United Kingdom in January 2018: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United Kingdom in January 2018, read from the chart cast when the Sun entered Mesha, from the country's founding chart and from any eclipse in the month. 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
- Surya (Sun) enters Makara (Capricorn)
On 14 January 2018 Sun moves into Capricorn, the 4th house of the year chart (land, housing, farming, the season's weather and the mood at home).
The Sun's month puts the official side of these matters in the light.
- Mangal (Mars) enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 16 January 2018 Mars moves into Scorpio, the 2nd house of the year chart (national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech).
Mars here tends to speed things up and raise the temperature of public debate.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 31 January 2018 in Cancer, the 10th house of the year chart (governance, institutions and the country's standing in the world).
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.