{"id":90256,"date":"2018-03-27T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/entry\/?guid=9fb90ccbb971a21ddd197d0f6e29b8fa"},"modified":"2018-03-27T01:57:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T01:57:00","slug":"astrology-of-the-baltic-summit-april-3-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=90256","title":{"rendered":"Astrology of the Baltic Summit April 3, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1y6YtDmDijw\/Wrmbp4u8KqI\/AAAAAAAAHME\/0Ndm64SxueUg0CQbyWpG1EW5P83iVqczACLcBGAs\/s1600\/TempleofGreatStoneFace.jpg?ssl=1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-1y6YtDmDijw\/Wrmbp4u8KqI\/AAAAAAAAHME\/0Ndm64SxueUg0CQbyWpG1EW5P83iVqczACLcBGAs\/s200\/TempleofGreatStoneFace.jpg?resize=159%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"159\" height=\"200\" data-original-width=\"254\" data-original-height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On <b>April 3, 2018, the White House is scheduled to host a<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-baltics\/trump-to-host-baltic-summit-on-april-3-white-house-idUSKCN1G72FN\"><b>Baltic Summit<\/b><\/a> with the leaders of <b>Estonia<\/b>, <b>Latvia<\/b>, and <b>Lithuania<\/b> in attendance. The Summit is meant to, <b>&#8220;focus on how best to strengthen our security, business, trade, energy, and cultural partnerships,&#8221;<\/b> although with Mr. Trump presiding, any measure of focus on serious topics may turn out to be a vain expectation on both our parts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Trump the Teuton?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Now if we look to Campion&#8217;s <i>The Book of World Horoscopes<\/i> for founding\/independence horoscopes of the three countries, we find charts in abundance due to off-on-again invasions and occupations through the years by the USSR\/Russia and sometimes by Germany. Actually the independence chart of <b>Latvia (#187)<\/b> is interesting as the first of four charts for Latvia, originally ruled by Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. For on <b>November 18, 1918<\/b> (12:00 Z01 -1:36) in <b>Riga<\/b>, the rising degree was <b>15Cap51<\/b> which will receive a <b>Solar Eclipse on January 6, 2019 @15Capricorn in the 2 South Saros Series<\/b>&#8211;theme: <i>involvement with unusual groups and gaining a great deal by such involvement<\/i> (Brady). Solar Eclipses in Saturn-ruled Capricorn (sign of government, law, and business) are handled best when <i>relationships to authority figures<\/i>, responsibilities, reliability, authenticity, honesty, and serious attitudes are valued and upheld. In general, eclipses are perfect watershed moments for achieving karmic progress and when conservative Capricorn is involved in the &#8216;cosmic blink&#8217; solar picture, selfishness and overindulgence must be overcome by self-discipline in order to achieve good results. Yes, I know&#8211;what are the odds for positive improvement when it&#8217;s quirky contrarian Donald &#8216;kingpin&#8217; Trump we&#8217;re talking about!<\/p>\n<p>Then will 2018&#8217;s <b>Baltic Summit<\/b> include an offer of group membership, perhaps of a <i>trading<\/i> kind? As you know, Trump has disdained <b>NATO<\/b> and Putin is no fan of the organization so what&#8217;s the story there? <i>Is another Baltic war on a warmonger&#8217;s political agenda?<\/i> Perhaps, since one sign may be found in <b>Latvia&#8217;s May 4, 1990 chart (#189)<\/b> for <b>US natal Neptune in Virgo rises<\/b> at Ascendant (24Vir17) which places America&#8217;s problematic, misguided &#8220;fog of war&#8221; <b>Mars-Neptune square<\/b> upon Latvian chart angles with our warrior <b>Mars<\/b> conjunct Latvia&#8217;s Midheaven, the Goal Point. What am I implying? I don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m implying other than perhaps hidden messages meant for Russia&#8217;s Putin may be involved <i>via<\/i> the Summit. The three nations are in Russia&#8217;s sphere of influence, after all. Or should I say, grasp?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please note that I typed this post based on astrology charts, was about to publish it, then thought to google &#8216;Putin and Latvia&#8217; and found this: <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/11\/16\/how-world-war-iii-could-begin-in-latvia\/\">How World War III Could Begin in Latvia<\/a>. Ugh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Plus, it seems that cosmic synchronicity of <i>the wound<\/i> or <i>wounded healer<\/i> is at work here for <b>April 3, 2018<\/b> marks the first of three <b>Chiron Return\/s for (1918) Latvia<\/b> at a <i>critical-crisis<\/i> 29th degree (natal Chiron <b>@29Pis11 Rx<\/b>) with the second conjunction exact on <b>October 14, 2018<\/b> and the third and final on <b>February 1, 2019<\/b> about one month into the <b>2 South Solar Eclipse<\/b> season that conjoins (or &#8216;eclipses&#8217;) Latvia&#8217;s 1918 Ascendant. And of course, we&#8217;ve discussed before <b>&#8217;30Pisces&#8217;<\/b> and its Sabian Symbol, <b>&#8220;The Great Stone Face&#8221;<\/b> which could apply to both Trump and Putin, and perhaps to the visages of the Baltic nations&#8217; leaders as well.