Canada in 2012: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Canada through 2012, 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
- Mithuna (Gemini)
- Lord of the year chart
- Budh (Mercury) in house 10
The solar year began on 13 April 2012, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Ottawa, Gemini was rising.
Mercury rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 10th house, which keeps governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
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.
Jupiter in the 11th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes.
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
- Shani (Saturn) enters Kanya (Virgo)
On 15 May 2012 Saturn moves into Virgo, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
On 17 May 2012 Jupiter moves into Taurus, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Tula (Libra)
On 3 August 2012 Saturn moves into Libra, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Ketu enters Mesha (Aries)
On 23 December 2012 Ketu moves into Aries, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Tula (Libra)
On 23 December 2012 Rahu moves into Libra, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 20 May 2012 in Taurus, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 4 June 2012 in Scorpio, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 13 November 2012 in Libra, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
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.