Blaise Metreweli is to become the first woman to head MI6 (the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service) from 1 October. [Played by Judi Dench in Bond as ‘M’]. She is currently Director General “Q” – head of the technology and innovation division which has the crucial task of gathering intelligence overseas to improve the country’s security, stop terrorism, disrupt the activities of hostile states and bolster cyber-security.
She was born 30 July 1977 in London and spent some of her childhood in Hong Kong where her medical father worked. She studied anthropology at Cambridge, has had director level roles in MI5 and spent most of her career working in the Middle East and Europe.
An independent, unconventional Sun Leo square Uranus, she has an Air Grand Trine of a determined Mars in Gemini trine Pluto trine an Aquarius Moon with her Mars opposition Neptune, her Moon opposition her Sun and Pluto opposition her South Node. Three Kites and a plethora of sextiles from her Grand Trine make her a thinker, communicator, tough, used to danger, super-ambitious, lucky and talented.
There is nothing showing up as major jeopardy until later this decade 2027 to2029.
Her Term chart, 1 October 2025, has another Air Grand Trine, so suits her cerebral temperament. A Libra Sun is trine Pluto trine Uranus with the Sun opposition Neptune. Neptune is not always useful in an organizational chart but for the smoke-and-mirrors ethos of the intelligence branch it may be exactly what is needed. Pluto squares Mars in Scorpio for daring-do and dastardly-deeds or at least facing them. Not overly grounded or practical but for an increasingly cyber-heavy future that may be an advantage as dead-drops al la George Smiley (Tinker Tailor) become history.
There are a few hints of challenges with tr Uranus square the Saturn/Pluto midpoint this November and April 2026 (could be involved in a war situation – hopefully from afar) with some uncertainties and disruptions through 2026/27. But again the high-risk patch is more 2027/28.
The Minnesota assassination of Congresswoman Melissa Hortman and her husband; and the shooting of Senator John Hoffman and his wife which has left them severely injured occurred on the exact Mars square Uranus (conjunct Algol) on June 14th.
The Minnesota state chart, 11 May 1858, was exactly on its Uranus Return – with the tr Uranus Algol square tr Mars also triggering its Jupiter, Algol, Uranus opposition Mars in Scorpio – so it was always going to get the full brunt of the explosive Mars Uranus influences.
The previous eclipses located to Minnesota also had Jupiter marked on the axis – the March Solar Eclipse with Jupiter conjunct the IC; and the March Lunar Eclipse with Jupiter conjunct the Descendant.
Melissa Hortman, 27 May 1970, a lively Sun Gemini trine Uranus, opposition Neptune – had her Solar Arc Uranus and her natal Neptune both late degree Scorpio square Venus in late Leo – so was also rattled by the prevailing celestial winds. As was her husband Mark, 30 November 1966, an upbeat Sun Venus in Sagittarius trine Jupiter in Leo whose Solar Arc Mars was in late Scorpio for the shocking end to their lives.
John Hoffman, still in hospital, 17 January 1965, a Sun Capricorn trine Mars in Virgo also coincidentally had his Solar Arc Mars in late Scorpio catching the hard aspect from the transiting Mars Uranus Algol square as well.
Vance Boelter, 23 July 1967, who has been arrested for the crimes is a Sun Leo square Mars and South Node in vengeful Scorpio, with Jupiter in Leo trine Saturn in Aries. He allegedly dressed as a police officer and drove in a car that resembled a police squad, leaving behind a list of names after he fled, mostly Democratic elected officials and abortion rights activists who he allegedly wanted dead.
His relationship chart with Melissa Hortman had a composite Mars in late Leo, possibly on the exact degree of the Mars square Uranus.
Increasingly bizarre court decisions taken under the guise of the European Convention of Human Rights, allowing murderers and rapists to avoid extradition on specious excuses are leading to pressure for reform.
The ECHR, agreed after World War 11 by Churchill, Adenauer, Mitterrand and others came into force on 3 September 1953 in part as a defence against Stalinism. Any person who feels their rights have been violated under the convention by a country can take a case to the court. Judgments are binding on the states concerned and they are obliged to execute them. Only Russia and Belarus are not signatories.
