Is King Salman of Saudi Arabia about to step down and hand over the reins of power to his imperious and impulsive son Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)? Reports from mid November say it is imminent.
If so, it would certainly fit the astrology of his Reign chart, 23 January 2015 1am Riyadh, closing the square between Saturn and the Moon to exact (on the same minute of a degree) at the moment. He would continue as a ceremonial figurehead. From mid 2018 tr Uranus squares his Reign Sun into 2019 which also points to an approaching upheaval. On his own chart, 31 December 1935, his Solar Arc Uranus is conjunct his Pluto by early 2019 which for someone of his age and poor health, would indicate an upset.
Commentators say that once crowned king, MBS will focus on Iran, a long-standing rival oil empire to Saudi Arabia in the Middle East, with fears military action is possible. He will also enlist the help of the Israeli military to crush Hezbollah, the Lebanese militia supported by Iran. “MBS is convinced that he has to hit Iran and Hezbollah, contrary to the advice of the royal family elders. Which is why the ruler of Kuwait privately calls him ‘The raging Bull’.”
The unified Saudi Arabia chart of September 1932, either 21 or 23rd, in either case has a formidable T Square of Pluto in Cancer opposition Saturn square Uranus in Aries, all last decan. That has just undergone a Uranus Return, so a significant game-changing moment in the country’s history. And the pressure for a radical transformation will continue as tr Uranus continues in 2018 to a high-tension square to the Saudi Saturn; and by 2019 tr Pluto starts a long and difficult haul in aspect to this T square until almost the mid 2020s. The Saudi of the later 2020s will be a very different country. Tr Uranus is also within days of being square the Jupiter Sun in Capricorn of the 1902 chart.
Wars between countries are notoriously tricky to pinpoint from the astrology, though tr Uranus square the Mars/Pluto midpoint on the Saudi 1932 chart in early 2018 and then the Mars might suggest violence; with worse in 2019 with Solar Arc Mars square the Saudi Saturn (though could be earlier depending on start date of chart). Both relationship charts with Iran suggest tensions mounting at the moment and through 2018, though again 2019 looks the more stressed.
[See also post November 10th 2017]
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