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Given that health is a key issue on Trump’s 2^nd term Administration chart with a ramped-up focal point Moon in the 6^th house of health square Mars opposition Mercury it is no surprise that the slash-and-burn policies cutting back federal health budgets and staff are hitting the headlines.

 Appointing Robert F Kennedy Jnr, an anti-vaxxer, as head of the Department of Health, has provoked  understandable anguish from insiders. One said: “RFK Jr is a disaster. He is completely dismantling things to the point where the damage is going to become irreparable.”

   Decades-old research centres dedicated to preventing chronic diseases like cancer and heart disease are being shuttered. CDC, the Center for Disease Control’s childhood lead-poisoning prevention programme was shuttered. One in two American toddlers showing detectable levels of lead, a neurotoxin that can cause cognitive impairments and developmental issues. The Prevention Research Centres (PRC) programme dedicated to chronic disease prevention in poorer communities in the United States — is to be closed. Established in 1984 the programme is likely to have prevented thousands of premature deaths from obesity, addiction, diabetes and cancer.

  Similarly the FDA (food and Drug Administration), experts responsible for inspecting factories to ensure food products are safe, have been hamstrung by the mass firing of staff.

The Trump administration’s demand that federal agencies radically downsize is driven by a key figure in the conservative movement. Russell Vought, the principal author of Project 2025, argues that the federal bureaucracy is an existential threat to the country itself and should dramatically downsize. He is thought to be the one behind the Health departments decisions, more so than RFK Jnr.

  The Inauguration Moon will get a sharp wake-up call when the Progressed Moon closes the square to Mars by this time next month. There may be other global issues involved, but in the background health is looming as a crucial problem.

 The USA 4 July 1776 11am Philadelphia chart has Solar Arc Sun moving through the 6^th house moving to square Mars and oppose Neptune in 2026/27.  The USA Sibly chart, 4 July 1776 5.10pm has tr Uranus conjunct the Solar Arc Neptune both in the 6th house – and both being rattled by tr Uranus in final degree Taurus on and off into mid 2026. Plus the Solar Arc Midheaven being conjunct Uranus in the 6^th.  Both charts and the Inauguration home in strongly on 6^th house issues.

 Russell Vought, 26 March 1976, is a ruthless Sun Aries opposition Pluto square Mars in Cancer; with his Sun trine Neptune plus Pluto makes him mega ambitious; and an opportunistic Jupiter opposition Uranus.

 He looks to be on a downward slide from 2026 onwards in a major way as tr Neptune Saturn square his Mars and continue on in hard aspect round his Cardinal T square until 2028. He will battle on against the odds in 2026 but his elastic will be pretty much gone thereafter.

 RFK Jnr, 17 January 1954 5.32pm (unverified) Washington, DC, looks stuck and agitated now with his SA Saturn opposition his Uranus; rattled by arguments in 2026 and completely stuck by 2027 with his SA Pluto conjunct his Saturn.

The CDC, 1 July 1946, is showing the strain and pain most in 2027 to 2029 – so the attritional damage will peak perhaps as a public health crisis emerges.

 The FDA, 30 June 1906, in a spiral of uncertainty at the moment with SA Saturn conjunct Neptune; equally shows 2027 onwards as the real catastrophe.

 The Dept of Health, 11 April 1953, has a yod of Jupiter sextile Mercury (Moon) inconjunct Saturn Neptune in Libra opposition Sun Venus in Aries. The yod has moved by Solar Arc putting the SA Neptune Saturn opposition SA Sun Venus on cue to be challenged by tr Neptune Saturn in square – hinting at it being pushed onto a different trajectory.

  Trump with tr Pluto just entering his 6^th may alter his outlook on health services – not that he will go short of a doctor but it might (!?!) knock some sense into his head.  

Solar Returns drawn up for the moment the Sun returns to its natal place have been a consuming fascination since the days of respected astrologers Johannes Kepler and William Lilly in the 16/17th century.

  But for all the weight put on them as indicators of the year ahead interpretations are not always obvious. ‘Nuanced and subtle’ are how Babs Kirby and Janey Stubbs, authors of a newly reprinted book Interpreting Solar and Lunar Returns: A Psychological Approach, describe the process of extracting a theme for the year ahead.

 The Sun’s house position and aspects are pinpointed as the most important factor with a run down of all 12 houses and aspects. Next is the Moon with its aspects within the Return chart as well as to the natal chart, and the importance of its progressed positions through the coming year. Then the comparison between the natal and return chart with particular emphasis on the Solar Return Midheaven/IC and Ascendant/Descendant contacts.

 There is much of value to be gleaned from this well-written and clearly laid-out listing of meanings of house and aspects. With example charts to study. Lunar Returns (month to month) are also described as well as Mercury, Venus and Mars Returns.

  Personally I still find Solar Returns oddly obscure and find Lunar Returns a good deal more helpful for a quick scan of the up and coming.

  I do slightly wonder whether they work better for some individual charts than for others – though I have no idea why that would be. King Charles had his SR Sun in the 8^th when his mother died which makes sense and his SR Sun in the ‘entertainment’ 5^th for his Coronation year. The year he was diagnosed with cancer his SR had a busy 3^rd house Sun Mars in Scorpio with Saturn in his 6^th house of health.

