September 2017 New Moon in Virgo

This New Moon brings big flavours of Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune into the mix.

scroll to end for regular updates

Typically a basic Virgo New Moon will see issues that reflect the flow and organisation around jobs, employment, workplaces = the tasks that feed the machine-like function of society - as well as the flow and organisation of your internal system in respect of what feeds your biological system: so matters of health, diet, nutrition are more likely to arise in the lunar period starting from a few days before 20 September - until the approach to the New Moon of 19 October 2017.

New Moon exact in Auckland with connected energies

But every luminary event has its own signature, no two are alike so attention is drawn to what other transient energies are caught up in the flow of energy from the Sun and Moon as captured when the exact phase occurs.

Early triggering before exactitude is as common as events occurring on or after exactitude -it depends which other connected energy comes into position and adds weight and flavour to an outcome.

With multiple factors in the range 21-27 degrees activation of the event themes can start as early as one of the planets reaching 19 or 20 degrees -then right through to 28-29. 

For example, in September 2017 the Sun reached 19 degrees Virgo on the 11th and increased its typical one degree per day, joining Saturn at 21 degrees on the 14th. 

On September 20 the sun reaches 27 Virgo, then joined by the Moon and both reaching Uranus and Chiron at 27 degrees.

Four factors at one degree position are all connected, irrespective of their different zodiac signs.

27 degrees is a position that triggers an angle at 12 degrees. Neptune holds this position.

What does this mean?

• This is a euphoric energy for many & a suffering moon for many.
• Many affected, either advanced or disadvantaged
• Multiple factors in mutable energy indicate very changing, unpredictable, fluid conditions.

[Hurricane Maria in the Caribbean at Cat 5 on Sept 19 ]

• Network flows are affected: within the body; in transport systems - as the roads and tracks represent the rivers on land. And sea routes, and sky paths are all potentially implicated 

[update Sept 20 - Auckland several recent road incidents/crashes/injuries including college students mown down ]

[Saturn in Sagittarius affects transport flow being restricted]

Neptune is the water element showing some locations globally will literally get significant water effects.

Neptune energy can also be expressed through fluids, gases, oils and fuel

[no surprise Auckland began to experience a significant fuel crisis on September 19]

Jupiter and Uranus in tight opposition began merging closer from Sept 16 and remain at 2 degrees offset at the New Moon.

These two are like a pair of wild stallions each trying to outdo each other as they gallop together, harnessed and pulling a wagon-load.[we are the wagon load]

[ two political leaders battling to win the race come to mind]

They are contributing a lot of volatile energy, changing conditions, instability, recklessness, this could flip into wanton disregard for the responsibility involved in hauling their transport.

This combination also creates high risk of transport/traffic accidents 

Take extra care and avoid anyone driving like a wild horse.

Neptune's exact opposition to Mercury creates confused states of mind, distraction,  -or functioning under the influence of Neptunian addictive/toxic substances -drugs, alcohol.

It also can dispose people to deceit, lies, fantasy, overblown imagination

[eg politicians accused of all these excesses in campaign period]

The wild horses who lose control will likely have consumed something that impairs judgement, be sleep deprived, or will be in a vague, confused, inattentive or mentally overloaded state - all likely precursors to unsafe operation of any form of transport.

With the NZ general election just days after exact New Moon = new cycle, new beginning - the flavours will morph into that scenario and express in relevant ways - Neptune can manifest as: confusion regarding the outcome is possible; fraud/deceit or illegal voting detected, hopes wishes and visions for a caring society fulfilled or simply a state of mental mush, being unable to comprehend what happens.

The Sun-Moon-Uranus-Jupiter-Chiron effect in the election contest shows one the one hand the euphoric [Jupiter] victors starting a new job and experiencing a sudden change of life circumstances and the flip side of the same coin - those who are ousted, also facing a sudden change of lifestyle & feeling wounded. [Chiron]

Some fortunes will reverse in the course of vote-counting.

