The total solar eclipse on August 12 falls at 25 degrees of Cancer in the nakshatra Ashlesha. At the same time, Ketu is stationing at 5 degrees of Leo — exactly conjunct the fixed star Regulus, the star of kings, presidents, and leaders. This combination is monumental.
It is a signal that leadership, sovereignty, and the very structures of power are being touched at their root. The path of totality crosses Greenland, Iceland, and Spain. Eclipse paths often correlate with regions of pronounced activity — geological as well as political — and the areas along this path are the most likely locations for significant seismic events during this window.
More broadly, the entire eclipse season (August 12 through August 28) tends to increase seismic activity worldwide, and the weeks immediately before and after are part of that heightened window.
Some psychics and astrologers are also pointing to the potential for a major earthquake in California; the precise location of any large event is difficult to pinpoint, but California is likely to see substantial turbulence — much of it political rather than geological — culminating between August and November. The chart I use for California suggests a jarring shock around August 30 through September 1, when Saturn and Mars square off.