Six
Arab countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt have cut diplomatic ties with
Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region. They say Qatar backs militant
groups including so-called Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda, which Qatar denies.
The Saudi state news agency SPA said Riyadh had closed its borders, severing
land, sea and air contact with the tiny peninsula of oil-rich Qatar. Qatar
called the decision "unjustified" and with "no basis in
fact". The unprecedented move is seen as a major split between powerful
Gulf countries, who are also close US allies. It comes amid heightened tensions
between Gulf countries and their near-neighbour Iran. The Saudi statement
accused Qatar of collaborating with "Iranian-backed terrorist groups"
in its restive Eastern region of Qatif and in Bahrain. June 5 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-40155829
In a previous post [1], I mentioned that the September 1, 2016 solar
eclipse was a major cause of the disunity that has affected the Sunni Muslim
countries after the Riyadh summit on May 21-22.
The mundane horoscope of Qatar (September 1, 1971,0:00 hrs) based on its
independence from Britain as given by Nick Campion is reproduced here [2]. Notice that the eclipse fell on Qatar’s radix
Sun impelling it to move away from
authoritarian control – an issue that is discussed in more detail in the
previous post [1].
Qatar’s solar return
chart (precession corrected) is shown here. Notice the Sun-Saturn-Neptune-Node
T-square straddling the horizon. And if
we now progress the return chart to May 21, 2017, the date of the Riyadh
summit, we find the T-square once again
triggered by the progressed Ascendant.
Two other points are relevant here. On May 19, transit Sun
[28ta44] squared the Nodes [28 le-aq 44]
– an aspect known as Moon Wobble said to
produce personal and political upheavals. The Nodal axis aligns perfectly with
Qatar’s radix meridian. Secondly, the current New Moon [5ge] fell on Qatar’s
radix Saturn [6ge] already receiving a sesquisquare aspect from progressed Sun [21li] – an aspect frequently linked to
trouble with elders and authority figures. And finally today as the news of diplomatic
ties with Qatar being cut by Saudi and its allies we have transit Mercury [27ta]
squaring the nodal axis and radix Mercury [28le].
Comments
Post a Comment