Author: Louise Kerby

I am an astrologer practising traditional astrology in Cape Town. I specialise in birth chart readings. I am passionate about people’s stories and their life’s journey. It is very empowering for a client to understand and accept their life story. I am also fascinated by world events and the links to the planetary cycles. It is this notion of history repeating itself that fascinates me.

Cancer 2016 year ahead

Your work and career are currently a concern for you. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed about what is required of you. It looks like you are not coping and this is staking its toll on you emotionally.

The aspects of this chart that are positive are your ability to write and share your ideas, together with your ability to improve your knowledge base. Will your career benefit from further study? This is an excellent time to apply your mind and study further. You have the ability and this will serve you well for the future.

Your financial situation is not stable currently and it is likely to be like that for a while. Perhaps it relates to your decision to study further and or travel.

Ideally you would like to spend more time at home, with your family and children. It seems like it is time to make some changes professionally and with your work. Your overall health and well-being may be suffering as a result of not enjoying your work routine

Tradition versus Idealism

This is a time once again when the establishment will be challenged by those who dream about a different future.

Saturn square Neptune – Nov 2015 to Sep 2016 – dreams about a new long term future?

This is a stressful planetary aspect with Saturn representing those in authority, traditional values and the need to be responsible at odds with Neptune the planet that rules dreams, lies and deception. This is what I referred to earlier in the year. The reality not being what it seems during this phase.

We have now witnessed this scenario with the UK EU vote (#Brexit) and all the mistrust that has been created with the leave vote. Leaders are now backtracking about claims made (more money for NHS).

Looking back in time this aspect was at play in 1998/1999 – the Y2K problem. There was an incredible amount of pessimism at the time about how computers would handle the change to year 2000.

It was active again in 1979 and 1980. In a political context the Conservatives came to power in the UK with Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister. In the US Ronald Reagan became the US President in 1981 just after this cycle completed. The world became more conservative during this time. Closer to home the Rhodesian Bush War ended in 1979 with Mugabe coming to power in 1980. The Yuppies became a phenomenon in the 1980’s – young urban professionals obsessed with financial success and the accumulation of material objects.

It was active again in 1962 and 1963. Marilyn Monroe was found dead on August 5th 1962 after apparently overdosing on sleeping pills. Neptune rules drugs and addiction. John F. Kennedy was assassinated on 22 November 1963. A hurricane and resulting Tsunami caused flooding in East Pakistan Bangladesh killing 22,000. Saturn rules buildings and the land. Neptune is always associated with the ocean. In a hard aspect a natural disaster is also highly appropriate. During this year too Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech. Neptune is also associated with dreams. Making dreams real – the question we need to ask again at this time is this. Is it practical and possible to find a new way and to dream about a new long term future for humanity?

It was active again in 1944 and 1945 when World War 2 was drawing to a close. WW2 was the most widespread war in world history, involving the vast majority of the world’s nations and ended with 2 opposing military alliances. A new world order was created post WW2. It was an era defined by the decline of the great old powers and the rise of 2 new superpowers – USA and Soviet Union. The world was polarised post this period. The United Nations was established and the rate of decolonisation increased in the world. India (UK), Indonesia (Netherlands) and the Philippines (US) all gained independence.

Gemini 2016 year ahead

The chart shows that you are not in a good space personally. Your career may be causing this emotional dissatisfaction. What are your goals and aspirations? Where do you want to be?

The focus this year is your relationship – spouse/business partner. You value a relationship. You may feel tension in your life between yourself and your partner. The problems may be more on your side in that you are unhappy with your work and you don’t feel like you are being rewarded appropriately. Financial issues are of concern and you will need to deal with these matters. Perhaps the tension is not in the relationship but more about financial matters. You will need to look at these aspects of your life. It is a good idea to be prudent financially especially when it comes to your personal financial resources.

Taurus 2016 year ahead

Your relationship is a focus and priority for the year ahead. The chart shows that there are tricky times ahead and perhaps some unexpected changes in your relationship. You need to deal with your relationship especially if there are challenges. The chart shows that you are not content at the moment.

Joint resources could be an issue within the relationship and these would need to be a priority to resolve.

Your work and career seem to be taking a back seat at the moment. Be mindful of your health and well-being at this time. There is tension in the chart financially and this could be taking its toll on your well-being and performance at work.

Aries 2016 year ahead

This is a time to be bold. You can rely on yourself. Focus on your work, perhaps this is the time to be more creative. If your work is the day to day business of raising children – this is also appropriate.

Relationships are a concern to you – perhaps time to make that break and be independent. The chart describes that your partner is well-off financially but may be hiding things from you. If your relationship is in great difficulty, you may need to navigate a legal path to resolve matters.

Your status is likely to change fundamentally.

This chart shows that your financial situation is likely to change dramatically. Your finances may be unpredictable during the year ahead.