Recent cases have allowed criminals to stay in the UK because their removal might upset their children. Another in today’s Times refers to a murderer who was sentenced to 14 years in jail in Brazil for repeatedly raping a five year-old girl who fled to the UK before he could be convicted and was on Interpol’s most-wanted list. A British judge refused Brazil’s extradition request on the basis that it would violate his Article 3 rights.
It is clear it needs to be reformed or the UK Faragists will win the argument for a complete withdrawal. It came into effect when there was a fearsome Mars Pluto conjunction in Leo on the midpoint of Jupiter in Gemini trine Neptune Saturn in Libra – a curious mixture of enlightened thinking and bullying domination. The Saturn Neptune’s drive for better society backed up by an immoveable Mars Pluto. There is a Sun Mercury in Virgo and a 1st house caring Cancer Moon as well.
The central Trine has moved by Solar Arc to catch the tr Saturn Neptune square the Solar Arc Neptune Saturn in 2026/28; tr Pluto to square the SA Mars Pluto also in 2026/28 and tr Uranus square the SA Jupiter in 2026/27/28. Plus tr Pluto conjunct the 8th house North Node and then opposition the Venus so any changes will be hard fought and difficult to accomplish.
The UK’s relationship chart with the ECHR is being undermined by tr Neptune square the composite Mars exactly now and into 2026; alongside a major upheaval from tr Uranus conjunct the Pluto square Uranus through the winter into mid 2026. With further challenges from 2026 for several years with tr Pluto square the composite Neptune and then Sun and Venus.
There could be an exit late in the decade though only after protracted pressure for real change.
UK Home secretary Yvette Cooper has issued an “unequivocal apology” over the failure of the British state to protect young girls from predatory grooming gangs over 16 years, as she confirmed a full national inquiry into the scandal. The recent Casey Inquiry found a large proportion of the perpetrators were men from Asian ethnic backgrounds. A culture of “blindness, ignorance and prejudice” led to repeated failures over decades to investigate. Asylum seekers and foreign nationals are involved in a “significant proportion” of live police investigations into child sex grooming gangs.
Lady Casey said she had been “outraged, shocked and appalled” at the treatment of victims by authorities that were supposed to be protecting them. “We are talking about multiple sexual assaults committed against children by multiple men on multiple occasions, beatings and gang rapes,” Casey added.
This recent report comes 10 years after she wrote a damning report into the culture of denial at Rotherham, South Yorkshire, where at least 1,400 children were sexually abused by grooming gangs between 1997 and 2013.
Downing Street said Sir Keir Starmer believed that “the grooming scandal was one of the greatest failures in our country’s history despite previously having criticized those calling for an inquiry as “jumping on a bandwagon” and “amplifying what the far right is saying”. Elon Musk was one of the most recent voices to make an impact on the subject. The inquiry will be time limited and build on the work done by Alexis Jay, who carried out an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse.
Whether even a shortened inquiry (three years!) will do much to overcome the ‘analysis paralysis’ of previous inquiries such as Grenfell, the infected blood scandal, the ongoing Covid inquiries and earlier child abuse investigations remains to be seen. Alexis Jay who completed a seven year inquiry with a report whose recommendations were barely acted on, pleaded for “action not words.”
Baroness Louise Casey, 29 March 1965 Portsmouth, England, is a crossbench peer with a background in Shelter, the Rough Sleepers’ Unit, the Anti-Social Behaviour Unit, Troubled Families, leading a review of culture and standards in the Metropolitan Police in London following the murder of Sarah Everard as well as into Rotherham child abuse failures.
She has an upfront Aries Sun conjunct Venus; and a heavy-duty Mars Uranus Pluto opposition Saturn square North Node in Gemini which will give her the depth and courage to go into the darkness and not be deterred by what she finds. Mars Pluto Saturn is a tough combination.
