Lunar Eclipse June 2010 Conjunct PlutoThe Lunar Eclipse (Full Moon) of 26 June 2010 is conjunct Pluto very closely by just 41 minutes. Astrologers have been very interested in this for a while because it is a trigger for the big T-square with Saturn opposite Uranus, both square Pluto. Major upheavels have been predicted including social and political unrest, more economic collapses, and more catastrophic earthquakes and volcanic activity. The chart for this Lunar Eclipse shows a powerful Grand Cross configuration which can be a sign of suffering but also of giving service to those in need.




Jupiter Conjunct Uranus we have discussed previously, and Saturn Opposite Uranus has also been covered . Marina will look at the chart as a whole a bit later, so in this article I’m going to focus on the effect of an eclipse conjunct Pluto, the effect of the fixed star involved in this conjunction, and what it may mean for some national horoscopes.







Lunar Eclipse June 2010



Lunar Eclipse Conjunct Pluto

Eclipses mark a major focus in any chart for the following six months. Pluto at the personal level is about major changes which lead to soul evolution, major transformations. Something is created out of destruction. In mundane astrology Pluto effects global politics and economics, multinational corporations and organized crime. Genocide and massacres and the weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons, it also rules the nuclear industry in general and genetic engineering. As God of the underworld Pluto is associated with mining, earthquakes and volcanos.



Below is a list of the six Lunar Eclipses in the last century which were conjunct or opposite Pluto. Unlike the upcoming Lunar Eclipse, none of these previous eclipses were involved in a Grand Cross and only the 1977 eclipse was involved in a T-square with Jupiter.



14 June 1908 Lunar Eclipse opposite Pluto (72′) . 16 days later the Tunguska event unleashed the equivalent of 1000 hiroshima bombs in Russia.

28 December 1917 Lunar Eclipse conjunct Pluto (99′). 22 days earlier the Halifax Explosion killed 2000 people in the UK. It was the largest man made explosion at that time.

11 February 1952 Lunar Eclipse conjunct Pluto (54′). 15 days later Winston Churchill announced that the UK had the atomic bomb.

04 April 1977 Lunar Eclipse conjunct Pluto (90′). The same day major flooding devastated the town of grundy in Virginia, USA, which is still recovering.

28 October 1985 Lunar Eclipse opposite Pluto (32′). 16 days later the Nevado del Ruiz volcano erupted killing more than 23,000 people in Colombia.

24 April 1986 Lunar Eclipse conjunt Pluto (119′). 2 days later the Chernobyl nuclear disaster killed over 4000 people in the Ukraine.



Lunar Eclipse conjunct Fixed Star Kaus Medius

This Lunar Eclipse is conjunct the fixed star Kaus Medius in constellation Sagittarius by two minutes. Pluto has been conjunct Kaus Medius this year during the Haiti earthquake, the Chile earthquake, the plane crash which killed the Polish president, the Qinghai earthquake, and the Iceland volcanic ash cloud eruption, all under one degree. Pluto will remain within this orb till 10 July, and then finally in direct motion from 14 November this year till 12 January 2011. The last time Pluto was conjunct Kaus Medius, in 1762, half a million Sikh’s were killed in the Great Holocaust in Indian Punjab.



The last time Uranus was conjunct Kaus Medius in 1989, Ruhollah Khomeini put a bounty on the head of Salman Rushdie, a geomagnetic storm shut down the Hydro-Quebec power grid leaving 6 million people without power for 9 hours, the Exon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels of oil, the Hillborough disaster killed 96 Liverpool supporters, the Tiananmen Square massacre left 2,600 student dead, the Cold War officially ended, and 645 Russians died in the Ufa train disaster.



The previous conjunct of Uranus to Kaus Medius in 1905 saw a mine explosion in Courrieres which killed 1,060 French miners, the devastation of Naples by Mount Vesuvius, and a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in San Francisco which killed 3,000 people.



Munadane Astrology of Nations

The following a short list of some of the countries which will be effected by the upcoming Lunar Eclipse. I’m still collecting charts for other nations which we have in the menu bar under Mundane – Nations.





North Korea Military Parade





Greece – Lunar Eclipse square Moon (16′), opposite Venus (47′), square Pluto (13′). Mundane Astrology of Greece – Financial Crisis 2010



India – Lunar Eclipse conjunct Midheaven (49′) square Ascendant ( 54′). I’ve already written about the possibility of increased terrorism in the second half of this year in Mundane Astrology of India (and Cricket)



Iran – Lunar Eclipse square Ascendant (42′). Tension is again rising over nuclear activity, war games in the Gulf a couple of days ago, and the US redrawing militay plans for attack.



Israel – Lunar Eclipse opposite Venus (54′) conjunct Part of Fortune (10′). Discussed in Astrology of Israel for 2010.



North Korea – Lunar Eclipse sextile Mars (13′). North Korea Threatens “All Out War”



Taliban – Lunar Eclipse square Sun (28′) square Saturn (37′). Not so promising for their hopes this year.



Thailand – Mundane Astrology of Thailand – Bangkok Riots 2010



USA – Lunar Eclipse square Midheaven (27′). More challenges for the president and how the country is viewed by the global community. This is based on the Sibley chart. Without using precession correction, the Eclipse is still opposite Venus so it’s a tough one either way.



Well that all very doom and gloom, happy Saturn opposite Uranus for today! Transiting Saturn was exactly on my Sun a few hours ago. This Lunar Eclipse chart is serious stuff and it is difficult not to see big trouble for the world coming up. Pluto is about evolution most of all so by next year hopefully our global community will have progressed in some humanitarian way.