Your career/business is in a difficult place. The issue could relate to debt. You need to look at what aspects of the business are tired and old. These need to be discarded.

Family life is also stressful currently – family picking up on relationship issues. These need to be resolved.

South Africa – Aries Ingress 2016 year ahead

When looking at the chart of a country, the Aries Ingress chart is drawn and this sets the scene for the solar year ahead. A new chart is drawn for each quarter (Cancer, Libra and Capricorn) to add more detail. But the main themes come from the initial chart – the Aries Ingress chart set for the Capital – Pretoria.

This chart describes that President Zuma is all powerful. As the saying goes – “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. President Zuma is in very real danger of abusing his authority and power. He is likely to be drawn into legal battles – especially by the opposition, the youth and those interested in education. South Africans will resort to the courts on more and more matters.

Our image is one of instability and as things stand the situation in SA is currently unpredictable. The threat of strikes is also likely to harm our image in the world. Corruption is plaguing our economy.

The public servants are unhappy – they too may take the Government to court to settle differences. Our public service institutions are under enormous pressure currently – hospitals, prisons, military and police. Corruption is a massive problem.

The youth are focused and driven. Education is a big factor. The opposition are gunning for the youth and those that care about education. This is where our focus must be right now. We need to fix SA – provide education for the youth. They are our future.

The Cancer Ingress chart for 21 June 2016 (3rd quarter 2016) is very interesting. This is a stressful chart and in astrology stress creates circumstances ripe for change.
The people of SA are fed-up with the President and so too are the opposition. The lines of battle are drawn. The media could play an important role is exposing the President. Corruption remains a problem for our institutions and public servants. Our institutions are not running as they should. SA is still seen as unstable in the eyes of the world and our President is still seen as possibly abusing his position of authority. This is a stressful chart. Does the ANC recall Zuma? Do they get the fact that ordinary South Africans have had enough?

The Libra Ingress chart for 22 Sep 2016 (4th quarter 2016) shows that corruption remains a massive problem and is very harmful to our image in the world. Our economy remains unstable. We appear to be beholden to others financially. There is a chance Parliament regains power and recognises that it has a role to play in terms of keeping the President and Government accountable.

Oscar Pistorius release?

Oscar Pistorius was due to be released from prison on 21 August 2015. But the Justice Minister intervened on 19 August 2015 as Pistorius had not been eligible for consideration at the time of the parole board’s decision to release him. His release was only due for consideration on 21 August 2015.

The parole board made the decision to release Pistorius on June 5 2015, when Pistorius had served just over six months of his five-year sentence. This was i…n contravention of Section 73(7)(a), which required him to have served one-sixth of his five-year sentence before being considered for placement under correctional supervision.

On 19 September 2015, the parole board issued a statement saying that said Pistorius needed to wait for another 2 weeks behind bars after a second hearing to decide his early release was postponed.

Mercury went retrograde on 17 September 2015 and goes direct again on 9 October 2015.

Oscar Pistorius was originally sentenced to 5 years in prison on 21 October 2014. Mercury was once again retrograde.

On 20 Oct 2014 I wrote this……
‘Tomorrow the Judge will hand down sentence in the Oscar Pistorius trial. Mercury is still retrograde in the sign of Libra – the scales of justice. This literally describes how the information and evidence needs to be weighed in order to administer justice. No easy task.
Mercury is known as the jester, the joker, the trickster and the messenger. What are the implications for Oscar with the sentence being handed down when Mercury is still retrograde? Is the process complete?’

This process is not yet done and it seems there are still some twists and turns ahead for Oscar. The State’s appeal for the acquittal of murder charges against the culpable homicide-conviction will be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in November 2015.

Nepal Earthquakes – when is another big earthquake likely to occur?

On 15 Jan 1934 one of worst earthquakes in history hit Nepal. It measured 8.3 magnitude on Richter scale. The epicentre of this event was located in eastern Nepal about 100 km south of Mount Everest. The three towns of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan were severely affected and almost all the buildings collapsed. Large cracks appeared in the ground and several roads were damaged in Kathmandu. In Sitamarhi, not a single house was left standing. In Patna, only one castle remained standing, with the rest of the city being turned to rubble. In Rajnagar, near Madhubani, all the Kutcha buildings collapsed. The total number of deaths recorded in Bihar was 7253. and other deaths in Nepal ranged between 10,800 and 12,000.

I am interested in the planetary transits during these earthquakes and I wanted to see if there were any patterns with this current earthquake in Nepal. And then more importantly what was likely to happen in the future.

Between 18 Jan and 10 Feb 1934 the following transits occurred. These are a very powerful group of planetary transits. Uranus and Pluto are associated with earthquakes. Uranus has an unpredictable nature and Pluto is very destructive. Jupiter magnifies events.
• Uranus square Pluto
• Jupiter opposed Uranus
• Jupiter square Pluto

The latest earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 in Nepal. The epicentre was near the village of Lamjung, in the Gorkha region, approximately 80km northwest of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city.

