Since January 7, 2015—the date of the so-called “Charlie Hebdo” attack in Paris—the
French people have been reeling from a series of unfortunate events. In fact,
this nation, which prides itself on producing “lovers, not fighters,” has been
the target of three rather evenly spaced belligerent events: “Charlie Hebdo” in January, followed in
November 2015 by the “Black Friday” attacks in Paris; and most recently on May
19, 2016, the suspicious, disappeared and crashed EgyptAir Flight 804, enroute
to Cairo from Paris’ De Gaulle Airport.
Even though Donald Trump jumped to characteristic conclusions and declared the flight was “shot out of the sky,” this possibility is unconfirmed. Needless to say, Trump's statement was transparently incendiary. Yes, terrorist events--both real and imagined--do create wars, and to rush there without definitive information always suggests manipulations and vested interests. One way or another, there were no survivors among the flight’s 66 passengers and crew, so Flight 804 was a tragedy either way.
So, why France?
Even though Donald Trump jumped to characteristic conclusions and declared the flight was “shot out of the sky,” this possibility is unconfirmed. Needless to say, Trump's statement was transparently incendiary. Yes, terrorist events--both real and imagined--do create wars, and to rush there without definitive information always suggests manipulations and vested interests. One way or another, there were no survivors among the flight’s 66 passengers and crew, so Flight 804 was a tragedy either way.
So, why France?
Many must wonder why France has become such a target.
Analysts have cited growing unrest among French Muslim nationals due to high
unemployment rates, a lack of integration into the full benefits of French
citizenship, and a chilly lack of acceptance in France’s secularist democracy. Muslims
are estimated at being 7-9% of the French population, approximately 5 million
people in a nation of roughly 60.7 million
(2005 figure).
Significantly, France—as the NY Times put it—“takes a back seat
to Germany in E.U. migrant crisis,” due to stubborn high unemployment rates and
a rising far-right political party. Such political challenges are a problem
across Europe in the wake of the migrant crisis, but France was tightening up
its immigration policies way back in 2006, before the crisis even took shape.
Add to that a controversial law
passed in 2004 banning the wearing of overtly religious garb—including the
hijab (head scarf worn by Muslim women)—and it seems France has set itself up
for a deep culture clash with its Muslim nationals.
With a sky high deficit and pressure from all sides, French
president Françoise Hollande is described by the NY Times as “embattled…weakened” by protests and failed
legislation, which, as we’ll see ahead, mirrors an earlier period of radical
change in the nation.
Happily, mundane astrology can offer some astrological
insights into why France—more precisely, the French 5th Republic”—is
experiencing such rocky times.
With a little research I realized that the story can be told
through a series of powerful eclipses impacting both events on the ground and the French national charts. It’s a
fairly complicated story, but I believe that if you’re curious about the power
of eclipses, it’s worth a look.
Key historical
background
Interestingly, France’s 5th Republic—the current
political regime (which changes in France with each new constitution)—was
founded in October 1958 on the heels of the so-called “Algiers Crisis,” a coup
which brought General Charles De Gaulle out of post-World War II retirement and
into the French presidency. This event naturally ended the post-WWII 4th Republic, established
on October 14, 1946. Reportedly, most of France’s 5 million Muslim immigrants
have come from North Africa, from the so-called Maghrebi nations of Algeria,
Morocco and Tunisia. Bottom line, France has a long history with Muslim peoples
and it hasn’t all been peaceful.
The 4th Republic is actually remembered as a time of great
social reform and economic growth—captured nicely by its 12 year duration, the
length of one Jupiter cycle. Less positively, that regime also lacked stable
leadership and a strong executive, so as France’s colonial relationship with
Algeria fell into turmoil in the late 1950s, so did the 4th
Republic. The turmoil resulted in that regime dissolving, and the newly formed
5th Republic taking over under the stronger leadership of General
Charles De Gaulle. A few years later in 1962, Algeria gained its independence.
Before we examine how eclipses played into this saga, let’s
consider first how the chart for the Algiers Coup on May 13, 1958 impacted the
4th Republic chart; then we’ll see how the energies of a powerful
total solar eclipse on October 12th, 1958 carried the newly declared
5th Republic forward.
