The week of 10–16 November 2025opens under volatile skies, both literally and politically. Mars conjunct Mercury in Scorpio sharpens words into weapons and drives impulsive decisions; diplomacy and military command alike are walking on glass. The Sun forms tense angles to Uranus, signalling abrupt reversals—expect surprise resignations, data leaks, or technological failures at critical moments. Astronomically, solar flares remain active and geomagnetic storms are forecast midweek, potentially disrupting communications and amplifying human tension. The Moon waxing through Pisces and Aries heightens emotional tides; what begins as intuition could spill into outrage.
Globally, energy grids and trade routes remain vulnerable. Continued strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure and deepening economic divides in the Americas echo the wider instability of Uranus in Taurus—financial shocks, sudden sanctions, volatile markets. South American nations push back against foreign economic control, while the Middle East edges between fragile truces and theatrical diplomacy. Flooding, seismic rumblings, Japan is at risk – and unpredictable weather patterns – the Philippines are at risk – these trace Neptune’s restless influence through Pisces, reminding humanity that nature itself is the loudest voice this month.
This is a week when truth and chaos travel side by side. Facts must be checked twice, and motives examined thrice. The best way through is restraint: choose precision over noise, compassion over drama, and wait for the solar winds to pass before making irreversible decisions.
The week opens beneath a charged sky. A grand Earth trine between Pluto in late Capricorn, Uranus in Taurus, and Vesta in Virgo steadies global structures even as pressure mounts within them. The Sun in Scorpio aligns with Jupiter, intensifying revelations about corruption, covert alliances, and the hidden costs of power. Solar activity is unusually strong—flares, storms, and geomagnetic turbulence mirror the instability in human systems. Neptune’s pull through Pisces blurs moral boundaries, and as 3I Atlas moves close to the Sun, its reflected light symbolises exposure: secrets that can no longer remain buried.
On Earth, the same alignment translates into extreme weather and seismic volatility. The South Pacific and Caribbean show heightened tectonic stress, while global flooding and violent storms reflect the ongoing Neptune–Saturn tension. Politically, crises converge. The Middle East enters another volatile cycle under Mars’s influence, while the United States faces renewed confrontation with South America. The aggressive stance toward Venezuela and other left-leaning nations marks the re-emergence of old imperial patterns, yet the astrology suggests reversal. Uranus in Taurus empowers resource independence, and Pluto’s slow breakdown of Capricorn hierarchies signals that the age of unilateral dominance is ending.
Economically and spiritually, this is a crossroads week. The grand trine offers a chance to rebuild on practical, ethical foundations if nations choose cooperation over coercion. The energies of Scorpio season demand truth, even when it disrupts comfort. As Jupiter expands whatever it touches, public awareness and protest movements gain momentum worldwide. In this atmosphere of revelation and reckoning, the wisest path—both personal and collective—is calm resilience: grounding amid flux, humility amid pride, and integrity amid collapse. The cosmos, as ever, insists on renewal through exposure.
Today, 15 August 2025, the skies have arranged themselves into a set of sextiles so clean and well-cut you could use them to slice through the wet papier-mâché thinking that currently passes for global leadership. This isn’t one of those vague, sentimental alignments where you “just follow your heart” and hope for the best; these are precision-engineered opportunities. The geometry is crisp, the geo-zenith lines almost surgical, and the entire pattern screams “if you’re going to do something big, do it now, and do it properly.” From London to Lagos, Delhi to Detroit, the planetary lines are whispering the same message: stop dithering, build something worth keeping, and for heaven’s sake, say what you mean.
At the heart of the day is Mercury in Leo sextile Mars in Libra, a combination that turns words into weapons—charming weapons, perhaps, but weapons nonetheless. The geo-zenith for this one is particularly sharp over the Middle East and Central Europe, where diplomacy is already tap-dancing on the edge of sabres. For the rest of us, it’s perfect for declarations that are both creative and impossible to ignore. Layer onto that the Saturn–Uranus sextile stretching across Aries and Gemini: the architectural blueprint for revolution, but without the sloppy idealism. This is the kind of energy you’d want if you were, say, dismantling an obsolete institution and replacing it with something that might actually work before the ice caps finish their slow suicide.
Saturn’s other flirtation, with Pluto, adds the heavy machinery. Pluto is the deep miner, Saturn the construction foreman, and together they’re giving you the green light to tear down the rot and rebuild the bones. The geo-zenith emphasis over the Americas hints that economic and political power games are shifting, and not quietly. Uranus sextile Neptune rounds out the picture with a vision you can actually manifest. It’s the rare “dream plus blueprint” combination, and its zenith through the Pacific suggests the next big leap in tech or environmental policy could come from places currently underestimated. Think less “Silicon Valley” and more “unexpected island nation that just rewrote the rules.”
