December 1: In South Korea countries negotiating a global treaty (Jupiter) to curb plastic pollution (Neptune) fail (Saturn) to reach agreement (Pluto) with more than 100 nations wanting to cap production while a handful of oil-producers were prepared only to target plastic waste. Mars was parallel Jupiter and opposition Pluto in the sky; Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
In Georgia the political crisis (Sun) deepens as mass protests (Uranus-Pluto) against the government’s decision to suspend talks (Pluto) on joining the EU spread across the country of 3.7 million people. The ruling Georgian Dream party is accused of pursuing increasingly authoritarian, anti-Western and pro-Russian policies. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
December 2: Hunter Biden is pardoned by his father, President Joe Biden. See his chart progressed to December 2, 2024
In N’Zerekore, Guinea, at least 56 people are killed after violent clashes (Mars) during a football match (house 5) led to a stampede (Mars). Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was square Venus in the Mars cycle.
December 3: South Korea has a Uranus moment as President Yoon Suk (Sun) declares martial law (Mars), reverses the move hours later (Uranus) and triggers the biggest political crisis (Sun) in decades with lawmakers (house 11) calling for his impeachment (Pluto). Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle; progressed Mars was square Venus in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun was square Saturn in the Sun cycle.
December 4: French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government is toppled in a no-confidence vote in the National Assembly, deepening a political crisis and raising questions about the country’s budget for next year. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle. See Michel Barnier’s chart progressed to December 4, 2024
In New York City UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson is fatally shot (Mars) in what investigators describe as a ‘brazen, targeted attack’ (Mars). Progressed Moon was square birth chart Mars in America’s chart.
December 7: In Nevada Commissioner Edmund Gorman rules against Rupert Murdoch’s bid to change his family trust to consolidate control of his media empire in the hands of his son Lachlan. He concluded that Rupert and Lachlan had acted in ‘bad faith’ in their effort to amend the irrevocable trust which currently divides control of the company equally among Rupert’s four oldest children — Lachlan, James, Elisabeth and Prudence — after his death. See his chart progressed to December 7, 2024
December 8: In Syria rebel fighters (Mars-Uranus) enter Damascus. In a lightning offensive (Mars-Uranus) government defenses crumbled and Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad (Pluto) fled the country. Rebels said Damascus was ‘now free of Assad’ and people poured out onto the streets and public squares in celebration (Jupiter). Progressed Mars was parallel progressed Uranus and progressed Moon was inconjunct progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart; Mars was parallel Jupiter and opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle; progressed Pluto was parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle; and progressed Mars was square Venus in the Mars cycle.
December 9: Bashar al-Assad’s depraved brutality is revealed to the world as prisoners are released from his ‘human slaughterhouses’. According to a United Nations report the Pluto dictator had more than 100 detention centers (house 12) and an unknown number of secret facilities (house 12). Prisoners were killed in mass hangings or tortured to death, including by being deprived of food, water and medicine.
And Israel makes a land grab (Saturn) near the occupied Golan Heights as the Israeli military launches air strikes (Mars) across Syria. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Saturn was parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle; and progressed Pluto was parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle.
December 13: Emmanuel Macron chooses François Bayrou to be France’s new prime minister – the fourth this year. See Bayrou’s chart progressed to December 13, 2024
December 14: South Korea’s National Assembly (house 11) votes to impeach (Pluto) President Yoon Suk-yeol (Sun) over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law (Mars), a move that plunged the country into political turmoil (Sun) halfway through his presidency. Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto in the sky; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun, trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
December 15: Cyclone Chido, the severest storm (Saturn) to hit the French archipelago Mayotte in 90 years with wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), flattens entire settlements with a reported death toll of ‘several hundred’. Progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune and parallel Pluto in the Saturn cycle.
Two Russian oil tankers (Jupiter) are badly damaged (Mars) during a storm (Saturn) in the Black Sea, spilling oil (Neptune) into the Kerch Strait. Mars was parallel Jupiter in the sky; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
December 17: In Russia, Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Forces (NBC), is assassinated (Pluto) in a targeted killing (Mars) by Ukraine's security service. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Uranus was trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle. In the Age of Pluto targeted killing is all the rage.