These are the outcomes in the contests with clear election night results.

Those that are too close to call due to uncounted special votes may linger in the Neptunian fog for some days.

The triumphant Party could also be sitting in the fog -undetermined at night's end in the strong Neptunian energy latches onto this event.

For the bulk of society - outside of politics - try to avoid the pitfalls of Neptune -substances that impair the mind. Look after your health by beginning a new diet, new nutrition. 

If starting a new job make sure your contract is clear before signing -errors, miscommunication are also a significant risks all month.

Take extra care when operating any form of transport -road, rail, sea, air.

eyes of the triple storms

There's a lot going on in this lunar month - lots happening, situations changing rapidly, even reversing -stuff to make your head spin - matching the hurricanes in the Caribbean -  -and as always certain people are more affected -all relative to your own personal energies and how they match up with the current patterns.

The 27 degree position = extremes
Extreme forces are forecast. September has already shown extreme weather events within the first 3 week period and the energy for this will remain in effect for vulnerable zones due to retriggering.
27 degrees has environmental consequences in terms of significant disturbances in earth's atmosphere.
When an accumulation of energies fall in the range 25-29 degrees they synergise around the midpoint 27.
27 is significant due to 27 Sagittarius being the current -and extremely slow-moving - position of the Galactic Centre - the rotational centre of our Milky Way galaxy, where a super-massive Black Hole exists.
The centre has qualities which interestingly mimic the sun:
On 5 January 2015, NASA reported observing an X-ray flare 400 times brighter than usual, a record-breaker, from Sagittarius A. The unusual event may have been caused by the breaking apart of an asteroid falling into the black hole or by the entanglement of magnetic field lines within gas flowing into Sagittarius A, according to astronomers -source Wikipedia also NASA

-the ability to produce X-flares and the presence of entangled magnetic field lines are both events that occur on the Sun.

Prior observations by the blog author have noted major environmental events clustering when there is a significant energy build-up on or closely around the 27 degree position or on/around its trigger angle 12 degrees especially if a prior eclipse or new moon/full moon inhabits those degrees [Aceh tsunami 26-12-2004; Christchurch quake 22-2-2011; Japan nuclear events & 2011 tsunami; Galveston Hurricane of 1900 ; September 2017 hurricanes  & a dedicated post Extreme Weather from the Galactic Centre]

So extreme weather including wind, rain, flood, seismic unrest with tsunami have all been observed along with human generated extremes when planets cluster on or close to the 27 or 12 degrees positions and this may reflect a resonance with the 27 degree position of the galactic centre.

Multiple Mass Evacuations
Mass evacuations of people have been particularly noticeable in the period under the influence of the August 21st 29 degree total solar eclipse [effective period August 2017-February 2018]
The mass departure of Rohingya muslims from Burma to Bangladesh
Mass evacuation from Florida USA to flee Hurricane Irma
Evacuations in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria
Caribbean evacuations
Mass evacuation in Bali due to Mt Agung volcano erupting
This phenomenon of masses of people in movement due to forced abandonment of their home/lifestyle due to a severe environmental or societal threat has been observed before in the effective period of a major solar-lunar event which is positioned in the range of 25-29 degrees
Prior examples posted on this site involved earthquake/tsunami events occurred in Japan and New Zealand in February-March 2011 after the December 2010 total lunar eclipse at 29 degrees


updates 20 Sept 8.03am NZT

A destructive mag 7.1 quake near Mexico City now adds to the force of Hurricane Maria in play in the Caribbean during this high risk time frame.

two large quakes -11 days apart

These events follow the sequence of total eclipse, full moon and approaching New Moon -and the sun unexpectedly emitted large X-flares disturbing earth's geomagnetic field - all these events contained in a four week time frame and all bore signatures of earth-impacting energies
During this period the most high profile environmental events already have been multiple hurricanes in the Caribbean, now 2 large quakes in Mexico...and the new lunar month is just beginning.
Events in doubles and triples have arisen
The Jupiter-Uranus opposition is the one to watch in this current context - the struggle for balance, readjustment..energy realigning..has been featured before in big quakes.
Meanwhile the nuclear option remains on the table due to North Korean missile testing provoking global alarm..and USA's Trump threatening to "totally destroy" North Korea

Mexico September 19 2017 and Christchurch New Zealand Feb 22 2011
There are significant energetic resonances between these two major earthquakes.