In real-time terms, these sextiles are a counterpoint to the current parade of crises—wildfires fanned by political hot air, trade disputes dressed up as moral crusades, and a news cycle that somehow manages to be both hysterical and bored. What these aspects offer is focus. They are not the cosmic equivalent of a spa day; they are the kind of conditions that let you negotiate peace treaties, launch major ventures, and pull off strategic coups while everyone else is still refreshing their feeds. This is not the day to quietly tidy your inbox.
If you want to be great under this sky, stop looking for the “right moment” and start acting as if the moment you’ve been waiting for just walked in the door wearing a sign with your name on it. Build with intention, speak with precision, and innovate with the kind of discipline that turns a clever idea into a lasting legacy. The geometry overhead will meet you halfway, but you have to move. Whether you’re launching a new project, a campaign, or a personal transformation, today’s sky isn’t just favourable—it’s an accomplice. Use it.
Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through the orbital debris trails left behind by comets or, less commonly, asteroids. These orbits are vast, elliptical paths around the Sun, some spanning hundreds of millions of kilometres and taking decades, centuries, or even millennia to complete.
In August we get three major meteor showers. The Perseids from the Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the Sun every 133 years on a long elliptical path stretching from just outside Earth’s orbit to well beyond Pluto.
The Delta Aquariids, believed to come from Comet 96P/Machholz, which has a much shorter orbital period of about 5.2 years, but it is an extreme orbit that brings it very close to the Sun (0.12 AU) and far into the outer solar system (5.9 AU).
The Alpha Capricornids, associated with the inactive comet 169P/NEAT, have a more moderate orbit with a period of about 4.2 years, but their debris has spread widely over time, making for a broader and longer-lasting shower.
These orbits intersect Earth’s path because the comets shed dust and rock as they near the Sun, creating debris trails that linger in space. When Earth moves through these trails, we get meteor showers. The orbits themselves form part of the larger architecture of the solar system, ancient relics of its formation and evolution.
Let’s have a look at them through the Astrology crucible lens
The Southern Delta Aquariids — July 29–30 Peak
Astronomy: Peaking overnight on 29–30 July, the Southern Delta Aquariids bring up to 20 meteors per hour—swift, silent, and low-radiant streaks. Best seen pre-dawn, especially from the Southern Hemisphere: northern Australia, southern Africa, South America.
Astrology & Geo-Zenith Lens: This shower beams through the Aquarius-Sagittarius sky path, with zenith influence over the Amazon basin, Southern Africa, and parts of Indonesia—regions currently under strain from fire, water crises, and mining geopolitics. The Aquarian tone pushes for collective solutions, but Pluto’s shadow over these lands intensifies the clash between old systems and emergent voices. Expect whistleblowing, infrastructure cracks, and civil defiance.
Alpha Capricornids — July 30–31 Peak
Astronomy: This minor shower peaks 30–31 July, sending bright fireballs across southern skies. Only about 5 meteors per hour, but slow and dramatic. Visible globally, best seen from South America, southern Europe, North Africa, and Indonesia.
Astrology & Geo-Zenith Lens: Capricornid meteors cut through the Capricorn sky dome, lighting up zenith lines across southern Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. These fireballs arrive amid authoritarian crackdowns and economic tension. Astrologically, this is a Saturn-ruled omen: karma made visible. Fireballs over Greece, Turkey, and Iran suggest judgement day energies for leaders refusing reform. These meteors don’t ask for permission, they declare the end of denial.
The Perseids — August 12–13 Peak
Astronomy: The Perseids are the main event of the season they are active now through 24 August, peaking early 12–13 August. The brighter ones can be seen even with some moonlight. Visible, especially in Europe, Central Asia, North America, and Japan.
Astrology & Geo-Zenith Lens: These meteors radiate from Perseus, beneath the Capricorn-Aquarius-Taurus arc, linking global breadbaskets, financial hubs, and ‘war corridors’. The dwarf planets Sedna and Eris are active in Taurus—signalling famine, resource hoarding, and moral testing. This aligns directly with Palestine, Sudan, and parts of Eastern Europe, where the spark of truth or defiance may catch fire. The Moon’s interference mirrors misinformation: bright little and big lies drowning out the quiet, dark truth. But those awake at night will see what others don’t.
As we surge through the boiling crucible of mid-2025, the planetary alignments are neither gentle nor subtle. Pluto, planetary lord of endings and uncompromising truth, is overhead in regions that matter: the United States, China, Israel, and the Pacific theatre. No masks hold. Power games are laid bare, and those who’ve hidden behind legacy or myth are exposed in scorching celestial light. These aren’t metaphors anymore – these are structural transformations, border changes, leadership implosions.
In Palestine and Israel, Pluto continues to pour its venom straight down from the zenith, igniting a karmic reckoning. There is no public support left for Israel’s policies – not among the conscious, not even among many Jewish communities. The genocide cannot be denied. The question now is how long the United States can hold its increasingly threadbare narrative together. International sanctions, boycott expansions, and fracturing Western alliances have all been swelling through July. Germany may soon begin to tactically defy the US-Israel line, and by August, we hit a moment of choice: the Mercury cazimi around August 19th could open a narrow channel for a ceasefire – but only if arms deals stop and diplomatic pressure from India, Turkey, and Brazil intensifies. Do we believe this? We are likely to see a terminal event in October with the South Node eclipse falling directly across Israeli leadership charts like an iron bar on a magnet – the karmic guillotine is coming, whether political, legal, or seriously terminal.
