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Ukraine and the Venus-Pluto square

 



This Venus square Pluto exact on November 8, 2025, is a heavyweight transit—angular in the chart for Kyiv (Ascendant conjunct Venus square Pluto). In mundane astrology, angular hard aspects like this often manifest as high-stakes crises that feel "fated," especially when they tie into a Yod (finger of God) pattern pointing at the apex planet. Here, Venus is that apex, quincunx Uranus (29° Taurus) and Neptune (~29° Pisces), creating a classic Yod that screams "inescapable adjustment or you're forced to evolve." 



Venus rules money, diplomacy, alliances, women and values. Pluto rules debt, coercion, hidden power, transformation through crisis, and plutocratic control. A square between them—especially angular classically shows: Financial blackmail or coercive "gifts": Allies (or former allies) using money/weapons as leverage to force unacceptable concessions. 

Forced evolution: Something intensely desired (continued unrestricted aid, full NATO backing, long-range missiles) is denied or weaponized, exposing ugly truths about dependency and manipulation. 

Ruby Slipper [1] nails it: "something you want intensely is denied or taken away... pushed to acknowledge ugly things regarding your own jealousy, manipulation and fear of loss."The Yod Amplifies the FateThe Yod (Venus apex, base Uranus-Neptune) is the "fated fork". Martha Wescott's Uranus-Neptune keywords—"unexpected events in friendship or sudden contact with confusion, uncertainty; disappointment through friends; to be hurt by the indifference of others"—are painfully literal right now.Uranus leg: Sudden shocks from allies (Uranus in Taurus = financial/security rupture). Think lightning-bolt reversals in funding or policy.

Neptune leg: Dissolution of illusions, victimhood, or spiritualized betrayal ("we believed in you, but..."). Neptune in Pisces = idealized alliances crumbling into fog and disappointment.

Apex Venus in Scorpio: The crisis forces a death/rebirth in how Ukraine values itself and its relationships. No more polite diplomacy—raw, survival-level truth about who really has your back. 

Mapping to Real Events in Ukraine (Nov 7, 2025 Context): This transit isn't happening in a vacuum. On the exact day Venus perfects the square (Nov 8 Kyiv time), the geopolitical weather is brutal:Trump-Orbán "peace" talks in Washington (Nov 7): Orban meets Trump to push a Ukraine settlement. Multiple sources confirm the agenda includes freezing lines, possible territorial concessions, and mineral rights deals—exactly the "control through money/gifts" dynamic. 

The Fated Fork in the Road: This Yod + angular Venus-Pluto is the astrological "moment of truth". Ukraine has been building toward all year. The fork: Path A – Capitulation (Pluto wins): Accept a coercive "deal"—freeze lines, cede territory/minerals, neutralize: Reject manipulation, force allies to choose: real partnership or abandonment. Uranus quincunx demands radical innovation—perhaps asymmetric escalation, new coalitions (Global South? Asia?), or internal revolution against corruption that Pluto keeps exposing. .The chart screams: whatever illusion of "unconditional Western support" existed is dying this weekend. The disappointment through friends (Uranus-Neptune) is the catalyst. But Yods always offer a higher path if you integrate the crisis instead of fighting it.Ukraine doesn't get to stay the same after November 8. This is the death of the 2022-2024 war paradigm—either into a frozen conflict (Pluto's control) or into something fiercer, more self-reliant, and truly transformed. The square perfects, the Yod activates, and history pivots. 

 

[1] https://rubyslipper.ca/ruby-slipper-astrology/2025/11/november-7th-2025-venus-square-pluto

 

 


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