Mexico has occurred in the extended activation period after the 29 Leo total solar eclipse .
Christchurch occurred with multiple factors [Mercury, Mars, Neptune & Chiron at the polar opposite position 28-29 Aquarius, with Uranus combining at 29 Pisces, nodes at 29/0  - and following the 29 Leo full moon.
This intensity of mathematical clustering is regularly encountered in major events

August-September 2017 and the cluster from 25-29/0
Total solar eclipse and critical cluster on 21st set the template for following 6 months -ready to be reactivated as other factors reach those critical degrees

Sept 20 2.42pm M5 quake in seabed shakes central New Zealand - including the capital city Wellington, seat of parliament

Very quakey time
Quakes widespread in the M4.5 range up to M7.1 in the week to Sept 21

Very volcanic time
a cluster of event warnings around New Moon
-a string of volcanoes in imminent eruptive phase

Very Crazy time
With Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un -  hurling annihilation threats

Pluto
Pluto emphasises issues around sex, death, self-transformation and use/abuse of power. 
For some people one or more of these issues will be more significant in the period Sept 22-Oct 6 2017

• With Pluto in a stationary direct phase..virtually still.. in the days Sept 22-Oct 6 2017 -this enhances all other intense factors. In society this impacts the political arena and raises problems with inadequate or failing infrastructure.

• On an interpersonal level bullies are prone to behaving worse, power abuse is something needing to be challenged, disempowerment needs to be worked on.
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• An opportunity for all of us to adopt the wise choice, respond as an adult...not as a wounded child

Remember that New or Full Moon themes begin days before exact and are potentially active for the lunar month until the next sun-moon event.
Other planets coming into an activating position in relationship to the sun-moon positions will usually create outward expressions of one or more of the themes.

October updates

Jupiter-Uranus extremes

These two planets remain in tight to exact opposition in the period Sept 24-Oct 2. in this period extremes of aggressive behaviour have impacted masses of people.

Both of these events occurred on October 1st:

• in Las Vegas USA where dozens of innocent citizens were killed, over 500 injured by a lone gun man 
•  and in Spain where up to 900 now reported injured by Spanish police when Catalonians carried out an independence referendum

Jupiter in Libra and Uranus in Aries in opposition reveal extreme imbalances in the way many people relate. From very passive to very aggressive. From moderation to aggression. A sudden flip.

Under this influence sudden eruptive violence is high risk.

read more on Catalonia and Stephen Paddock astro profile

also read 
understanding Pluto in your chart ...especially in 2017

Kim Jong-un astro profile for 2017

pre-election & post election analysis for NZ 

Maori voters subjected to misinformation

Kim Jong-un - power crazy in 2017

North Korean President Kim Jong-un is gaining global attention in 2017 in a period coinciding with the effects of transiting Pluto.

2018 updates posted after main post

President Kim was born on Jan 8 1984 - a Capricorn with Saturn and Pluto in Scorpio.

The Sun was at 17 Capricorn on his birthdate and transiting Pluto has lingered around 16-17 Capricorn since early 2016.

The activation of Kim's Capricorn potentials is also accompanied by the energies of Scorpio being triggered - since his significant planet is Saturn and the current Pluto effect will also bear a connection to Scorpio themes.

What does this mean in lay terms?
Capricorn and Scorpio are the two most control oriented astrological energies - as expressed through their respective planets Saturn and Pluto.

