Mike Pompeo – lighting the fuse

Mike Pompeo appears to have taken ownership of the Soleimani killing alongside Trump and all matters of defence, as he dominates the airwaves, talking about troop deployments, deterrence and the likelihood of American bombs raining down on Iranian soil. He’s definitely pumped up by the upcoming January 10th Lunar Eclipse at 20 degrees Cancer/Capricorn as it collides with his Mars in Capricorn opposition Cancer Moon, which will make him more combative and aggressive than usual. His Capricorn Sun would also get an over- confidence surge from the late December Capricorn Solar Eclipse conjunct Jupiter.

Moving ahead, March looks like an accident or disaster-prone month for him from 9th to 28 with tr Uranus square his Mars/Saturn midpoint. Which is when there’s high alert on the Israel and Hezbollah charts as well as up in the celestial sphere (see post below – ME sandstorms January 5th.)

On his Secretary of State chart, 26 April 2018 2pm, the ruthless Mars Pluto in Capricorn is catching this upcoming Lunar Eclipse almost exactly. He will be set back on his heels in April and then on a downhill slide of morale, confidence and popularity from late April to late August with tr Neptune hitting on two Jupiter midpoints, one Mars and one Uranus midpoint.

His relationship chart with Trump is far from being as cosy as it looks with a composite Saturn Venus opposition Mars – suited maybe to joint military activity, but with an underlying strand of resentment and aggravation which will erupt into the open in May and June as tr Uranus throws in a firecracker or two into the mix, with rumblings before then.

If the Iranian escapade backfires badly, Trump will toss him overboard without a second thought. And Trump is looking hemmed in every which way from late January onwards with risk attached. Pompeo’s chart relocated to Teheran has Mars on the IC which is not a propitious sign.

Mike Pence has also been scuttling around doing his bit to cheerlead the Trump wagon train along. He has an undermining tr Neptune square his Gemini Sun until late this month and is more confused than he sounds with tr Pluto square his Neptune/Node till later this month as well. Then he’s got jolts, jangles and risk of violence mid February to early March from tr Uranus opposition his Saturn/Pluto midpoint and square his Mars; and more disruption with threat of violence or at least excessive stress late February till early July with tr Pluto square his Saturn/Uranus midpoint. His relationship with Trump will be chilly early March and starting a major slide into disappointment from late March to late April with tr Neptune square the composite Sun and that repeats on and off till early 2021. Tr Saturn is square his Mars across the Inauguration which usually brings a considerable setback.

For Eclipse watchers: Jared Kushner with a 20 degree Capricorn Sun, Eric Trump with a 15 degree Capricorn Sun; and Don Jnr with his Sun Venus in Capricorn square Pluto – are all in for a challenging year.

It’s not that the world isn’t a better place without Soleimani, to which many Iranians would agree, but doing it in such a flagrant, provocative way was narcissistic lunacy. Typical. Better to have used proxies with deniability which would have solved the S problem without giving rise to the inevitable explosive response.

Reynhard Sinaga – worst ever rapist

 

A churchgoing PhD student has been named as the world’s worst serial rapist. Reynhard Sinaga, 36, preyed on at least 195 young men and incapacitated his mainly heterosexual victims with the date rape drug GHB before filming his attacks. He was convicted of 159 attacks, including 136 rapes, eight attempted rapes and 15 indecent assaults against 48 victims in Manchester after four trials were held over 18 months.

He was born on 19 February 1983 in Indonesia where homosexuality is either illegal or frowned on to a rich family. Their money allowed him to play the eternal student in the UK for the past 12 years.

He was a final degree Sun Aquarius or Pisces trine Pluto in Libra and Saturn in early Scorpio and sextile Neptune – so a hard, unyielding temperament with a delusional, tinged-with-megalomania Neptunian bent.

He doesn’t have the brutal Mars Pluto or cruel Mars Saturn you might expect. What he does have is an exact Venus conjunct Mars in Pisces – a placing he shares with Jeffrey Epstein. There was an odd grouping around Epstein who also shared Venus Mars conjunctions – Prince Andrew in Capricorn, Bill Clinton in Libra, Ghislaine Maxwell in Sagittarius/Capricorn. Venus Mars is usually described as ‘passionate enthusiasm’ but Ebertin also adds onto that – ‘a strongly emotional and sexual life with disharmonious tendencies’; ‘in some cases inclination to polygamy.’

