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Major in-sky astro-events
January 7: Mars is parallel Pluto > event forecast period is January 1–January 17
January 10: Mars is opposition Jupiter > event forecast period is January 1–January 27
January 26: Neptune moves to Aries
January 27: Mars is conjunction Pluto > event forecast period is January 8–February 16
Saturn conjunction Neptune peaks February 20
Uranus trine Pluto peaks July 18
America’s Mars-Pluto conjunction chart January 27, 2026
Chart data is January 27, 2026 at 5.56pm EST: 38N53; 77W01
Mars (strife, conflict, aggressive force, police and national guard) and Pluto (groups, division, coercive control and compulsory cooperation) merge in house 6 (work, labor market, employees, food, sickness, drugs and police, national guard, army and navy) to produce a unique event bearing their signature. Sun (Donald Trump and other high profile political actors) is conjunction Mars and Pluto.
America’s May 2024 Mars cycle chart progressed to January 1, 2026
Chart data is May 4, 2024 at 5.19 pm EST: 38N53; 77W01
Mars (strife, conflict, violence and aggressive action) is in house 12 (hospitals, prisons, covert activity, crime, criminals, FBI, secret enemies, smuggling, disappointment and self-undoing).
It’s conjunction Moon (food and groceries) and Neptune (drugs and oil) in house 11 (Congress); and sextile Pluto (dictatorial power and gangster methods) in house 10 (Donald Trump and business).
Progressed Mars transits house 9 (trade, court cases, legal judgements, universities, radio, television, internet and social media) till January 21 when it moves to house 10 (Donald Trump, his administration and business).
From January 2 to January 20 progressed Mars is parallel Pluto in house 10.
January 3: Progressed Mars is trine Sun in house 12
January 9: Progressed Mars is square Mercury in house 12.
January 13: Progressed Mars is trine Uranus in house 1.
January 15: Progressed Mars is sextile Moon in house 11 activating their birth chart conjunction.
January 16: Progressed Mars is trine Jupiter in house 1.
January 22: Progressed Mars is sextile Neptune in house 11 activating their birth chart conjunction.
January 26: Progressed Mars is conjunction Pluto in house 10 activating their birth chart sextile and
January 31: Progressed Mars is square Venus in house 12.
Major astro-events January 2026
December 20, 2025: Sagittarius new Moon at 1.43am GMT > Moon is conjunction Venus (peace, the social set and women); conjunction Mars (conflict, strife, accidents and fires); square Saturn (safety, economy, poverty, storms and loss); inconjunct Uranus (disruption, unrest, protests and technology) and square Neptune (schemes, booms, exaggeration, inflation and fraud).
Progressed Saturn semisquare Mercury in the Saturn cycle ends January 5
Progressed Pluto semisextile Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks January 12
Progressed Jupiter parallel Pluto in the Jupiter cycle peaks February 12
Progressed Pluto parallel Saturn in the Pluto cycle peaks April 9
Progressed Uranus parallel Pluto in the Uranus cycle ends May 22
Progressed Pluto parallel Uranus in the Pluto cycle peaks September 24
Progressed Pluto parallel Mars in the Pluto cycle peaks September 6, 2027
January 2: Progressed Mars parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle starts > peaks January 12
January 3: Progressed Mars is trine Sun in the Mars cycle
January 6: Progressed Mars is sextile Saturn in the Mars cycle
January 7: Mars is parallel Pluto in the sky; and progressed Saturn semisextile Sun in the Saturn cycle starts > peaks January 20
January 9: Progressed Mars is square Mercury in the Mars cycle
January 10: Progressed Sun is opposition Mars in the Sun cycle; and Mars is opposition Jupiter in the sky
January 12: Progressed Mars is parallel Pluto in the Mars cycle > ends January 20; and progressed Pluto is semisextile Mars in the Pluto cycle > ends February 12
January 13: Progressed Mars is trine Uranus in the Mars cycle
January 14: Progressed Sun is trine Uranus in the Sun cycle; and progressed Pluto parallel Neptune in the Pluto cycle starts – peaks April 11
January 15: Progressed Mars is sextile Moon in the Mars cycle
January 16: Progressed Mars is trine Jupiter in the Mars cycle
January 18: Capricorn new Moon at 7.52pm GMT > Moon is conjunction Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto; opposition Jupiter; sextile Saturn and Neptune; and trine Uranus. With the Sun and Moon conjunction Mercury, Venus, Mars and Pluto the mundane affairs of a specified house in each nation’s new Moon chart are accentuated.
