Tory Party Blues

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Embarrassment of riches, riches of embarrassments, an Embarrassment of Rishi’s

“Sunak only got caught because he filmed himself breaking the law”

~ John Crace

Rishi Sunak

I wrote in 2020 when he was appointed Chancellor in Boris Johnson’s cabinet:

“He has the Sun, Mercury and Chiron in Taurus, the sign of money.  With the Sun/Mercury trine Saturn, he has a great deal of common sense.”

On 20th January, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen to be failing to use a seat belt in an advertisement.  He has been fined a mere £100, which when added to his Partygate fine, totals two fines.  His transits at the time, which include the circumstances for all the other scenarios appearing here, are as follows:-

Saturn squaring his Uranus (exacting standards highlighting where corners have been cut)

Saturn on his South Node  (karma catching up with him)

Neptune trine his Uranus (having to deal with complex dynamics)

His troubles are piling, partly because when coming to power, he had to choose colleagues from all areas of the party, and not all of them are up to the standard he promised us at the outset.

Nadhim Zahawi

“Then there’s Nadhim Zahawi, the Tory party chair, who appears to have accidentally failed to fill in his tax return correctly”

~ John Crace

Nadhim’s story is also about a fine.  Nadhim’s birth chart has a Grand Trine in Water, consisting of Venus, Chiron and Neptune.  Maybe it was this strength which enabled him to successfully oversee the vaccination programme for covid, his finest hour.  Now as the Tory Party Chairman, he finds himself facing an enquiry over his tax return.  During his brief period as Chancellor under Liz Truss’ brief role as Prime Minister, he negotiated a settlement with HMRC whereby he paid a gargantuan penalty for a wrongly calculated tax form.  I imagine that millions of people around the country, facing tax worries, are at the very least perplexed about this, if not angry.  This came to light around the same time as Rishi’s seat belt blunder.  We do not have a birth time for him, and in this case the missing information would be crucial, as the most significant transit for him is Neptune trine his natal Neptune.  This would indicate that he is at peace with himself, and does not consider himself to have done anything wrong.  Which may be the case, but he is certainly being judged for it, and for his embarrassment of riches.

Stop Press: This morning Nadhim Zahawi was found to have committed a serious breach of the ministerial code, and has been sacked by Rishi Sunak.

This morning’s transits: The trine between Neptune and his natal Neptune has now shifted, so he may have a different perspective.

Boris Johnson

“You can tell Johnson knows he’s done something wrong because he sloped off to see Volodymyr Zelensky at the weekend”

~ John Crace

Around the same time as the two events above, Boris Johnson (still a Tory MP) faced a new scandal, just as the Partygate enquiry by the Commons Privileges Committee is getting into full swing.  The current Chairman of the BBC, Richard Sharp, apparently “helped” him secure a loan of £800,000 as he embarked on his premiership.  Richard Sharp was appointed Chairman shortly after, in what looks like a linked event.  Again, millions of people around the country, some relying on food banks to get by, are wondering why he needed such a huge amount of money, and whether Carrie Symonds’ furnishing tastes had anything to do with it.  But as a nice diversion, he went to Ukraine to reassure Zelensky that we are still supporting him.

Boris’ transits for this time:

Uranus on his natal Jupiter (a sudden trip abroad)

Uranus opposite his natal Neptune (a tricky, complex time)

There had been talk of Boris making a big comeback, but it looks less likely now.

Richard Sharp

Richard Sharp himself has a very dynamic birth chart, with the Sun in Aquarius sextile a conjunction of the North Node and Mars in Sagittarius, and a powerful conjunction of Jupiter and Pluto in Leo.  Now the case of whether the link with Boris Johnson was a factor in his appointment is also being looked into, in yet another enquiry.  He has at the moment Pluto on his natal Mercury (an excruciating enquiry).

Stop Press:  A report has come to light that Boris Johnson had been told to stop asking Mr Sharp for financial advice.

Dominic Raab

Dominic Raab has played various roles in recent years in Tory cabinets, but now it seems several civil servants have come forward to accuse him of bullying in the various departments.  He may feel it will all blow over, as happened to Priti Patel when she was examined over bullying claims.  But the accusations seem to be mounting up at this time, and he is a key ally of Rishi Sunak, currently playing the role of Deputy Prime Minister.  The Sun in Pisces does not tend to produce a bullying mentality, but may have shown some negative traits of Pisces in his vague and disorganized approach to the evacuation of Afghanistan, while sunning himself on a beach by the ocean (Pisces).  The more salient points of his birth chart are Mars square Jupiter (which can produce over-zealousness), and Saturn on his South Node (showing that he may have  brought in some difficult karma from past lives).

His current transits (though this looks like a situation which will drag on) are:-

Mars opposing his natal Neptune (a fine mess; accusations of insensitivity)

Saturn sextile his natal North Node (a karmic accounting)

Pluto on his natal Venus (acute difficulties in his personal life), trine his natal Mars (he is ready to fight his corner) and Pluto square his natal Uranus (huge upheaval and change).  Pluto transits are long lasting, and he has three major ones going on at the moment.

Tory Party

Does all this turmoil show up in the transits to the chart of the Conservative Party?

There are three difficult transits operating:  Chiron squaring its Uranus (necessary corrections), Chiron on its Neptune (crises bringing sensitivities to light) and Uranus on its Pluto (huge challenges and change).  We are left with questions: Can the Tory party recover?  How long will Rishi be able to sustain this complicated balancing act?  And how many cabinet members will be lost in the process?

Aspects

Two trines occur tomorrow (Monday 30th), at the beginning of the working week, so the proceedings of the office or working environment and conditions could have a dynamic sparkle!  The first trine (Sun trine Mars) occurs in the early hours of the morning, so may affect your dream life, making for a vivid REM experience.  In the waking hours, it may turbo-charge your activities, bringing new initiatives to your activities and objectives.

The second trine (Mercury trine Uranus) occurs a little later, but still in the early hours, and also with the possibility of affecting your dream life.  Mental brilliance, technological upgrades, lightbulb moments, and futuristic inspiration can be yours. You may awake with amazing ideas.  In the waking hours, the mind will be uplifted, and computers and I.T. devices given or received, will be on good form and working satisfyingly well. Hopefully, you won’t be so over-stimulated by these two trines that you wake too bleary eyed to put them into practise during the day.  You may have to waive your no-caffeine rule!

On Wednesday, 1st February, we have another aspect of ease, Sun sextile Chiron.  This is a useful aspect for balancing the middle of the week. It can bring about healing, and beneficial input from other worlds and planes.  It’s helpful for problem-solving, too.  What do you yearn to solve?  There will be an attempt to bring everything to a wholeness.

The end of the week, Saturday (4th) brings more of an element of challenge, in a square between the Sun and Uranus.  Again, it occurs in the early hours of the day, so you may find yourself working out wrangles of some sort in your dreams.  And your dreams may be more bizarre than usual.  During the day, be aware of possible loopholes through which the element of the unexpected can enter.  Disruption can occur, but unexpected twists and turns may give you new ideas for future reference.

The week in bullet points:

  • Tomorrow – onwards and upwards
  • Wednesday – healing
  • Saturday – the unexpected
Date: Jan 29th, 2023 · Comments RSS · Tags: News