Biwheel 1: (inner
wheel) Natal, France 4th Republic, October 14, 1946, 12:00 p.m.
ST (no time specified), Paris, France;
(outer wheel) French Algiers Crisis/Coup, May 13, 1958, 12:00 p.m. ST,
Algiers, Algeria.
Interchart Grand
Trine: Republic Sun/Chiron (midpoint in
Libra) conjoins Crisis Jupiter (Rx Libra), trines Crisis Chiron (Aquarius) and
trines Republic Uranus (Gemini). This suggests that France experienced
some growing pains during this crisis of liberation, largely due to its unfolding
decolonization process. Punctuated dramatically by the Algiers incident (nearly
a civil war), this process jumpstarted the transition from the prevailing French
Union (a confederation of France with its colonies) to the French Community, a
looser affiliation of mostly independent states with France. Please see the
above link for much more detail.
It’s worth pointing out that the 4th Republic
chart’s Sun-Uranus trine also captured the spirit of France’s liberation from
German rule during WWII. Even though there was a two year lapse, the 4th
Republic was very much a product of D-Day at Normandy on June 6, 1944, when
Uranus conjoined the 4th Republic Moon in Gemini.
Crisis Jupiter & Republic Sun/Chiron sextile Crisis Saturn
(Sagittarius); Crisis Saturn opposes Republic Uranus (Gemini). These
aspects speak very nicely to the 4th Republic’s accomplishments in
social reform and economic development. The mutable sextile reflects how De
Gaulle seized upon the Algiers crisis as France’s opportunity to decolonize
with a minimum of violence.
Crisis Uranus (Leo) conjoins Republic Saturn (Leo) and sextiles
Republic Moon-Node (Gemini). The 4th Republic had its
pluses, but it also had its negatives, including the lack of stable leadership
and a strong executive (Leo), reflected here. The Algiers crisis demanded leadership
change in France (a complicated story,
involving a Gaullist faction in Algeria, etc.).
Not surprisingly, General De Gaulle’s natal chart was
tightly connected with both the 4th and 5th Republic
charts. More on this ahead.
Interchart T-Square: Crisis Mars (Pisces) squares Republic Nodal
Axis (Gemini-Sagittarius); Crisis Mars also trines Republic Mars (Scorpio). The
threat of violence to French concerns was real in Algeria during the Coup and
is reflected very well here. The mutable t-square also denotes a very unstable,
volatile situation that was resolved fairly quickly for the short-term. This
instigated a period of changes to French colonialism, reinforced by the interchart
Mars-trine-Mars).
Crisis Pluto (Leo) squares Republic Venus (Scorpio); Crisis Pluto
sextiles Republic Chiron. This is an especially potent transit because
the 4th Republic’s Libra Sun, Chiron and Neptune are all ruled by
Venus. Without exact times there’s no way to know if the Republic chart angles
were also in Crisis Pluto’s crosshairs, but there’s good possibility they were.
Not surprisingly, Gen. De Gaulle’s chart (not shown) is closely tied in with
this aspect—his Sun (29°+Scorpio)
exactly conjoined Republic Venus and was also squared by Crisis Pluto.
A fateful eclipse and the 4th & 5th Republics
The new constitution marking France’s 5th
Republic was signed into effect on October 4, 1958—just six days prior to a
powerful total solar eclipse that lasted 5 minutes+. In fact, the rest of 1958
and a good part of 1959 was spent transitioning to the new regime, so the
eclipse was still quite relevant. How could it not be, with the Libra eclipse
point closely conjoined the 5th Republic Sun? (see Biwheel 2 below).
The eclipse represented, if you will, a “cosmic handoff” of sorts between the
two regimes. Let’s briefly consider the triwheel:
Triwheel 1: (inner wheel) Natal, France 4th
Republic (see details in Biwheel 1 above);
(middle wheel) Natal, France 5th
Republic, October 4, 1958, 6:30 p.m. ST, Paris, France. (Source: time published in Eclipses
by Celeste Teal, p. 218, but date contradicts the Wikipedia source, so I’m assuming a date typo on the part of Eclipses); (outer wheel) Solar
Eclipse October 12, 1958, 9:51:55 p.m. ST, Paris, France.
