Canada in 2020: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Canada through 2020, 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 2020, 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
Rahu in the 1st house brings new and unusual directions, with some confusion along the way to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Moon in the 7th house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Ketu in the 7th house brings a quieter, inward turn and the letting go of old patterns to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Jupiter in the 8th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances.
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.
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 Makara (Capricorn)
On 23 January 2020 Saturn moves into Capricorn, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 29 March 2020 Jupiter moves into Capricorn, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
On 29 June 2020 Jupiter moves into Sagittarius, the 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Ketu enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 23 September 2020 Ketu moves into Scorpio, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
On 23 September 2020 Rahu moves into Taurus, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 20 November 2020 Jupiter moves into Capricorn, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 21 June 2020 in Gemini, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 14 December 2020 in Scorpio, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
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.