Marjorie

Prince Andrew is in the headlines again for his Kazakh connections including his sale-of-the-century of the marital home to an oligarch and a business deal he allegedly attempted to broker while acting as UK trade envoy.

Born 19 Feb 1960 3.38pm London, he was removed from his trade envoy role after some previous rumpus which saw his relationship with his ever-protective mother the Queen stretched to breaking point.

He has a 7^th house Pisces Sun at zero degrees opposition Pluto square a 4^th house Scorpio Moon – so definitely attached to family and also to a public lifestyle and attention. He has a children and party-loving 5^th house Jupiter in Sagittarius in an entrepreneurial, over-confident and demanding Fire Grand Trine to Uranus in Leo trine an Aries Midheaven. Plus a socially-ambitious Mars Venus in Capricorn in the 6^th; with Saturn also in Capricorn.

His chart relocated to Kazakhstan puts Jupiter on the IC which would certainly make him feel at home there; and it also puts slippery Neptune in the financial 2^nd.

The Virgo/Pisces Eclipses over the past eighteen months have been rattling his Virgo North Node perhaps sending a message about re-visioning his life and changing course. This September’s Lunar Eclipse will be sitting right on top of his Node; and the earlier very tricky September 1^st Solar Eclipse will be conjunct his Pluto which will also be a sharp wake up call.

Tr Neptune is just into his 8th house of business finances which is often when secrets emerge into the open.

Tr Uranus will conjunct his Midheaven from late this June, off and on for a year which will force a sudden change of direction, all the more robustly since it will affect all of his Grand Trine.  I would wonder about health issues emerging in a couple of years since he has tr Pluto and his Secondary Progressed Moon both into his 6^th then; plus Solar Arc Sun squaring his 6^th house Mars; and tr Uranus also square his Mars Venus.

He’ll find it draughty when Prince Charles takes over since there’s little love lost there with a composite Sun Mercury Mars sextile Saturn and a chilly Moon square Saturn.  Even his sister Princess Anne looks exasperated and disappointed with their relationship chart getting tr Saturn conjunct the composite Mars this year; and tr Neptune square following on in later years.

Austria and indeed Europe have been saved from the first far-right Head of State as hard-line anti-immigration Norbert Hofer (Freedom Party) lost the Presidential election on the postal vote. Though it was a close run thing – 49.7% to 50.3%. He’s pro-Germanic, wears emblems redolent of the Nazis and slogans such as freedom, fatherland.

Born 2 March 1971 Vorau, Austria, he’s a Sun Mercury in Pisces square Neptune Jupiter in Sagittarius – so he’ll have the Piscean obsessive attachment to a vision of what he sees as the ideal.  He has a hard Moon Saturn in Taurus with Venus in traditionalist Capricorn trine Pluto; and Mars in crusading Sagittarius as well.

Tr Neptune is conjunct his Sun at the moment which is not helpful for election wins; as well as tr Pluto conjunct his Solar Arc Neptune ditto; and a discouraging slog tr Pluto trine Saturn – exact at the moment.

But he’ll not be down for long. He’ll surge ahead within a few days, be bullish through the autumn and has a fair amount of popular mileage ahead.

Roger Federer, currently ranked as No 3 in tennis, and regarded as one of the greatest players ever, is beginning to feel the strain of his age after two decades of punishing his body. He’s withdrawn from the French Open, having pulled out of the Madrid Open earlier this month as well, due to injury.

Born 8 August 1981 8.40am Bale, Switzerland,  he’s got a run of disappointing and unsettling transits to midpoints through this year and in some ways worse in 2017. In 2016 he’s got the enthusiasm-dampening tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting his Sun/Jupiter and Sun/Saturn; with an insecure/operation and accident-prone tr Uranus square his Mars/Node.  In 2017 tr Pluto moves on to square Sun/Neptune and trine Sun/Pluto – so much confusion and pressure.

Plus his progressed Moon is now moving through his 6^th house of health for another 18 months, which is often when health issues emerge.

His Progressed Pluto will conjunct his Uranus, exact in 6 months which does suggest a major change in his life. That added on to tr Uranus opposition his Pluto this year – would all point to difficult decisions being faced.

Jordan Spieth, American pro golfer who had stratospheric success in 2015 suddenly lost form through this year’s Masters.

Born 27 July 1993, he is a Sun Leo sextile Jupiter in Libra, so a warm-hearted, enthusiastic personality.  But he’s highly strung with Uranus Neptune in Capricorn trine Mars in Virgo and opposition Mercury in Cancer.

What’s wrong this year is his Solar Arc Saturn opposing his Mars which does suggest a major setback and gnashing of teeth.  Plus tr Uranus has been squaring his Neptune Uranus nad Mercury which may have also been a distraction.  His midpoints also are not great in 2016 with tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting on his Mars/Saturn and tr Uranus opposing his Mars/Pluto – so it’ll feel like a catastrophe.

