Astrology: Autumn Equinox, September 22, 2024- Part 1 - Review

The Summer forecast was:

It is a good time for socializing and building new relationships. A motivation for idealistic, transformative social projects is favoured. This can bring an enthusiasm for dynamic, efficient, productive action, that can be misguided. A certain amount of friction and conflict can emerge along the way

 

As an example that seems to exemplify the forecast, in Montreal, a homeless shelter built beside an elementary school has caused many incidents and debates, becoming something of a symbol of the homeless crisis in the province of Quebec, Canada.

 

I was forecasting August to be a volatile month, however, July had some major events in the US. On July 13, Donald Trump was shot in the ear. On July 2o, Joe Biden stepped down from the election race, and endorsed Kamala Harris. On July 31, the US Gymnastic team Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey & Hezly Rivera completed their redemption journey with an Oympic team gold medal win (with the gravity defying power of Oz).

 

Unusually, I consider that an aspect such as Mars (Gemini) square Saturn (Pisces)(Aug 16) has a strong effect through a full 10-degree orb, therefore it is worth tracking for most of August. I noticed some strong Gemini (Air) and Pisces (water) influences with several major storms, floods and naval accidents. 

 

On August 15-16, there was a major pipe rupture in Montreal, a major Typhoon in Japan, Hurricane Ernesto caused devastation in Puerto Rico, major air quality advisories due to forest fires across Western Canada, heroic boat rescue in Washington, DC. There were several bridge incidents as well (Senneville, Montreal, Shaanxi, China , Thunder Bay, Halifax). On the Super Moon Blue Moon, August 19, there was the Mike Lynch-Stephen Chamberlain coincidental deaths-Palermo yacht incident.  On August 28, there was a major flood in Gujarat, India. 

 

These events occurred at around the same time as the first exact Jupiter square Saturn (Aug 19). There will be two more exact stations, a process which will last about a year, it can be considered a period of reflection and adjustment that marks the completion of the first quarter of the Jupiter-Saturn cycle, lasting about 4 1/2 years.

 

On September 2, Pluto made its final ingress into Capricorn, before it moves to Aquarius on November 19. Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to Israel’s streets over the government’s failure to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Hamas.  Several #metoo related cases achieved verdicts, such as Peter Nygard on September 9, and Diddy on the eclipse of September 17, in Pisces (a water signs), as a major rain system, Storm Boris, causes at lest 21 fatalities across Europe.