“Locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;”
Proverbs 30:27-28
They’re coming. When the soil eight inches beneath the ground reaches approximately 64°F, millions of the 17-year cicada Magicicada will emerge in 2025. Their short life cycle typically begins in May and ends in late June. As above-ground temperatures swell to the 70s and 80s, helping warm the soil, the trees will have grown leaves by then and the Irises will be in bloom. All it takes is a warm rain to trigger the mass emergence. According to cicadamania.com, the cicada event will sweep 12 states including Georgia, Kentucky, Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Let’s be clear. We’re not talking about the green variety (Neotibicen) that arrive year in and year out. The Magicicada species have such an appearance, that they’re commonly mistaken for the locusts of Exodus fame: “And the Lord changed the wind to a very strong west wind, which caught up the locusts and carried them into the Red Sea. Not a locust was left anywhere in Egypt.”
The last time this Biblical (looking) swarm emerged was 2008. A 17-year cycle? 2008? 2025? Do the Magicicada and U.S. business cycles run in tandem? Subtract 17 years thrice more from 2008 and you get: 1991, 1974 and 1957, all recession years.