Chiron and the North Node in Aries vs. Neptune and Saturn in Pisces
Weapons of War vs. Implements of Peace
This period presents to the world two significant eclipses: the Lunar Eclipse on March 25 at 5 degrees of Libra and the full Solar Eclipse at 19 degrees of Aries on April 8. Insights into the significance of these eclipses may be found in the book, ‘The Zodiac by Degrees’ by Martin Goldsmith. The degree of the Lunar Eclipse is described as “A woman of luminous beauty holds out a half-opened rose to her lover and leads him through a gateway into a garden.” The Solar Eclipse on April 8 is described as “A Victorian playwright walks arm-in-arm with his mistress in a public park. He is wearing a sleek black morning coat, while she wears a frilly white dress.” What is so striking is the similarity of these two symbols; both pointing to the rising of the power of women, presenting themselves as influential leaders as well as partners with men on the world stage.
The sign of Aries (Solar Eclipse) traditionally has been associated with youth, courage, individuality, and settling conflicts using implements of war. The sign of Libra (Lunar Eclipse) has historically been associated with negotiated peace, legal contracts including marriage, and the judgments that come from the courts of law.
These degrees suggest there will be momentum to end the Hamas/Israeli War that was set off in October 2023 when there was another eclipse in Libra. It also points to the US making efforts to fund the Ukrainians in the war between Russia and Ukraine and the struggles in the House of Representatives to keep this from happening. The recent murder in Russia of charismatic dissident, Alexei Navalny by order of Vladimir Putin has increased the movement to defeat Russia in Ukraine and, along with other incentives, is increasing efforts by the Europeans in NATO to assist the Ukrainians and stop a historic repeat of Hitler’s invasions of European nations in WWII. Very little has appeared in the media about the civil war in the Sudan between the military government vs. the Rapid Support Forces who are all committing atrocities on the general population.
In many previous books and newsletters, I made forecasts that the current transit of Uranus in Taurus which occurred in the 1930s with the rise of the Third Reich would appear as it did in Europe once again, and challenge us in similar ways. It is “Deja Vu all over again”.
Wounding and Healing:
We have all been living through the US Chiron return (April 17, 2018 – April 14, 2027). Chiron’s symbol is that of “the wounded healer” associated with self-inflicted wounds that would require sacrifices to manifest the understanding that leads to healing. There is an excellent article on this subject in March–May 2024 Issue of The Mountain Astrologer entitled “America’s Fraud Complex” by Gina Piccalo. She reports “This was the same cycle at work during the most damaging presidential corruption scandals in US history, including Watergate, and the most devastating losses, including the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.. It coincided with the deadly flu pandemic of 1918, the Prohibition years, the violent and divisive post-Civil War years, and the birth of the abolitionist movement to end slavery.” It is also notable that we also experienced the passage of Roe V Wade during the last transit.
Americans can certainly observe the similarities – the scandals, the COVID Pandemic, the loss of faith in governments, the abolishing of Roe v Wade and the backlash against it, and the re-emerging of our having to face our history of slavery whether we like it or not!
Trump’s convictions in the courts that could go on almost endlessly through multiple appeals will escalate in March and April as Saturn in Pisces moves toward increasing the pressures and conflicts in his chart. Trump is being exposed as one of the biggest fakes and fraudsters in our history. He has, for multiple decades, pushed his “brand” to obtain financing for his real estate builds, lying all the way through about their real value, and gotten away with it until now.
Trump’s “friendship” with deadly dictator Vladimir Putin and his suggestions that, if re-elected, he would cease to both fund the Ukrainians and cease to remain in the NATO Alliance would, effectively, end America’s power as the world’s greatest democracy and push us into the ash bin of history. His “base”, which resembles people seemingly fixed in a “cult mentality,” seems oblivious to these consequences. We are also confronted with Trump’s multiple court cases and whether they will drag on endlessly in a swarm of appeals. We are all discovering that the “wheels of justice” (Libra) grind slowly.
Decades of an Abandonment to Educate:
We are also being confronted with multiple generations of young Americans who seem to be the least educated and informed about American history, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights; how a democracy works, and who threatens it.
Most educators would agree that the young people they see coming into their classrooms are the least informed and the least motivated to learn they have ever seen! Taking Civics out of the classrooms and years of kids’ eyes plastered to their cell phone “screens” combined with the abandonment of parenting that may have led, at least in part, to drug addiction and overdoses, and mass shootings by youngsters whose families own a multiple of guns now available to them.
Gemini Men:
An interesting trend I have noticed in recent years is the prominence of people with Gemini Suns in positions of power. China’s Xi Jinping, Donald Trump, and, more recently, Russian hero and political rebel, Alexei Navalny, murdered by Putin (whose Moon is in Gemini) are all in the global spotlight. Gemini is a sign of effective “communication”. With Uranus going into Gemini in 2025 for a seven-year transit, this could reveal either propaganda and lies or truths we all need to know. Uranus is in Gemini in the chart of the US.