Eclipse Point-Eclipse Node-Eclipse Mercury (Libra) conjoin 4th
Republic Sun-Chiron (Libra) and 5th Republic Node (Libra). This
certainly looks like a cosmically-blessed power shift—not entirely painless,
but probably instrumental in healing (Chiron) some past wounds inflicted on
France’s national consciousness (Sun) by WWII and the Vichy government.
The mere signing of a document (Mercury) that offered France’s colonies a range
of choices going forward (including complete independence) had to be cathartic.
The proximity of the Eclipse Node to the Sun-Moon reinforces the impact of this
5 minute+ eclipse.
Eclipse Venus (Libra) conjoins France 5th Republic
Sun-Mercury (Libra) and 4th Republic Neptune (Libra). France’s
lofty founding ideals (Neptune) of “liberté, egalité, fraternité” were
powerfully supported by this Venus-blessed transition away from colonialism. As
eclipse ruler, Venus is doubly important here; not surprisingly, the Eclipse
point and the 5th Republic’s Libra points fall trine De Gaulle’s Gemini
positions (Neptune-Pluto-Node). See this link
for De Gaulle’s details.
Eclipse Venus trines 4th Republic Moon-Node (Gemini). This
optimistic trine suggests that the French people welcomed the “cosmic hand-off”
between regimes—it simply seems to have been a new reality whose time had come.
As noted in the previous paragraph, the Libra-Gemini trine embraced De Gaulle’s
return to French leadership, as well.
Eclipse Point trines 4th Republic Uranus (Gemini) and 5th
Republic Moon (Gemini). Obviously, this implies a 5th
Republic Moon-4th Republic Uranus conjunction as well, suggesting
that the transition to the new regime was not entirely smooth and was not
entirely expected. It would have felt quite liberating (Uranus) to French
colonial subjects.
Eclipse Saturn (Sagittarius) sextiles 4th Republic Sun and 5th
Republic Node, and also opposes 4th Republic Uranus (Gemini). Remembering
that Jupiter rules Sagittarius here, we can see that an opportunity (sextile) arose (seized upon by
De Gaulle) to reinvent France’s sociopolitical framework (new constitution-Saturn-Jupiter-Uranus)
and to establish a new set of national aspirations (5th Republic
Node).
Fast forward to the
1990s and beyond: building tension, the Charlie
Hebdo attack & two significant eclipses
First, a bit of background: The 1990s saw a shift in Algerian politics
towards Islamic nationalism, and France—especially French “intellectuals”--became a target. “Co-leader of the FIS Ali
Benhadj declared his intention in 1990, "to ban France from Algeria
intellectually and ideologically, and be done, once and for all, with those
whom France has nursed with her poisoned milk."[35][36]
This animosity was
vividly expressed in the Paris Metro bombing of December 1996, with Libra Chiron trine
France’s Gemini Moon and Aquarius Uranus square France’s Scorpio
Neptune-Jupiter conjunction. Uranus sextiles Aries Saturn in the bombing chart
and both connect with France’s Gemini Mars, so it was an explosive situation
indeed. We can certainly see from this history that terrorist events are
nothing new in France, and in fact they have only escalated over time.
