Nepal in 2008: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Nepal through 2008, 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
- Tula (Libra)
- Lord of the year chart
- Shukra (Venus) in house 6
The solar year began on 13 April 2008, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Kathmandu, Libra was rising.
Venus rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 6th house, which keeps the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Jupiter in the 3rd house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours.
Sun in the 7th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Moon in the 10th house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world.
Saturn in the 11th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes.
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 Karka (Cancer)
On 30 April 2008 Ketu moves into Cancer, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 30 April 2008 Rahu moves into Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 9 December 2008 Jupiter moves into Capricorn, 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.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 7 February 2008 in Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 February 2008 in Leo, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 1 August 2008 in Cancer, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 17 August 2008 in Aquarius, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
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.