August 1: Trade: Donald Trump’s higher tariff rates (Jupiter) are scheduled t0 kick in but won’t take effect for another week to give Customs and Border Protection officials time to prepare. Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the sky and progressed Jupiter was inconjunct Venus and parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
August 5: Conflict: In the past two weeks nearly 60,000 people have fled (Saturn) Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province amid a years-long conflict (Mars) involving fighters affiliated with ISIL; and in western Sudan thousands of families trapped in the besieged city of el-Fasher are at ‘risk of starvation’ (Sturn), according to the World Food Programme (WFP) as the country’s brutal civil war (Mars) rages well into its third year. Progressed Saturn was parallel Mars in the Saturn cycle.
August 7: Trade: Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs (Jupiter) on more than 90 countries around the world come into effect. Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Jupiter was parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle.
August 8: Conflict: Israel’s political-security cabinet approves a plan to take control of Gaza City, as the country expands its military operations (Mars) despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war. Mars was opposition Saturn and Neptune in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Mars in the Mars cycle.
August 12: Fire: A scorching heatwave (Mars) with temperatures above 40C (104F) is fuelling dozens of wildfires (Mars) across southern Europe with red heat alerts issued in parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans. Mars was opposition and parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Mars was parallel Neptune in the Mars cycle.
August 16: The world: The much-hyped Trump-Putin summit in Alaska goes nowhere (Saturn); global talks to develop a landmark treaty to end plastic pollution again end in failure (Saturn); and heavy monsoon floods and landslides (Saturn) in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir kill at least 194 people. Mars was opposition and parallel Saturn in the sky; and progressed Sun was square Uranus in the Sun cycle.
August 22: Lyle and Eric Menendez are denied parole in their bid to be released from prison.
August 24: Protest: In Australia tens of thousands of people march in protest (Uranus) through major cities and towns demanding action to save dying and starving Palestinians. Uranus was sextile Neptune and trine Pluto in the sky.
August 25: Conflict: In Gaza, Israel bombs (Mars) the Nasser hospital killing at least 20 people (Moon), including five journalists (Mercury) who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others. Progressed Mars was parallel Moon and Mercury in the Mars cycle.
August 28: Conflict: In Ukraine, Russia launches a deadly drone and missile attack (Mars) on Kyiv killing at least 23 people and wounding dozens of others and damaging EU and British offices. The US special envoy on Ukraine said the attack undermined Donald Trump’s peace efforts. Progressed Mars was inconjunct Sun, parallel Moon and parallel Mercury in the Mars cycle.
August 29: Trade: In America a federal appeals court rules (house 9-Jupiter) that most of Donald Trump’s tariffs (Jupiter) are being illegally imposed and are an overreach of his use of emergency powers as president. Progressed Jupiter was parallel Sun in the Jupiter cycle.
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