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Cultural & Civilizational Indicators

A small dashboard of the signals I follow alongside the planetary cycles: global risk, the Cyclic Index, solar activity, the stability of major powers, and the colours and themes of the fashion year read through their planetary correspondences. It accompanies the methodologies and the ACDM analyses.

Global & geopolitical

Doomsday Clock, the Barbault Cyclic Index (CI-5), Solar Cycle 25, the solar system barycentre, and ACDM stability readings for the USA, EU, China and India.

⏱
Doomsday
85 sec
to midnight
◉
Cyclic Index
538° ▲
CI-5 · p=0.005
☀
Solar SC25
SSN 104
declining
⊙
SSB
1.42 R☉
elevated
🇺🇸
USA
48%
polarized ▼
🇪🇺
EU
55%
constrained ─
🇨🇳
China
44%
debt stress ▼
🇮🇳
India
58%
growth ▲

Culture & fashion (CZI)

The Cultural Zeitgeist Index: the colours and themes of the year and their planetary correspondences.

CZI 2026
8.6 /10
fashion × planets
Pantone 2026
Cloud Dancer
☽ Moon · ♋ Cancer
Runway #1
Lava Falls
♂ Mars · ♈ Aries
WGSN 2026
Trans. Teal
♅ Uranus · ♊ Gemini
✦
Lyst Q1 #1
Chanel
Blazy debut · 15+ changes
🏛
Met Gala
Fashion Is Art
Greek refs · $42M record
♄♆
Key Transit
♈ 0°45′
Saturn-Neptune · Feb 20
🔥
Top Theme
Sexy Is Back
♇ Pluto · ♒ Aquarius

Last updated May 2026. See also the research articles.