Tommy Robinson, the face of the UK far-right, anti-immigration rabble has been issuing calls for his supporters to take to the streets across the UK over the knife attack in Belfast.
All of which fits into the previous post: UK – into Uranus Pluto riot season, 3rd June 2026. Social media storms amped up the heat and bad actor activists seized the opportunity for a street brawl. Though there is also genuine concern about lax Ireland border controls and recent immigrants coming in from war-torn and violent cultures, whose crime rate is considerably higher than the resident population.
Robinson was recently in Moscow meeting with Elon Musk’s father. He later described Russia as ‘civilized’; and earlier this year in the USA was feted by figures from the Maga right, meeting a Trump administration official at the state department and securing funding from wealthy US backers.
Born 27 November 1982, Robinson he is a former BNP (fascist party) member and co-founder of the Islamophobic street-protest movement English Defence League, now largely defunct. He has a history of criminal convictions, including assault, threats, harassment, and fraud and has served five prison terms between 2005 and 2025. He declared bankruptcy in 2021; and in 2024 The Times said that he owed in the region of £2 million to his creditors and was the subject of a HMRC investigation over unpaid taxes.
He has a curiously hybrid chart with an adventurous and outspoken, fiery Sagittarius Sun, Uranus, Mercury and Venus which sits at odds with a formidable and fearsome Saturn Pluto in Libra square Mars in Capricorn. Undoubtedly driven by toxic levels of anger and hatred he won’t do anything by halves.
As a figurehead for the present unrest, his chart may give a pointer to what is to come (though admittedly with his chaotic lifestyle it could also involve personal issues). But for what it is worth he is having his rebellious mid life crisis with tr Uranus opposing not only his Uranus but also his Sun picking up this July and running on and off into spring 2027. He will be more excitable and headstrong even than usual; amped up by his Solar Arc Mars square his Sun Uranus this year – which could point either a) to a collision-type shock; or b) to diving into an explosive situation and raising the heat. His Progressed Mars is also square his Jupiter for an opportunistic crusade, sugar-coating his rage with faux moral justifications. Into 2027 his Solar Arc Sun Uranus will conjunct his Mars which could be the point at which his life blows up, hopefully with no collateral damage on the streets.
On the UK chart, the rebellion/protest-prone tr Uranus square the yod focal point Pluto is exact at the moment to mid this month, repeating mid December to mid January 2027, March to early April 2027. Protests of one sort or another are likely to continue.
This book title is describing his nodes and lining them up on the IC-MC. Capricorn south node probably in the 9h, Cancer nn in the 3h but both close to the IC-MC.
From the streets (3h) to polarizing national figure (MC), A story of conflict (Aries Moon ruling Cancer nn), rise and resistance (Libra Saturn ruling sn). Using 2:05 or 2:10 pm as a potential birth time, places his Aries Moon in the 12h. Bet he began a second act around his Saturn return. This arrangement lines up his Sagittarian fire in the 8h. Chiron on Algol. Very powerful rage harnessed by Saturn conjunct Pluto. Also Capricorn Mars.
Chiron opposes Jupiter. This chart screams a past life as a Crusader. Sagittarius Neptune. This chart rhymes with Urban II “Deus vult”. If this is his birth time, he isn’t here to fight a crusade but to ignite one.
The link
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/10/25/israel-lobby-britains-anti-muslim-chaos-agent/
Tommy is funded by Israel/mossad/ to stir up Islamophobia.
Jupiter in Scorpio – investment from secret powerful sources. He is able to tap into and instigate huge levels of rage – Mars is conjunct mean BML which is interesting.
Is it possible that beheadings (attempted or otherwise) might rightfully contribute to Islamphobia?
The UK has a rich history of riots through the centuries. A well-known xenophobic riot, known as Evil May Day, erupted in London in 1517 – a year of much global shifting and change anyway, with added Martin Luther unrest that autumn. Some of the themes of this riot are familiar ones:
“According to the chronicler Edward Hall (c. 1498–1547), a fortnight before the riot an inflammatory xenophobic speech was made on Easter Tuesday by a preacher known as “Dr Bell” at St. Paul’s Cross at the instigation of John Lincoln, a broker. Bell accused immigrants of stealing jobs from English workers and of “eat[ing] the bread from poor fatherless children”.[8]
Bell called on all “Englishmen to cherish and defend themselves, and to hurt and grieve aliens for the common weal”.[9][10] Over the following two weeks, there were sporadic attacks on foreigners and rumours abounded that “on May Day next the city would rebel and slay all aliens”. (Wikipedia)
Rioters objected to both “Flemish cobblers”, who were relatively poor, and “French royal courtiers” who were well off.
Of astro interest – this was a Uranus in Taurus trine Pluto in early Capricorn era. Saturn in late Sagittarius sextiled Neptune in Pisces – these aspecting the 1066 Uranus and 12th house Pisces Moon (the public). We now have Uranus trine Pluto in airy signs, with Neptune’s conjunction with Saturn in fire arguably still resonating in our collective minds.
