Kelly McGillis, once a Hollywood golden girl with top billing in Top Gun, Witness and The Accused, has settled into a contented life away from the glitter after coming to terms with several massively traumatic events in childhood and her adult life. She now works full-time at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre ‘It’s just an amazing gift to see people come in hopeless and to be given some hope,’ she said. She also teaches acting in New Jersey and pursues domestic rural pursuits, as well as taking odd acting jobs. Which is a testament to her tenacity, courage and determination to make it through.

 She survived a violent break-in in her twenties with two men forcing their way into her New York apartment and beating her; having been mugged a year before at gunpoint; then later revealed she had been gang raped as a child; and more recently had another home invasion. Not surprisingly she turned to alcohol for relief. Eventually therapy and rehab got her on the road to stability.

 Born 9 July 1957 3.47pm Burbank, California (birth certificate), she has a Cancer Sun in her knowledgeable 9^th house along with Mercury in Cancer, a high-octane Uranus, Venus, Mars conjunct in Leo also in her 9^th – and Pluto in late Leo exactly on her Midheaven. Her Sagittarius Moon is trine Pluto sextile a 12^th house Neptune (which last can be addictive-prone).  She has a friendly, lucky Jupiter in hard-working Virgo on the cusp of her 11^th house square her Moon. Her Saturn in Sagittarius is trine her Uranus, Venus, Mars which would certainly put a harsh-edge on some of her life’s experiences.

 It is not as gothic a chart as I might have imagined. Though when the break in occurred in her 20s when she was nearly killed, her Solar Arc Sun was exactly conjunct her Mars which does often accompany a shocking event. A violent, destructive transiting Mars Saturn conjunction was sitting on her Solar Arc Jupiter and square her Sun which would threaten to crush her spirit. Transiting Pluto was moving into her hidden 12^th house for many years thereafter; and her Solar Arc Uranus was conjunct her Midheaven for a jolting shift in her life’s direction.  

  Both her Mean and True Black Moon Lilith are in her emotional 4^th house close to her IC which may be significant. Nessus is on the cusp of her 7^th house of relationships hints at a need to wise up about risks and dangers from other people.

 I would suspect what pulled her through was her ever-optimistic Sagittarius Moon plus a high-vitality collection of Leo Planets in Sagittarius’s natural home the 9^th. Pluto on her Midheaven would also give her strength and endurance and an urge to transform her career/direction in life to make a difference.

 Her victim/healer 12^th harmonic links Mars to Chiron and Pluto in a yod – Mars Pluto representing a life-and-death struggle. That afflicted Mars motif recurs in her Wheel of Fortune 10^th harmonic = highs and then lows, with a Mercury opposition Mars square Saturn. And in her ‘Master’ 11^th harmonic with a Mars opposition Pluto square Sun.

Jessie Buckley has been hyped as the favourite to win Best Actress in today’s Oscars for her performance as the grief-stricken Agnes Hathaway (Shakespeare’s wife) in Hamnet. But a recent interview in which she said she had insisted her boyfriend get rid of his cats before she moved in has set off a backlash.  

 It echoes the confected social media firestorm over the other favourite Timothee Chalamet’s comments saying he does not want to work in ballet or opera as ‘no one cares about it’.

 Jessie Buckley, 28 December 1989 Killarney, Ireland, no birth time, had mother who was a vocal coach, and started acting early, with a string of successes in Beast, Wild Rose and tv’s The Lost Daughter amongst others.

 She is a redoubtable example of the triple conjunction generation with Uranus, Sun, Moon, Neptune, Saturn and Mercury all in Capricorn – ambitious, inventive, uncompromising, independent, highly strung. Her Uranus Sun Neptune oppose Jupiter in Cancer, with Pluto in sextile – so she’ll be lucky, a risk-taker, determined. Her Mars in outspoken, adventurous Sagittarius is sextile a friendly Venus in Aquarius and both are inconjunct Jupiter forming a yod – doubling up on her fortunate streak and self-confidence. Though a Jupiterian yod can backfire if over-confidence takes a hold.

