Aries 2026: The Aries-Easter Festival. USA-Iran-Israel. Fuel Crisis. Resources. The Age of Peace. The 2025 Shamballa Impact.
(Artist Dan Lambert)
Aries Keynote
“I come forth and from the plane of mind, I rule.”
(Full Moon: April 2, 2026. GMT 02.12)
Introduction
Aries, First of Three Spiritual Festivals
Software of the Soul
___USA’s Transits Full Moon Horoscope
___Iran’s Solar Return April 1
___“The Age of Peace”: USA, Mars and the 6th Ray
The Global Fuel Crisis and Neptune
___The Sharing of Resources
The Destruction of Israel in 2026
___Taurus, Vulcan and the Depths of Supply
___Israel’s Progressions and Transits
___Israel: The Shadow of Capricorn and Taurus
Effects of the 2025 Shamballa Impact
“Aries starts the process of the “most ancient initiation” which all the human family has already undergone and will undergo …. Aries is the creator of those activities, conditions and processes which lead to the manifestation of soul through the medium of form ….
… and later of those higher creative undertakings which lead in due time to the manifestation of spirit through the soul. These processes eventually demonstrate the true nature of the triplicity … Life—Quality—Appearance.”1
“Matter [appearance] is the vehicle for the manifestation of soul [quality] on this plane of existence, and soul is the vehicle on a higher plane for the manifestation of spirit [life], and these three are a trinity synthesised by life which pervades them all.”2
Introduction
Well, so much for taking a break from writing these newsletters! The urgency of the times determines and dictates that they continue, in terms of shedding light on what is unfolding in our major planetary crisis. And also, much is written from inspiration – which demands sharing!
Part of which, is the examination of cycles of history that brings understanding of past causes that have led to their current effects. These cycles are zodiacal, planetary and rayological – considered within the framework of the even greater Yuga cycles, based upon the 2,160-year zodiac precession cycle totalling the “Great Year” of 25,920 years.
Events are moving so quickly at the moment that it is almost impossible to keep up with what is happening, hampered considerably by media censorship and the proliferation of misleading AI-curated videos and news stories.
Humanity is groping its way through the fog of war, and various powers or governing bodies are taking advantage of the current crisis that could lead to the implementation of “lockdown 2.0”.
There is an attempted continuation of the same narrative that became more apparent from 2020 onwards, by whatever name “they” may be known: Global elites, the Epstein class, the deep state, the forces of materialism, or planetary evil.
This is all part of the planetary Dweller on the Threshold, humanity’s collective shadow that must be purged in these last nights of the Piscean Age, preceding the dawn of Aquarius. “Pluto the purger” is in Aquarius and is the esoteric ruler of Pisces, dealing destruction and revealing all that has been hidden.
Part of the dawning light that is now creeping over the horizon is the planned externalisation of the Messengers of Light – that will culminate with the return of the Coming One – possibly in our lifetimes, perhaps in the next few years or decade.
Humanity as a whole must prepare itself for that eventuality, by reaching a certain goal fitness, morally and spiritually. Likewise, the already-awakened light-workers who fill the ranks of the New Group of World Servers, who mediate between Hierarchy and Humanity – must also step up and prepare themselves.
And that is what has been happening in the past few years, through increased solar, planetary and stellar radiation upon the Earth. Many have been experiencing an exhausting buffeting and battering, as these forces have swept through our being, raising inner frequencies to ever higher levels of receptivity. All of the above has been eloquently expressed by that great Lebanese poet and artist – Kahlil Gibran.
“For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.
Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height and caresses
your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots and shake them
in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.
He threshes you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant;
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire,
that you may become sacred bread for God’s sacred feast.”
Aries, First of Three Spiritual Festivals
It is the beginning of the spiritual new year once again – Aries renews the cycle, heralding the first of the three annual spiritual festivals – Aries, Taurus and Gemini. These zodiac signs establish an aspect of the annually amended Planetary Plan, the Divine Blueprint that is constantly precipitating into human consciousness. Aries’ theme is about the emergence of the subjective, subtle idea – patterned and programmed in the ethers, that will eventually manifest upon the outer plane:
“Aries is the place where the initial idea to institute activity takes form. It is the birthplace of ideas, and a true idea is in reality a spiritual impulse taking form—subjective and objective.”3
The first three signs of Aries, Taurus and Gemini function as a triangle of subjective energies that condition the remainder of the year. Hence, tuning into their qualities through personal reflection, group meditation and service is a solemn but joyous duty.
Aries – Easter Festival, the Festival of the Risen Christ.
Taurus – Wesak Festival, the Festival of the Buddha or of Illumination.
Gemini – Festival of Unification – unifying East-West, carried forward by the Christ.
Software of the Soul
This “initial idea” referred to above corresponds to the Aries keynote, “I come forth from the plane of mind, I rule.” Aries rules the head and brain – the “hardware” through which the “software” of the soul transmits its ideas.
The causal body of the soul resides upon the higher subplanes of the mental plane. Note the word “causal” – the origin of ideas, the cause which generates effect or karma. That which begins in Aries finds its effect in Libra – where Saturn, one of the four “lords of karma”, is exalted.
