Forecasts from a Fevered World
What the sea told me, what the stars said and what might come next
A little while ago I took a trip to the seaside and spent some time listening to the sea. I felt like he was unsettled, something was different within him. Something had changed and it meant a period of upheaval and unpredictability.
He didn’t want to hurt the communities along the coast, he said. He meant the people no harm. But, there were new currents and temperature changes and other changes he didn’t speak of that meant storms could be coming.
I felt like he spoke of November, but it is possible that I misheard him.
When I came home I read that sea temperatures along the English coast were the highest in recorded history – 4°C above normal.
The sea had spoken his truth.
And now, about a month later, record breaking heatwaves are sweeping across the US and Europe. We are once again struggling with heat.
And I wondered, what can astrology tell us about climate change. Is it possible to find a thread and to follow it?
This post is highly experimental. If this is an issue you care about and you don't mind keeping an open mind, take a look, take what you need and leave the rest with the tide.
Can Astrology Predict the Storm?
🔮 Horary 1: Will There Be a Big Storm in England This Winter?
I asked a simple, if slightly inelegant, horary question: Will there be a big storm in England this winter? It was the first thing that popped into my head after my visit to the sea.
Here is the chart.
One of the first questions in horary is always: Who is who? And this chart presented a puzzle.
Mercury rules the Ascendant, so Mercury could be me, the querent.
But, Mercury could also represent the weather or, even, the sea. Mercury is movement and we also measure temperature with mercury.
In this chart Mercury sits in Taurus in the 9th house, fixed earth in a house of higher meaning and foreign influence.
He is separating from a square to Mars in Leo in the 12th house. That’s a recent encounter with a hidden force, hot, possibly violent, and concealed.
Looking ahead, Mercury makes a conjunction with Uranus in Taurus, about 9 degrees away. A shock to the land? Uranus is the modern ruler of the 6th house, linked to grains, farms, daily rhythms and systemic function.
Later still Mercury sextiles Saturn in Aries in the 8th house – a contact with loss, austerity or limitation. Saturn rules the 5th and 6th, children, leisure, farming and health.
Meanwhile, the Moon is at 29° Aquarius, a critical degree, the end of a story, a signal of change or disruption and the end of one story.
This doesn’t give a straight answer to the original question. But that sometimes happens with divination. Instead, the chart speaks a broader story: of slow-moving disruption, building tension, and systemic pressure. A longer unfolding rather than a single storm.
🔑 Key Takeaways
Mercury in Taurus = slow, steady changes; communication from the land
Recent square to Mars = recent heat, hidden danger
Future conjunctions with Uranus = possible shocks
Sextile to Saturn = connection to loss or restrictions
Moon at 29° Aquarius = end of a cycle, possible warning
Conclusion: No single storm foretold, but a brewing pattern of systemic, weather-linked instability.
A Story That Speak of More Than Weather
What if climate change isn’t just about the weather and the land?
We often talk about tipping points: ice sheets melting, forest fires raging, ocean currents like the AMOC slowing down, rains falling harder, storms growing stronger.
But another kind of tipping point caught my attention – the day after I began working on this post in earnest.
It felt like a sign.
A long Financial Times article warned of looming economic consequences that few are talking about: a collapse in the ability to insure homes.
As wildfires, floods, and storms grow more intense and more frequent, entire regions may become uninsurable. Without insurance, there are no mortgages. Without mortgages, the housing market unravels.
“The United States could be looking at a systemic shock to the economy similar to the financial crisis of 2008 — if not greater.”
— US Senate Budget Committee report on climate and insurance, December“If you fast forward 10 or 15 years, there are going to be regions of the country where you can’t get a mortgage. There won’t be ATMs. Banks won’t have branches.”
— Fed Chair Jay Powell, February 2025“Someday, any day, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur — and there is no guarantee there will be only one per annum.”
— Warren Buffett, letter to shareholders
These are not fringe warnings. They’re coming from the heart of the system itself.
Not everyone agrees this collapse is imminent. Some say the changes will be gradual. What could actually happen? I cast a second horary.
A Crashing Market?
🏠 Horary 2: Will the Housing Market Crash Because of Climate Change?