The Nodes in 1517 were 8 Cancer/Capricorn, aspecting the UK Sun. Pluto at 3 Capricorn was one degree off T Robinson’s natal South Node. That Cancer/Capricorn need for security, financial stability, control and “home” may also be a theme.
If you look at some medieval accounts some of the complaints of the rioters sound eerily familiar. Foreigners were believed to be taking jobs from native Englishmen, they were thought to be undercutting domestic wages and they were believed to receive special treatment by the authorities both legally and financially which were denied the rest of the population. It should be noted that these claims were not entirely fabricated. In the 14th and 15th centuries the English crown needed money to fund its wars in France. It therefore started selling off special privileges to foreign groups such as Lombard bankers, the Hanseatic League, Flemish weavers and Portuguese Adventurers in return for cash. These included the right to pay lower taxes than the native population and the ability to take legal cases to half tongue courts where foreign traders and artisans could have their cases heard by mixed juries made up of English and foreigners. Unsurprisingly this two tier system of justice caused a degree of resentment that sometimes spilled over to violence as happened in the Peasants Revolt in 1381 when Flemings along with the Church were one of the main targets of the rebels. By the beginning 16th century the crown had given away so much in the way of special rights to overseas companies and groups that most of England’s overseas trade was controlled by Italians and the Hanse. Everything changed with the Reformation and the loss of the last of the English crown’s possessions in France so that by the time Elizabeth 1 came to the thrown nearly all these privileges had been revoked.
One of the defining features of most medieval attacks on foreigners be they Jews, Flemings, Italians or Germans is that the group involved had in some way loaned money to the English crown which then subsequently reneged on its debt
The Great Fire of London, (Sunday 2 September – Thursday September 6) also saw riots against foreigners who were blamed for starting the fire. Mobs and vigilantes took to the streets looking for anyone who appeared foreign, immigrants were beaten and even lynched. One particular incident is particularly horrific and illustrates the viciousness and brutality of the mob; a French woman while attempting to flee to a refugee camp in Spitalfields was cornered, and because the chicks she carried in her apron were misidentified as fireballs, she was attacked, her breasts cut off and she died from her injuries. The violent human mob is to my mind one of the most terrifying and ugly of entities and my sympathy lies with it’s intended victims. A Swedish diplomat was also lynched.
These events also took place under a Uranus/Pluto trine in air signs – in this case Uranus/Chiron in Aquarius and Pluto in Gemini, so it’s worth remembering that in mundane astrology, trines are not all sweetness and light but provide the easy energy so that two planets in one element can operate without difficulty for good or ill. The Fire took place under an outbreak of plague too, reflected by a Saturn/Neptune conjunction in Capricorn. The North Node was at 2 Cancer, similar to the 1815 riots in East Anglia which also occurred under a Cancer North Node in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. The ‘Great Fire’ happened during against the backdrop of the Anglo-Dutch war and was fuelled by the conspiracy that it was started deliberately as a terrorist act by Dutch and French immigrants. Conspiracism is the fuel needed to ignite hatred of certain groups, as we see in our own times.
Human psychology never changes.
Thanks Hugh and VF for such illuminating comments. The same queasy mixture of shadowy money, powerful people, and the feral human instinct to reject or blame outsiders, incomers, and strangers repeats through our history.
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.” The Madness of Crowds, Charles Mackay, 1841 – with the still undiscovered Neptune in Aquarius, and Pluto – also still a hidden planet – in Aries.
Indeed. Rioting historically also tends to involve people who for various reasons feel marginalised. The unrest in Belfast last week occurred in some of the cities most deprived areas. Anyone with a long enough memory would recognise some of the place names from the Troubles of the late 20th century.
The far right use weaponised victimhood and conspiracism.
The Guardian is reporting that some of the addresses attacked during the unrest in Belfast were circulating on social media in NI as far back as August 2025 which indicates that there was nothing spontaneous about these riots. Those involved were only looking for a suitable opportunity to act. The knife assault on Stephen Ogilvie was therefore just a pretext for something that had already been planned.
My personal belief is the government is putting migrants at risk by placing them in these areas as they are difficult to police at the best of times. I think people underestimate the potential for extreme violence that can occur in NI. It is the one place in the UK where police are not only routinely armed but also carry their weapons off duty.
I saw your comment and went and Google on Uranus Half Return. Not much astrology on the post below but I love the take on Brad Pitt running off with a younger woman and getting married during his Half Uranus Return. So we shall wait and see what Prince William does when the time come. Princess Kate Uranus is at 3 degree Sag.
