Burma is a country of over 50 million people. Having gained independence from the UK in early 1948, the Union of Burma was a republic, however a coup d'état in March 1962 imposed military rule which has remained in place ever since, despite the pro-democracy uprising of 1988 and the elections of May 1990. The military junta changed the country's name from Burma to Myanmar in 1989, however the governments of several countries refuse in practice to recognise the change.

There are numerous significant dates of the last 60 years of freedom and oppression that resonate with each other:-

General Aung San who negotiated with the UK government to gain Burma's independence was assassinated on 19th July 1947. His daughter, Aung San Suu Kyi, was placed under house arrest for the first of three times on 20th July 1989. General Ne Win, who led the coup d'état in 1962 and ruled the country from that date on, stepped down on 23rd July 1988, triggering the pro-democracy movement.

The 8888 Uprising of August 1988 was violently ended by the junta on 18th September 1988, and on that same date the junta formed the State Law and Order Restoration Council. The National League for Democracy (NLD) was formed just a few days after on 24th September 1988. The monks gave 17th September 2007 as their deadline for receiving an apology from the junta for its troops injuring monks a fortnight earlier, and withdrew from giving spiritual services to all military personnel on 22nd September 2007. The whole week was filled with increasing marches in various cities across Burma. On 20th September 1994 General Than Shwe and General Khin Nyunt of the military junta met Aung San Suu Kyi for the first time since they had placed her under house arrest in 1989, and on 23rd September 2000 they placed her under house arrest for the second time.

Aung San Suu Kyi was awarded a human rights prize by the European Parliament on 10th July 1991, and on 10th July 2000 Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest.

On 27th May 1990 free and democratic elections were held that resulted in the NLD, led by Aung San Suu Kyi, winning the vote. On 30th May 2003 Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters were attacked by the military junta and she was placed under house arrest for the third time. On 20th May 2006 Ibrahim Gambari, UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, met Aung San Suu Kyi in the first visit by a foreign official since 2004, and on 25th May 2007 Aung San Suu Kyi's term of house arrest was extended by the military junta.

These dates are like 'birthdays' in that they are Solar Returns, i.e. the Sun returns to the same degree it occupied years earlier, indicating a resonance pattern.

The recent protests in Burma / Myanmar echo those of 8th August 1988, which ended 19 years ago almost to the day when these latest protests began to increase.

The story is not only sad, but simultaneously inspiring. It's also fascinating for its synchronicities and patterns, and well worth reading more about online - I can't do it justice here but some web searches will quickly lead you to more info.

Back in 1988 on the 8th of August Saturn was conjunct Uranus, at 26 deg 19 min Sagittarius and 27 deg 22 min Sagittarius respectively. By the time the protests were brutally ended by the government via the armed forces, Saturn was at 26 deg 13 min Sag and Uranus was at 27 deg 07 min Sag.

Fast forward to now: we find Pluto at 26 deg 20 min on 18th September 2007.

Jupiter is also making a return to its place in the natal chart for Burma. Jupiter symbolises, amongst other things (including college and university students), religious people - in this case, the monks, whom the government fears will join with the students.

Interestingly, the birthchart for Burma was reportedly chosen by Burmese astrologers.

There is much more to this, astrologically, but this snippet will have to do for now.