In fact, France’s relationship with its Muslim
nationals has been increasingly uneasy through the 2000s. Some analysts point
to France’s entrenched secularism as being a problem, since those who practice
their religions seriously may feel disrespected. As these things often do, that
feeling of being disrespected came to a boil with the January 7, 2015 attack by
two Muslim French nationals on the staff of Charlie
Hebdo, a satirical, anti-religious weekly publishing out of Paris. Here’s one explanation
of the background for this attack:
Charlie
Hebdo has a history of attracting controversy. In 2006,
Islamic organisations under French
hate speech laws unsuccessfully sued over the
newspaper's re-publication of the Jyllands-Posten cartoons of Muhammad.[7][8][9]The cover of a 2011 issue retitled Charia Hebdo (French
for Sharia Weekly), featured a cartoon of Muhammad, whose depiction is forbidden
in some interpretations of Islam.[10] The newspaper's office was fire-bombed and its website hacked.[11][12] In 2012, the newspaper published a series of satirical cartoons of
Muhammad, including nude caricatures;[13][14] this came days after a
series of violent attacks on U.S. embassies in the Middle East, purportedly in response to the anti-Islamic film Innocence
of Muslims, prompting the French government to close embassies, consulates, cultural centres, and international
schools in about 20 Muslim countries.[15] Riot police surrounded the newspaper's offices to protect it
against possible attacks.[14][16]
So clearly, trouble
had been brewing with Charlie Hebdo and
French Muslims for years before the attack—and not coincidentally, 2006 (the
year of that fated lawsuit mentioned in the excerpt) was also the year French
lawmakers began tightening up the nation’s immigration policies. Terrorism took
the national spotlight as France—the only European nation to do so—began trials
of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees that year. Five men were convicted, but
their convictions were later overturned on appeal in 2009.
Given the reactions
we’ve seen in the U.S. about releasing Guantanamo detainees—even to maximum
security prisons—it’s quite feasible the detainee trials in France stirred fears
and xenophobia. Indeed, this would fit the belligerent, “Us v. Them” tone of a
powerful total solar eclipse at 8°+Aries that year on March 29. Let’s consider that biwheel with France’s
chart:
Biwheel 2: (inner wheel) Natal, France 5th Republic (see
info in middle wheel, Triwheel 1 above); (outer
wheel) Solar Eclipse, March 29, 2006, 12:15:21 p.m. DST, Paris, France.
Interchart T-square: Eclipse
Point (Aries) conjoins Eclipse Node (Aries) and all oppose 5th
Republic Sun-Mercury-Venus (Libra). Mars’ rulership of this eclipse speaks to the increasingly belligerent
mood referenced above. The Eclipse Point’s opposition to Republic Venus (ruling
the Libra planets and the chart’s 2nd and 7th houses)
suggests that—as often happens—economic stress may have triggered the rise in
nationalism that usually accompanies anti-immigration
sentiments.
Eclipse Pluto (Sagittarius)
conjoins 5th Republic Saturn (Sagittarius) and opposes 5th
Republic Moon and Eclipse Mars (Gemini). Pluto would have been transiting the Republic’s Saturn for a fairly
long period before the eclipse, but this unstable (mutable) opposition captures
almost a panicked sense of threat to French society and culture (Saturn-Moon).
This was perhaps a valid reaction to tension swirling in the former French
colony, Algeria, where the struggle for independence from one-party rule was
still shaking out (the Algerian Civil War encompassed 1991-2002, but violence
and political instability continued long after) and anti-French sentiments were
still quite raw.
Eclipse Saturn (Leo) sextiles 5th
Republic Mars (Gemini), 5th Republic Venus and semi-sextiles 5th
Republic Pluto (Virgo); Eclipse Jupiter (Rx Scorpio) t-squares 5th
Republic Uranus (Leo) opposite Republic
Chiron (Aquarius). This
complex of aspects may speak to a perceived “crackdown” by French authorities
on Muslim citizens, triggered perhaps by class issues and a deepening economic
divide (a global phenomenon, influencing the French economy as well).
Interestingly, this eclipse (and these particular aspects) may have also
influenced the French government’s 2007 shift towards helping the U.S. negotiate a peace settlement between the various factions in
Iraq. “…as left-leaning Le Monde put it: ‘It’s time to stop lecturing the
Americans about their errors and start contributing to a solution.’”
Reportedly, the
French people were cautiously optimistic about this involvement, but many opposed
the idea as well, fearing it would lead to more terrorist events on their soil.
The Saturn-Mars sextile and the Jupiter-Uranus-Chiron interaction suggest that they
had cause for concern. Several more years of unrest ensued in Iraq (with deep
issues still unresolved) and terrorist events only escalated in France. Bottom
line, economic and class dynamics (Venus-Saturn-Jupiter-Pluto), not to mention
lingering resentments among Algerian Muslims, have contributed greatly to the
escalating problems. The attack on Charlie
Hebdo in January 2015 was the next major event.
