United Kingdom in 2010: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United Kingdom through 2010, 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
- Dhanu (Sagittarius)
- Lord of the year chart
- Guru (Jupiter) in house 3
The solar year began on 14 April 2010, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at London, Sagittarius was rising.
Jupiter rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 3rd house, which keeps communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Rahu in the 1st house brings new and unusual directions, with some confusion along the way to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Moon in the 4th house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home.
Ketu in the 7th house brings a quieter, inward turn and the letting go of old patterns to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Saturn in the 10th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays 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
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Meena (Pisces)
On 2 May 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Kumbha (Aquarius)
On 1 November 2010 Jupiter moves into Aquarius, 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.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Meena (Pisces)
On 6 December 2010 Jupiter moves into Pisces, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 31 December 2009 in Gemini, the 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 15 January 2010 in Capricorn, 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 26 June 2010 in Sagittarius, 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 11 July 2010 in Gemini, the 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 21 December 2010 in Gemini, the 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
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.