October 1: Israel launches a ground operation (Mars) in Southern Lebanon and US sends more troops (Mars) and war planes to the Middle East; Iran launches more than 180 missiles (Mars) at Israel; seven people are killed and several others injured in a shooting and knife attack (Mars) in Tel Aviv; in Thailand at least 23 children died when a school bus carrying more than 40 students and teachers caught fire (Mars) in Bangkok; and Russia’s autumn draft starts with Vladimir Putin (Pluto) ordering the conscription (Pluto) of 133,000 new servicemen. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Sun and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In America tens of thousands of members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (house 6) strike (Uranus) at 14 major ports along the east and gulf coasts, halting container traffic from Maine to Texas. It signals significant trade (Jupiter) and economic disruption (Uranus). Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle. In America’s Uranus cycle chart Uranus is conjunction Moon in house 6 and progressed Uranus in house 8 was sesquisquare ascendant > peak power date is October 21 > end date is November 16. (On October 3 the union reached a tentative agreement on wages and will go back to work on October 4 until January 15, when they will return to the bargaining table to negotiate all the other outstanding issues.)
October 3: In Haiti at least 70 people are killed after and at least 16 others injured when an armed gang (Mars-Pluto) attacked (Mars) and rampaged through Pont-Sondé in the central Artibonite region. Mars was parallel Pluto in the sky and Mars cycle.
October 4: Central Bosnia-Herzegovina experiences a climate-change moment when flash floods and landslides (Saturn) leave at least 19 people dead, with towns and villages cut off and homes being submerged. Progressed Mars was trine Saturn in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
In Poland a top general (Mars) says the country will need a much larger army (Mars), which could be hard to achieve given its aging population (Saturn), if it is to defend itself from what seems to be a war (Mars) this generation will inevitably face. Progressed Mars was trine Saturn in the Mars cycle.
October 5: Thousands of protesters (Uranus-Pluto) take to the streets in major cities around the world including London, Paris, Rome, Manila, Cape Town and New York demanding an end to the bloodshed in Gaza (Mars) and the wider Middle East. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Mars was trine Saturn in the Mars cycle.
In Hungary thousands of protesters (Uranus) gather outside the headquarters of the country's state television (Pluto-house 9) protesting against what they describe as the government's ‘propaganda machine’ (Pluto) and calling for an independent public service media (Mercury-Uranus). Progressed Uranus was parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
October 7: Israel holds ceremonies and protests to mark the first anniversary of the October 7 attack that sparked the Gaza War while stepping up air and ground attacks (Mars) on Hamas in Gaza, killing at least 52 people, as Hezbollah in Lebanon fires rockets (Mars) at Haifa and fears of all-out regional war rise. Mars was parallel Jupiter and Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Mercury and parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that river flows (Pisces) around the world fell to all-time lows in 2023 following five consecutive years of below-normal river and reservoir inflows. Neptune was transiting Pisces.
October 8: In Florida thousands of people are fleeing (Saturn) or seeking shelter as monster hurricane Milton (Saturn) barrels towards the Tampa Bay area. People are being ordered to get out while you can. Progressed Mars is conjunction Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; progressed Moon is sesquisquare progressed Saturn (the cusp ruler of house 8 – death) in America’s chart; and progressed Saturn is semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle. Estimated time of arrival is Wednesday night October 9. On October 11 progressed Sun parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle starts > peak power date is October 14. Saturn comes to Earth.
October 10: Hurricane Milton (Saturn) plows into Florida’s west coast spawning tornados (Mars opposition Pluto in the sky) that killed at least 16 people and leaving millions without power. The death toll will rise. Progressed Moon was sesquisquare progressed Saturn (the cusp ruler of house 8 – death) in America’s chart; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
In Peru schools (house 5) across Lima are closed, armed forces are transporting (house 3) citizens and the government asks employers (house 10) to encourage remote work as public transit companies began a strike (Uranus-Pluto) to demand more action against rising crime (Pluto-house 12) and extortion (Pluto). Shopping centers and markets also closed their doors in support of the protests, with business owners saying they are also facing extortion from organized crime. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
The United Nations children’s agency in its first-ever global estimate on sexual violence against children (Mars-house 5), says that some 370 million, or one in eight, girls and young women (Venus) across the world have endured rape and sexual violence (Mars), with the highest number of victims recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. In the Age of Lower-Pluto Mars and Pluto are behaving very badly.