“Je suis Charlie” & a Lunar Eclipse on 10-8-2014
“Je suis Charlie” & a Lunar Eclipse on 10-8-2014
The French public
reacted to the horrendous mass shooting at the Charlie Hebdo offices—20 dead, 22 wounded—with characteristic
defiance. Mass demonstrations of solidarity with the victims unfolded
immediately across France and elsewhere, with “Je Suis Charlie” (“I am
Charlie”) the signature motto of the event. Not surprisingly, that defiant
attitude—and the violent aggression that triggered it—was supported by a potent
lunar eclipse the preceding October 8th. Let’s explore the triwheel
with France’s chart and the attack event chart:
Triwheel 2: (inner wheel) France 5th Republic (see info in
middle wheel, Triwheel 1 above); (middle
wheel) Lunar Eclipse, October 8, 2014, 12:51 p.m. DST, Paris France; (outer wheel) Charlie Hebdo Attack, January 7, 2015, 11:30 a.m. ST, Paris,
France.
Interchart T-square: Eclipse Sun-Venus (Libra) conjoins 5th Republic Sun-Mercury
(Libra) and opposes Eclipse Moon-Uranus-South Node (Aries); all fall square
Eclipse Pluto (Capricorn). Attack
Sun-Pluto (Capricorn) widely conjoin 5th Republic MC. There’s a very interesting convergence here
of Eclipse chart placements and the North Nodes of all three charts in a narrow
band of mid-Aries-Libra, square the
Attack Capricorn Sun-Pluto conjunction at France’s MC! A shocking, fated,
deadly event (Uranus, Node, Pluto) of great importance in terms of power
dynamics (mid-Cardinal sign degrees) was clearly a possibility.
Eclipse Mars (Sagittarius)
conjoins 5th Republic Saturn (Sagittarius) and trines Eclipse/Attack
Uranus-South Node (Aries) and Eclipse Moon (Aries); Attack Mars (Aquarius)
trines 5th Republic Moon (Gemini). The prevalence of mutable and cardinal fire
here suggests the French people were seriously shaken by the ferocity of this
attack, but since over 5 million Muslim nationals count among the French people,
we can see where the disruptions were felt by all. As with the interchart
t-square above, the power dynamics between the native and immigrant Muslim
communities are a factor here, as instability never fails to allow a backlash. As
happened in the U.S. during post-9/11, the attack legitimized a tightening of
civil liberties and the formation of a stronger security state.
Attack Jupiter (Rx Leo)
conjoins Eclipse Jupiter (Leo) and both square Eclipse Saturn; Attack Saturn
(Sagittarius) squares 5th Republic Pluto (Virgo). It’s difficult to imagine how the attackers
would measure their success or lack of success, but we can only assume that
they considered sacrificing themselves to avenge the honor of their Prophet
(Jupiter in Leo?) worth the price (Saturn-Pluto). Such blood feuds lead nowhere
positive on their own steam, and, as we’ll see ahead, things were soon to get a
lot worse.
Black Friday in Paris – “Nous
sommes Paris”
Please see my November 15, 2015 posting here for an analysis of the
horrific, multi-pronged terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 that focused on the outer planetary cycles at work.
Needless to say, there’s so much more than eclipses going on with this attack, but eclipses do create cosmic opportunities for dramatic events, and the powerful total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 certainly did here. Falling so near the Spring Equinox, this eclipse set the tone not just for this November event, but for the entire volatile cosmic year ahead.
Needless to say, there’s so much more than eclipses going on with this attack, but eclipses do create cosmic opportunities for dramatic events, and the powerful total solar eclipse on March 20, 2015 certainly did here. Falling so near the Spring Equinox, this eclipse set the tone not just for this November event, but for the entire volatile cosmic year ahead.
Eclipses do this by opening
a cosmic window for the expression of other planetary dynamics (such as the
Saturn-Neptune cycle, as I argue in that earlier posting). Let’s first examine
the eclipse/event biwheel; then, we’ll consider the event’s relationship to the
5th Republic chart.
