In February 2025 the complex relationships between different world leaders and nations aka political dynamics were radically change.
In the Aquarian Age chart progressed Sun was sextile birth chart Saturn; progressed Mars was parallel progressed Uranus; and Saturn was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
According to the Aquarian Age internet political dynamics refers to the interactions and relationships between different political actors, such as individuals, groups, or governments, within a political system. It encompasses the power struggles, alliances, conflicts, and negotiations that shape decision-making and policy outcomes in a given political environment.
Understanding political dynamics is crucial for analyzing and predicting the behavior of key stakeholders and the functioning of political systems; and understanding the astrological script the ‘key stakeholders’ are performing to provides a context and preview of likely outcomes.
Within weeks of moving back in the White House on January 20, 2025 Donald Trump and his inner circle of aggressive nationalists upended the global world order.
In Trump’s chart progressed ascendant (his personality and personal interests) was square progressed Saturn (security and economy) and sesquisquare birth chart Uranus (radical change and disruption); progressed Mercury was parallel birth chart Mars (aggressive action); and progressed Midheaven (his honor and publicity) was conjunction birth chart Pluto (groups, coercion and division). Saturn and Uranus are the cusp rulers of house 7 (partners, war and foreign policy) and Pluto is in house 12 (secret agendas, secret enemies, secret talks, isolation, restriction, disappointment and self-undoing).
February 12: At a meeting in Brussels US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, tells European defense ministers they could no longer rely on the US to guarantee their security and that European countries must provide the ‘overwhelming’ share of funding for Ukraine in the future.
Hegseth. the US Defense secretary and head of the Pentagon with its $900bn budget, wants to move resources away from Europe and towards the Pacific.
In the age of Pluto when discord expresses as disposable relationships the US turned its back on the transatlantic alliance that has endured since the second world war: And when he made his speech progressed ascendant in his chart was square birth chart Pluto.
February 13: At an EU leader’s gathering in Brussels, Emmanuel Macron warns that Europe was at a ‘turning point of history’; and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says Europe was facing a ‘clear and present danger on a scale that none of us have seen in our adult lifetime’.
February 14: US Vice-President JD Vance delivers a speech at the 2025 Munich Security Conference in which he tacitly demonstrates broad US support for extremist far-right movements within Europe, criticizes the leadership of the European Union for insufficient spending on defense and falsely claims that the EU was engaging in the suppression of free speech.
His speech was seen as a watershed moment (Uranus): A turning point in EU-US relations that marked the beginning of the end for the transatlantic alliance (Pluto) and that going forward, the EU and the US were no longer friends and allies (house 11) but necessary partners (house 7) only.
NATO – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – was officially established on April 4, 1949 by the United States, Canada and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. (Progressed Mars was square birth chart Pluto and progressed Saturn was square birth chart Sun in the Aquarian Age chart.) Since then, the US has led an unprecedented 80 years of scientific advancement, global economic growth, the establishment of international norms, and peace.
Now, in the age of Pluto, discord commonly expresses as self-interest, division, disinformation and drastic developments; and when Vance made his speech in February 2025 progressed Mars in his chart was semisquare birth chart Pluto.
Vance’s conservative ‘America First’ worldview is all about correcting America’s woes that are blamed on Washington’s foreign policy and various groups defined as Democrats, conventional Republicans, liberals, corporate leaders, globalists and academics that make America weaker and poorer.
‘America First’ is aimed at making life better for Americans who have suffered economically from globalization and have little of the nation’s vast wealth that is seen to be spent on never-ending wars. A quick end to the conflict in Ukraine will put a stop to billions of dollars being spent thousands of miles away. Vance sees China as America’s ‘most significant competitor... for the next 20 or 30 years’ and to inherit MAGA he has to do what Trump does better than Trump.
February 17: European leaders gather in France for a summit on Ukraine after the US administration announced the opening of peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukrainian war without European participation.
February 18: The United States and Russia start talks in Saudi Arabia about the war in Ukraine without Europe or Ukraine. The delegations agree to start the negotiating process for ending the war and normalizing diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries.
Trump’s friendly pivot to Putin caused Europe to have a heart attack.
With the US threatening (Pluto) to rip up 80 years of security guarantees (Saturn) over the trajectory of Russia’s war (Mars) in Ukraine and Russia posing what Emmanual Macron called an ‘existential threat’ (Pluto) to Europe, the continent was scrambling to prepare for the once-unthinkable prospect of defending itself in a potential future conflict (Mars) without the help of America.
February 24: At the United Nations the US sides with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine and Europe.
February 24: Donald Trump meets with Emmanual Macron at the White House; and on February 27 he meets with UK prime minister Keir Starmer.
February 28: Trump has a meeting with Volodimir Zelenskyy which ends in a heated row. He tells the Ukraine president; ‘you’re either going to make a deal or we are out (Pluto)’.
March 2: More than a dozen leaders from across Europe, as well as Canada and Turkey, gather in London for a summit on Ukraine. European leaders pledge to continue the flow of military aid to Ukraine.
Security guarantees were an issue. Rearmament was all the talk.
Keir Starmer says a ‘coalition of the willing’ would come together to draw up a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine and present it to Donald Trump. A coalition of the willing (Pluto) refers to a temporary international partnership created to resolve a specific issue or achieve a particular military or political goal. Countries volunteer or join willingly.
March 4: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposes a five-part plan to mobilize some 800bn euros ($842bn) to beef up Europe’s defense and provide ‘immediate’ military support to Ukraine.
March 5: China announces that it would again boost its defense spending by 7.2% this year and warns that ‘changes unseen in a century were unfolding across the world at a faster pace.’
