Nepal in 2017: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Nepal through 2017, 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
- Makara (Capricorn)
- Lord of the year chart
- Shani (Saturn) in house 12
The solar year began on 14 April 2017, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Kathmandu, Capricorn was rising.
Saturn 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
Sun in the 4th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Mercury in the 4th house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Jupiter in the 9th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield.
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.
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
- Shani (Saturn) enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
On 26 January 2017 Saturn moves into Sagittarius, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 21 June 2017 Saturn moves into Scorpio, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Tula (Libra)
On 12 September 2017 Jupiter moves into Libra, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Shani (Saturn) enters Dhanu (Sagittarius)
On 26 October 2017 Saturn moves into Sagittarius, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 26 February 2017 in Aquarius, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 8 August 2017 in Capricorn, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 22 August 2017 in Leo, 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.