Hence headstrong, impulsive and action-oriented Mars-ruled Aries must take care at the source of ideation – in thought, word or deed – lest it reaps a heavy harvest at the hands of Saturn’s scythe.
Mercury is the esoteric ruler of Aries – and as Messenger of the Gods, illumines the mind and mediates between the soul and the personality. Mercury functions at three different levels, depending upon the individual’s stage of evolution: Lower mind, higher mind and intuition (buddhi) – direct knowledge beyond the mind.
As the Divine Intermediary, Mercury mediates between all three levels of consciousness. Mercury is the co-ruler of the Fourth Ray of Harmony through Conflict, the major ray that rules Humanity as a whole.
The other 4th ray co-ruler is the Moon, symbolising the past and crystallisation, the conflict component of the Harmony through Conflict equation. As one of the “seven sacred planets”, Mercury ‘s role is harmonising the various stages of conflict that humanity passes through.
This process extends over many lives, balancing the pairs of opposites upon the astral and mental planes, ascending each rung of the evolutionary ladder of conflict then harmony, then conflict again on a higher turn of the spiral – ultimately transcending duality, achieving synthesis and unity.
That unity is a potent symbol of the First Ray of Will or Power which pours through this first sign of the zodiac. Conflict is very much part of the Aries experience, ruled by Mars the god of war, while polar-opposite Venus-ruled Libra harmonises by Balancing the Scales.
USA’s Transits and Progressions
War and Peace, conflict and harmony. This is where the world is today – in the biggest conflict that has emerged since WWII, instigated by one of WWII’s liberators – the USA, driven by fanatical forces that are not in this nation’s interests. In this regard, the full moon horoscope is of particular importance:
United States of America.
1. Sun-Moon in Aries Libra T-square to USA’s Sun in Cancer and transiting Jupiter.
In the Feb.28 invasion horoscope, the Moon was in late Cancer, suggesting emotionally-based decisions, driven by a quest for territory and resources. The Moon was moving into Leo, opposite power-planet Pluto in Aquarius – blending a lust for power with an over-confidence, the “divine right of kings” – with very little planning or forethought.
Jupiter
In this Aries-Libra full moon horoscope, that tendency is further amplified by Jupiter in Cancer activating USA’s Sun – a pattern of over-extension and excess, an over-reach beyond available means. “Biting-off more than one can chew”, promising more than can be delivered. This has already been demonstrated by barging into Iran “club-handed” – without any real strategy – resulting in the loss of military hardware, planes and ships – plus many more American lives than has been reported.
This the point of least resistance, though higher possibilities exist, as Jupiter is the ruler USA’s 2nd ray soul and Cancer rules Washington, DC. Perhaps failure in the attack on Iran will initiate much soul-searching.
2. This T-square has also activated USA’s natal Sun in Cancer square Saturn in Libra, traditionally expressed as a hardline approach such as “three strikes and you’re out” in the penal system – or heavy-handed ICE agent repression. Saturn in Libra represents the Law, from which the USA has strayed widely and wildly, acting with impunity on the world stage, following the same behaviour of Israel.
3. Progressed Moon in Aries conjunct Chiron. Progressed moon has been in this sign of aggression for the past 20 months and will be for another 10 months. The fact that it is precisely conjunct Chiron on this full moon – in the fourth (Cancerian) house of home and family, is pertinent.
The “wound” of Chiron in Aries can be a fear of self-assertion that is over-compensated by trying to be the first in everything. USA’s dharma is in fact to be a leader into the Aquarian Age, but has temporarily been hijacked by other forces, as described further on.
Iran’s Solar Return April 1
Iran’s solar return for April 1 sees a lot of potential aggression (from all parties to the conflict) – through the Aries placements of Neptune, Saturn, Sun, Vulcan and Chiron. The moon in Virgo dominates the midheaven, reflecting Iran’s carefully planned precision strikes. Who will be the April fools in this conflict – this has been a fool’s errand from the very beginning.
It is notable that April 1 is the eve of Jewish Passover, which commemorates the Exodus of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The irony could not be more stark – when conisdering the Palestinians who have been held in slavery in the world’s largest “open-air prison” since 1948.
Iran’s solar return 2026.
The moon is opposite Mars in Pisces and Neptune in Aries, a powerful mutual reception – Mars in the sign which Neptune rules and Neptune in the sign that Mars rules. In fact the moon is closely opposite the midpoint of Mars-Neptune, the two planets that rule the solar plexus centre – and the Sixth Ray of Devotion and Idealism.
The 6th ray rules all devotional religions but particularly the militant aspect of Christianity and Islam. The world is witnessing the coalescence of Shi’a Muslim support for Iran – from Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houtis in Yemen, Iraq and elsewhere. (The global population of Shi’a and Sunni Islam is approximately 2 billion, about one quarter of the world’s population.)
This does not necessarily mean a “Muslim takeover” but in the least, support for Iran’s sovereignty and independence – from which it will yield no quarter. Iran is fully committed to breaking decades of sanctions and demonisation by the West, thereby thwarting ambitions for a “Greater Israel” or oil raids by the USA.