 Tony Blair had his Sun in the 6^th square Jupiter when he was first elected in 1997 with Mars on the Midheaven – lucky and ambitious with hard-work being the order of the day. Not sure I would have predicted a rip roaring success from that as a standalone indicator.

 As an example – and assuming Trump’s birth time from his birth certificate is accurate – his Solar Return for June 2016 had an 11^th house Sun square Jupiter and an 8^th house Neptune; with Uranus on the Midheaven. An 11^th house Sun would focus his energy on the wider social group which kinda makes sense, though does not leap out immediately as king of the castle time. The SR Midheaven was opposition his natal Jupiter. There were much clearer indicators from Solar Arcs etc to indicate a success.

 His Solar Return for his defeat in 2020 also had an 11^th house Sun square Neptune Mars Moon in the 9^th; and Jupiter Pluto Saturn in his 7^th.  I know you are not supposed to read Solar Returns the way you read a natal chart – bit still??

 His 2024 SR prior to his win put his Sun in the 12^th, supposedly a time for solitude and introspection, a time of self-sacrifice and sensitivity. His SR Sun is square Saturn and Neptune in Pisces for discouragement and confusion.  His SR Ascendant is admittedly conjunct the USA Cancer Sun which may mean something. His Solar Return for this coming year looks like a grandstanding success with his Sun on the Midheaven and Jupiter in the 10th with an influential Pluto in the 5th. Hmm, I wait to be persuaded.

  I am still ambivalent about their usefulness and hit-and-miss quality – though I stand to be corrected if others have a different take.  

Interpreting Solar and Lunar Returns

The HS2 (High Speed Train 2) project has been labelled ‘a complete failure by the British state and its politicians’ and an ‘appalling mess’, fuelled by political puff and short-termism – the project has become a farce.’

  Peter Mandelson’s insider confession about how Gordon Brown and his cabinet came to approve HS2 in 2010 in the aftermath of the post-banking crash era makes depressing reading portraying it as an attempt not to be outdone by the Tories in their enthusiasm for a shiny new big project. The cost estimates were “almost entirely speculative”, wrote Mandelson, but “the vision was exciting” and “we were focusing on the coming electoral battle”.

  Later Tory leaders, especially Boris Johnson, did no better as he pushed the button to proceed in 2020, knowing HS2 only made sense if built in full. After 18 months the Leeds and then Manchester sections were cancelled.

A recent review found that interfering politicians doomed HS2 from the start with no plans hammered out before proceeding and costs spiralling to an estimated £1bn for every mile of the high-speed railway.  The business model evidently meant contractors had little to no incentive to hit cost targets and ran rings around the arm’s-length body, HS2 Ltd.

  Taking a step back to HS1, the 109.9-kilometre (68.3-mile) high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel, came about after similar high speed rail links had been built in France and Belgium. The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 18 December 1996 set it in motion and after a few problems the second section was opened by 2007.

 The 1996 chart has a stalwart Saturn in Aries conjunct South Node trine Pluto Venus sextile Uranus; with a Sagittarius Sun square Mars and Mars trine Jupiter Neptune. The Sun square Saturn on the North/South Node opposition may be significant.

 HS2 Ltd, the incorporated company set up by the government, state funded, on 14 January 2009 had a Capricorn Sun and Mars trine Saturn in Virgo; with Saturn opposition Uranus.

 The two subsequent charts of 10 January 2012 and 23 February 2017 also had a heavy concentration of Cardinal planets which would take the brunt of the transiting Pluto in Capricorn (and tr Uranus in Aries) throughout the decade plus since its inception. The charts are not especially ill-starred but they would have been pounded by tr Pluto in Capricorn, causing delays, possibly financial corruption, political failure and the like.

  So it may be regarded as an epic failure both financial and political which can be laid at the foot of the Pluto in Capricorn years.

 Now that Pluto has moved on into Aquarius, an attempt is being made to get a grip of the fiasco. Some faint hope may come on the HS2 Ltd 2009 chart with tr Pluto conjunct the Jupiter from last year (when the present damning review was put into gear) and the Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Jupiter in 18 months time – both of which could hold hope of a reboot – of sorts.

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.

  A tragic coincidence of destinies.

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 1^st 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 8^th 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 8^th 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 8^th 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 5^th 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.  

ADD ON: June 22  Sunday Times Matthew Syed.

“The missing link in the grooming gangs report: cousin marriage.”

“Many abusers are linked not just by blood but by loyalty to their clan, a system unfamiliar to westerners.”

“Cousin marriage sustains close-kin networks which incentivise clan members both to dehumanise out-group victims and to suppress knowledge of criminal activity to preserve family honour.”

https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/the-missing-link-in-the-grooming-gangs-report-cousin-marriage-p9wt7rr67

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 12^th house in an excitable sextile to Uranus. Her upfront Aries Moon in her 5^th house of children and entertainment is square a 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st giving her a sense of a safe environment. His ‘generous’ Jupiter falls in her financial 2^nd 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 8^th; 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.

See: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/23/one-billionaire-at-a-time-swiss-clinics-super-rich-rehab-therapy-paracelsus-kusnacht

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.

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 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 10^th 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 12^th 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 7^th 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 10^th 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 8^th 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 8^th house about all of this mess – Israel has an 8^th 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.