Nepal in 2002: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Nepal through 2002, 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 Nepal on this page, so it reads from the Mesha Sankranti chart cast for Kathmandu 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
- Mesha (Aries)
- Lord of the year chart
- Mangal (Mars) in house 2
The solar year began on 14 April 2002, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Kathmandu, Aries was rising.
Mars rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 2nd house, which keeps national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech 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.
Moon in the 1st house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs 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 2nd house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech.
Jupiter in the 3rd house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours.
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
- Ketu enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 16 February 2002 Ketu moves into Scorpio, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Vrishabha (Taurus)
On 16 February 2002 Rahu moves into Taurus, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Karka (Cancer)
On 5 July 2002 Jupiter moves into Cancer, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Mithuna (Gemini)
On 23 July 2002 Saturn moves into Gemini, the 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 11 June 2002 in Taurus, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 4 December 2002 in Scorpio, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
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.