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indicates that they can agree on important matters. Blair’s e D Bush’s u suggests that Blair sees Bush as dignified, forceful and direct, and it also suggests that Blair can, when necessary, persuade Bush not to be too rigid. His d Ascendant and his many 12th house planets show that he is best able to use his innate gifts of persuasion in private, one-on-one discussions, away from media publicity.
Figure 5:
Iraq Solar Return
8:48 PM BAT, 13th July 2002: Baghdad
Ascendant G/F Iraq’s r S u u S Iraq ^, F y y A Iraq Ascendant, D t o S Iraq i The aspects the 2002 solar return has to the Iraq chart are not on the whole negative. However, the Midheaven in Figure 5 is Saddam’s natal t (A w), which helps confirm both the validity of the Iraqi chart being used and that the SR MC does represent its head of state. Saddam’s t A the SR MC can be interpreted as Saddam’s actions bringing war to Iraq. By contrast the lunar return at Figure 6 is particularly vicious. The Tcross on the angles, with transiting “ A MC, S w & u, and these three bodies closely squaring the rising q is a clear indication that the country is about to be devastated and its leaders vanquished. Further confirmation of the imminent fall of the country’s leaders comes from the LR MC A Iraq u. And if this is not enough, the LR t is squaring the Iraq Ascendant and also conjunct Saddam Hussein’s MC. It would have been difficult for an astrologer who saw this lunar return not to interpret it as
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