Syria: Hard Times Ahead

It’s simply amazing (to me anyway) how well astrology can show us the types of energy that a person, entity, or country will experience due to upcoming transits from outer planets to inner planet and points. Although there is a seemingly infinite amount of possible manifestations that an archetypal energy can form into, it seemingly always fall into the broader swath of what that archetype actually represents. Take the current

Cardinal Square

between Uranus and Pluto and the way it is affecting certain individuals, entities, and countries that have inner planets or points in the early degrees of cardinal signs. They are the ones that will most likely feel this

Cardinal Square

the hardest over the next four years. Case in point: Syria’s current political crisis.

Since last December, we have seen revolts and revolutions firing up across the world. It started in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Greece, Italy, the USA, England, etc. Now, there is a big focus on Syria, a country that has been ruled as a dictatorship by the Assad family since November 13, 1970. Syria, as a modern country, was born on January 1, 1944, when the French finally agreed to British and American demands to grant independence to the country.The first thing to note is that Syria’s Sun is at 9* Capricorn conjunct the I/C, and that it has a Cardinal cross of matter (13* Libra ASC; 14* Cancer M/C) – so that puts it right into the scope of the Cardinal Square.

When comparing it to the current day transits, three things jump out at me right away and they all relate directly to the leader of the country. First, Pluto is slowly approaching an exact conjunction to the Sun. The Sun, in mundane astrology, represents the executive leader of the country, and of course transits from Pluto represent transformation usually through some type of death-like experience, only to have something new burst from the ashes. We have seen the pressure on President Assad building more and more – so far he is resistant, but his fall seems inevitable just based on this transit alone! The fact that Pluto will then conjunct the I/C of Syria afterwards (the I/C represents the actual homeland) shows big changes in store for the country as a whole. With the Sun ruling the 11^th house of the society’s hopes/wishes/ideals and Pluto co-ruling the 2^nd house or resources, one can surmise that the people’s hopelessness for better economic conditions and opportunities is what is spurring this revolution. Second, transiting Pluto is also applying to an exact quincunx to natal Pluto in Leo in the 10^th house. Once again, the 10^th house and any planets in it represent the executive arm of the government, an executive who has ruled like a power hungry monarch (Pluto in Leo in 10^th), who is about to be released (quincunx) through a period of violent transformation/change/revolution (transiting Pluto)! Third, transiting Pluto is also in an exact quincunx to the North Node in the 10^th house.  The North Node  speaks of shared destinies – combined with Pluto in a negative aspect this speaks that Assad’s leadership has become a burden to those common hopes that has led to widespread suffering. The result is the massing of people sharing a common and disastrous destiny.

So we see this revolution has started and Assad has resisted, yet it seems inevitable he will fall. When will this happen? Pluto does not reach the exact conjunction to the Sun until March 13, 2012 and immediately goes retrograde – it’s a five exact hit conjunction with the last one not occurring until October 28, 2013. However, Pluto moves at the speed of long drawn out change, so going back to Uranus, the planet of sudden /unexpected/chaotic change, it will square the Sun three times beginning on April 13, 2013 and ending January 29, 2014 (while trining Pluto/North Node in 10^th  concurrently). It seems like sometime during 2013 is the most likely time Assad will fall/the crisis will reach its peak. If we consider  in the following few years that Pluto will conjunct the I/C (and oppose M/C) and that Uranus will conjunct the Descendant (oppose ASC) and square the M/C & I/C, one can surmise there will be fundamental changes to the whole structuring of the country during those years (2014-19). Uranus/Desc is a bit worrisome for sure: the Descendent represents allies and open enemies in mundane astrology. With Uranus right on it, there could be sudden new alliances forged that may be unusual in nature, or an attack of old enemies by a new regime (Israel could possibly be a target if a more conservative Muslim government took control).

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Next time I get into some mundane blogging, I'll look at European Debt Crisis and/or Progressed Mars Retro in US Chart and how it may relate to upcoming Mars Retro period and how that relates to how the authorities are treating the Occupy Movement.