   Today she has a smattering of Jupiterian boosts to her Saturn and several midpoints so she may emerge smiling. But the coming two or three years look challenging as transiting Neptune (and Saturn) move in square to her Capricorn planets which hints at a few setbacks this year and an extended run of Neptunian droop into the early 2030s. Neptune can be creative but is not usually good for personal glory. 2030 may be a turnaround year for her with a radical change of attitude or direction bringing renewed success and self-assurance.

From December 21 2025 post on Timothee Chalamet:

Despite outer success he is undergoing a fair amount of soul-searching with his Progressed Moon going through his 8th for another ten months; as well as tr Uranus conjunct his Midheaven and Algol at the moment hinting at fairly dramatic changes.

 Saturn Neptune moving through his 8th in the coming years (Saturn two and Neptune many) will also throw him back on himself so he may feel under supported and uncommitted. In 2026 tr Neptune will make an undermining square to his Sun from June 2026 onwards and throughout 2027 at the same time as it is conjunct the composite Saturn in his relationship chart with Kylie.

  His Jupiter in late Sagittarius will stand him in good stead being close to his Sun but his attention demanding and tornado-force 5th house personality may rub a few workmates the wrong way.

 Quite what an actor’s throwaway comments have to do with their thespian talents is unclear. Russell Crowe, who won Best Actor for Gladiator, claimed the awards ceremony is now just a popularity contest. Another indication of a culture corroded by media sound bytes. And a further example of an inability to hold two separate thoughts in mind together. The creatively gifted can be short on brains in other spheres/not nice people.  Both together – or all three. Their personality flaws do not diminish their singular abilities.

The Spring Equinox, a time of rebirth in the northern hemisphere, comes on 20^th March as the Sun enters Aries beginning a new astrological cycle. It coincides with Nowruz, the Iranian New Year.  The four Cardinal Ingresses of the year – Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn – are held to be significant in the quarter year which follows.

 This Spring Solstice sees the Aries Sun close to Neptune Saturn offering an array of possibilities. Neptune, the compassionate healer softening Saturn’s rigid self-reliance and uncaring streak, to offer a hand to the underdogs. Or Neptune’s tendency to fantasy undermining Saturn’s grip on reality, leading to neurotic fears. Often associated with suffering and sacrifice, it can lead to illness. There usually is a struggle between lower and higher motivations, between primitive responses and humanitarian ideals.

 Relocated to Teheran it puts the confused Sun Saturn Neptune on the Descendant, in the chart area of allies and enemies; with a grandstanding Pluto in the 5^th and confident Jupiter in the 10^th.  Relocated to Washington, DC there is an indecisive Sun Saturn Neptune in the 11^th, hinting at a lack of forward planning.

  Eris, the planet of chaos and discord is conjunct the wounded-healer Chiron, a toxic combination well illustrated in the Middle East conflagration.

 The Mars is not prominent, as it was in the recent late December Capricorn Ingress with a disturbing Sun Mars square Neptune Saturn.

  And more so in the 2025 Libra Ingress – Mars square Pluto, and on the apex of a yod inconjunct Saturn Neptune sextile Uranus. With another yod of Mars sextile Venus inconjunct Neptune Saturn. It was a particularly strong chart with an Air Grand Trine of Pluto trine Uranus trine Sun opposition Neptune Saturn. One ancient astrologer believed the Libra Ingress was the key to the year ahead.

  Another point of interest is the New Moon in late Pisces on March 19^th, the day before the solstice. It is the first New Moon after the 17 February Solar Eclipse at 28 Aquarius square Uranus. My impression looking back on past eclipse cycles is that the following New Moon can often be a trigger for events connected to the eclipse.  That eclipse located to Tehran has Eris Chiron (= chaos, conflict and unhealable wounds) conjunct the Midheaven and Pluto conjunct the Descendant, marker for enemies and allies.  

