The Labour government has recently laid into its own Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Back in 2005, after the Act entered into force, the chart for the FOIA was analysed on the website of Astrology for the 21st Century. Here is an extract:
Jupiter on the Sun-Saturn midpoint [is] a direct pointer to the influence of a powerful government presiding over what gets published. The fact that the Ascendant and houses match those of the UK's birth chart suggests a strengthening of the nation itself, as opposed to strengthening the rights of the citizens.
Mars and Pluto here both suggest fierce battles to be fought in the arena of information and publication, above and beyond what would normally be expected of such a piece of law. Mars is where we are prepared to go to war, and this placement suggests two things: (i) the people are prepared to fight for access to information, which is just as well because (ii) the government are prepared to fight to withhold it. Thus, publication of information is turned into a theatre of war.
Pluto is an intriguing planet to find in the 3rd house of a chart for freedom of information. Placed here it is a planet of paradox in that it correlates with resisting scrutiny, erecting defences, and evading being seen clearly.
the FOIA will, unfortunately, not be a straight-forward and simple piece of legislation by any means, compared to similar pieces of law in other countries. It suggests that the nation holds great resistance to it, yet also strongly craves it, and this ambivalence and struggle is now, regrettably, due to become part and parcel of the nation's experience of this law.
With Pluto on the Sun-Mars midpoint, there is an extra layer of embattlement to this set-up. This midpoint conjures up images of a government determined to retain the upper hand, creating an antagonistic and adversarial relationship through this legislation.
It stands to reason that citizens requesting information should not have to fight tooth and nail to have their request granted, nor should they they have to contend with trivial nonsense churned out by the government via publication schemes designed to distract attention by presenting the appearance of openness, but this chart is telling us that this is exactly what they will have to do.
The full article can be read by clicking this link.
More information on the government's recent attacks on the citizen's right to gain access to information about their own government is available at the Campaign for Freedom of Information website.