Astrological Predictions for July 2025

The Solatic Hypothesis

Solar cycles reflect an internal oscillation within the sun which produces a variation in the expulsion of electro-magnetic energy. One of the most visible and obvious effects of this is that the amount of light emitted from the sun increases.

During periods of high irradiance result in higher UV rays and red light as well.¹ This means that during the high point of the cycle, humans are subject to greater amounts of healing, testosterone boosting red light. For centuries, humans have speculated about the influence of the phases of the moon on mass psychology. The word “lunatic” means a person under lunar influence. If the sun also influences a person, that would make them a “Solatic.” The study of solar influence could be called “Solatism.”

Whereas lunatism is associated with femininity, the menstrual cycle, and hysteria, Solaticism, on the other hand, produces masculinity, war, violence, xenophobia, and chauvinism. Historically, periods of peak and minimal Solatism since 1975 can be recorded as follows:

ZENITH: 1980, 1989, 2001, 2014, with a projected peak in July 2025.

NADIR: 1975, 1987, 1996, 2008, 2019, with a projected low-point in 2031.

1975

1975 was a great year for disco. It is the first year when the Bee Gees began to sing in falsetto, creating their preeminent disco sound. I will link my article, Emergence and Hegemony, for further details on how 1975 represents the absolute peak of the disco movement, and how this was essentially a feminine movement:

The following election year, 1976, was the last time when the Democrat party won the south. Carter as a president represents a low point for both the Republican and Democrat parties. The Republicans ran Gerald Ford, who was the equivalent of John McCain — a weak, liberal “throwaway” candidate. The Republicans were deflated and demoralized after the successful lawfare operation against Nixon. On the other hand, Democrats ran Jimmy Carter, whose character was best represented in the popular children’s TV show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001). He was a far cry from the strong leadership of JFK or FDR.

1980

By contrast, 1980 was an extremely masculine year. Ronald Reagan won in a landslide, taking the “solid south” away from the Democrat party for the next 40 years. 1980 ushered in the age of golden age of insider trading, corporate raiding and corporate sharks, leveraged buyouts, asset stripping, and hostile takeovers:

1. Carl Icahn began his career as a corporate raider in 1978, a practice which reached its most dramatic crescendo with the acquisition of Trans World Airlines in 1985.

2. Michael Milken came under heavy scrutiny from the SEC in 1979 for his flagrant insider trading, for which he was indicted in 1989.

3. Dennis Levine began using Bank Leu in May 1980 in order to hide his insider trading. He pled guilty in 1986.

4. Ivan Boesky, who coined the phrase “greed is good,” likely began his insider trading in 1982, after losing $60 million on Cities Services (now Citgo). He pled guilty in 1986.

5. Asher Edelman, who taught a course entitled, “Corporate Raiding — The Art of War,” began his hostile takeovers in 1982.

An incredible look into this extreme virile, vicious, and sadistic culture can be found in James Stewart’s Den of Thieves (1992).

In the world of film, 1980 was also a high point of masculinity:

1. In 1979, the first Mad Max movie was released, as was Alien.

2. Roger Ebert summarizes Apocalypse Now (1979) as follows: "unsettling juxtaposition of horror and exhilaration [..] the insane power of Wagner's music, played loudly during the attack." Coppola, the director, said that the film was not anti-war. "[An anti-war film] shouldn't have sequences of violence that inspire a lust for violence. Apocalypse Now has stirring scenes of helicopters attacking innocent people. That's not anti-war."²

3. In 1982, Rambo and Conan the Barbarian were released.

Apart from these high-testosterone war films, 1980 was also an incredible year for extremely violent and extremely successful horror films. The first great slasher film, Halloween, was released in 1978. The Shining (1980), Friday the 13th (1980), The Thing (1982), and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) all constitute an integral part of the lust that American audiences felt for horror and violence during this period.

1987

1987 represents a significant “toning down” of the high-octane period of 1978 to 1982. The most popular film of this year was Beverly Hills Cop II, a derivative comedy starring Eddie Murphy. In terms of elections, it directly preceded the ascension of George Bush Sr., who was a moderate compared to Reagan. Bush’s moderate position inspired Ross Perot’s later run in 1992. In 1987, the SEC began investigating and prosecuting insider trading. The era of gruesome war films, barbarians and financial pirates was coming to an end.

1989

Solar activity exploded extremely quickly from a minimum in 1987 to a maximum in 1989. This high period of activity continued until 1991, and coincides with a series of revolutions and declarations of national independence in the Soviet Union. This may not be a simple coincidence — it is possible that the CIA chose this period of rapid solatic increase to activate sleeper cells within the Soviet Union.

