Nepal in 2006: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Nepal through 2006, 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 3
The solar year began on 14 April 2006, 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 3rd house, which keeps communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours 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.
Saturn in the 4th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Moon in the 7th house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Jupiter in the 7th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
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 Simha (Leo)
On 12 October 2006 Ketu moves into Leo, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
On 12 October 2006 Rahu moves into Aquarius, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 27 October 2006 Jupiter moves into Scorpio, 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.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Simha (Leo)
On 1 November 2006 Saturn moves into Leo, 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.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 29 March 2006 in Pisces, 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 8 September 2006 in Aquarius, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 22 September 2006 in Virgo, 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.