Pluto in Scorpio is extremely controlling.

Scorpio themes also include a fascination or significant focus on death or at least radical transformation.

Capricorn wants to be the big boss, the leader the ultimate authority.

Through his testing of mega-death weaponry Kim is sending a message to the world that he wants to be accepted as the supreme leader on a global scale not just in his own isolated nation.

All weaponry is a technology of power and its use overwhelmingly constitutes an abuse of personal power.

By employing top of the range nuclear weaponry, Kim is toying with the most lethal of technologies and threatening a gross misuse of power by placing the lives of millions at risk.

His sustained testing program is a testament to the wilful determination to show the world what he wants others to think he is made of but the psychological impairment behind such a need reveals the fragility within - he is in effect operating under a grandiose facade.

The effect of transiting Pluto activating the desire for global power will be sustained through to late 2017 [ by mid December Pluto reaches 18 Capricorn then continues moving away ] but a restraining effect from Saturn in late November could result in him having to show much greater restraint [Saturn at 27 Sagittarius will conjunct his natal Jupiter at 27 Sagittarius]

2018 updates
Presidents Kim and Trump have been jockeying positions in their goal to gain the ultimate power and prestige over negotiations regarding denuclearizing North Korea. On behalf of North Korea's intentions America has been courted [early March] China has been courted [late March], South Korea has been courted [late April] and all seemed to be on track....
The mid-May New Moon saw the start of a new 8 year cycle of Uranus in Taurus which has a strong turn-about energy attached courtesy of Uranus and Mars both at zero degrees in their respective signs at that time - Taurus and Aquarius.
Wilful stubbornness could be a summary of this combination of assertive forces.
Kim Jong un announced on May 15/16 that further talks planned with S Korea were cancelled, citing anger at joint military exercises with US
It is noted that Kim was born with his mind energy [Mercury] and control energy [Pluto] at 1-2 degrees in Capricorn and Scorpio will be subject to the effects of anger [Mars] and sudden change [Uranus] during the latter half of 2018 May-Nov. He may be less threatened or as least more subdued in the period Nov-March 2019 - before being reactivated in March-April 2019

April 2019 looks particularly risky for power struggles.

Jacinda Ardern or Bill English for PM?

Who's got the right fuel in the tank in September 2017 to take the job of New Zealand Prime Minister?
It's Leo Jacinda versus Capricorn Bill and the fire versus earth energy difference has become increasingly clear as the volume is raised in the run-up to the 2017 election.

2018 updates: scroll to end for latest analysis

If full birth data were available the whole picture would be up for analysis in determining who will prevail..who has the right stuff at the right time to take the big prize - but insights are on offer giving particular likelihoods.

The transiting energies at any one point in time will enhance or challenge a person's fundamental energy potentials.

Looking at Bill English at the Sept 4 debate with Jacinda Ardern his power planet Pluto was activated by the Sun and he came out predictably in a forceful manner.

As the final week of campaigning arrives he is likely to be buoyed by the amount of popularity he is experiencing when amongst his supporters.

By Sept 21 he is likely to feel strong enough to win.

The general indicators are that English has the capacity to launch all his arsenal before the election but planetary indicators suggest there is no expected surge of energy after the election - as would be required during post election negotiations

Jacinda Ardern, in contrast has a steady momentum from her starting point as leader in August, extending through September and revealed in the likely post election negotiation period as a lot of very focal energy being activated.

Ardern has a string of 6 birth energy factors [Pluto, Neptune, lunar nodes, Uranus, Venus, Saturn] all sitting in a tight range from 19-23 degrees which will all be activated in the campaign and in the first fortnight of the October post-election period.

Bill English has no equivalent post-electoral boost.

He was born with enough intensity of energy eg Sun-Mars-Mercury-Pluto combination which has given him political stamina but the election period in 2017 indicates the power boost available to him during campaigning will not be sustained in the aftermath of 23 September.

