Notes: In the horoscope for the USA, transit 6th house ruler, Jupiter, remains closely conjunct the 4th house ruler, Venus. This indicates debts, disputes, mental tension, health and legal issues, and civil unrest — relative to property, the weather, and domestic peace through the national election, (especially August 15 – October 15) when they are closest together.
(Covid-19, Wildfires, Protests, Evictions, Bankruptcies, Unemployment, White Supremacists, etc.)
Mars, ruling the 10th house of our national “karma”, is under the close influence of Ketu, through Oct. 23rd. This indicates serious issues relative to property, the workforce, the military and police, and national intelligence agencies.
Election Comment:
In the chart for President Trump, Saturn, ruling the 7th house of partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands, is transiting the 6th house of debts, disputes, health and legal issues through April 2022. This indicates stress with domestic and international relationships.
Moreover, transit Rahu and Ketu afflict 5 planets, (Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Rahu and Ketu) mid-Sept. through Nov. This likely indicates serious problems during the campaign and/or an eclipse of his reelection.
Speculation remains with the birth time for Joe Biden; no prediction on his chart can be made with absolute confidence.
Where the Vedic Astrology Planets are this Week
Sun transits Virgo, from 14:20 to 21:13°. This connects leaders, physicians, administrators and governments with stocks, business, technology, communications, and intellectual property.
Moon is waxing/waning and transits Pisces, Aries, and Taurus. The full Moon is in Pisces, October 1st at 4:05 p.m. CDT. (There are two full Moons this month: Harvest Moon tonight and a rare Blue Moon on Halloween.)
Mars transits out of its own sign, Aries, and into Pisces on October 3rd at 11:39 p.m. CDT. Mars is in retrograde motion until November 13th. The adverse effects are primarily for Taurus, Virgo, and Scorpio horoscopes, and only when Mars is within 5 degrees of the rising sign degree (in any house) or another planet by aspect or conjunction.
Mars is also under the close 5th aspect of Ketu, until Oct. 24th (with the most difficult time being Oct. 4 – 20). This is a vulnerable time for sports, surgeons, the military, police, property, construction, engineering, executives, et al.
Mercury transits Libra, from 10:00 to 15:41°. Mercury is outside the orb of influence of other planets. This connects stocks, business, writing, finance, technology, communications, and intellectual property with women* and the fine, healing and performing arts. *President Trump Nominates a Woman to the Supreme Court.
Jupiter transits its own sign, Sagittarius, from 23:47 to 24:16°. Jupiter is outside the orb of influence of other planets and is in good strength. This should be helpful for law, religion, education, publishing, teaching, and consulting.
Venus transits Leo, from 03:55 to 12:06°. Venus is outside the orb of other planets. This should be good for law, women, luxuries, medicine, entertainment, and the fine, healing and performing arts.
Saturn transits its own sign, Capricorn, from 01:11 to 01:15°. Saturn is now out of retrograde motion. We may start to see some improvement for the masses, the elderly and working-class persons. Cancer, Virgo and Pisces rising sign persons, companies, and countries (including USA) should be careful and patient when Saturn is close to any of their planets or rising sign degree, by aspect or conjunction.
Rahu and Ketu transit Taurus and Scorpio, respectively, (where they will be until March 16, 2022).
See below for their impact on each rising sign.
The Impact of the Transit Planets for each “Rising Sign” (not “Sun Sign”)
Aries: Be patient with debts, disputes, or health issues relative to children, education, investments, and relationships through mid-Oct. Start to wind things down. Consider a retreat, ashram, cruise, relocation, or foreign travel Oct. 3 – Dec. 23. Focus on your marriage, inheritance, and spiritual practices. Divine grace is with you through mid-Nov.
Rahu and Ketu are in your 2nd and 8th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your wealth, status, and family life, along with spiritual practices connected with language, research, mystical sciences, and ancient knowledge.
Taurus: Connect property, vehicles, and home life with children, education, and investments, but be patient to avoid debts and disputes with same. Beautify your home. Be patient with insomnia, intimacy, expenses, separations, and foreign lands, along with expenses and separations with income and friendships Oct. 3 to Dec. 23. There may be a windfall, marriage, or inheritance before mid-Nov.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 1st and 7th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your health, ambition, appearance, and reputation, along with spiritual practices connected with marriage, partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands.
