August eclipses
1. July Review — Significant Points
Natural Disaster Prediction
- Dan explicitly admits he was wrong in saying Uranus's square to the lunar nodes hadn't brought significant natural disasters. On 24 June, two large earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing thousands — occurring 39 seconds apart and so alike that seismologists called them a "doublet" (twin earthquakes), with Uranus sitting in Gemini, the sign of the twins (lines 7–13).
Mars–Uranus Conjunction (exact 4 July)
This volatile conjunction manifested across multiple events:
| Event | Detail | Astrological Correlation |
|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn Bridge fire | Independence Day fireworks set fire to the bridge | Gemini = connective infrastructure incl. bridges |
| Cuban power cuts | Nationwide power cuts in Cuba | Mars "cuts and severs" Uranus's electricity |
| Iran war escalation | Iranian drone hit a ship in the Strait of Hormuz (26 June); Trump declared ceasefire over (8 July); US now bombing Iranian targets daily | Objective shifted from ending nuclear programme to controlling the Strait of Hormuz |
| Houthi blockade (22 July) | Houthis attacked two Saudi oil tankers, declared naval blockade on Saudi Arabia | Twin trade choke points (Persian Gulf + Red Sea) targeted — "Hello Gemini again" |
| Ukraine escalation | Both sides bombarding each other's energy infrastructure; Russia claimed capture of Kostiantynivka (3 July), key to the Donbas; Ukraine disputes it | Fighting over the truth about one city suggests the war may be entering its endgame (lines 14–40) |
The Barbault Basket
- Named for the late French astrologer André Barbault, this remarkable outer planet configuration yielded three big themes (possibly one story):
- Emergence of digital technocracy
- Great bifurcations of the world
- Popping of the AI bubble (certainly the chip bubble)
- Full retrospective planned for the members' bonus section (lines 42–48).
2. Total Solar Eclipse — 12 August 2026
Key Technical Details
- Date: 12 August 2026
- Zodiacal position: 20°1′ Leo
- Type: Total solar eclipse (relatively short — maximum totality 2 minutes 18 seconds, vs. longest recorded exceeding 7 minutes)
- Closest aspecting planet: Saturn in Aries (~5° from an exact trine to the Sun and Moon)
- Also in Leo with the eclipse: Jupiter and Mercury (lines 63–78)
Interpretive Themes
| Element | Significance |
|---|---|
| Leo (domicile of the Sun) | Central figures — presidents, monarchs, CEOs, famous celebrities; likely fall or death of prominent figures |
| Saturn in Aries (trine) | Attempts to limit or restrain conflict; energy restrictions; pressures of independence |
| Jupiter in Leo | Potential for glory for some |
| Mercury in Leo | Revelation of secret knowledge; strong Mercurial energy (eclipse is in Leo's Egyptian bound belonging to Mercury) |
| Mercury's configuration | In a kite: opposes Pluto, sits at midpoint of Venus and Uranus; Venus–Uranus–third planet in a grand air trine — suggests disruptions to wealth, things of value, and possibly oil; intense negotiations relating to the energy market |
| 90° dial | Eclipse sits at the Mercury–Uranus midpoint → shocking revelations of information, probably relating to celebrities, politicians, and monarchs |
| Key word | Breakthrough |
Mystical Dimension
- The eclipse hits the charts of famous spiritual teachers of the 19th–20th centuries: Helena Blavatsky, Edgar Cayce, Rudolf Steiner, and Sri Aurobindo — all spoke about mystical themes like the wisdom of ancient Egypt and Atlantis (lines 96–99).
- Potential manifestation already seen: the supposed discovery of a second sphinx at Giza using synthetic aperture radar by Italian researcher Filippo Bondi and his team, announced on the summer solstice (21 June) in Bologna (lines 102–104).
Eclipse Path & Geopolitical Implications
The eclipse path passes through: Russian Arctic → Greenland → West Iceland → Spain (lines 110–113).
| Country | Significance |
|---|---|
| Greenland | In the news due to Trump's efforts to acquire it; eclipse signals those efforts aren't going away |
| Spain | Ruled by a socialist government; has broken ranks with the West in denouncing Israel's conduct; refused US use of two bases during the Iran conflict; refusing to boost defence spending; also just won the World Cup |
| Russia | Eclipse path starts in the Russian Arctic; implicates Vladimir Putin (his Pluto and South Node are very close by; his Midheaven may also be there, though chart time is in doubt); the Russia natal chart (25 December 1991) has an ascendant very close to this eclipse |
Eclipse Already in Action
A BBC headline from 8 July — "Trump takes aim at wasted cause Spain and revives Greenland claim at NATO summit" — names two of the very small number of countries where this eclipse is visible, in a single headline, over a month before the eclipse (lines 123–128).
Russia–Ukraine Forecast
- Russia's powerful historic resonance with the Saturn–Neptune cycle (conjunctions every 36 years; current conjunction perfected in February 2026, still in orb, planets moving to within ~7° in the last quarter of the year) (lines 136–140).
- Bottom line: Dan believes this eclipse will bring a breakthrough in the Russia–Ukraine conflict very soon. Russians are claiming big breakthroughs (Kostiantynivka), but their oil industry and economy are taking heavy damage from Ukrainian drone attacks. Both sides have a growing incentive to stop the conflict (lines 141–149).
Cuba
- Wade Caves highlighted on this channel that August's Leo eclipse seems to promise big changes for the Cuban government too (lines 21–22).