 Roll on the August Solar Eclipse which promises “a time of breaking out of a negative situation which has seemed hopeless into a more positive space with more options available. Worries will clear. Solutions will appear and need to be grasped.” Can’t come a moment too soon.

Standing back from the apocalyptic panic of the moment egged on by a sensationalist media and general population jitters, it is as well to remember that the cauldron of history is and always has been constantly bubbling. What seems insupportable now has been worse before and life moved one.

  Astrology does give broad sweep indicators – viz. recently the UK jolted and jangled through Uranus in Taurus impacting its wide Fixed Grand Cross and managed to rollick through five prime ministers in that time.

  What the USA faces ahead is largely Neptunian until 2032 with a few extras (below). Tr Neptune will square the US financial Venus from late this month, continuing on to further dent confidence in cash and self-assurance when it squares Jupiter in 2027 to early 2028; with a final undermining square to the US Cancer Sun mid 2030 to early 2032.

  Adding to the drift and indecision will be the Solar Arc Sun square the US Neptune, exact in later 2027, which ends a nerve-stretched and destructive phase from mid 2024 (SA Saturn conjunct Mars and square Neptune).

  2027 may be a key year since it sees the start of two years of tr Pluto opposition the USA ‘leadership’ Leo North Node bringing a reckoning with the past. The USA North Node was severely dented by tr Neptune in opposition at 9/11. It did not point to an attack as much as coinciding with a sense of national humiliation.

 There is, of course the Uranus Return July 2027 to mid 2028, around at the start of the American Civil War and the aftermath of Pearl Harbour. But history never repeats itself exactly, nor does astrology. You can’t step into the same river twice. There are always different influences from other planets. It will be significant but in a different way.

 The 2028 election looks gridlocked and to a degree despairing with a yod of Pluto sextile Neptune inconjunct Mars and a bitterly argumentative Mercury square Pluto. The 2029 Inauguration won’t be as dictatorial as the 2025 Inauguration but will be volatile with a 10^th house Pluto trine Uranus trine Mars, with Mars opposition Moon Neptune. Some changes pushed through, some risk and a confused, disillusioned electorate. There is also Saturn square Pluto for hardship, deprivation, a tough struggle which may be financial.

   The 2032 election has tr Uranus Saturn in Cancer square Mars – excitable, with tensions surfacing. Though a chance to push for positive changes – Uranus conjunct Saturn = merging the best of the old with the best of the new.

The 2033 Inauguration is much more upbeat with a super-confident Jupiter Pluto Sun in the 10^th. Admittedly there will be some bully-boy behaviour and frustration from Mars in the 7^th house of allies/enemies square Pluto. Tr Uranus Saturn will be moving during this term across the USA Venus, Jupiter, Saturn so again pushing for change.

 For what it is worth, the war-mongering Saturn square Pluto may not involve a war.  See previous posts (below) and if there are, my suspicion might be they will be Middle Eastern rather than in the west.  

Post:  Middle East – past oil crises and Saturn Pluto 4th March 2026

Saturn Pluto – seriously determined 30th January 2026

And other recent Middle East posts in search.

With Hungary’s election approaching and Viktor Orban behind in the polls it is claimed that Russia has launched a secret disinformation campaign to help him win, depicting his main rival Peter Magyar, as an EU puppet. According to the media the plot has echoes of Moscow’s large-scale hybrid warfare campaign, which ultimately failed to swing Moldova’s parliamentary elections last year in favour of pro-Russian candidates.

 Orbán, the longest-serving leader in the EU, has repeatedly clashed with the bloc over the Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions against Moscow, the rule of law, migration and gay rights. Donald Trump has endorsed Mr Orbán, a darling of Maga conservatives.

