Russia’s woes are mounting with high military spending leading to havoc in the economy with petrol queues, falling wages, redundancies, soaring prices and cripplingly high interest rates with a recent poll showing 81 per cent of Russians want the Ukraine war to end. It is estimated that between 400,000 and 450,000 Russian troops have been killed since the invasion, out of a total of 1.4 million casualties. The Ukrainian army has suffered between 125,000/150,000 fatalities with 525,000/625,000 casualties during the same period.
‘Russian fatalities in Ukraine are more than four times greater than all US fatalities in all wars combined since World War Two.’ The ratio of Russian to Ukrainian casualties has likely risen to about eight to one in the first half of 2026. Russia’s spring-summer 2026 offensive has failed to achieve significant gains thus far and the rate of advance in June 2026 a fraction of that achieved in June 2025.
The drone blitz has led to 56 Russian regions enforcing fuel restrictions.
But the concern is that Putin may be pushed into deploying nuclear weapons, against the Ukrainian frontline and European nations lending their support. The tipping point would be the loss of the Crimea.
The Russia 8 December 1991 7.45 pm Moscow chart is showing major insecurity as of now with the Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Uranus, exact over coming months, which can sometimes lead to an explosive over-reaction to prop up machismo. Tr Pluto is conjunct the Saturn for a time of deprivation, hardship and an increasingly hard struggle running on till mid December this year. That is followed by Solar Arc Mars conjunct the Moon in 2027 hinting at an angry populace.
The Russia 8 November 1917 2.12 am Leningrad, Russia, chart was being rattled last month by tr Uranus square the Mars, and that returns on and off into spring 2027, bringing high insecurity and anger. 2027 will see an undermining tr Neptune square the Pluto; and the equally devastating tr Pluto opposition the Neptune on and off till late 2028. With worse by the turn of the decade as tr Pluto opposes the Saturn/Neptune midpoint and into the early 2030s is opposition the Saturn for hardship and square the Sun for forced changes.
If the start time is accurate there will be a sharp change of direction in 2027 with tr Uranus conjunct the Midheavan.
[Neptune Pluto is the hallmark of nuclear incidents.]
Putin’s 5th Term chart, 7 May 2024, is not overly descriptive, though 2027 looks like failure year with tr Neptune conjunct the Mars.
His initial Presidency chart, 31 December 1999, is more illustrative – with a de-stabilising Solar Arc Uranus square Pluto now; a meltdown tr Pluto conjunct Neptune on and off till mid December this year. With a blocked in Solar Arc Pluto conjunct the Sun this year until late on; and a confidence-denting 2027 from tr Saturn conjunct the Jupiter.
Putin’s dream of restoring Russia back to its former glory in the golden age of Catherine the Great, who ascended the throne as Pluto entered Capricorn in 1762 and remained at the helm through the Enlightenment until Pluto was nearing the end of its term in Aquarius in 1796.
Born 2 May 1729 2.30 am Stettin, Germany, she was a force to be reckoned with – a Sun Mars in Taurus sextile Saturn in Pisces was inconjunct a yod focal point Pluto. Putin seems a minnow beside her.
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