Sinn Fein Additional...

Sinn Fein changed their constitution to allow their members to stand in the elections. I explore the Astrology behind this

May 1998

The events of the recent Sinn Fein conference which voted to allow members to stand in the Northern Ireland assembly has completed the circle which began in the summer of 1969. 

The Peace document was signed with Saturn at 22 Aries - the Saturn return of the first confrontation chart. The summer will see Saturn station at 3 Taurus - the Saturn return of the Sinn Fein conference and the modern incarnation of the Provisional IRA. Does this mean that we have a maturing of an organisation into a sophisticated political body? I believe it may. The chart for the Sinn Fein in 1969 conference has a tight Jupiter Saturn opposition and hard aspects between Jupiter and Saturn show up through out this story. The IRA cease-fire chart shows a tight grand trine involving Jupiter and Saturn - which could represent the sectarian conflict - and I feel this indicates a movement in the underlying issues of the movement. 

It is ironic that the issue of abstentionism should have split the IRA in Dec 1969 and that on 10th May not quite a Saturn return later they should vote to allow participation in electoral politics. 
The Full Moon on 11th May 1998 was at 20 Scorpio/Taurus - 20 fixed is a recurring degree and is also the ascendant of the 1916 chart.

Astrology tells us that everything moves in cycles. Here we clearly see things coming full circle. Let us hope that those involved have the courage to look back and see the means to go forward - to come back to the beginning of the circle and make it spiral upwards.