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Samedi 22 janvier :
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3rd Degree of Aquarius
Sabian Symbol:
A deserter from the navy stands suddenly aware of the dawning truth that freedom is never the result of compromise.
27th Degree of Virgo
Sabian Symbol:
In the luxurious quarters of a home furnished in delicate period style elderly ladies are enjoying afternoon tea.
5th Degree of Aquarius
Sabian Symbol:
In the land of shades a grave council of the ancestors of a man of world importance has been called to guide him.
13th Degree of Capricorn
Sabian Symbol:
Back against the mountains towards the East that fringe the roof of the world a fire worshipper is meditating.
29th Degree of Sagittarius
Sabian Symbol:
A perspiring fat-boy is mowing the grass; he has discovered the handicap of flesh and is determined to lose it.
6th Degree of Pisces
Sabian Symbol:
All the traditional dignity of West Point is seen in the parade of officers-in-the-making under the setting sun.
15th Degree of Aquarius
Sabian Symbol:
Two little love birds are sitting on a fence singing to each other and advertising their happiness to the world.
11th Degree of Taurus
Sabian Symbol:
A woman, cool in sunbonnet and simple garments, is leisurely watering long rows of flowers in full bloom.
22nd Degree of Pisces
Sabian Symbol:
Down the man-made mountain of industry in allegorical representation some the prophet with tablets of a new law.
27th Degree of Capricorn
Sabian Symbol:
A party of anchorites are making a mountain pilgrimage and in view lie both the busy world and the quiet way ahead.
29th Degree of Taurus
Sabian Symbol:
Two garrulous cobblers are working side by side on their ancient bench.
23rd Degree of Pisces
Sabian Symbol:
A huge hulk of a woman medium gone into trance and around her are entities continually forming and dissolving.
28th Degree of Capricorn
Sabian Symbol:
A large aviary built as a wing to a rural mansion reveals a host of singing and contended feathered citizens.
22-Jan-2022, 16:08 UT/GMT | ||||
 | Sun | 2 |  | 36'22" |
 | Moon | 26 |  | 46'58" |
 | Mercury | 4 | | 21'20"r |
 | Venus | 12 |  | 0'17"r |
 | Mars | 28 |  | 38'55" |
 | Jupiter | 5 |  | 5'51" |
 | Saturn | 14 | | 22'22" |
 | Uranus | 10 |  | 49'31" |
 | Neptune | 21 | | 9'30" |
 | Pluto | 26 | | 38'44" |
 | TrueNode | 29 | | 20'21"r |
 | Chiron | 8 |  | 57'24" |
| Planet | Longitude |
| Sun | 02 Aqu 36' 23" |
| Moon | 26 Vir 47' 04" |
| Mercury | 04 Aqu 21' 19" R |
| Venus | 12 Cap 00' 17" R |
| Mars | 28 Sag 38' 56" |
| Jupiter | 05 Pis 05' 51" |
| Saturn | 14 Aqu 22' 22" |
| Uranus | 10 Tau 49' 31" |
| Neptune | 21 Pis 09' 30" |
| Pluto | 26 Cap 38' 44" |
| Chiron | 08 Ari 57' 24" |
| Lilith | 20 Gem 51' 53" |
| True Node | 29 Tau 20' 21" R |
| Planet | Aspect | Planet | Orb |
| Sun | Conjunction | Mercury | 1.75 |
| Moon | Square | Mars | 1.86 |
| Moon | Trine | Pluto | 0.14 |
| Moon | Trine | True Node | 2.55 |
| Mercury | Conjunction | Sun | 1.75 |
| Venus | Trine | Uranus | 1.18 |
| Mars | Square | Moon | 1.86 |
| Mars | Quincunx | True Node | 0.69 |
| Uranus | Trine | Venus | 1.18 |
| Neptune | Square | Lilith | 0.29 |
| Pluto | Trine | Moon | 0.14 |
| Pluto | Trine | True Node | 2.69 |
| Lilith | Square | Neptune | 0.29 |
| True Node | Trine | Moon | 2.55 |
| True Node | Quincunx | Mars | 0.69 |
| True Node | Trine | Pluto | 2.69 |
Paris
Sat, Jan 22, 2022
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 Aquarius 2-3° – Sabian symbol 303"A deserter from the navy" |
| Sunrise 08:31 |
| Sunset 17:31 |
| Twilight ends 19:22 begins 06:39 |
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20th Lunar Day 
22:27
This Lunar Day is propicious to creating, reflecting, meditating, but also crises, anger, revenge, passion.
Waning Gibbous
This period is intended to summarize and analyze errors. It is better not to begin new affairs at this time.
Moon in Virgo 
23:02
Suitable energy for general and menial work, in particular jobs that require attention to details and great patience, crafts, knitting, sewing, cooking, mending, cleaning, nursing, volunteering, accounting, studying, researching, testing, purifying, collecting, classifying, putting order into chaos. Purchase of craft materials and tools, collectibles, pets.
| Rise | Set | |
| Mercury | 08:20 | 17:53 |
| Venus | 06:46 | 16:18 |
| Moon | 21:13 | 10:58 |
| Mars | 06:32 | 14:38 |
| Jupiter | 09:57 | 20:24 |
| Saturn | 09:10 | 18:29 |
| January 22nd, 2022 | |
![[S]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/sun.gif){kind=icon} | The Sun is in Aquarius |
 | The Moon is in Virgo The Disseminating Moon is in Virgo, Enters Libra 23:03 |
![[V/C]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/void.gif){kind=icon} | Moon Void of Course 20:46 to 23:03 |
![[Hg]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/Mercury.gif){kind=icon} ![[Rx]](https://www.astrograph.com/images/icons/retrograde2.gif){kind=icon} | Current Mercury Retrograde Period Jan 14 - Feb 3 |
| January 22, 2022 | Sa |
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**Conjunctions to Select Fixed Stars on January 22, 2021.**
Aspects to Sun 02°Aq38 -19°34′
conjunct 02°Aq04 ALTAIR To explore, to be bold.
