Now that we have an official pandemic on our hands, I figured it was worth revisiting my July 4 forecast. I still stand by most of what I wrote. I expect the overall death toll in this country to be manageable at the societal level, though individual families will be rightfully mourning those who pass. I expect the stock market in July to resemble the stock market in July 2019 -- it won't be at the all-time highs, but it won't be Depression 2.0 either.

There is one new possibility, though, I wanted to discuss. Ur is loosely analogous to the Death card in Tarot. Yes, it can mean death, but 99.9% of the time it's metaphorical. (Indeed, I usually read Ur upright as burying/ending and reversed as uncovering/revealing.) However, in the context of a pandemic, particularly one that disproportionally kills older patients, there is the possibility that in this specific situation it could mean a death, particularly since it's paired with reversed Iodhadh (not lasting / time coming to an end). From its placement in the 11th house (lower chamber of Congress), my best guess is that -- if this is the correct reading for those symbols in this context -- it's Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who's at risk.

I don't see this as a contradiction. It is possible for a pandemic to both have an overall low death toll but for some key person to die nonetheless. In the scheme of things we can still hope that the 10th house/11th house cluster refers to a political victory/defeat, not to survival/death, but given the unusual circumstances I wanted to at least flag the possibility.

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Feb. 2nd, 2020 08:58 am
Given the hysteria that seems to be sweeping some of the media, I want to clarify my July 4th divination results. This way, I'm making a prediction in advance in public and I can hold myself accountable for it.

Specifically, there is no indication that coronavirus will be a significant factor in the US, at least not over the time period in question (through July 4th). That does not mean there will no cases or even deaths -- it's just that they won't rise above the normal background noise of disease in this country. For perspective, keep in mind that garden-variety seasonal flu typically kills thousands to tens of thousands each year. At this point, even if all of China's cases and deaths occurred here it still would be a minor factor compared to flu. (Coronavirus's danger comes from the potential for it to grow much, much worse, whereas flu stays at more of a steady level.)

I haven't done any divination for China or other countries, so I can't speak to the outcomes there.

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