 According to wiki, Orban’s government has been accused of kleptocracy, characterized as a hybrid regime, dominant-party system, and “mafia state”. Orban has pushed for the establishment of closer ties with China, Russia, and Turkey.

 Orban, 31 May 1963 2pm (from memory) Hungary, is a Sun Gemini with a hard-edged Mars in late Leo opposition Saturn square Mercury in Taurus in the 8^th – with Venus also in Taurus in the 8^th opposition Neptune in the 2^nd. Very Fixed and enduring, stubborn. His Uranus is conjunct Pluto in Virgo, with Pluto sextile Neptune and inconjunct a self-aggrandising Jupiter in Aries. He will get a shock of considerable proportions creating insecurity from today with tr Uranus square his Mars running to 5^th April.

 On this birth time he does have tr Jupiter moving through his 10^th which could be successful but that is dependent on accurate data. There is not much else showing on his chart except a jolt from tr Uranus square his Uranus mid May to the end. Where he shows total catastrophe will be towards late 2027 as his Solar Arc Pluto is conjunct his Neptune. But on one possible scenario that might be him having lost and having to face past misdeeds. Or not.  

 His Term chart from 29 May 2010, also shows alarm from today to early April with tr Uranus square Neptune and extreme jitters late May to mid August.

 Peter Magyar, 16 March 1981, with no birth time, has nothing outstandingly successful with late April to late May looking undermined and setback. Though June has tr Jupiter trine his Sun and Mars in Pisces which looks upbeat. And August to late December will bring lucky opportunities.

 Trump’s relationship chart with Orban has been rattled by recent events with tr Uranus square their composite Mars and Sun/Saturn midpoint; with more setbacks and consternation between them late April to late May.

  Shifting alliances.

Additional thought. The modern Hungary 23 October 1989 chart will have tr Jupiter exactly conjunct the Chiron and square Eris on the election day – healing old wounds and fending off discord? 

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Nuance, complex thinking and the capacity to embrace paradox all seem to have got lost in a febrile mood of tribal identity and entrenched beliefs whether political, religious or other that now damps down intelligent debate. Disagreement ends in howl round. Maybe ‘twas always this or blame it on the can-be-fanatical and not-open-to-evidence Uranus Neptune conjunction that launched the world wide web in 1991. Religion, various, rearing its head does not help either.

  We are now moving into Pluto in (broadly) tolerant Aquarius which reaped the fruits of the Enlightenment and the liberte, eqalite, fraternite French Revolution last time round. Side by side at the moment we have Saturn Neptune at its best fighting for the underdog (women and workers). We should be hopeful, yet there seems little sign of progress towards the ideal. Paradoxes are rife in Gaza (poor Palestinians, brutal Hamas and a misogynistic, anti-gay culture) and the Iran situation (ditto on attitudes and appalling regime but downtrodden civilians are collateral damage in illegal US-Israel assault); and in the toxic debate about immigration in the UK including new laws against anti-Muslim hostility.

  Trump is the banner carrier for intolerance yet as philosopher Karl Popper pointed out in his book The Open Society and Its Enemies – “Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant … then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”

 Keir Starmer and his cohorts are the opposite as the (admittedly right wing) Telegraph opines: “The legal immigration systems of western democracies have been described as “welcoming” and “liberal”, but in the name of freedom and tolerance we have opened our doors to those who hate these values and wish to destroy them.”

  In between are the bewildered electorate who are “as repulsed by Trumpism as by the hyper-liberalism to which it was the putative remedy.”  “What this moment demands is not — the sentimentalism that mistakes weakness for virtue, nor the strongman theatrics that mistake vengeance for strength.” (Matthew Syed).

 Looking back on the influential thinkers who were around pre and post the last Pluto in Aquarius a constant theme is that religion should be kept separate from political and cultural life.

  Philosopher Baruch Spinoza, 24 November 1632 2pm Amsterdam, a forerunner of the Age of Enlightenment, thought that ecclesiastic authority should have no role in a secular, democratic state. He argued for a pantheistic view of God and explored the place of human freedom in a world devoid of theological, cosmological, and political moorings.