Jacinda Ardern is most likely to prevail based on factors analysed.

update September 15
In terms of energy cycles the previous election most relevant to 2017 is the 2002 NZ general election held 27-7-2002.
The superficial parallels are that the Labour Party had a female leader: Helen Clark and she faced off against Bill English.

sourced from Wikipedia entry

At that time Clark was the incumbent, gaining a second term in office from the 2002 election.
National led by English suffered its worst ever defeat, gaining just 21% of the vote.
English was 39 when elected leader of National in 2001 [only one younger leader in National's history]
Labour's Ardern was elected Leader at age 37 in 2017
English lost the 2002 election one day after Ardern's 22nd birthday -she was born 26 July 1980 - a fascinating energy connection -and not the only one - and this one shows that English has a wounding memory that is activated by Ardern.

Comparing prevailing energies in 2002 with 2017 one standout factor is the relevance of Saturn to the realm of politics.
Saturn energy and its zodiac representative Capricorn are commonly found amongst the ranks of high profile politicians and managerial business people.
English has 5 birth planets in Capricorn and he displays the typical traditionalism and conservatism of this sign.
Ardern has Moon in Capricorn but also gains her political genes through the signs Libra and Cancer [3 factors] which all channel the political approach - but into a predominantly more classically female expression - she is the yin to English's yang.

Will it be Billy Goat

In 2002 the critical political force Saturn expressed through Gemini.
In 2017 Saturn is in Sagittarius.
This Saturn cycle is about minds, ideas, philosophies, beliefs.
Ardern has been far more identified with the visions and values she has for New Zealand.
English has stuck to the often-hollow sounding "strong economy" which alienates all the suffering citizens cast aside by the harsh artillery of neoliberalism.

The Saturn positions comparing 2002 to 2017 are in exact opposition - with Saturn reaching 22 degrees in the critical period of each of the election campaigns.

Saturn in Gemini definitely didn't work for English in 2002.
In 2017 other influences mean he is a lot stronger. 15 years more experience.
His elevation to party leader has emboldened him.
The planet Pluto transiting through Capricorn since 2009 has helped him hone his political skills.

Jupiter also didn't work for English in 2002.
At 29 Cancer at that election it exactly opposed his Saturn at 29 Capricorn urging him to embrace a riskier more open style but caution prevailed.
In 2017 Jupiter is 26 Libra at the election, reaching 29 two weeks later.
In 2017 English has come out of his fiscal shell and lapped up the public adoration.

English has never won an election while Prime Minister.
This is his first attempt and so it is a very significant political achievement for him if he can pull it off. Being at the peak of the mountain is always Capricorn's goal


Whether the links between energies in 2002 and 2017 work for or against English cannot be clearly determined without his complete birth chart - but it is clear the two elections are connected and English in 2017 has shown a determination to bury the damage he suffered in 2002. He has put up a mostly strong but sometimes desperate fight showing the painful memories are still resurfacing.

The progress he has made in 15 years has made him battle hard in the face of the tightest political race ever in NZ and not one he anticipated before the shock resignation of Andrew Little. This surprise change of dynamics and the meteoric rise of Ardern would have activated considerable anxiety about his political karma.

or Angel Ardern

Though Ardern is the true born Leo, the karmic pairing of her with English is played out again in the fact that both share a lunar node in Leo ..rather odd for a Capricorn like Bill but his public persona has responded in a very Leo way to the selfie generation and adoring crowds..taking up the Leo baton from Leo John Key and having to compete with Leo Ardern.

English has north lunar node at 19 Leo
Adern's is at 20 Leo.
This close conjunction places these two in very interesting territory from the perspective of karmic entanglement...meaning these two have old scores to settle.

Both have risen markedly to the challenge of taking control of government in 2017: English has done well to shed so much of his staid image; Ardern has risen like a rocket into the realm of public adoration and name recognition, justifying the term Jacindamania.

