Chart with Transits of the Modern State of Israel for 4/20/2023
In many ways, this is the most crucial week of the year for the State of Israel. The New Moon/Hybrid Solar Eclipse at 29 degrees Aries on Wednesday night/Thursday morning (Malchut Sh’b’Gevurah, the embodied manifestation of Gevurah) is compelling and urgent to the Modern State of Israel, currently undergoing an internal civil war over her very identity.
The rareness of this type of Hybrid Solar Eclipse should be noted: there are only 7 of them in this century, making them only 3.1% of total Solar Eclipses overall.
A Hybrid Solar Eclipse shifts from a total solar eclipse to an annular (ring-shaped) eclipse, as the Moon's shadow moves across the surface of the Earth. The last hybrid solar eclipse happened in 2013, and the next will occur in 2031. After that, future skywatchers will have to wait until March 23, 2164.
29 Degrees of ANY zodiac sign is called the “Anaretic” degree, or the degree of fate. There seems to be the idea that the 29th Degree is the ultimate degree of intensity of the qualities of any sign. 29 Degrees Aries in Israel’s natal chart falls on her DC/Descendant, indicating the influence of partners.
The Eclipse Point of 29 Aries makes a Grand Fire Trine to Israel’s natal Mars @ 28 Leo and trines Israel’s natal Jupiter @ 27 Sagittarius (the Galactic Center). Additionally, Mercury and Uranus in Taurus conjunct Israel’s North Lunar Node (“T’li”) in her 8th House: what she shares with others – values, valuables, resources, intimacies, and because this occurs in the Fixed Earth Sign of Taurus, land.
The Sun enters Taurus and squares Pluto at 0 degrees Aquarius, the sensitive point of the “Great Conjunction” of Jupiter and Saturn in December 2020. The strain of the Uranus in Taurus/Saturn in Aquarius square over the last two and a half years has created “radical conservatism” (Uranus in Taurus) in conflict with “structural revolution” (Saturn in Aquarius). These are the forces at work in Israel’s society, where the “Jewish” and “Democratic” State is in conflict with its own identity.
Possible outcomes: Israel’s “partners” may revolt against what they perceive as a betrayal of shared values (democracy). There may be unexpected and even shocking news or information revealed which becomes a game-changer for all involved. New and unexpected partnerships and allies may be revealed. The Fiery Trine of the Solar Eclipse (bad for the non-Jewish nations, according to the Talmud, but also bad for the Jews because the non-Jewish nations blame the Jews for their troubles) hints at aggression and war, G*d forbid, but because Fire Signs are inspirational, another outcome may be a revelation of inspiration which relieves the internal pressure of Israel’s current crisis.
Eclipse Times: 21:16 Pacific time on Wednesday, April 19,
00:16 Eastern time, and 07:16 Israel time on Thursday, April 20
