Nepal in 2016: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Nepal through 2016, 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 2016, 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
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.
Sun in the 7th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Mercury in the 7th house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Jupiter in the 11th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity 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 Kumbha (Aquarius)
On 30 January 2016 Ketu moves into Aquarius, 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 Simha (Leo)
On 30 January 2016 Rahu moves into Leo, 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 Kanya (Virgo)
On 11 August 2016 Jupiter moves into Virgo, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 9 March 2016 in Aquarius, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 1 September 2016 in Leo, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
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.
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