Both are highly motivated, determined ambitious people but English is already very much a figure of history, peddling ideologies that have failed spectacularly, but still trying to toss pieces of cake into the crowd. In contrast Ardern in vision and in generation is the tidal flow of the future.

Being neck and neck in the week before election results are tallied the outcome very much rests on whether New Zealand is ready to swim with the coming tide or prefers to battle on against the inevitable.

Our collective karma blended with the karma of two very different choices.

Friday September 15 2017

update:
Astrology King gives an excellent summary of the psychological themes to be evoked at the potent New Moon on September 21st preceding and influencing the NZ election

There are indicators that both English and Ardern will feel the effects in keeping with their own distinct personal issues.

update September 18
The closest lunar event around election date 23 September in the New Moon of Sept 20.
This - like all lunar events - has its own specific signature -  and no two are exactly alike due to the added influences from any planetary positions linked in to the positions of the Sun and Moon

• New Moon means new conditions, new beginning, start of a new cycle
• A Virgo New Moon has relevance in a societal context to employment and health issues

• The new moon is mutable = expect very fluid, changing conditions
• 3 other influences add to the change and fluid themes
• the new moon at 27 degrees is in tight connection to Uranus at 27 degrees and Jupiter at 26 degrees.
• Neptune sitting at 12 degrees kicks in by angle to anything at 26/27 degrees
• all this energy will energise the significant over-riding themes in the days approaching Sept 20 and through the lunar month till 19 October
• a crisis in terms of a leak in the aviation fuel pipeline to Auckland airport expresses a lot of the disruption energy that is embedded with Uranus in the picture
• the fluid and changing energy also contains elements of confusion, lack of clarity, people asking "What's happening?"
• the changing energy can deliver reversals of fortune -where one condition is quickly overturned eg a win becomes a loss [as shown on The Block NZ auction night]
• the potential impact on the NZ elections has to remain as a possibility...such as a result so tight that no one can immediately work out who has won..this could be revealed in individual seats as well as in the interim party results. People who think they have sneaked in on a knife edge also vulnerable to recount reversal. This will all extend the suspense...and it will be even murkier if allegations of fraud, vote tampering, double voting or other illegal activities are revealed as having an impact on results. Already there has been exposed a big issue around misinformation from electoral staff re voting on the Maori roll but more issues are likely to arise

update September 21

Bill English's - destiny turning point

With the polling variability being consistent with very fluid conditions [see this blog's Sept 20 New Moon report] many observers are feeling the tension of not having a clear handle on the likely outcome of the NZ 2017 election.

Due to the lack of an outright dominating momentum as days approach final voting, further destiny analysis has been explored for this post - related to Bill English.

It shows that while he experienced very positive bursts of energy and empowerment on the campaign trail, the picture shifts significantly in the weeks and months ahead.

The overall highly likely scenario based on multiple factors in play is that the election will not deliver a mandate for him.

Energies of challenge and change surround him particularly from the end of September.

It is well within the realm of possibility that English will either step down as party leader - or even more likely given the strength of the influence, that before May 2018 he will once again resume a background role - such as a return to running the finance portfolio or resign completely, leaving politics.

The influences urging him to break free from his conservative mould and do something different with his life will have been reinforced by his experiences on the campaign trail -where many observers have noted the change in him, different sides to his personality being revealed.

In addition the challenges to his integrity have quite probably -given the influences affecting him - delivered something of a moral crisis - painted into a corner by his own political machine and perhaps compelled to do and say things for the sake of retaining power and political expediency.
Being a Catholic as well as a Capricorn [with Sun Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn in that sign! ] ethics, integrity & the moral high ground is important. Breaching those boundaries ought to have have caused him considerable angst.