Iran has placed its demands firmly and unequivocally – which the U.S. and allies have described as “ridiculous and unrealistic,” complicating the prospects for a peaceful resolution – yet it was they who released the genie from the bottle!
Iran’s solar return is Sagittarius rising – a good symbol of the archer’s arrow. In this case, those pointy long-range missiles! As Iran’s solar return chart is similar to the Aries-Libra full moon which occurs the day after, there is a Sun-Earth opposition T-square to Jupiter in Cancer, ruler of Sag rising.
Jupiter in Cancer represents the invaders’s intentions of acquiring resources, but in Iran’s case, the principle of defending them. Mars is the hierarchical ruler of Sagittarius and its position in Pisces, opposite the moon in Virgo has already been highlighted.
– Enhanced security measures.
– Vessel safety protocols.
– Financial and fee regulations.
– NO passage for US and Israeli ships.
– Collaboration with Oman on drafting the legal framework.
– No access for countries enforcing unilateral sanctions on Iran.
– If China gives the go ahead, THIS IS IT. No matter how Washington vociferates.”
The “Age of Peace”: USA, Mars and the 6th Ray
A popular article, The Age of Peace is Very Close – by Charles Eisenstein, brings deep insight into the psyche of USA, inspiring the following brief astrological analysis of how we got here and future prospects.
Practically everything Eisenstein writes about is reflected by USA’s Mars-ruled, unintegrated sixth ray personality – working through the 1776 USA horoscope’s Mars in Gemini – in the seventh house of relationships.
This Mars position is exactly conjunct Trump’s Gemini sun, hence his easy alignment with Mars, the sixth ray and populism. Trump’s Leo ascendant/Mars in Leo is opposite USA’s Aquarian moon (the dweller), and Trump is the outer face of USA’s dweller – the “ugly American”:
Everything that is crass and commercial, the routine liar and deceiver, gung-ho aggression in international relationships, the sixth ray glamour of meddling in other nations, an egotistical sense of entitlement, American exceptionalism etc. etc.
All of these factors have prevented true (re)alignment with USA’s 2nd ray soul of Love-Wisdom which it has expressed most generously in the past. Though probably unaware of it, Donald Trump is playing his exact role of bringing USA to its knees on the world stage, signalling the end of US hegemony, of military dominance (MIC – military industrial complex), national hubris and devious manipulation.
These are effects of USA’s recent Pluto return that set about destroying all the crystallisations of the past 250 years, bringing opportunity for the soul of the USA to re-emerge – like the phoenix fire bird that arises from the ashes of its slain self.
Since the aftermath of WWII, the USA has been hampered by the complex and parasitic manipulation of entities such as the CIA and Neocons. Both those groups have been primarly driven by the Zionists – who after dispatching JFK, finessed their power and control over the US to its current stranglehold. (Jewish Eisenstein did not mention this important factor, maybe he felt it was obvious.)
But at the same time, the general public has become increasingly aware of this phenomenon – now exposed like never before since Oct. 7, 2023, realising the extraordinary control that AIPAC and Israel have had – dictating US foreign policy since at least the invasion of Iraq in 2003, or the alleged Israeli-planned 9/11.
Every US president on both sides of politics has been controlled thus, but nowhere near to the extent of the current administration. Poorly educated Trump, through his naivety and lust for power, has allowed himself to be swayed and blackmailed by Netanyahu and all the Zionist voices around him (Miller, Rubio, Wiles, Hegseth, Lutnick, Witkkoff, Kushner etc.), allowing Israel to bomb Iran first, only consulting the US after the fact. It appears that Trump is not in control over decisions being made, hampered by his increasing distractedness.
This has been the Neocon policy for 40 years, championed by Netanyahu and now finally implemented – at the cost of thousands of lives and the extraordinary destruction of half of Israel. (Also being suppressed in mainstream media.) Iran too has borne the brunt of cruel attacks on civilians and widespread demolition of infrastructure, but it is a formidable force which has been planning this scenario for decades.
US spy plane recently destroyed by Iran precision strike.
The USA may well now find the graveyard of its global dominance in the Middle East. At least 17 US bases have been destroyed and approximately 40,000 U.S. troops deployed in the region have been dispersed to hotels and office spaces – to continue operations remotely. Eisenstein’s words ring loud and clear:
“… the Hero must enter a next phase of maturation, in which he is presented with the limitations of his previous triumphant approach to challenges. He nonetheless reiterates it, each time to greater sorrow until finally, through the bitter gift of defeat, he looks at what he had never examined before. He understands that the parade of villains was a byproduct of his own warlike nature.”
Pity the soldiers of the legendary 82nd Airborne and other units who will be slaughtered if the planned Neocon ground invasion/suicide mission to Iran goes ahead – on the eve of Iran’s birthday – April 1. Again, who will be the April fools and who will be “passed over”?
82 nd. Airborne
Whatever the outcome, this period might represent the exhaustion of redundant behaviour patterns through American hubris, paving the way for The Age of Peace being Very Close.
Trump and others like Hegseth and Rubio are what Eisenstein calls, “self-evidently immature, a boy archetype not a man archetype” – reflecting USA’s road to national maturity, explored here: USA’s Gemini Personality and Uranus Return.