In Sinaga’s case his Venus Mars are square Neptune which Ebertin further describes as: ‘pathological or abnormal craving in sex relationship, inclination to perversity.’    Plus he has a Taurus Moon which can be overly indulgent in matters of the flesh. Bill Clinton has a Venus Mars Neptune conjunction and a Taurus Moon though clearly houses will make a difference as well as other factors.

When Sinaga was first arrested in June 2017 after a victim became conscious, fled and reported him – tr Saturn was exactly square his Venus Mars and tr Uranus was moving to upset his applecart by opposing his Pluto.

His two strongest Harmonics are the 9th (what gives him pleasure) and the 7th (can-be-unhinged-mentally and attracted to drugs). Both have strong controlling Pluto connections to Mars Venus and his 7th adds in a Mars Saturn link as well.

What an utterly depressing saga. Makes one despair about the state of the world – though it’s probably never been any different.

Labour Leadership – hopefuls and no hopers

 

 

April 4th is the headline day for announcing the new Labour leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn. There are five contenders so far with another likely. None have birth times so the usual caveats with missing info.

Rebecca Long Bailey, the Corbyn-clone candidate yet to announce but likely, born 22 September 1979, is a late Virgo Sun with Saturn also in Virgo and her Moon, Mercury, Venus and Pluto in Libra. She looks less than likely with tr Neptune opposition her Saturn running until late March as well as tr Neptune opposition her Sun/Node.

Angela Raynor, 28 March 1980, who is thought to be standing for Deputy on a double ticket with her, is a Sun Aries with a prominent Mars in flamboyant Leo. She’s also beset by too much Neptune squaring her Sun/Mars and Sun/Node in the run up; with tr Jupiter Pluto square her Mars/Neptune on the day which tends to go along with failed plans.

Jess Phillips, 9 October 1981, has her Sun, Saturn, Jupiter and Pluto in Libra with Mars in Leo. She has already backtracked on her suggestion at the weekend that under her leadership Labour could aim to rejoin the EU. She does have a lucky-break Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct her Uranus around now; but two debilitating Neptune hard aspects to her Mars/Saturn and Sun/Mars midpoints running into and over the due date, which aren’t great. She looks much more upbeat come late May.

Clive Lewis, 11 September 1971, is a Sun, Venus, Pluto in Virgo with an Air Grand Trine of Mars in uncompromising Aquarius trine Uranus trine Saturn (Moon) in Gemini. He has a real mixter maxter of good and not so great influences. Tr Neptune opposes his Sun in March which will be downbeat; his Solar Arc Mars is opposing his Pluto which will be road-blocked. But he also has a lucky Solar Arc Uranus conjunct his Jupiter; and tr Jupiter Pluto square his Sun/Jupiter midpoint which could give his chances a major boost.

Lisa Nandy, 9 August 1979, is an exuberant and charming Sun, Jupiter Venus in Leo sextile Pluto, square Uranus and trine Neptune – definitely showy, idealistic, a maverick with considerable ambition. She has a less than supportive tr Neptune opposition her Jupiter/Pluto in March; but on the day itself has tr Pluto opposition her Mars/Jupiter midpoint which suggests she won’t be unhappy with whoever is elected.

Emily Thornberry, 27 July 1960, is a Sun Leo square Neptune with Venus and Uranus also in Leo; with an excitable Uranus square Mars in determined Taurus and in an adventurous trine to Jupiter. She has one Jupiterian goodie at the election and a couple of sinkers from tr Neptune conjunct her Mars/Saturn midpoint and tr Jupiter Pluto square her Sun/Saturn midpoint.

Keir Starmer, 2 September 1962, is the early favourite which isn’t always a benefit, and he may not endear himself to the hard-left or indeed Labour’s northern heartlands. He is a Sun, Uranus Pluto in Virgo, with a healing Water Grand Trine of Mars in Cancer trine Neptune trine Jupiter in Pisces, formed into an even more talented Kite by Jupiter opposition Sun Pluto Uranus. There are certainly indications of a major change in his chart come April with tr Uranus opposing the Solar Arc position of his driving planets Sun and Pluto; and also a jolting tr Uranus square his Saturn in Aquarius. He is looking confident and enthusiastic from early May with tr Uranus sextile his Jupiter and tr Uranus conjunct his Mars/Jupiter midpoint; and then tr Uranus trine his Sun Pluto come June. If the election had been a month later I’d have said he was a cinch.

