Canada in 2002: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Canada through 2002, 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.
No founding chart is used for Canada on this page, so it reads from the Mesha Sankranti chart cast for Ottawa and from the eclipses.
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
- Tula (Libra)
- Lord of the year chart
- Shukra (Venus) in house 7
The solar year began on 13 April 2002, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Ottawa, Libra was rising.
Venus rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 7th house, which keeps foreign relations, treaties and trading partners in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Sun in the 7th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Moon in the 7th house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Mercury in the 7th house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Saturn in the 8th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances.
Jupiter in the 9th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield.
The founding chart
No founding chart is read for this country: there is no agreed time for it, or it is older than the charts here can reach.
Planets changing sign
- Ketu enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 16 February 2002 Ketu moves into Scorpio, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
On 16 February 2002 Rahu moves into Taurus, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Karka (Cancer)
On 5 July 2002 Jupiter moves into Cancer, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Mithuna (Gemini)
On 22 July 2002 Saturn moves into Gemini, the 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 10 June 2002 in Taurus, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 4 December 2002 in Scorpio, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
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.
All readings and results are indicative, worked out as carefully as our calculations allow from the Moon sign and the classical rules. They are not a personal reading or medical, legal or financial advice, and the website and the business behind it accept no responsibility for decisions made on them. Read how to use these predictions.