France Elections – brewing up for scary contest

After Brexit and Trump, there is more interest in the 2017 French Presidential Elections than usual, with the far-right, anti-EU Marine Le Pen being talked up as a possible shock winner next spring. The first vote is April 23 and likely to go to a second round on May 7.

Tomorrow the Republicans (right-wing) vote to choose their candidate with three former prime ministers in the ring. Nicolas Sarkozy mired in historic scandals is deemed unlikely; and now Francois Fillon has overtaken the veteran Alain Juppe in the polls (for what that is worth). If there is no clear winner, it goes to a second round a week later.

Francois Fillon, 4 March 1954 9.15pm Le Mans, France, has a Sun Moon, Mercury Venus in Pisces square a Jupiter opposition Mars. That T Square is being deflated by tr Saturn opposition Jupiter over the second round of November 27^th this year; and tr Neptune is  conjunct his Moon now; and square his Mars just before the elections in April. All of which are downers. But on the upside he does have a lucky, successful tr Uranus square Jupiter/Pluto from early this December; and if his birth time is exactly accurate tr Pluto trine his Solar Arc MC now; as well as tr Jupiter moving through his 1^st house. So possible but unlikely. He does have tr Pluto opposition his Uranus at the April/May election which certainly indicates a radical change in his lifestyle.

Alain Juppe, 15 Aug 1945 4am Mont de Marsan, France, has a 2^nd house Leo Sun sextile Mars Uranus in Gemini; and a Scorpio Moon with Saturn in Cancer on his Ascendant. Tr Saturn was opposition his Mars as he slipped from certain-choice in the polls and has now moved to oppose his Uranus, which suggests an unpleasant jolt. Tr Neptune is opposition his Sun/Jupiter till January which is usually high hopes dashed. Birth time being accurate to the minute he does have tr Uranus trine his Jupiter/Asc now though that’s weak enough; and nothing on his MC or Progressed MC. Through the April/May election he has tr Pluto opposition his Saturn which is very downbeat. Plus more encouragingly tr Jupiter trine his Mars Uranus; and tr Uranus trine his Jupiter/MC which will give him a boost.

Nicholas Sarkozy, 28 Jan 1955 10pm Paris, has a flamboyant 5^th house Sun in Aquarius with an aggressive Moon Mars in Aries in his 7^th; and a lucky Jupiter Uranus in his 10^th. His fortunes look decidedly mixed with tr Neptune now square his Solar Arc Moon, moving on to square Solar Arc Mars from February onwards. Over the second round of this primary next week he has tr Saturn opposition his Mars/Pluto which is a major setback and headache. Over April/May he has tr Pluto conjunct his Mars/Neptune which is usually political failure so even if he did make it through he’d lose. He does have tr Uranus square his Jupiter Uranus over the spring election and sextile his MC which could produce a turn of luck but it probably wouldn’t be enough to outweigh that Pluto Mars Neptune.

Angela Merkel looks seriously off balance around the time of next year’s French election with tr Uranus square her 8^th house Cancer Sun, with tr Uranus opposition her Neptune and trine her Pluto just before; and tr Uranus trine her Mars immediately after – so very much on tenterhooks.