But as ever with elections – and no birth times – it’s speculative.

Prince Will & Kate – eclipses mark out a critical year ahead

 

For Royal and Eclipse watchers:-

Both Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, will be feeling the effects of the recent and about to occur eclipses.

Prince William with his Cancer New Moon catching the late December Capricorn Solar Eclipse conjunct Jupiter has just launched along with David Attenborough the “most prestigious environmental prize in history” – a multi-million pound competition to encourage the world’s greatest problem-solvers to find answers to Earth’s biggest environmental problems. He said the planet was now at a tipping point. That certainly sounds Jupiterian enough – visionary and very large. Though Jupiter has a habit of sometimes overdoing the stretch. And there may be other effects as well since this eclipse effect runs on for several months. By which time the June 21st 2020 Cancer Solar Eclipse on his birthday will be exactly conjunct his Sun and near enough his Moon. This June eclipse Saros Series is difficult with restrictions and separations in the months following with progress being blocked; and the eclipsed New Moon is in an argumentative square to Mars and inconjunct Saturn, so much less upbeat than this recent one..

Kate with her Capricorn Sun opposition Cancer Moon square Mars and Saturn Pluto in Libra will catch the January 10th Lunar Eclipse at 20 degrees Cancer which will conjunct her Moon and oppose her Sun; with the early July 2020 Capricorn Lunar Eclipse conjunct her Sun and opposition her Moon. So it’ll be a critical year for her as well in terms of relationships with partners as well as the public.

She has stepped out of her shell in the past year, spruced up her wardrobe style (mainly), and come across with more confidence. She’s been through a punishing few years with tr Pluto and tr Uranus bouncing off her Sun opposition Moon and Saturn. It has clearly been transformative – which is often the case with women who have heavily Plutonic charts since they often don’t come into their own until their forties – after the tr Pluto square natal Pluto – in her case not for another couple of years. But she has such a downbeat, hemmed-in chart, the recent battering has obviously cleared away some of what was suppressing her.

Someone on the forum mentioned early on that she appeared to be ‘on remote control’ which will have been the effect of an over-controlling Pluto from childhood leaving its mark.

Just goes to show that difficult outer planet transits, which in advance can be panic-inducing, can have a positive effect.

There may be a shift in the family dynamics and in their marriage since the eclipses are homing in on both their Sun/Moon midpoints. A necessary adjustment as they step up for what is likely to be an endurance test in years to come.

Sam Mendes – the man with a golden talent

 

Sam Mendes took home best director for his epic war drama 1917 which was also crowned best film drama at the Golden Globes.  Born one day after J.K. Rowling on 1 August 1965, he had a novelist mother and academic father, directed plays when at Cambridge, and later at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Chichester. He has a special place in my respect for his regeneration of the tiny Donmar Theatre in London in the early 1990s where he put on a stream of superlative serious plays. As well as directing Lionel Bart’s Oliver with Cameron Mackintosh – and the list of stage triumphs goes on and on. On the movie front, most notably American Beauty with Kevin Spacey and the James Bond Skyfall and many others. He really has the golden touch.

He has a Leo Sun square filmic and musical Neptune; with the leading-edge, innovative Uranus Pluto in Virgo opposition Saturn in Pisces squaring onto a lucky Jupiter in Gemini. A Mutable T Square like this gives him a need for constant movement and stimulation. A focal point Jupiter will make him a natural teacher or spokesman and visionary but exceedingly restless with it – so a career full of constantly changing projects will suit him.

His Jupiter is also in a high-energy, adventurous and risk-taking trine to Mars in Libra. His Moon in probably Libra in contrast to Rowling’s Virgo Moon.

Other winners included a well-deserved Brad Pitt (see posts 30 August and 21 September 2019); Rene Zellwegger (post September 11 2019); Joaquin Phoenix (post September 28 2019); Olivia Coleman (post November 24 2018); and Quentin Tarantino (post May 27 2019).

Rod Stewart – ‘I Don’t Want to Talk About It’

Rod Stewart, one of the top selling musical artists of all time has been charged with battery after punching a security guard at a hotel in Palm Beach, Florida, on New Year’s Eve. His son Sean, appears to be a co-defendant and the affidavit says cctv footage indicated that they were the “primary aggressors” after the guard confronted them about crashing a private party. They could face a year in jail, the same time on probation or a £760 fine if found guilty at a hearing in February.

