The astrology of the FED at the May 2022 interest rate rise

It is no surprise at all to find that the cardinal cross hits the chart in a big way, picking up the progressed Sun, the Progressed MC and the progressed Ascendant all around 8 degrees of the cardinal signs.

The FED ultimate destiny is hardwired into the chart with that square between the Sun, Pluto and the MC/IC axis, but also the conjunction between Mars and Neptune.

We also see that around those years Neptune was also picking up the Sun, Pluto and MC In the chart provided we see how Jupiter accentuated it in 2012, but in its cycle it would have done so in the years preceding and following too. The scene was being set with too much money being released.

Perhaps the most interesting for our analysis today, is the opposition between Saturn and Mercury in the original natal chart. The Fed is hardwired to be cautious when it comes to interest rate rises. Note how that was picked up in 2012 by the progressed Mercury.

Rates were low then, although they were only part of the whole picture with the QE of Neptune also dominating matters.

Now, let’s move forward a decade to 2022 and where the 2012 period decisions have got us.



There is an enormous amount going on in the current chart. 

In the decade since the cardinal cross, Pluto has moved over the Descendant, and Mars opposition and then over Jupiter and most recently it has reached Neptune, the story of how continued easy money in all its forms has led to what we can now see is a peak is clear from the story.

It will soon o on to quincunx its natal position and in 2023 to sextile the MC. Interesting times lie ahead for sure.

The Progressed Moon has recently passed its trine to Pluto and a quincunx to the MC and In the last month reached a sextile with the natal Sun and is therefore accentuating the natal cross. Things have changed a lot since 2021.

Progressed Mars has also crossed the Asc/Des axis and its natal position, and more importantly so has the progressed MC. That MC is now conjunct the natal Mars ( as well as quincunx Venus), and incidentally square the progressed Sun, as we hear the sound of the rush of wings as the chickens ( or raptors) come home to roost. 

Over the next year the progressed MC will conjoin the progressed Mars, oppose natal Jupiter and in not too many more years it will reach Neptune. That does not bode well.

Talking of Neptune; we see that transiting Neptune ( recently conjunct Jupiter of massive magnification fame) is trine the progressed and natal Neptune and that conjunction was directly on the progressed Mercury as well as sextile the natal Jupiter. Now that’s a double whammy of mega proportions and sign of a major turning point in the easy money story. Rates could not stay as they were.

Jupiter will shortly cross the MC and this will be an interesting time, giving us a hint of where we will go as Neptune reaches that point in 2025 and beyond…..

All that and we haven’t even looked at either Uranus ( the other outer planet involved in the cardinal cross or what was actually happening on May 4^th.

This is some civilization changing stuff.

It was a Uranus dominated day generally. Uranus was conjunct the transiting Sun and sextile Mars . Uranus was opposite the FED natal Moon and at the degree of its progressed Saturn, only a degree away from a quincunx to natal Mercury. Uranus fighting the caution of Saturn but with action being the only option. (it is also square the progressed Uranu/Jupiter midpoint by hey-ho we don’t even need that to describe the drama)

At the time of the announcement the Moon was square Jupiter at 27 degrees Gemini and the transiting MC of the moment was at 27 Taurus sextile the natal Neptune. This is a clue that that Neptune is still the one to watch.

Finally we note that the transiting Ascendant is quincunx transiting Venus which sits slap bang to the  MC

What a chart and I haven’t even looked at everything that is happening!

Anyway that’s the astrology of the FED’s position but I want to talk basic economics again. Yes I’ve looked at the potential for inflation alone but it is now time to understand the bigger economic picture of what this all could mean doing forward.



Watch this space.