
Wow. That was a defeat and a half. A loss by 230 votes kicks Theresa May’s deal into oblivion and the UK’s Brexit strategy into utter shambles territory. No one knows what comes next except that both May and Corbyn have so blotted their copy books that they have to go and sooner rather than later. May will probably win the immediate confidence vote with DUP help, since they dislike Corbyn’s united Ireland policies, but it doesn’t move the argument on.
‘Cometh the hour, cometh the man’ – hasn’t produced any obvious candidates to date though there is talk of cross-party seniors taking power back into the hands of parliament away from the government.
The relationship chart between the UK 1801 and EU 1957 isn’t too enlightening. Tr Saturn was conjunct the composite Sun in late December 2018 which is a separating influence and although Saturn hangs around after the event, it never looked strong enough for a cataclysmic split. There’s a discouraging tr Pluto square Saturn now till mid February and returning July/August and November/December 2019 indicative of an uphill-struggle and pressure for change which meets outright resistance (probably on both sides). With an undermining, disappointing tr Neptune square Moon now till early February, followed by tr Neptune opposition Jupiter, on and off till December 2019. Plus a gear shift from July 2019 onwards with tr Uranus trine the composite Uranus – with country charts soft aspects often act like hard, so it could be more indicative of a rupture or a radical alteration in the relationship. It repeats on and off till early 2020.
Theresa May’s personal chart is certainly on cue with tr Pluto conjunct her Mars/Saturn midpoint which Ebertin describes as the rage or fury of destruction from January 14 to February 11, repeating July/August and November/December 2019 – thus a considerable setback. Plus tr Neptune denting her enthusiasm further in February as it squares her Mars/Jupiter midpoint and then doubles up the effect as it opposes her Jupiter from the final day of March onwards; plus career-losses from tr Pluto square her Jupiter/Saturn midpoint also from March 31st on and off till late 2020. Downhill all the way.
Her Government chart, 9 June 2017 12.35pm is sagging with tr Neptune square the midheaven, Solar Arc Midheaven and most pointedly the Gemini Sun from May onwards.
Jeremy Corbyn is finding his popularity sagging through February and beyond with tr Neptune square his Venus and Mercury, neither of which will engender decisiveness; though he will have a stroke of luck and relief from tension in April. His Term chart 24 September 2016 12.35pm has tr Pluto square Uranus from late March which will accompany of a major upheaval and often goes along with the end of an administration or at least a phase of extreme instability.
The EU is much more unsettled in the immediate two years than the UK – with considerable (devastating) financial problems from Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the 2nd house Neptune, exact in six months at the same time as a dead-halt Solar Arc Midheaven conjunct its 12th house Pluto; and high anxiety and muddled thinking from tr Uranus opposition the EU Neptune from late May. 2020 will see major panic and uncertainty from tr Neptune square the EU Saturn; and tr Uranus conjunct the 8th house financial Moon and square the EU Uranus which will bring severe economic pressures, fast-changing circumstances with which the EU’s cumbersome, rigid inability to be flexible won’t cope well. There’ll be continuing and significant failings and shocks through 2023/24.
The UK doesn’t hit its financial roller coaster until 2021.
All a horlicks of a mess.