If this were
150 years ago, and the UK was a wealthy patient visiting a doctor, she would
probably be told she was having a nervous breakdown, and sent to Switzerland
for a rest cure.
As an astrologer
150 years later, I’d say that the UK is near the end of a series of Pluto transits,
during which much has been revealed, but it also means she doesn’t know who she
is or what she wants anymore. Hence the political paralysis. Maybe in some
cases the rest cure would give the time and space for the job to complete. But
in this case, I think things need to be lived and worked through.
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| UK Chart 1801 |
The 2 main
character traits in the UK chart are Capricorn (Sun and IC) and Cancer (Moon
and MC). They are opposite signs, and as such provide a healthy tension within
the national psyche that pushes us towards unity.
These 2
traits came out as opposites in the EU referendum: The Capricorns wanted to
claim back our boundaries, to forge our own independent place in the world
again. The Cancers valued the feeling of connectedness to Europe, one big
tribe, and cared about all the people from mainland Europe who had made their
homes here.
And these 2
traits had become polarised, frequently holding each other in contempt. The Capricorns,
as we know, prevailed. But in last week’s general election, it was the turn of
the Cancers, those who wish for a fairer country for all. They didn’t exactly
prevail – the Tories remain the largest party – but they did well enough to
destroy the Tory majority in Parliament.
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So there are
these 2 great themes, personified as Brexit and Corbyn. Neither can easily move
forward: Brexit because there is no clear government with which to negotiate
it; and the fairer society, because they don’t have enough seats.
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| Jeremy Corbyn |
So we are
getting a better sense of who we now are, but we aren’t ready to act on it, the
alchemy is not complete. Hence the stalemate. Hence what appears like a nervous
breakdown, but which is what I call a Pluto Underworld journey, during which the
outer direction is usually not very clear.
Pluto very
nearly opposed the UK Moon this year, but won’t do so exactly until 2018. And
this will be as Saturn hard aspects our Sun, Moon and Angles over the next 2
years.
So I think
the difficult process of Brexit will be the anvil on which we hammer ourselves
into a new shape. It is Saturn, there is work to do. The Brexit we forge will reflect the type of country we want to be.
And the great
thing about the combination of a hung Parliament and Corbyn is that I think we
will be able to work through a Brexit deal with which a clear majority are
happy. Corbyn is a reasonable man. He will not oppose the Tories for its own
sake. I think he is the man who will make the minority government feasible and Brexit
possible. With Mercury and Venus at 15-17 Gemini, he will continue to inspire
people over the next few years as Neptune squares these 2 planets.
Uranus-Eris
has been at work here. The sudden, shock event that changes everything. I could
see from the election chart that the Tories were going to have to listen a lot more
to Corbyn’s Labour party and what they stood for. Logically, that could only
have meant a reduced majority, but I failed to see that.
It’s been a
bit of a zombie apocalypse. A year ago, Corbyn seemed like the walking dead as
leader of his party. Now it is Theresa May, but it is hard to see her
recovering.
A week ago I
wrote that Boris would get his chance to be leader in 4 or 5 years time, when
the astrology favoured him. He does have a chance of another kind now, one
which he would be advised not to take. Uranus is starting to oppose his natal
Moon in Scorpio, and this in turn rules his MC, his career point. He could
suddenly find himself PM, but it would be unlikely to last more than 2 to 3
years, and would be characterised by instability, that being the nature of
Uranus. And it would spoil for him the much more promising chance he has in 5
years time. Not that I personally want Boris as PM.
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| Boris |
I’d hazard a
guess at Amber Rudd, the Home Secretary. Against her is the very slim majority
by which she hung onto her Parliamentary seat. For her (we do not have a birth
time) is her North Node at 19 Cancer, conjunct the UK Moon. We are collectively
at a moment of destiny, and that would be a propitious placement for her to
have as leader. Along with Moon in late Sagittarius, being activated by Neptune
in the coming years.
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| Amber Rudd |
One way or
the other, I think the Tories will elect a new leader in late August/early
September, as Saturn (planet of leadership) starts to move forward again.
Between now and then they will be sorting it out, which is what retrograde
Saturn is good for.
