India in 2018: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for India through 2018, 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
- Vrishabha (Taurus)
- Lord of the year chart
- Shukra (Venus) in house 12
The solar year began on 14 April 2018, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at New Delhi, Taurus was rising.
Venus rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 12th house, which keeps public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Jupiter in the 6th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration.
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
- 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 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.
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Guru (Jupiter)
Jupiter is in Libra: the 6th house from the founding chart's rising sign (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration) and the 4th house from its Moon.
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
On 11 October 2018 Jupiter moves into Scorpio: the 7th house from the founding chart's rising sign (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners) and the 5th house from its Moon.
Rahu
Rahu is in Cancer: the 3rd house from the founding chart's rising sign (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours) and the 1st house from its Moon.
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
Ketu
Ketu is in Capricorn: the 9th house from the founding chart's rising sign (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield) and the 7th 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 31 January 2018 in Cancer, the 3rd house of the founding chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 16 February 2018 in Aquarius, the 10th house of the founding chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 13 July 2018 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 28 July 2018 in Capricorn, the 9th house of the founding chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 11 August 2018 in Cancer, the 3rd house of the founding chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
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.