Aspects to Mars 28°Sg40 -23°48′
conjunct 29°Sg03 ACUMEN Enduring attacks which weaken.
Aspects to Jupiter 05°Pi06 -10°32′
conjunct 05°Pi37 DENEB ADIGE Artistic, strong will.
conjunct 04°Pi09 FOMALHAUT *** Success through noble ideals
Aspects to North Node 29°Ta20 +20°00′
conjunct 00°Ge17 ALCYONE Mystical but judgmental.
Aspects to South Node 29°Sc20 -20°00′
conjunct 29°Sc44 TOLIMAN Learning, the lessons of life.
Aspects to Black Moon 20°Ge52 +25°05′
conjunct 21°Ge15 BELLATRIX ** Success through the Shadow.
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 | 08:31 | 09:16 |  | 17:36 | 18:50 |
 | 09:16 | 10:02 |  | 18:50 | 20:05 |
 | 10:02 | 10:47 | | 20:05 | 21:19 |
 | 10:47 | 11:32 | | 21:19 | 22:34 |
 | 11:32 | 12:18 | | 22:34 | 23:48 |
| 12:18 | 13:03 | | 23:48 | 01:03 |
| 13:03 | 13:49 | | 01:03 | 02:17 |
| 13:49 | 14:34 | | 02:17 | 03:32 |
| 14:34 | 15:20 | | 03:32 | 04:46 |
| 15:20 | 16:05 | | 04:46 | 06:01 |
| 16:05 | 16:50 | | 06:01 | 07:15 |
| 16:50 | 17:36 | | 07:15 | 08:30 |
Astro-Weather
January 22 2022
5:10 PM Time Zone is CET
Paris,FR
Applying Sun Square Uranus
Leaders or authorities often struggle under this transit. Disruptions, strikes, disputes, controversial actions, and other such jolts and upsets could occur around this time. It’s not the best time for dealing with conservative projects or people.
Applying Moon Square Mars
This transit often coincides with stressful conditions, upsets, quick responses, and competitive reactions. Males may raise challenges to cooperation. Impulse control may be an issue. Constructive projects will channel negative energies.
Applying Mercury Conjunct Sun
This contact often indicates that news or an announcement of some importance from leaders is imminent. If Mercury is retrograde, then this is a time of urgent matters or impulsive decisions. If Mercury is direct, it’s a time of decision making based on rules and regulations. Transportation-related issues are active now and they may require special attention.
Applying Venus Trine Uranus
Unusual events and “firsts” occur under this interesting transit. Protests could begin or end abruptly, and group activities may appear to be erratic and unstable, but may prove productive.
Mars void in Sagittarius
Individual actions stimulate progressive movement or panic. Risks are run that favor the one over the many. Personal survival comes before group cooperation. This is a time for collective ventilation through sports or through some other kind of competition. A good fight is what’s needed. Leaders take actions, make decisions, and implement repairs. Constructive activities become more focused and detailed.
Applying Jupiter Sextile Uranus
This is a time when mostly positive developments, changes, and innovations are happening in many fields, including religion, law, and transportation.
Saturn void in Aquarius
Formalities are the rule; traditions are maintained. Groups of old friends, family, and comrades assemble to remember the past. Conservatism rules; experiments fail. At this time leaders are under pressure and laws are put into effect. It’s a time for staying with tradition and not experimenting with new forms of social behaviors. The past triumphs.
Uranus void in Taurus
Actions are unconventional, radical, or surprising. Not everyone agrees on how things should go, therefore there is discord within groups. Others, who have a specific agenda, persevere to make their point despite fierce opposition. Social conditions are volatile now. The bottom could fall out. It’s a time for experimentation and deviant behaviors. Sudden, unusual, and disruptive conditions occur now that reveal deep inequalities in society and culture.
Neptune void in Pisces
Trends are unclear. Not everything is known, there is much to suspect. The fabric of reality seems to be ripped asunder. Faith in leadership is low. Social and economic conditions are unstable and subject to devaluations. The future looks uncertain and no one is taking any chances. Beliefs about reality are challenged. Some feel overwhelmed, even flooded, literally and figuratively.
Pluto void in Capricorn
There is movement toward displaying outright power. Tolerance and patience are pushed aside in favor of drastic actions. Old wounds are reopened and confrontations forced. Power plays occur. Secret forces make their presence known. Some seek to act on their urges, others attempt to stop them. Deep secrets are revealed. A collective cleansing is in order.
Sun conjunct Pluto. We are strong-willed and focused under this influence. The need to gain more control over our lives motivates us. We benefit now from strategy and keeping things to ourselves for the time being.
Mercury semi-square Mars. We are quick-witted and ready to argue under this influence. We may be working under stressful or hectic conditions, as we feel pressure to get things done quickly. We are inclined to be snappy and irritable, and we may too easily interrupt others rather than listen. Conflicts of interest are likely.
Mercury sextile Chiron. This is an excellent period for opening up communications with others, as we are more sensitive than usual and more willing to listen. Getting our point across is easier, as it’s not only about which words we choose to communicate, we intuitively express the meaning and intention behind the words. We can effectively use words to heal and comfort just now. We are also more open to new ways of looking at problems or at life in general.
Mars sesquiquadrate Uranus. A tendency to take risks, to feel restless, to act on sudden impulses without considering consequences.
Mercury semi-square Neptune. We are not thinking clearly, preferring to daydream. Technical facts can be glossed over at this time. It’s not a good time to make a presentation, to ask for what you want, or to formalize agreements.
JANUARY 22
The Moon continues its transit of Virgo until 5:03 PM EST, encouraging a closer look at the small jobs and details of our lives. While the Moon’s trine to Pluto helps us focus, its square to Mars in Sagittarius can be distracting. Impatience isn’t easy to control. The Moon moves through Libra from 5:03 PM forward, motivating us to harmonize. Cooperation comes more easily with the Moon’s trines to the Sun and Mercury. The Sun and Mercury are heading into alignment, exact tomorrow morning, and we can be doing a lot of thinking or intellectualizing now.
