I've read in many websites that the Ruler of 2020 is the sun, but when I saw the chart for both the midnight of Jan 01 and the solar return to Aries 0 degrees I only saw a much stronger Saturn influence. I would definitely say Saturn is the Ruler of the Year, if there is such a thing.
Can anyone please elucidate where these affirmations are coming from and how these rulers of the year are defined?
Thanks and best regards from Brazil,
Davi
Hi davibp04,
That's a good question.
I suppose the context is important.
In the context of earthly matters, there is an operative chart scheme. That begins with a grand conjunction, which is a joining of Jupiter and Saturn in Aries and that last happened on or about May 21, 1702 at 6 degrees of Aries.
The next grand conjunction will be in the year 2487.
The next chart in the scheme is the great conjunction, also a joining of Jupiter and Saturn, but it can occur in any sign and not strictly Aries. The last great conjunction occurred at 22 degrees Taurus on or about May 28, 2000.
The next great conjunction will occur on or about October 31, 2040 at 17 degrees Libra.
The third chart in the scheme is the great malefic, a joining of Mars and Saturn and it occurred on or about May 25, 2004 at 11 degrees Cancer.
The next great malefic will occur June 26, 2034 at 22 degrees Cancer.
The final chart in the scheme is the Aries Ingress Chart.
Each of those three charts has a chart ruler, and you're supposed to look at the aspects the those chart rulers make in the Aries Ingress Chart, if any.
How do you identify the chart ruler?
That's a bit complicated, because there are a number of methods.
One method, and this is the method I often use in natal charts, is to look at the next sign from Moon.
Moon in Aquarius so the next sign is Pisces, which makes Jupiter the chart ruler.
Note that Mars and Jupiter are joined at 22 degrees Capricorn.
Whether you're in the US or Rio do Ouro, that's in H7 which does not bode well.
Others hold that Moon's ruler is the chart ruler, or in this case since Moon is in Aquarius, it would be Saturn.
Another claim is the sect ruler's term ruler. This chart is diurnal, so Sun is sect ruler meaning Jupiter is chart ruler. That's not making a lot of sense to me, because Sun at Aries ingress will always be in the term of Jupiter, so I discount that theory.
Another theory is the body that has the most favorable position in the chart by sign, or term or both. I dismiss that too, since Sun could never be chart ruler since is always in Aries, even though Sun is exalted in Aries.
The last method I know is simply a judgment call, looking at the best situated body.
Moon is void of course, slow and in H8 and out of sect, so that's a no vote.
Mercury is in H9, Pisces, slow and ruled by a Jupiter in fall, so no for him.
Venus is in Taurus H11, but in Jupiter's terms and Jupiter is very bad in this chart, so no.
Mars is angular in H7 and in his sign of exaltation, though not quite exalted. He's a candidate.
Sun is angular in H10, but in the term of a distressed Jupiter, so not him.
Jupiter is just pathetic. In fall, angular in H7, besieged by Mars and Saturn and his joined to Mars and with Saturn, plus he's in the term of Saturn, so no, not him.
Saturn is angular H7, in Capricorn, about to be joined by Mars and with Jupiter and in the term of Mars.
So, the method I use says Jupiter which is a distressing thought for the whole world, but if you rely on strength it's a toss-up between Mars and Saturn.
If I had to make a judgment, I'd say Mars.
This chart is just terrible overall.
I'd expect some serious conflict somewhere in the world.
Note that Mars and Jupiter are joined at 22 Capricorn which exactly trines Jupiter/Saturn at 22 degrees Taurus in the great conjunction of 2000.
Pay attention to December 2020. If anything is going to happen, that's most likely when.