As discussed in that 2025 article, USA has been passing through its first symbolic Saturn return that began in 2016 and ends in 2040. The first Saturn return can be a tumultuous period in the life of any individual or national entity – a time of true adulthood, maturity and independence.
Yet as a naïve Gemini personality, the USA still clings to the last vestiges of its adolescence. Naivety is not necessarily a negative quality because it reflects a child-like innocence, curiosity and a willingness to embrace new experiences without preconceived notions. This openness can lead to innovative thinking and a more trusting approach to relationships and opportunities.
Hence the challenge for the USA to maintain those qualities without the shadow of cynicism – as it grows into its true dharma – as an Aquarius-soul leader into the Aquarian cycle. But first it must die completely to its old self, a painful process that may take years, accompanied by much hardship for the American people.
Fuel queues in Sri Lanka.
The Global Fuel Crisis and Neptune
Meanwhile, as a result of the choking of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, the world is facing a fuel crisis that will have a huge economic impact if the conflict is allowed to continue beyond April.
Already, countries like Australia/New Zealand are running out of fuel and paying for “pain at the pump”. Indonesia and most of South-East Asia and India are experiencing serious shortages and hardship – with no guarantees of future supplies. The Philippines has declared a state of emergency.
Cancer’s soul ruler is Neptune, traditionally the ruler of all liquids, including oil, transported on the oceans or undersea pipelines. Pluto also has an association – as lord of the underworld, with undergeround resources of oil, gas and minerals. Although Vulcan and Taurus preside over the latter, as discussed later – Taurus, Vulcan and the Depths of Supply.
Hence, Neptune in Aries’ relevance in Iran’s solar return – opposite moon in Virgo, the battle for oil. Is the world going to reach the Mad Max level of oil shortage – as some Australians are darkly musing right now? Probably not!
Scene from Mad Max Furiosa
Kharg Island
Again, there is the Jupiter in Cancer theme of global resources that must be shared equally and not selfishly cornered – as was part of the intent of USrael, thinking that they could “do another Venezuela”. Even at the end of March, Trump declared, “… he wants to ‘take the oil’ in Iran and could seize Kharg Island ‘easily’.”
“Threatening to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy grid if ceasefire not reached ‘shortly’”. Right … more bluster as the US admin looks for an off-ramp. The Iranians are waiting for any attempt and will no doubt deal accordingly.
The Sharing of Resources
Pluto’s placement in Aquarius also reflects this sign’s theme of right distribution of resources, as Humanity learns what true sharing is about. The following passage was written some 80 years ago, starkly contrasting how little humanity has moved forward today:
“Certain facts are obvious. The old order has failed. The resources of the world have fallen into the hands of the selfish, and there has been no just distribution. Some nations have had too much, and have exploited their surplus; other nations have had too little, and their national life and their financial situation have been crippled thereby.
… This period of adjustment offers the opportunity to effect drastic and deeply needed changes and the establishing of a new economic order, based on the contribution of each nation to the whole, the sharing of the fundamental necessities of life and the wise pooling of all resources for the benefit of everybody, plus a wise system of distribution. Such a plan is feasible.
The solution here offered is so simple that, for that very reason, it may fail to make an appeal. The quality required by those engineering this change of economic focus is so simple also—the will-to-good—that again it may be over-looked, but without simplicity and goodwill little can be effected after the world war [WWII].
The great need will be for men of vision, of wide sympathy, technical knowledge and cosmopolitan interest. They must possess also the confidence of the people. They must meet together and lay down the rules whereby the world can be adequately fed …
… they must determine the nature and extent of the contribution which any one nation must make; they must settle the nature and extent of the supplies which should be given to any nation, and so bring about those conditions which will keep the resources of the world circulating justly and engineer those preventive measures which will offset human selfishness and greed.
… The new era of simplicity must come in. The new world order will inaugurate this simpler life based on adequate food, right thought, creative activity and happiness. These essentials are only possible under a right economic rule. This simplification and this wise distribution of the world’s resources must embrace the high and the low, the rich and the poor, thus serving all men alike.”4
Easter egg with yolk!
Aries at Easter
The Sun is exalted in Aries and rises in the East, hence Easter exalts the “solar hero” – the christened or Christed one, as the Sun births spring (in northern hemisphere symbolism). The esoteric interpretation of Easter is profound.
The One known as the Master Jesus, died upon the cross at the so-called Crucifixion – a name for the fourth initiation or the Great Renunciation. For the last three years of his life, Jesus “loaned” his body to that Being known as The Christ – to be “over-lighted” by Him.
To understand this process, occult students must familiarise themselves with the Science of Initiation – a sub-science of Esoteric Astrology. All humans on the road to Liberation (another name for the Crucifixion initiation), go through minor and major initiations, or successive expansions of consciousness and awakening – over many lifetimes.
The Baptism of Jesus was symbolic of the 2nd initiation, and the Transfiguration the 3rd degree initiation – both of which were recapitulations of stages achieved in previous lives, in preparation for that life where Jesus took the 4th degree. The following life as Apollonius of Tyana, He became a 5th degree initiate, or a Master of Wisdom.
