Nick Clegg - Is the party over?

Cameron and Clegg born just 3 months apart have Saturn at the same degree in their charts (24 Pisces) The chart below shows transits to Nick Clegg's Chart at the time of the election

As the UK general election approached in May 2010 transiting Jupiter was conjunt that Saturn. For those new to astrology Jupiter can bring hope, opportunity increase and expansion whilst Saturn brings responsibility, status, restrictions and limitations. As we all know by now there was a hung parliament . The Conservatives had more seats but not enough for a majority government and so within days Lib-dems formed a coalition government with the Tories.

Just have a look at what Curtis Mainwairing says about this transit: This is often a time of balancing liberal and conservative principles. http://www.astrology-x-files.com/transits/jupiter-cj-saturn.html
As we all know by now that Curtis Mainwairing's description was strangely symbolic in describing exactly what happened.

So with Cameron PM and Clegg Deputy PM is the Jupiter/Saturn job done? No! Fast forward to the 20th October and the government unveil it's spending review. A lot of budgets were cut in order to reign in what the government see as necessary cuts (Saturn) to what they say has been excessive spending (Jupiter) - this just as Jupiter is making its second pass over Clegg and Cameron's natal Saturn.

Now as December approaches Jupiter is heading for the 3rd and final pass of that Saturn (12th December) - so what will happen then?

Let's take a look at what is going on currently, we have students (Jupiter) protesting country-wide over the increase of tuition fees. The increase to offset cuts (Saturn) to university budgets. Much of the student anger is directed at Clegg, because as leader of the Lib Dems it was his party's election manifesto that promised to phase out university fees.

Taking a closer look at Clegg's chart and we see that natal Saturn is in a tight opposition to Uranus, and astrologers always know that Uranus will upset the apple-cart. Uranus brings radical change, rebellion, enlightenment, disruption.

We've already seen a radical change to Clegg's status, it would have been barely believable a couple of years ago to think that the leader of the Lib-Dems could hold such a powerful position as Deputy PM. But with Jupiter approaching this third and final opposition to this point I would suggest that rebellion is now the key note - unless Clegg rebels against toeing the (Conservative) party line then he could find a radical upset to his current position.

Even more so when we note that this final pass of Jupiter to that opposition of Jupiter Uranus coincides with Saturn transiting his Midheaven (status, career position) just a few days later on the 16th

So be careful Clegg because the party could well be over soon.

MP's Expenses Row - An Astrological Comment

The UK chart which will be used for the following astrological analysis is that of 12th April 1927 when the current Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland came in to being.¹

None of us could have missed the current scandal in the UK of MPs expenses. The reputation of Westminster has been badly tarnished with current confidence in Mps at an all time low. The history of how these expenses came to be exposed goes back to 4th January 2005 when a journalist made a freedom-of-information request for MPs' full Additional Costs Allowances. On that day transiting Mars, ruler of the 11th house of parliament, was conjunct Saturn and a Mercury/Pluto conjunction squared the UK Mercury. The request was rejected and there followed a long battle between the Journalists and the House of Commons authorities which was lost on the 16th May 2008 as transiting Neptune squared Venus, ruling planet of the Government. Mercury went retrograde on May 7th 2009, on May the 8th, as transiting Jupiter opposed the UK Moon/Neptune conjunction, the current hullabaloo began with the Telegraph publishing the first in a series of articles that exposed some of the expenses claimed by MPs.

The astrological precursors of this moment can be found in the Aries Ingress, where we see that the Ingress MC and Uranus are conjunct Mercury whilst Ingress Mercury is conjunct Jupiter, at the same time Ingress Uranus is conjunct, aptly symbolising journalists (Mercury) making an exposure (Jupiter,) and the ensuing disruption/furore (Uranus).

The Solar eclipse of January 26th is also an eye opener given that the eclipse Midheaven fell on the UK's 1927 Saturn/ascendant conjunction. The progressed chart for 8th May 2009 also tells its own story with a progressed moon conjunct progressed Venus and Neptune, all within minutes of each other and less than a degree past the UK natal moon. This aptly shows the public being disenchanted with their current government.

The row is still rumbling on, with Michael Martin being the first speaker in 300 years to be forced out of office. He announced at 2:30 pm on the 19th May, as transiting Saturn exactly squared his natal Uranus that he would be standing down on 21st June 2009.²

Should Gordon Brown be worried about his position too? Yes! The Lunar eclipse of the 7th July will square his Ascendant, followed soon after by progressed moon conjunct natal Saturn. Watch this space....

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¹ http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1927/cukpga_19270004_en_1
² Michael Martin, 3 Jul 1945, 14:40, BDST -2:00, Glasgow United Kingdom, 55°N53', 004°W15' Source: The House of Commons 1992-1997 Caroline Gerard