2024 Forecast: Saturnalia, Trumps Dragon, Frith and the End of Kali Yuga.
The Dragon will either rise or be slayed but regardless the well tended Chariot’s wheels will continue to turn, cultivating the Frith necessary to complete the journey.
As the winter solstice passed on, some of our ancestors celebrated the arrival of Capricorn season by weaving effigies of horned sheep or goats to be gifted and displayed in a central area of the home such as a hearth, mantlepiece or altar. The candle of the sun producing more and more light means the arrival of a new solar year. In antiquity, Roman Pagans would celebrate the New Year by holding Saturnalia festivities, where the social order would be suspended for days on end allowing power structures to be temporarily reversed. It was a legendarily bizarre celebration where the slaver could be enslaved, castes or classes dissolved and orgiastic rituals would be carried out.
Today, as I write my forecast for 2024, I’m reminded of these festivities. Even though modern New Years celebrations carry but a glimmering remnant of Saturnalia, where most half-heartedly resolve to detox, degas and unwind from Christmas spent around family after gorging on sugary foods, alcohol and materialism. Let’s be honest, most of our collective experience living in the modern world has been bearing witness to a larger cycle of Saturnalia- Watching social order, trust and cultural cohesion dissolve as over a hundred years of liberal Democracy reaches its apex.
Therefore, in 2024, expect to see more open borders, blatant corruption, systemic abuse of those who fund it, Rainbow Mafia lunatics running the asylum, daily iconoclasm and complete confusion/delusion due to the war of perception being waged on humanity by the Hollyweird Archons… As things accelerate, getting weirder and more surrealistic in the process, the message remains the same- There are larger cycles at play than the modern, linear + temporal timeline has bandwidth to comprehend. While every decadent civilization eventually grows into a Peak Clown World Circus, 2024 may be the year that the Kali Yuga crests and begins to recede.
According to Chinese Astrology, 2024 is the year of the Dragon. The Dragon travels its wild and wondrous path, weaving through the underworld, middle earth and the heavens as it attempts to complete its ecliptic. If the Dragon completes its procession and consumes its own tail, forming the Ouroboros- A new order is born, if not, it will have been slayed. However, slaying the dragon in western esotericism can also symbolize overcoming the limitations of the self or ego. Interestingly enough, former president Donald Trump is nicknamed the “American Dragon”. My prediction for the 2024 presidential election is that Trump will either win in a massive victory against all odds or be slayed, possibly by incarceration or assassination, an event which signals the *official* descent of the U.S. Empire.
As far as the personal, microcosmic plane is concerned, the aforementioned outer chaos drives the need to cultivate inner Frith; Peace of Mind, Self Love, Security and Spiritual Freedom in the face of outer turmoil. While there’s no true separation from collective energy, inner harmony can be attained by creating and sticking to a daily practice of meditation, yoga, breathwork or anything which enables regulation of the nervous system. Exiting the cave and sharing what revelatory knowledge you’ve learned by gently seeding it into everyday interactions can be good medicine as well.
Looking at the mind, body, soul, spirit and perception loop as a Chariot which must be maintained in order to better navigate the arduous art of living can be helpful. The Chariot runs on Sol Power and Horse Driven Virility to reach its destination safely; its wheels turn on their centralizing hubs which move constantly but never meet the road. It’s protected by a mighty sword and solar shield which is wielded only when necessary by a peaceful warrior who wishes only to move forward on his soul's journey by overcoming any hindrance or blockage.
The Chariot reminds us to return to the self, the center, to recapitulate and re-member our inner world instead of being consumed by the inorganic overlay of the external matrix. So take a break from the smartphone and work on constructing a Chariot worthy of a King or Queen to ride in. Perhaps wearing a solar cross can help consecrate this Big Chariot Energy?
The beginning of the end of the Kali Yuga, plus the big emphasis of Sol Power in the second half of 2024 begs me to wonder if we may see some type of solar event, either an increase in activating solar weather, a “CME” or popular culture re-learning that the Sun is the generative and governing force of the climate on Planet Earth. This Sol Power event could signal a bifurcation in the spiritual or physical realm resulting in the need to move on from limiting beliefs or to leave places which can no longer sustain your well being. As the mythological end of Kali Yuga is marked by Kalki exiting the underground kingdom of Agartha on his shining white stead, we can only invent so many interesting speculations on what may come to pass.
Overall, like the Sun slowly ascending after the winter solstice, I see the ending of Saturnalia-esque cycles and the beginning of new, more “Aquarian” ones in 2024- Marked by harmful systems being exposed and beginning their rightful and timely descent. Meanwhile, the Dragon will either rise or be slayed but regardless the well tended Chariot’s wheels will continue to turn, cultivating the Frith necessary for the journey.
That said, I wish everyone a 2024 full of authentic Health, Happiness, Peace, Security, Love, and Prosperity- May the Frith be with you and may your Chariot pass through the ordeals of the year with grace!