These are important facts to understand at this point in planetary history, as the Masters of Wisdom are poised to return amongst Humanity again. This current global crisis is part of a mass purification process that is preparing millions of people to “reverse the wheel” and take the First Initiation – the awakening of soul consciousness or, a recognition of the Christ love principle.
The gradual approach of the Great White Brotherhood into direct human interaction, is partly the reason why there is currently so much conflict and chaos – on our “tiny planet of pain and suffering”, unique to our solar system. Their highly refined emanations are invoking the coarser frequencies of the status quo to raise its game – to arise from the tomb of materialism.
As the Masters overshadow Humanity as a whole, so The Christ overshadowed Jesus in the last three years of his life. Jesus literally “stepped aside” as part of a pre-ordained agreement:
“When a messenger of the Great [White] Lodge needs a vehicle through which to express Himself, and cannot use a physical body Himself, owing to the rarity of its substance, He will utilise the body of a disciple. We have an instance of this in the manner the Christ used the body of the initiate Jesus, taking possession of it at the time of the Baptism. [Three years before Jesus’ crucifixion and death.]
Again when a message has to be given out to the world during some recurring cycle, a disciple of high position in a Master’s group will appear in physical incarnation, and be “overshadowed” or “inspired” (in the technically occult sense) by some teacher greater than he.”5
What occurred during those three days in the tomb? This three-day period is similar to Paul’s blinding on the road to Damascus or Jonah in the belly of the whale, but at a more advanced stage. Jesus had left the body and was not about to reanimate it. The unity of Christ-Jesus “descended into hell and taught the spirits in prison”, as relayed in the Bible – the “hell” of materialism and the physical plane; the darkness that veils yet greater glories.
Signs of Christ (Nicholas Roerich)
As a very dim reflection of this event, Easter affords not only the opportunity for Humanity to reflect deeply upon that Great Sacrifice of Christ the Redeemer, but for each individual to peer into the abyss of their own hells; to face the Demon of the Dweller, to review unflinchingly what lays or lurks in the depths – thereby aspiring to reach, “unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ”.
The Christ as avatar for the Piscean Age will, as the Head of the Hierarchy, will make another (unprecedented) reappearance as Avatar for the Aquarian Age, due to “unfinished business” in Palestine 2,000 years ago. Hmmm, now there is a topical subject! Bear in mind that it is the Office of the Christ which is “held” for certain cycles of time.
Temptation of Jesus (Nicholas Roerich). “Satan” (material lower mind) and the trials for the Third Initiation, The Transfiguration.
The Master Jesus is now a 6th degree initiate or Chohan (custodian) of the sixth ray force – Devotion and Idealism. Master Jesus works with all the other Masters within the greater Ashram of the Christ – that great exemplar of the 2nd ray of Love Wisdom, who works closely with the Buddha and the Lord of the World every year at the Taurus-Wesak Festival.
“It was the Master Jesus who “died” and entered into the tomb, thus climaxing His long series of incarnations and ending—by destruction—the hold of matter on the spirit; through the tomb He passed into the Hierarchy, and the destiny of the Christian Church was committed to Him; that destiny still lies in His hands.
But in the Gospel story, it is the Christ Who is indicated as appearing after the resurrection and not the Master Jesus, except in the one brief episode wherein He appeared to Mary, weeping outside the door of the sepulchre.”6
The Christ therefore assumed his role as Head of the Hierarchy at this time, embodying the love principle of divinity and at the same time, anchoring the first thread of Shamballa force:
“In the triumph of the Crucifixion or (as it is more accurately called in the East) – the Great Renunciation, Christ, for the first time, anchored on earth a tenuous thread of the divine Will, as it issued from the Father’s House (Shamballa), passed into the understanding custody of the Kingdom of God, and through the medium of the Christ was brought to the attention of mankind.
Through the instrumentality of certain great Sons of God the three divine aspects or characteristics of the divine Trinity—will, love and intelligence—have become a part of human thinking and aspiration. Christians are apt to forget that the crisis in the final hours of the Christ was not in those spent upon the Cross, but during those spent in the Garden of Gethsemane, when His will—in agony and almost despair—was submerged in that of the Father. “Father,” He said, “not my will but Thine be done.” (Luke XXII. 42.)”7
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The Destruction of Israel in 2026
Currently large areas of Israel are looking like the remains of Gaza from the last few years of bombing. Israel has created its own extensive destruction, from which it may never recover, brought about by several factors:
1. Israel’s Zionist-driven incursion into Palestine in 1948 – the Nakba (“catastrophe”), displacing 750,000 inhabitants, destroying 530 villages, with 30+ massacres of around 13,000 people. An ignomnious beginning to the experiment known as Israel, which may now be heading the way of a failed state.
2. Since that period 78 years ago, Israel has continued a campaign subjugating Palestinians through intimidation, strict military control, and regularly “mowing the lawn” – as gruesomely described.
3. These trends continued until the “false flag” operation of Oct.7, 2023 – which gave Israel justification for the genocide in Gaza, on the premise of rooting out the Hamas resistance.
