India and Pakistan – tempers flaring

Tensions between India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, have escalated sharply with Pakistan saying it has shot down two Indian military jets over Kashmir and captured a pilot. India and Pakistan each claim all of Kashmir, but control only parts of it. Two out of the three wars they have fought since independence from Britain and partition in 1947 have been over Kashmir.

All three wars – 1965, 1971 and 1999 – occurred under Saturn Pluto aspects – an opposition, a trine and an inconjunct respectively. But there have been other Saturn Pluto aspects where wars didn’t occur so it needn’t mean this Saturn Pluto conjunction necessarily will bring extended ongoing military action. And on all three previous occasions there was a strong Mutable influence which there isn’t at the moment.

However there’s no doubt that tempers will be flaring with the Secondary Progressed Mars having moved to sit exactly conjunct the natal India and Pakistan Saturn Pluto now for the first time since independence. So it was always going to be a conflagration point.  That will stay in effect all this year.

Tr Pluto Saturn is also in opposition to several Mars midpoints on both country charts on and off all year bringing more tensions and bad-temper.  The 1947 independence and partition with its bloody aftermath happened on the Saturn Pluto conjunct in Leo and that has moved by Solar Arc to last decan Libra at the moment and will pick up the tr Saturn Pluto square in 2019/2020 which will again bring considerable strains and pressures.

It will be knife edge for several months in to 2020. Imran Khan, the Pakistani PM’s leadership chart looks very jangled from mid April onwards. Hopefully wiser heads will prevail.

See also post February 16 2019