Given the current state of party politics in the UK, I thought it would be interesting to look at what’s happening to the individual parties astrologically. We have similar problems here as when we look at national charts: not everything has a nice discrete start moment. Let’s start with the incumbents.
The Labour Party
The British Labour Party has two potential charts. The first for the formation of the Labour Representation Committee in 1900, the second for the collaboration which came to be the Parliamentary Labour Party. Neither have times and are set for noon. I’ve put them up with ascendants and descendants as many astrologers treat them as if they are good timed charts. They should be treated with caution. The Parliamentary Labour Party chart seems to have more relevance for political matters, the first chart appears to have more to say about the ideas and philosophy of the labour movement.
There are two things which immediately come to mind when looking at this parliamentary chart: the grand cross in the early degrees of the cardinal signs and Jupiter at 27 degrees of Taurus. Saturn – in early Libra – and Pluto – in early Capricorn – have already transited the Moon and Uranus of this chart. As Jupiter and Uranus move into Aries in June, Saturn moves back into Libra, and Pluto move onward in Capricorn this whole aspect pattern will be seriously tested. The Neptune transit to Jupiter is a questioning of values and philosophy. As an astrologer, I’m rather relieved to find this. If they weren’t been examining their values then there was no hope. Mars in the first labour chart is at 28 Aquarius, so also under the transit of Neptune. Values – Jupiter – and effectiveness – Mars. These are transits that either see a complete overhaul of deep principles or see the demise of the movement.
But these are bigger changes over a longer period of time than the election campaign. On 6th June the Sun, Moon, Mars T-square, which I’ve talked about else where, picks up Mercury at 16 Aquarius which is conjunct the UK 1801 Venus. This in an optimistic note for the election.
The Conservative Party
The British Conservative Party doesn’t have a clear start point. In 1867 Disraeli reorganised the party and the name of the National Union of Conservatives and Constitutional Associations was adopted. There is no confirmed time for this event; Charles Carter used a time of 10 am, the chart shown in for noon.
Jupiter in Aquarius is also under pressure from Neptune, along with Saturn and the Moon in a T-Square in late fixed signs. This is also a questioning of meaning and purpose, as with the labour party, but Saturn also indicates a challenge to their structure and the Moon to their grass roots support. Neptune challenges through confusion and disintegration. The Berlin Wall fell under a Saturn Neptune Uranus transit in 1989 – the wall was washed away.
The Sun, Moon, Mars T-Square on election day is picked up by their Pluto at 15 Taurus and Sun at 19 Scorpio. There doesn’t seem to be anything here to change the existing prediction of hung parliament with Labour PM.
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats were formed in 1988 when the Liberal Party and the Social and Democratic Party(SDP) merged.
The Lib Dems have Mercury at 19 Aquarius and Pluto at 12 Scorpio, in range of the Sun, Moon, Mars T-Square, showing they’re certainly in the fight for this election and will probably be involved in the melee right up to the opening of the polls.
Uranus and Saturn are conjunct at zero and one of Capricorn in the Lib Dems chart. The current Uranus Saturn opposition is the culmination of that seed moment. It may be that the constitutional reforms which are provoked by the coming election form the achievement symbolised by the transiting opposition; but it could also be a crisis triggered by the lack of achievement. Transits to the SDP chart will pick up planets in early Aries and Libra, and in the Liberal chart we see another transit from Neptune to Mars. If the Liberal Democrats fail to make an impact at this election, it’s very likely that the opposition between Uranus and Saturn also symbolises a deep questioning of purpose and direction.
The UK
How does the astrological position of the UK help us understand what’s going on?
Regarding the election, the Sun, Moon, Mars T-Square on election day picks up the 11th/5th/8th houses of the UK. The 11th symbolises parliament and the progressed Jupiter is about to move into this house. The solar arc Jupiter is at 27 Aquarius and, in my mind, echoes the Jupiter transits of the parties mentioned above.
It’s very likely that the result of this election will force substantial changes. The solar arc ascendant is at 2 Taurus, this is conjunct the stationary Mercury in the sky, and the MC and Moon of Brown’s solar return.
The changes will come after this election.