Alexis Jay, 25 April 1949, Edinburgh, who wrote the earlier child abuse report, is a steady, determined Sun Venus in Taurus square Pluto; with Mars in Aries conjunct North Node trine Saturn in Leo sextile Uranus. Again she has a heavily aspected Mars tied into the North Node.
Everything has been said before on this subject see: previous post 4 January 2025 – Child Sexual Abuse – too terrible to face ++ ultra-liberal fascism ++ ‘social and state failure’ ++ foreign males commit more sex crimes.
But I wondered about the UK’s 8th house Mars being triggered by the Solar Arc Uranus conjunction at the moment – opening up the sewers. Transiting Pluto in Scorpio in the 1980s/to late 1990s brought a good deal of buried sexual horror to the surface, culminating in the horrific Fred/Rosemary West trial.
Keir Starmer’s Government chart also has Mars Uranus in the 8th which may reflect financial instabilities but could also relate to the resistance to facing up to the grooming gangs. Especially since the Government chart has a ‘caring’ Sun, Moon, Venus in Cancer in the 10th = wanting to look good, but that trines Saturn and sextiles Mars Uranus which has an entirely different feel. There is an intense, emotionally fraught Pluto in the 5th house of children opposition Mercury, making this one of the key issues of Starmer’s Term. Not that Labour are alone in turning a blind eye since the Tories did no better.
My final thought is that ethnicity and religion are really not the key factors – it is more the deeply entrenched tribal background of immigrants from misogynistic cultures which are about four hundred years behind ours, which is the problem.
Add On: Two other women who stood up to be counted.
Former Labour MP Ann Cryer who attracted media attention, and death threats, for speaking out against forced marriages, honour killings, calling on immigrants to learn to speak English before entering the country, and for being amongst the first people to talk about the issue of gangs of Asian men sexually abusing children in Yorkshire. Born 13 December 1939 she is a Sun Sagittarius square Mars in Pisces, and square Neptune opposition Jupiter, and trine Saturn South Node in Aries. Outspoken, pro-active, idealistic, self-reliant with a confident Jupiter trine Pluto.
Maggie Oliver, 23 October 1955, a former Detective Constable with Manchester Police, who was a whistleblower for exposing the poor handling of the Rochdale child sex abuse ring case by her own force and had to resign.
She has a Sun Neptune conjunct in Libra sextile a confident Jupiter Pluto in Leo; with her Pluto in an ultra-determined conjunction Mars. Not a lady who does things by halves.
Sarah, Duchess of York, has been opening up in public prints about her mental health struggles stemming in part from her mother abandoning the family to run off with an Argentinian polo player when she was 12, leaving “profound scars” that “led to feelings of unworthiness and her subsequent eating disorders.” What slightly undermines sympathy is her cri de coeur comes in context of a puff for a Zurich clinic for billionaires which causes a breezy $109,000 PER WEEK with a probable two month stay coming in at a snip of $1m or thereabouts. The staff ratio is 20 to 1.
Overplayed diagnoses of PTSD being thrown around don’t help either.
She was born 15 October 1959 9.03am London, giving her a Libra Sun conjunct Mars on the cusp of her 12th house in an excitable sextile to Uranus. Her upfront Aries Moon in her 5th house of children and entertainment is square a 2nd house Saturn in Capricorn. She will look to her own children for nurturing in the face of a chilly maternal upbringing. Her charming, seductive (and manipulative) Pluto Venus conjunction sits on her Midheaven giving her a tendency to hang on for control. It is intriguing how often Pluto turns up when there is an absent parent – Sun Pluto etc – which should intuitively suggest a dominating, controlling parent but as often points to a parent who is outwith the control of the individual i.e. absent.
Her Moon is also on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Pluto sextile Neptune Mercury – which hints at a degree of emotional disorganization and a tendency to act in a self-defeating way. Given that her Moon is also tied into a 2nd house Saturn and into her need-to-be-grand Pluto Venus on her Midheaven, her confusion also extends to her financial mismanagement.
