Angela Merkel regrets little in her fairly anodyne memoirs, keen to shore up her legacy. Critics say what she left behind was the German economic miracle sagging, the automotive industry struggling and debt at a post-war high. She became too close to Vladimir Putin, causing Germany to become dependent on Russian oil and gas, and allowed one million migrants into Germany in 2015, helping the vote in the UK to exit the EU and bolstering populist parties across the continent.
One review says: “Few politicians have been more lauded during their careers and more excoriated in retirement than Angela Merkel.” Her chief qualities were caution and discretion which saw her through the financial crisis, the Russian occupation of Crimea and the dependency on Moscow’s gas.
She was born 17 July 1954 5.45pm Hamburg, and spent her first 35 years in the socialist German Democratic Republic (GDR). She was a good fit for united Germany with her Jupiter in Cancer conjunct the Germany Midheaven and her Sun Uranus conjunction conjunct the Germany 10th house Uranus.
Her rebellious, unconventional streak from her Sun Uranus conjunction were kept well hidden in her confidential 8th house but she was undoubtedly a trailblazer, certainly in becoming a woman leader and staying for 16 years in power. Her assertive Mars in Sagittarius in her 1st house was in a determined trine to an opinionated 9th house Pluto. Her 10th house Neptune would give her an idealistic slant and soften her tougher inclinations -as well as giving her a talent for evasion and smoke-screening. Her Aquarius Moon sits awkwardly with four Cancer planets though would give her the necessary detachment for a political career.
Her relationship chart with Germany does suggest a successful combination with a composite Jupiter Pluto conjunction trine an enthusiastic Venus Mars. Plus an enlightening (and illusory) composite Sun opposition Mercury square Uranus opposition Neptune.
She became Chancellor in 2005 and resigned Half a Saturn cycle later in December 2021.
At the moment she looks less than upbeat with tr Pluto square her 10th house intense Saturn in Scorpio, with a discouraging SA Pluto conjunct her Saturn in 2025. Her Solar Arc Midheaven will also conjunct her Mars in 2025, hinting at another setback to her reputation.
All political careers end in failure and hers may be weighing heavily on her in retirement.
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