Gemini: Work on your home (on royal upgrades) and work out of your home. Connect entrepreneurial ventures with women, luxuries, entertainment, investments, and the fine, healing or performing arts through Oct. 23. Be patient with setbacks with income and friendships. These will be forefront in the workplace through Dec. 23rd. Focus on partnerships and joint ventures through mid-Nov.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 12th and 6th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on retreats, ashrams, institutional life and foreign lands, along with spiritual practices connected with your health, finances and legal matters.
Cancer: Take a leadership position with communications and independent projects. Work out of your home on writing, business, and technology. Enjoy status connected with women, luxuries, entertainment and the fine, healing and performing arts. Record a song, radio show or commercial voice-over. There may be both setbacks and good fortune in the workplace. Connect work with spirituality through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 11th and 5th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on income, friendship, and siblings, along with spiritual practices connected with children, education, knowledge, creative projects and investments.
Leo: Enjoy your family life. Speak up as an authority figure and work on independent projects involving stocks, business, technology, and communications. Get a haircut, buy new clothes, and focus on the fine, healing or performing arts. Your children, education and investments should do well through mid-Nov. Take care of father and guru figures through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 10th and 4th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your career and professional life, along with spiritual practices connected with home life. (Turn your home into a place of yoga, meditation, Vedic chants, etc.)
Virgo: Speak up on business, technology and communications. Take a leadership position — but be patient with expenses or separations. Retreats, institutions or foreign lands may be forefront. Take care of your family and the women in your life through Oct. 23rd. Enjoy property, vehicles, and home life through mid-Nov. Be careful with relationships through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 9th and 3rd houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your father, guru, religion and long-distance travel, along with spiritual practices connected with independence, communications and entrepreneurial ventures.
Libra: Focus on income, friendships and older siblings, but be patient with expenses, separations and partnerships. Consider a retreat, ashram or foreign lands. Writing, busines, technology and communications are forefront. Work on independent projects (teach, publish and advise) through mid-Nov. Take care of relationships through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 8th and 2nd houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on research, language, mystical sciences and ancient knowledge, along with spiritual practices connected with your status and family life. (Speak up on spiritual matters.)
Scorpio: Connect your work with women, luxuries, ashrams, foreign lands, or the fine, healing or performing arts. Gain from the workplace, leadership, authority figures, and large organizations. Be patient with expenses and separations with income and friendships. Teach, publish and advise through mid-Nov. Take care of your children, education and investments through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 7th and 1st houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on partnerships, joint ventures and foreign lands, along with practicing and teaching spiritual knowledge.
Sagittarius: Take a leadership position at work and connect with large, spiritual, medical or government organizations. Enjoy income and friendships. Gain from writing, business, technology, and intellectual property. Protect your pets, children, education and speculative investments through Oct. 24th. Consider property investments and focus on spirituality in your home life through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 6th and 12th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your health, finances and legal matters, along with spiritual practices connected with retreats, ashrams, institutional life and foreign lands,
Capricorn: Connect writing, business, research, technology, and communications with your career, but be patient with setbacks and be careful to avoid accidents through Oct. 24th. There may be a work-related windfall. Ashrams and foreign lands are favorable through mid-Nov. Work out of your home on independent projects and spiritual practices through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 5th and 11th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your pets, children, creativity, education and investments, along with spiritual practices connected with income, friendships and siblings.
Aquarius: There may be both good fortune and setbacks with relationships through mid-Oct. Connect marriage, partnerships, joint and international ventures with research, language and mystical sciences. Work on writing, business, technology, communications and intellectual property. Focus on spiritually-oriented independent ventures through Dec. 23rd.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 4th and 10th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on your parents, property, vehicles, fixed assets and home life, along with spiritual practices in your professional life.
Pisces: Connect relationships with research and mystical sciences. There may be a windfall or inheritance. Be vigilant to manage short-lived debts, disputes or health issues for yourself or your partner through mid-Oct. Connect your family life with spirituality and be patient with setbacks. There may be stress with windfalls, marriage, inheritance, legal or insurance settlements. Teach, publish and advise at work through mid-Nov.
Rahu and Ketu are now in your 3rd and 9th houses, respectively, for 18 months. Focus on independence, communications and entrepreneurial ventures, along with spiritual practices connected with father figures, guru, religion, and long-distance journeys.
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