The oddity of her live-in arrangement with her divorced husband Prince Andrew has never been satisfactorily explained. His Scorpio Moon falls in her 1st giving her a sense of a safe environment. His ‘generous’ Jupiter falls in her financial 2nd house which would help. And his controlling Pluto, like hers, sits on her Midheaven so there is a possessiveness.
Their relationship chart has a ‘seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time’, impulsive Mars Jupiter conjunction; with an intense, power-struggling, chained-together Pluto square Mars and trine Saturn. Plus a needs-space Venus square Uranus and ditto Sun trine Uranus; and a confused composite Moon square Neptune. A hotch potch but it obviously fills a need (or different needs) in both. Both have their Sun/Moon midpoints at almost the same degree 12/13 Capricorn – not sure exactly what it means but it could indicate an underlying link.
She is recovering from cancer and with tr Uranus opposition her Jupiter from this August onwards looks upbeat and go ahead. Though tr Neptune Saturn conjunct her Moon and square her Saturn may give her cause for concerns with money and her emotional connections.
Her mother Susan Barrantes, 9 June 1937, was a New Moon in Gemini square Neptune. It was a deep and difficult relationship since Susan’s Gemini Sun Moon fell in Sarah’s 8th; and Susan’s pushily confident Pluto opposition Jupiter was square Sarah’s Sun Mars for an underlying current of bad feelings; Susan’s Saturn in Aries was conjunct Sarah’s Moon for a defensive barrier and coolness.
The relationship chart was exceptionally tough with a composite Sun Mercury Pluto opposition Saturn square Moon; with the composite Pluto square Mars. A lot of anguish and hostility wrapped up in there.
Susan Barrantes died in a car crash when she was 61 a year after Princess Diana.
ADD ON: Her father Ronald Ferguson, 10 October 1931 was a Sun Venus in Libra opposition Uranus square Saturn – so he would chime with Sarah especially with his Venus conjunct her Mars and Sun though his Saturn Uranus would make him an erratic presence in her life.
His Jupiter was also conjunct her Uranus for an adventurous connection though a square from his ultra-determined Mars in Scorpio would make for clashes. His Neptune on her Midheaven would make him a questionable influence on her chosen direction in life.
Ronald Ferguson’s relationship with Susan Barrantes was not a good match with a tough, unkind composite Sun opposition Saturn square Mars and Mars trine Pluto. I’m not surprised she bolted. There are elements of those harsh aspects with Sarah and her father, but watered down and balanced by fun Sun Jupiter Uranus aspects.
Paddy McNally, Sarah’s older boyfriend for some years, a former racing driver and socialite, whose refusal to marry her sent her into the arms of Prince Andrew was born 20 December 1937. He is a Sun Sagittarius square Saturn; with a controlling yod of Sun sextile Mars inconjunct Pluto. It wasn’t exactly a soulmate match of hearts and flowers. Money appeared to be part of the attraction – and Sarah’s relationship with him echoed the difficulties of her parents’ marriage with a composite Saturn opposition Pluto square Sun – plus an adventurous Jupiter Uranus.
Libra women tend to lean towards their fathers and away from their mothers – for example Maggie Thatcher.
Benjamin Netanyahu, despite a deluge of criticism about corruption as well as civilian suffering/ collateral damage in Gaza and extremist settlers taking over land in the West Bank unchecked, is on a roll. Having inflicted significant damage on Hezbollah in Lebanon and on Hamas, both Iranian proxies, he is now intent on going for the jugular with wholesale attacks on Iran itself.
His Term chart, 29 December 2022 4.30pm Tel Aviv, had Neptune on the Midheaven which is normally not a helpful placing politically but it also has Jupiter Moon in the 10th square the Sun so confidence and luck were never going to be in short supply; especially with Moon Jupiter being sextile Pluto on one side and Mars on the other – ie. midway between a ruthless, devious Mars trine Pluto. With a hidden Mars in the 12th being further emphasized on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Sun sextile South Node in Scorpio.
It is not an obvious chart – you have to search amongst the undergrowth to find the determination and aggression which is there. But there was never any doubting the emotional overload with Pluto Venus Mercury conjunct in the 7th house of partners and enemies.