<\/p>\n<p><b>Baltic Summit Summary<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Naturally, there are links and such to <b>Estonia<\/b>&#8216;s four horoscopes and to <b>Lithuania<\/b>&#8216;s charts, too, but this is meant to be a post, not a book, so for now I&#8217;ll simply add a few general observations concerning the planetary transits of <b>April 3, 2018<\/b>. It is to be hoped that a coiffed Donald Trump will be up and at &#8217;em by 10:00 am, so looking at a horoscope set for 10:00 am edt White House on <b>April 3, 2018, we find 15Gem44 rising<\/b> which brings up Trump&#8217;s natal <b>Uranus-NN-Sun<\/b> trio, with his <i>oriental<\/i>, chaotic <b>Uranus<\/b> in the lead and acting as his &#8216;guiding planet&#8217; as always. Did he prepare for the Summit? Probably not. Will he read prepared statements at some point? Who knows. Will diplomatic beans be spilled or leaked? No surprise, if so.<\/p>\n<p>Mercurial as Trump is, transit <b>Mercury @11Aries<\/b> is a retrograde chart-ruler that morning (delays, disagreements, rescheduling?) and is at an apt degree in the Sabian Symbols&#8230;<b>&#8217;11Aries&#8217; = &#8220;The Ruler of a Nation.&#8221;<\/b> Of course, besides Trump there are three other rulers in attendance for this particular performance of Washington Political Theater but we know who will hog center stage. For Mercury&#8217;s symbol Dane Rudhyar gives explanation: &#8220;At this ego level, laws and the restrictive power of a police force are dominant features.&#8221; Hmm&#8230;sounds weightier than trade deals and cultural exchanges&#8211;and more along the lines of security issues, right? Rudhyar&#8217;s Keywords may enlighten: &#8220;CENTRALIZATION OF POWER&#8221; and this is manifested as &#8220;the personal will to control reactions&#8230;&#8221;, something dictators like to do, and media control or limitation may certainly be a feature of this picture. For one thing, chart-ruler Mercury, planet of meetings and summits (and the <i>Sun<\/i> = <i>the leader<\/i>) applies to squares with the transiting <b>Mars-Saturn duo<\/b> which perfected at 11:44 am edt&#8211;the day before (April 2, 2018) @8Cap57. And one the promises of combined <b>Mars-Saturn<\/b> energies is that &#8216;all will-directed activity meets with complete resistance&#8217; (Ebertin) so that frustration, even destruction or failure, may result. Then is April 3, 2018 a good time to hold a Summit of any kind? Well, if it were me I&#8217;d have scheduled the Summit <i>after<\/i> the duo&#8217;s delaying, stalemate energies separated and Mars moved ahead of Saturn but of course no one asked! That is, unless certain actors have vested interests in the Summit&#8217;s failure.<\/p>\n<p>And so it seems curious to me that at MC on April 3, 2018 at 10:00 am edt White House, we find &#8217;23Aquarius&#8217;, a degree which always reminds me of <b>Russia<\/b> because of its totem animal: <b>&#8217;23AQ&#8221;&#8230;&#8221;A Big Bear Sitting Down and Waving All its Paws&#8230;DISCIPLESHIP.&#8221;<\/b> So riddle me this: is the Baltic Summit being held for Putin&#8217;s sake and\/or at his direction? And\/or will it include a plea from three small nations asking for protection from Russia&#8217;s well-known territorial desires and underhanded machinations? Perhaps we&#8217;ll know soon who is the disciple and who the master in the US-Russia relationship because from this distance (down in Georgia USA), it certainly looks as if Mr. Putin is the one doing all the instructing.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/StarsOverWashington\/~4\/1IL2Q1iombo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  On April 3, 2018, the White House is scheduled to host a Baltic Summit with the leaders of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in attendance. The Summit is meant to, &#8220;focus on how best to strengthen our security, business, trade, energy, and cultural part&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/?p=90256\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[11511,654,8759,8010,1569,11512,11513,11514,2202,755,1979,2394,11515,11516,8579,5317],"class_list":["post-90256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-baltic-summit-april-2018","tag-capricorn","tag-cosmic-blinks","tag-donald-trump","tag-eclipses","tag-estonia","tag-latvia","tag-lithuania","tag-mars-saturn","tag-mercury-rx","tag-nato","tag-russia","tag-sabian-symnols","tag-teutonic-knights","tag-us-mars-neptune-square","tag-vladimir-putin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pekXVE-ntK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90256"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90319,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90256\/revisions\/90319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrologyblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}