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Qatari ex-emir breaks leg at ski resort








Nine Qatari royal aircraft made consecutive landings over the weekend at Zurich Airport, after the former emir of Qatar reportedly broke his leg at a Moroccan ski resort. The planes were cleared to land despite a local ban on night flights. The first Airbus of Qatari royal fleet arrived at Zurich-Kloten shortly after midnight last Saturday, local newspaper Tages Anzeiger reports. It was cleared to land by the Swiss Air Force because the Civil Aviation Authority’s office was closed at the time. Under current regulations, overnight take-offs and landings are prohibited at Zurich Airport to avoid disturbing local residents with aircraft noise. The flight came directly from Marrakech, Morocco, where Qatar’s royal family was vacationing at Ifrane ski resort in the Atlas Mountains, and was reportedly carrying former ruler of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who abdicated in 2013 due to poor health. Earlier on Thursday, the Qatari government’s communications office said the sheikh had suffered “a broken leg while on holiday” and was flown to Zurich on Saturday for surgery. Dec.29







The horoscope of Qatar is based on its independence from the British on September 1, 1971; 0:00 am; Doha [1]. The radix Sun [7vi] is square the Saturn-Kronos-Jupiter-Neptune axis with transiting Saturn [10sa] opposite the Saturn-Kronos end and transit Neptune opposite the Sun. Currently the progressed Sun [21li] is square the radix Saturn [6ge]. Keyphrases for the  relevant combinations from Martha Wescott are given below.

Kronos-Saturn: Events through the patriarch, elder statesman or  aging leader [2]

Saturn-Neptune: Weakness in the bones or joints [2]

The monarch broke his leg on Thursday, Dec. 24 when transit Mercury [21cp] acting as a fast moving trigger made hard aspects to the radix Saturn [6ge] and progressed Sun [21li]. Mercury [21cp] was conjunct the star iota Sagittarii [22cp] in the hind foot of the Archer – an area that Diana Rosenberg links to “leg ailments”.  







A chart for the Full Moon of December 25 at Marrakech has the Saturn-Neptune square on the angles.  Saturn is in tropical Sagittarius. Sagittarius is a sign that is linked with  a love of  outdoor sports like hiking, skiing etc. The planet Saturn rules the bones  in our body and here it is  conjunct the  royal star Antares and  a smaller star 45 Herculis.  A “Royal Star” is often a direct reference to royalty. Hercules provides courage, energy, physicality and a daring all-or-nothing  attitude that needs and seeks expression.  It is often linked to dancers, acrobats and sports champions (a Latin epithet for Hercules was saltator, “leaper”), but some lacking a sense of moderation, may “go for broke”, risking their health and/or their reputations in their headlong passion to win. Diana Rosenberg lists “sports injuries” under its star.

Finally, we notice that the Full Moon [3cn] is conjunct the star eta (η) Gemini, Propus [3cn]. The name, taken directly from the Greek, means "forward foot," appropriate to its position as the foot of the western twin Castor! Its conjunction with Kronos-Hades  here refers to an ex-emir.




[2] The Orders of Light; Martha Wescott 

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