The next two or three years won’t be that easy with tr Pluto opposing his Mercury and conjunct his Neptune Uranus and trine his Mars from 2017.

This one is for me since I just adore geometric charts – and eccentrics.

David Snellgrove, who spent his life studying, writing about and learning the language of a Tibet, has died.

Born 29 March 1920 in Portsmouth, England, he has seven maybe eight planets all in early degrees. He had a Water Grand Trine of Pluto trine Mars in Scorpio trine Uranus, formed into a Kite by Uranus opposition Saturn in Virgo. And his Aries Sun was on the focal point of a Yod to Saturn sextile Mars; as well as being square Pluto and trine Neptune Jupiter (Moon) in Leo. Very interconnected though not easy.

A Water Grand Trine especially a heavy one would lock him into his own bubble, exploring, exposing himself to risk and seeking adventure. He’d be quite autocratic with Saturn Uranus but also a meticulous academic with Saturn in Virgo as driving planet, which helped him make copious notes and hand on his findings in books. Sun onto Neptune Jupiter might have attracted him to exotic places; and square Pluto would make him utterly determined to overcome the tremendous obstacles in visiting and surviving in Tibet post-WW11 and after the Chinese invaded. Aged 75 when he has retired from academic life, he went to Cambodia and learnt Khmer.

There are shivers of horror within Israel, never mind on the international scene, at PM Netanyahu’s decision to offer the Defence Ministry to extreme right-winger Avigdor Lieberman, who seems keen to bring back the death penalty and has hard-line views on the Palestinians.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2^nd Term chart, 18 March 2013 7.54pm, looks very precarious this year with tr Saturn still on the opposition to Jupiter through August and tr Neptune square Jupiter till the New Year. So confidence at an all-time low; with the even more unstable Solar Arc Uranus square Pluto exact in four months’ time.

His personal chart looks no better with tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting on the 10 degree Virgo MC all year as well as his Venus in Sagittarius making him uncertain, indecisive and unpopular as well as suffering setbacks. With tr Saturn now moving through his 1^st house into his lower-profile, less successful, first quadrant for several years to come he’s likely to make major misjudgements.

His relationship chart with Israel is filled with disappointment this year. And his relationship chart with Avigdor Lieberman, looks set to sag badly from late this June onwards, so whatever benefits he thought the appointment would bring, won’t happen.

Lieberman, 5 June 1958 Moldova, looks upbeat at the moment with tr Uranus opposition his Jupiter; but tr Saturn is opposing his Gemini Sun through this year; with tr Neptune square Sun in 2017; as well as a failure-ridden Solar Arc Neptune square Mars in 2017 – so slipping and sliding badly.  His relationship chart with Israel similarly looks under aggravated influences this year and disappointing ones in 2017.

Israel, 14 May 1948 4pm Tel Aviv, has tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting on the 8^th house Mercury in Gemini all year, so much confusion and uncertainty. With an escalation of problems in 2017 with tr Saturn conjunct Jupiter and opposition Uranus dampening enthusiasm and causing tensions. Plus Solar Arc Mars square Moon and Solar Arc Moon conjunct Neptune suggesting an aggravated and unhappy population. With tr Uranus square MC bringing an abrupt change of direction. And after mid 2017 tr Uranus trine Mars which could be explosive and will certainly be insecure.

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The EgyptAir plane which crashed off the Egyptian coast today took off from Paris on 18 May 2016 11.09pm local time and is being pointed up as most likely a terrorist attack.

This gives a 10^th house Libra Moon opposition a 4^th hour Uranus squaring onto Pluto. There’s also a Jupiter opposition Neptune square Saturn in Sagittarius T Square. So Saturn and Pluto highlighted plus the Earth Grand Trine, focussed onto Neptune. It’s not that stark a chart except for Moon and Uranus both being = Mars/Saturn and Mars being semi-square Pluto – both of which suggest accident/brutality.

There are some numerical degree similarities to the Russia crash from Sharm El Sheik airport on 31 October 2015 5.51am – 3 Sagittarius, 25/26 Libra, 13 Earth, 17 Cardinal – but it’s a bit of a stretch.

What is more obvious are the accompanying aspects on the Egypt country chart, 14 March 1922 10.43pm, Cairo, as it faces yet another and perhaps terminal, blow to the tourist economy which is already badly damaged.

Tr Neptune is square the Egypt Mars in Sagittarius exact now which is panicky. Tr Saturn and tr Neptune have both been zig-zagging cross that Egypt Mars square Uranus in Pisces this year and that runs on into early 2017.  Plus a final hit of tr Pluto square the 10^th house Moon in Sept/Oct.  The March Pisces Eclipse was conjunct the Egypt Sun. The tricky upcoming September Virgo Eclipse (New Moon opposition Neptune square a Mars Saturn conjunction in Sagittarius) will hit on the Egypt Uranus; and the September Lunar Eclipse in Pisces catches the Sun again.

