Good Friday Agreement – under extreme strain

The Good Friday Agreement which lies at the heart of the Irish backstop problem was the peace agreement between the British and Irish governments, and most of the political parties in Northern Ireland, on how Northern Ireland should be governed; and relations between the North and the South and the British government. It guaranteed an open border which is the stumbling block if/when the UK exits the EU and the Republic of Ireland stays in.  It was agreed on 10^th April 1998 at 5pm in Belfast and was a considerable achievement after decades of trouble.

That chart has been under serious stress since 2017 with tr Pluto squaring the Aries Sun, moving this year on to square the Saturn, then the Mars/Saturn midpoint in 2021/22 and finally Mars in 2023/24 – so an extended period of extreme pressure pushing it to the limit and beyond.

There’ll be an almighty jolt come mid 2020 with Solar Arc Sun square the Uranus.

Which doesn’t augur well for whatever the consequences of Brexit turn out to be.