Myanmar’s bloodiest day since the military seized control last month has left at least 114 people across the country dead, including children, some killed at protests, others in their own homes. Opponents of the 1 February coup call the dead “fallen stars”. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the military of “a reign of terror” that was “sacrificing the lives of the people to serve the few” and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab called it a “new low.” The EU delegation to Myanmar said Saturday would “stay engraved as a day of terror and dishonour.” The defence chiefs of a dozen nations issued a joint statement Saturday calling for an end to violence against unarmed civilians in Myanmar; and sanctions have been imposed against high-ranking military personnel. Russia and China have so far not commented.
The coup took place in the early hours of February 1st when Saturn Jupiter Sun in Aquarius were square the explosive conjunction of Uranus Mars in Taurus. A Virgo Moon was almost certainly opposition Neptune and square the Nodes – and Neptune showing its cosmically chilly and inhumane face.
The Burma 4 January 1948 4.20am Rangoon chart is in a high-risk phase with the Solar Arc Uranus conjunct the Mars, almost exactly exact within minutes of a degree; and the Solar Arc Mars within less than a degree of being conjunct the South Node sliding to the country back into the bad old days. Tr Neptune is aiming to start a highly-strung and none-too-rational opposition to the Uranus from late April on and off till January 2023. And there is a disruptive, rebellious tr Uranus square the Pluto from this July onwards; joined in early 2022 by tr Saturn in opposition.
The 1962 coup which put the military in control for decades occurred the last time tr Saturn was in Aquarius and tr Pluto was conjunct the Burma Mars – so not dissimilar.
Min Aung Hlaing, the General who masterminded this coup, evidently because he saw his chances of becoming president receding with Aung San Suu Kyi’s resounding victory in the recent elections, was born 3 July 1956. He’s a Sun Cancer trine Mars in Pisces; with the super-confident Jupiter Pluto in Leo in an unyielding square to Saturn in Scorpio. Neptune may prove his downfall with tr Neptune starting to oppose his Mercury and in 2022 his Venus, and more significantly tr Pluto in a devastating square to his Neptune in 2022/23. Plus a car-crash collision type setback late in 2022.
There’s little the international community can do but financial sanctions against the leadership may have more traction nowadays than in the past.
See previous post 1 February 2021.
Thanks Marjorie. It seems as if this awful situation will be unfolding for quite some time. Tragic and horrifying, and I hope sanctions will help in some way – Saturn and Uranus have much work to do on that Burma chart.