March 16, 2023: Emmanuel Macron bypasses opposition and uses a special constitutional power to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
His chart progressed to March 16, 2023
Progressed Sun at 15 Aquarius 27 – his power and authority – was sesquisquare (agitation) birth chart Jupiter at 1 Cancer 17R in house 5; square birth chart Uranus – planet of strikes and protests – at 14 Scorpio 49 in house 9; and sextile birth chart Neptune at 16 Sagittarius 21 in house 10.
Progressed Midheaven at 15 Capricorn 23 in house 12 was sextile progressed Uranus at 16 Libra 18 in house 9.
The immediate future for Macron and France look tough. Progressed Sun in Macron’s chart is sesquisquare birth chart Jupiter – planet of finances and banks. It activates a birth chart opposition and reaches peak power January 11, 2024. Progressed Sun is square progressed Uranus – planet of unrest, strikes and protests. It reaches peak power on January 19, 2024; and progressed Midheaven (business activity) is sesquisquare birth chart Saturn – planet of recession. The Midheaven-Saturn sesquisquare has seen Macron’s popularity plunge.
April 24, 2022: Emmanuel Macron is re-elected president of France.
His chart progressed to April 24, 2022
Progressed Sun at 14 Aquarius 33 – his desire for power and significance – in house 1 (his personality) was semisquare birth chart Mercury at 29 Sagittarius 51R in house 11; square birth chart Moon (the populace) at 14 Taurus 28 in house 3; and square birth chart Uranus – planet of the unexpected – at 14 Scorpio 49 in house 9.
Progressed Midheaven at 14 Capricorn 29 – his reputation and getting the job – in house 12 was trine (luck) birth chart Moon; and sextile (opportunity) birth chart Uranus.
And progressed Venus at 17 Aquarius 33 in house 1 was sextile progressed Neptune at 17 Sagittarius 45 in house 10 (the job).
February 8, 2022: Emmanuel Macron holds talks with Vladimir Putin in an attempt to avert conflict in Ukraine.
His chart progressed to February 8, 2022
Progressed Sun (politics and Putin) at 14 Aquarius 21 in house 1 was square (obstacle) birth chart Moon at 14 Taurus 29 in house 3 (talks) and square Uranus (extreme developments) in house 9 (diplomacy).
Progressed Mercury (talks and dialogue) – at 28 Capricorn 16 was conjunction birth chart ascendant (him).
Progressed Venus (peace moves) at 17 Aquarius 19 in house 1 was sextile (opportunity) progressed Neptune (schemes and wishful thinking) at 17 Sagittarius 46 in house 10 (publicity) and trine (luck) progressed Pluto (Putin the ruthless dictator) at 16 Libra 38R) in house 8 (death).
And progressed Moon at 17 Sagittarius 49 in house 10 was sextile birth chart Venus and conjunction progressed Neptune.
Macron’s move is admirable but it will take a miracle to overcome the obstacles mapped by the progressed Sun-Moon-Uranus T- square. Putin is driven by revenge.
Coronavirus surges through France
May 3, 2020: France’s coronavirus death toll climbs to 24,895 – the fifth highest in the world. There are 131,287 confirmed cases.
The coronavirus pandemic reached France January 24, 2020 and the first death occurred February 14. On March 12, Macron announced that all schools (house 5) and universities (house 9) would close from March 16 until further notice; and on March 17 France went into mandatory home confinement (house 4) lockdown. Restaurants, cafés, (house 6), cinemas, and discothèques (house 5) had already closed.
In Macron’s chart Saturn and Uranus are the rulers of house 1 (public health and his personal life); Moon is cusp ruler of house 6 (sickness); Saturn is cusp ruler of house 12 (isolation, quarantine measures and hospitals); Jupiter is in house 5 (children, schools, cinemas and discothèques); and Pluto is in house 8 (death).
His chart progressed to May 3, 2020
Progressed Midheaven at 12 Capricorn 29 in house 12 (isolation and hospitals) was sesquisquare (sudden disturbance) progressed Saturn at 28 Leo 17R in house 7; and progressed Saturn (the covid-19 pandemic) at 13N30 was parallel birth chart Moon (the common people) at 13N36.
Progressed Venus – the intercepted ruler of house 8 (death) – at 15 Aquarius 04 in house 1 (public health) was square birth chart Moon – the cusp ruler of house 6 (sickness) – at 14 Taurus 29 in house 3 and square birth chart Uranus (extreme measures) at 14 Scorpio 50 in house 9.
Progressed Sun (political leadership) at 12 Aquarius 33 in house 1 (him) was sesquisquare (agitation) progressed Jupiter at 26 Gemini 38R in house 5 (schools and cinemas).
Angry protests over his pension plan
December 5, 2019: Emmanuel Macron’s pension plan reforms get an angry protest response from French citizens.
In January 2020 after weeks of public transport shutdown and vandalization across Paris against the new pension plan Macron compromised on the plan by revising the retirement age. The pension plan overhaul was adopted by decree in February 2020.
His chart progressed to December 5, 2019
Progressed Venus – the intercepted ruler of house 8 (pensions) – at 14 Aquarius 33 in house 1 (him) was square (obstacle) birth chart Moon – the cusp ruler of house 6 (workers and employees) – at 14 Taurus 29 in house 3 (transport workers); semisquare (friction) birth chart Mercury (controversy) – the cusp ruler of house 8 (pensions) – at 29 Sagittarius 52R in house 11 (parliament); and square (obstacle) birth chart Uranus (strikes and protests) at 14 Scorpio 50 in house 9 (teachers).
Progressed Moon at 16 Scorpio 48 in house 9 was conjunction progressed Uranus at 16 Scorpio 15 and semisextile progressed Pluto at 16 Libra 39R in house 8.
Angry protests over inceased costs of living
December 8, 2018: Anti-Macron protests erupt across France.
Initially triggered by a rise in fuel prices and increased costs of living (Jupiter) the protests continued for weeks and on January 12, 2019 thousands of demonstrators (Uranus) turned out across France for new ‘yellow vests’ protests, with police (Mars) making dozens of arrests in Paris and other cities. France was on fire (Mars).
His chart progressed to December 8, 2018
Progressed Sun (him) in house 1 at 11 Aquarius 08 was opposition (tug-of-war-conflict) birth chart Mars – the cusp ruler of house 10 (his reputation) – at 11 Leo 04R in house 7 (open opposition).
Progressed Uranus (protests) at 16 Scorpio 14 in house 9 was sesquisquare (agitation) birth chart Jupiter (rising costs and prices) at 1 Cancer 18R in house 5.
Progressed Moon at 3 Scorpio 15 in house 8 was semisquare (friction) progressed Neptune (oil/fuel) at 17 Sagittarius 41 in house 10
Elected President of France
May 7, 2017: Emmanuel Macron is elected President of France.
With 66.1% of the vote in the second round he defeats Marine Le Pen. At 39 he is the youngest president in French history.
His chart progressed to May 7, 2017
Progressed Sun at 17S52 in house 1 (him) was parallel progressed Venus at 18S33 in house 1; and progressed MC (his career) at 23S06 in house 12 was parallel birth chart Sun (political aspirations) at 23S36 in house 11.
Progressed Mars at 28 Cancer 35R in house 6 (work) was inconjunct birth chart Sun at 29 Sagittarius 25 in house 11 and trine (luck) birth chart Midheaven (public standing and credit) at 29 Scorpio 21.
Emmanuel Macron’s birth chart
Birth record data is December 21, 1977 at 10.40am CET (2E18; 49N54)
His chart’s astrodyne report
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