Mercury rules the Ascendant again, and this time appears at 29° Cancer in the 11th house, about to leave the sign of home, safety, and emotion. This is also the 4th house from the 8th, linking housing to the realm of financial systems.
The symbolism works: Mercury (commerce, communication) on the edge of Cancer (home, safety) in the house of collectives and social structures. The market is at the end of one story.
Mercury is just about to sextile Uranus in the 10th house. This could suggest a sudden external shock, possibly triggered by leadership decisions or visible structural shifts. And it's coming soon.
Meanwhile, Mars is rising in the 1st house. He rules the 9th (foreign influence) and 4th (homes), and also the 2nd and 9th houses of the financial 8th. That points again to property, value, and land. Something is coming, possibly from abroad, possibly simply “external” to the system we currently inhabit.
In the 8th house we find Saturn and Neptune in Aries: restriction and confusion, dryness and dissolution, sitting in the house of finance and endings.
They’ve just been squared by the Sun and Jupiter in Gemini in the 10th house, perhaps a public narrative around relationship shifts (Jupiter rules the 7th) or secrets (Sun rules 12th) disrupting the financial logic of the market.
Finally, the Moon will touch Venus, Chiron, Mercury, and Uranus in turn. This feels like a domino sequence: wealth, wounding, communication, shock.
🔑 Key Takeaways
Mercury at 29° Cancer = cusp of change in matters of home, finance, and social systems
Sextile to Uranus = sudden disruption, possibly soon
Mars rising = active, volatile energy around value and home
Saturn/Neptune in 8th = erosion and limits to financial systems
Conclusion: The chart strongly suggests a coming shock to housing or finance, possibly triggered by climate stressors. Not definitive, but certainly cautionary.
Degrees of Danger
What the charts of threatened places, and people, are telling us
Let’s return to climate change through the lens of mundane astrology. I’ve been looking at various charts connected to the idea of climate vulnerability: places, people, and institutions tied to this unfolding story. Just scanning for patterns, to see what stands out.
I looked at Greta Thunberg. The IPCC. The Maldives. Bangladesh. Greenland. And vulnerable cities like New York, Miami and New Orleans.
Something did stand out:
Across these charts, many key placements fall in the early degrees _ especially 7°, 8°, and 9° of various signs. Sometimes stretching up toward 12° or 13°. These degrees will be activated, again and again, over the next five years by the slow, world-shaping transits of Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto.
Let me show you what I mean:
Greta Thunberg has her North Node at 8 degrees Gemini, Neptune at 9 degrees Aquarius and her Sun at 12 degrees Capricorn.
Greenland has two charts. One with Mars at 9 degrees Aries, the Moon at 5 degrees Scorpio, Jupiter at 9 degrees Virgo. And Uranus at 1 degree Sag.
Greenland 2 (home rule) has Saturn at 7 degrees Virgo. A Chiron/Sun conjunction in Taurus across the 9th and 10th degree. Venus at 9 Aries. And the Moon at 7 Cancer.
The Maldives has EARLIER degrees, Sun at 3 Leo and Moon at 1 Cancer.
Bangladesh has The Sun at 4 Aries and Chiron at 9 Aries. Neptune at 2 and Jupiter at 6 degrees Sag. And Mars at 6 Capricorn.
New York has Uranus at 1 Sag, Saturn at 7 Sag and Jupiter at 9 Libra. The Sun is 10 Capricorn.
Miami: Mercury 2 Aries, Sun 6 Aries, Venus 11 Aries. Saturn 12 Scorpio. Pluto 13 Gemini.
New Orleans has Mercury and Venus across 2/3 degrees Aquarius. Mars at 2 Leo. Jupiter at 4 Sag. Pluto at 8 Pisces (water).
The IPCC has Uranus at 0 degrees, Saturn at 2 and Neptune at 8 degrees Capricorn. Mars at 8 Aries. Chiron at 5 Cancer and the North Node at 9 Pisces.
These early degrees are sensitive points. And they’re about to be triggered, some repeatedly, by the outer planets. In astrology, such moments often coincide with turning points, revelations or crises.
