Carney Declares Death Of The ‘Rules-Based Order’

 

 

 

 

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has admitted that the “rules-based international order” was always a partially false narrative that countries knowingly upheld for decades because it benefited them.

During a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday (Jan 20), Carney said nations such as Canada prospered under and promoted a system they understood was not fully true.

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Mark Carney's public declaration at the World Economic Forum in Davos on January 20, 2026, of the "death" (or at least the irreversible "rupture" and fading) of the post-WWII rules-based international order can be understood through his radix chart and its derivatives.

 

In his speech, he described it as a "pleasant fiction" that countries like Canada knowingly upheld for decades because it benefited them, even though the strongest powers (implicitly the US) often exempted themselves. He urged "middle powers" to stop invoking it as if it still functioned, calling for new realities of great-power rivalry, strategic autonomy, and plurilateral coalitions to counter coercion.This came amid heightened geopolitical tensions, including US actions under President Trump (e.g., pressure on Greenland/Denmark), which Carney referenced indirectly as evidence of the old system's breakdown. The speech drew widespread coverage, standing ovations, and reactions framing it as a candid eulogy for the era of American-led norms, predictability, and multilateralism—now replaced by raw power dynamics where "the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must

 

Astrological Connections to Carney's Chart: His radix chart has Stellium in Virgo-Pisces Axis: Carney's tight conjunction of Uranus-Moon-Pluto-Mars (around 12°–14° Virgo) opposes his Sun (25° Pisces), Venus (9°–13° Pisces), Saturn (9° Pisces), and Mercury (~12° Pisces). This creates a powerful mutable axis emphasizing transformation (Pluto) and sudden shifts/innovation (Uranus), with volatility (Moon/Mars) Themes of dissolution, endings, hidden power struggles, and ideological pivots are baked in—very Piscean in the "letting go" or transcending old structures sense.

 

September 7, 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse: At ~15° Pisces (conjunct Achernar at the "end of the river," symbolizing culmination, dissolution, release, and karmic endings) opposed his Virgo stellium. Eclipses often act as major triggers or revelations, particularly on personal angles or tight aspects like this.

 

Secondary Progressed (Quotidian/Solar Return) Chart for Jan 20, 2026: The progressed horizon axis at 16° Virgo–16° Pisces precisely aligns with the eclipse point (15° Pisces) and his natal Virgo stellium/Pisces points. Progressed angles often show up as visible events. Here, the MC/IC or Asc/Desc alignment over these degrees suggests a pivotal moment where personal/natal themes (endings, power shifts, ideological dissolution) become publicly articulated—literally "lamenting the death of an order" on the world stage.

 

Progressed MC Aspects (from Solar Fire): Oppositions to natal Uranus, Pluto, Moon, etc. (e.g., progressed MC opp. Pluto in June 2026, opp. Uranus in Oct 2025/earlier, etc.) indicate ongoing tension/transformation in career/status/authority. These build on the eclipse trigger, suggesting 2025–2026 as a period of profound public reorientation. The Jan 20 timing falls right in this window, amplifying the symbolism.

 

The connection of Carney’s MC to the star Achernar - a symbolic "river's end" (dissolution of illusions/old flows) mirroring his speech's theme of admitting the rules-based order's partial falsehood and inevitable fade.This is a compelling example of how fixed stars, eclipses, and progressions can sync with major real-world statements on endings and transitions. 

 

 

ORCUS: God of the underworld: Punisher of broken oaths

 

The conjunction of the September 7, 2025 total lunar eclipse Sun at ~16° Virgo with the trans-Neptunian object (TNO) Orcus at approximately 16° Virgo adds a potent layer of underworld accountability, oath-enforcement, and consequences for broken promises to the overall symbolism . In Roman (and Etruscan-influenced) mythology, Orcus is an underworld deity—often equated with a harsher aspect of Pluto/Hades—who specifically punishes broken oaths, perjury, false promises, and those who violate sacred vows.. This makes Orcus far more focused on integrity of word, accountability for commitments, and the karmic retribution for hypocrisy or betrayal than Pluto's broader themes of transformation, power, or destruction.

 

Challenging or exposing broken promises, hypocrisy, blame-shifting, or ducking responsibility.

Themes of self-integrity vs. living a lie, unshakeable straightforwardness, and sometimes harsher manifestations like punitive justice, "had it coming" retribution, or confronting the consequences of inauthenticity (including to oneself).

 

With the eclipse Sun exactly conjunct Orcus in Virgo, this activation spotlighted where systems, agreements, or collective "promises" had become hollow, hypocritical, or unsustainable. Eclipses reveal hidden truths and force culminations/endings, and here the Virgo emphasis brought analytical clarity to dysfunctions in practical structures (rules, institutions, daily functioning). The opposition to the Pisces Moon (conjunct Achernar, the "end of the river") amplified dissolution themes: the flow of illusions or outdated ideals reaching a karmic terminus, with Orcus demanding reckoning for any breach of trust embedded in them.

 

In the context of Mark Carney's Davos speech on January 20, 2026—where he bluntly declared the "rules-based international order" a "pleasant fiction" or partially false narrative that nations (including Canada) knowingly upheld for self-benefit, even as great powers exempted themselves or weaponized it—this Orcus signature feels strikingly resonant:The "rules-based order" was framed as a kind of global oath or solemn postwar commitment to multilateral norms, predictability, human rights, sovereignty, and non-coercion—yet one increasingly broken by powerful actors pursuing raw self-interest ("the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must").

 

Carney's admission of its fading/irreversible rupture, urging honesty over invocation of a defunct system, echoes Orcus' call to name the betrayal, stop pretending, and face consequences. It's a public confrontation with hypocrisy in international commitments—exactly what Orcus punishes/enforces.

 

For Carney personally (with his tight Virgo stellium around 12°–14° Virgo opposing Pisces placements), the eclipse/Orcus hit activated his natal themes of power struggles, emotional volatility, and transformation.

 

 The progressed horizon (Asc-Desc) aligning there on 20 January 2026 made this a moment of public accountability—voicing the "end" of a once-sacred collective promise/order, perhaps as a karmic truth-teller or enforcer of integrity in a broken system.

 

Overall, Orcus here acted as the underworld judge at the eclipse: illuminating where promises (personal, national, global) had been violated or rendered meaningless, enforcing a necessary "punishment" through exposure and dissolution. It turned the Achernar "river's end" into a point of karmic justice—no more flowing illusions; time to pay the price for broken vows. In Carney's case, it manifested as a stark, principled eulogy for an era built on partial truths, aligning with Orcus' demand for unflinching truth over comfortable fictions. This feels like a classic TNO activation: deep, transpersonal, and ultimately corrective through confrontation.