Anti-government forces in Armenia who seized a police station, demanding the release of their leader imprisoned for possessing weapons and allegedly planning a coup, have released their final hostages but remain inside. President Serzh Sargsyan has been criticised over his handling of a conflict involving the ethnic Armenian majority in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. A bloody war erupted after the end of Soviet rule in 1988, and there has been frequent unrest since.
Serzh Sargsyan, 30 June 1954, was elected for his second term and sworn in on 9 April 2013. His presidency chart is volatile and risky with a Sun Mars Venus in Aries picking up the tr Uranus (and Eris) conjunction until April 2017. It was always going to be a high-stress term with two Yods of Jupiter sextile Uranus inconjunct Saturn, and Saturn sextile Pluto inconjunct Jupiter – so requiring maturity, practicality and humility for it to work. Tr Neptune is also square the Presidency Jupiter through 2017 which will bring disappointment and perhaps financial problems.
He’s a Sun Jupiter (Moon) in Cancer opposition Mars in Capricorn and trine Saturn in Scorpio; with Uranus Mercury also in Cancer square Neptune – so a gambler, risk-taker, adventurous, stubborn and quite fanatical as well as evasive at times. Solar Arc Pluto is squaring his Uranus about now causing a significant upheaval in his life; with a highly strung and impulsive tr Uranus square Uranus and opposition Neptune through 2016 till almost mid 2017.
Armenia has had a complicated history but the two dates which seem sound are 28 May 1918 and 21 September 1991. The 1918 charts shows high uncertainty in 2017; and a panicky sense of failure in 2020 when tr Neptune opposes its Mars and squares Jupiter.
The 1991 chart for post-Soviet Armenia has been through a highly challenging few years with the tr Uranus square tr Pluto hitting on its Mars in Libra square Uranus Neptune Node in Capricorn – those influences are nearly coming to a finish, with the exception of tr Pluto conjunct the Node till late 2017 and tr Pluto trine Mercury and sextile Pluto till late 2018 – so pressures and conflicted discussions will continue; with a major jolt in 2018 from Solar Arc Uranus square Saturn. Though there should be good news in 2017 with Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct the Sun.
Thank you for your interest in Armenia. Could you also read Armenia’s chart for the next few years? Armenia did have a major jolt in 2018, as you had predicted, and along came a prime minister who led the country to war with Azerbaijan and a devastating defeat, in 2020. Armenia is still facing enormous challenges right now and it would be a great relief to know if there is any light at the end of this dark tunnel. Thank you again for your insightful readings.
Thanks so much Marjorie for taking a look at Armenia. Looks like there are still tough times ahead, with a little good news on the 1991 chart. As you noted, the charts for Armenia and its independence are complicated. One other date for its independence from the Soviet Union could be considered Aug. 23, 1990, when it declared its intent to become independent and change the name of the country to Republic of Armenia. See: http://www.gov.am/en/independence/. But it celebrates Independence Day on September 21, 1991, since a referendum for independence was held and passed overwhelmingly on this day, so maybe I am grasping at straws on the 1990 chart. Thanks again for all your work.