{"id":1246,"date":"2020-03-11T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2020-03-11T14:23:22","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T15:23:22","slug":"the-aries-ingress-of-the-sun-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2020\/03\/11\/the-aries-ingress-of-the-sun-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aries ingress of the Sun 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Easter comes early this year, taking place on 12 April 2020. It is always the first Sunday after the full moon of Aries, which itself takes place on 8 April 20. With the Easter festival at the full moon of Aries, we begin the three great spiritual festivals of every year \u2013 Aries (Easter), Taurus (Wesak) and Gemini (Goodwill). In connection with those festivals, it is important to take note of what the Aries ingress of the Sun indicates, because in effect, that marks the start of the spiritual year and sets the spiritual tone for the year. The Aries ingress of the Sun occurs on 20 Mar 20 at 03:50 UT.<\/span><\/p>\n

The chart for the ingress is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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To begin the analysis, everything is bundled together to one side of the nodal axis. In Vedic astrology this is called \u2018kal sarpa<\/em>\u2019, or \u2018kaal sarp<\/em>\u2019 and is not considered to be a favourable alignment. Among its features<\/a>:<\/span> delayed work along with a habit of procrastination, mental peace at its lowest level, loss of confidence and a marked inferiority complex, chronic health issues, obstacles in job, profession, career or business, unwanted worries and anxieties, unhappy married life, secret enemies, robbery and deceits, and to top it off, non-cooperation from family and friends. Delightful, right? Vedic astrology is known to be a little fatalistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The situation is said to be ameliorated if the nodal axis is aspected by the benefics (it\u2019s not), if two or three planets are exalted or in their own sign (Venus and Saturn in the signs they rule), or if the rulers of the 1st<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup> houses are in exaltation. In a mundane chart, one would have to look to the locality for the latter. With Venus and Saturn in their own signs, I guess we don\u2019t have to worry about the dreaded kaal sarp<\/em>. In terms of modern astrology, the situation is a little different.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main feature of this chart revolves around the nodal axis, because the Sun squares that axis in the figure. This is otherwise known as a \u2018moon wobble\u2019, which again, is not viewed generally in a favourable light. More on the moon wobble in a bit, but there are other factors that go along with it.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nodal axis is conjunct the dwarf planet Quaoar, which is on the south node. Quaoar is described in a separate article<\/a><\/span>. In this case, it represents the need for imaginative solutions to problems that have arisen from past actions, and which have sown chaos in the present. We can see that in the needed responses to the coronavirus, especially regarding the broken health care system in the US, and with the financial system, with which Quaoar also seems to have a connection through its transits. Being square the Sun, Quaoar also points to the drive for resolution to such problems and the struggle to resolve the social and emotional woes that beset the planet at the moment, as represented in the moon wobble. But all is not gloom and doom.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nodal axis forms a midpoint, Node=Mer\/Ura, \u201cthe desire to work on the realization of new ideas together with others (by cooperative effort). – Surprising news, turn or changes.\u201d This is accompanied by the midpoint to the Sun; Sun=Moon\/Ven, \u201cprotective care of the family, gracefulness, the appreciation of artistic forms \u2013 Actors or stage-performers [politicians]. – The expression of love.\u201d Nice. But wait, there\u2019s more\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

In the figure we see a conjunction of Mars and Jupiter, partile, which also lies at the midpoint, Mar\/Jup=Sun\/Ven. If you want a \u2018love\u2019 combination, one doesn\u2019t get much better than that. The Mars\/Jupiter conjunction is one of the biggest \u2018luck aspects\u2019 one can have in a chart. It gives a joy for living, material support, magnetism, success, unions (especially marriages and business) and so forth. We are going to need that energy as the quarter unfolds. Then, along with the Sun\/Venus midpoint it points to a strong creative\/procreative urge (it would be interesting to track the number of children conceived in this time frame and due to quarantine measures for the coronavirus) and to \u2018fruitful unions\u2019 in general. What could possibly go wrong? Well, no chart is perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n

Along with the above, we see the Neptune=Saturn\/Uranus midpoint, described as follows: \u201cThe inability to face emotional stresses, falsehood or malice caused through weakness<\/strong>. – A resolve to resign oneself to the inevitable, the abandonment of resistance, weakening strength<\/strong>, separation, mourning and bereavement.\u201d The general theme there is \u2018resignation to one\u2019s fate\u2019, and a general feeling of weakness. This will be seen in the general response internationally to the COVID-19 virus and financial instability, as we are already noting, but which will carry on through the quarter. The financial repercussions will be felt throughout the year, as our derivative-based economy is increasingly exposed as the fraud that it is. Fraud also applies to Neptune.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, before we get into what the Aries figure and quarter will entail, we need a proper context, and that goes back to the Capricorn quarter and what has transpired since, setting the scene for the present quarter. In the Capricorn ingress article<\/a><\/span> we spoke of events that might amount to \u2018geopolitical earthquakes\u2019 due to the Saturn\/Pluto conjunction. Keeping in mind that Saturn has been conjunct Pluto for several months now as a general background energy, especially since the Capricorn ingress, indeed there have been such events since then, as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n