Russia, meanwhile, is being cracked open from the inside. Uranus, planet of revolt, revolution, and rude awakenings, is hovering overhead across Russia and Turkey. For Putin, this is not a war he can win — not geopolitically, and not astrologically. Neptune fogs his natal Saturn, meaning that,- what he thinks is solid ground is swamp. Internal dissidence doesn’t come from the public – it comes from oligarchs tired of losing yachts and access to their rich lifestyles. Late August could bring a major internal reorganisation masquerading as stability. Watch for Belarus going off-script, and for power to shift silently behind the curtains. Cyberattacks blamed on Russia will increase, and not all of them will be Russian. This is misdirection at its finest.
China is playing a different game entirely. While Taiwan still gets the headlines, the real theatre is economic domination and quiet leverage. Pluto zeniths over the southern provinces, squeezing the supply chains and smothering foreign corporations still in the area that are trying to ride out the chaos. One major Western tech player will fall hard – expect this mid-August. At the same time, Xi Jinping’s leadership takes a hit under September’s lunar eclipse, landing within striking range of his progressed Sun. Don’t look for revolution – look for subtle shifts in tone, language, and the allegiances of mid-tier officials, he is an intelligent and shrewd leader. Drought and water trouble hit the news, blackout mismanagement and another public health breach could become the face of that internal tension.
In the US, it’s all fire. Mars and Pluto are ripping across the American sky like meat hooks. Expect massive disclosures – some accidental, some surgically mastered. The intelligence community’s own zenith lines are being hit, meaning we may see rogue whistleblowing or strategic leaks designed to throw upcoming elections into further chaos. The Southern states escalate their defiance of federal rulings. It starts with immigration but expands into judicial defiance. Trump’s erratic behaviour becomes impossible to ignore as August grinds forward. Biden’s public vitality falters – the full moon of August 12th may be the flashpoint, astrologically. By October, the Pluto return hits again – a 250-year returning blast furnace. Trust in US leadership will crater. Globally, alliances fray. NATO might not break, but it’s definitely creaking.
Britain flails. Mars over the British Isles makes everything feel hot, edgy, and thin-skinned. Labour’s incoming government will quickly look hollow and the shadow cabinet won’t last the year in its current form. Meanwhile, London’s financial sector hits a tremor by mid-August – keep an eye on HSBC and any whispers of insolvency or offshore leaks. Scotland, ever the quiet rebel, may well prepare for another independence gambit around the Equinox. They’re deadly serious this time, and the numbers might shock Westminster.
Africa and the Global South are being drawn into a resource war disguised as climate partnership. Saturn at zenith over the Indian Ocean basin signals false promises and donor or charity deception. Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan edge toward a water war over the Grand Renaissance Dam, while Kenya and Nigeria double down on crypto-led autonomy. Meanwhile, South Africa teeters on another IMF intervention. The continent is where the next geopolitical alliances are being forged – not in summits, but in backrooms, quiet trade routes, drone deals, and rogue satellite states.
Europe’s façade of unity is thinning. France will face internal chaos – the astrology for Macron’s chart is siege-like – can he stand his ground? Italy is pivoting eastward, cozying up to BRICS. Germany is quietly preparing for a future without NATO. Leaks in Brussels won’t be minor; expect something structural – maybe a security breach, maybe a political scandal which will undermine confidence in the EU’s relevance as a bloc. This all ramps up post-August as Jupiter in Gemini fans the flames of gossip, spin, and double-speak.
The economic and climate landscape is caught in a tightening vice. Sunspot Cycle 25 peaks in October, and we are already in the blast radius. Expect power outages, satellite failures, and disruptions to communications infrastructure – not all of it will be blamed on the Sun, of course. The Uranus and Mercury zenith over Silicon Valley and Singapore point to instability in the tech sector: AI booms, but there’s a major scandal waiting to drop. Crypto has a final bounce in early August, but by late in the month, it’s a bloodbath. Gold looks good — if you can eat it.
Droughts deepen across Asia and North Africa. This is the real terror: not missiles, but empty reservoirs. By late August, we’ll see a climate refugee surge out of central Asia and Sudan. Grain prices spike, especially since we cannot rely on the harvest in the Ukraine. Expect populist unrest in places that don’t usually make the headlines — like Kazakhstan, or even Italy’s agricultural south.
As we move toward the October watershed, that eclipse on October 8th is a karmic black hole. What falls into it won’t come back. On October 13th, Pluto stations direct in Aquarius and the rebel awakens, the tech mutiny begins; the Age of Authoritarian Control begins to crack from the inside.
If your power is false, borrowed, stolen, or built on blood — the sky is coming for you. Yes, this is a warning.
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