A new trade agreement was supposed to signed later this month when President Trump and President Xi would meet in South Korea. But U.S. negotiators under Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick tried to play hardball. In late September, during the talks, they imposed further restrictions on China.
What Trump does not get yet is that the U.S. depends more on imports from China than China depends on exporting to the United States. But the markets do understand that. Trump’s move may well be the black swan event that will lead to their crash.
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China’s progressed Sun [24sa] is activating the Sibly radix Mars [21ge32] - Neptune [22vi25] more so if you correct for precession Mars [24ge50] - Neptune [25vi53]
Mars-Neptune: Failures caused through the absence of plans or through lack of energy, the misfortune to suffer harm or exploitation.
We are now just two days away from Pluto stationing direct on October 13. All charts - natal, ingress, return etc which have transit Pluto significantly placed are going to feel the heat. Here is the US Sibly solar return with Pluto on the Ascendant forming a T-square with the TNPs Apollon and Vulcanus. Martha Wescott delinrates as below:
Apollon-Pluto-Vulcanus:
This combination is an absolute study in "power and pressure." (Pluto-Vulcanus) linked to business and commerce (Apollon). People are "feeling the heat" because others are manipulative or domineering (and haven't left them many options.) There can be pressures that arise from stuff you and others can't do much about--and, as you can imagine, that'll be especially grating! Expect that some of these pressures will occur when there is barely enough time to do all that seems to be required! I think there'll be some situations where you see pressures that FEEL like ultimatums--as well as times when people rise up like crazed tigers BECAUSE others are trying to force their hand.
Watch for times when people try to influence or coerce another...just to see their reaction... just to find out how far they can push them... just because they're in a position to exert power over them... just because they need to feel like the "top dog"... or as a way of trying to force a showdown.
In addition China’s radix chart [Oct 1, 1949; 15:01 AWST; Beijing] has its Ascendant at [1aq44] which is right where Pluto is stationing direct [1aq22]
In his book Planets in Transit, Robert Hand interprets this transit as below:
Transit Pluto conjunct Ascendant
On the purely psychological leve!, you may find yourself face to face with aspects of your personality that you have chosen to ignore in the past because you thought that they were unacceptable. But they are real aspects of yourself, and their energies can only be suppressed for a time, not entirely eliminated. Under this transit the energies will surface.
Even under the best of conditions, you can expect your relationships to change considerably as others encounter the changes within you. A close relationship such as marriage may undergo especially great changes at this time.Often a tremendous power drive will surface during this transit, as you suddenly want to take control of everything around you. You are not content to be subject to an outside power or to anyone else's will.
Pluto station has ensured that the US-China trade dispute is beyond any kind of easy control. China is well prepared. Its GDP this year will be around 20 trillion. Its total exports per year to the U.S. are around $500 billion, a mere 2.5% of its GDP. China can do without those while the U.S. can not.
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