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I could be accused of drawing too many parallels between the real weather and the astrological weather, but for once the cosmos is out of sync with what’s going on outside my window, and I couldn’t resist making the connection. Already, at 8:30 in the morning, the beaches and parks are filling up with sun-seekers for what is set to be the hottest day of the year.
There is not a cloud in the blue, blue sky. What could possibly go wrong?
According to our stars, we should be battening down the hatches. Saturn is stationary, preparing to head back over old ground between now and November 28th. We should be reaching for our umbrellas.
Planets are at their most effective when stationary, which means that Saturn as the head of the school of hard knocks is taking no prisoners. The law of karma is being ruthlessly enforced. So, if you are feeling less than optimistic about the future and wishing someone would cut you some slack, you won’t be alone.
There is, of course, a good side to Saturn. In keeping with his role as the deity of agriculture, you reap a harvest with this planet. You are rewarded for your hard efforts and can taste the fruits of the seeds you planted way back when. There is good karma and bad karma. However, whatever the returns we are about to receive, the more important factor is to create good karma, not the stuff that comes back to bite us in the posterior.
Happy days!
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Friday Bite
Astrology of the Week’s Main Global Events
by
Penny Thornton
Friday Bite 11 July 2025
Giving Peace No Chance
“It’s not a political statement for me as a Harvard-degreed atmospheric scientist to say that elected representative Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t know what the hell she’s talking about. She’d be equally qualified to fly a Boeing-737, practice nuclear medicine or train zebras.” Matthew Cappucci in response to Greene’s intention to introduce legislation to prevent government “weather modification and geoengineering” in the wake of the deadly Texas floods. 7 July
“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth, he’s very nice to us all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.” Donald Trump, 8 July
“By a factor of 2 to 1, you want a new political party and you shall have it! When it comes to bankrupting our country with waste & graft, we live in a one-party system, not a democracy. Today, the America Party is formed to give you back your freedom.” Elon Musk, 5 July, 8:46 pm
SHORTLY AFTER LAST week’s Bite was published, Elon Musk posted a “tweet” asking his more than 220 million followers if he should create a new political party. Over 65% of those who responded gave a resounding “yes”. The following day the Tesla mogul and former head of DOGE announced the formation of the America Party.
There must have been something in the water because this proclamation came close on the heels of the announcement of another new party to be co-founded by former Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn and Member of Parliament, Zara Sultana. I have my doubts over the viability of both these parties, although I will claim a little credit for having forecast a new political party for America in my 2025 Year Ahead Overview.
As America celebrated its 250th birthday, the Guadalupe River in Texas flooded, sweeping away houses and highways, felling bridges and pulling up trees from their roots. To date, 121 people have died and 173 are missing. Among the dead and unaccounted for are 27 children and several members of staff attending the Mystic summer camp. The word tragedy hardly cuts it.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration resumed sending a supply of weapons to Ukraine. Despite the Biden government having already funded the operation, Defence Secretary, Pete Hegseth, last week directed a pause on the shipment. The Trump administration has made light of the U-turn maintaining there was never a pause, however, it can surely be no coincidence, that the shipments were held up just prior to Mr Trump’s call with Vladimir Putin and resumed thereafter when any plans for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine were clearly not on the table.
Another ceasefire not on the agenda any time soon is that between Hamas and Israel. Despite spending four days with Mr Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu left Washington without any sign of a deal. On their last evening, over dinner, Netanyahu handed the president another nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
And still the missiles and the drones come. And still tiny children and whole families die in the rubble that was Gaza.
More successful diplomatic efforts took place in London during President Macron’s state visit to the United Kingdom. Despite the existential gloom over the prospect of ever bringing down the numbers of migrants crossing the Channel, a one-in, one-out deal was agreed whereby a number of migrants arriving in small boats will be returned to France in exchange for asylum seekers who have not tried to enter the United Kingdom illegally. This may represent the tip of the iceberg but at least it’s a start.
THE ABOVE CHART reflects the moment the first flood warning was issued to Kerr County in Texas. By three in the morning, floodwaters were beginning to inundate Camp Mystic. The speed and force of the waters gave those caught up in them almost no chance of survival. While human failure may play some part in the loss of so many lives, essentially it was a natural disaster, an act of God.
What I notice about this chart is the positioning of Jupiter on the IC and Neptune, just above the Ascendant. In essence, a great flood is a Jupiter-Neptune event. When the current Jupiter-Neptune cycle began in 2022, the undersea volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted generating a massive tsunami. The event damaged cables on the seabed and cut the communications systems of the Tonga Islands.
At the time flood warnings were given, Neptune and Saturn were also closely conjunct Scheat (29 degrees Pisces 23’), the fixed star in the constellation, Pegasus, which has a dire reputation for catastrophes, particularly those involving water and shipping. That Scheat has been conjunct Neptune for some while is enough in and of itself to confirm its relationship with disasters. Indeed, when the Los Angeles fires began on 7 January this year, Neptune was similarly rising conjunct Scheat, and although this was not a disaster involving tsunamis or floods, the inability to get water to the source of the fires was a contributing factor to the devastation.
