{"id":34273,"date":"2011-02-11T12:21:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T17:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=34273"},"modified":"2011-05-16T13:26:52","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T18:26:52","slug":"mubarak-astrology-egypt-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/daily-astrology\/mubarak-astrology-egypt-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: For Now, the People are in Charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Note to Readers: Egypt’s snorting bull, Hosni Mubarak, has stepped down as president, setting off wild celebrations. Knowing the story was likely to move early today, here’s how I called the chart as of 9 this morning. The real clue in the chart was that Venus — who represented Mubarak — was conjunct Pluto, which is an astrological way of saying that he’s a done deal. Mars conjunct Nessus suggested that his treatment of his own generals was going to come back to bite him on the ass, and it was indeed the military that tipped the power in favor of the people. Here is some confirmation that the U.S. was moving resources in the 5th fleet<\/a> toward the Suez Canal. As I mentioned at the end of the letter that follows, the situation is far from resolved by this, as the Moon waxes toward full phase and the momentum continues. This is the ‘extra’ lead from today’s edition of Planet Waves’ edition for subscribers. –efc<\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Friend and Reader:<\/p>\n

After yesterday’s very strange day in Egypt — beginning with early reports by numerous supposedly reliable sources that Mubarak would resign and ending with him transferring power to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but keeping the title of president — nobody can say for sure what is happening in Egypt. Today is expected to be the biggest day of protest since the demonstrations began 18 days ago.<\/p>\n

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Chart for the military stating that it had convened the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has not met since 1973. The chart shows a situation delicately balanced on the military but with the people in charge of the country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Outrage at Mubarak’s refusal to actually quit has pushed the country to the point of explosion.<\/p>\n

As we go to press Friday morning, it seems like everything rests in the hands of the military, which is holding space between the Egyptian people and Mubarak, whose ouster they are demanding. His refusal to step down seems calculated to push a showdown between the people and the army. Though the military is in a sense neutral, “That neutrality helps the crowds and hurts Mr. Mubarak,” historian Juan Cole said on Thursday night’s Rachel Maddow Show.<\/p>\n

This morning there were news reports that ‘Al Arabiya television reported that Mubarak and his family had left Cairo to an unknown destination from a military airbase in the suburbs’.<\/p>\n

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A heavily armed contingent of Marines has moved into the American embassy in Cairo and has been maintaining a perimeter from the inside for several days. Egyptian security forces are guarding the embassy from outside. After considerable research last night we could not confirm reports that American warships from the 5th fleet had moved into the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
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\n<\/em><\/strong> Most sources on-scene are saying that the Egyptian military — while divided in its support for Mubarak, who has ruled under a state of emergency for 30 years — is not going to open fire on the people. Thursday, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces issued what it called Communique #1, at 5 pm Cairo time, confirming this. The Supreme Council has convened only twice before: during the wars against Israel in 1967 and 1973.<\/p>\n

“In affirmation and support for the legitimate demands of the people, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces convened today, 10 February 2011, to consider developments to date,” an army spokesman declared on state television, in what was described as communiqu\u00e9 No. 1 of the army command, “and decided to remain in continuous session to consider what procedures and measures that may be taken to protect the nation, and the achievements and aspirations of the great people of Egypt,” The New York Times<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands of people joined the beaten and the bandaged in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday, Feb. 4, transforming it from a bloody battleground to a scene of a political rally dubbed Day of Departure -- which didn't quite work out that way. Photo: AFP. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chart for communique #1 seems like a decisive moment, or at least a turning point, at the end of a really weird day. It’s an interesting chart, which illustrates the stance of the military as stated in its letter. Here is what I see.<\/p>\n

The Moon is the highest planet. It’s in the 10th house of government, extremely strong in Taurus (its sign of exaltation). The Moon represents the people, who are solid in their values — the generals, as they have said, perceive that the people are in charge and that they have legitimate issues. Cancer (which the Moon rules) is on the 12th house, so the Moon comes out of the vast and overwhelming 12th — the Egyptian public, the most populous in the Middle East. The 12th is an intangible; the Moon’s presence in Taurus gives it a more solid form.<\/p>\n

Notably, Mubarak, born in early May, has become the brunt of a good few Taurus jokes, based mostly on his tenacity in the face of extreme resistance. But he does actually appear to be going through a transformation. The ruling planet of that midheaven, Venus, is currently conjunct Pluto and Vesta. He has given up something, namely the powers of the presidency.<\/p>\n

There is a massive crowd showing up in the 7th house, shown by all those planets on the right side of the chart. That would be the opposition movement. Leo is rising, which tells us about the matter in question — the military’s statement. And the military (the Sun, ruler of Leo) is aligned with the people in Aquarius, opposite the sign rising. So far, so good. [A second indicator of the army, the ruler of the 6th house (which is Saturn) lands in Libra, retrograde — another sign of restraint.]<\/p>\n

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Mr. Charming. Photo: AFP. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is, however, something that indicates how fragile the situation really is. Though you cannot see it clearly in the chart, when you look at the numbers, Mars is exactly (to within one degree) halfway between the Sun and Mercury. Mars, always a co-ruler of the military in a public chart, is also conjunct Nessus, a centaur planet of karma coming back through a cycle of events. Nessus also indicates an injury based on psychic abuse of some kind; it would seem the armed forces have also struggled under the dictatorship.<\/p>\n

That midpoint is tricky and a little unstable, and if there is peace it’s a delicate state of affairs. In addition, the Sun — the military and its ideas — are headed toward Neptune. There may be a loss of the apparent solidity of the Sun: a message gets lost, its power gets lost in a fog, or there is a deception going on. And there is stuff they don’t understand and that they don’t know. Obviously Mubarak is concerned that there could be a military coup — that is more likely than the army firing on the people.<\/p>\n

My sense is that the military is not entirely trustworthy. While they are not opening fire on the public, there have been reports of disappearances and torture. We also see this untrustworthy quality in the natal chart<\/a> for the Republic of Egypt, which we covered last week<\/a>. There is something two-faced about the beloved Egyptian army, in which people have so much faith.<\/p>\n

The real tension point in this chart is that the Taurus Moon is about to make a series of square aspects to all those Aquarius planets in the 7th, starting with Ceres, Mars, Nessus, the Sun and last, Neptune, ending this chapter of the story. As the Moon makes these squares, it will push the situation closer to the edge, and it may seem like it’s bent well past the breaking point. If the sides or the meaning of events are unclear or uncertain today, they only seem headed for greater uncertainty as the Moon waxes toward full phase and popular momentum gathers.<\/p>\n

There is plenty we don’t know about that is not being reported by the U.S. media. For example, the Global Intelligence blog<\/a> reported last week that, “US intelligence sources disclosed that exactly a week ago, on Jan. 29, an attempt was made on the life of Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman in central Cairo as his convoy left the presidential palace. He had just been sworn in by President Hosni Mubarak as Vice President. Suleiman escaped unharmed but two of his bodyguards were killed. The sources said the attack bore the marks of professional, well-trained hitmen. The attack was denied in Cairo but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed it in Munich when she said the assassination attempt was a sign of instability in Egypt.”<\/p>\n

We will update the Planet Waves blog with details as we learn them.<\/p>\n

Yours & truly,
\n\"Eric<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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