Saudi Arabia driving ban on women to be lifted

Saudi Arabia's King Salman has issued a decree allowing women to drive for the first time, to the joy of activists. The Gulf kingdom is the only country in the world that bans women from driving. Until now, only men were allowed licences and women who drove in public risked being arrested and fined. Praise for the move has been pouring in from inside the Saudi kingdom, as well as around the world. US President Donald Trump said it was a "positive step" towards promoting women's rights. Sept. 27 http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41408195

Jupiter opposite Uranus is a major planetary aspect occurring in 2016-17. There are three exact oppositions between December 2016 and September 2017. The last exact opposition occurs on September 28, 2017. For Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the opposition is aligned perfectly with the horizon axis suggesting that this is one place receiving its full impact.

Historians and psychologists have long wrestled with the mysterious phenomenon of individuals and societies becoming swept up into particular ways of perceiving their reality and acting on the basis of these highly charged perceptions. Invariably it is caused by the appearance of certain astrological configurations that  influence an individual or society affected by it to begin to see the world entirely through its lens and act accordingly. Throughout history, Jupiter has been associated with the principle of expansion and liberality. It also has a frequent association with the realm of culture. In general it seems to impel a movement towards encompassing greater wholes and enlarging one’s worldview. When it aspects Uranus – the planet associated with creative breakthroughs, rebellion against constraints and the status quo, the impulse for freedom and the new –  individuals or societies affected by it go through the excitement of experiencing suddenly expanded horizons.

Mercury [26vi] makes aspects to both ends of the Jupiter-Uranus opposition. When a planet is touched by Uranus, the affairs it rules are ready for change. Mercury rules all forms of communication so that cars and driving are within its domain.

Besides this Uranus [27ar] is conjunct the Black Holes, Cassiopeia A [27ar] and M31 Andromeda NGC 224 [28ar]. Diana Rosenberg mentions that both these Black Holes “generate issues of women’s rights” so that putting the pieces together we can reconstruct the news.