John Locke, 29 August 1632, an English philosopher, one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers, known as the “father of liberalism” contended that religion is a matter for the individual, ruling out religious coercion and argued for the separation of church and state. His Two Treatises on Government argues for government based on the consent of the governed and the right to revolt against tyrannous government, which has lost consent. The Two Treatises had a direct influence on the language that Thomas Jefferson chose in his drafting the July 1776 Declaration of Independence during the American Revolution.

  Later on, John Stuart Mill, 20 May 1808, an English philosopher, conceived of liberty as justifying the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state and social control and advocated political and social reforms such as proportional representation, the emancipation of women, and the development of labour organisations.

Karl Popper, 28 July 1902 Austria, known for his Enlightenment rationalism and humanism, vigorously defended liberal democracy. He was a dogged opponent of totalitarianism, communism, nationalism, fascism.

 Just as Europe has moved away from religion as a central facet of life (less so the USA) the entry of Islam via immigration has posed a thorny question. Allison Pearson in the Telegraph has let loose a howl of outrage against the UK Government’s new social cohesion strategy Protecting What Matters which tackles “hostility and hatred directed at Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim”.

 She writes: “(If) you make a perfectly valid criticism, reflecting a concern that is shared by millions of people – for instance viewing the burka as a hideous, life-limiting garment that has no place in an equal society – before you can say “Islamophobia”, you are the problem.”  “Don’t they realise their great-grandmothers fought so that women in this country didn’t have to cover themselves, stay inside the house or be marched to a polling station by a controlling patriarch who tells them how to vote?”

  Oddly enough the Islamic Calendar of 622, Saudi Arabia 1902, the Iran Islamic Republic 1979, Al Quaeda 1988/92 all have either Uranus Neptune conjunctions (622) or Uranus Neptune Opposition (1902), a complicated Uranus midway between Neptune Pluto and Uranus Neptune conjunction (1979), and Uranus Neptune conjunction (1992) – so all share the fairly dogmatic Uranus Neptune stamp which brooks no argument or deviation from its world view.

  Not sure I am any clearer about how to encapsulate what comes next.

 Assuming Nate Hagens/Norman Cohn are correct and the upsurge of Messiahs (religion will save us) comes in a period of social upheaval and uncertainty, there may be hope that the scope for complex thinking will return. During tumultuous times the pendulum of cultural attitudes swings from one extreme to the other. The middle way when it settles would allow for less rigid attitudes. Except that fundamentalist Islam has been at full throttle over most of the 20^th Century, though only really visible in the UK since 1989. So it cannot be put down to this particular celestial gear change. Though maybe this transition is what is needed to nudge the pendulum over.  

  More thinking-in-process than astrology I am afraid.  

Democratic hopefuls for 2028 are normally a matter for internal consumption but since the world deserves better, a brief run round follows. To be remembered – astrology is a fairly imperfect instrument for making absolute political predictions. Though can be a reasonable guide so worth keeping in mind.

 J. B. Pritzker, 19 January 1965 1.01.pm Palo Alto, California, Governor of Illinois, and part of the Hyatt Hotel family, originally a financier himself, has a final degree Capricorn Sun in the opinionated 9^TH with Venus Mercury Capricorn in his financial 8^th trine a Virgo Moon, Uranus Pluto in Virgo with Mars also in Virgo; plus a high finance and overly hopeful Jupiter in Tauris opposition Neptune. Thus an Earth Grand Trine, materialistic, good for business, formed into a Kite with Jupiter opposition Neptune making Neptune his driving planet. An executive ability Saturn in his 10^th opposes his Moon.

