The mess of an abandoned espionage trial in China has left Keir Starmer looking inept and the political classes generally perplexed about how to approach the China situation. One commentator said: ‘China is a superpower with near-monopoly control of some mineral resources and pre-eminence in important manufacturing supply chains. Relying on friendship is not an option; Hostile rejection is unrealistic.”
One unconfirmed theory is that the espionage case was dropped when China issued new regulations on its rare earth exports that would give Beijing the power to dictate what should be done with key products coming from China, affecting everything from cars to solar panels to missiles. Almost all of the affected businesses have nowhere to go.
The head of MI5 and other prominent former CPS chiefs and security ministers have warned of the risks posed by China’s espionage activities. But no one seems to know how to deal with China’s economic strangulation.
What is clear from astrology is that 2026/27 will be a testing period for the UK-China relationship with composite Jupiter in Aries square Saturn in Cancer undermined by Saturn Neptune; with shakes of tr Uranus in opposition to Uranus; and undermining influences in the following years towards the end of the decade. The US and even more so the EU seem to be at odds or panicking about China in 2026 and beyond for some years.
Keir Starmer’s relationship with Xi Jinping will be tense and conflictive throughout the winter and will worsen from the end of April. Trump seems agitated with him even before that.
Amid a series of imponderables, the Bank of China chart, dated December 1, 1948, is heading towards a recession that will burst a bubble in 2026/27 when Saturn Neptune squares BofC Mars Jupiter in Capricorn, also exacerbated by the conjunction with Solar Arc Neptune. 2026/27 will have its own set of financial challenges that will stretch over two years.
Xi Jinping’s personal letter of June 15, 1951, with murmurs about his imminent departure, shows signs of impulsive momentum in the face of this year’s failed plans, followed in 2026 by major setbacks.
His initial presidency, March 14, 2013 at 11:51 am, is in decline from March 2026 onwards with a series of unfavorable aspects that will culminate in a gigantic upheaval at the end of 2026.
China’s chart of January 1, 1912 will be blocked in early October this year and in January 2026 with Saturn square Pluto; Facing a degree of chaos in 2026 with SA Pluto square Neptune, which could be a major natural disaster, among other effects. With some luck, since Uranus opposes Jupiter; but we are heading towards high insecurity and perhaps high risk in 2027 as Uranus SA conjuncts Mars.
None of which solves the problem of how to address Chinese infiltration or economic coercion. But not everything will be China’s way.
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