4. Those operations have continued, even up to and during the Iran attack on Israel which began on Feb.28, 2026.
This very brief sketch provides some context for understanding the psychology of Israel’s horoscope – of its essential dynamic imprinted at the 1948 Nakba.
Israel Attack on Iran
Israel-Nakba inception 1948.
The outstanding features of the horoscope that reflect ruthlessness and violence – leading up to the imposition of the state of Israel declared on 14/15 May 1948, are:
1. Several planets in Leo: Moon, Pluto, Saturn and Mars. Here is the imperiousness of Leo, the “divine right of kings” – marching in and taking over what was biblically “promised 3,000 years ago”.
2. The Moon in Leo represents the “Lion of Judah”, derived from Jacob’s fourth son Judah – a symbol of national pride, entitlement, elitism – the elect or “chosen ones”. The moon represents the shadow and is also the past – heavily drawn upon by Zionists to justify their actions.
3. The Moon is conjunct Pluto the destroyer in Leo, very active from the Nakba onward. Pluto is the ruler of the first ray of will or power, one of the rays to pass through Leo, hence the symbol of the king who rules from his throne. The first ray is also the soul of the Jewish people, from which Zionism’s selfish ambition draws.
4. Saturn, the ruler of the Jewish people’s Capricorn personality, is also in Leo conjunct Pluto and the Moon, adding a powerful consolidating force; also providing rationalisation for upholding Saturnine law – in his ancient guise of a jealous Jehovah.
5. Mars is also in Leo, probably the most volatile signature of the 1948 Nakba violence – and its continuation to present day. Mars was strongly activated at the Feb.17, 2026 solar eclipse. (More on this later.)
Mars in Leo
Mars in Leo can be very self-centred and selfish – the archetypal “drama queen” who emotionally exaggerates to gain attention. This position carries excessive pride (as does the Leo moon), plus high ambition and stubborness.
Mars rules the solar plexus, doorway to the astral body, and Leo rules the “astral permanent atom”, the sum total of emotional experiences in all incarnations. Hence, the passion and drama of Mars in Leo – and the difficulty of the Sun-Mars square, integrating Mars into the emotional body component of Israel’s Taurus personalilty.
This is further complicated by the Taurus sun also squaring Saturn in Leo, creating a formidable combination of control and severe discipline. Additionally, the midpoint of Saturn-Mars closely squares the Taurus sun, a kind of inquisitor signature.
6. Taurus Sun: Mars-Saturn are square to Israel’s sun in Taurus, an earth sign well known for acquisition: Land (“Greater Israel”), property, resources, money, precious metals and minerals. Much insight about Taurus can be gleaned from the following passage:
“Only indirectly does the second Ray of Love-Wisdom and its subsidiary line of energies appear [in Taurus] and, therefore, love and wisdom are often noticeably lacking in the person born in this sign. Such a man will have much self-love, self-esteem, self-respect and a good deal of selfish centralisation or personality focus. He will be intelligent but not wise; aspirational but at the same time stubborn and set, so that his aspiration does not take him very far very rapidly.
JFK looks on incredulously …
… He will be destructive because “bull-headed” and because the hammer aspect of Vulcan will be dominant. Because he has a measure of light—his power to be thus destructive will distress him … He must transcend the destructive side of Vulcan and so of the first ray and instead work as a “fashioner of souls,” including his own. He must aim at clear seeing, pure joyful will and the death of personality desire. Such is the goal of the Taurian disciple.”8
Israel’s Progressions and Transits 2026
Putting together these points given thus far, Israel’s problem is clearly revealed – it is no “Taurian disciple” that will ever have the capacity for “clear seeing, pure joyful will and the death of personality desire”. Given the placements of planets in Leo – in 1948, it is no surprise that some of them were activated at the solar eclipse on Feb.17, 2026:
1. Solar eclipse Sun-Moon in the 29th degree of Aquarius – opposite Mars in the 29th degree of Leo: T-square to Uranus in the 28th degree of Taurus. Here is the violence of Nakba Mars ricocheting back at Israel many times over – through non-stop strikes by Iran.
There is the inevitability of karma and the long overdue “hard rain that’s gonna fall”. Much of Israel’s infrastructure is destroyed, Haifa’s oil refinery was just bombed, Tel Aviv is devastated, the government and military are in disarray and there is very poor morale in the IDF.
One military leader said that the army is about to “collapse in on itself”. Israelis are making violent protests against the government and hundreds of thousands (even millions) – have fled back to northern Europe, Cyprus – even trying to buy Greek islands in some cases.
The Feb.17 solar eclipse also fell on USA’s moon in Aquarius (the dweller) which is opposite Donald Trump’s Leo ascendant and Mars in Leo, the latter position shared by Netanyahu and JD Vance’s Mars.
Damage in Tel Aviv
Trump is a symbol of USA’s dweller on the threshold, his role was to be influenced by the Zionists and do their bidding – through his own hubris, lack of education and political naivety. Consciously or unconsciously, Trump has played the role of gradually releasing USA from the grip of the Zionist power base, including Israel and Netanyahu.
