As Saudi Arabia moves through the most testing and transformational time in its history with Pluto pulverising its way across a conjunction to its Saturn Sun Jupiter over the next five years, a new king-in-waiting has been announced. The ailing Saudi monarch, who holds near absolute powers, moved his son, the 31-year-old Mohammed bin Salman, up to Crown Prince, to the surprise of many within the royal family and outside. The more experienced Bin Nayef, a traditional US ally, has been marginalised. Trump’s recent adulatory visit is seen as a key component in the shift of power.
Bin Salman, popular with the young, has been behind an ambitious economic and cultural overhaul, putting in place sweeping changes aimed, as he put it, at ending the kingdom’s “addiction” to oil and tackling systemic challenges that the kingdom has previously failed to address. He has been heavily criticised, as Defence Minister, for launching the destructive and ongoing war in Yemen, seen by many as a proxy war with Iran.
Born 31 August 1985, he’s not short of confidence, stamina or ruthlessness. His Jupiter in Aquarius opposes Venus and squares onto Pluto in Scorpio opposition a Taurus Node – so a Fixed Grand Cross giving him ultimate endurance, and making him power-hungry to boot. Plus a flamboyant Mars in Leo square Saturn in obsessive Scorpio, which no doubt contributes to his military ambitions. His Virgo Sun is sextile Pluto and trine Neptune putting Pluto as a focal point of not only a Grand Cross but also a mini Grand Trine. His Sun is also in a reforming square to Uranus. Complex, a steamroller and built for the long haul.
Not everything will go his way over the next five or six years with Solar Arc Neptune squaring his Pluto (and starting to undermine his Grand Cross) in 2018; moving on to oppose his Venus in 2019; with a dead-halt Solar Arc Pluto square his Sun in 2021 and panicky-failure Solar Arc Mars square his Neptune in 2023; and financial-bubble-bursting Solar Arc Neptune conjunct his Jupiter in 2024. Tr Uranus will also start to hard aspect his Grand Cross from 2018 through till 2020 with some ups from tr Uranus square Jupiter in 2019, but it won’t be a smooth passage.
His Pluto is conjunct the Saudi Arabia 1902 chart (time being accurate) so definitely wants to be in control and change the country’s direction; with his expansive Jupiter in Saudi Arabia’s 1st conjunct Mercury Mars, so good at motivating and encouraging. He shares a Pisces Moon with his kingdom.
His relationship chart with Saudi Arabia is starkly dictatorial with a composite Sun Mars opposition Venus square Pluto; with the composite Pluto trine Uranus Saturn, which gives reforming tendencies and sticking power.
Donald Trump evidently approves of Bin Salman’s flamboyant and decisive/impulsive style. Though it may prove to be too much of a good thing for Trump, since Bin Salman’s Jupiter opposes DT’s Pluto which will lead to power struggles, and both have Mars in Leo – so egos will clash. Trump’s teeth must drip at the levels of wealth and absolute power the Saudi Crown Prince possesses. Their relationship chart has a friendly composite Sun Venus; but also a Mars square Neptune which won’t keep two Alpha males happy with the other’s successes. The glow of admiration will fade through 2017/18 with tr Neptune square the composite Jupiter; with separations likely in 2018 as tr Uranus opposes the composite Venus Sun.
Rex Tillerson looks uncomfortable with Bin Salman’s tendency to stand everything on its head; and there’s disappointment in 2018/19. James Mattis also looks unsure about him.
The USA/Saudi relationship chart is undergoing a highly pressured change in 2017/18 with tr Pluto square the composite Sun; with a degree of anxiety which will mount in 2019. And 2019 also flags up on the Saudi/Iran 1979 relatio0nship chart as a trigger point of high insecurity and risk.
There are doubts within Saudi Arabia about the wisdom of handing too much power to one person, especially one as reckless and keen on sweeping change. He could, almost certainly will, face major resistance from the all-powerful clerics never mind disgruntled and critical family members.
Marjorie- when are oil prices going up?
This is a very important post.The development in Gulf States in the past couple of weeks has been truly remarkable. First, that whole Qatar affair, now this. I think this is a sign of Saudi Royal Family really preparing for times to change. And, for such a conservative entity to do so, something big is brewing, right now. The whole paradigm of energy production is going to change very soon, with new technology potentially making solar energy much more cost efficient than any unrenewable energy. Big oil companies know it, tech companies know it, royal families of Gulf States know it. I’m looking for a big turning point here happening with Uranus in Taurus and Saturn in Aquarius.
Sharon I don’t disagree with some of your analysis, personally I’d put the Saudis Friend Israel at the top of any nefarious state in the Middle East. But where is the astrology? Ad hominem rants against the owner of this site is just angry and unpleasant froth.
Sharon, Wahhabism was founded in the 18th Century and forged a pact with the House of Al Saud who became rulers of Saudi Arabia from 1902. The first oil wasn’t discovered in the Middle East until 1909. I’m no lover of colonial Britain or its trading or ruling methods and consequences. But Press TV? It’s an offshoot of Iranian State Broadcasting – hardly the most objective of sources.
Saudi Arabia, to add context that Marjorie so often ‘forgets’ to add…Is a British Empire created British Empire Terrorist Outpost. Terrorist Wahabism was created [according to declassified spy papers in the public domain] by British Empire in order to get ‘muslim to fight muslim’ to remove the Ottoman Empire to give the oil over to British Petroleum via the British installed House of Saud terrorists in return for financial secularisation to avoid Islamic pay out to the Muslims people. ‘Britain & Wahabism’ video on YT of PressTV is a worrying document of the terrorist Wahabism created and still maintained by UK and the other British Empire Terrorist Outposts of USA, Malta, Israel, Falklands, Australia, Kuwait, Northern Ireland, save South Africa and Rhodesia former British Terrorist Outposts that collapsed…Theresa May’s first days of selling illegal cluster bombs to Saudi for Yemen deaths
Sharon – what is your point? You’ve taken an article and added your own flavor of terrorism as an adjective to the wording. THe ranting reminds me of Jessica’s Trumpeting drama. Where’s is the astrological connection?
The USA/Saudi chart has transiting Pluto in second house of resources and wealth hammering the Aries sun/stellium with Uranus in there for good measure, Jupiter opposing. Emphasis on 5th of speculation, ” deals” , and investment ( of a family nature too, al Saud/Trump, moon in 4th?). Looks potentially violent and of course weapons related to me….
Thanks Marjorie, what are the overlays with the US chart please? Does the Pluto transit signify more war and bloodshed during this transit, and in partnership with the odious Trump?