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July 2021 Chart: New Opportunities
July 4 means the beginning of the mundane year for the United States and a new chart. Compared to some of the recent ones, this one doesn't look too bad. Let's dive in.
There are five nonempty houses, so this chart applies until December 4. The March 4 chart still has another two months to go, but I would read those existing influences as being secondary from now on.
In the 2nd house -- governing the economy -- we have Eabhadh reversed. When it comes to economic issues, a lot of folks are going to be affected, and we can expect the economy to resume being one of the major issues. One potential positive side effect from all this: culture war issues may eat up less of everyone's attention, to the relief of many I would suspect.
In the third 3rd house -- governing media -- we have Muin. Outside of a certain demographic, many of the big names in social and old-school media have undermined their own credibility lately. (To avoid getting into jargon for folks who might not follow conversations on other websites, the demographic in question is economically, generally salaried/professional; culturally, the sort who put those "In this house..." and similar signs in their yards; and technologically, are highly overrepresented on Twitter.) This leaves an opening for new entrants to build a reputation for reporting the news more neutrally, in the manner that most outlets managed to do at least a passable job of until recently. We may see one or more players make a big push to capture that opportunity.
The 7th house -- governing foreign relations -- has the Ogham equivalent of a stellum. Unlike last time, I recorded their physical layout too, and I'm glad I did. They landed in the outline of the wunjo rune, but rotated halfway so the triangle was in the lower left instead of the upper right. Starting from the top, we have Dair followed by Uillean. Here, leaders have some freedom of action. They are followed, though, by three reversed symbols in a row: nGeadal, Gort (the point of the triangle), and Beith. Problems will arise due to self interest, and nothing will come of the opportunity.
In other words, a diplomatic opening will occur, but divisions (within the administration, between the major political parties, between countries, or some other split) will block any success.
In the 10th house -- governing the executive -- we have Muin and Ifin. The administration gets drawn into an issue that's not currently a focus. This could indicate the beginnings of a scandal or a health scare about some key administration official, but it also might just mean that a more mundane political issue comes to the fore. Although it would be a natural guess, the lack of any links to the second house suggest it's something other than the broad economy.
This could also relate to the (still) confusing stellum in the 10th house from the March 4 chart. That chart only has two more months to run, suggesting that these events may unfold relatively soon.
Lastly, in the 11th house -- governing the legislature -- we have Gort. That suggests, as difficult as I find it to write these words, that the parties may find a way to collaborate on something. For a while, we may see Congress manage to reach more compromises than usual.
Circling back to the repeated symbols, we have Muin in the 3rd and 10th houses. If one of the up and coming media outlets gets the scoop on that emerging issue and can back up their reporting with evidence, they could receive a tremendous boost from their efforts.
We also have Gort in the 7th (reversed) and 11th (upright) houses. To me, this suggests that it's specifically partisan differences in Congress that squander the diplomatic opportunity. Given that there aren't many countries that the parties have significantly different views on (Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel are the ones that come to mind), it's possible that this concerns one of those countries. There are international issues that divide the parties too, though, so it could relate to climate change or some other matter along those lines.
So to sum up...
There are five nonempty houses, so this chart applies until December 4. The March 4 chart still has another two months to go, but I would read those existing influences as being secondary from now on.
In the 2nd house -- governing the economy -- we have Eabhadh reversed. When it comes to economic issues, a lot of folks are going to be affected, and we can expect the economy to resume being one of the major issues. One potential positive side effect from all this: culture war issues may eat up less of everyone's attention, to the relief of many I would suspect.
In the third 3rd house -- governing media -- we have Muin. Outside of a certain demographic, many of the big names in social and old-school media have undermined their own credibility lately. (To avoid getting into jargon for folks who might not follow conversations on other websites, the demographic in question is economically, generally salaried/professional; culturally, the sort who put those "In this house..." and similar signs in their yards; and technologically, are highly overrepresented on Twitter.) This leaves an opening for new entrants to build a reputation for reporting the news more neutrally, in the manner that most outlets managed to do at least a passable job of until recently. We may see one or more players make a big push to capture that opportunity.
The 7th house -- governing foreign relations -- has the Ogham equivalent of a stellum. Unlike last time, I recorded their physical layout too, and I'm glad I did. They landed in the outline of the wunjo rune, but rotated halfway so the triangle was in the lower left instead of the upper right. Starting from the top, we have Dair followed by Uillean. Here, leaders have some freedom of action. They are followed, though, by three reversed symbols in a row: nGeadal, Gort (the point of the triangle), and Beith. Problems will arise due to self interest, and nothing will come of the opportunity.
In other words, a diplomatic opening will occur, but divisions (within the administration, between the major political parties, between countries, or some other split) will block any success.
In the 10th house -- governing the executive -- we have Muin and Ifin. The administration gets drawn into an issue that's not currently a focus. This could indicate the beginnings of a scandal or a health scare about some key administration official, but it also might just mean that a more mundane political issue comes to the fore. Although it would be a natural guess, the lack of any links to the second house suggest it's something other than the broad economy.
This could also relate to the (still) confusing stellum in the 10th house from the March 4 chart. That chart only has two more months to run, suggesting that these events may unfold relatively soon.
Lastly, in the 11th house -- governing the legislature -- we have Gort. That suggests, as difficult as I find it to write these words, that the parties may find a way to collaborate on something. For a while, we may see Congress manage to reach more compromises than usual.
Circling back to the repeated symbols, we have Muin in the 3rd and 10th houses. If one of the up and coming media outlets gets the scoop on that emerging issue and can back up their reporting with evidence, they could receive a tremendous boost from their efforts.
We also have Gort in the 7th (reversed) and 11th (upright) houses. To me, this suggests that it's specifically partisan differences in Congress that squander the diplomatic opportunity. Given that there aren't many countries that the parties have significantly different views on (Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Israel are the ones that come to mind), it's possible that this concerns one of those countries. There are international issues that divide the parties too, though, so it could relate to climate change or some other matter along those lines.
So to sum up...
- the economy returns as one of the top political issues
- a new issue, not currently on the radar, arises for the Biden administration
- opportunistic media outlets try to elbow their way into the market largely vacated by legacy firms, possibly fueled by a scoop regarding that new issue for the administration
- a diplomatic opportunity arises but gets squandered, potentially because of Congress
- regardless, the parties in Congress manage to compromise on at least some issues