar, UN investigators find that crimes against humanity and war crimes (Mars-Pluto) – systematic torture, gang rape and abuses against children – have increased at an ‘alarming’ rate (Mars) under Myanmar’s military government (Sun-Mars). Progressed Mars was parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart.
The African Union’s health watchdog declares the growing mpox outbreak on the continent (Saturn) a public health emergency (Mars-Saturn-house 6). Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
August 14: For the second time in two years the World Health Organization declares the mpox viral disease (Mars-Saturn) a public health emergency (Mars) of international concern, its highest level of alert. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn and progressed Moon was trine birth chart Mars and sesquisquare birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Mars was square Saturn in the Mars cycle; and Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
August 15: In Gaza the Palestinian death toll in the war surpasses 40,000 according to Gaza’s Health Ministry with over 27,000 women and children killed. It’s considered an undercount with 10,000 people missing buried under rubble. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
In the occupied West Bank dozens of rampaging Israeli settlers (Mars-Pluto) attack the village of Jit killing a Palestinian man and injuring several others. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Saturn and sesquisquare Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 17: In India hospitals and clinics (house 12) turn away patients except for emergency cases as medical professionals (house 6) hold a 24-hour national wide shutdown (Pluto) in protest (Uranus) against the brutal rape (Mars) and murder of a doctor (Mars) in the eastern city of Kolkata. More than one million doctors (Mars-Pluto) were expected to join the strike (house 6), paralysing medical services across the world’s most populous nation. Progressed Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Turkey firefighters (Mars) battle wildfires (Mars) raging across five provinces. Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
In Bermuda Hurricane Ernesto (Saturn) makes landfall hitting the British island territory with powerful winds (Mercury), a dangerous storm surge (Saturn) and flooding (Saturn) and leaving tens of thousands of people without electricity. Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
In Southern Africa 68 million people are suffering the effects of an El Nino-induced drought (Saturn) with a drop in crop and livestock production causing food shortages (Saturn) in several countries. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn and progressed Moon was sesquisquare birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
August 18: In Libya the Tripoli-based central bank (Jupiter), the only internationally recognised depository for Libyan oil revenues (house 2), shuts down all operations and will not resume work until a kidnapped (Pluto) senior bank official (Jupiter) is released. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Austria heavy rains (Saturn) lash Alpine regions causing severe damage in parts of the country, disrupting road and rail transport (house 3) and leaving parts of Vienna under water. Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
August 19: At Sabina Shoal, about 140km (86 miles) west of the Philippine Island of Palawan, ships (Jupiter) from China and the Philippines collide (Mars) during a confrontation (Mars) in the disputed (Mars) South China Sea, with each blaming the other for the incident. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
The British registered luxury yacht, Bayesian, (Jupiter) with 22 passengers on board capsizes (Mars) in an unexpected violent storm (Saturn) off the Sicilian capital Palermo with one man dead and six others missing. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn in the sky.
August 20: In Gaza at least 20 Palestinians are killed in Israel strikes (Mars) that targeted a busy market and a school sheltering displaced people; Hezbollah launches 135 rockets (Mars) at northern Israel; and in Ukraine Russian forces carry out multiple attacks (Mars-Pluto) on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk fronts in eastern Ukraine. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was opposition Mars in the Sun cycle.
With Mars conjunction Jupiter in the sky efforts to broker a ceasefire deal in Gaza have been going on for weeks but with Mars and Jupiter square Saturn there’s been little progress if any; and then when progressed Mars formed a parallel aspect with Pluto in the Mars cycle the chance of the warring parties cooperating plummeted. Jupiter lives in hope and Jupiter and Saturn always express cautious optimism.
In central Iran a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims (Jupiter) overturns (Mars) due to a technical defect in the bus braking system killing 28 passengers and injuring 23 others. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was opposition Mars in the Sun cycle.
August 21: In one of the largest ever drone attacks (Mars) on Moscow Ukraine launches at least 11 drones that were shot down by Russian air defenses. The war escalated on August 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers (Mars) over the border into Russia’s western Kursk region. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In southern India’s Andhra Pradesh state an explosion (Mars) at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant (Mars-Neptune) kills at least 17 people. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisquare Venus and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 22: In Pakistan robbers (house 7) armed with guns (Mars) and rocket-propelled grenades (Mars) ambush a police (Mars) convoy killing at least nine officers and wounding others. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 23: In Germany three people are killed and another four seriously injured in a knife attack (Mars) at a festival in the western city of Solingen; and in Brazil wildfire outbreaks (Mars) are affecting or closing in on 30 cities in Sao Paulo state. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Uranus and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 24: In central Burkina Faso at least 200 people are killed and 140 injured in an attack (Mars) by an armed group (Mars-Pluto) linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM). Mars was square Saturn and square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Moon and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In northwestern Sudan at least 60 people are killed when heavy rains (Saturn) caused a dam to collapse (Saturn). Progressed Moon was sesquisquare progressed Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Moon in the Mars cycle.
