US begins air strikes on IS targets in Syria

The US and five Arab allies have launched the first strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. The Pentagon said warplanes, drones and Tomahawk missiles were used in the attacks, which targeted several areas including IS stronghold Raqqa. Syria's foreign ministry said its UN envoy was informed about the strikes against IS, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq. The US has already launched about 190 air strikes in Iraq since August. However, Monday's action expands the campaign against the militant group across the border into Syria.

03:03 BST; Sept.23: The Pentagon has announced that the US military "and partner nation forces" are undertaking military action in Syria. BBC http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29321136

A chart for the upcoming lunar eclipse of October 8 drawn for Washington DC is shown here. Pluto has just (Sept 23) stationed direct on the IC of the chart triggering it into manifestation. Notice the prominent placement of a Grand Cross on the angles. Delineation for elements of the Cross are as under:

Pluto-Zeus

Military actions or  the use of weapons (Zeus),   will have the  power to create irrevocable change (Pluto). 

Hades-Kronos

Opinions, regardless of how authoritatively asserted,(Kronos)  are based on  misapprehension, very little information, a key-hole view of a  situation-- or on an out and out fallacy (Hades).

Pluto [11cp03]  and the IC [11cp35] are conjunct   Nunki, Sigma (σ) Sagittarius. Nunki (12cp33)  is the  powerful left shoulder of the Archer’s bow bracing arm, his eye (Ain al Rami) takes aim with full confidence of hitting any target.  4 Aquilae (12cp33) a star in the constellation  of the Eagle associated with the military in general but more specifically with the air force combines with Nunki of the Archer to produce a perfect symbol for a military aircraft raining missiles.

  

Finally, a chart drawn for 3:03 BST – the moment of the Pentagon announcement has the Mars-Neptune square precisely aspecting the horizon axis.

Mars-Neptune

Military action under a cloak of deception or military action that is ineffective.