Tr Saturn Neptune are conjunct the Term Jupiter and then Moon now and into 2026 which could bring delusional optimism and then discouragement but there is nothing obvious showing an exit point. There will be highs and successes as well as stress points over the winter with more jeopardy from late April 2026 onwards into 2027 with the Mars/Pluto midpoint being undermined. But also confidence and luck as well.
What I wonder about is his relationship chart with Israel, which is showing high tension as tr Uranus moves into Gemini next month and it squares the composite Saturn into 2026 as well. January to mid March 2026 there will be high-risk, insecurity and anger expressed with tr Uranus square the composite Mars. Late October 2025 to late January 2026 also look nerve-stretched and extremely uneasy.
And into 2026 tr Pluto starts to oppose the 10th house Leo Moon for two years which hints at a mutinous electorate as well as pressure for change at the top.
His own chart, 21 October 1949 10.15 am Tel Aviv, does have his Solar Arc Midheaven conjunct his Ascendant around now which does suggest he is at his zenith in terms of career and image. His Progressed Moon is continuing through his 8th which suggests an intense struggle for another 18 months or so. Birth time being accurate his Solar Arc Uranus will conjunct his Midheaven in 2026 for a change of life/career direction, though timing could put it out by a year or so). He does have a panicky Mars midpoint January 2026 to mid March. And the February 2026 Solar Eclipse in late Aquarius will oppose his Mars (and Trump’s) for an argumentative few months (!)
He has two fortunate Jupiter midpoints flagged up for 2026/27 as well. Two astro points of note. One is that his Uranus at 4 degrees Cancer will be squared by tr Neptune Saturn in 2026 (and by Neptune in 2027) which will be nerve-stretched and could make him more intransigent (and irrational). And that four degree Cardinal point appears on various related charts so June 2026 onwards will be worth watching. What will shake him to the core is his Progressed Mars squaring his Uranus from late 2026 on the degree, and extending on through 2027/28 – which looks high-risk and nerve-shredding.
[There is something very 8th house about all of this mess – Israel has an 8th house Taurus Sun.
“The eighth house is associated with entanglements, power games, boundary crossings, or dealing with taboos.”
“It is almost impossible to differentiate between good and evil, black and white, hero and villain. Things are muddled and mixed up.”
See previous post: The hidden 8th house – pulling back the veil 16th November 2023 ]
ADD ON: ‘Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed.’ Simon Tisdall
‘Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world.’ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/15/trump-netanyahu-khamenei-three-angry-old-men
ADD ON: For context.
FT: “A protracted war of the cities” will be hard for either side to sustain should the US stay on the sidelines or peace talks failed to resume. A US intervention could be decisive, bringing bunker-busting ordnance, unavailable to the IDF, that are powerful enough to penetrate Fordow, a nuclear facility buried under a mountain.
While Israel can inflict more pain on Iran, the Islamic republic showed an ability to absorb huge losses during an eight-year war with Iraq in the 1980s.
William Hague The Times: June 17 2025
Keeping Iran nuclear-free is likely to require cycles of future war or years of diplomacy
By last week, an Israeli attack on Iran was easier to justify than at any previous time. The Iranians were deceiving international inspectors and, in all probability, moving to nuclear “breakout”. The circumstances warranted action. But it is important never to forget that Netanyahu’s preference for force over diplomacy at all times has been an important factor in creating those alarming circumstances. If the JCPoA of 2015 had been supported by Netanyahu and upheld by Trump, the danger to Israel would today be far less serious and today’s war would not be happening.
Huma Abedin, political aide to Hillary Clinton, marrying Alex Soros, son of George Soros, the Democratic Party’s most generous patron, on Saturday drew together a crowd of the wealthy Liberal left to the Hamptons. They picked the most unsettled weekend of the year (decade) with the Israel/Iran conflagration erupting; ‘Not a King’ anti-Trump protests and the assassination of a Minnesota lawmaker. Which stamps the explosive Uranus Algol square Mars as their marriage astro-signature.
