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China to take over strategic US military base in Djibouti



The tiny African state of Djibouti has reportedly ordered the US to vacate its secondary Obock military base in the nation in a bid to turn over the installation to the Chinese military and its contingent of 10,000 troops, raising major concerns in Washington, which holds the largest military base in Djibouti, Camp Lemonnier. August 18  http://goo.gl/CFTH28





To understand this news we will begin with the Lunar Eclipse of April 4 drawn for Djibouti. Notice that the eclipse axis makes a hard aspect to the MC suggesting that it is important for the place. Here Uranus which is the ruler of the 7th is placed in the 8th house. In mundane astrology, the 7th house governs “treaties and agreements with other nations” [1] while the 8th is   issues connected with “death and decay”  [2] or by association all manners of  termination or endings. The ruler of the 7th placed in the 8th points to the possibility of the ending of agreements with other nations.  Uranus and the Sun are opposite the TNP Zeus and the Moon which are conjunct stars of the “evil” bird Corvus, the Raven,  in tropical air sign Libra. This area is linked to flights and aviation. When combined with the TNP Zeus, we can see that these flights are connected with the military. With Uranus-Pluto square we have another hint that an old order is collapsing.  When we put all the elements together, we begin to see why the agreement with the US for the use of the military airbase is coming to an end.






But as always, the question remains, why now. Well there are at least two triggers to the eclipse chart. First, if we progress the eclipse chart to August 18, the eclipse T-square aligns with the meridian. Second, in the last few days, transit Jupiter and Saturn have formed a square that aligns with the Ascendant and IC of the chart. A keyphrase for Jupiter-Saturn is “separation from difficult circumstances”.






Finally, we look at the chart for the current New Moon. It is placed in the 7th house (agreements or partnerships) along with a retrograde Venus (change of values) square separative Saturn in the 10th house. So once again the lunation chart also points to an ending.







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