There is much talk at the moment of a 'smooth and orderly transition of power' from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown. What does astrology have to say about this?
If these two people are intending to pass the baton, they need to be very careful indeed that they don't have slippy fingers. In astrology, power is associated with Pluto. If we find Pluto in Blair's chart, and Pluto in Brown's chart, then the halfway point between them is this 'baton-passing' point.
This point is at 19 degrees 35 minutes of Leo, and also at 19 degrees 35 minutes of Aquarius. Why two points? Because in finding the halfway mark between two points on a circle we can go around the shorter arc, or the longer. In Blair and Brown's case the shorter arc brings us to 19 Leo 35, and the longer to 19 Aquarius 35.
Transiting Neptune was exactly at 19 Aquarius 35 on 23rd April 2006, just prior to the local elections in early May. It is now at 19 Aquarius 47. Blair and Brown want people to stop focusing on this transition of power, but astrologically the time is right for it to be brought into the open. Where Neptune is concerned, full honesty and transparency is critical; any secret dealings, refusal to face facts, ostrich impersonations, and lying should be avoided.
Neptune is now appearing to slow down in the Earth's sky, and will appear to stop moving and then turn backwards on 22nd May 2006. It will spend 4 months appearing to go backwards, then will stop moving again and resume its forward movement. This will happen on 29th October 2006.
These slowing down periods are very intense and potentially chaotic. Blair and Brown both love to be in control. This is therefore not likely to be a comfortable time for them, and as a consequence tempers will probably rise and control attempts are likely to be increased. It's counterproductive, however, because the lesson to be learned is to let go.
After that, Neptune will once again be exactly on this Pluto/Pluto area three more times in total: 11th February 2007, 26th September 2007, and 5th December 2007.
Neptune on this Pluto/Pluto halfway point could resemble the smooth, easy, flowing transition that both Brown and Blair say they want. Or, alternatively, it could easily represent them kidding themselves. Where Neptune is involved, things can slip through your fingers. Transiting Saturn on this point could help stop the losses and enable them to get a grip, however given the fact that Labour's support has been constantly waning since they were elected, it is unlikely that the sinking ship can be made sea-worthy by adding a patch here and a patch there.
There are ample indications - in politics and in astrology - that the Labour party is itself heading for meltdown, not least of which is the current Saturn-Neptune opposition that links with the party's chart, as well as Blair's chart, Brown's chart, and the UK's chart. If it does, Blair will have nothing to pass to Brown except a quagmire.
Arguably, this is already the case - the party is more unpopular than ever, and is facing increasing defeats and losses in elections, Parliamentary votes, and opinion polls. It's just those Neptunian rose-tinted glasses that the politicians, the media, and some of the public, keep insisting on wearing despite the overwhelming evidence that the glory days are long gone.
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