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Greek leader meets eurozone creditors – but no deal yet






Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s radical prime minister, met with his eurozone creditors in Brussels on Wednesday evening over the terms of his country remaining in the single currency, as the five-year crisis centred on debt and democracy moved towards a climax.

Tsipras joined the president of the European commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, for dinner and a battle of wills over conflicting ideas for resolving Greece’s financial catastrophe, although many believe the best they are likely to agree is a fix to buy more time. Although the meeting went well, it ended without a deal. However, there were positive expressions from participants afterwards and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup of eurozone finance ministers, said that there was more to come. “We will continue our talks in a few days,” Dijsselbloem, the Dutch finance minister, told reporters after emerging in the early hours of Thursday morning from the meeting. Tsipras had gone to argue for acceptance of a 47-page reform programme he handed his creditors this week. Juncker was charged with presenting him with a quite different blueprint, drafted following an emergency summit of national and international leaders in Berlin on Monday. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jun/03/greece-finance-chief-prepare-confront-eu-creditors-climax-nears


The meeting in Brussels took place on June 3, just after the Full Moon. A chart for the Full Moon phase at Brussels is shown here. Notice that the luminaries along with Mercury-Mars-Saturn occupy the 2nd  to 8th houses. These are houses connected with financial institutions and  national debt while the planetary combination  is related arguments and disagreements. In particular, Mercury is conjunct stars of the Hyades, a cluster in the face of the aggressive or stubborn Bull. Diana Rosenberg writes that “these stars are not conducive to negotiations”[1].








[1] Secrets of the Ancient Skies; Diana K. Rosenberg (v.1, p.242-3)

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