December 20: In Sicily judges acquit Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of two counts of kidnap and dereliction of duty. See his chart progressed to December 20, 2024
December 20-21: In Germany at least five people (Pluto), including a nine-year-old child, are killed and more than 200 others injured after a car rammed (Mars) into a crowded Christmas market in the city of Magdeburg, the capital of Saxony-Anhalt; and in southeastern Brazil at least 32 people (Pluto) are killed when a passenger bus and a truck collide (Mars) on a highway. Mars was opposition and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
December 22: In one of the largest protest rallies (Uranus-Pluto) in recent years tens of thousands of Serbians gather in Belgrade to protest (Uranus) against President Aleksandar Vucic (Sun) and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party, which they blame for a railway station roof collapse last month that killed 15 people. Progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and Pluto in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In southern Brazil the central span of a bridge linking Tocantins and Maranhão states gives way (Mars-Saturn) sending lorries carrying thousands of liters of pesticides (Neptune) and sulphuric acid into the river below. Four people are known to have died, more than ten are missing, and there are fears of water contamination. Progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
December 24: In the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria a Russian cargo ship (Jupiter) under US sanctions sinks after an explosion (Mars) in the engine room. 14 crew members are rescued and taken to the Spanish port of Cartagena with two others missing. Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto and Mars was parallel Jupiter in the sky.
In Afghanistan’s Paktika province the Pakistani military (Mars) conducts air raids (Mars) targeting hideouts of the Pakistan Taliban (Pluto) with at least 46 people killed. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In Mozambique at least 6000 inmates (house 12) escape from a prison (house 12) as fresh protests (Uranus-Pluto) erupt in response to Mozambique’s highest court (Jupiter-house 9) confirming that the ruling Frelimo party, in power since 1975, had won October’s presidential elections. Jupiter was sesquisquare Pluto in the sky; and progressed Uranus was parallel Sun and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle.
December 25: In Kazakhstan an Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 67 passengers on board crashes (Mars) killing 38 and injuring 27. (On December 28 Vladimir Putin – Lower-Pluto thug and disinformation champion – apologized to the president of Azerbaijan over the downing of the plane but stopped short of saying Russia was responsible.) Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Saturn was semisquare Neptune in the Saturn cycle.
The United Nations reports that the number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world’s wealthiest nations are contributing to help them is dropping. The UN projects that at least 117 million will go without aid in 2025. Germany, a top UN humanitarian donor, is reducing aid funding; China and India, among the world’s top five economies, contribute less than 1% of UN humanitarian aid; and relief agencies are fearing possible aid cuts from top donor, America, after Donald Trump takes office. In the Age of Pluto Jupiter was square Saturn in the sky.
December 29: In South Korea a passenger plane (Neptune) skids down a runway after landing and crashes (Mars) killing 179 passengers. Two crew members survived. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle; and progressed Pluto was parallel Neptune in the Pluto cycle.
In southern Ethiopia at least 71 people (Pluto) are killed in a road accident (Mars) when a truck packed with passengers plunges into a river in Sidama state. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
December 30: In America Treasury Department officials say that Chinese state-sponsored hackers (Pluto) breached the US Treasury Department’s computer security guardrails (Saturn) in early December stealing documents in what Treasury called a ‘major incident.’ In early December progressed Moon was square birth chart Mars in America’s chart; progressed Uranus was parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle; progressed Pluto was parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle; and Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky.
The Caribbean republic of Trinidad and Tobago announces a state of emergency (Mars) in response to a spike in gang violence (Mars-Pluto), reprisal killings (Mars) and other gang (Pluto) related activity. Mars was opposition Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
In a historic first for South Korea a court (house 9) issues an arrest warrant (house 7) for impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol (Sun) over his short-lived declaration of martial law (Mars). The country’s political crisis deepens. Mars was opposition and parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars was sesquisquare Saturn and opposition Pluto in the Mars cycle.
December 31: In America the FBI (house 12-Pluto) reports that on December 17 it discovered more than 150 bombs (Mars) during a raid on a farm in Isle of Wright County, Virginia, thought to be the largest such cache seized by the law-enforcement agency in its history. On December 17 progressed Moon was square birth chart Mars in America’s chart; progressed Uranus was trine Mars and sesquisquare Pluto in the Uranus cycle; and progressed Mars was parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle.
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