Eclipse March 29, 2025
Presently in focus: the partial sun-eclipse, March 29. It may be understood as the "mother" of the forthcoming SA-NE-conjunction (NE entering Aries only a few days later. ´This eclipse belongs to the Saros 149 sequence which started on August 21st, 1664, It obviously is linked with decisive events in Russian history.
Eclipse September 1740 - teh Great Nordic War begins : Sweden - Russia. (correct term? "Großer Nordischer Krieg" in German)
Dec. 1880 - a few minths later Tsar Alexander II is killed.
January 1917: a few weeks later the Tsar has to resign, revolution following.
February 1953: a few weeks later Stalin dies.
March 1989 - - we all know what happened

Now, the eclipses 1917, 1953, 1989 were preceded, or followed by a SA-NE-conjunction. And this will also be the case with the ecclipse on March 29.
It is almost certain that it will have to do with Russia and probably with Putin as well.
Regards

this is an interesting post lunlumo.. thanks for making it...

what difference is the solar eclipse here on march 29 2025, and the one next year? as i understand it the exact saturn-neptune conjunction is happening next february 20, 2026 17:01 at 0 aries 45 ... wouldn't the solar eclipse around that time be more relevant?? maybe if i understand you correctly it has to do with the saros cycle and how they line up.. that would explain it, and i am not aware of the saros series and the details around this..


here is the chart for the SE to moscow on march 29th - tropical zodiac.. i am using 13 57 34 to get this sun-moon conjunction at 9 aries 00 05..
regarding the saturn-neptune conjunction using morinus software to moscow using the time of feb 20, 2026, 19 55, i get the conjunction at 0 aries 45 10.. the chart is shown below..

When Saturn goes retrograde on July 13 2025, it will be within only 13 minutes (00d13m00s) from Neptune, in early tropical Aries.
It's one of the things that Chris Brennan (with Nick Dagan Best) points out at the beginning of the very long podcast on Saturn/Neptune conjunctions. (I have never seen one this long and I think this Astrology Podcast piece might be more of a teaching video rather than one of the usual podcast. I am not sure. I haven't even finished the first hour.)
Chris also points out the long co-presence of Saturn and Neptune in tropical Pisces that comes before the near-contact of July 13 2025 in Aries and the actual conjunction in February 20th, 2026, in tropical Aries. They actually have some excellent graphics at the beginning of the video illustrating the movement of the two planets up until the exact conjunction - start at about 17min50sec in the video.
https://youtu.be/eCLto1i-Cxk?t=1070
Also, I looked up the year of the root conjunction, 1664, in Russian history. It's when peace negotiations that ended the 13 Years War between Russia and Poland began. Those negotations culminated several years later in the Truce of Andrusovo, which handed over what sounds like substantial parts of the Ukraine to Russia. (I don't know the history, but AI actually worked for me this time: "1664" in Russian history.)
https://www.britannica.com/event/Truce-of-Andrusovo
Omphalos

thanks omphalos

i have yet to look at that, but am considering it...

regarding saros series 149 -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Saros_149

here is the chart for number 1 of the cycle - tropical zodiac to greenwich, uk.. sun/moon 9 leo 46 05
here is a biwheel of the 2 eclipses - the root above and the chart i shared earlier for the march 29th march 2025 se..
i don't know if this is even relevant to do this! maybe... the march 29th se sun/moon at 9 aries is opposite the 2 degrees mars rising in the saros 149 root chart... also pluto at 3 aquarius in the march 29th chart is opposing mercury and venus in the saros 149 root chart..

lunlumos list of events after or around the eclipse dates -
September 1740
Dec. 1880
January 1917
February 1953
March 1989

all involve important changes, whether with the leadership, a war, or an important historical change in direction.. that may be true here as well - hard to know..

