United Kingdom in 2017: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United Kingdom 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 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
- Tula (Libra)
- Lord of the year chart
- Shukra (Venus) in house 6
The solar year began on 13 April 2017, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at London, Libra was rising.
Venus rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 6th house, which keeps the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Moon in the 1st house brings shifting public mood and a focus on everyday needs to the country as a whole and the general mood of its people.
Saturn in the 3rd house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours.
Sun in the 7th house brings attention from the authorities and a push for order to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Mercury in the 7th house brings busy talks, paperwork and brisk trade to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
Jupiter in the 12th house brings growth, support and wider opportunity to public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight.
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 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
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 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
Saturn here tends to ask for patience, restructuring and careful budgets in these matters.
- Ketu enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 18 August 2017 Ketu moves into Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Karka (Cancer)
On 18 August 2017 Rahu moves into Cancer, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Tula (Libra)
On 12 September 2017 Jupiter moves into Libra, the 1st house of the year chart (the country as a whole and the general mood of its people).
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 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
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 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 7 August 2017 in Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 21 August 2017 in Leo, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
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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