The void Moon occurs from 2:47 PM EST, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a square to Mars), until the Moon enters Libra at 5:03 PM EST.
Astrology of Today – Saturday, January 22, 2022
Today’s Moon:
- The Moon is in Virgo until 5:02 PM, after which the Moon is in Libra.
- A void Moon period occurs from 2:45 PM to 5:02 PM today.
- The Moon is waning and in its Waning Gibbous phase.
- The Full Moon occurred on the 17th in the sign of Cancer, and the Last Quarter Moon will happen on the 25th.
Retrogrades:
- Mercury Rx and Venus Rx.
- Venus is retrograde (Venus is retrograde from December 19th, 2021, to January 29th, 2022).
- Mercury is retrograde (Mercury is retrograde from January 14th to February 3rd).
**Times are Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 5:02 pm
Event: Moon enters Libra
Description: The Moon in Libra
This is a time for seeking out balance, harmony, and peace. It’s also a time to express emotions gracefully, diplomatically, and considerately. There could be a stronger focus on a relationship, partner, or potential partner. The ability to see both sides of a situation or story is a positive, but indecision can be a byproduct. This is a sociable, artistic Moon.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 2:45 pm
Event: Moon goes void of course
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 0:43 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Opp Nep
Description: Transiting Moon Opposition Transiting Neptune
We can be faced with confusing events, and we may not be seeing others clearly. People may be noncommittal, elusive, or absent when we need them. We are more vulnerable and sensitive. Moods are hard to define. Honor your need to feed your more refined or spiritual side, and the difficult feelings will soon fade away.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 3:04 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Opp Pal
Description: Transiting Moon Opposition Transiting Pallas
We can be at odds with one another over a mental or intellectual matter, belief, or idea now. It takes extra effort to understand one another.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 9:21 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Ura
Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Uranus
We can easily find ourselves all wound up and nervous. Unpredictable responses from others (and ourselves). Emotional eruptions are possible. Not a good time to make permanent decisions, particularly about relationships and family/domestic matters.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 9:27 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Jun
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Juno
We can gain strength through others or through our relationships, and we are especially comfortable in one-on-one situations.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 10:50 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Pll Chi
Description: Transiting Moon Parallel Transiting Chiron
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 10:52 am
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Plu
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Pluto
This can be a good time for getting loans, for taking care of business, and for dealing with money matters. It’s also good for getting in touch with feelings and managing them effectively. There can be a boost to our intimate life, creative impulses, and self-understanding. Events occurring now might involve some kind of karmic repayment or benefit. We could discover new information, hidden information, or a lost item. This is a time for recycling – seeing new uses for old items. True feelings come to the surface.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 1:41 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Cer
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Ceres
We can be feeling pleasantly attached to, or supported by, our loved ones or family. We are seeking out security, nurturing, and warmth, and we are more likely to express these things towards others.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 2:45 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqr Mar
Description: Transiting Moon Square Transiting Mars
We can overreact and exhibit impatience. However, this can also be a time of self-motivation. Our need for challenges and action is stimulated now, but we may not find the right outlets.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 2:47 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cpl Nep
Description: Transiting Moon ContraParallel Transiting Neptune
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 3:47 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Nod
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting North Node
A good time for dealing with the public, for making connections, and for taking positive steps towards a personal or professional goal. You are able to make changes. This is a feel-good time for embracing new opportunities.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 3:55 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Sqq Sat
Description: Transiting Moon SesquiSquare Transiting Saturn
We could feel burdened, restricted, or limited during this brief influence. We could be feeling a little down on ourselves, excluded, or lonely. There can be some awkwardness or stiffness and difficulty showing affection and feelings. Patience is a virtue right now; otherwise, we might succumb to feelings of frustration and sadness. All good things come to those who wait.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 5:02 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Cnj Lib
Description: Transiting Moon Entering Libra
This is a time for seeking out balance, harmony, and peace. It’s also a time to express emotions gracefully, diplomatically, and considerately. There could be a stronger focus on a relationship, partner, or potential partner. The ability to see both sides of a situation or story is a positive, but indecision can be a byproduct. This is a sociable, artistic Moon.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 10:42 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Sun
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Sun
There is a nice feeling of harmony and a cooperative feel to this time. Better decision making. We represent ourselves well now. It’s easier to attract support, favorable responses, and positive experiences. We are less fearful and less defensive. This is a harmonious time.
Date & Time: Jan 22 2022 11:46 pm
Event: Tr-Tr Mon Tri Mer
Description: Transiting Moon Trine Transiting Mercury
Ideas flow freely. We express feelings with clarity and thoughts with sensitivity. An excellent time for cooperative projects. A good time for taking tests, writing, promoting, public speaking, and studying. We are alert, observant, and our memory is good.
VIRGO STRONG
Meticulous, discriminating, pure, practical, health conscious, hard working. Can be hyper-critical, petty and perfectionistic.
CAPRICORN STRONG
Disciplined, responsible, reliable, industrious, conscientious, practical, achieving. Can be pessimistic, overly conventional, rigid, materialistic, callous.
AQUARIUS STRONG
Humanitarian, innovative, group conscious, progressive, serving others. Can be rebellious, eccentric, aloof, emotionally superficial, overly extroverted.
Today’s Elemental Balance
FIRE WEAK
We are not very goal-oriented right now, or motivation to pursue our goals may be waning/lacking. Changes feel overwhelming. Enthusiasm may be low, we argue less, and we think more than we take action.
EARTH STRONG
Earth signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn. We are especially in touch with the physical world. We consider what we’ve learned and experienced in the past in order to make the most of the present. We can be cautious, practical, and possibly unimaginative. We are deliberate and can pace ourselves well. We need hands-on experience and are not impressed with theory as much as we are with results. Routines are tolerable and comforting.
