United Kingdom in 2008: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom on this page, so it reads from the Mesha Sankranti chart cast for London 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
- Karka (Cancer)
- Lord of the year chart
- Chandra (Moon) in house 1
The solar year began on 13 April 2008, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at London, Cancer was rising.
Moon 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 2nd house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech.
Jupiter in the 6th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration.
Sun in the 10th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order 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
- Ketu enters Karka (Cancer)
On 30 April 2008 Ketu moves into Cancer, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
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 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
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 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
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 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 February 2008 in Leo, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 1 August 2008 in Cancer, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 16 August 2008 in Aquarius, 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.