2012 begins with hope and vigor. Last year’s most promising projects, which stalled all autumn, suddenly advance. You now have six months – only – to give these optimistic ventures a mighty push. After June, luck puts on new shoes, for a new dance.

Over the world, 2012 will continue the slow, grinding journey of hierarchy change – with abrupt lurches, such as the Arab Spring. Revolt has not ended – major clashes seem imminent June to September, and the biggest will come in 2014. This summer/fall, the establishment will again try to suppress or illegally use technology – a huge protest will follow.
Both Koreas will feel, politically, like their foundations have been yanked away.

There is no reliable birth chart for the European Union, which formed imperceptibly over time, like a cloud sculpture. The euro currency might rally in late 2012, but will face worsening problems right into 2014. Ultimately the euro will be transformed, but should come back stronger than ever – barring a 2014 implosion of the entire EU.

2012 begins a huge 15-year growth in religion (especially Christianity) oceanic activities, film, drugs, astrophysics, optics and charity. From January through June, farms suffer from over-fertilization or “burned ground.” Forest fires proliferate. Massive earthquakes are possible in the third quarter, perhaps in South America. But, Mayan prophecies notwithstanding, the world won’t end in December – the aspects are too benign.

Beginning in June, obvious by October, the U.S. economic malaise will lighten in tangible ways. One year of great growth will ensue. But Canada and the U.S. still face huge export problems. Property markets in general will continue 2011’s buoyancy to mid-2012, then sag.