How informative Solar Returns are for countries I’m not sure. Certainly the USA 2001 SR had Mars Pluto opposition Saturn which was stark enough; and the UK for 1939 with the start of WW11 had Moon Mars opposition Uranus and a 10th house Sun which is reasonably descriptive but I’m not sure you’d have put your finger on war breaking out.
Anyways for what it’s worth:
UK Solar Return Jan 2016: Jupiter in the 10th which should mean success though can also mean hogging the limelight. A meltdown Sun Pluto in the financial 2nd square Uranus in the speculative 5th – so major surprises and upheavals. A bad-tempered, argumentative Mercury square Mars. A confused-thinking Neptune in the 3rd which squares Venus Saturn in the 1st, so emotionally muddled, nervy, a sense of being unloved. But Saturn does trine Uranus which means positive change, keeping best of old and merging with best of new. Moon Jupiter trine Mercury, sextile a Scorpio Ascendant – stimulating discussions about domestic matters. The destructive fixed star Algol on the Descendant = close relationships. Remains to be seen how all that turns out.
USA 1776 11AM. That time is speculative but since the USA First President 30 April 1789 12.45pm New York, also gives relatively similar house placings on the Solar Return, I’m inclined to think it’s about right.
1776 SR for July 2016: 10th house New Moon in Cancer conjunct Mercury and Venus opposition a 4th house Pluto square an 8th house Uranus and sextile/trine Jupiter opposition Neptune. So success despite domestic pressures and a resentful population with financial upheavals and some high hopes proving disappointing. Quite a strained time since there’s a Yod of Uranus sextile MC inconjunct Mars in the 3rd – so argumentative and vengeful in discussions.
First President SR for April 2016: Also a 10th house Sun Venus Mercury with Uranus conjunct the MC from the 9th – so high profile and a time of radical change. There’s a good-for-business Earth Grand Trine of Sun Mercury trine a 6th house Pluto trine Jupiter in 2nd and that looks solidly reassuring. But Neptune is in the 8th opposition Jupiter square Saturn in the 5th conjunct Mars – so again a financial bubble is bursting, and the speculative 5th house is afflicted so not good for risks or investments. Plus a curiously vulnerable (in need of partners) Moon in the 7th.
Canada SR for 2016: This also has a solidly good-for-business (or overly materialistic) Earth Grand Trine but it also indicates major disruptions, possible loss of reputation and a good deal of stress. Uranus sits on the SR Ascendant square Pluto in the 10th and square the 4th house Venus; and is also on the focal point of a wide Yod to Mars sextile Jupiter – which does suggest Canada will adopt, or circumstances will give, a completely new reputation and image, more rebellious, unpredictable. Sun on the cusp of the 4th so very focussed on internal domestic matters. Money not great with Saturn in 8th despite the Earth Grand Trine.
Solar Returns really have to be taken side by side with the natal chart and there’s certainly a huge amount going on as far as Canada’s Neptune Ascendant in Aries is concerned this year and next. Plus financial pressures.