Rod born 10 January 1945 9.45pm London (time unverified) has a Capricorn Sun in the performing 5th house in a confident trine to Jupiter in Virgo, with a maverick Uranus on his midheaven. More significantly he has a short-fuse Mars in Capricorn opposition Saturn in Cancer square Neptune. His Mars had the recent Solar Eclipse in Capricorn conjunct Jupiter firing it up, which has a tendency to produce arguments with Jupiter amplifying the effect. And he had tr Saturn in a frustrating square to his Mars/Pluto midpoint exactly which would also not improve his temper. Plus his Sun is going to catch the mid January Lunar Eclipse in Cancer/Capricorn which is always an indicator of critical events.

Sean, born 1 September 1980, from Rod’s first marriage to Alana spent 90 days in jail in 2002 after attacking a man outside a restaurant and in 2010 was arrested for driving with a suspended license. He’s a Sun Virgo with Mercury Jupiter and Saturn in Virgo all square Neptune in Sagittarius with a Gemini Moon – so a scattered and quite highly-strung temperament with so many mutable planets. And more pointedly he has Mars in Scorpio which doesn’t back down easy from confrontations which has tr Uranus in opposition at the moment which tends to provoke rash responses.

No doubt celebrity-obsessed Palm Beach will find a way of smoothing over the cracks.

Middle East sandstorms – losers and winners

   

 

A radioactive boulder having been lobbed into the Middle East causing Ayatollah Khamenei to vow revenge and Trump to counter-threaten further reprisals, the surrounding countries are on tenterhooks.

This is just a quick look round certain key charts. Apart from Iran, the two Soleimani allies most affected by his death are Syria’s Bashar Assad and Hezbollah. Assad’s Presidency chart of 17 July 2000, despite his recent ‘win’ always did look more pressured ahead with a trapped, high-risk tr Saturn Pluto opposition the Sun/Mars midpoint in 2020 and then opposition Sun at 25 degrees Cancer – so a potentially blocked and destructive three years ahead.

Hezbollah, based in Lebanon, who are one of Israel’s main concerns, 16 February 1985, look devastated at the moment with their Solar Arc Sun square Saturn hitting on their Neptune exactly, bringing uncertainty and a significant setback. Tr Uranus is also triggering their pushily-confident Jupiter square Pluto between now and late March, which could provoke a definite response. Their relationship with Israel is on a sharp downhill slide from late March onwards for several years ahead with tr Neptune square the composite Mars and then opposition the composite Pluto Uranus.

Israel is alarmed at present with tr Uranus square the Sun/Neptune midpoint; and foreseeing disruptive changes with tr Pluto square the Jupiter/Saturn midpoint. This March could be a flare-up point with an emotionally upsetting tr Uranus square the 10th house Moon.

Netanyahu whose political future was hanging in the balance after indictment charges looks remarkably confident and successful from late March onwards with tr Pluto conjunct his Jupiter. Though relations between the Israel and the USA chart seem to be exceptionally strained from late March as well with tr Pluto picking up the opposition to the composite Mars which runs till late 2021; and an undermining and disappointing tr Neptune square the composite Sun slightly earlier in March (repeating into early 2021). There will also be a considerable upheaval in relations from late March into April.

Up in the skies the second half of March does have Mars in Capricorn conjunct Pluto and Jupiter and then in Aquarius conjunct Saturn – which looks risky, angry and could be violent.

Saudi Arabia, 15 January 1902, is certainly in for an event-filled year with times of major confidence (over?) and deflating setbacks. At the moment and through January there’ll be an urge towards impulsive action, rising excitement and a tendency to over-reaction from tr Uranus square the Sun/Mars midpoint; which will, if anything, become more marked from July onwards as tr Uranus squares the Saudi Mars which can bring an explosive mood, high-insecurity and lead to hasty and unwise retaliation. In between tr Pluto will conjunct the Saudi Sun Jupiter from late February onwards for two years which could lead to soaring over confidence, but with tr Saturn also in effect and the Saturn/Jupiter and Saturn/Sun midpoints being triggered in 2020 it’ll be one step forwards, one step backwards.