1996

The 1996 election was a defeat for the populism of Ross Perot, and a victory for an extremely moderate centrist candidate in Bill Clinton. The pattern established here is that high solatism correlates with periods of extreme change, while low solar activity is associated with passivity, low conflict, preservation of the status quo, and an “easy going” attitude.

2001

2001, without a doubt, ushered in a new period of war-lust, xenophobia, and amygdala activation (a right-wing marker). For conspiracy theories, the events of 9/11 need not be a mere coincidence. However, for the less conspiracy minded, we can imagine that a more pacific public would not have been revenge obsessed in 2001 without high levels of solatism.

2008

2008 was not an especially depressing year in politics, despite being extremely depressing economically. This is because Obama, as a repeat of Jimmy Carter, promised hope and change. Obama emphasized the feminine virtues of “coming together.” Voters believed Obama could heal the racial divide in the country.

2014

By 2014, the hope and change of Obama turned into race riots in Ferguson, Missouri. Ferguson still looks like a bombed-out war zone to this day. 2014 was a high point for the pre-Trump alt-right. While the alt-right would gain more popularity by piggy backing off Trump, the “grassroots” and “organic” support for white nationalism in 2014 was remarkable.

2020

2020 was a year of harm avoidance and solar avoidance. People were staying indoors and covering their faces. The lack of outdoor activity in 2020 likely amplified already depressed solar activity. Teenagers experiencing puberty during this period have reported non-reproductive sexual preferences at a greater rate than in any other period in recorded history. The fact that Russia made plans to attack Ukraine during this year does not reflect high solatic influence on Russia, but low solatic influence on the west. This created the perception that the west was weak and would be unwilling to defend itself.

2025

Predictions for 2025 are difficult to make, but some factors will necessarily play a role in the events of this coming year. Firstly, the War in Gaza must either expand into Lebanon, or come to some sort of bloody conclusion. Secondly, the War in Ukraine must either be reinforced with massive amounts of aid, especially from France, or else it will be defined by Russian advances.

Perhaps the most important outcome to watch will be the 2025 inauguration. The “insurrection” of 2021 was a pathetic and ragtag band of Gen X protestors who, in an ironic and self-defeating manner, thought that they were simultaneously staging a “revolution” and also exercising “peaceful protest.” Will such events reignite in 2025, this time with greater power? Or will the 2025 inauguration result in a Trump dictatorship? Surely nothing ever happens, so it is entirely possible that a Biden or Trump victory results in four more years of gerontocratic decline. But the examples of Bukele in El Salvador and Milei in Argentina show that autocratic and masculine political forces have the potential to arise seemingly out of the blue.

Conclusion

One of the best ways to test a Solatic hypothesis would be to measure testosterone levels. Testosterone has been declining steadily for decades, but if we adjust for the average decline per year, does the decline slow with high solar activity, and does the decline speed up in years of low solar activity?

Alternatively, 5G conspiracy theories suggest that electromagnetic radiation might directly affect the brain. If this were even partially true, it may be the case that such radiation is not necessarily “unhealthy,” as the conspiracy theorists claim, but that it might simply be a natural part of of the rhythm of human psychology.

Lastly, human Circadian rhythms, which operate according to solar alignment, might be affected at a macro scale. Heightened solar activity might create a “macro” Circadian affect, where humans feel more alert and more awake. This is, on a daily basis, caused by increases in blood pressure, testosterone secretion, alertness, higher coordination and reaction time, increased cardiovascular efficiency and muscle strength, and higher body temperatures. All of these biometric markers could be studied at a mass scale to attempt to prove or disprove a correlation to solar activity.

It might also be the case that just as some humans are “night owls” due to genetic factors, a small subset of the population might be “solatic.” As a result, studying the entire population would be unlikely to show strong behavioral or biochemical responses to solar activity, but if this small subset could be studied, then the affects would become apparent. One way to test this would be to study individuals with seasonal affect disorder, to discover if low solar activity had any affect on their overall mood. Such studies would take multiple decades to complete and are not likely to come out any time soon. Until then, we can only speculate.

1. Solar uv irradiance, its variation, and its relevance to the earth: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273117702002028

2. The film features the live slaughter of a water buffalo. Yes, animals were really harmed in the making of the film. Additionally, the film almost used real bodies, actual real human dead bodies, before the scheme was discovered and removed from the film.