Angela Merkel is now learning the cost of doing a deal with Recep Erdogan, the increasingly authoritarian President of Turkey over migrants. Turkey got a chunk of money, visa-free travel for Turkish citizens into the EU Schengen area (not the UK) and promises to fast track Turkey’s EU membership – in return for taking in more Syrian refugees. Except that Turkish soldiers are now shooting refugees fleeing from the fighting in Aleppo.
And Erdogan has insisted a German comedian is put on trial for insulting him. With Merkel’s agreement he is being prosecuted under an antiquated German law.
Erdogan’s 2014 Presidency chart, 28 Aug 2014 2pm Ankara, is highly controlling with a Uranus opposition North Node square Pluto; ruthless with Mars Saturn in Scorpio; and delusional with a Sun opposition Neptune.
That last is now exact by Solar Arc so he’s floundering. Plus tr Pluto is square the Presidency Uranus exactly in July/Aug and Oct/Nov this year – so a rocky time for him. With a really discouraging slog from tr Pluto sextile Saturn in 2016/17 and sextile Mars in 2017/18.
His own personal chart, 26 Feb 1954, is highly Mutable oddly enough with Mars (Moon) in Sagittarius opposition Jupiter in Gemini square Sun Mercury Venus in Pisces. The tr Saturn square tr Neptune will chip away at his morale in an anxiety-provoking and disappointing way through 2016/17; with the disruptive tr Pluto opposition his Uranus in 2017/2018.
Turkey itself looks to be heading into problems with a financial-bubble-bursting Solar Arc Neptune conjunct Jupiter in four months time and a much worse high-risk, dead-halt Solar Arc Mars opposition Pluto after mid 2017.
Relations between Turkey and Germany will worsen through this year and beyond with tr Saturn conjunct the composite Mercury Venus and opposition Pluto Neptune in 2016 which is chilly and critical; with tr Neptune picking up the square in following years for a downhill slide; with a noticeable upheaval and turnaround in relations in 2017/18 as tr Pluto is trine the composite Uranus.