For
nearly 14 years as Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel has defined and
personified Europe’s middle ground: pragmatic, consensual, mercantilist,
petit-bourgeois, above all stable. It is little wonder the leader of
Mitteleuropa’s major economic power has dominated the political centre for so
long. But what if Merkel falls? Can the centre hold? These are increasingly
urgent questions as the once unassailable “Mutti” struggles to hold together a
fractious coalition. The immediate issue, which is likely to come to a head on
Monday, is a furious row over EU immigration policy. But other problems are
piling up, with unpredictable consequences for Europe’s future cohesion. Merkel’s
political obituary has been written many times, but now the final draft is
nearing completion. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/17/angela-merkel-doubted-at-home-reign-ending
Shown here is Angela Merkel’s chart as provided by
Astro-Databank [1]. Our attention is
immediately drawn to the upcoming solar eclipse of July 13 that falls on Merkel’s
Sun-Uranus conjunction in the 8th house which forms the apex of a
T-square with Neptune-Admetus on the meridian.
Let us recall some basics of astrology. The 7th
house is where we find partners, sign a contract, “get married” etc. In the 8th
our individualities should “die” so that we can function as a unit. If this
does not happen, the 8th rules “divorce”. With the eclipse falling
in Merkel’s 8th house, this is exactly what is happening. Her
coalition partners want to throw her out because she has not been listening to
their requirements.
Now let us go one step further and plot the chart for the
eclipse at Berlin. Wow! What do we have. The eclipse is placed very prominently
on the Ascendant conjunct TNPs Hades Kronos and opposite Pluto. The
interpretation is fairly simple:
Hades-Kronos-Pluto:
the decline of a leader following a power struggle.
Finally, let us recall that the eclipse is conjunct the star
Castor of the Twins. The two brothers, Castor and Pollux (representing the
coalition partners here) are often at loggerheads so that too fits in neatly.
When does she leave?
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