 Uranus is moving into his 1^st from this April so he will be stepping out to promote a new image ahead – or be forced to by circumstances. This looks a bumpy year with tr Uranus square his Moon and then Saturn, knocking him off course on the career front. His Solar Arc Uranus is also creeping towards the conjunction to his 6^th house Neptune, on the degree before the end of the year. This will be a test of nervous stamina, could involve health issues and/or pull in the Jupiter opposition which was what pulled Boris Johnson down – scandals and the like.

 Ahead there is nothing striking in terms of luck and success – indeed he’ll aggravated considerably at the 2028 election with his SA Mars square his Moon. Not a chart I would trust.

 Kamala Harris, 20 October 1964 9.28pm Oakland, California, a Libra Sun exactly opposition an Aries Moon; also has a Jupiter in Taurus opposition Neptune widely square Saturn in Aquarius opposition Mars – so both lucky from Jupiter and unlucky from Mars Saturn. Her Saturn at 28 Aquarius caught the recent Solar Eclipse for a sobering moment and tr Uranus will square it within days for a series of jolts running into April.

 This year and next her midpoints will be jittered and jangled with a few calamities along the way in June and late year. And more in 2027. Her fortunes change for the better into 2029 but too late really for the election. At the Inauguration she does have tr Jupiter almost conjunct her Sun for a ray of confidence.  But later in 2029 will be grid-locked with SA Pluto square her Mars.

  Andy Beshear, 29 November 1977 11.50pm Lexington, Kentucky, a Sun conjunct Neptune in Sagittarius trine a 12^th house Mars in Leo with Saturn in Virgo on his Ascendant looks fairly low key in personality terms.  He has Jupiter in Cancer on the cusp of his 11^th with a Cancer Moon – so will probably be friendly, a good team player and empathetic. He does have an outspoken Uranus in his 3^rd.  

  Tr Uranus will conjunct his Midheaven within weeks which hints at a sudden change of career direction in the years thereafter. Pluto moving into his 6^th house of health and work hints at an uphill struggle and tr Neptune into his 8^th might be less than helpful for raising money. He does have a smattering of helpful influences tr Uranus square his Jupiter/Uranus midpoint in 2027 to May 2028. And tr Jupiter conjunct his Pluto in the days after the election. But he also has his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Sun through 2028/early 2029 which looks stuck. And worse from March 2029 till late 2030 with a frustratingly trapped tr Pluto opposition his Mars.

 Mark Kelly, 21 February 1964, a former astronaut and Arizona senator, is a Sun Mars in Pisces opposition Uranus (Pluto) in Virgo; with a Gemini Moon maybe on the leg of a yod sextile Jupiter inconjunct Neptune. His chart certainly reflects a Neptunian cosmic thrust. He has another yod of Neptune sextile Pluto Uranus inconjunct a charming Venus Jupiter in Aries.

  He looks devastated at the moment with his Solar Arc Pluto conjunct his Neptune – and agitated, accident-prone and facing a setback when tr Uranus squares his Mars/Saturn midpoint from mid this month into April, arguing bitterly through April. There will be smatterings of luck along the way in April as well.  But in general he looks agitated and aggravated right through till early 2028.

 Without a birth time there is nothing much in late 2028 bar tr Jupiter maybe trine his Moon and trine his Solar Arc Venus Jupiter which will be a consolation but is not super-strong.

Mojtaba Khamenei has been named successor in Iran despite him having little theological background and reservations about the Leadership being handed down the family line.

 Born 8 September 1969 Teheran (wiki), if accurate, makes him a Sun Virgo conjunct Pluto square Mars in Sagittarius – not dissimilar to Hassan Nasrullah, the former Hezbollah chief, assassinated in 2024, born 31 August 1960.

 On this data he looks undermined late March to late April and at considerable risk late April to mid May. Bu there is no birth time and I would not necessarily trust wiki birth dates.

 The survival of Iran and continued resistance in some form with strongmen still in charge will depend on the IRGC (Revolutionary Guard) 5 May 1979. While under stress there is nothing much to suggest a total collapse, nor indeed does the Iran Islamic Republic chart from 1979 look like overturning in the near future.