WATER WEAK
There may be some insensitivity or lack of empathy now. We may be out of touch with what we’re feeling or with our emotional needs. We may be tougher than usual now, and more inclined to follow mental or practical considerations than we are to listen to our intuition.
Today’s Modal Balance
The modes are balanced today.
Today’s Lunar Phase
LUNAR PHASE: FULL MOON
Moon 180 to 135 degrees behind the Sun.
We are concerned mainly with the nature of relationships and are made aware of recent imbalances. Something can come to fruition. Our concern is not limited to personal relationships, but relationships of all kinds. Our cards are on the table.
THE MOON IN VIRGO
We have an emotional need for order with the Moon in Virgo. Diet, nutrition, health matters, work, and routines are in stronger focus. If we’re feeling out of sorts emotionally, we might also experience symptoms on a physical level now.
15TH DEGREE OF VIRGO
Part of Body: ‘Bare area’ of liver
Sabian Symbol: An ornamental handkerchief.
ASPECTS OF THE MOON
TRINE VENUS Orb 2°01′ Separating
We tend to seek out harmony, balance, and beauty. Love, romance, decorating, beauty treatments, the arts, creative pursuits, parties, dates, and recreation are generally favored now. There is increased sensitivity, affection, and warmth, but there could also be some appeasement, tact, and diplomacy.
QUINCUNX SATURN Orb 0°03′ Separating
This is a brief period of uncertainty, guilt, fear of not performing well or of rejection, a feeling that others will not support or fulfill our needs/desires, or a sense that something can’t be achieved.
TRINE URANUS Orb 3°29′ Separating
We are open to new ideas, ways of expressing ourselves and our feelings. A break in the routine is pleasing now. We could be experimenting with new ideas or feelings. There can be chance meetings, events that occur that open our hearts or our emotional awareness.
OPPOSITION NEPTUNE Orb 6°49′ Applying
We may be looking for emotional happiness outside of ourselves, and have a tendency to glamorize the past or what we don’t currently have. We can be more vulnerable now.
THE SUN
THE SUN IN AQUARIUS
You are unconventional, friendly, unpredictable and innovative. You like originality and may become rebellious.
2ND DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Left tibial nerve
Sabian Symbol: An unexpected thunderstorm.
ASPECTS OF THE SUN
CONJUNCTION MERCURY Orb 3°54′ Applying
Thoughts and communications about ourselves and our goals. We are expressing ourselves confidently, directly, and clearly.
CONJUNCTION PLUTO Orb 5°00′ Separating
You are intense, obsessive and have great personal power. You find it easy to rid yourself of the unwanted but may be intolerant of others less powerful. Transformation is the key factor in your life.
MERCURY
MERCURY IN AQUARIUS
You are brimming with original and unique ideas. You enjoy exchanging ideas with other people, particularly friends and groups of people. You are an inventive thinker, and may rebel against old and traditional ideas.
6TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Nerve of left fibula
Sabian Symbol: A performer of a mystery play.
ASPECTS OF MERCURY
CONJUNCTION PLUTO Orb 8°55′ Applying
You have a probing mind. You avoid social chit-chat preferring deep and meaningful conversations. You are able to research topics of interest.
VENUS
VENUS IN CAPRICORN
There can be some reticence about forming new connections, but when we do form them, they are longterm. Getting serious about our finances and boosting our relations with business partners and/or co-workers can be in focus. We value reliability. We take expressing our feelings seriously, and we take our time to warm up to others. Our tastes are traditional.
13TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Left knee joint
Sabian Symbol: A fire worshipper.
ASPECTS OF VENUS
TRINE URANUS Orb 1°28′ Applying
We are open to new or unusual experiences. Our intuition for making changes serves us well now, and there can be good business sense, particularly for tapping into current or future trends. There is a healthy level of detachment experienced now that opens us up to new ideas, methods, art forms, and ways of relating.
SQUARE CHIRON Orb 3°21′ Applying
You experience emotional pain in your relationships. You have difficulty experiencing the joy and beauty of intimate relationships. You need to face early childhood feelings of rejection and develop empathy for others close to you.
MARS
MARS IN SAGITTARIUS
You are an inspirational leader, and have a strong desire for exploration and adventure. You may be one-pointed in your desires.
28TH DEGREE OF SAGITTARIUS
Part of Body: Right leg muscles
Sabian Symbol: An old bridge over a beautiful stream.
JUPITER
JUPITER IN PISCES
You are on an intuitive search for the truth. You are a champion of the underdog. You could be a spiritual or religious teacher.
5TH DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Right cuboid bone
Sabian Symbol: A church bazaar.
SATURN
SATURN IN AQUARIUS
You have an ability to work well in groups. Your work is often original and innovative.
15TH DEGREE OF AQUARIUS
Part of Body: Lymph vessels of right lower leg
Sabian Symbol: Two lovebirds sitting on a fence.
ASPECTS OF SATURN
SQUARE URANUS Orb 3°26′ Separating
You work to overcome a feeling of inadequacy about your abilities. You have problems with authority figures and need to learn to compromise. When you have done this you will succeed, particularly in large organisations.
URANUS
URANUS IN TAURUS
(1934 – 1942) We approach money and personal possessions in new ways and learn how to free ourselves from certain material constraints. Innovative ways to make ourselves comfortable emerge. We’re less inhibited about expressing sensuality, self-love, body love, and pampering. We’re challenging what we previously valued. There can be abrupt changes with money, valuables, possessions, and income that lead to a reshuffling of priorities or values. Income might come from non-traditional sources or ventures. We’re bringing progressive ideas to the world of business. New ways of doing business, as well as making, viewing, and handling money are likely. Income and the energy we put into making money can be variable. (May 15, 2018, to November 6, 2018, then March 6, 2019, to July 7, 2025, and then November 7, 2025, to April 25, 2026).
11TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Cervical and brachial plexi
Sabian Symbol: A woman sprinkling flowers.
NEPTUNE
NEPTUNE IN PISCES
A long-term influence in which fantasy, imagination, compassion, and spirituality are in stronger focus. (April 4, 2011, to August 4, 2011, then February 3, 2012, to March 30, 2025, then October 22, 2025, to January 26, 2026)
22ND DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Achilles tendon of the right foot
Sabian Symbol: A man bringing down the new law from Sinai.
PLUTO
PLUTO IN CAPRICORN
Tests of our boundaries; breaking down and rebuilding structures and rules. (From January 25, 2008, to June 14, 2008, then November 26, 2008, to March 23, 2023, then June 11, 2023, to January 20, 2024, then September 1, 2024, to November 19, 2024).
27TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Deep nerves
Sabian Symbol: A mountain pilgrimage.
CHIRON IN ARIES
Your sense of being has been violated in some way and you may fear asserting yourself. You may also over-compensate by attempting to be the first at everything. Physically you may suffer head wounds. You may become a pioneer in a way that will be of service to humanity.
9TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Lens of eye
Sabian Symbol: A crystal gazer.
VESTA IN CAPRICORN
You place importance on structure and order in the workplace. You have great discipline and personal ambition, and can succeed in administrative and management positions. Workers will turn to you for a sense of stability and authority.
7TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Left adductor muscle
Sabian Symbol: A veiled prophet of power.
PALLAS IN PISCES
You have a meditative mind, the ability to merge in your mind with the universe. You desire to heal the world through words, and may be involved in some form of artistic expression.
23RD DEGREE OF PISCES
Part of Body: Achilles tendon of the left foot
Sabian Symbol: A `materializing medium’.
JUNO IN CAPRICORN
You want a partner who you can respect, and who respects you. You seek long-term commitment, and may marry later in life.
26TH DEGREE OF CAPRICORN
Part of Body: Connections between femur and tibia
Sabian Symbol: A water sprite.
CERES IN TAURUS
You feel cared for when loved ones give you a sense of stability and security. You like to be touched and stroked, and nurtured in practical ways. You also like to show others you care through practical means.
29TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Deltoid muscle and main neck muscles
Sabian Symbol: Two cobblers working at a table.
THE BLACK MOON IN GEMINI
21ST DEGREE OF GEMINI
Part of Body: Arm muscles
Sabian Symbol: A labor demonstration.
ERIS IN ARIES
24TH DEGREE OF ARIES
Part of Body: Zygomatic muscle
Sabian Symbol: An open window and a net curtain blowing into a cornucopia.
THE NORTH NODE
THE NORTH NODE IN TAURUS
This is a quest to overcome your distrust of change, to develop creative outlets for your intense emotions and to avoid hitting out at loved ones. These attributes plagued you in this life because of suffering and traumatic endings in past-lives which left you with deep emotional wounds and a feeling of being cheated. In learning this life’s lesson of trusting the process of change you will develop a newfound sense of peace and stability.
30TH DEGREE OF TAURUS
Part of Body: Trapezius muscle
Sabian Symbol: A peacock parading on an ancient lawn.
THE SOUTH NODE
THE SOUTH NODE IN SCORPIO
This is a quest to overcome your distrust of change, to develop creative outlets for your intense emotions and to avoid hitting out at loved ones. These attributes plagued you in this life because of suffering and traumatic endings in past-lives which left you with deep emotional wounds and a feeling of being cheated. In learning this life’s lesson of trusting the process of change you will develop a newfound sense of peace and stability.
30TH DEGREE OF SCORPIO
Part of Body: Nasal muscles
Sabian Symbol: The halloween jester.
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6:20The Mansions of the Moon
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The Lunar Days
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Jan 01 2022 10:49 Sam
Jan 02 2022 8:09 Dim
Jan 29 2022 3:56 AM
Jan 29 2022 5:19 AM
Jan 29 2022 9:47
Calendrier Lunaire Janvier 2022
EN CE DÉBUT D’ANNÉE, UN APERÇU DES DIFFÉRENTES APPLICATIONS
DU CALENDRIER LUNAIRE 2022
La viniculture et la Lune
Pour ne pas stopper l’activité du vin, soutirez par exemple entre le 3 et le 15 (en évitant le 7, le 11 et le 13) .
Pour ne pas stopper l’activité du vin, soutirez par exemple entre le 3 et le 15 (en évitant le 7, le 11 et le 13) .
Réduire l’utilisation des insecticides avec la Lune
Certains aspects planétaires vont renforcer l’action des produits, et donc permettre de diminuer les doses :
Appliquez les produits le matin ou le soir du 22 au 26.
Certains aspects planétaires vont renforcer l’action des produits, et donc permettre de diminuer les doses :
Appliquez les produits le matin ou le soir du 22 au 26.
Pour un meilleur compost avec la Lune
Epandage du fumier ou compostage de surface, l’assimilation sera plus rapide le 23, 24 ou 25.
Epandage du fumier ou compostage de surface, l’assimilation sera plus rapide le 23, 24 ou 25.
Couper les bois en bonne Lune
Abattage des bois destinés aux charpentes entre le 18 et le 29 (en évitant le 27 matin).
Abattage des bois destinés aux charpentes entre le 18 et le 29 (en évitant le 27 matin).
Les animaux et la Lune
Traitez contre les vers le 23 ou le 24.
Traitez contre les vers le 23 ou le 24.
Faire son pain avec la Lune
Entre le 3 et le 15 vous obtiendrez un pain au levain bien levé et plus savoureux.
Entre le 3 et le 15 vous obtiendrez un pain au levain bien levé et plus savoureux.
Notre bien être avec la Lune
Pour une épilation plus efficace nous vous conseillons la période du 18 au 29.
Le jardin est au repos c’est le moment de choisir ses graines
et de prévoir le plan pour la saison prochaine.
