The USA joined Israel’s fight against Iran by sending in bombers to attack Iran’s nuclear sites. Happening around 3am Iran time, there were two yods of Sun Jupiter sextile Mars inconjunct Pluto – and Pluto sextile Saturn Neptune inconjunct Mars. A Plutonic yod can be coercive; a Martian yod rash and disruptive – and yods do suggest a game-changing phase.
Even MAGA supporters are split on Trump’s decision which could expose thousands of US military personnel across the Middle East to retaliation by Iran and its proxies in the region and goes against Trump’s campaign promises to avoid military entanglements. Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson said there was no justification for attacking Iran, with “zero credible intelligence” to suggest it was “anywhere near” building a nuclear bomb. Steve Bannon said Israel had “essentially forced President Trump’s hand” by starting a war with Iran, knowing it did not have the military capability to finish the job.
The Bombing chart also has the Sun just into Cancer conjunct Jupiter square Saturn Neptune = over hopeful and uncertain.
The Trump Term Inauguration chart has the Progressed Moon approaching a square to the Mars IC within weeks which does suggest heated debates and an aggravated electorate. What is notable are two midpoints – tr Uranus square the Sun/Neptune midpoint and tr Uranus square the Neptune/Pluto midpoint both exactly now – given the Neptune Pluto in particular is associated with nuclear issues; and Ebertin adds his hints of gloom with ‘hyper-sensitive nerves’, obsessions, maybe losses, emotional crises. There will be upheavals and upsets, changes of plan through July/August with tr Uranus moving into Gemini squaring two other key Trump Term midpoints.
The Iran 22 December 1501 chart is certainly showing maximum stress and disappointment over coming months with tr Uranus opposition the Pluto and tr Neptune Saturn square the late Sagittarius Sun into mid 2026.
The Iran 1501/Israel relationship chart has the ‘disaster/nuclear?’ tr Uranus opposition the composite Neptune into mid 2026. The USA/Iran 1501 is less obvious with a tricky-to-interpret tr Uranus conjunct the Jupiter in this July which (being optimistic) could point to a negotiated settlement and relief. Though tr Saturn square the Pluto into 2026 is blocked and heavy going.
Presumably the wager is that Iran and its proxies in the Middle East have been so weakened that the US intervention can be limited and successful, forcing Tehran to quickly seek a settlement rather than retaliating. But there is a risk of inflaming the Middle East further.
Brian Katulis, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington think-tank said “It all depends on how the Iranian regime reacts — and it’s not clear what the regime’s capacities and will are at this point. [But] Iran’s network across the region remains operationally lethal, and it is able to sow more instability and terror if it chooses to do so.”
One hope would be that it might collapse the Iran Islamic Republic (the bearded mullahs) whom even the Iranians dislike. Founded 1 April 1979 3pm Teheran, there are signs of stress with the SA Pluto square Venus; SA Mars square the Midheaven; and SA Midheaven square Mars – an emotionally fraught time exactly now though not necessarily the end of the road.
Both the USA and Israel in relationship to the 1979 Iran Islamic Republic chart show continued bad feeling extending from this year and on for several years.
My own feeling (perhaps biased) is not so much that Netanyahu trapped Trump into taking action but more that Trump could not bear to be left on the sidelines (not centre of attention) when a major action was going down.
We wait, watch and see.
Latest: The Iranian parliament has approved the closure of the Strait of Hormuz – a key passage through which 20 per cent of global oil and gas demand flows. It would cause a sharp spike in prices and could temporarily restrict the ability of US warships to exit the Persian Gulf. Major oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and the UAE, rely on the waterway to access the open sea. The Chinese also rely on the Strait of Hormuz for their oil.
Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State said: “It’s economic suicide for them if they do it. It would hurt other countries’ economies a lot more than ours.”
See previous post 14 June 2025 Iran 1501
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