United States in 2003: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United States 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 States on this page, so it reads from the Mesha Sankranti chart cast for Washington DC 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 8
The solar year began on 14 April 2003, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Washington DC, Sagittarius was rising.
Jupiter rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 8th house, which keeps shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances in focus through the year.
Planets that stand out
Saturn in the 7th house brings slow, patient work, tighter budgets and some delays to foreign relations, treaties and trading partners.
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 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
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 7th house of the year chart (foreign relations, treaties and trading partners).
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 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
Jupiter here tends to support growth and sound planning in these matters.
- Ketu enters Tula (Libra)
On 5 September 2003 Ketu moves into Libra, the 11th house of the year chart (lawmaking, alliances, gains and shared hopes).
Ketu here tends to bring a review of old ways and a quieter, inward turn.
- Rahu enters Mesha (Aries)
On 5 September 2003 Rahu moves into Aries, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
Rahu here tends to stir new ideas and fresh ambitions, along with some uncertainty.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 15 May 2003 in Scorpio, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 31 May 2003 in Taurus, the 6th house of the year chart (the workforce, public services, public debt and day to day administration).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 8 November 2003 in Aries, the 5th house of the year chart (education, the young, the arts, entertainment and the share markets).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 23 November 2003 in Scorpio, the 12th house of the year chart (public spending, foreign investment, ports and work done out of sight).
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.