United States in 2018: themes from the sky
These are broad themes for United States through 2018, 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
- Vrishchika (Scorpio)
- Lord of the year chart
- Mangal (Mars) in house 2
The solar year began on 13 April 2018, when the Sun entered Mesha. In the chart cast for that moment at Washington DC, Scorpio was rising.
Mars rules the rising sign and so sets the tone of the year's chart. It stands in the 2nd house, which keeps national wealth, reserves, food supply and the tone of public speech 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 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
- Guru (Jupiter) enters Vrishchika (Scorpio)
On 11 October 2018 Jupiter moves into Scorpio, 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.
Eclipses
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 31 January 2018 in Cancer, the 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 15 February 2018 in Aquarius, 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 12 July 2018 in Gemini, the 8th house of the year chart (shared resources, taxes, insurance and sudden shifts in public finances).
- Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse falls on 27 July 2018 in Capricorn, the 3rd house of the year chart (communication, the media, transport links and dealings with neighbours).
- Solar eclipse
A solar eclipse falls on 11 August 2018 in Cancer, the 9th house of the year chart (higher learning, beliefs, long-distance travel and trade far afield).
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.