Australia in 2023: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Australia through 2023, 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
- Vrishchika (Scorpio)
- Lord of the year chart
- Mangal (Mars) in house 8
The solar year began on 14 April 2023, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Canberra, Scorpio was rising.
Mars rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 8th house, which keeps shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Saturn in the 4th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Jupiter in the 5th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets.
Venus in the 7th house brings comfort, the arts and easier agreements to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
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 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.
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
On 17 January 2023 Saturn moves into Aquarius: the 11th house from the founding chart's rising sign (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes) and the 11th house from its Moon.
Guru (Jupiter)
Jupiter is in Pisces: the 12th house from the founding chart's rising sign (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight) and the 12th house from its Moon.
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
On 22 April 2023 Jupiter moves into 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.
Rahu
Rahu 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.
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
On 30 October 2023 Rahu moves into Pisces: the 12th house from the founding chart's rising sign (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight) and the 12th house from its Moon.
Ketu
Ketu is in Libra: the 7th house from the founding chart's rising sign (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners) and the 7th house from its Moon.
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
On 30 October 2023 Ketu moves into Virgo: the 6th house from the founding chart's rising sign (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration) and the 6th house from its Moon.
Planets changing sign
No sign changes in this period.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 20 April 2023 in Aries, the 1st house of the founding chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 15 October 2023 in Virgo, the 6th house of the founding chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 29 October 2023 in Aries, the 1st house of the founding chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
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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