Canada in 2010: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Canada through 2010, 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 2010, 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
Jupiter in the 5th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets.
Sun in the 7th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order 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.
Mars in the 10th house brings drive, quick decisions and some heat in debate to governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world.
Saturn in the 12th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight.
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
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Meena (Pisces)
On 1 May 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
On 1 November 2010 Jupiter moves into Aquarius, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Meena (Pisces)
On 5 December 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 31 December 2009 in Gemini, the 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 15 January 2010 in Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 26 June 2010 in Sagittarius, the 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 11 July 2010 in Gemini, the 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 December 2010 in Gemini, the 9th house of the year 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.
General guidance from the Moon sign and the classical rules, not a personal reading and not medical, legal or financial advice. Your own choices remain yours. Read how to use these predictions.