Canada’s Birthday 2009

Canada’s 2009 Solar Return (birthday chart) is remarkably like the US 2008 Solar Return – astonishingly so!

Similar Elements:

  • Pluto on the Ascendant indicates a year of transformation. The transformation ahead for Canada may not be as dramatic as the last year has been for the US — Pluto sits on the side of the ascendant that is more associated with hidden activity.
  • Pluto is opposite Mercury – this is a conflict of ideas and again it may not be as noticable as it has been with the US as this is not repeating an idea that appeared in the original birth chart.
  • The Sun (ruler of the chart) is in the Seventh house – Like last year’s US solar return, the Sun is in the Seventh house and shows an emphasis on relationships with other countries. Marriage is also associated with the Seventh house, even in a country’s chart, so perhaps the issue of marriage rights will be prominent.
  • The Sun rules the Eighth house which also contains Saturn – The Eighth house is financial relations with other countries and anything to do with death. Saturn in the Eighth house usually indicates both financial problems and a public in mourning .
  • the Mid-Heaven is square to the North Node – some difficulty in the acceptance by the public at large of the actions taken by the ruling powers.

Other Elements in Canada’s 2009 Solar Return

  • a lovely, double, Grand Trine with Moon, Mercury, Neptune and Jupiter – The Moon represents ‘the people’ so it would seem the people will feel optimistic and even inspired.
  • The ruler of the ‘money’ house (Second) is Uranus, always good for surprises, is in a stressful T-square with Pluto and Mercury…power struggles, transformation of many of the elements of the finances of the nation, financial shocks.

And…This Bears Repeating:

Canada: Natal and Solar Arc - from Canada Faces a Challenge, July 2008. The described ‘power struggles, financial stress and economic restriction’ not only continue but intensify.

…..Canada’s birth chart has a Saturn/Pluto opposition involving the two ‘money’ houses. Saturn in the Second house is Canada’s money and Pluto in the Eighth house is financial dealings with other countries. The opposition in the chart shows there is always stress and pressure involved.

…..The birth chart ‘progresses’ and, through Canada’s 141 years, Pluto and Saturn have ‘progressed’ to a point where Pluto is approaching the ascendant, indicating a transformation of the country as a whole. At the same time, the Pluto/Saturn combo is squaring the Moon, Uranus and the Sun. This represents intense power struggles, financial stress and economic restriction. These conditions begin now (2008) and last approximately six years.
…..Canada has oil, fresh water in abundance, food products and now, the melting northern ice cap is opening the possibility of new oil exploration as well as a navigable shipping route. Canada has so much to sell at a time when its people are very worried about their economic future.

…..The transformational effect of Pluto crossing the ascendant can be seen by what has happened to the USA since September 11, 2001. At the time, Pluto (by transit not progression but the effect is similar) was on the ascendant of the American birth chart.

…..The struggles of the next several years will change the nature of Canada as the nation uses the power and stresses it faces to forge a stronger, more powerful nation or that power will be used by others, against Canada.

July 1, 2009 | Filed Under Canada 

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