This document provides a brief introduction to mundane astrology and how it can be used to understand characteristics and predict events for nations. It outlines the traditional astrological meanings associated with planets and houses in mundane astrology charts, which differ from natal charts. Examples are given of countries that can be analyzed using their founding dates and mundane astrology, including the United States, France, and Iceland. Issues around determining exact founding dates for some nations are also noted.

1. CHARTS OF
NATIONS
(Mundane astrology in 10 minutes)

2. What can we know?
• Characteristics and attributes of nations
• Political climates and leadership
• Event predictions
• Mundane astrology uses the founding time of a country.
• Each house & planet is ascribed a traditional mundane meaning that
differs from a natal chart.

3. Mundane Planets
Sun Leadership
Moon People & public nature
Mercury Literary & intellectual world
Venus Birth rate, social factors, arts, peace
Mars Military, war, industrial
Jupiter Religious, judicial, wealth
Saturn Death rate, epidemics, land issues

4. Mundane Houses
1st Country & inhabitants 7th Foreign affairs & marriage
2nd Wealth & banks 8th Death!
3rd Transit, news, & neighbors 9th Shipping, religion, law
4th Land, production, opposition 10th Monarch & famous people
5th Fun! Sex, sports, shows 11th Parliament, legislation
6th Public health & services 12th Prisons, hospitals, occult

5. Contestants, step on up…
• United States
• France
• Iceland

6. First stop:
Controversy
• Multiple birthdays!
• Differing opinions!
• Lack of documentation
• Changing times to make us feel better!

10. Can’t Get Enough?
• Nick Campion “Book of World Horoscopes”
• Noel Tyl “Mundane Astrology – the Study of Nations”
• Skyscript.co.uk – Deborah Houlding, Tom Callahan, Sue Touhey