2. Progressed Sun conjunct moon in Leo, exact in less than a year. Here is Israel’s reckoning with its dweller on the threshold – the Lion of Judah and the “divine right to rule”. An opportunity to recognise the racial pride that has kept Israeli’s separate from their Palestinian co-habitants, looking down upon them as second-class citizens or “animals”.
The development of humility and the realisation of suffering inflicted upon others, may well be brought home in the next year, as much of the country is destroyed and Israeli’s endure greater hardship. It is widely reported that around 82% of the population approved of the Gaza genocide.
3. Transiting Mars in Aquarius opposite Saturn in Leo, exact a few days before the eclipse. Saturn as Lord of Karma, significantly activated, as also the day before Feb. 17, when the moon in Aquarius opposed Saturn.
These are some of the main points regarding the Feb.17 solar eclipse’s significance in Israel’s horoscope.
Taurus, Vulcan and the Depths of Supply
Another factor in this conflict concerns increasingly sophisticated armaments manufacturing – reminiscent of WWII, the role of Taurus and its esoteric ruler, Vulcan the Smithy. Hence the Taurus connection to Israel and its military might, bought and paid for by the USA. Also Israel’s role in developing military technology and the present shortfall of Interceptor missiles to defend from Iran’s attacks:
“Vulcan also rules nations at a certain stage of embryonic soul expression, such as the present [WWII], and governs their activities, fashioning the instruments of war when war and conflict are the only means whereby liberation can come, though woe betide those through whom wars come.
[Vulcan] Forging the Sword of Nibelung (Nicholas Roerich)
Venus, the mental energy of humanity, establishes relation between man and man, between nation and nation whilst Vulcan establishes relation between the fourth kingdom in nature [humanity] and the first [mineral].
Vulcan … is governed by the first ray [Jewish soul], and the first ray and the first kingdom are definitely bound together. This, therefore, brings in the Shamballa force and you consequently have an esoteric triangle of energy—will, humanity and the mineral kingdom. [Indeed, and 2025 was speculated to be the “6th Shamballa impact”. See article further down, Effects of the 2025 Shamballa Impact.]
They have a very close rapport with each other, both from the angle of the Plan and from the expression of material selfishness. Hence the great use of minerals (iron, copper, etc.) in the World War II.
It is literally a war in which the mineral kingdom is used against the human. Humanity had gone down into the caves and the depths of concretion and is ready now for an upward shift or move, this time consciously taken and taken all together.”9
Israel: The Shadow of Capricorn and Taurus
The Jewish people have Capricorn as their personality expression and Israel has the Sun in Taurus. The following passage from Esoteric Astrology discusses both signs in relation to the Nazis in WWII. If Jewish and Christian Zionists are perceived as the “new Nazis” – combined with the materialism of the technology elites, then the current conflict brings the world to a place where it was in WWII – and the dangers faced then. Could that worst case scenario described below transpire?
“Capricorn is related, as you have been told, to initiation; it is also the sign of the coming world Saviour and these higher aspects of the Capricornian influences can be potently demonstrated if humanity so wills it and will take advantage of the Venusian influence to use the mind as the reflector of soul purpose. [Venus is the hierarchical ruler of Capricorn.]
If this does not take place, the present situation [WWII] will turn into something far worse—a situation wherein the mass of men will be “re-initiated into the Earth and forced to turn their backs upon the dawning light.” A dark period of civilisation will ensue. Instead of the dark cave of initiation wherein the light of the initiate’s own nature illumines the darkness and so demonstrates his command of light, the dark cave of materialism and of physical, animal control will take the place of the “lighted Way.”
The earthy aspect of Capricorn, the lowest concrete aspect of the mind and an increased control by the Taurian spirit in its worst form will take the place of the divine possibility of entrance into greater light, the manifestation of the soul nature and the recognition of the “light which is found in the eye of the Bull …
…. The latter [Axis leaders] are “shells,” obsessed by evil entities and hence their dynamic, one-pointed potency, hence also their extreme skill and cunning, based on very ancient evil experience and hence also the well-nigh ludicrous falsity of their propaganda.
They are the spirit of materialism embodied, devoid of all true feeling and perception, lacking the light of love and understanding, but powerfully animated by the energy of substance itself. It is time that men woke up to the nature of these beings who sought (under the present grouping of constellations) to enslave the race.
The earthly influence of Capricorn made their activity [Nazis] possible; they themselves have been evoked out of their evil past by the material side of humanity itself and the potency of the massed selfishness of mankind …”10
Effects of the 2025 Shamballa Impact
As discussed in The Shamballa Impacts, the three major releases of energy or “impacts” from the planetary crown chakra Shamballa, correspond to the three rootraces – Lemuria, Atlantis and this Aryan or Fifth Rootrace.
The third impact during WWII, culminated in 1945 with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan. Since then, there have been two more minor impacts in 1975 and 2000, another speculated for 2025 – all at 25 year intervals.
“You have been told that this force has—during this century [20th]—made its first direct impact upon humanity; heretofore, it reached mankind in the three worlds after being stepped down and modified by transit through the great planetary [heart] centre to which we give the name of the Hierarchy.
