United Arab Emirates in 2003: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United Arab Emirates through 2003, 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 United Arab Emirates on this page, so it reads from the Mesha Sankranti chart cast for Abu Dhabi 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
- Mithuna (Gemini)
- Lord of the year chart
- Budh (Mercury) in house 11
The solar year began on 14 April 2003, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Abu Dhabi, Gemini was rising.
Mercury rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 11th house, which keeps lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes 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.
Jupiter in the 2nd house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech.
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 Vrishabha (Taurus)
On 8 January 2003 Saturn moves into Taurus, 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 Mithuna (Gemini)
On 7 April 2003 Saturn moves into Gemini, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Simha (Leo)
On 30 July 2003 Jupiter moves into Leo, the 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Ketu enters Tula (Libra)
On 6 September 2003 Ketu moves into Libra, 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 Mesha (Aries)
On 6 September 2003 Rahu moves into Aries, 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.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 16 May 2003 in Scorpio, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 31 May 2003 in Taurus, 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 9 November 2003 in Aries, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 24 November 2003 in Scorpio, 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.