Pour une épilation plus efficace nous vous conseillons la période du 18 au 29.
Le jardin est au repos c’est le moment de choisir ses graines
et de prévoir le plan pour la saison prochaine.
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Aujourd'hui2° / 6° Risque de pluie : 0% - Humi. : 80% Vent :Nord-Ouest - 6 km/h Lever : 08:33 - Coucher : 17:33 Clair |
| HOROSCOPE DU SAMEDI 22 JANVIER 2022 | |||
 | BELIER Aujourd'hui, vous ne manquez ni d'id�es ni de projets! Et m�me si vos amis vous qu�mandent, vous pr�f�rez avancer dans votre travail comme vous l'aviez pr�vu. |  | BALANCE Vos amours sont au beau fixe et cependant, vous avez le bourdon... Un coup de spleen qui r�v�le un besoin de souffler, de calme et de r�flexion. Rien de grave, en sorte. |
 | TAUREAU Le moment est venu de d�voiler votre talent ou votre savoir faire. D'autant que l'inspiration vous souffle les plus belles id�es. En un mot: osez! |  | SCORPION Vous semblez privil�gier la famille, le foyer, mais gardez tout de m�me un bon contact avec votre cercle amical. C'est parfois gr�ce � lui que vous formez de nouveaux projets. |
 | GEMEAUX Vous aimeriez emmener toute la famille en vacances mais votre budget actuel le permet-il? En revanche, il n'est pas impossible que vous partiez rapidement en week end... |  | SAGITTAIRE Vous mettez tout en oeuvre pour arriver aux objectifs fix�s car les solutions vous apparaissent de plus en plus nettement. Visez haut et surtout communiquez votre enthousiasme. |
 | CANCER Si la conjoncture est bonne, vous pouvez vous permettre d'effectuer de bonnes affaires, mais il est souhaitable de communiquer davantage, voire de vous d�placer. |  | CAPRICORNE Aujourd'hui, vous r�vez d'aventure ou de voyage, loin des vicissitudes du quotidien. Soyez r�aliste : en avez-vous vraiment les moyens? Si c'est le cas, n'h�sitez pas! |
 | LION En ce moment, vous avez tendance � vous projeter dans les valeurs de votre partenaire. Cherchez l� o� vous �tes compl�mentaires, et pas forc�ment semblables... |  | VERSEAU Si votre libido vous titille, pourquoi ne pas en parler � votre partenaire? D'autant que vous saurez mettre en avant vos qualit�s, votre savoir faire et... votre ardeur! |
 | VIERGE Le travail c'est la sant�... quand on est en forme! pourriez-vous ajouter. La v�tre n'est pas excellente aujourd'hui, aussi pensez � vous accorder un moment de repos. |  | POISSONS Bien que vous ayez tendance � vous isoler, votre partenaire ne vous laisse pas souvent ruminer tranquille! Et si vous lui parliez de ce qui vous passe par la t�te? |
Love & Money Calendar™
THE BEST ASTROLOGICAL DAYS THIS MONTH AND
THE WORST ASTROLOGICAL DAYS THIS MONTH
FOR SIXTEEN IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES FOR
JANUARY, 2022
| The dates below are the best (and worst) astrological days in January 2022 for the 17 important activities described (to read about the criteria we use in selecting these dates click here). January is another below average month when it comes to good and bad astrological days for natalizations. As was the case last month, the days we list as the "best" days of the month are not really "best", but are actually "barely good enough" – and unfortunately, none are good enough for any crucial natalizations. As always, please make certain you are not having bad transits when you make crucial natalizations. Our MagicalOracle Mobile Web App is the easiest way to know what kind of transits you have on any day and you can check it anywhere in the world at any time by using your iPhone or Android, notebook or PC. As for the best and worst days this month for money, they are: Best: January 1, 12 Worst: January 17, 26, 27 And the best and worst days this month for love and sex are: Best: January 1, 6, 28, 30 Worst: January 17, 18, 19 Please also always remember that in addition to selecting good astrological days for crucial natalizations, you need to have good transits at the same time in order to create a natalization that will work very well for you. If you are a member of the Magi Society, you may log onto our Members Only Website and view in advance an EXTRA MONTH of the Magi Society Love & Money Calendar. This allows our members to use the stars to plan ahead by an extra month. Members of the Magi Society may click here to begin the process of logging onto the new Members Only Website. |
| [Editor's Note: These days were chosen specifically as the best and worst days for the activities specified and you should not assume that a good day for one activity is a good day for anything and everything else. For example, a good day to get married is not a good day to get divorced. Although the good and bad dates we provide you are applicable for everyone, just how good or bad each day is will vary depending on your individual transits. For example, if you are having several Cinderella Transits on one of our good days, then the day can be fabulous for you. Or if you are having Cinderella Transits on one of our bad days, then the day will not be as bad for you as it will be for most people because your transits are better than most.] |
| FOR THE ACTIVITY LISTED BELOW: | THE BEST DAY THIS MONTH TO DO IT IS: | AND THE WORST DAY TO DO IT IS: |
| 1. The best and worst astrological days this month to get married (Make sure your transits are also good!) | January 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 2. The best and worst astrological days this month to buy something simple like a toaster or clothes | January 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 3. The best and worst astrological days this month to pay a bill for anything, such as rent, credit cards, utilities, department stores, etc. | January 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 4. The best and worst astrological days this month to sign a financial contract like a lease, tax return, car loan, etc. | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 5. The best and worst astrological days this month to make a business proposal and opening bank or brokerage accounts | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 6. The best and worst astrological days this month to deposit money into financial accounts like your bank account | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 7. The best and worst astrological days this month to ask for a promotion or raise, go on a job interview | January 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 8. The best and worst astrological days this month to meet anyone new for financial purposes like a prospective client | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 9. The best and worst astrological days this month to go out on a first date | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 10. The best and worst astrological days this month to enjoy an especially romantic evening | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 11. The best and worst astrological days this month to look for or meet with that special person who will fulfill your dreams | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 12. The best and worst astrological days this month to ask for a commitment from a loved one, such as a promise to be more understanding | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 13. The best and worst astrological days this month to ask for forgiveness and rekindle a relationship gone awry | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 14. The best and worst astrological days this month to start a new medication or begin anything new related to your health, including having any dental work done. | January 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 15. The best and worst astrological days this month to initiate a new contact like emailing or calling someone you do not know and laying the groundwork for making a proposal later on, or having the first meeting with someone new like a doctor, lawyer, broker, etc. | January 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 16. The best and worst astrological days this month to install a new APP or update an operating system on your Smart Phone. | January 1, 11, 12, 14, 15, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
| 17. The best and worst astrological days this month to start a new job. | January 1, 23, 30 | January 4, 5, 10, 13, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28 |
KDO de NOEL !!!