Human Induced Climate Collapse:
Climate catastrophes are confronting us at every turn due to over a century of burning fossil fuels, depositing toxic chemicals into our oceans, and warming our entire planet at a level not seen since the dinosaurs.
There are still “deniers” who claim it is all a myth, all the while enormous storms, floods, forest fires, and droughts speed up all around us costing human lives and trillions of dollars we do not have. The terrible truth is that our current economies would collapse without fossil fuels, yet a stable climate is now collapsing life on Earth with them!
For the past eight years, I have been gathering information that points to nuclear fusion being on its way to providing the “holy grail” of endless clean energy. The looming question is: will we be able to survive until it becomes viable?
Facing Reality:
At this time, Chiron and the North Node of the Moon are colliding. This would suggest we are being “forced” to face our historic wounds and flaws. Thus, we can choose to fully face these issues or suffer a failure of our democracy resulting in a fragmented nation on “life support.”
Multiple scandals and indictments surround Donald Trump’s second run for the presidency and would compete with scandals surrounding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, the Hunter Biden lawsuit around what he owed the IRS, and the lawsuit lost by Fox News’s Rupert Murdoch to the tune of $787.5 (forced to retire). Trump’s chart is getting hit by Saturn in Pisces and both eclipses between March and April at which time, the courts may find he is not immune from prosecution and/or convictions of crimes.
Despite multiple accomplishments, not seen since FDR was president during the Depression and WW II, Pres. Biden suffers from too many people describing him as too old and infirm to be president. He has asthma and a stuttering disability he has had all his life, which, in a time when images and sound bytes are all important, handicaps his run for the presidency. Transiting Neptune – the planet of “images” is square (in conflict with) his ascendant (his appearance) throughout this year. The whole process of electing a president in 2024 is filled with potholes and train wrecks!
Gina Piccalo’s article referred to above also points to the previous eras we experienced the current transit of Saturn in Pisces. She highlights: “The Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Gun Control Act of 1968, Social Security Act, first federal workers’ compensation program, US unemployment benefits, US Food and Drug Administration.” She also refers to the recent transit of Pluto in Capricorn (2008 – 2024) which has been discussed at length in this newsletter. She writes: “With America’s Pluto return during the last few years, we’ve been forced to reckon with our value system, disparity of wealth, manipulated markets, corruption, and abuses of power within government and other hierarchical systems.”
Foreign Relations:
We already know the war in Ukraine hangs in the balance until the US Republican-led House votes for the bill that has passed the Senate to further delegate arms and money to Ukraine. This bill will come up again this month and may be altered. Trump has “instructed” the Speaker of the House to keep this bill from passing. The Israeli-Hamas War has moved global opinion toward favoring the Palestinians whose population has been decimated by Israel. The two eclipses in March and April suggest that the Biden administration will push the Israelis to make a settlement. When polled, about 75% of Israelis want Netanyahu out of office.
It is thought by many foreign policy experts that China is the biggest threat to American dominance in the world today. Their economy is sinking and the highly leveraged real estate projects throughout the nation have gone into default. Their debt is unsustainable and their workers are being laid off. However, next to the US, they have the largest military force on earth. The ongoing dispute about Taiwan is escalating and presents a growing danger of a war that would bring the US into a major conflict in the Pacific. Historically, many nations have gone to war when their economy is sinking – the “wag the dog” method – to sustain the unpopular government’s power. The period between March and April activates all these issues.
The Houthis launching weapons into the Gulf and the Red Sea have disrupted world trade and led the US into the biggest military engagement since WWII. They are supplied by our old enemy, Iran. We now have to police all the under-ocean cable lines connecting nations all over the globe and may be threatened by these enemy attacks. Multiple planets in Pisces (the oceans), including Saturn, suggest the emergence of these risks.
In the US, Trump and the extreme right-wing Republicans would withdraw from Ukraine and the Middle East conflicts, creating global instabilities threatening to remove the US as a world power and weakening us in our power struggles with Russia and China – in short disaster!
The period between March and May of this year will examine and decide many possible solutions.
Where Do We Go From Here?
I do not think anybody has all the solutions to these most serious challenges at this point. Most people feel overwhelmed. Some people simply “check out”, feeling they can’t do anything about the crises confronting us in this era. I am encouraged by the most powerful, slow-moving planetary transits moving into new signs in 2025 – 26 that symbolize breakthrough discoveries in science and technology, and a new awakening on the part of the public as to what it takes to have a free and effective democracy. Hopefully, salvation is at hand.