According to the World Wide Fund for Nature wildlife populations across the globe have shrunk (Saturn) by more than 70 percent over the past half-century. The Living Planet Report found the 35,000 populations under review had fallen 73 percent since 1970, mostly due to human pressures. The biggest decline was recorded in populations of freshwater species, followed by terrestrial and marine vertebrates. The destructiveness of Lower-Pluto is boundless and unrestricted.
October 13: A new World Bank (Jupiter) report shows that the world’s 26 poorest countries, home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people (Saturn), are more in debt (house 8) than at any time since 2006 and increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters (house 4) and other shocks (Uranus). The rest of the world has largely recovered from covid and resumed its growth trajectory (Jupiter). Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Sun was parallel Saturn in the Sun cycle.
October 15: Canada expels six Indian diplomats (Jupiter) including the high commissioner, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader and alleging a broader effort to target Indian dissidents in Canada, and India retaliates (Mars) by ordering the expulsion of six high-ranking Canadian diplomats including the acting high commissioner. Mars was parallel Jupiter in the sky.
In northwestern Nigeria more than 140 people are killed and dozens of others wounded after an overturned fuel tanker exploded (Mars) sparking a massive inferno (Mars). Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Uranus in the Mars cycle.
Police (Mars) in Mexico find the decapitated bodies (Pluto) of five men on a road in western Jalisco state. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
According to the UN’s World Food Programme a historic drought (Saturn) – the worst food crisis yet – has devastated more than 27 million lives across southern Africa. Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have all declared a state of national disaster in the past months as the drought destroyed crops and livestock. Angola and Mozambique are also severely affected. 21 million children are malnourished. The crisis is expected to deepen until the next harvests in March or April next year. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
October 16: A new report by Oxfam titled Food Wars reveals that 54 countries experiencing conflict (Mars) account for nearly all of the 281.6 million people facing acute hunger (Saturn) today. Between 7,000 to as many as 21,000 people are likely dying each day from hunger in countries affected by conflict and forced displacement due to conflict has now reached a record 117 million people. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
In America the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Jupiter) agrees to pay $880 million (Jupiter) to 1,353 people who alleged that they were sexually abused (Mars) as children by Catholic priests, in the largest settlement by a US diocese over decades-old abuse claims. Mars was parallel Jupiter in the sky.
(A federal disclosure in America reveals that Elon Musk has funnelled about $75m over three months into an organisation he created in support of Donald Trump. With progressed Sun in his chart in house 2 square progressed Jupiter in house 5 he’s likely to do his dough.)
October 17: In Gaza Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar (Pluto) is killed in an Israeli attack (Mars). Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Uranus in the Mars cycle.
October 18: In Cuba the power grid collapses causing a nationwide blackout (Uranus-Pluto). The PM had declared an ‘energy emergency’ on October 17 following months of lengthy blackouts. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Uranus was parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
October 19: In northern Gaza at least 73 people are killed in an Israeli attack (Mars) on Beit Lahiya with many people trapped under rubble and the death toll is expected to rise. There’s a communications blackout in the north of the Gaza Strip where a 16-day Israeli military siege (Mars-Pluto) has cut off access to food, water, medicine and vital services. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was trine Moon in the Mars cycle.