March 5: Emmanuel Macron says Russian aggression ‘knows no borders’ and is a direct threat to Europe: ‘Who can believe that this Russia of today will stop at Ukraine?” And Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, claims the US is ‘destroying’ the established world order.
March 6: European leaders back plans to spend more on defense and to continue to stand by Ukraine.
March 7: Former French President, Francois Hollande, says Europe must rearm fast. He argues that Donald Trump has shattered the principles on which the Western Alliance has rested for 80 years.
Donald Trump
In February 2025 Donald Trump upended the world order. He reshaped America’s relationship with the world. He fundamentally changed transatlantic relations and delivered a rude wake-up call to Europe: It could no longer rely on Washington. America’s role as Europe’s security guarantor (Saturn) was over.
He brought the post-Cold War world order to a screeching halt.
At the end of the Cold War in 1990 the consensus was that the US, as the world’s sole superpower, would be responsible for ensuring international peace and security, while actively promoting liberal democracy and human rights worldwide.
This post-Cold War consensus is now dead. America is retreating from the world stage. In 2025 imperialism – the extension of power and influence through colonization, military force or other means – is back.
Factcheck: The Sun section of the Aquarian Age (1881–2188) is all about dominance, great powers, superiority, patriotism – vigorous support for one’s country, nationalism, national pride and elitism and the early years of Aquarius were all about empire.
Now, in 2025 Donald Trump has turned back time a hundred years to when countries with the biggest militaries constructed empires, demanded tribute from weaker nations and expanded their territories through coercion.
He’s haranguing democratic leaders and just like authoritarian dictators Vladamir Putin and Xi Jinping he’s showing imperialistic tendencies and working to undermine crucial norms.
His behavior is scripted by Sun, Mars, Saturn and Lower-Pluto.
Donald Trump’s worldview: The USA should be an empire; coercion is a useful tool; autocrats who rule with an iron fist are brilliant; competition is great – the smartest get to the top; military invasion is a valid option; dealmaking will bring peace; super power status will bring profits; get what you want by bargaining; and destroy the liberal opposition.
Transactional politics is a business deal where countries, land and people are traded for profit.
Meanwhile in Russia nothing has changed. The west is the enemy and America is at its foundation. But, with America’s foreign policy now closely aligning with Russia’s the Kremlin’s propaganda machine (Pluto) is over the Moon.
Aquarius 2025: Political dynamics in upheaval
Hermetic astrology is here to help you make sense of what’s happening and where the world is headed.
The upheaval (Uranus) in February 2025 was triggered by the war (Mars) in Ukraine and the Trump administrations intention to no longer provide weapons (Mars) and security support (Saturn) to Ukraine or security guarantees for Europe.
In September 2019 progressed Mars parallel birth chart Uranus in the Aquarian Age chart started. The dangerous Mars progression reached peak power in April 2023, and in February 2022 with Mars conjunction Pluto in the sky, Russia invaded Ukraine.
At this time, with progressed Mars parallel progressed Pluto in the Aquarian Age chart, NATO nations cooperated (Pluto) and came to Ukraine’s aid.
Then in March 2024 progressed Mars parallel progressed Uranus started and its potential for radical change, disruption, strife, conflict and destruction remained somewhat latent until January 20, 2025 when Donald Trump was sworn in as US president.
Aquarius 2025 is a dangerous transactional, competitive new world. It’s a might-is-right world in which big powers with gangster-like leaders cut deals and bully small ones. Global order is out and the dictators, thugs, gangsters and terrorists will take advantage of the disorder. With no rules and lawlessness, it’s going to get ugly and brutal.
Europe aka the EU will become more independent (Uranus) of America. It will quickly learn how to wield hard power in a new lawless era. America’s friends and partners will form new coalitions and alliances. Some nations will fall victim to the new world of violence and disorder.
Putin doesn’t want peace in Ukraine, he wants Ukraine and with Trump parroting Russian propaganda Russia’s new #1 enemy is Britain.
Mars and Saturn are running the show here on Earth. A frightened world (Saturn) is spending more on defense and security. The arms race will expand, but with militaries (Mars) across the globe unable to rely on US support they have a dilemma. The US is the only supplier of high-end weaponry.
America, playing the Mars-Saturn card, will engage in selfish competition making conflict inevitable.
In America’s chart progressed Sun (Donald Trump and other US leaders) square birth chart Mars (strife and conflict) in house 1 (the people) starts May 2025 > peak power date is May, 15, 2026.
In 2025 progressed Sun (world leaders) is sextile birth chart Saturn (security concerns) in the Aquarian Age chart; and Saturn in the sky is conjunction Neptune (idealistic peace moves and exaggerated expectations).
The powerful influence of Saturn throughout 2025-26 will likely see a big swing to conservatism as fear and insecurity grip the world. The changing security landscape will contribute to further destabilization.
Saturn’s grievances are cause for complaint and America, Russia and China have big grievances: So, Donald Trump wants to make America great again; Vladamir Putin wants to make Russia great again; and Xi Jinping wants to make China great again.
To make Russia great again Moscow has to reclaim its influence over much or all the former Soviet Union that collapsed in 1991 and defeat liberal democracy.
In 2025 the world is getting more dangerous and big danger is approaching fast. In the Aquarian Age chart progressed Mars parallel birth chart Uranus reaches peak power in October 2027 and in September 2025 progressed Mars sesquisquare birth chart Uranus starts < its peak power date is February 2027.
Astro-factcheck: As developments unfold remember that unpredictable Uranus can make sudden, unexpected reversals; Mars has an insatiable appetite for destruction; Neptune is prone to gross exaggeration; and never underestimate the capacity for Saturn’s fear to pull back from the brink.
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