Australia in 2000: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Australia through 2000, read the way mundane astrology reads a nation: from the chart cast when the Sun enters Mesha each year, from the country's founding chart and from the year's eclipses. They describe tendencies in public life, not fixed events.
Mundane readings here stay with themes and timing windows. They say nothing about any public figure and do not try to name particular events.
The year chart (Mesha Sankranti)
- Cast for
- Lagna
- Dhanu (Sagittarius)
- Lord of the year chart
- Guru (Jupiter) in house 5
The solar year began on 13 April 2000, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Canberra, Sagittarius was rising.
Jupiter rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 5th house, which keeps education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Mercury in the 4th house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Venus in the 4th house brings comfort, the arts and easier agreements to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Saturn in the 5th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets.
The founding chart
- Founded
- 1901-01-01
- Lagna
- Mesha (Aries)
- Moon sign
- Mesha (Aries)
The founding chart of Australia, 1 January 1901, has Aries rising and the Moon in Aries.
Shani (Saturn)
Saturn is in Aries: the 1st house from the founding chart's rising sign (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people) and the 1st house from its Moon.
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
On 7 June 2000 Saturn moves into Taurus: the 2nd house from the founding chart's rising sign (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech) and the 2nd house from its Moon.
Guru (Jupiter)
Jupiter is in Aries: the 1st house from the founding chart's rising sign (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people) and the 1st house from its Moon.
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
On 2 June 2000 Jupiter moves into Taurus: the 2nd house from the founding chart's rising sign (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech) and the 2nd house from its Moon.
Rahu
Rahu is in Cancer: the 4th house from the founding chart's rising sign (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home) and the 4th house from its Moon.
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
On 31 July 2000 Rahu moves into Gemini: the 3rd house from the founding chart's rising sign (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours) and the 3rd house from its Moon.
Ketu
Ketu is in Capricorn: the 10th house from the founding chart's rising sign (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world) and the 10th house from its Moon.
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
On 31 July 2000 Ketu moves into Sagittarius: the 9th house from the founding chart's rising sign (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield) and the 9th house from its Moon.
Planets changing sign
No sign changes in this period.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 January 2000 in Cancer, the 4th house of the founding chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 5 February 2000 in Capricorn, the 10th house of the founding chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 2 July 2000 in Gemini, the 3rd house of the founding chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 16 July 2000 in Capricorn, the 10th house of the founding chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 31 July 2000 in Cancer, the 4th house of the founding chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 26 December 2000 in Sagittarius, the 9th house of the founding chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
The weeks around an eclipse are read as a time to review and finish rather than to launch new public ventures in the matters it touches.
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