The hotch up in the Middle East has left no one happy with lingering anxieties about future flare ups.
Egypt, 14 March 1922 10.43pm Cairo, will be directionless this year with uncertainty lingering through 2027 with tr Neptune opposition the MC and Saturn; but it is 2028 that looks explosive and insecure with tr Uranus square their Uranus and opposition Mars; and under considerable pressure and stuck in 2029 with Solar Arc Sun conjunct the 7th house (friends and enemies) Pluto.
The relationship chart with Israel looks on high alert and turbulent at the same time with tr Uranus square the Moon, Saturn, Neptune in 2028; which follows a bad-tempered and divisive 2027 with tr Saturn in hard aspect to the composite Sun Mercury opposition Mars square Pluto.
Jordan, 25 May 1946, Amman, is changing course this year and unsettled with a double whammy of tr Uranus conjunct and Solar Arc Uranus square their Gemini Sun. By 2029 there will be heavy challenges with tr Pluto square Pluto and a Uranus Return. Relations with Israel will continue to be an uphill battle with tr Pluto opposition the composite Saturn and Pluto from now till the end of the decade. And more ructions in the 2030s.
The other Middle Eastern countries show roughly similarly stresses.
Oman – acutely frustrated and aware of the danger of the situation this year; worried in 2027; blocked in by 2028 with SA Sun conjunct Pluto. Their relationship with Israel confused and seriously undermined till late 2027 and worsening dramatically around 2031/32.
Qatar – high tension with outbursts of aggravation as both transiting and Solar Arc Uranus hard aspect their Saturn; with a turbulent 2028/29 and completely logjammed and at risk into the start of the 2030s. The relationship with Israel – pressured and discouraging through this year, especially from August inwards, worsening through 2027.
Saudi Arabia, 15 January 1902 3.45am Riyadh, is also heading for a risky, trapped, frustrated tr Pluto conjunct its Mars in 2029/30; with some ups and downs the year before. Relations with Israel will be chilly in 2027 and more disturbed around 2031 with a divisive tr Uranus square the composite Uranus Sun.
Relations with the UAE will be aggravated and bad-tempered in 2027 with tr Uranus ratcheting up their inherent dislike as it hard aspects their composite Mars square Pluto.
Bahrain likewise will be struggling to be anything other than uncertain and discouraged in their contacts with Israel through the rest of this decade.
Noting that looks like settling anytime soon – though some of the above influences on the natal charts may also be internal pressures within those countries.
Israel is trapped, furious, scared and uncertain at the moment with the Solar Arc Mars square Pluto, tr Neptune square Venus and tr Pluto opposition the Moon. Boxed in every which way and feeling emotionally significantly out of sorts. The Solar Arc Midheaven will conjunct Neptune late 2026/27 for a lack of direction and hopelessness; with optimism dent by SA Neptune conjunct Jupiter in 2027/28; and further signs of a depressed populace and stuck government in 2029 with SA Saturn square the 10th house Moon.
Nothing will ease up soon as tr Pluto continues on its inexorable path in opposition to the Israel Moon/Pluto and Moon/Saturn midpoints and then Pluto and Saturn; and well as the Mars midpoint to Moon, Pluto and Saturn from the early 2030s throughout the decade. The Solar Arc Mars will square the Saturn by 2030 for a considerable setback – and on and on into the early 2040s.
There is a savage irony in a situation that started with widespread support and compassion for the horrors of the holocaust and ended up in “the most intractable conflict of our times.” (James Cameron) I do not see even a glimmer of light at the end of this tunnel and I am normally good at extracting a sliver of optimism out of even unsolvable problems. My only thought is that the English slaughtered the French on the battlefields of Europe for centuries before declaring peace. One can but hope.
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