Mohammed bin Salman,  31 August 1985, the reckless Saudi Crown Prince, looks more pumped up than usually at the moment with tr Uranus triggering his Jupiter Pluto Venus T Square – at the moment tr Uranus is opposition his Pluto, moving to square his Venus and Jupiter  from lat5e May, on and off till early 2021. This could bring lucky breaks as well as hasty initiatives.

Too many charts, too much data but some of it may be helpful.

Iran versus USA – the world holds its breath ++ Add On

   

The killing of Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Qds force in a USA strike has shaken analysts who all say it’s impossible to exaggerate the repercussions of this event. Soleimani was ‘more important than the president, spoke to all factions in Iran, had a direct line to the supreme leader and was in charge of Iran’s regional policy.” Haaretz says: “This is the most fateful action by the Trump administration in the Middle East in the past three years – the blatant assassination of effectively the second-most powerful man in his country and over the past two decades the most powerful in the region.”

“Soleimani played the key role in destabilizing Iraq after the American invasion. He transformed Hezbollah from a medium-sized militia into an army-sized force and the main power broker in Lebanon. And then came his greatest achievement, at the cost of hundreds of thousands of deaths: Without him Bashar Assad would not have remained president of Syria in his Damascus palace.”

General Petraeus, in a 2008 letter to the then-US defence secretary, described Soleimani as “a truly evil figure”.

The question is not why he was taken out so much as why now? There have been low level attacks by Iranian-backed militia on American forces and personnel in Iraq recently with some retaliation from the US. But this appears to be what the Telegraph described as “a massive walk up the escalation ladder.” Even Israel has ducked chances to take Soleimani out for fear of the consequences.

Trump wants out of the Middle East and stymied John Bolton’s hawkish efforts to topple the Iranian leadership. Did he think a one-off strike would bring him kudos and divert attention from domestic woes? If so, he woefully under-estimates the Iranians who will feel impelled to grandstand their anger and resistance. Despite talk of World War 111 and an all-out confrontation, their talent is asymmetrical warfare since they know they lack the US’s massive armed forces. The payback could happen anywhere and anytime but will certainly put US and Brit forces in Syria and Iraq at higher risk.

Soleimani, 11 March 1957 Iran, was a Sun Pisces (a sign often found in Islamic-fundamentalist charts) in a confident opposition to Jupiter in Virgo with Mercury Venus also in Pisces – all his Pisces planets being square a serious and knowledgeable Saturn in Sagittarius. Most significantly he had Mars in heavyweight Taurus conjunct the destructive Fixed star Algol in a ruthless square to Pluto.

The Iran 7 October 1906 chart has a Solar Arc Mars opposition Jupiter now which does suggest a ‘holy crusader’, aggressive and self-justifying response. There was similar when the US launched the Afghanistan War in 2001. In Iran’s case the Solar Arc Mars will move onto to oppose the Neptune in two years’ time which suggests failed plans; with a massive jolt in 2020 from Solar Arc Saturn opposition Uranus.

Trump’s Term chart also indicates a gung-ho, might-makes-right mood at the moment with tr Pluto square the Jupiter running till late January 2020 and repeating till the end of the year. It gives an overdose of confidence which can ultimately blowback. There’s also a distinct see-saw wobble from the Pluto moving to close to the square to Uranus to exact within the next two months.

Pompeo’s Secretary of State chart always indicated an explosive and crises-ridden with an exact Mars Pluto conjunction which has tr Saturn sitting exactly on it for these few days over the New Year. And his relationship chart with Trump looks extremely fraught with an aggravated Mars opposition Venus Saturn which is being elbowed at the moment by tr Uranus conjunct the Venus and moving on more disruptively in May/June. There were some rumours he was going to bale to pursue a Senate run, which doesn’t sound as if he is in-step with POTUS. Certainly Pompeo does not have Iran as a success zone on his astrocartography, quite the reverse with Mars on his IC.

Neither does Trump since it puts his Uranus Sun in the 7th opposition Moon in the 1st, with an indecisive Neptune in the 10th located to Teheran. The Ayatollah Khamenei’s Uranus is conjunct Trump’s Midheaven, giving him a capacity for destabilising Trump; and the Ayatollah’s Cancer Sun sits on Trump’s Saturn in Cancer, so he’ll dent Trump’s self-esteem.

