While all eyes are on Rio, tensions are mounting on the defacto border with Crimea, with the Ukraine government saying 40,000 Russian troops are massed there and sending their own tanks in response to their own side; and insisting that Russian claims about a recent incursion by saboteurs is just a pretext for escalating the situation. Russia annexed the Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 despite U.N. condemnation; and has announced military exercises there next week to simulate an attack by weapons of mass destruction.
Putin invaded Georgia during the Beijing 2008 Olympics over the separatist South Ossetia squabble; and annexed Crimea immediately following the Sochi Winter Olympics.
The Ukraine 24 Aug 1991 2.31pm Kiev chart looks on highest alert with a scary-collision Solar Arc Sun conjunct its Mars now; and a devastating and confused tr Pluto conjunct Neptune from Sept 8th to early October. There’s an unsuccessful tr Saturn square Mars/Jupiter late Aug into September this year; extremely high-risk and fear in November and Feb 2017; and a good deal of anxiety and not much good news through 2017.
The Russia 1917/Ukraine 1991 relationship chart has a bitterly hostile composite Mars Pluto conjunction which tr Pluto was trine over the annexation of Crimea; and now the tr Saturn square tr Neptune is square and opposition that Mars Pluto, causing panic, fear and a shift in the balance of power. Tr Neptune runs right through till early 2019 opposing the composite Mars, so there’s nothing likely to be settled amicably anytime soon.
Vladimir Putin’s Presidency chart, 7 May 2012 12.10pm, looks very gung-ho at the moment with the Solar Arc Sun approaching the Jupiter over coming months, so he’s likely to be acting with great confidence; and his usual disregard for international rules and niceties. That chart looks very tense at the moment as well with tr Uranus opposition Saturn; and not altogether successful with tr Neptune square tr Saturn hitting on the Solar Arc Mars. Though the Russian economy is in trouble which may be part of the sense of failure with an unhappy internal population.
The September Virgo Eclipse tied into Mars Saturn and Neptune is conjunct Mars on the presidency chart which usually leads to outbursts of anger or aggression.
Putin’s personal chart is under immense, discouraging and destabilising pressure for several years with his Libra (Sun) Saturn Neptune Mercury square Uranus catching the tr Pluto square tr Uranus. What is worrisome is that from March 2017 for two years tr Pluto will trine his Jupiter in Taurus, bringing over-confidence as well, which is likely to push him a step too far. It’s likely to end in failure as his Solar Arc Neptune moves to conjunct his Mars in early 2018, but he could do a deal of damage before he gets there.