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Russia sanctions and the US Sibly



There’s been a lot going on this week, so it’s unsurprising that an extremely important vote in Congress failed to get the attention it deserves. What I’m referring to is the recent Russia/Iran/North Korea sanctions bill passed by the House of Representatives in a frighteningly lopsided 419-3 vote.





The horoscope of a country is perhaps the most important mundane chart ….more important than all the planetary ingress or eclipse charts used routinely by astrologers. The Sibly is the chart for the US that has stood the test of time. To explain the news, I begin with the solar return for the Sibly.  I draw my readers’ attention to the Hades-Kronos-Sun-Mars-Jupiter-Zeus-Pluto T-square.

When war god Mars opposes Pluto, there is danger of an overkill. If the lower levels of this aspect are being expressed, i.e., the individual seeks to force the  will upon others for the sheer sake of power OVER others (out of integrity), the result may vary from disappointment all the way to self destruction.

 Jupiter is often associated with various kinds of excess. In the case of Mars conjunct, square or opposition Jupiter, this often manifests as overconfidence or excessive aggression.

Pluto is placed in the 11th house which in mundane astrology rules the Parliament [2]. Martha Wescott in her book The Orders of Light provides the following interpretation for the elements of the T-square.

Hades-Pluto: To achieve power over others by disenfranchising or demeaning them; decline through compulsive-obsessive behavior; to recognize that ugliness is rooted in resentment or a desire for revenge or power.
Kronos-Pluto: events show that legalities, rules or attempts to set procedures are actually power struggles or arise from resentments and a need to push others to their limits; to be aware of the power of people in charge – and to see abuses of power through misuse of office, position, laws or procedures.




But how do we know, that this combination was active on July 25, when the US Congress passed the sanction bill? In astrology, the angles are everything. Events occur when progressed angles move over important configurations in the chart. If we now progress the Sibly solar return to July 25, the meridian conjoins Pluto thereby triggering the T-square!


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