Huma Abedin, 28 July 1976, was previously married to Anthony Weiner which union disintegrated under his sexting scandals. She is Muslim with Alex Soros, 27 October 1985, who has taken over the reins from his financier father, of Jewish heritage.
She has Pakistani/Indian parents and grew up partly in Saudi Arabia where her University teacher parents worked. She has a stellium in showy, attention-attracting Leo including a Sun Saturn conjunction plus Venus Mercury and possibly Moon. Her Sun Saturn are sextile Pluto and square Uranus – determined, enduring, stubborn, keen to be taken seriously, can be autocratic.
The relationships to which she is drawn look tricky in the extreme. Her previous husband Anthony Weiner, 4 September 1964, had a controlling and chaotic Sun Pluto Uranus conjunction in Virgo conjunct her Mars in Virgo which was always guaranteed to blow a fuse at some point.
Alex Soros, 27 October 1985, is equally mystifying as a match (birth dates being accurate) – since his stubborn and controlling Sun Pluto in Scorpio is conjunct her Uranus for a clash of agendas; and his Sun Pluto is square her Sun Saturn in Leo for resolute arguments. His Saturn in Scorpio also opposes her Jupiter in Taurus so he will damp her enthusiasm at times.
Their relationship chart does have a passion-sparkling composite Sun, Venus, Mars conjunction which will help initially though it squares Neptune which may puncture a hole in the dream down the line. There is also an up-and-down composite Saturn opposition Jupiter which is being undermined by tr Saturn Neptune hard aspects over the next eighteen months.
The wedding chart (no established time) in addition to Mars square Uranus Algol and Sun square Saturn Neptune; also has two yods onto Pluto and Mars – all of which look volatile in the extreme.
Actor Gary Oldman, the greasy, flatulent spy boss of the losers and rejects in Slow Horses, makes an unlikely knight of the realm in King Charles’ Birthday Honours. Though his prolific and highly successful, award-strewn career as one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, does deserve recognition.
Despite a stellar career – in Harry Potter; Tinker, Tailor; The Dark Knight Trilogy; Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill – he has managed to remain low key.
Born 21 March 1958 10.56 am, London, with an alcoholic father who left when he was seven, he gave up school at 16, before eventually taking an acting training and starting his career on stage. He has a 10th house Aries Sun and Moon (widely conjunct) with Mercury also in Aries in his career 10th. An uncompromising Uranus opposition an 8th house Mars square a creative Neptune in Scorpio gives him an edge of creative danger. His filmic Neptune is also on one leg of a yod sextile an intense 3rd house Pluto inconjunct his Sun – a yod focal point Sun will make him awkwardly self-conscious, constantly trying to balance his ego-drives, too much and too little. A hardworking, knowledgeable Saturn in Sagittarius in his 6th trines his Mercury. His Venus in Aquarius opposition Uranus sits in his passionate 8th house. He has been married five times with a history of alcoholism.
Tr Jupiter is crossing his Ascendant this August giving him a boost and setting him off on a new Jupiterian cycle. Though truthfully he does not look overly upbeat with a frustratingly stuck tr Pluto conjunct his Mars till late 2026; tr Neptune Saturn conjunct his Aries Sun; tr Uranus square his Pluto from this July onwards and tr Pluto square his Neptune in 2026/27 – he’s right in the middle of the celestial storm.
Roger Daltrey, formerly co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band the Who, known as one of the “gods of rock and roll”, and a determined campaigner for teenage cancer, also gets a knighthood. Born 1 March 1944 at 2am London, he has a Pisces Sun on the focal point of a yod inconjunct a 10th house musical Neptune sextile Pluto North Node in Leo; with his Sun in a lively square to Uranus as well as square a high-wire Mars Saturn in Pisces. And Jupiter in showy Leo. Plus a Gemini Moon conjunct Uranus – not a settled temperament, for sure, likes to live at full pelt.
Elaine Page gets a Damehood, 5 March 1948, and she also has a Pisces Sun on the focal point of a yod inconjunct Neptune sextile Pluto Saturn – so a full-on personality, very determined and enduring with Mars also in Leo conjunct her Saturn Pluto and opposition her Mercury; and a lucky Jupiter opposition Uranus.
