Paris Attack, April 20, 2017
The attack occurred on the
Champs-Elysees in Paris at 9 pm on April 20.
One police officer was killed, two were
seriously wounded. The gunman is believed to
have acted alone and to have purposely targeted
the officers guarding the Franklin Roosevelt
subway station. The gunman was killed. ISIS
quickly took credit for the attack. ,
This particular terrorist attack
is likely to have stronger consequences than
previous ones. Here are the astrological
reasons why:
On April 20:
Pluto turned Stationary
Retrograde. A planet’s power is increased when
it is stationary (appearing to stand
still). Think, immovable object. Among other
things, Pluto rules loss and death.
Mars at 29 Taurus conjoined the
Uranian Planet Admetos. Both form square
aspects to the Nodal Axis and the August eclipse
point of 29 Leo. Venus at 27 Pisces, now moving
direct, formed a square aspect to Saturn at 27
Sagittarius.
Among other things, Mars
represents guns and war; Admetos, hindrances and
death. In Uranian astrology the Nodes are
considered a personal point, as important as the
Sun, Moon, or Ascendant. While the eclipse at
29 Leo does not take place until August, it is
not unusual for events relating to eclipses to
take place earlier than the eclipse itself.
Mars transits are triggers for
eclipse points. So the potential for violence
with these planetary combinations is clear. 29
degrees of Leo is also Donald Trump’s
Ascendant. (I’ve written about this eclipse
earlier, see
https://joycelevine.com/JLcycles.html.)
In
addition, 27 degrees of Sagittarius is the
Galactic Center, a black hole in the middle of
the Milky Way. Events that take place when outer
planets transit this position have a greater
effect on the world. (Think Pluto’s transit in
2007 and 2008 and the worldwide financial
crisis.)
This attack occurs only a month
after the terrorist attack in London. The Brexit
vote had already indicated a strong
anti-immigration stance in England. British
Prime Minister Theresa May has already called
for early elections to give her a greater
mandate for her positions.
French elections start on Sunday,
April 23 and end on Sunday, May 7. Of the
eleven candidates running, four are considered
the front-runners. According to CNBC, recent
polls indicate that the
centrist and independent candidate Emmanuel
Macron will win the first round with 24 percent
of the votes, closely followed by the far-right
candidate Marine
Le Pen with
21.5 percent of the support; the conservative
candidate Francois Fillon, third with 20
percent; and the far left Jean-Luc Melenchon,
fourth with 19.5 percent.
Marine Le Pen, the far right
candidate, is running on an anti-Muslim,
anti-immigration platform. This attack has the
potential to bolster Le Pen’s popularity which
had been declining.
A number of astrology charts for
France (countries can have more than one chart)
show 25 degrees of cardinal signs to be
particularly sensitive degrees: 25 Capricorn
Rising in the First Republic chart, Pluto at 25
Aries on the 2nd Republic chart,
Uranus at 25 and Mars at 27 of Cancer in the 3rd
Republic chart, and 25 Cancer Rising in the 5th
Republic chart. The Vichy government chart had
27 degrees of Sagittarius Rising. (Data from
Nicholas Campion’s Book
of World Horoscopes)
Transiting Uranus is now at 25
degrees of Aries and Mercury (still Retrograde)
will exactly conjoin it on April 28. So
France’s elections are taking place with Mercury
Retrograde conjoining Uranus at this degree.
More disruptions and surprising outcomes can be
expected.
At the same time, the progressed
Midheaven of the European Union (EU) chart in
Taurus has formed an opposition to the natal
Mars and Pluto and progressed Pluto. These
aspect were exact by degree in June 2016 when
Britain voted to leave the European Union. The
EU is likely to be controversial in France as
well - and France is Europe’s second largest
economy.
Even if Le Pen does not win the
election, it’s unlikely that her influence will
decline.
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