Solar Eclipse focus on Iran and the Middle East

The recent January 15 Solar Eclipse highlighted Iran especially as an area of major challenge and tensions; with upsets likely also in Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

President Obama has clearly had enough of playing nice diplomacy with Iran and put his foot down with a defence shield going in to protect US allies in the Gulf. The charge sheet against Iran’s obdurate Ayatollah Khameini is lengthening with two pro-democracy activists being executed last week; no shift on nuclear negotiations; Iranian support for Hezbollah in Lebanon and fears of a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

Both the US and Saudi Arabia relationship charts with Iran show a distinct slump come April with definite jolts in March and early April. The Ayatollah Khameini Leadership chart is deeply unsettled at the moment with tr Pluto conj Uranus and tr Saturn square Uranus till late Feb and returning later in the year; with the SArc Sun building in intensity in opposition to that Uranus as well over coming months.

Despite recent denials there have been increasing tensions between Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel which was always a likely conflagration spot to spark a new round of Middle Eastern instability. The Lebanon 1943 chart does have an overly confident Solar Arc Mars conjunct Jupiter this year which can bring rash actions; with a jolting tr Uranus square Saturn in Feb 10; and also an undermining tr Neptune square Solar Arc Mars at the moment; with signs of a change of direction towards the spring and beyond from tr Uranus trine the Scorpio Sun.

The Hezbollah chart (16 Feb 1985) has the same mix of high confidence from Solar Arc Jupiter conjunct Sun; and very droopy tr Neptune conjunct Sun, Mercury and square Saturn; as well as a violent and frustrated tr Pluto trine Solar Arc Mars from late Feb onwards.

The Lebanon 1943/Israel relationship chart is exceedingly edgy at the moment with a volatile tr Uranus trine Mars (conj Saturn); and a lessening of confidence with tr Neptune conjunct the composite Sun in Feb.