{"id":2745,"date":"2025-03-19T19:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T20:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=2745"},"modified":"2025-03-28T19:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T20:38:45","slug":"the-aries-solar-ingress-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2025\/03\/19\/the-aries-solar-ingress-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Aries solar ingress for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

As was forecast for the Capricorn quarter last year, the year thus far has been a pretty wild ride. Between Trump, the DOGE, the reshuffling of American politics, events in Ukraine and Europe, events in West Asia, we might think the worst is behind us, that peace is coming. It\u2019s just around the corner, right? Maybe\u2026..or maybe not. The Sun enters Aries today, the 20th<\/sup> of March. From appearances this quarter may be calmer than the one just passed. But appearances can be deceiving. For more, read on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

As we move into the astrological New Year in Western astrology there are hopes that this year will see events turn around in the public\u2019s favour. We hope to see an end to the terrible wars in Ukraine and West Asia, an upturn in Western economies, and end to globalism and saner social values, and so on. Should we be hopeful for those things? Hope springs eternal, so we here. At the same time we have to be realistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Much of what we will see over this quarter will depend upon what the United States does in relation to world affairs, and especially its relations with Europe and West Asia. A quick look at the underlying energies, represented by the solar arcs to the US chart, are quite indicative. The synastry is shown below (bigger<\/span><\/a>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The general scheme and timing is as follows: Starting with Trump\u2019s inauguration we saw the immediate attempt at rebranding, shown by the solar arcs to the MC (sitting government) and Mars sesquisquare to the US Sun. On 2 April this year, which Trump has hailed as \u2018Liberation Day\u2019, transiting Neptune will activate the solar arc of Uranus to the MC, the indications being that the introduction of the tariffs he will be imposing will not result in the windfall he is expecting. More likely, it will result in an international trade war against the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

We already see the internal struggles and uncertainty across the US, due not simply to Trump but to a long litany of policies across administrations, shown by the mutual Saturn\/Neptune solar arcs. These will respectively be exact in 3 \u2013 6 months.<\/span><\/p>\n

A turn in America\u2019s destiny is shown by the solar arc of the MC to the Ceres\/Uranus square, the exact square to Ceres coming in 6 months. The turns in events are already in evidence, while the exact solar arc of the MC to Uranus will be in about 9 months, at the end of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

We saw the efforts at diplomacy with Russia begin with the solar arc of Venus to the Vertex, a mere three weeks ago. The negotiations will increase as time rolls on. At the same time we saw the US belligerence toward Yemen and Iran begin with the solar arc of the Sun square the US Mars starting two weeks ago. So, we see we have a full plate with US-foreign relations going forward. What about this quarter? To get an idea, the chart for the ingress is below (bigger<\/a><\/span>):<\/span><\/p>\n

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The immediate standout in the chart is the partile Sun\/Neptune conjunction across signs. Neptune is in Pisces, approaching 0\u00b0 Aries within minutes of arc. On the other side of th Sun we see Mercury and Venus both in their retrograde phases approaching their respective inferior conjunctions with the Sun (Venus on the 23rd<\/sup> at 01:06 UTC and Mercury on the next day at 19:47 UTC), where they will form the midpoint Sun=Mer\/Ven:<\/span><\/p>\n