In the above chart I have also indicated the two Yods (aka Finger of Fates) that continue to dominate the astrology. The inconjunctions between the planet at the apex of the configuration and the other planets therein may be tense, however, the sextile that unites them reveals the potential for resolution. On the one hand, we find the Moon at the apex of one Yod, inconjunct the Saturn-Neptune-Scheat conjunction and inconjunct the Venus-Uranus conjunction. On the other, we find Pluto as the protagonist, inconjunct Jupiter and Mars.
Conflict finds resolution.
These Yods and the larger configurations they form part of will continue to be in charge of the astrology over the coming months, so we can expect further natural disasters and man-made conflicts and catastrophes. However, the point to remember, is that no matter how dark the times, there will be resolution.
Speaking of which…
IN RECENT WEEKS, Russia has become even more aggressive in its war with Ukraine. On 4 July, Independence Day, it attacked Ukrainian cities with the largest number of drones and missiles launched in a single barrage since the war began. And the onslaught has continued, night after night. Meanwhile, at home, the number of Russian officials who have committed suicide – many by jumping out of windows or putting a gun to their heads – is increasing in tandem. A few days ago, an oligarch intending to fly to Turkey in his private plane, was arrested. And so it goes. To all intents and purposes, what is happening looks like a purge. And it bears a strong resemblance to the one that took place in the Nineteen-thirties under Stalin.
Russia’s war on the ground has not progressed in recent months, which is probably why Putin is now focussing his attacks on the citizens of Ukraine. The intent being to demoralize the people into surrendering. Apparently, a summer offensive is on its way.
On the face of it, things look bleak for Ukraine. However…
In my video on the Saturn-Neptune conjunction, I talked about this conjunction and its relationship with the ends of regimes. Russia is one such example of a nation whose destiny is shaped by these two planets, and the current conjunction is within a degree or so of the country’s natal Sun. Thus, I am expecting there to be a regime change, whether through a coup or an uprising by the people within twelve months.
The Saturn-Neptune conjunction isn’t the only sign that things will change in Russia in the coming months. Russia’s Moon is three degrees of Virgo, and by June of next year it will be squared by Uranus. The Moon represents the people, which is why an uprising looks possible, although, on the other hand, we could be looking at an attack on the Russian people. However, Putin’s Moon is 3 degrees of Gemini, so in June of next year, Uranus will be conjunct his Moon, suggesting, at the very least, a change of residence…
So, dark as these days are for Ukraine, and for the Russian people, liberation will come. Of that I am certain.
AND FINALLY, IN regard to the Japanese megaquake predicted by many to occur on 5 July, such a catastrophe did not happen. As I suggested in last Friday’s Bite, there was just too little evidence in the astrology for a major quake. At least at that moment in time.
Friday Bite 4 July 2025
Happy Birthday!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The Declaration of Independence, 4 July 1776
“This is a moment where I struggle! There must be a bigger purpose! But I can’t see it! “I’m heartbroken to hear about the passing of Diogo and his brother Andre. Jurgen Klopp, 3 July.
TODAY AMERICA CELEBRATES its 250th birthday. Donald Trump, 47th and 45th president in a line that stretches back to 1776, is at the peak of his power. Today, he will sign his Big Beautiful Bill. A triumph for him personally and for 2% of the taxpayers who earn enough to benefit from the tax relief. A disaster for 11.8 million people who will no longer be covered by Medicaid. The belief that America will be made great again by rewarding those at the very top is about to be tested to the max.
This time two years from now, things could look very different.
AND THIS TIME TOMORROW things could look very different for Japan should the visions of a graphic-novel artist come true.
I’ll come back to both these matters in a moment. First, I should make a brief mention of another bill that was the cause of fierce rebellion and more than a degree of distress, not only to the disabled of Great Britain but the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Over the past seven days, here in Blighty, Keir Starmer’s welfare bill took a drubbing. Called the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Reform bill, it ended up doing away with all reforms of Personal Independence Payments, and went from saving £5.5 billion to saving £0.
At Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Question time, the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, was visibly in distress, tears running down her cheeks, chin trembling. While she is responsible for the economy as a whole and the welfare bill in particular, such a display of misery was touching to those of us who have a heart but sent markets tumbling and the pound plummeting for fear she was about to go. We still have no idea of the “personal matter” that caused her tears, but MS Reeves is here to stay – for now.
SINCE THE UNITED States is two hundred and fifty years old today, I thought we might look at its solar return. And what a picture of turbulence it is, although what intrigued me initially was that Jupiter and the Sun are returning to their original positions. A Jupiter-return reboots all the inherent Jupiterian promise of a natal chart, in this case, the birth of the nation. Indeed, the right to pursue happiness is enshrined in the natal Sun-Jupiter conjunction.
