The Syrian War began in the wake of the protests of
2011. In 2011-12, transit Pluto had
reached within 3 degree orb of the radix Sun [9cp] on the IC (4th
house cusp) of Syria’s chart. As the opposite house to the 10th, the 4th rules those who oppose the
government, king, or recognised order. With Pluto transiting here the opposition had
a complex and hidden agenda and used ultimatums and confrontation with
government security agencies to bring Assad down. What began as a legitimate
series of demonstrations against the government in Damascus did not stay that
way, however. Now in 2017, as Pluto stations on September 28 within 2 degrees
of the IC for the last time, the regime change project has failed, and it has failed
miserably. For all the money, men, and
treasure that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the West, and Israel pumped into the war,
they failed in their primary goal of deposing the government. At every turn, they were thwarted by their
adversaries, who proved to be better fighters then they.
Although every war makes ample use of lies and deception,
the dirty war on Syria has relied on a level of mass disinformation not seen in
living memory. The US sought to hide its hand, using proxy armies while
demonising the Syrian Government and Army, accusing them of constant
atrocities; then pretending to rescue the Syrian people from their own
government.
To understand the dynamics of the interaction between
Syria and the US we can look at the progressed planetary positions of one
horoscope interacting with the radix positions of the other. Syria’s current
progressed Sun [23pi] is just passing the opposition to the Sibly Neptune
[22vi] and square its Mars [21ge] which in turn is conjunct Syria’s radix
Saturn [21ge]. In a mundane national chart a 7th Mars rules enemies
and wars. With Mars square Neptune we have deception in war.
In August 2017, Saturn stationed direct at [21sa]
opposite Sibly Mars [21ge] and square its Neptune [22vi] implying a
reality-check and failure of its war
plans. But Saturn was also opposite Syria’s radix Saturn. Let us remember that while
negatively Saturn implies abject failure, positively it represents maturity and
long-term success through sustained effort. Syria has succeeded beyond all expectations.
Quite often long term outer planetary aspects resonate in
theme with progressions in our charts. Readers will be aware that a Saturn-Neptune
square, occurred in a three-pass transit from November 2015 through September
of 2016. Using a 10° orb, however, the effective period of the transit extends
another year on either side, from November 2014 through September 2017. In
other words, we’ve been living through a three-year period where illusions challenged
and in many ways dominated realities. Fact and fiction have intertwined in a
very seductive way, and we’ve seen an unprecedented explosion of “fake news,”
where lies are presented as truths. However, at best, this square has the power
to end deception and lies which is what is happening for the US war in Syria.
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