Which makes the magnitude of the action even more bizarre. Perhaps in his deteriorating mental state, beset by impeachment fears, losing the North Korea negotiating triumph as Kim Jong Un goes awry again, he thought an out-do Obama moment by knocking off an even more significant figure than Bin Laden might feed his crumbling ego. Or maybe he didn’t think. Or maybe a nuke-em-all military type just got his finger on the trigger before anyone noticed. All will no doubt be revealed in time re-motives and decision-making.

Add On:  The Iran Revolutionary Guard was founded on 5 May 1979 – which gives a maverick Taurus Sun opposition Uranus; with a ruthless Mars Mercury and Venus in Aries opposition Pluto. The tr Saturn Pluto is square the Mars now as if suffers its worst setback; and in 2021 there’s a road-blocked Solar Arc Saturn conjunct Pluto for a discouraging year. It will be undergoing upheavals and radical changes 2021 to early 2024 as tr Uranus is conjunct the Sun and then opposition Uranus – so the nature of the organisation will be significantly changed. And by the mid 2020s the Solar Arc Saturn will oppose the Mars for a ‘collision’ of a setback.

Thomas Friedman has a few interesting things to say about Soleimani in the NY Times pointing out how his manoeuvrings on the battlefield caused Iran harm at home: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/03/opinion/iran-general-soleimani.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

The Iran Revolution chart of 1 February 1979 9am is set for the moment Ayatollah Khomeini’s feet touched Iranian soil after his time in exile as he returned to put the mullahs in charge. There’s a Sun, Mars, Mercury in stubbornly uncompromising Aquarius opposition Jupiter in Leo. The Sun is widely square Uranus, trine Pluto and inconjunct Saturn – a hint of revolution, heavy control and strain.

Tr Uranus will square the Jupiter from February 9th to early March, which will give rise to a surge of confidence (or good luck); with sharp words erupting mid April to early May with tr Uranus square the Mercury; though when it starts to show disruption, high-risk and insecurity will be from mid June onwards as tr Uranus squares the Mars – which can provoke ill-advised macho gestures to prop up self esteem and that repeats into early 2021. Then in 2021 the tr Saturn in Aquarius square tr Uranus will land on the Aquarius Sun for an uncomfortable year of economic damage and other mishaps, necessitating a change of direction. The tr Uranus square Uranus doesn’t come until 2023 but that will continue the mood of unrest.

Russia 2020 – Neptunian smokescreen and drift

 

Vladimir Putin’s 4th term as Russia President always did look like a crises-ridden administration. There’s a ruthless (and blocked) Mars Pluto in Capricorn square Uranus and Midheaven – less stable than it appears from the outside. There’s also a lucky Sun opposition Jupiter, in a Half Grand Sextile of evasive Neptune in the financial 8th sextile Pluto, which will help to bolster its chances, although economic/financial matters will be a weak spot.

Where it starts to be disrupted is in 2022 with tr Uranus conjunct the Sun – but Jupiter may well step in with dollops of luck to improve his chances of political survival. There’s likely to be explosive mishaps before then in 2021 as the Solar Arc Mars square the Uranus and reputational damage from tr Pluto square the midheaven in 2021/22. And there’ll be worse violence and brutality when the Solar Arc Pluto is conjunct the Mars in 2023. The run up to the next election will be exceptionally fraught.

2020 itself will have some highs mid-year but also patches of long slow, discouraging slog, some major obstacles from the Mars/Pluto midpoint and dashed-hopes from tr Neptune square Jupiter/Pluto.

The plethora of charts for Russia as a country is irksome. But looking at 8 December 1991 7.45pm there’s an undermining drift until late January 2020 from tr Neptune square the Sun; jolts and tensions from tr Uranus square the Saturn early February to early March 2020; and more debilitating confusion or indecision late year as the Solar Arc Sun is conjunct the Neptune. Tr Saturn in Aquarius in 2022 will put pressure on the 4th house Pluto, with disruptions the following year from tr Uranus square the Pluto – if the start time is sound, that could knock away some of the internal domestic controls.

The 8 November 197 2.12 am chart is more obviously in the line of fire from the economic-setback tr Saturn square tr Uranus in 2022/23 as both will hard aspect the Scorpio Sun, Mercury and square the Saturn and then Uranus.

Going back to conspiracy theories: The Russia 1917 chart has a paranoid Saturn Neptune conjunction and a control-freak Pluto in the 10th trine a Scorpio Sun – so custom-built for spreading ‘imaginative’ disinformation. The 1991 chart has a Uranus Neptune conjunction which can also bend reality to its own uses.