Tensions in the world are high, the US under Trump is rapidly turning into a brutal autocracy, betraying the old allies in Europe. China is in the grip of an aggressive delusion of grandeur and the Russian bear continues to growl dangerously. NATO is under pressure and war language is heard from all sides. From a more modern-astrological point of view, the past year with the sign changes of all outer planets was indeed very remarkable and at the end of February there will be a conjunction of Saturn and Neptune almost at the vernal equinox.
Warsaw
The coming year seems however a bit quieter in that respect, those sign changes are over. But the big question is, of course, what the coming “solar for the world” – the Aries Ingress – will look like? It will take a while before that happens, of course, but the Aries Ingress chart does indicate what we can expect in 2026 and then we pay particular attention to Mars with such a great threat of war. The Ingress chart is made for the exact moment that the Sun enters Aries again and this chart is valid for a whole year. The Ingress given here is made for Warsaw because if something is going to happen, Poland with the Baltic states and Finland will be one of the countries on the front line.
Nodal Axis
What immediately stands out in the ingress for Warsaw is the nodal axis falling on the Asc/Desc axis and that is always a sign that something important will happen. Ingress Lord 1 is Poland this year and Lord 1 is weak in detriment and falls right on the descendant (opponent) . Mercury is also the ruler of the tenth house and the MC itself is in the crisis zone. The Sun is on cusp 8 of death and conjunct Neptune which brings great chaos. So far, there is not much reassuring to see.
Mars
The war planet Mars is also prominent, in the seventh house of the confrontation with the opponent. The red planet is in conjunction with Achernar, a powerful star that has to do with the solar chariot coming down in flames, not a nice image in this context. Through antiscion, Mars is the war planet in opposition to Venus, the peace planet is in detriment, because it is in Aries under disposition of Mars. This weak Venus, the destroyed planet of peace, is emphasized by the conjunction with the Moon which is one of the four planets in the eighth house of death. Pfff! Can the Great Benefic Jupiter in exaltation perhaps make the picture a bit milder? Probably not because Jupiter is Lord 7 of the opponent conjncting the brutal violent Sirius in the Great Dog.