Personal note: Between the 1920s and 1950s my grandmother studied astrology. Later, before I was born and during my childhood, my mother studied astrology charts. Consequently, I grew up with astrology discussed in my home. I began drafting charts in high school and while I enjoy natal chart interpretation, which I have done for friends, family, and occasional clients for decades, my preference is mundane astrology.
Mundane astrology is focused on the outer planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and their ingresses into signs plus aspects with each other. This speaks to the astrological weathercast of geo-politics, cultural trends, innovations, revolutions, etc. I was drawn to mundane astrology when as a young woman in the 1980s working in the entertainment business I watched AIDS sweep through the world as Pluto transited Scorpio. It was impossible to not see the connection of the mundane in real time. Because of that experience and my love of history I became focused on world astrology. That background informs my new moon reports which I have been generating for close to twenty years. They are focused on the lunar month eight phases, 29-day cycle and the mundane astrological influences.
It is important for me to put the lunar work in the landscape of the bigger astrological cycles. In mundane forecasts, astrologers look backwards to previous eras and pluck out themes that may repeat in the modern era. In 2011, Andre Barbault, a French astrologer wrote about the then future Pluto Saturn conjunction of January 2020, and he said that it had the potential for a pandemic based on what occurred in previous eras. To Barbault’s prediction we can now say, “Bingo!” To his bigger point, which he and other astrologers (including me) agree is that this decade of the 2020’s has tremendous tumult baked into the transit of the outer planets. There are peaks and valleys and endings, and beginnings of planetary cycles. How we start the 2020s does not look like how we end them. The shift between the two eras in this decade occurs in 2024 and 2025.
Because my interest is mundane, regular readers of my reports know that I have been talking for years about Pluto in Aquarius and how it is critical to our changing decade. There is a centrifugal force building in 2024 which will whirl us into 2025 where more force is added and then we begin part two of this decade in 2026.
In 2024, Pluto re-entered Aquarius (January) where it will be for about 10 months. In March and April, we will have the first eclipse season including the Great American Eclipse with a path through the USA coming up from Mexico and Texas and all the way out via Maine. We won’t have another total eclipse in USA until 2045.
Also, in April, Jupiter will conjunct Uranus which is arguably one of the best aspects in the entire decade. Although it can be overwhelming. Shortly afterwards Jupiter enters Gemini. expanding news on a level that we might not be ready for, but it is coming. There will be several squares between Jupiter and Saturn adding more fritzes and illusion and one will be forgiven if they feel in state of nervous unease. Additionally, Saturn and Neptune get within ten degrees of each other this summer demanding structure to humanity on one hand and dissolving boundaries on another. Pluto returns to Capricorn on September 1st and finally re-enters Aquarius in November where it will remain until 2043. There is drama around the fall eclipse in October and a Mars Pluto opposition just before the United States general election in November. We then wrap up the year with a big ol’ Mars retrograde in Leo/Cancer. If your head is spinning, you must be paying attention. We have got a lot going on.
During the year, I am as always, discussing these mundane astrological influences in my monthly lunar reports but if you want a deeper analysis for 2024, I recommend both Chris Brennan’s Astrological Podcasts and World Astrology hosted by Dan Waites. Dan and his team go long into Barbault’s positive analysis for 2026 on an inspiring aspect labeled “basket” by astrologer S. J. Anderson. Also, a special- special shout out to Chris Brennan who last year noted (and the first astrologer I heard mention it) that there are two comets making an appearance in our 2024 skies. One is at the April eclipse with comet Pons-Brooks and in the fall (on the day of the presidential debate) Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. Hearing about them from Chris sent me to find more comet astronomical details. As for their astrological meaning, I am not versed enough in comets, but I will research more as we head to their appearance in spring and fall.
Of course, the differences between mundane and natal astrology are the world versus the individual. Even in the bumpiest times, humans are humans; finding their path, building their world, falling in love, getting married, having children, finding careers, using their artistic talents, going to school, cooking fabulous meals, protecting values that they cherish, finding or rejecting faith, welcoming a new neighbor, connecting with groups, investing in property, taking a vacation, tending to health matters --- you get it. Basically, living life. So, while the world may have peaks and valleys, the human has their own story to tell which includes highs and lows.
Having said all that, it is my opinion that with all the tumult and changes in our astro landscape this year and the rest of the decade we are served well when we use the new moons and the 29-day lunar cycle to ground down the lesson and opportunities of the sign to its full value. Meaning, when the new moon launches in the sign. We are about to launch the new zodiacal lunar year with the Aries New Moon on April 8. Please jump in! Make the most of it and don’t forget to make a Treasure Map.
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