This direct impact will again take place in 1975, and also in the year 2000, but the risks will then not be so great as in the first impact, owing to the spiritual growth of mankind.”11
What is the point of these impacts? To speed up planetary evolution, which fell behind due to the “failure of the moon chain” – prior to the incarnation of our current globe. (Explored in greater detail in The Hidden History of Humanity.)
The Guides of the Race have taken a “calculated risk” to release the potent Shamballa force – “The centre where the will of god is known” – direct to Humanity without Their protective filter. They know that there is a chance of stimulating the lower expression of the first ray of Will or Power in humanity – the will of our Planetary Logos working through Sanat Kumara.
So now we are seeing the force of the 2025 stimulation working out in the world – some leaders and nations afflicted with a lust for power, have created a major planetary crisis which has been gestating for almost a century. This lust for power occurred in WWII when Hitler, an exponent of the reversed “evil reaction to Shamballa”, gathered around him a group of like-minded personalities. Today those same personalities are easily identifiable – “by their fruits you shall know them”.
The following passage was written in 1944 – 82 years ago, almost an 84-year cycle of Uranus – the reformer and revolutionary. It is a timely reminder of the last time an attempted global takeover happened and the irony could not be more obvious:
Warrior of Light (Nicholas Roerich)
“Today, once again, the Powers of Darkness are attempting to destroy humanity and the spiritual values. The power of Shamballa was let loose, destroying old forms—political, social and religious—but at the same time this power was seized upon by the evil forces to destroy the souls of men, to precipitate war and to destroy the cities and all our centres of civilisation and culture.
The first phase [WWI] or form of destruction was directed by the disciples, the aspirants and the clear thinking people of the world, and this was needed and very good. The old social, political and religious forms were stultifying the human soul and handicapping all progress.
The second phase [WWII] or form of destruction was directed by evil, and was focussed through those nations who had succumbed to the glamour of superiority [Axis powers], to the temptation of material aggression and to intolerant racial hatreds, implemented by cruelty and barbarism.
The time has now come when this divine energy must express itself through the second aspect of the will-to-good, and not through the first aspect, the will-to-power. Mankind has had to be shown that it is not yet ready for power, because the will-to-good is not adequately strong to balance this first aspect of the will.
This then is the task of the Christ and of the Buddha at the time of the May Full Moon [Wesak] —to channel and redirect the Shamballa force. If They can do this, the result will be a new realisation and accomplishment of the will-to-good by the New Group of World Servers, under the receptive guidance of the world disciples and a responsive activity of the men and women of goodwill.”12
“To channel and redirect the Shamballa force” – may well be applied by meditating groups around the world at the forthcoming May full moon – Taurus-Scorpio or Wesak on May 1, 2026.
Phillip Lindsay © 2026.
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Hi Phillip, Your essays are always inspirational. Regarding the current geopolitical crisis instigated by USrael on Iran it seems that the common narratives of nuclear disarmament and a quest for oil may in fact be distractions for another agenda; ie the destruction of the World’s commerce and trade systems thereby preserving the US dollar and US hegemony. Maybe the human sacrifice that will arise if USrael invades Iranian territory is a calculated loss that presages a total martyrdom of Israel. see the link below:
https://www.malone.news/p/dire-straits-part-2?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=583200&post_id=192658481&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4an0y2&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
I am so grateful that you are doing the newsletter again. We need your clarity and wisdom more than ever. Thank you. With gratitude, Nathalie Rawat
Thank you Phillip, your insightful writings always shed light on the troublesome events in the world, enabling one to feel a little more able to witness and understand the dark events that unfold. Light will prevail, though, of that I am quite sure, it’s just a very testing journey.
There is – nor will there be – failure in Iran. War is messy. It will be years before a more ‘accurate’ analysis on end results of this conflict can be performed. Anything in the interim will – most likely be – individual pattern transference onto all ‘data’ that fits and feeds their own ‘traumas, trials, tribulations (e.g. Shadow)’. Human nature is to see the patterns they want to see, not necessarily the ones presented. A reminder to all – the first casualty in war is Truth.
Trump is not evil. However, evil forces are influencing his actions (and no doubt other leaders as well). However, what is being lost in the narrative is this ‘Who is controlling who? And for what purpose?’ Maya abounds. Look deeper. Given the Saturn Return table (in article above), it does appear that 2056 seems more plausible for the completion/transition for US. Hence, my above comments, we are decades away from arriving at any meaningful conclusions.
To Phillip and all those striving for Humanity ‘Keep on keeping on.’ Peace.
Thank you Phillip! My biggest takeaway from this newsletter, so that I may embody these truths, and apply myself in “responsive activity” is….
“To channel and redirect the Shamballa force” – may well be applied by meditating groups around the world at the forthcoming May full moon – Taurus-Scorpio or Wesak on May 1, 2026.”…….
I receive this as a serious invitation to come alongside the Buddha and the Christ, giving our divine energy into this Great Task of our times…… each new day dawns with opportunities for building our prayerful, meditative muscle for depth, sincerity, stamina and endurance….. in every breath and step, in our thoughts and every word we speak…… in all of our relating to each other……
People like you give me hope and inspiration. Namaste