Venus and the Iranian Crisis

The Astrology Behind The Iranian Crisis

Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is likely the richest man in Iran. In 2003, Forbes Magazine wrote that he was:

"president of Iran from 1989 to 1997 and is now chairman of the powerful Expediency Council, which resolves disputes between the clerical establishment and parliament. Rafsanjani has more or less run the Islamic Republic for the past 24 years."



Two years later, in 2005 he tried for the presidency again but was beaten in a run off by the current president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Rafsanjani is still the chairman of the Expediency Council and has further cemented his power by becoming chairman of the Assembly of Experts which appoints, and has the power to dismiss the Supreme Leader of Iran. This Supreme leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is more powerful than the President, having control ot the military, the media and the state religion.


So at 75, Rafsanjani is pulling the strings in Iran. He is the central player in the current civil unrest following from the disputed June 12 presidential election. His daughter was arrested on 26 June and released the next month for protesting the election result. There is a massive power play occuring for control of this nation with the third largest oil reserves in the world, and a fast materializing nuclear capability.

Unfortunately, like Ahmadinejad, we don't have Rafsanjani's time of birth, but we do have one for the Islamic Republic of Iran.



The Astrology of Iran

The horoscope for Iran has "Spiritual State" written all over it. Venus lays between Neptune and the Midheaven in the ninth house (religion and law). It is Venus and the Midheaven which are most important at this time for the Republic because they are being heavily aspected this year, particularly right now. The Saturn Uranus opposition is squaring Venus, and transiting Pluto is conjuncting the Midheaven.

Retrograde Pluto hit the Iranian Midheaven on 01 June, just over a week before the elections. The Midheaven rules the goverment itself and it leaders. Pluto is manifesting power struggles at the highest level. The Midheaven is on a fixed star in the constellation of Sagittarius called Polis. "This Jupiter-Mars star shows up in a horoscope with almost the regal qualities of mighty Regulus. Only this star, Polis will indicate more of the high office in spiritual life, Pope, Iman, Archbishop, or at least a prominent Theologian, than in the temporal world of kings and statesmen." [1] Mars Jupiter natured stars are also military stars and indicators of success. How profound this is, a star associated religious leaders being on the Midheaven of and Islamic Republic.


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The Turning Point



"In a speech on July 17 2009, Rafsanjani criticized restriction of media and suppression of activists, and put emphasis on the role and vote of people in the Islamic Republic constitution. The event has been considered by analysts as the most important and most turbulent Friday prayer in the history of contemporary Iran. Nearly 1.5-2.5 million people attended the speech in Tehran." wiki.

The horoscope below is cast for noon, the official start of Friday Prayer. Precession correction value = 26'.


Rafsanjani speech

Befitting the most important speech in modern Iran's history, Mercury is prominent. The preceeding solar eclipse was conjunct Iran's Mercury (04'). The lunar eclipse 10 days before this speech was at 15cap24. Transiting Mercury for the speech was at 15cap26, sextiling Iran's Fortunae (27).

As mentioned earlier, transiting Pluto is on Iran's Midheaven, at this time by 69'. The preceeding new moon was opposite the Midheaven (62'). The rest of the transits I will mention all involve aspects to Iran's Venus.



Venus was sextiled by the conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune, all under one degree. Venus was squared by Uranus, trined by the Ascendant. and sextiled by the Part of Spirit, again, all by under one degree.

At that time, the Sun was sextile the Moon. Both luminaries quincunxed Iran's Venus by under one degree. This made Iran's Venus the action point of a Yod configuration in transit. At the reaction point of the Yod, was the Part of Fortune at noon. It opposed Venus by 27 seconds.

So we have Mercury for the speech, Midheaven for the rulers, but why is Venus so critically aspected? It's happening again. Last Wednesday, 23 September, Ahmadinejad addressed the United Nations in New York. Five days befor that speech, there was a new moon squaring Iran's Venus (05'). Uranus is still squaring it and transiting Saturn squared it exactly yesterday, the 25th, the same day that Barack Obama released information about Iran's covert construction of another nuclear facility.

Venus rules the culture and happiness of the nation, and also it's wealth and vicory in war wiki. The war is a spiritual war (conjunct Neptune) against the West, and also internally between rivals.

There is a lot more to come with the transits to Iran's horoscope. Pluto makes it's final hit on the MC in December. Also in December there is a new moon on Iran's Venus. Then it carries on into next year with Uranus squaring Venus again. Pluto will square the Ascendant next year, as the Saturn Uranus opposition lines up across the horizon.

Funkstar 26 September 2009

[1] The Living Stars, Dr. Eric Morse, p.93.