HI James,
As has come up on the forum before, Bernadette Brady works with eclipses in a Saros series by doing a reading of the root or originating Saros chart. She thinks the essential dynamics of that first eclipse are reflected in all the subsequent eclipses in the Saros series. As far as whether it's valid to ilook at the root chart in relationship to current eclipses, it makes some sense to me that it might reveal interesting connections, at least in the sidereal zodiac with precession accounted for. I think I tried that with the Hamas attack, but I haven't looked into that since then.
Brady has a reading of solar Saros 149 in The Eagle and the Lark (p 320), although in her system it's "Saros Series 9 New North". (You can look it up on Google Books if you don't have a copy.)
Marjorie Orr references Brady's reading of the root solar Saros 149 in her article from February 2025 on the eclipses of 2025:
https://star4cast.com/eclipses-sun-moon ... and-virgo/

The Partial Solar Eclipse of 29 March at 8 degrees Aries, also has the potentially high-risk Saturn trine Mars sextile Uranus. It is in a 9 New North Saros series which according to Bernadette Brady is physically expressive, so accidents, great effort or even violent events may accompany it. It can be positive in terms of constructive physical activity as long as a watchful eye is kept on safety.
It was around previously in this Saros Series in 2007, 1989, 1971, 1953, 1935, 1917

Brady's reading rests on what I am guessing are the tightest midpoints in the root Saros chart (sorry, haven't confirmed that as of yet):
Venus = Mercury = Mars/Pluto
Mars = Uranus/Pluto
Brady's reading of the root chart for the solar Saros 134 eclipse that was closest to the Oct 7th Hamas attack was uncannily accurate, imo, esp. as the October 14 2023 eclipse in the Saros 134 series was connected to the First Intifada, and I think other events closely connected to Hamas. I wish I could remember all the details of the history, but alas I can't recall them without reviewing things.
https://skyscript.co.uk/forums/viewtopi ... 37#p125937
Cheers,
Omphalos

Lunlumo and James,
There were 3 solar eclipses in 1700, the year the Great Northern War started. (1700 to 1721.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Northern_War
I got this from Google AI search, looking as it was the one date that didn't seem to work with the Saros 149 series.
The first eclipse of 1700 was closest to the war's beginning, on February 18. It was Saros 106.
There was another solar eclipse on August 14, Saros 111.
The Saros 149 eclipse was the third that year, September 13, 1700.
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEcat5/SE1601-1700.html
Omphalos

Lots of most valuable information - the ones cocerning SA-NE, the year 1664, the Northern War. Lots of hints showing that Russia will be confronted with maybe even dramatic challenges .
The renoened Swiss astrologer ClaudeWeiss gives a birthtime of 13:10 GMT for Putin, AC 17 CAPR. (He may be right there ?).
Which chart for Russia is the one to be prefered? I think the moment/the day the last Tsar was forced to resign should be taken into account. And the chart for Jan. 1992, 0 Localk Time, Moscow is ztriustworthy. On that day - and not in December 1991 - the "new" Russia formally caame into being.
Regards

omphalos and lunlumo

thanks for the commentary! i am not going to be able to respond to it all this morning but i will respond to some of it..

omphalos

i did read the eagle and the lark, many years ago - like a lot of other astro books i have read - i don't want to say it went in one ear and out the other, but i do recall details of the book that were wrong.. overall though, i enjoyed it.. i have been into midpoints for a long time, and as i recall it sounded as though brady was also into them.. the ideas of cosmobiology, as expressed by the hamburg school of astrology - alfred witte, and reinhold ebertin must have held a certain fascination for us both..

regarding the quote from marjorie orr on bernadette brady - is that in reference to saros 149, or?? the midpoints you reference immediately below the quote do reference saros 149 chart that i have posted.. mars/pluto = venus and mercury... that is the obvious part.. what is less obvious is the mars/jupiter midpoint which is at 10 scorpio and which this solar eclipse point of sun and moon at 9 leo 46 05 is directly applying to.... i would associate any reckless or high risk energy more with this, then what marjorie is quoting from brady... okay - marjorie is referencing the se for today where mars-saturn are in trine and uranus sits at the midpoint... i am referencing the saros 149 chart ( sidereal details).