In the USA birth chart, the Sun-Jupiter conjunction falls in the seventh house of partners and “open enemies” while in 2025, the Sun is to be found in the sixth house (the engine of the horoscope, and covering all things from health care and social services to the civil service and the military, indeed any institution that serves the country) and Jupiter is in the fifth house of creativity, the arts, entertainment, sports and all things related to pregnancy and children. Food for thought in light of the birthright issue and the health and well-being of the nation and its service industries. Such aspects of life may grow in a good way or get out of control?
That Pluto is rising and Uranus is conjoined to the IC – planets noted for their capacity to disrupt and transform – underlines the huge process of change the nation is undergoing. America is reinventing itself under the Trump administration. Pluto’s position on the cusp of the first house affects the face of the nation, its very identity, while Uranus’ location on the cusp of the 4th house, suggests trouble in the homeland: protests and riots, on the one hand – probably a housing crisis, even martial law temporarily instated – earthquakes and weather-related problems, on the other. That Pluto rules the Midheaven and Uranus the Ascendant reinforces the significance of these two outer planets for America in the next twelve months.
The Saturn-Neptune conjunction falls in the second house of the solar return, thereby exerting an effect on the economy. The belief that the Big Beautiful Bill will initially boost the economy but prove unsustainable, thereby precipitating a crash is one way of interpreting this combination. More importantly, Saturn and Neptune are joined together on the US’s IC. On the positive side, the combined efforts of Neptune and Saturn could bring the dream of Making America Great Again to fruition but on the minus side, the nation could be shaken to its very roots by the events of the next twelve months. Certainly, a change in the leadership of the country is not out of the question.
AND SO TO earthquakes of the real kind. Over the past week or so, people have been asking my opinion about the prediction that a massive earthquake is about to occur in Japan. Ryo Tatsuki, the artist behind the graphic novel The Future I Saw, published in 1999 and re-released in 2021, successfully predicted the Great East Japan Earthquake in March of 2011. The graphic novel depicts Tatsuki’s dreams of the future, another of which portends a megaquake in Japan on 5 July 2025. Tomorrow.
In my investigations, I came across other psychics and astrologers who were predicting the same event on the same day, so I thought I would take a look.
I have done some research into earthquakes and volcanoes, which I aired in a newsletter in January, 2019. I looked at several of the major eruptions over the last seventy-plus years, and found some common denominators – 28 degrees Gemini-Sagittarius being one, eclipses and the signature of eclipses, another. So, I set up a chart for a random time on 5 July, using Naze, Japan as the location since it has been the focus for one of the biggest earthquakes today.
From the positions of the planets on the fifth of July, there’s nothing that screams mega-earthquakes and tsunamis, however the time is crucial. Only by playing around with the time would you find a chart that reflected an eruption of a significant magnitude – 9.0 + on the Richter scale.
The nodal axis is one of the factors that appears to be significant in major earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. The nodal axis represents the point at which eclipses occur so if an actual eclipse is not present close to the time of an eruption, then the nodal axis will be in a prominent position – conjunct the Ascendant-Descendant axis or squaring it; conjunct the MC-IC axis or squaring it; conjunct Uranus, Neptune or Pluto, and so on.
At the moment, the nodal axis is to be found at 21 degrees of Pisces-Virgo, and not closely angling Uranus, Neptune or Pluto, so if there is an eruption, we’re only going to see it in hindsight because of the position of the nodes.
Since 21 June there have been about 1,000 earthquakes in and around Japan, most of little consequence, although there was a 5.5 eruption yesterday, which has prompted the evacuation of a dozen people from the remote island of Tokara. And intense seismic activity is certainly a sign that a big earthquake is on its way. However, I would not feel confident in predicting a megaquake tomorrow, although many months ago I had a terrifying dream of an under-sea eruption, which I have mentioned in these Friday missives and on my YouTube channel.
I’m not ruling out a megaquake this year, but there is not enough evidence to say it is tomorrow. September looks a lot more likely.
ONE LAST THING. The tragic deaths of Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva. They died early Thursday morning when the Lamborghini they were travelling in veered off the road and burst into flames. Jota had married his long-term partner and mother of their three children, just ten days beforehand. His loss to Liverpool Football Club and the greater football world is devastating; the loss to his family – the loss of two brothers – unimaginable.
The thoughts of former Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, (under the title) echo what so many people must be thinking; what purpose could there be behind such a tragedy? There is no answer. Life may have a design and each person a purpose, but we are not privy to that knowledge. Diogo died a matter of weeks after his first Saturn-return, so, in a way, he had completed a life-cycle. In twenty-eight years, he had lived a lifetime. What his death also serves to show us is that life is short. We never know when we are to leave. We must therefore live every moment to the full.