https://oxfordastrologer.com/2011/06/uranus-crisis-and-commitment-phobes.html
The distinguishing feature of the British far right over my lifetime has been its tendency to fragment with most of its leaders only enjoying short periods of notoriety before dropping off the media radar. The unusual feature with Tommy Robinson is the way he has persisted in the public consciousness over such a long period of time. I suppose in part that is due to him being born under a Pluto/Saturn conjunction in Libra which gives persistence even in the face of setbacks. His Uranus/Sun conjunction in Sagittarius would also mean that he can often thrive on chaos and rebellion while his Jupiter in Scorpio would give him a certain shrewdness and resilience. Robinson’s Venus is conjunct fixed star Antares which has associations with aggression war and conflict. Natives either that planetary placement have been described as “insincere,dishonest, energetic, able and selfish”. This pretty much sums up my view of Robinson who I believe is an opportunistic charlatan that has latched onto extreme right wing politics as a means of personal enrichment. As such he skims over the top of troubled events inciting and agitating but rarely getting involved in running actual events on the ground. The fact his natal Mars sits so close to the Pluto/Saturn conjunction of 2020 maybe a factor in giving his role as a “super influencer” a particularly malign twist
Everyone of them…every politician instigating violence is never on street; his family n loved ones and assets and himself- all nicely tucked some faraway shore in safety.
They even have the accuracy of determining the time it will erupt. Only in 1992 Babri Masjid,India these were on streets yet escaped when they realised mob had went out of control, which is eventual as its fire quality which can’t be controlled.
to be honest,I found this mars/Aries characteristic- it always escapes when it begins to reach him Unlike Sun/Leo who would be rather be martyred than escape..Gandhi was always on streets amidst riots ,even during Independence Decalration Day instead of taking applause in parliament
INteresting to see the chart of an out-and-out fascist and agitator. His real name is Stephen Yaxley Lennon. I hope his mid life crisis brings him down and reduces his influence – he has nothing positive whatsoever to offer to the human race or the the UK as far as I can see, only toxicity and hatred. It would take lifetimes to learn a different path.
I am seeing a lot of commentary about how Tommy Robinson and others mainland figures inciting the violence in Belfast. One suspects this suits the Westminster political agenda but probably does not reflect the reality of the situation in Northern Ireland. The truth is paramilitaries and criminal gangs still run the streets in a lot if the poorer areas of the province and they are directing the rioting as a way of increasing their control over their communities. Given NI history of sectarianism, its chronic shortage of housing and areas of deep poverty you have to wonder at the wisdom of Westminster politicians and civil servants dumping migrants there. Starmer and his government now have a major problem as they have managed to upset the fragile Good Friday peace. To make matters worse PSNI are short of staff and have had to rely on police reinforcements from the mainland who are themselves already stretched. Defence cuts and the shrinking of the army means that the government dont have the troops to spare to assist if the situation in NI really gets out of hand.
The main reason why the violence is happening is because it is whipped by by the far right and in the media. That is not the government’s fault.
The speed of organisation in NI and the way the mobs were coordinated suggest paramilitary involvement. They don’t answer to people like Robinson or Farage whatever people in the UK mainland or the rest of the world think. I am pretty sure they have their own agenda which is about maintaining their power over their communities and all the criminal benefits that come with it.
Thank you Hugh, and also Virgoflake. Yes, local factions are a factor in this particular instance, but violence has been whipped up just as quickly in other communities with their own sets of problems – Southampton last week was one example. I suspect there are extablished networks all the way across, just waiting for opportunities for violence.. I really wish it wasn’t so.
I don’t blame the government for once. This does absolutely look organised. Btw, Robinson is receiving financial support from extreme far right Evangelical groups in the US. The mix of right wing culty religion and far right politics is the most toxic brew. Robinson and Musk have been whipping up the tensions online and there’s no doubt they are partly behind these riots, stoking away with their rhetoric.
It is organised but not by Robinson. Loyalist paramilitaries are almost certainly the people coordinating the riots. They have contacts with right wing groups across the world but their underlying interests are the profits of crime.
The University of Bath has done a study of Robinson which found that he is very influential at whipping up emotions and promoting conspiracy theories but rarely gives precise instructions to his followers about what actions to take.
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/study-of-tommy-robinsons-social-media-shows-how-he-mobilises-support-without-direct-calls-to-action/
My guess is that Robinson will take money from anyone who is prepared to pay him be it Musk or US Evangelicals but if they think he is going to be commanding the troops or manning the barricades then they are going to be disappointed.
Thanks for the link, Hugh. Having done a little research it looks like these paramilitaries, in this case Loyalists are indeed behind a lot of the uprisings. In fact it’s thought that senior individual loyalist figures are involved according to police intelligence and community reports.
The loyalist paramilitaries are partly funded by drug money, and were both during the troubles and increasingly since, particularly the Kinahan Cartel, who have alliances with other groups too. I agree, it’s certainly a factor.
Hugh-isn’t it most likely that Putin is paying him? There have been US articles stating that far right podcasters and influencers are being paid by RU. Benny Johnson was one mentioned.
Generally speaking I’m noticing a lot of turmoil among the 1982 generation which I guess is down to their Uranus half-return as well as some of them born in the summer (e.g. Prince William) having Jupiter in early Scorpio square to Pluto.
It also looks like Tr.Jupiter at 4 degrees Leo will trine his Sun/Uranus conjunction in late July as Tr. Jupiter opposes Tr.Pluto (in sextile to Sun/Ur in his chart). All alongside that Uranus opposition. I fear this does point to further rabble-rousing.