Were there any similarities in terms of planetary transits?

Uranus square Pluto – this planetary configuration has just moved out of exactness – this process started on 3 June 2012 and ended on 7 April 2015. This square was exact between 24 June 2012 and 7 March 2015.

In the next few years Jupiter opposes Uranus and Jupiter squares Pluto. These were the other 2 planetary aspects at play in the 1934 earthquake. They have just missed getting involved this time in the Uranus square Pluto. Could this earthquake have been worse if these Jupiter aspects were involved? It very well may have been a lot worse.

• Jupiter opposed Uranus – exact between 26 Dec 2016 and 28 Sep 2017. Enters 19 Dec 2016 and leaves 2 Oct 2017.
• Jupiter square Pluto – exact between 24 Nov 2016 and 4 Aug 2017. Enters 18 Nov 2016 and leaves 10 Aug 2017.

There are no periods in the next 2 years when these two transits connect although they are active during a similar period.

It seems like this time only Uranus square Pluto was active and technically was out of aspect during this #Nepalearthquake.

Looking ahead geologists predict that this region experiences major earthquakes every 80 years. Uranus takes 84 years to complete a full circle around the Sun. Uranus and Pluto are both associated with earthquakes. Uranus creates sudden chaotic events and is an unpredictable planet. Pluto on the other hand is destructive and associated with death and decay.

Looking ahead when do these 3 major transits connect to create the possibility of another major earthquake in the world?

Between 23 April 2073 and 2 May 2073 the following transits will occur. These are the same as in 1934. Based on past history it would seem that another major earthquake could hit this region again. This is then sooner than the 80 year cycle geologists mention.
• Uranus square Pluto
• Jupiter opposed Uranus
• Jupiter square Pluto

It seems like this period ahead could be very problematic from an earthquake point of view. This is 58 years from now.

I would advise mountaineers to stay away from Mount Everest during this period in 2073. It looks like an unpredictable period in the world especially when it comes to natural disasters – acts of God. We know that both Uranus and Pluto are associated with earthquakes. Jupiter is an expansive planet and magnifies things – most likely making this earthquake more powerful than usual – probably greater than 8 magnitude on the Richter scale.

South Africa – Aries Ingress 2015 year ahead

Pluto sits 2 degrees from the Ascendant. This represents our image in the world and it is destroyed. Pluto is a very destructive planet and rules death, trauma and terrorism. It shows the dark side – and this is now visible for all to see. The rainbow nation is no longer – there are serious issues that we have to confront as South Africans as our image is destroyed in the eyes of the world.

Our challenges are with our neighbouring… countries. The police and military will need to deal with tensions. Access to public services are the real issue – safety and health. Parliament will need to deal with these matters to restore our long term credibility. There are no quick fixes. SA has made global headlines in recent weeks with news of xenophobia attacks in Johannesburg and Durban. #NoToXenophobia has been a big trending topic.

The challenges also relate to rail, road transport, post and telecommunications and the media. There are likely to be some traumatic accidents in SA in the year ahead. In the last few days we have witnessed a tragic Metro Bus accident in Rosebank, Johannesburg and a rail disaster there too. #TrainCrash and #BusCrash.

For the people of SA – land is the issue. The President seems to realise that this is an important topic and he needs to find solutions. President Zuma comes across as isolated – ineffective.

The President realises too that our future depends on our children and their success and education plays a key role. We must get this right. We also need to value and protect women and children in our society.

The political opposition are strong and determined like never before. There are some disruptions and surprises on the political front. This could also point to the fact that we need to think about the land issue in a radically new way – we must find solutions. If not there will be more disruptions and general unrest.

South Africa – Aries Ingress 2014 year ahead

Government is in a difficult place this year. There is a strong focus from Government on the public service – health, police and the military. There is enormous potential in this sector and yet it seems to be falling short. There are problems in terms of service delivery and these issues need to be addressed. Illicit activities are taking place in much of the public service and this will need to be …rooted out to turn the public service around. The prisons and hospitals are in a bad state and this does not aid those in the public service. The public service is also caught up in legal battles.

Parliament is also very focussed on the public service. There seems to be an acknowledgment from both Government and Parliament that service delivery is key and this sector must be turned around.

Disputes within the country are tarnishing the image of SA. A threat of violence and rebellion is present amongst those known to the state. The internal conflict in SA could also relate to our foreign policies. People are not in agreement.

The economy is in a difficult place. Government is very aware of this and is focussed on the long term goals of the SA economy. Issues to do with land, farming and mining are top of mind during this year.

There is massive tension between Government/President and the opposition. The opposition wants the President to go. There are also those known to the state who want radical changes at the top.

SA is very aware of the issues in our society related to women and children. There is an opportunity for good to prevail. The Government is also aware that the issues affecting women and children must be addressed. Resources are required and also political will to turn this situation around.