Biwheel 3: (inner wheel) Black Friday in Paris, November 13, 2015, 9:20
p.m. ST (time reported of first attack), St. Denis, France (location of the
first attack); (outer wheel) Solar Eclipse,
March 20, 2015, 10:35 a.m. ST, St. Denis, France.
Eclipse Point (Pisces) conjoins
Black Friday (BF) MC (Aries), South Node (Pisces) and opposes BF North
Node-Mars-Venus (Libra). The
MC (public expression)-South Node conjunction was super-charged by the fact
that 0° Aries (the MC) is a so-called “world point,”
and as such a cosmic power point. The level of aggression displayed was
certainly represented by Mars’ exact alignment on this axis (at the IC of the attack
chart). The Eclipse Point (29°+Pisces) within a mere degree made this a very powerful eclipse indeed.
The attacks—which
also involved a hostage crisis—took place in the evening, in sociable venues (the
Stade de France sports arena, the Bataclan concert hall, cafés, restaurants,
etc.), reflecting the 3rd house Libra Mars-Venus opposition to the
Eclipse Point. The North Node’s conjunction to those points suggest a fated
quality to the venues and to the people who were targeted. As news reports were
quick to point out, attacking the entertainment and dining venues in Paris was
the same as attacking the French lifestyle itself.
Eclipse Mars (Aries) conjoins
BF Uranus (Aries), squares the ASC-DSC axis, and inconjoins BF Mercury-Sun
(Scorpio). The ferocity
of the attacks—not to mention the shocking way they unfolded in multiple
venues—is certainly reflected here. Reportedly, ISIL claimed responsibility for the attacks, citing retaliation for
France’s drone strikes against their positions in Syria. Hard, angular aspects
are typical with terrorist events (Pluto and Saturn stretched across the Sibly
horizon on 9/11, etc.), which could make us wonder whether those who plan these
attacks hire astrological help.
Eclipse ruler Neptune (Pisces)
squares BF Saturn (Sagittarius). I’ve written at length about the role this duo seems to play in
terrorist events in the November 15th posting cited earlier; suffice to say here
that their characteristic destabilizing effects were magnified by the rulership
and dispositor relations in play that November 13th. Leo Jupiter disposes
Saturn in Sagittarius, is inconjunct Pluto (Capricorn) and trine Uranus
(Aries). Adding even more stress to this explosive mix is Uranus’s ongoing
square with Pluto—exact in the event
chart! Violence beget violence—only two days after this attack, France
responded defiantly to ISIL: “On 15 November, France
launched the biggest airstrike of Opération Chammal, its contribution to the anti-ISIL
bombing campaign, striking ISIL targets in Al-Raqqah.[27]”
Interchart
T-square: Eclipse Chiron (Pisces) opposes
BF Jupiter (Virgo); both square BF Moon (Sagittarius). I’ve also written at length about this configuration, in a post dated November
20, 2015. In a nutshell, that posting argues that Jupiter and
Chiron have played a key role in terrorist events over the decades—especially
in events where suicide bombing was employed as a weapon. I believe this
pairing goes to the heart of the extremist impulse, especially in these signs.
Interestingly, it also speaks here to current warfare tactics: France deploys
conventional military weapons (drones)—a Virgo-ruled, supposedly precise
tactical choice; ISIL deploys suicide bombers and deception—both indiscriminate,
sacrificial Pisces strategies. T-square the BF Moon (disposed by Jupiter) in
this instance, the French people (Moon) are drawn into the fray. From a twisted
Pisces perspective, the mass murder of so-called “innocents” is justified—in
Neptune’s realm, all are guilty for
the actions of one, and one is guilty
for the actions of all.
There’s more to tease out of this biwheel, of course,
but the key themes are abundantly clear; what’s missing at this point is the
impact these attacks promise to have on the French nation itself going forward.
Let’s examine that biwheel:
Biwheel
4: (inner wheel) France
5th Republic (see info in middle wheel, Triwheel 1 above); (outer wheel) Black Friday in Paris,
November 13, 2015, 9:20 p.m. ST, St. Denis, France.