Science and technology:
In OilPrice.com, an article entitled “Cold Spray Tantalum coating boosts Fusion Reaction Performance” reports that the University of Wisconsin, Madison engineers have used a spray coating technology to produce a new workforce material that can withstand the harsh conditions inside a fusion reactor. This could enable more efficient compact fusion reactors that are easier to repair and maintain.
There are fusion sites now constructed around the world and they have to face daunting obstacles to making it work. This technology solves a major problem involving the containment of the fusion reaction and directing it into usable energy.
Recently, it has been announced discoveries of the rare earth, lithium, in California’s Salton Sea. Previously, this most important mineral, used in chips, batteries and much of modern technology has been mined in China, making much of the world dependent upon them to obtain it. This will change our course to be less dependent upon accessibility to Chinese markets.
Last month’s Lunar landing, the first since men landed on the moon in July 1969, suggests a movement to accelerate space travel in a new way. A private company consisting of retired NASA engineers made this happen, with some assistance from NASA. Currently, the capsule has fallen on its side and there is a struggle to bring it back to an upright position. I am predicting a future where private enterprises will unite with government resources and institutions to make enormous progress in space technology and other areas. However, this would require the willingness to share information and cooperate.
The Economy:
The transit of Jupiter (expansion) in Taurus until May 25 points to optimism about the economy, especially in the real estate sector. Last month, the Dow soared up over $39,000 for the first time in history. However, we are in the midst of a “collapse” in commercial real estate markets which will likely peak between April and May. Last year’s crisis with smaller regional banks has been modified by the FED. As interest rates fall, more people may be able to buy houses, even though prices continue to rise, but at a slower rate. Inflation will continue to gradually go down. Corporations connected to AI, like Nvidia, will continue their enormous expansion. Technologies related to water management, conservation, etc. (connected to the sign of Pisces) need to grow as floods and droughts continue to plague many nations.
For decades, in newsletters and books, I have emphasized cyber security as an enormous problem. If you are young and want a secure career, and are in college, major in cyber security. There is a shortage of people who are equipped to do this.
Capital One has recently announced its plan to acquire Discovery, all financed through stock, and is one of the biggest buyouts of its kind in history. Mergers and acquisitions in energy and other sections are on the table and will be implemented between now and May. This raises the possibility of more monopolies and, thus, less competition.
Jupiter is conjunct Uranus from April 17 through the 21st. This emphasizes the arrival of problems with the massive availability of AI, eliminating millions of jobs. Will we move from Capitalism to “Silicon Serfdom?” State governments may initiate legislation that opens up solutions concerning housing for the homeless population.
With Venus, Saturn, and Mars in Pisces, there will be historic floods that motivate populations to come up with new ideas as to how to conserve, preserve, and channel water. In my last newsletter, I pointed to attention being directed to aviation, which emerged in connection with Boeing’s airplanes “coming apart” and failures in quality control. This transit of Mars (upheavals) in Aquarius (aviation) continues until March 22.
Weather:
In the first week of March, Mercury in Pisces is conjunct Neptune and in the last week of April Mars in Pisces is conjunct Neptune. These aspects would suggest major floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, and storms. I am particularly concerned with Japan since the planets transiting Pisces seem to affect this nation. Mercury retrograde in Aries from April 2 through April 25th, is not a good time to start new projects or sign documents, and affects our perceptions of our environment, making it difficult to assess natural events.
Final Thoughts:
There are very wise people through the ages who have, through their own mistakes, suffering and feelings of helplessness have, by accident, come to recognize that they must abandon a definition of oneself that is compelled to fight battles to survive. If we are, indeed, “all one” with this divine creation, why seek to destroy all those beings that are, in reality, ourselves?
These sage human beings encourage us to open up to a conscious universe that sees all things and is growing and expressing itself through each one of us. If we are willing to let go of the ego and all its painful obstacles, our suffering diminishes and we literally experience a light, a love, and the “peace that passeth understanding.”
The time is now.
Blessings,
Linda
Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:
March:
Full Moon at 20 degrees of Pisces sextile Uranus on March 10; Lunar Eclipse at 5 degrees Libra trine Pluto and inconjunct Mars March 25; Mercury in Pisces is sextile Uranus March 4 and is conjunct Neptune March 8; Mercury goes into Aries March 10, transits the North Node March 18, and is semisextile Neptune March 31; Venus goes into Pisces arch 12, is conjunct Saturn March 21, is sextile Jupiter March 24, and is sextile Uranus March 24.
April:
Solar Eclipse at 19 degrees Aries on April 8; Full Moon into Scorpio April 23 is square Pluto; Mercury in Aries goes retrograde April 2 and goes direct conjunct the North Node April 25; Mars in Pisces is sextile Jupiter April 9 is sextile Uranus April 19 and conjunct Neptune April 28; Jupiter in Taurus is conjunct Uranus at 21 degrees April 16 through the 21st.
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