September 1: In southern Gaza Israeli troops (Mars) recover the bodies of six hostages (Pluto). In the occupied West Bank three Israeli police officers (Mars) are killed when their vehicle comes under fire near the city of Hebron. In Israel up to 500,000 people demonstrate (Uranus-Pluto) in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other cities, demanding that PM Benjamin Netanyahu (Sun) do more to bring the remaining hostages home and labor leaders, backed by Israel’s main manufacturers (Mars) and entrepreneurs in the high-tech sector (Uranus), call for a one-day general strike (Uranus-Pluto) on Monday, September 2. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
A polio vaccination campaign (Saturn) begins in Gaza. Progressed Saturn was semisextile Venus in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
In Democratic Republic of Congo at least 129 prisoners (Pluto-house 12) are killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison (house 12) in the capital Kinshasa. . Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In several cities across America more than 10,000 hotel workers (house 6) begin a multiday strike (Uranus-Pluto) to press for higher wages (house 2) and disrupting travel during the busy Labor Day weekend. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus was parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
September 2: In Brazil all five judges (Jupiter) on a Supreme Court panel (house 9) uphold a ban on Elon Musk’s X social media platform. The ban, which went into effect on August 31, was ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes (Jupiter) after the company missed a court-imposed deadline (house 9) to name a legal representative in the South American country. It ordered all telecom providers in the country to shut down X. The ban will remain in place until X complies with Moraes’s order and pays outstanding fines that currently exceeded $3m. Brazil is one of the largest markets for Musk’s social media network. With access to X blocked, many Brazilians are turning to microblogging platform Bluesky as an alternative.
September 3: In Ukraine at least 50 people are killed and 271 wounded when Russian ballistic missiles (Mars) strike an educational facility and hospital (house 12) in central Ukraine’s Poltava city; in Gaza Israeli forces (Mars) kill at least 35 Palestinians (but brief pauses in fighting allowed medics to conduct a third day of polio vaccinations for children); and in Afghanistan at least six people are killed in an ISIL suicide bombing (Mars-Pluto). Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
September 4: In Haiti the entire nation’s territory is put under a state of emergency (Mars) as it battles violent gangs (Mars-Pluto) that have taken over much of the capital Port-au-Prince and started expanding into nearby regions following thousands of inmates escaping in two prison breaks. Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
In America 14-year-old student (Mercury-house 5) kills two fellow students and two teachers (house 9), while wounding nine others, in a shooting (Mars) at a Georgia high school (house 5). Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle. In America’s chart progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Mars in house 5 (children and schools).
In Brazil firefighters (Mars) succeed in reducing the extent of a massive wildfire (Mars) that blazed for two days and destroyed 20% of a forest in the Brazilian capital. Progressed Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu pushes back against pressure for him to do more to secure the release of Israelis held captive in Gaza saying that Israel will only agree to a permanent ceasefire in Gaza that guarantees Israel’s control of the Philadelphi corridor, along the southern edge of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, and wants more war. In his chart the Sun in the third decanate of Libra indicates he has a lust for war.
September 6: In the northern hemisphere global warming induces the hottest summer on record (Mars) with temperatures from June to August the highest on average in 84 years.
In Kenya a fire (Mars) in a primary school dormitory kills 21 students and seriously burned 16 others. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
September 8: In Israel an estimated 750,000 Israelis take to the streets demanding (Pluto) that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strike a deal to free the remaining hostages (Pluto) in Gaza; in Pakistan thousands of people take to the streets in Islamabad demanding the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan; around the world thousands of diaspora Indians protest (Uranus) in more than 130 cities across 25 countries demanding justice after last month’s rape and murder (Pluto) of a trainee doctor at a hospital in the city of Kolkata; and in France more than 100,000 left-wing protesters (Uranus) march in French cities to protest (Uranus) President Emmanuel Macron’s appointment of centre-right Michel Barnier as prime minister, despite a leftist bloc (Uranus) winning July’s election. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; progressed Pluto was semisextile Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel and inconjunct Pluto ion the Mars cycle.