CONNAISSANCE DES TEMPS, ÉPHÉMÉRIDES ASTRONOMIQUES
Cet ouvrage d’éphémérides est destiné aux astronomes, aux enseignants et aux étudiants.
Le cœur de cet ouvrage présente, pour l’année en cours, les éphémérides tabulées du Temps sidéral, des variables liées aux nouveaux paradigmes de l’Union astronomique internationale sur les systèmes de référence et les coordonnées du Soleil, de la Lune et des planètes, de Pluton, Cérès, Pallas, Junon et Vesta ; il fournit également les quantités nécessaires au calcul des positions des satellites de Mars, des satellites galiléens de Jupiter, des huit premiers satellites de Saturne et des cinq principaux satellites d’Uranus.
Un chapitre explicatif fournit les informations théoriques permettant de faire les calculs par soi-même ou d’utiliser le logiciel accompagnant l’ouvrage.
Ce volume est le 344e d’une éphéméride créée en 1679 qui a paru sans interruption depuis sa création. Ancienne par sa conception, mais toujours moderne dans sa réalisation, la version actuelle s’appuie sur une partie des récents développements méthodologiques menés à l’IMCCE.
- Voir la table des matières
- Format 17 × 24 cm – 186 pages
- Éditeur : IMCCE
- ISBN : 978-2-910015-85-5
Cet ouvrage est disponible gratuitement en version pdf : télécharger l’ouvrage. Il sera disponible très prochainement en version papier à la demande sur le site de la librairie BoD.
Un logiciel de calcul d’éphémérides accompagne l’ouvrage :
La tétrabible
OU LES QUATRE LIVRES DES JUGEMENTS DES ASTRES
TRADUIT PAR NICOLAS BOURDIN
De Ptolémée (né vers 90 après J.-C. à Ptolémaïs d’Hermias, dans la Thébaïde d’Égypte, mort à Canope vers 170), on ne retient souvent que le système astronomique qui fait de la Terre le centre de l’Univers. Et pourtant, cinq siècles avant lui, Aristarque de Samos avait émis l’hypothèse que la terre tournait sur elle-même autour du soleil.
Mais Ptolémée est d’abord un mathématicien. Les pages de sa Syntaxe mathématique, plus connue sous le nom d’Almageste (Le grand traité), reprennent partie les données et observations d’un autre astronome alexandrin, Hipparque de Nicée. Dans son Traité d’astrologie, Claude Ptolémée nous transmet le résultat de plus de sept siècles de science grecque.
Le Tetrabiblos fut l’ouvrage le plus célèbre de l’Antiquité. Il exerça et exerce encore une grande influence dans l’étude des corps célestes de la sphère sublunaire.
De Ptolémée (né vers 90 après J.-C. à Ptolémaïs d’Hermias, dans la Thébaïde d’Égypte, mort à Canope vers 170), on ne retient souvent que le système astronomique qui fait de la Terre le centre de l’Univers. Et pourtant, cinq siècles avant lui, Aristarque de Samos avait émis l’hypothèse que la terre tournait sur elle-même autour du soleil.
Mais Ptolémée est d’abord un mathématicien. Les pages de sa Syntaxe mathématique, plus connue sous le nom d’Almageste (Le grand traité), reprennent partie les données et observations d’un autre astronome alexandrin, Hipparque de Nicée. Dans son Traité d’astrologie, Claude Ptolémée nous transmet le résultat de plus de sept siècles de science grecque.
Le Tetrabiblos fut l’ouvrage le plus célèbre de l’Antiquité. Il exerça et exerce encore une grande influence dans l’étude des corps célestes de la sphère sublunaire.
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How vaccine misinformation left children vulnerable to Omicron
Jan 22 2022
An eight-year-old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Beaumont Health offices in Southfield, Michigan on November 5, 2021
Washington (AFP) - The Covid-19 pandemic took a deadly toll on adults in the United States for two years while largely sparing children from adding to the dire statistics.
But the rapid spread of the Omicron variant led to record pediatric infections and hospitalizations in the country, and anti-vaccination misinformation that tells parents the shots are dangerous is adding to the risk.
The chances of young people dying from Covid-19 remain low. The shots greatly reduce the odds of severe illness, and vaccinated mothers may pass protection to their babies, but vaccine hesitancy pushed online leaves both parents and children vulnerable.
From worries that the shots were developed too quickly, to false claims that the jabs can impact future fertility, physician Wassim Ballan of Phoenix Children’s Hospital said combating misinformation has become part of his job.
“Unfortunately, a lot of times when we’re having this time with a family to discuss these things is when the child is already in hospital,” he said of the problem.
Parents need to understand that the vaccines are “the most important tool for protection,” especially to avoid multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a rare and dangerous complication that can follow a mild Covid-19 infection.
Only 27 percent of children aged five to 11 have received a first dose of the vaccine in the United States. Hospitalizations reached a pandemic high of 914 children per day this month, up dramatically from the previous peak of 342 in September 2021.
- Protection from the womb -
The first week of January 2022 saw Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston report 12 babies in intensive care with Covid-19.