America’s Capricorn new Moon chart
Chart data is January 18, 2026 at 2.51.30pm EST; 38N53; 77W01
House 8 (taxes, tariffs, debt, foreign aid, welfare, pensions, Trump’s cabinet and death) dominates forecasting newsworthy events involving its mundane matters.
January 20: Progressed Saturn is semisextile Sun in the Saturn cycle > ends January 31; and progressed Saturn sextile Neptune starts > peaks January 30
January 22: Progressed Mars is sextile Neptune in the Mars cycle; and progressed Sun parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle starts > peaks January 26
January 23: Progressed Sun is conjunction Pluto in the Sun cycle
January 25: Progressed Mars is semisquare Saturn in the Mars cycle
January 26: Progressed Sun is parallel Uranus in the Sun cycle > ends January 30; and progressed Mars is conjunction Pluto in the Mars cycle
January 27: Mars is conjunction Pluto in the sky; and progressed Mars is sextile Mars in the Mars cycle
January 30: Progressed Saturn is sextile Neptune in the Saturn cycle > ends February 9
January 31: Progressed Mars is square Venus in the Mars cycle
Major events in the Aquarian Age chart
Progressed Moon trine progressed Jupiter peaks January 10 > ends February 3
Progressed Moon parallel birth chart Sun peaks January 28 > ends May 25
Progressed Moon trine progressed Neptune starts January 6 > peaks January 30
Progressed Moon sextile birth chart Venus ends January 21
Progressed Venus conjunction birth chart Neptune peaks January 21
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars peaks February 9
Progressed Sun semisquare progressed Saturn peaks July 29
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Saturn ends December 9
Progressed Mars sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks February 2027
Progressed Mars parallel progressed Uranus peaks October 2027
Progressed Mercury parallel progressed Sun peaks March 2028
Progressed Jupiter conjunction progressed Neptune peaks September 2030
Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Mars peaks 2031-2034 with Sun at 23N27 and
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Neptune peaks January 2033
America’s chart progressed to January 1, 2026
Chart data is July 4, 1776 at 12.14am LMT, Philadelphia (74W08, 39N57)
Progressed Moon in house 11 is sextile progressed Uranus (Jeffrey Epstein revelations, protests and disruption) in house 12 > peaks January 11 > ends February 4
Progressed Moon is sextile birth chart ascendant (the people) > peaks January 19 > ends February 12
Progressed Moon semisquare progressed Mercury in house 10 starts January 18 > peaks February 12
Progressed Venus sextile progressed Uranus starts January 19 > peaks January 2027
Progressed Moon sextile birth chart Uranus in house 1 starts January 26 > peaks February 19
Progressed Sun (the power crowd) square birth chart Mars (strife, violence, conflict, military action and policing) peaks May 15
Progressed Midheaven sesquisquare progressed Uranus peaks c June 16
Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Saturn (safety and security) peaks July 30
Progressed Venus sextile birth chart Jupiter ends August 8
Progressed Sun parallel progressed Mars peaks September 20
Progressed Venus semisquare birth chart Mars ends October 1
Progressed Sun parallel birth chart Neptune (schemes and booms) ends June 2027
Progressed Venus parallel birth chart Moon peaks January 2028 and
Progressed Sun parallel progressed Neptune peaks February 2028
Donald Trump’s chart progressed to January 1, 2026
Birth certificate data is June 14, 1946 at 10.54am EST (40N41; 77W48)
Progressed Moon in house 3 is trine birth chart Saturn in house 11 > peaks January 14
Progressed Moon is sesquisquare birth chart Mercury in house 11 > peaks January 16
Progressed Moon is inconjunct birth chart Sun in house 10 > ends January 18
Progressed Moon semisextile progressed Venus in house 3 starts January 28 > peaks March 3
Progressed Moon is opposition birth chart Midheaven peaks c January 31 and moves to house 4
Progressed Moon is parallel progressed Midheaven > peaks March 26
Progressed Mercury parallel birth chart Mars peaks March 18 > ends November 2027
Progressed Mercury conjunction birth chart Mars ends May 3
Progressed Venus conjunction progressed Jupiter peaks May 24 > ends August 2027
Progressed Midheaven conjunction progressed Pluto ends July 14
Progressed Sun semisquare birth chart Saturn ends October 2
Progressed Sun sextile birth chart Mercury ends October 18
Progressed Sun semisextile birth chart Pluto peaks December 26
Progressed ascendant square progressed Saturn ends March 2027
Progressed Mars semisquare birth chart ascendant ends May 2027
Progressed Mars parallel birth chart Jupiter ends May 2029 and
Progressed ascendant parallel birth chart Mars peaks September 2030
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