On September 5 Macron named Barnier, a conservative and the former Brexit negotiator for the European Union, as prime minister capping a two-month search following his ill-fated decision to call a legislative election that delivered a hung parliament and a big political mess.
In Syria’s Hama province at least 14 people are killed in multiple Israeli strikes (Mars) targeting the vicinity of Masyaf. Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was inconjunct and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Nigeria a fuel tanker (Neptune) collides with another truck causing an explosion (Mars) that kills at least 48 people. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was inconjunct and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Vietnam at least 179 are killed after Typhoon Yagi (Saturn) slams the country’s north. The typhoon had left a trail of destruction (Mars) and two dozen people dead across southern China and the Philippines before it ravaged Vietnam. Jupiter was square Saturn and Mars was square Neptune and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Saturn was semisextile Venus in the Saturn cycle.
In Papua New Guinea more than 30,00 people (Pluto) pack a venue to celebrate a holy mass held by Pope Francis (Jupiter) on his three-day visit. Progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
In southern California more than 10,000 people are under mandatory evacuation orders due to a fast-spreading, uncontrolled wildfire (Mars) that is threatening thousands of homes, businesses and other buildings in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles. Mars was parallel and inconjunct Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Brazil water levels in the rivers that run through the vast Amazon rainforest have been falling (Saturn), after a record drought (Saturn) followed by less rain, presenting unprecedented challenges for the Ribeirinhos people living there. With rivers becoming more difficult to navigate and water too dirty to consume, many of the traditional rural population who live on river banks have been relying on outside supplies of drinking water. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
September 10-12: In northeastern Nigeria heavy rains (Saturn) cause a dam to overflow submerging half the state capital, Maiduguri. Over one million people are affected of which about 200,000 are displaced. It’s the worst flooding (Saturn) in 30 years. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Saturn was semisextile Venus in the Saturn cycle.
South America is ravaged by fire (Mars) from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia. Thousands of firefighters have been dispatched to control the blazes, but remain mostly at the mercy of extreme weather. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
September 14: In Haiti’s southern peninsula a fuel tank explosion (Mars-Neptune) kills 24 people and injures 40 others. Mars was square Neptune in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Neptune in the Sun cycle.
September 15: In Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Poland eight people have died and thousands evacuated from their homes as Storm Boris (Saturn) dumps torrential rain (Saturn) that causes rivers to burst their banks and the worst flooding (Saturn) in thirty years. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and Saturn was opposition the Moon in the Virgo new Moon cycle.
September 16: Hot on the heels of Storm Yagi (Saturn) that struck China’s southern Hainan province last week Typhoon Bebinca makes landfall in Shanghai, the strongest storm (Saturn) to hit China’s biggest city since 1949; and the death toll from Storm Boris rises to 15 as floods (Saturn) continue to ravage central Europe. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and Saturn was opposition the Moon-Sun conjunction in the Virgo lunation.
September 17: In Lebanon at least nine people are killed and more than 2,800 injured when pagers used by Hezbollah simultaneously explode (Mars) in what’s been described as a mass-bombing (Mars-Pluto). Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Uranus and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Myanmar the death toll from Cyclone Yagi that lashed the country on September 8 rises to at least 236 people with severe flooding affecting at least nine regions and states including the capital Naypyidaw, as well as the central Mandalay region as well as Kayah, Kayin and Shan States. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and Saturn was opposition the Moon-Sun conjunction in the Virgo lunation.
According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2023 was the eighth consecutive year with a net decline in overall democratic performance due to lower voter turnout and increasingly contested results globally are threatening the credibility of elections. In the age of Pluto progressed Mars was parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart.
September 18: In Lebanon at least 20 people are killed and more than 450 wounded by a second wave of explosions (Mars) when walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah blew up (Mars) in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was semisextile Uranus and parallel in the Mars cycle.
