Solar Eclipse of August 2008: U.S. Recession Looms Large
July 15, 2008 by Nina Gryphon
The solar eclipse of August 1st, 2008, will occur in Washington, D.C., right at sunrise. This timing makes it a potentially powerful eclipse, because it means it falls right on the ascendant at Washington. However, an eclipse in itself means nothing without links to larger horoscopes for longer cycles.
As readers of this blog know, I like to use the 1762 Grand Conjunction chart for the birth horoscope of the United States. We can see that this year’s Aries ingress, the horoscope for the moment that the Sun enters first degree of Aries, puts the ingress Mars in Cancer (the sign of its fall), right inside the grand conjunction second house of money. So here we have an affliction to the national solvency. What activates this financial problem is the fact that Mars opposes the grand conjunction Moon in Capricorn. This Moon is a bit of a weak spot for the United States, as it is in the sign of its detriment, Capricorn.
For those using the popular Sibly horoscope for the U.S., there is substantial grist for the mill as well. This year’s Aries Ingress puts Jupiter in Capricorn, the sign of its fall, right on the 2nd house cusp of the chart, opposing the natal Sun. Money problems? You bet. It is said that benefics in weak signs, like Jupiter in its fall, look good on the outside, but are rotten within. So with the hyperinflated mortgage market in the U.S., which is now coming home to roost, along with the high gasoline prices.
So even without resorting to an eclipse, we can see from this year’s Aries ingress that it will be a difficult year financially for the United States. An official, statistical recession may or may not occur, but I can assure you it will (and already does, for many) feel like one. August’s set of eclipses, both lunar and solar, emphasize the financial difficulties felt in the United States. The lunar eclipse ascendant conjoins the Grand Conjunction Moon in Capricorn, again activating the Moon-Mars opposition out of the second house of finance. The lunar eclipse itself falls right on the Moon in the Sibly chart, with Mars conjunct the natal Midheaven. This indicates harm to the people, and to the government. The solar eclipse (chart below) Jupiter still hugs the Sibly 2nd house cusp, showing continued financial distress.
Even more amazingly, both the solar and lunar eclipses have the 4th/10th house axes fall on the 6th/12th house axis of the Great Conjunction. Both eclipses have the Midheaven in the last degrees of its signs, showing the exit of the King. To translate that from Astrospeak into normal English, the end of a governmental era draws to a close during the second half of this year, and none too gracefully. I expect the country’s financial woes to become more acute as the year goes on, in fact, very shortly after the solar eclipse of August 1. Because of the 10th house involvement with the malefic 6th and 12th houses, the financial crisis will be quite harmful to the current administration, and I expect its term to end on a significant down note.
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