UK politics is in meltdown with the Tory leader/prime minister on his way out the door and the opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, facing mass resignations from his shadow cabinet and open mutiny for his lack-lustre campaigning.
Just one more thought on the UK chart. The September Virgo Solar Eclipse at the same degree as over Princess Diana’s death, falls in the UK’s 12th house – as the country goes into the throes of what feels like a national nervous breakdown.
Of the front runners for the keys to No 10, who will be elected by Tory MPs not the electorate, the two on the face of it with most uplifting influences are Boris Johnson and Theresa May (a quiet Remainer).
TM, 1 Oct 1956, (no birth time) has a successful and confident tr Pluto trine her 17 degree Jupiter through 2016/17. That doesn’t come exact again until next January, which may be too late for an October election. Though she does have tr Uranus opposition her Jupiter/Node at the moment through till early September. Depends when the election is held, pre or post the Tory Party Conference. She has a setback tr Saturn square her Mars in mid October; and worse from April 2017 she has tr Neptune conjunct her Mars which is panicky failure, running for a year thereafter. Mind you if she did get the job, she’d be facing several mountains to climb with a fractured party and country, and a hornets’ nest in Brussels.
Boris Johnson, 19 June 1964 2pm New York, does have tr Pluto trine his Jupiter mid June to early September and again mid October to late November. But that also pulls on his Neptune which is natally exactly opposition his Jupiter – so could be high hopes which have to sober up fast. He looks blocked and panicky for the next three months with tr Neptune in opposition to his Pluto and tr Saturn square, as he contemplates how to make good on his electioneering promises to Brexiters.
His relationship chart with the UK looks in for disappointment and unpopularity as the tr Neptune square tr Saturn and the September Solar Eclipse all home in on the composite Moon. There’s a composite Mars opposition Neptune on this chart which suggests the relationship is good for publicity and glamour, a bit of showbiz pzazz, less so for mutually beneficial support. Though his Midheaven does sit on the UK’s midheaven so he or his ambitions will have a significant effect on the UK.
His relationship chart with the Tory Party has as much positive as negative – a friendly composite Sun Venus, though with a fair amount of irritation from Mars; some uplift from Jupiter but also a chained-together and resenting it Saturn opposition Pluto. That relationship does not look at all happy through this summer and beyond with the tr Saturn square tr Neptune hitting on the composite Sun (and the Eclipse exactly); and tr Pluto conjunct Saturn.
They may be landed with him, loose cannon or not, since it’s difficult to see how a Remainer PM could sort out negotiations with Brussels, let alone Parliament, of whom the vast majority of members are Remainers. Indeed at this stage it is difficult to see how the complex acts needed for exit will get passed by MPs who fundamentally disagree with them.
Of the others, George Osborne, 23 May 1971, looks crushed with tr Pluto conjunct his Solar Arc Jupiter Neptune opposition his SArc Sun across the next few months.
Michael Gove, 28 Aug 1967, says he won’t stand. Like Boris he looks shell-shocked over coming months with the Eclipse bouncing off his Venus in Virgo and the tr Neptune square tr Saturn hitting his Sun/Uranus and Sun/Pluto midpoints. For a winner he looks pretty disconsolate.
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership chart, 12 September 2015 11.42am, looks undermined certainly at the moment with the composite Moon getting the tr Neptune square tr Saturn and Eclipse all hitting it across the next few months. But the really de-stabilising influences don’t pick up until after tr Saturn square the composite Sun this December; and more so when tr Pluto starts to square the Uranus from March 2017 onwards for two years.
His personal chart, 26 May 1949, is due for a major upset from Uranus square his Sun, any time from late 2016, into 2017. No birth time so exact date not known.
I note in the wake of the Brexit poll a lot of blame has been levelled at Leave voters. In reality this is the politicians blaming the messenger for a crisis created by their own actions. The truth is that the EU Referendum Act 2015 was drafted by David Cameron’s government and passed into law by votes from both Conservative and Labour MPs. Both parties hoped to use it as a means of negating the threat to their core vote from UKIP and other nationalist parties. They drafted the question and put it to the people. The fact they did not get the answer they wanted is hardly the voters fault. It is Westminster that chose to create the current situation. They are the authors of their own undoing.
How very true. But there always has to be a scapegoat when things go wrong, even Putin said why on earth did Cameron go ahead with this. But as astrologers we can see too well that we are puppets on strings being played with by the gods! The only way is to accept our fate and be cheerful and positive. From a worms eye view it looks bad, from a birds eye view it may all be for the good….in a few decades from now! The youngsters try to blame us older voters but many youngsters couldnt be bothered to turn out and vote. Sadly I may not live to see it improve but I do feel many young people have had a fairly privileged life in The UK and Europe and a little testing will shape them up a bit. Saturn v Jupiter has always symbolised the struggle between the old and the young and doubt that clash will ever change.
Marjorie thank you so much for this wonderful site and all your insights.
High, Agree. A plague on all their houses. It’s a symptom of UK politics breaking down. Not in the American sense where they have a structure that doesn’t work any more. Our breakdown is a more a malady in the body politic itself. We have a House of Commons stuffed with wannabe entertainment stars, revelling in strutting their stuff for their moment of glory, and a good many who came out of university into political research jobs or PR and straight in. So no real life experience. There are a few exceptions like Jo Cox, but not enough. They mainly weasel around with the truth so no one actually believes what they say. But there again the electorate is guilty as well since they vote them in when they can be bothered. A wake up call all round – spread the blame around.
Didn’t Pluto in Capricorn conjunct the UK Union chart Sun around 2015 which is when the whole promise of this referendum began rolling on its course? As someone else has said the effects can take a while but here we are now. The other interesting chart is the William the Conqueror one with 22 Aries rising. Uranus is bang on this ascending sign now. And Pluto is heading for the Venus in Capricorn on this chart. Oh, well, maybe we’re going back to old Britain which was England and Wales. Our destiny is a strange one.
Loretta, In fact it was 2013/2014. That was the point I thought the UK would split from the EU and indeed the EU might fragment altogether since they have the same degree Capricorn Sun – as does Germany. Though in UK’s case the Sun is tied into a T Square which tr Pluto is still moving round – and has an exceptionally Fixed chart, so change doesn’t come quickly or easily.
Hello Marjorie,
Dominic Raab and Liam Fox seem ok to consider.
How does it seem astrologically?
With thanks.
Hello Marjorie,
Dominic Raab and Liam Fox seem O.K. to consider.
How does things seem for those two?
Many thanks.