Astrology of the Syria War

The Syrian War began in the wake of the protests of 2011.  In 2011-12, transit Pluto had reached within 3 degree orb of the radix Sun [9cp] on the IC (4^th house cusp) of Syria’s chart. As the opposite house to the 10th,  the 4^th rules those who oppose the government, king, or recognised order.  With Pluto transiting here the opposition had a complex and hidden agenda and used ultimatums and confrontation with government security agencies to bring Assad down. What began as a legitimate series of demonstrations against the government in Damascus did not stay that way, however. Now in 2017, as Pluto stations on September 28 within 2 degrees of the IC for the last time, the regime change project has failed, and it has failed miserably.  For all the money, men, and treasure that Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the West, and Israel pumped into the war, they failed in their primary goal of deposing the government.  At every turn, they were thwarted by their adversaries, who proved to be better fighters then they.

Although every war makes ample use of lies and deception, the dirty war on Syria has relied on a level of mass disinformation not seen in living memory. The US sought to hide its hand, using proxy armies while demonising the Syrian Government and Army, accusing them of constant atrocities; then pretending to rescue the Syrian people from their own government.

To understand the dynamics of the interaction between Syria and the US we can look at the progressed planetary positions of one horoscope interacting with the radix positions of the other. Syria’s current progressed Sun [23pi] is just passing the opposition to the Sibly Neptune [22vi] and square its Mars [21ge] which in turn is conjunct Syria’s radix Saturn [21ge]. In a mundane national chart a 7^th Mars rules enemies and wars. With Mars square Neptune we have deception in war.

In August 2017, Saturn stationed direct at [21sa] opposite Sibly Mars [21ge] and square its Neptune [22vi] implying a reality-check and  failure of its war plans. But Saturn was also opposite Syria’s radix Saturn. Let us remember that while negatively Saturn implies abject failure, positively it represents maturity and long-term success through sustained effort. Syria has succeeded beyond all expectations.

Quite often long term outer planetary aspects resonate in theme with progressions in our charts. Readers will be aware that a Saturn-Neptune square, occurred in a three-pass transit from November 2015 through September of 2016. Using a 10° orb, however, the effective period of the transit extends another year on either side, from November 2014 through September 2017. In other words, we’ve been living through a three-year period where illusions challenged and in many ways dominated realities. Fact and fiction have intertwined in a very seductive way, and we’ve seen an unprecedented explosion of “fake news,” where lies are presented as truths. However, at best, this square has the power to end deception and lies which is what is happening for the US war in Syria.