Interchart T-square: BF Sun-Mercury (Scorpio) square 5th Republic Uranus (Leo)
opposition to Chiron (Aquarius). Shocking harm came to many on Black Friday, represented well
here—especially with the BF Sun falling over France’s 8th house.
Deep questions regarding France’s national mentality could be posed here, since
the BF Sun-Mercury also taps into France’s natal Grand Air Trine, tying Libra
Sun-Mercury-Node into Aquarius Chiron and Gemini Moon. This trine probably
speaks to the “French intellectualism” extremists have targeted in the past and
find so abhorrent (and as we saw with the irreverent satire of Charlie Hebdo).
Interchart T-square: BF Uranus (Aries)-5th Republic ASC opposes 5th
Republic Sun-Mercury-DSC-Node (Libra); all square BF Pluto-5th
Republic MC (Capricorn). An
enemy attack is clearly seen in this intense configuration (if France were a
ship, this would look like a “shot across the bow” that sank their MC “mast”).
Media (Mercury) and public sentiment ran high in sympathy, and the event
registered as an existential threat (angular Pluto) to the French people.
BF Jupiter (Virgo) sextiles BF
Sun-Mercury (Scorpio), inconjoins BF Uranus-5th Republic ASC and trines
BF Pluto; BF Jupiter/Node (midpoint) squares 5th Republic Moon. It’s never surprising to see Uranus and/or
Pluto falling on the chart angles of a target chart, but this duo usually
requires another planetary trigger to set off its worse potential—here that
role is played by Jupiter in militaristic Virgo. These aspects reflect not only
the magnitude of the event, but the French police’s efficient military-style
response to it, as well. It seems all but one of the people involved were
apprehended within days. Unfortunately, the BF Jupiter sextile to Sun-Mercury
opened the door of opportunity for the attackers and facilitated the logistics
of the attack. The BF Jupiter/Node midpoint square to France’s Gemini Moon
reflects the dramatic emotional nature of the attack and its aftermath, as the
French people rallied in response.
Interchart Grand Trine: BF Moon (Sagittarius) conjoins 5th Republic Saturn
(Sagittarius), trines BF Uranus (Leo) and 5th Republic Uranus-BF
Part of Fortune (Leo). This
configuration reflects the radical ideological underpinnings of the attack; we
can only assume that the suicide bombers were expressing ideologically-laced
(Sagittarius) passion (Leo) and fiery rage (Aries)—here, those emotions were
unleashed and supported.
So, what happened to EgyptAir
Flight 804?
The investigation is
ongoing, so I will not join the army of speculators here and suggest that
astrologers know more than the forensics teams do. We’ll examine the charts
once more solid information is uncovered. Unfortunately, there may be a
conflict of interests between the Egyptian government and those who just want
to know the facts, so speculation laced with some objective evidence may be all
we’ll ever have to go on.
From a very preliminary look at the charts we can
certainly see the violent nature of the event. The event Sun-Venus (Taurus)
sextiled that powerful March 2015 eclipse, the event Uranus-Pluto square was
again placed at France’s chart angles and event Chiron was applying to a
conjunction with the same eclipse, falling square France’s Saturn and trine
France’s Moon. These indicators of a tragedy aside, Mars and Saturn (both
Sagittarius) were retrograde on the day of the event, which seems unusual for a
terrorist attack. In fact, no terrorist organization has yet taken
responsibility for the event, which may be key.
However the Flight
804 investigation is resolved, I hope this astrological investigation has thoroughly
reinforced these two key points: 1) the importance of historical context for
understanding the roots of violent events; 2) the importance of eclipses as
triggers for such events. Thankfully, mundane astrology gives us insight into
both.
Welcome home, Veterans!
Welcome home, Veterans!
Raye
Robertson is a practicing astrologer, writer and former university English
instructor. A graduate of the Faculty of Astrological Studies (U.K.), Raye
focuses on mundane, collective-oriented astrology, with a particular interest
in current affairs, culture and media, the astrology of generations, and public
concerns such as education and health. Several of her articles on these topics
have been featured in The Mountain Astrologer and other publications over the
years. Raye can be contacted by comment here, or
at: robertsonraye@gmail.com.
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