maybe it would be a more interesting exercise to overlap the saros 149 root chart with the solar eclipse here for march 29th?? then it might be possible to see what is actually being emphasized, or re-emphasized in the astrology.. that is indeed what i did in my post yesterday 9:59pm ( the biwheel is all sidereal zodiac details)..

much of the data i have discussed, i have described in sidereal degrees... the midpoint data still applies.. but i will have to go over this again... stay tuned! i am off for a breakfast out of the house!!

lunlumo

many years ago i was in touch with some russian astrologers in search for a birth time for putin.... they had done a study based on all the details they knew of putin and made a challenge to the russian astrological community to ''rectify'' his birthdata with all of these details.. the two times that gained the most traction and recognition from the community were the times 835 and 846am.... astrodatabank has a 930am speculative time for v putin rated DD of course-
https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Putin,_Vladimir

this fellow claude weiss https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Weiss,_Claude - maybe he knows something others don't... i doubt it..

as for a chart for russia - that is up for debate, but i note there is no mention in nic campions book of world horoscopes of any chart for january 1992 when the tzar was forced to resign... i take it nic campion is very thorough with all of these types of details, so i find it highly unlikely he would have overlooked a date of importance and not have it included in his book..

there are a few different charts to choose from with regard to russia.. i don't know the answer to this question, but the flag raised chart is one that i have been using.. i have 3 different charts for russia in my files on morinus.. thanks for your post!

One may take into account that Uranus will soon (three times) reach the position it had the day the German attack against Rassia started (June21st, 1941). It may have an effect on the war in Ukraine. (28:08 Taurus)

hi lunlumo

a consideration of the approx 84 year cycle of uranus might be relevant here.. hard to know.. i looked in nic campions book of world horoscopes to see if any russian or german charts resonate with 28 fixed - taurus, but the other fixed signs too... a lot has changed since 1941... the european union came along as well which has altered the landscape of ''group think'' considerably..

i continue to believe much of the dynamic of war is based on the basic idea that war=money.. i do find it quite fascinating how many political leaders in recent times seem to have a background in finance... friedrich merz worked for blackrock ( In 2004 he became a senior counsel with Mayer Brown, where he has focused on mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and compliance. He has served on the boards of numerous companies, including BlackRock Germany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Merz )... canada's new prime minister - same deal - bank of england and bank of canada governor, and before that he worked for goldman sachs, the well known wall st firm.. it isn't just germany or canada that seem to favour 'financial' types as political leaders.. there are many other examples in recent history showing this to be true..

my own take is much of the pent up movement towards war is absolutely about money, and maintaining financial dominance in an increasingly ''multi polar'' world where other countries are vying for a position at the same table.. financial sanctions are a different form of warfare, but one that we see being exhibited in a much more frequent manner the past 20 odd years.. and there is a difference between financial sanctions brought to action by the usa, verses them being condoned by the UN..

here is an article from 5 months ago which i think is especially relevant, since friedrich merz has come to power in germany...
https://alexkrainer.substack.com/p/eu-l ... s-paradise

it has become much more clear that a desire for war, or a build up to war is constantly on the minds of the german, french and uk leader at present... i don't believe this aligns with the people of these countries interest, but it seems the people are not being listened to here in regards this ongoing push to war with russia..

Hi James,
Marjorie Orr (in the quotation) is describing the current planetary aspects in the Saros 149 solar eclipse we just had, but then she references Brady's description of the general nature of Saros 149 eclipses.
I would be interested in seeing your examination of synastry of the root Saros 149 solar eclipse from 1664 and the current one (or any of the past ones that Lunlumo mentioned), but it makes more sense to me in the sidereal zodiac - precession has moved about 5 degrees since 1664.
It finally made sense to me why the eclipses runs with the Saturn Neptune conjunctions - two Saros series is 36 years (2 x 18) and that is the average period of Saturn Neptune conjunctions, 36-37 years.
So they are coinciding because of the periodicity of each cycle lining up with each other - Saros 149 and Saturn-Neptune. And Solar Saros 149 series is of particular significance to Russia and its history.
Omphalos