August 25: In Lebanon Hezbollah launches more than 320 Katyusha rockets (Mars) towards Israel hitting 11 military targets (Mars) in retaliation for the assassination of a senior commander in Beirut in July. Israeli jets hit targets in Lebanon shortly before the strikes. It’s a significant escalation in hostilities. Mars was conjunction Jupiter, square Saturn and square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Moon and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Bangladesh tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees rally in camps on the seventh anniversary of the military crackdown (Mars) that forced them to flee (Saturn), demanding an end to violence (Mars) and safe return (Saturn) to Myanmar. Progressed Moon was trine Mars and sesquisquare Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
In northeast and southwest Pakistan at least 34 people including 12 pilgrims (Jupiter) are killed in two bus accidents (Mars). Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Moon in the Mars cycle.
In Iraq more than 21 million Shia Muslims take part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage (Jupiter) marking the 40th day of mourning (Saturn) for the martyrdom (Pisces) of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed and a founding figure in Shia Islam. Mars was conjunction Jupiter and square Saturn (in Pisces) in the sky.
In the Netherlands thousands of people gather to celebrate their red hair (Mars) at the annual Redhead Days Festival (Mars-Jupiter) in the southern town of Tilburg. Mars was conjunction Jupiter in the sky.
August 26: In Pakistan’s Balochistan province at least 73 people are killed when separatist militants (Uranus) attacked police stations (house 6), railway lines and highways (house 3) and security forces launched retaliatory (Mars) operations. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In northern Nigeria at least 49 people are killed and thousands displaced after heavy rains caused flooding that destroyed farmlands. (Nigeria is battling double-digit inflation, which has been stoked by high food prices.) Mars was square Saturn in the sky.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warns that ‘surging seas are coming for us all’ as the UN releases two separate reports on rising sea levels and how they threaten Pacific island nations. Mars was square Saturn and Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
August 26-27: In Ukraine Russia launches more than 200 missiles and drones (Mars) killing seven people and striking energy facilities (Uranus) nationwide in the biggest such attack of the war (Mars). Mars was square Saturn and Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 28: In the occupied West Bank hundreds of Israeli troops (Mars) backed by helicopters, drones and armored personnel carriers raid the flashpoint cities of Jenin and Tulkarm and other areas killing at least 10 Palestinians. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
August 29: In Gaza Israel agrees to a series of ‘humanitarian pauses’ (Jupiter-Pluto) to allow for the vaccination (Saturn) of around 64,000 children (house 5) against polio (Mars). The campaign will begin on September 1. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
In Nicaragua the Ortaga administration bans 169 non-governmental organizations (Pluto) for allegedly not complying with sector regulations. On August 19, 1,500 organizations were outlawed. They included Save The Children Canada, religious groups, livestock, agricultural associations, foundations fighting diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS, and media outlets. Anyone hostile to Ortaga (Pluto) is either jailed or expelled. Civil society suffers. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn and progressed Moon was trine Mars and sesquisquare progressed Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Pluto was parallel Mars and Uranus in the Pluto cycle.
Southwest Japan is lashed by Typhoon Shanshan (Saturn), Strong winds and torrential rain (Saturn) knock out power, snarl air traffic and force major factories to close. Millions of people evacuate their homes. Mars was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
August 30: In the Red Sea on August 21 the Sounion, a Greek-flagged vessel (Jupiter), was struck by three unidentified projectiles (Mars) fired by Houthi militants, which sparked a fire (Mars) and left it without engine power. It appears to be leaking oil (Neptune) and authorities are now trying to work out a plan to retrieve the stranded vessel and avoid an environmental catastrophe (Mars). Mars was square Neptune in the sky.
August 31: In the West Bank families sealed off (Pluto) for almost four days by an Israel military operation (Mars) begin to trickle out of Jenin camp. At least 20 people have been killed in Israel’s largest military operation (Mars) in the occupied territory in decades. Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky
In southwest Libya authorities dismantle a human trafficking network (Pluto) arresting members of the group (Pluto) who are accused of murder, illegal detention, torture, and rape of migrants. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
In Vicksburg, Mississippi seven people are killed and dozens injured when a bus traveling on Interstate 20 leaves the roadway and overturns (Mars). Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
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