3. Partial Lunar Eclipse — 28 August 2026 (Pisces)
Key Technical Details
- Date: 28 August 2026
- Type: Partial lunar eclipse
- Zodiacal positions: Moon at 4° Pisces, Sun at 4° Virgo
- Significance: Third and final of a series of three lunar eclipses in Pisces (lines 150–158)
General Pisces Eclipse Themes
Sacrifice and martyrdom, faith and spirituality, dissolution of borders and boundaries, boundary-crossing people (immigrants), and the oceans (lines 153–156).
Review of the Previous Two Pisces Eclipses
| Eclipse | Date & Position | Key Events |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 18 Sept 2024, 25° Pisces (Egyptian bound of Mars; ~3° conjunct Neptune) | Israeli pager attack on Hezbollah (booby-trapped pagers exploded across Lebanon); second attempt on Trump's life (Ryan Routh arrested at golf course) — Neptune theme of illusions/deception |
| 2nd | 7 Sept 2025, 15° Pisces (3° from lunar node; total/blood moon) | Vatican canonised Carlo Acutis (died of leukaemia aged 15 in 2006 — "first millennial saint," patron saint of the internet); Nepal's Gen Z uprising began over a social media ban, leading to fall of the government (8 Sept); Charlie Kirk assassinated (10 Sept) — Mercury was in Virgo but combusted (burned by the Sun's beams); Mercury = young people + speech |
The August Lunar Eclipse Chart
| Element | Significance |
|---|---|
| Mercury cazimi | Mercury almost exactly conjunct the Sun in Virgo (its domicile and exaltation) — would be very powerful if not being eclipsed; planet of communication, cleverness, technicalities, and trade |
| Tight square to Uranus in Gemini | Adds fast-acting, unpredictable energy; strong Mercury–Uranus flavour — surprising/shocking/disruptive information and events with a strongly technical element |
| Moon conjunct fixed star Fomalhaut | One of the four royal/watcher stars of the Persians; brings great idealism but also potential for deception or delusion; can raise people to great heights or bring them crashing down |
Historical Parallels — Lunar Eclipses Conjunct Fomalhaut
| Date | Nearby Events |
|---|---|
| 27 Aug 1969 | Just after Woodstock festival; also shortly after the Manson murders and the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland |
| Aug 1980 | 5 days before the Gdańsk Agreement between Polish communist government and shipyard workers, allowing formation of Solidarity (first independent trade union in the Soviet bloc), eventually contributing to the fall of the USSR |
| 27 Aug 1988 | Shortly after the start of the 8888 Uprising of students and monks for democracy in Burma |
Look out for events with a flavour of great idealism or spiritual power, but also others involving deception or the misuse of those same energies (lines 213–215).
Lunation Family Analysis
The eclipse carries forward themes from earlier lunations in its family:
- New Moon (28 Feb 2025): The infamous White House meeting between Zelensky, Trump, and JD Vance, in which the latter two berated Zelensky for ingratitude and pushed him to accept a ceasefire with Russia (lines 222–225).
- First Quarter Moon (28 Nov 2025): Trump's 27 November deadline for Zelensky to accept a US-devised 28-point peace plan (entailing Ukraine ceding territory, limiting its military, and promising not to join NATO). On the same day, Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators raided the home of Zelensky's chief of staff (also Ukraine's lead peace negotiator) (lines 226–236).
Prediction: This eclipse could see Zelensky coming under significant pressure again — possibly over corruption, or from the US, or both. The recurring theme is Trump putting Zelensky under strong pressure to end the war (lines 236–232).
Geopolitical Signal
- Uranus in Gemini is triggered heavily by this eclipse. Dan expects Uranus in Gemini to spark and deepen significant splits and bifurcations in the world. The astrology of August may signify events leading, down the line, to some kind of division of Ukraine and thus of the West from the East — as in the Cold War. Probably not in August itself, but look for events signalling that direction (lines 238–244).
- Lunar eclipses last for many months, if not years. Events coinciding with them serve as signals of what's coming later (lines 244–245).
4. Jupiter–Saturn Waxing Trine — 31 August 2026
Key Details
- Date: 31 August 2026 (first of three trines)
- Second trine: 3 April 2027
- Third trine: 11 July 2027
- Part of the current 20-year synodic cycle of Jupiter and Saturn, which began with their last conjunction in the first degree of Aquarius on the winter solstice of 2020 (lines 247–253).
The Jupiter–Saturn Cycle & Digital Technocracy
| Phase | Event/Manifestation |
|---|---|
| Conjunction (Dec 2020, 1° Aquarius) | Roll-out of COVID injections + associated bureaucratic machinery, including QR code compliance systems for travel and public spaces — a "flavour of things to come" |
| Waxing squares (2024–2025) | Launch of Project Stargate (Jan 2025, day after Trump's inauguration) — a $500 billion AI investment programme; fruits now visible as data centres built across America and the world |
| Waxing trine (Aug 2026) | Ongoing construction of digital governance systems (surveillance through devices, digital currency, digital ID, AI); look for legislation and announcements on digital technocracy and data centre construction around this time |
Key Interpretive Points
- The Jupiter–Saturn cycle speaks to the character of visible structures of governance and the laws of the land (lines 254–255).
- Aquarius relates to technology, forward-thinking visions of the future, but also limits, rules, and control (lines 255–256).
- Project Stargate's gargantuan scale isn't for making AI-generated TikTok videos — it's to process vast amounts of data, likely for a system in which every device feeds back information about what each of us is saying and doing (lines 271–274).
- Trines tend to bring rapid, relatively easy flows of energy — not times of serious opposition or grinding to a halt. That kind of resistance will come later at the opposition in 2030–2031 (lines 277–280).
This review faithfully reflects the content of Dan's transcript. All astrological interpretations, predictions, and claims about world events are Dan's, as presented in the transcript — they have not been independently verified against external news sources.