India in 2010: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for India 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.
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
- Mesha (Aries)
- Lord of the year chart
- Mangal (Mars) in house 4
The solar year began on 14 April 2010, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at New Delhi, Aries was rising.
Mars rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 4th house, which keeps land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Sun in the 1st house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Mercury in the 1st house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Venus in the 1st house brings comfort, the arts and easier agreements to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Saturn in the 6th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration.
Jupiter in the 11th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes.
The founding chart
- Founded
- 1947-08-15
- Lagna
- Vrishabha (Taurus)
- Moon sign
- Karka (Cancer)
The founding chart of India, 15 August 1947, has Taurus rising and the Moon in Cancer.
Shani (Saturn)
Saturn is in Virgo: the 5th house from the founding chart's rising sign (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets) and the 3rd house from its Moon.
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Guru (Jupiter)
Jupiter is in Aquarius: the 10th house from the founding chart's rising sign (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world) and the 8th house from its Moon.
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
On 2 May 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces: the 11th house from the founding chart's rising sign (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes) and the 9th house from its Moon.
On 1 November 2010 Jupiter moves into Aquarius: the 10th house from the founding chart's rising sign (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world) and the 8th house from its Moon.
On 6 December 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces: the 11th house from the founding chart's rising sign (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes) and the 9th house from its Moon.
Rahu
Rahu is in Sagittarius: the 8th house from the founding chart's rising sign (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances) and the 6th house from its Moon.
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
Ketu
Ketu is in Gemini: the 2nd house from the founding chart's rising sign (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech) and the 12th house from its Moon.
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
Planets changing sign
No sign changes in this period.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 1 January 2010 in Gemini, the 2nd house of the founding chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 15 January 2010 in Capricorn, the 9th house of the founding chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 26 June 2010 in Sagittarius, the 8th house of the founding chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 12 July 2010 in Gemini, the 2nd house of the founding chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 December 2010 in Gemini, the 2nd house of the founding 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.
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.