As does Pat Barker, author of the First World War Regeneration novels and others about memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Born 8 May 1943, she was illegitimate and brought up in poverty by her grandparents. She is a Sun Taurus sextile Jupiter and square a leadership North Node in Leo; plus Mars in Pisces square Saturn, which has military associations. Her Moon is Gemini/Cancer.
‘This attack is about raw power, not about regional stability or better outcomes for everyone.”
‘While there won’t be many Arab tears shed for Iran, that does not amount to support for Israel.’
‘Israel seized an opening to strike. The hard part may be closing it.’
‘Israel is not building a better tomorrow, it is destroying whatever could threaten it. If in the meantime the war distracts from the horrifying civilian toll in Gaza and derails the international conference on Palestinian statehood planned for next week, all the better for Netanyahu and his extremist coalition.’
Commentators are struggling to see what the end game is in a conflict where neither side is commendable. Last October, Israel took out most of Iran’s advanced air defences and yesterday decapitated much of Iran’s military and scientific leadership, destroying some nuclear and military facilities. But eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat would require active U.S. involvement which with Trump flip flopping wildly remains the imponderable question.
Neither of the 20th Century Iran charts work as well as the 22 December 1501 which is particularly sensitive to transiting Uranus in late Fixed degrees – previously in the late 1970s the Ayatollah’s revolution kicked in with Uranus in Scorpio; in 1962 with Uranus in late Leo an earthquake killed 12,000; In 1942 with Uranus in late Taurus there was a severe famine.
This chart has Mars in late Taurus opposition Pluto in Scorpio square Uranus at zero degrees Pisces. [I am not sure of the calendar for this so it may be a few days out but the degrees will be there or thereabouts.] Tr Uranus is opposition the Pluto exactly now for a monumental upheaval with accompanying violence and moving to square the Uranus in July and repeating on and off into mid 2026.
The T square of Mars opposition Pluto square Uranus was being undermined into its Solar Arc positions by tr Neptune in hard aspect during the 1979 Revolution which installed the Ayatollahs.
This year in addition to the T square being pounded by tr Uranus; tr Neptune Saturn are also square the late Sagittarius Sun into early 2026. So a phase of being completely undermined and destabilized.
Ayatollah Khameini’s chart, 17 July 1939, is also under crushing pressure from Solar Arc Saturn conjunct his Cancer Sun following on from late year’s Solar Arc Mars square his Sun – and tr Pluto is wading its way round his Fixed T Square of Pluto Mars and Saturn till late this year.
Reza Pahlavi, 31 October 1960 11.55 am Teheran, the son of the late Shah, will be watching anxiously though there is no certainty a) that the present regime will fall; or b) that he will be invited back. He’s a Sun Neptune in Scorpio with an 8th house Uranus and Pluto and North Node and a 12th house Jupiter and Saturn in Capricorn.
His Solar Arc Saturn is conjunct his Sun now for a discouraging moment; with an uncertain tr Neptune Saturn square his Jupiter now into early 2026. The Solar Eclipse in Virgo in September will also rattle his Pisces Moon for an emotionally fraught few months. But he will be due a major confidence and morale boost in late 2026 from his Solar Arc Jupiter opposition his Pluto.
The USA/Iran 1501 chart is on edge and blocked, more stressed in 2026 and on. Though the USA/Iran 1979 relationship with Revolutionary Iran looks more pressured this year (see previous post.)
What is marginally worrisome is the USA Solar Arc Sun square Saturn which has been bearing down on the natal Mars square Neptune, since just before last year’s election and on for another two years till 2027. When the SA Sun is square the USA Mars from the end of this year into 2026 there will be a ‘collision’ of sorts. This could be the jangled and jolted effect of Trump’s pinball politics but it could also have military overtones.
Trump’s chart relocated to Teheran puts an indecisive Neptune in the 10th and a divisive Uranus in the 7th so is not war-mongering.
