“Death to the Dictator” isn’t a demo slogan that’s lightly spoken in Iran, as police and internet clampdowns are proving. An upsurge of popular dissent not seen since 2009 against economic hardships, corruption and, most significantly, the clerics’ iron grip has brought people out onto the streets in several cities.
The Ayatollah Khamenei has been at the helm since 1989 and his leadership chart does show signs of flagging with tr Neptune square the Gemini Sun in 2017/2018. Since the Sun sits on the focal point of a Yod to a tough Pluto sextile Saturn, any undermining of the Sun’s power will have a ripple effect. Tr Neptune will also square the Sun/Jupiter midpoint in 2018 and then Jupiter in 2019 – so it will see a less successful and less rigid three years ahead. There have been signs of the reins loosening with women no longer being charged for not wearing headscarves in Teheran. More will no doubt follow. If this Supreme Leadership continues and accounts vary about Khamenei’s health, 2019/2020 will be high-risk, exceptionally challenging and trapped with tr Pluto opposition the Mars.
Both the Iran 1906 and 1 Feb 1979 charts hints at tensions, low morale, significant problems especially in early 2018, with hints of radical changes. There’s unlikely to be a full-blown revolution. But the winds of change won’t stop blowing Iran onto a different track.
Hassan Rouhani’s term chart, 3 August 2017 11am, will hit crisis from the Lunar Eclipses in late January and late July 28; and the Ayatollah Khamenei’s Supreme Leadership chart will meet with a considerable collision come the July 2018 Cancer Solar Eclipse conjunct the Mars.