(Please note that this and all my other forecasts are based on the sidereal zodiac used in Vedic and western sidereal astrology, not the tropical system used by most western astrologers.)
If you've been following world events and news, you may have noticed that El Salvador has become the first country in the world to use Bitcoin as an official currency. On June 9, 2021, at 2 AM, the legislature of this small Central American nation officially voted to adopt this new currency.
Nestled between Guatemala and Honduras, the Spanish speaking country of El Salvador is the smallest nation in Central America, with a population of about seven million. After suffering through a protracted civil war from 1979 to 1992, El Salvador has struggled with economic inequality, poverty, crime, and gang related violence.
El Salvador’s economy has historically been driven by agriculture. In particular, coffee shaped the country’s cultural and economic history for more than a century. More recently, El Salvador has begun to rely on international trade and manufacturing. The colón was the currency of El Salvador from 1892 until 2001. At this time, during the presidency of Francisco Flores, the colón was replaced by the U.S. dollar.
The president of the country, Nayib Bukele, believes that the recent adoption of Bitcoin will help Salvadorans who live in the United States and other countries send money to friends and relatives in El Salvador. He also thinks that Bitcoin will generate jobs and improve the economic status of citizens who do not have access to the formal economy that includes traditional banks. Already, many pioneering Bitcoin professionals and curious tourists have been drawn to El Salvador, falling in line with Bukele’s dream to turn the country into a hub for tourism and innovation.
Nayib Bukele, 43rd President of El Salvador: By AndreX - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=94252843
In this article, I will use Vedic astrology to analyze the potential outcome of El Salvador's decision to adopt Bitcoin as an official legal tender. My intention is to look for any compelling factors connecting the astrology of Bitcoin with that of El Salvador. To achieve this goal, I compare El Salvador's birth chart with my rectified birth chart for Bitcoin.
You can read more about my process for rectifying the Bitcoin White Paper horoscope here. I recommend studying my complete article to fully understand the potential shown in Bitcoin’s horoscope.
For the purposes of this current discussion, the most important takeaway relates to Bitcoin’s ascendant (rising sign). According to Vedic astrology, the ascendant (marked “As” in the wheel charts below) is the constellation rising on the eastern horizon at the time of an entity’s creation. The ascendant influences an entity’s karma, potential, and overall destiny.
Bitcoin’s ascendant is located at three longitudinal (or zodiacal) degrees of the Sagittarius constellation. The ascendant of the horoscope for the World Wide Web (WWW) is in the same zodiacal vicinity, at approximately one degree of Sagittarius. In general, this area of the zodiac signifies creativity, commerce, communication, technological development, self-determination, exploration, freedom, and sovereignty, which are all obviously qualities representative of Bitcoin and the WWW.
Further, these two entities’ ascendants are both located in Mula nakshatra in the root or center of the Milky Way Galaxy. Mula represents the universal creative force, innovation, and change. Both the WWW and Bitcoin represent these qualities. They each have the potential to dramatically transfigure global systems of communication, politics and government, banking, and trade. In sum, then, an entity with an ascendant in Mula nakshatra has an inborn ability to be a potent transformative force.
El Salvador’s birth chart is set for its declaration of independence from Spain on September 21, 1821, at 12 noon in San Salvador.* Remarkably, this horoscope also displays a radical revolutionary quality as its ascendant falls at three degrees in the Sagittarius constellation! This placement indicates that El Salvador, like Bitcoin and the WWW, has the potential to change the world.
*The independence of El Salvador itself must be dated from its declaration of independence on 21 September 1821…and (in the absence of accurate information), for 12:00 noon LMT. Campion, The Book of World Horoscopes, Second Edition, p. 149. It is indeed customary for a mundane/world horoscope like this to be set for 12 noon. The Sun represents the vitality of any entity and specifically, the life force, power, status, purpose, authority, and will of a nation or business. When the Sun is directly overhead on the midheaven/MC around 12 noon, this is the position of its greatest strength and impact.
I have studied and compared thousands of horoscopes, and I very rarely see matching ascendants such as we see among the WWW, Bitcoin, and El Salvador charts. Such an alignment forms what is known as a conjunction in astrology. It suggests that all three entities are like mirror images reflecting a similar destiny and some shared points of view.
Since El Salvador has a similar destiny as the WWW and Bitcoin, this country may experience an economic and technological rebirth in the next several years. Specifically, the decision to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency may cause El Salvador to become a center for invention and high-tech development. For example, start-ups and other businesses may begin to base their operations here.
In addition, the emerging tourist boom in El Salvador may increase investment and development in the country. In fact, the areas along the Salvadoran coast are already receiving an influx of tourists and experiencing rapid development. As Bitcoin becomes more popular and the number of tourists increase, El Salvador may continue to gain wealth and political influence.
More broadly, the placement of El Salvador's ascendant in the Galactic Center shows that this country's adoption of Bitcoin may have a revolutionary impact around the world. This small nation may serve as an incubator for monetary systems and new technology that could ultimately be adopted in other countries.
Of course, the ascendant of a horoscope is only one among a myriad facets of any horoscope. I see many other elements in El Salvador’s birth chart that reflect the significance of this country’s decision to adopt Bitcoin. If there is interest, I may analyze these factors in a future article.
Wow! This is fascinating. With such secretive origins to Bitcoin, you always have to wonder if its a psyop designed to bring in another system. It will be interesting to see how this new relationship shapes the Bitcoin conversation.