October 20: Cuba’s electrical grid collapses for the fourth time in 48 hours as Hurricane Oscar (Saturn) makes landfall compounding the island’s misery (Saturn) and threating further havoc on its decrepit infrastructure. Progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
Egypt is certified malaria free, with the World Health Organization calling the achievement “truly historic” and the culmination of nearly a century of work (Saturn) to stamp out (Mars) the ancient scourge (Saturn). Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
October 22: In Mexico 19 suspected gang members (Pluto) are killed in a shootout Mars) when a group (Pluto) of more than 30 gunmen fired on soldiers (Mars) near Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sextile Jupiter in the Mars cycle.
In Haiti days of renewed violence (Mars) has seen an alliance of armed gangs (Mars-Pluto) ramp up attacks on areas in the Caribbean nation they don’t yet control. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
October 23: An Arctic seed vault (Saturn) on Norway’s Spitsbergen Island set deep inside a mountain to withstand disasters (Mars) from nuclear war (Pluto) to global warming (Mars-Saturn) receives over 30,000 new samples from 21 countries including seeds of vegetables, legumes and herbs. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault was launched in 2008 as a backup for the world’s gene banks that store the genetic code for thousands of plant species. Progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart; and progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
The annual Ibrahim Index of African Governance report finds that despite positive progress in 33 countries, overall governance (Sun) was worse in 2023 in 21 countries compared with 2014 due to deteriorating security (Saturn). Progressed Sun was parallel birth chart Mars and progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart.
October 25: Brazil signs a 170 billion reais ($29.85bn) compensation agreement (Jupiter) with miners BHP, Vale and Samarco (Saturn) for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015 that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests (Saturn) and polluted the length of the region’s Doce River; and in America the owner and operator of a cargo ship (Jupiter) that slammed into a bridge in the east coast port of Baltimore earlier this year, will pay a $102m settlement (Jupiter) for cleanup costs (Saturn). Jupiter was parallel Mars and square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
In south east Lebanon three journalists (Mercury) are killed by an Israeli strike on a building known to be housing reporters. The men worked for broadcasters Al-Manar TV and Al Mayadeen TV. Lebanon’s information minister said the attack was deliberate and described it as a ‘war crime’. Progressed Mercury was parallel Mars and progressed Moon was semisextile and parallel birth chart Mercury in the Aquarian Age chart; and Mercury was conjunction Moon in the Libra new Moon cycle.
In Sudan’s El Gezira state at least 124 people are killed by the Sudan paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (Mars) in one of the deadliest incidents (Pluto) of an 18-month war (Mars) and largest in a spate of recent attacks. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
In the northern Philippines at least 76 people have been killed after Tropical Storm, Trami (Saturn) batters the country, triggering landslides and flooding (Saturn) that displaced nearly 320,000. Progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
October 26: Israel strikes (Mars) military sites in Iran in retaliation for Tehran's attacks (Mars) on Israel earlier this month. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
October 27: In Chad at least 40 soldiers (Mars) are killed in an attack (Mars) at a military base on an island called Barkaram. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
At Madison Square Garden in New York Lower-Pluto plays a lead role at a Donald Trump campaign rally. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
October 28: The Israeli parliament approves bills aimed at banning (Pluto) the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in Palestine; and the Pentagon announces that an estimated 10,000 North Korean soldiers (Mars) have been sent to Russia to train and fight against Ukraine. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Sun was parallel Mars in the Sun cycle.
In Tbilisi, Georgia, thousands of people protest (Uranus) after the governing party won an election marked by reports of voting irregularities which prompted Western powers to call for investigations. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
October 29: At the UN COP16 biodiversity summit (Pluto) Colombia launches a coalition with 20 other countries (Pluto) seeking to make ‘peace with nature’ as nearly 200 countries try to figure out how to halt the decline of nature by 2030. Uranus was trine Pluto in the sky; and progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
October 30: In Spain at least 95 people are killed as torrential rain and heavy storms (Saturn) trigger flash floods in the eastern region of Valencia. Progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle. (In Spain’s Aquarian Age chart progressed Mars was conjunction birth chart Saturn in house 8.) By November 1 the death toll had risen to 205.
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