The Winds Are Changing: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Saturn
Uranus leaves Taurus in July 2025, ending a seven-year transit through an earth sign associated with food, land, and finance. This era has brought shocks to nature and now Uranus enters Gemini, an air sign of dualities, movement and mind.
Perhaps what lies ahead is a story of splitting: some regions spared, others ravaged. Not a universal crisis, but a stratified one.
Then comes Neptune in Aries, a long transit (2025–2039) through a fiery, initiating, cardinal sign. This may be the defining climate signature of the next 15 years. Heat, denial, zeal. Neptune rules oceans and illusions and the lack of boundaries. Aries rules fire and war.
Saturn, travelling with Neptune until 2028, may initially moderate its impact. But when Saturn leaves and enters Taurus, the sign of earth, food, and soil, we may see further stress on the land: heat, drought, resource scarcity. Barren Saturn meets the fertile ground.
Meanwhile, Pluto in Aquarius adds another layer – revolution, technology, group power, and resistance. Uranus in Gemini and Pluto in Aquarius are both in air signs. Together, they may fan the flames, both literally and metaphorically.
Saturn dries. Neptune floods. Uranus jolts. Pluto transforms.
And all four are approaching sensitive degrees in the charts of nations, people, and places already part of this story.
🔭 Summary Thought
This isn’t a neat prediction. It’s a pattern recognition exercise. Keep an eye on 7°–13° of the cardinal and mutable signs. That’s where the pressure is building.
When Will the World Wake Up?
⚖️ Horary 3: When Will the World Wake Up to Climate Change?
For my third question, I asked: When will there be a mass awakening around the fact that climate change is real?
This chart’s ruler is Jupiter in Cancer in the 7th house, right beside the June 25th New Moon. Jupiter is happy in Cancer, but he's been weakened by his proximity to the Sun and he is ruled by the fluctuating Moon. He might be emotionally reactive, but he is still Jupiter, the planet of knowledge, awakening, and expansion.
He’s just past a square with Saturn and Neptune in Aries, placed in the 3rd house of media, communication, information.
This could suggest that recent communications (news cycles?) have been muddled or limiting. The truth has struggled to get through. Mars rules both Saturn and Neptune here, adding volatility.
But what’s striking is a Yod. It’s a pattern I wouldn’t normally use in a horary reading, but here it stands out. Jupiter and Mars in Virgo (8th house) both form aspects to Pluto in Aquarius (2nd house).
The Finger of God points at Pluto, transformation, crisis, power, and in the 2nd house, it's about value, resources, and material survival.
Jupiter, the understanding; Mars, the people and the land (ruling the 4th and 11th).
The Yod suggests something irreversible is set in motion, and it could point toward material impact and changes around equality and fairness.
Pluto’s transit through the sign of Aquarius has previously lead to revolutions and upheaval, the have-nots taking back the power from the wealthy.
🔑 Key Takeaways
Jupiter = collective awareness; in Cancer = emotional, protective, reactive
Square to Saturn/Neptune = recent confusion in communication
Yod to Pluto = fated shift in value systems or resource awareness
Conclusion: The chart suggests we’re already in the awakening, but the full recognition may come through material disruption, not belief or persuasion.
The chart suggests we may already be waking up. Or perhaps that the world is waking us.
Just look at what’s already happened in the last two years:
Monster rains in Dubai and China
Typhoon Yagi kills hundreds in Southeast Asia
Hurricanes devastate Florida
Flash floods in Spain: a year’s rain in hours
Record-breaking wildfires in Los Angeles and South Korea
Mass evacuations in Japan and Canada
Catastrophic floods in Australia
Heat alerts across North America, Europe, and Asia (June)
Forecasts from the Cards (Tarot by region)
What will the coming years bring to different corners of the world? To find out I turned to the cards.
Below, I’ve drawn tarot cards for the US, Europe, and the Global South, offering symbolic weather reports through to 2027. These are not prophecies, but poetic insights into the stories our world may soon tell.
🌍🌿⚡ For paid subscribers: full regional forecasts follow.
🇺🇸 United States Tarot Forecast (2025–2027)
🔥 2025: The Story Splits
Overall energy: 6 of Pentacles
A nation divided – some are spared, others suffer. Resource inequality becomes more visible.
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