Astrology: Spring Equinox, March 19, 2024 - Part 1 - Review

For the Winter prognostic, I wrote:

Overall, passions can run high with a need for exotic escapism, with psychological insecurities accompanied by deceit and abuse. Volatile confrontations are possible, with possibilities for introspection into unresolved past difficulties bringing personal change. Channeling these energies into creative pursuits can bring good results. Despite the unusual, passionate fascinations and partnerships, there is a general sense of efficiency, practical organization, with articulate open communication. It is a good time for laying the groundwork and negotiating for productive solutions, and resolving personal difficulties, but it can be difficult to finalize lasting agreements.

One curious incident occurred on February 24 in Glasgow, Scotland, The Willy Chocolate Experience, which became a viral internet sensation, could be said to encapsulate the first part of the prognostic. A striking song that conveys a sense of personal introspection, Billie Eilish's - What Was I Made For? from the Barbie film, won a Grammy and an Oscar.

 

Moreover, two films dealing with the legacy of World War Two, Oppenheimer and The Boy and the Heron, received best film Oscar nods, with Killers of the Flower Moon, a film that deals with past social traumas and injustices, receiving ten Oscar nominations, perhaps reflecting some important themes in the current US Pluto return.

Around the time of the intense Winter Solstice,  a Prague university experienced one of the deadliest mass shooting the Czech Republic has seen in decades. The new year witnessed a massive earthquake in Japan,  along Japan’s western coast of a 7.5 magnitude. The quake shook the Noto Peninsula in the central prefecture of Ishikawa collapsing buildings, sparking fires and triggering tsunami alerts as far away as eastern Russia.

Pluto returned to Aquarius on January 21^st, and there was a major earthquake in China, snowstorms in the US, and a new temple for Ram in India was inaugurated. A difficult Mars square Uranus aspect occurred on March 9 and Haiti’s PM Ariel Henry tenders resignation as country descends into gang-faction chaos, Sudan is being reprimanded for blocking Humanitarian Aid amidst a hunger crisis, with Sweden officially becoming a member of Nato.

With Pluto in Aquarius on January 21, we’ll see the beginning of a more favorable period, a precursor to 2025, which begins an optimistic 10-year phase in the 20-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle. Optimistic does not necessarily mean peaceful. It can signal a gung-ho conquest energy as well as cooperative, peace-building trends. Moving into April 20, a trio of jovial aspects highlight this period:  Jupiter conjunct Uranus, Jupiter sextile Neptune, Jupiter trine Pluto. But beginning in August, the rest of the year will be more difficult, culminating in an intense mutable Grand Cross at the Winter Solstice. I see this as a final adjustment phase before entering a distinctly new and positive phase in 2025.

PS- No doubt a lot of new age spiritual awakening enthusiasts can interpret the upcoming positive aspects mystically, but I just stick to the down-to-earth, concrete, fact-based data.

Part 2