Singapore in 2016: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for Singapore 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.
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
- Vrishchika (Scorpio)
- Lord of the year chart
- Mangal (Mars) in house 1
The solar year began on 13 April 2016, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Singapore, Scorpio was rising.
Mars rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 1st house, which keeps the country as a whole and the general mood of its people in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Saturn in the 1st house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Ketu in the 4th house brings a quieter, inward turn and the letting go of old patterns to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Jupiter in the 10th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world.
Rahu in the 10th house brings new and unusual directions, with some confusion along the way to governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world.
The founding chart
- Founded
- 1965-08-09
- Lagna
- Kanya (Virgo)
- Moon sign
- Dhanu (Sagittarius)
The founding chart of Singapore, 9 August 1965, has Virgo rising and the Moon in Sagittarius.
Shani (Saturn)
Saturn is in Scorpio: the 3rd house from the founding chart's rising sign (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours) and the 12th house from its Moon.
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
Guru (Jupiter)
Jupiter is in Leo: the 12th house from the founding chart's rising sign (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight) and the 9th house from its Moon.
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
On 11 August 2016 Jupiter moves into Virgo: the 1st house from the founding chart's rising sign (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people) and the 10th house from its Moon.
Rahu
Rahu is in Virgo: the 1st house from the founding chart's rising sign (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people) and the 10th house from its Moon.
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
On 30 January 2016 Rahu moves into Leo: the 12th house from the founding chart's rising sign (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight) and the 9th house from its Moon.
Ketu
Ketu is in Pisces: the 7th house from the founding chart's rising sign (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners) and the 4th house from its Moon.
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
On 30 January 2016 Ketu moves into Aquarius: the 6th house from the founding chart's rising sign (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration) and the 3rd house from its Moon.
Planets changing sign
No sign changes in this period.
Eclipses
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 9 March 2016 in Aquarius, the 6th house of the founding chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 1 September 2016 in Leo, the 12th house of the founding chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
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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