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Iran’s diplomacy may avert war




When history of the present US-Iran stand-off in the Persian Gulf is written, future scholars may note how it was Tehran that saved the day from full-scale war by its responsible diplomatic outreach to regional neighbors. This weekend saw the usual feckless American vacillations resulting in even more military power being deployed in the Middle East where US troops already number some 70,000. https://www.rt.com/op-ed/460447-iran-diplomacy-us-tensions/



Astrologers regard planetary combinations that appear in the sky as providing opportunities for changes in world affairs. This is not to say events can be foretold.  It is up to us to decide whether we take the opportunity to move into a brighter future or refuse to move forward remaining entrenched in past patterns of behavior.

In mundane astrology, the cardinal ingresses of the Sun have a traditional reputation as important mundane events. Planetary patterns aligned with the horizon or meridian contain clues of the opportunities for change.  The current Aries ingress chart at Tehran is shown here. Notice the powerful Grand Cross aligned with the meridian.

The South Node of the Moon symbolizes past patterns of behavior that have outlived their usefulness and need to be discarded. Here the South Node is conjunct Saturn-Pluto amid stars of the Archer and the Eagle both easily recognizable symbols of war. Adding to the theme of war is the TNP Zeus on the MC which Martha Wescott links to the military.

About the Grand Cross, Nick Fiorenza writes:

This entire planetary configuration, specifically the Pluto-Saturn-Lunar Nodes square to Eris opposite the Haumea-Pallas synchronous retrograde can stimulate significant actions in international relations specifically related to global finance and world politics. The Pluto-Saturn-Ketu square to Eris is specifically characteristic of endings—discarding antiquated oligarchical and bureaucratic beliefs, systems and structures. As is characteristic of Eris, discordant disruptions and exposures of immature motives that perpetuate inappropriate relations and limiting world views ultimately serves to open our eyes to a vaster reality of possibilities previously obscured. (Think of this as applying to the US motive for war with Iran). This deconstructive process is essential for the emergence of a new social-political-economic paradigm in the following decade, after the 2020 societal reset.

Eris provokes change by upsetting the status quo, by upsetting the apple cart. Eris discloses and exposes clandestine affairs, or simply what lies hidden behind innocent but naive assumptions about reality. She opens our eyes to what is covered by lies, often revealing something deceitful, shameful, ugly, or simply what is unacceptable behavior, often driven from greed or inflated pride (Once again a perfect description of US motives). Although Eris can create a disrupting commotion, upsetting our existing, limiting and antiquated structures of consciousness, she opens us to see beyond the finite bounds of our current perception, beyond the bounds we place upon ourselves by arousing and challenging our egoic defenses. In doing so, we are left to redefine and reorganize our world view to embrace a far vaster reality—a view more fitting to our rapidly expanding awareness. The discord and disruption Eris creates often results in a positive outcome in the longer term, as such how disrupting events can catalyze significant shifts in our lives that we would not otherwise initiate on our own, or by impelling us to take new paths that we would not otherwise embark upon that lead to more appropriate outcomes.

But how can we be sure that the Aries ingress chart  is indeed influencing Iran’s actions. Well, astrologers have developed techniques to progress (i.e. move a chart forward in time) to find out when the promise in the radix comes due. The days on which the progressed angles (horizon or meridian) arrive at  the relevant planetary configuration are times when the radix promise can be expected to occur in the  form of an event.




Presented here is the Aries ingress chart progressed to May 29, the date of the news article. Notice the near perfect alignment of the Grand Cross with the horizon axis on this date suggesting that its energy is at work in events taking place in Tehran.



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