And it won’t get better into 2017 with a bleak/deprived Arc Saturn opposition Pluto

President Al-Sisi’s term chart, 8 June 2014 11.18am was always going to throw up recurring, persistent and high-risk crises since it started on the Cardinal Grand Cross of Uranus opposition Moon Mars in Libra square Pluto opposition Jupiter. There’s a great deal of strain in this chart with a Yod of Sun sextile Uranus inconjunct Saturn in Scorpio; and Mars inconjunct Venus. And again there’s an Earth Grand Trine, focussing via a Kite onto Neptune – so nothing clear-cut and straightforward. This chart is even more stressed in coming months with tr Pluto square Moon, then square Uranus right through till the New Year and beyond. With even more instability in 2017 as the Pluto square Uranus comes exact by Solar Arc.

Austria has a new Social Democrat Chancellor, Christian Kern, who replaced the retiring head. He could stay in power till 2018 but the rise of the far right anti-immigration party, expected to win this weekend’s Presidential election (a largely ceremonial role), may make that impossible. Neither two major parties made it through to the final of the Presidential election which is unheard of.

He was born 4 Jan 1966 so is a Sun Capricorn trine Uranus Pluto in Virgo and sextile Saturn.  It’s a very Mutable chart (seems to be a week for them!) with that opposition widely square Mercury in Sagittarius and Jupiter in Gemini.

He has tr Neptune conjunct his Saturn from this June onwards which is confused and uncertain; with an extremely challenging and risky Solar Arc Pluto square Mars this year; and an undermining Solar Arc Neptune conjunct Sun in 2017.

This mirrors the Austria chart, 12 Nov 1918 4pm Vienna, which also has Solar Arc Neptune conjunct its Sun in 2017; and a sharp-change-of-direction tr Uranus square MC this year; followed from 2018 with a meltdown tr Pluto conjunct MC.

His swearing in chart, 17 May 2016 5pm, has an intense, hidden Taurus Sun conjunct the destructive fixed star Algol and conjunct Venus Mercury. Mercury is trine Jupiter trine Pluto in the Earth Grand Trine so there will be a confident push but that forms onto a Kite with the Jupiter opposition Neptune which isn’t great.  Plus there’s a divisive Uranus in the 7^th so co-operation with other parties will be difficult to accomplish.

The Bank of Austria is certainly having a nervy and discouraging year with the tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting on the Gemini Sun opposition Uranus into early 2017.

France born out of a bloody revolution – 21 September 1792 3.30pm Paris – has an intense and rebellious chart with an 8^th house Sun, North Node, Mercury in Virgo and Venus in Libra also 8^th. Plus most noticeably Uranus in Leo in the 7^th opposition Pluto squaring onto Mars MC in Scorpio. The 8^th house makes them secretive and self-protective; the Virgo emphasis gives them a love of small dogs and their vastly expensive but excellent Health service; and the Fixed T Square makes them revolutionaries at heart but bizarrely resistant to change.   Hence the present troubles as Hollande attempts to force much needed labour reforms on pitch-fork wielding workers.

They’ve been through the mill post-the 2008 crash with the economically stressed tr Saturn opposition tr Uranus hitting on the Sun and then the tr Uranus square tr Pluto in hard aspect to the 8^th house Venus – so financially all bad news. But that is now over and with tr Uranus moving out of the 2^nd house they might just have turned a corner.  Plus this year tr Uranus is trine the France Uranus and sextile Pluto – so there will be some steps towards positive change, albeit against mighty reluctance. Plus tr Jupiter is now going through the 8^th till 2017 which should produce some good news for business.

The tr Saturn square tr Neptune caused some upset to the 10^th house Sagittarius Moon last year but that’s finished.

The tr Saturn Pluto conjunction of 2019 will fall in their 12^th house so will cause concern but may not manifest in any obvious way.  Then tr Saturn moves across the Ascendant as tr Jupiter catches up with tr Pluto in 2020 and both move into the France 1^st thereafter which will does suggest a complete revisioning of France’s image in the world. Tr Jupiter Saturn and Pluto will all sextile Mars and the MC around this time which could suggest constructive changes under great pressure.  Tr Pluto moving across the Ascendant from 2021 will bring to an end a long, rather draggy phase since 2009 when the country felt trapped.

Tr Saturn through the France 1^st from 2020 onwards is normally a lower profile on the world stage, internal-get-it-together phase for several years.

They will catch a flicker of the tr Uranus in Taurus problem come 2018 when it is conjunct their Saturn, but it then moves on to oppose their Jupiter – so bad news, followed by relief. And they are then untrammelled by tr Uranus until late on, around 2023/24 when it opposes Mars MC and squares Pluto and Uranus. That will cause a major shake-up which may be long overdue as well as some risk and insecurity.

So a good deal going on but some of it very domestic and if the time is accurate perhaps not as financially unsettled as the EU/UK.