Trump’s relationship with the new Iranian leader Mojtaba Khamenei (assuming data and his continued existence) does not look half as stressful as Trump’s with Starmer or Pedro Sanchez. Trump also seems more relaxed with the IRGC, a touch more distrustful but he has a penchant for dictators and bullies.

  It takes me back to something posted from the FT a few days ago. “Trump cares not a jot about democracy.’ If new “strongmen” emerge with roots in the Revolutionary Guards, a deal may be struck for them to stay in power if they stop blitzing their neighbours and let the US share in the oil. If such a deal is reached which is by no means certain, the Gulf could return to stability and it could reduce the most dangerous possibility of a state collapse.”

 Trump and Putin have a relationship based on control which together can make them influential but if it turns inward can set up a real tussle. There is a sense of a possible one-up-manship battle through this year, more visibly August to late December with tr Pluto opposition the Jupiter. Plus the August Solar Eclipse will conjunct their composite Sun Pluto conjunction which will certainly stress test it in the extreme. There are serious tensions showing on the midpoints before then from now onwards with panic and upheavals right through and worsening mid year onwards especially August. Whether Putin spills any Kompromat it does not say and Putin will be fighting for his own survival in trying economic times. But they will not be singing off the same page for sure.

 The Trump Organization, 27 July 1999, with hotels and golf courses in various global locales could be under threat from terrorist activity amongst other pressures. The Leo Sun opposition Neptune square Jupiter opposition Mars is certainly bullish enough in ambition; with hints of confidence/success from tr Pluto square the Jupiter this year but the Organization will be facing unrelenting challenges, culminating in a gridlocked 2029/30. There is nothing to suggest any explosive activity.  

A civil court case against the former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has opened at the High Court in London.  Three IRA bomb victims are seeking a ruling that he is personally liable for decisions to plant car bombs in London and Manchester in 1973 and 1996 and are suing him for a nominal £1 in damages for “vindicatory purposes”. He has stated he had “no direct or indirect” involvement and has repeatedly denied ever being in the IRA.

Gerry Adams, 6 October 1948 Dublin, Ireland, is a Sun Neptune in Libra with an ultra-determined, can-be-vengeful Pluto square Mars in Scorpio. His Venus in final degree Leo will catch the upsetting tr Uranus square across the middle of this April followed by tr Uranus square his Saturn in the second half of May and again in early 2027 – so a high-tension phase with arguments likely to flare. Not improved by having a nerve-stretch Solar Arc Sun Neptune opposition his Uranus through this year; and tr Pluto square his Mercury late this month to late June bringing bitter arguments (and that repeats through 2027).

 The IRA has existed in many and fragmented forms over the past century plus. The most recent is dated to 28 December 1969, which has a Capricorn Sun in an uncompromising square to Uranus; and even more significant a yod of Mars sextile Saturn inconjunct Uranus hinting at a rebellious drive against authorities. The Sun is also trine/sextile an up-and-down Saturn in Taurus opposition Jupiter. Plus a second yod of Neptune sextile Pluto inconjunct Saturn.

 The recent Lunar Eclipse triggered the IRA North Node in Pisces on a Half Nodal Return so a significant moment. With tr Uranus moving to oppose the Neptune across April. And a downbeat SA Saturn opposition the Venus across this year.

  The Sinn Fein chart, 28 November 1905 also looks rattled this year and on with tr Neptune starting to square the Uranus Neptune opposition. There may be luck from tr Uranus conjunct the Jupiter late April to end of May but over confidence could cause problems. 2027/28 looks deadlocked with tr Pluto conjunct the Mars.

  The Northern Ireland 7 December 1922 chart does have Mars in late Aquarius catching the recent Solar Eclipse and the tr Uranus square so in addition to the global chaos they may well be on edge over this court case bringing up a troubled past.