In Portugal a wave of deadly wildfires (Mars) claims at least seven lives and destroys (Mars) dozens of houses. Authorities have mobilised more than 5,000 firefighters (Mars) with reinforcements arriving from Spain and Morocco. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
September 21: Storm Boris that has lashed Central and Eastern Europe is a major Saturn event. Floodwaters have claimed lives, demolished houses and fields, and heavily damaged road and rail infrastructure in Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Italy and now Hungary. In Poland more than 18,000 buildings and facilities have been damaged or destroyed. The European Commission has provided $11bn in aid funds for EU member nations reeling from the devastation. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
And the fighting in the Middle East is a major Mars event. Ever since October 7, 2023 the fighting, death and destruction has been ongoing and now there’s a new type of warfare emerging that is escalating tensions in the region and sending the fear of all-out war through the roof. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
September 22: In the occupied Wast Bank heavily armed Israeli soldiers (Mars) shut down (Pluto) Al Jazeera’s bureau in Ramallah. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky.
In America at least four people are killed and 18 injured in a mass shooting (Mars-Pluto) in volving multiple shooters in Birmingham, Alabama. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
September 23: In southern and eastern Lebanon Israeli air raids (Mars) kill at least 492 people and wound at least 1,645 in the deadliest day of conflict (Mars) in Lebanon since its 1975-90 civil war. Tens of thousands of Lebanese fled (Saturn) the south and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading towards Beirut in the biggest exodus since the 2006 fighting. The government ordered schools (house 5) and universities (house 9) to close across most of the country and began preparing (Saturn) shelters for people displaced from the south. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian age chart; Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa at least 10 more people are reported killed in gangland violence (Mars-Pluto) between rival cartel factions bringing the number of people killed or missing since September 9 to more than 100. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and Mars cycle.
The World Bank Group (Jupiter-Pluto) reports that Denmark has pledged to contribute about $491.7 million (Jupiter) to the bank’s latest replenishment of its fund for the poorest countries, a 40% increase over the country’s previous contribution. Progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
September 26: In Argentia the poverty rate (Saturn) soars to 52.9% in the first half of 2024 up from 40.1% a year earlier. It’s the result of spending cuts (Saturn) aimed at overturning a deep fiscal deficit (Saturn). The country is in a deep recession (Saturn) and inflation remains in triple digits. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
In Peru a bus driver’s strike (Uranus-house 6) paralyzes the capital Lima and the government declares a 60-day state of emergency (Mars) in districts around Lima to fight a rise in crime (Pluto-house 12). The measure will put Peru’s armed forces (Mars) out on the streets to clamp down on a wave of extortions (Pluto) which has plagued the city. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
September 26-27: In Florida Hurricane Helene – a category 4 storm (Saturn) packing sustained winds (Mercury) of around 130 mph (209 kph) – makes landfall with a storm surge and at least 43 people reported killed across 5 states. It’s one of the most powerful storms to hit America. Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; progressed Moon was sesquisquare progressed Saturn in America’s chart > peak power date is September 29; and Saturn was opposition the Sun-Moon conjunction in the Virgo lunation.
September 27: In Lebanon a massive Israeli attack on southern Beirut kills Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah; and in South Africa 17 people are killed in a mass shooting (Mars-Pluto) in a rural town. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and the Mars cycle.
September 28: In Napal at least 150 people have died and dozens are missing as incessant rains (Saturn) unleash floods (Saturn) and landslides during the last 24 hours. Progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle; and Saturn was opposition the Sun-Moon conjunction in the Virgo lunation.
September 29: With progressed Moon sesquisquare progressed Saturn in America’s chart at peak power Hurricane Helene continues to destroy lives and property with at least 90 people killed in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia and millions of people without power.
September 30: In France Marine Le Pen, the longtime leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) party, goes on trial in a Paris criminal court alongside 26 others over alleged misappropriation of European Union funds.
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