Babies are too young for the Covid-19 shot, but Kathryn Gray, attending physician of maternal-fetal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, said research increasingly shows that vaccination during pregnancy leads to antibodies safely being transferred to the baby, offering limited protection.
Expectant mothers have also shown hesitancy to get the shot after they were excluded from initial clinical trials.
Gray is among those who are monitoring the situation. “To date there have been no safety signals” in the data, she said, adding that she has “a lot of confidence” in telling patients the shot is safe during pregnancy for mother and baby.
“If they truly want to protect their infants, getting vaccinated is the thing that will protect them the most at this time.”
Health agencies across the globe say the same, but the initial lack of data continues to be exploited in vaccine-opposed messaging on social media. Posts on Facebook and Twitter claimed that stillbirths rose following the push to vaccinate pregnant people, even though going unprotected against the disease is the greater risk.
Epidemiologists Carla DeSisto and Sascha Ellington from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said data from 1.2 million US births showed “no evidence the rate of stillbirths is higher overall during the pandemic.”
But their research did reveal the risks of contracting the virus while pregnant.
“Compared to pregnant people without Covid-19, pregnant people with Covid-19 are at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes including preterm birth and stillbirth,” the researchers said by email.
- ‘Unvaccinated milk’ -
Breastfeeding has also been the target of misinformation, with posts claiming that babies suffered rashes or even death upon nursing from a vaccinated mother.
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine recommends vaccination for those who are lactating and says there is no reason to stop breastfeeding upon receiving the vaccine.
Misinformation became increasingly common in private Facebook groups where parents connect to share and sell breast milk, group moderators told AFP. In one of the largest such groups, Bethany Bristow said she was concerned by requests for “unvaccinated milk.”
The New York mother, along with her fellow moderators, decided to ban such requests, and the rules for her group of more than 10,500 parents now state: “Advertising or requesting vaccine free milk puts you, your children and community at risk.”
Studies are finding specific benefits of milk from a vaccinated mother, according to Laura Ward, co-director of the Center for Breastfeeding Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“Antibodies have been detected in the breast milk of vaccinated lactating women. This means that breastfed infants may have some protection against Covid-19 if their mothers receive the vaccine,” she said.
Gray agreed. “Breast milk is full of antibodies based on a person’s prior exposures both to vaccines and infection. Those things don’t pose a risk to infants, they’re actually helpful at protecting them,” she said.
“Any concerns or unknown pieces about the vaccine are dwarfed by the risk of Covid.”
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Deadly fighting between IS, Kurd forces in Syria
Jan 22 2022
A file picture shows a member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) standing guard in a prison where suspected Islamic State group jihadists are jailed in Hasakeh
Beirut (AFP) - Fighting raged for a third day Saturday between the Islamic State group and Kurdish forces in Syria after IS attacked a prison housing jihadists, in violence that has claimed over 70 lives, a monitor said.
The assault on the Ghwayran prison in the northern city of Hasakeh is one of IS’s most significant since its “caliphate” was declared defeated in Syria nearly three years ago.
“At least 28 members of the Kurdish security forces, five civilians and 45 members of IS have been killed” in the violence, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
IS launched the attack on Thursday night against the prison housing some 3,500 suspected members of the jihadist group, including some of its leaders, said the Observatory.
The jihadists “seized weapons they found” in the detention centre and freed several fellow IS fighters, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on sources inside war-torn Syria for its information.
Hundreds of jihadist inmates had since been recaptured but dozens were still believed to be on the loose, the Observatory said.
With the backing of US-led coalition aircraft, Kurdish security forces have encircled the prison and are battling to retake full control of surrounding neighbourhoods, which jihadists have used as a launching pad for their attacks.
The Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)on Saturday said it was continuing “operations to keep security in Hasakeh city and the perimeter of the Ghwayran prison,” with the help of coalition allies and Kurdish internal security forces.
It said Saturday’s clashes centred mostly in neighbourhoods north of Ghwayran, where it carried out raids and “killed a number of IS fighters that had attacked the jail.”
The jihadist group said in a statement released on Friday by its Amaq news agency that its attack on the jail aimed to “free the prisoners”.
- ‘Fat target’ -
IS has carried out regular attacks against Kurdish and government targets in Syria since the rump of its once-sprawling proto-state was overrun in March 2019.
Most of their guerrilla attacks have been against military targets and oil installations in remote areas, but the Hasakeh prison break could mark a new phase in the group’s resurgence.
Map locating Hassakeh in Syria
It was not immediately clear whether the prison break was part of a centrally coordinated operation – timed to coincide with an attack on a military base in neighbouring Iraq – or the action of a local IS cell.
Analyst Nicholas Heras of the Newlines Institute in Washington said the jihadist group targeted the prison to bolster its numbers.
The Islamic State group “wants to move beyond being the terrorist and criminal network that it has devolved into, and to do that it needs more fighters,” he told AFP.
“Prison breaks represent the best opportunity for ISIS to regain its strength in arms, and Ghwayran prison is a nice fat target for ISIS because its overcrowded,” he said, using another acronym for IS.
The prospect of a repeat of the attack remains very real, said Colin Clarke, research director at the New York-based Soufan Center think-tank.
“The SDF needs a comprehensive strategy to deal with this threat,” he said.
The Kurdish authorities have long warned they do not have the capacity to hold, let alone put on trial, the thousands of IS fighters captured in years of operations.
According to Kurdish authorities, more than 50 nationalities are represented in a number of Kurdish-run prisons, where more than 12,000 IS suspects are now held.
Many of the IS prisoners’ countries of origins have been reluctant to repatriate them, fearing a public backlash at home.
Abdulkarim Omar, the semi-autonomous administration’s top foreign policy official, blamed the IS prison attack on the “international community’s failure to shoulder its responsibilities.”
The war in Syria broke out in 2011 and has since killed close to half a million people and spurred the largest conflict-induced displacement since World War II.
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