So combining a moral crisis with a personality crisis within the context of this political campaign the forces pressuring him onward to a different destiny look to be highly activated after final voting and the aftermath is likely to deliver life-changing decisions for him.

update September 24
If you only read NZ's main Sunday print media today you would think MMP did not exist and National had won.
What a sorry state of affairs. [the inept media!!!]
With neither party nor either likely coalition reaching a winning majority at the first marker both will need to negotiate a deal with the 3rd highest polling Party NZFirst. This didn't stop National's Bill English claiming "moral authority" to govern. pfffft
The word moral is only interesting because of the moral quandary eating away at his Catholic soul.
During this campaign English has descended into a pit of misrepresentation, lies and deceit -and many in the media have at least noted this.

Fast rewind back to 2005.
Neither National nor Labour had an outright majority so under MMP negotiations ensued.
Labour got to govern once a very happy Mr Peters signed up a confidence & supply agreement and got the job of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

This time he could sign up with Labour and get Deputy PM or maybe one of his preferences like Finance or Foreign Affairs.

There's a 12 year cycle in effect that amplifies the goodies for Peters.
Jupiter was in the range 23-27 degrees Libra in the post election weeks after the September 17 2005 NZ election.

In 2017 Jupiter was at 26 Libra on Sept 23 election day and passes through 27 degrees over the following week

In 2017 Jupiter is in exact opposition to Uranus sitting at 27 Aries in the same time frame

Why do these energies of upsets, change, surprising events and reversals of fortune involve Winston Peters?

His communications and relating energies [Mercury and Venus sit]  are at 25-28 Aries
and Thursday 28 September will see the prevailing Jupiter-Uranus mix intensely activate his Mercury-Venus combo..this reflects the negotiation gyrations

It is after this point [Sept 30-Oct 1] that Bill English really wanes...momentum lost, oppositional forces strengthen

update September 25

In the bluntest of terms elections are not about the benefit of the country, they are about Power.
Bill English built his sense of empowerment to a high point during the 2017 campaign but the game changed on election night..a loss of power due to being just short of total victory -even with 1 outside partner - and therefore unable to claim the right to govern.
Though he claimed a moral victory and the rights of the largest party to govern none of that has ultimate relevance if the magic number 61 is not reached.

So after Sept 23 if Special Votes cannot deliver 3 extra seats English is forced into National's "dead rat" moment -having to bow to the demands of powerbroker par excellence Winston Peters

In the 1990 National government, with Peters as Minister of Maori Affairs, Peters disagreed with the party leadership on a number of matters and frequently spoke out against his party regarding them. This made him relatively popular with the public. However, his party colleagues distrusted him, and his publicity-seeking behaviour made him increasingly disliked within his own party. While National may have tolerated his difference of opinion, they were far less willing to accept public criticism from a Cabinet minister which they determined was undermining the party. In October 1991, Bolger sacked Peters from Cabinet -Wikipedia

Bill English seconded the motion to sack Peters in 1991.

Peters was sacked again by National in 1998.

His last political arrangement was with the Clark government of 2005-2008.

In effect he has been somewhat in the political wilderness since election 2008 when he lost Tauranga -but the surprising win in Northland against National in 2015 put Peters back in the frame ahead of the 2017 battle.

Preliminary 2017 results say National regained Northland again, returning Peters to the party list position.

All of these factors give Peters a renewed hunger to claw back as much power as possible.

Although time is not on his side at age 72, sheer bloody-minded determination is his forte.

The history, the emotional baggage is undeniable between Peters and English and Peters and the National Party -even though he is capable of deciding to work against them from within.
He said on Sept 25 he would do what is right for the country - which is a typical clear as mud statement from him, open to multiple misinterpretations.

The challenging interpersonal dynamic between English and Peters has been explored more fully in this related post

Peters has baggage with Labour under Clark but nowhere near as much as with National.

What is clear is that he is happy to battle with either side while being within a formal coalition with them

So none of the standard arguments or logical conclusions apply when dealing with Peters.

Any party dreaming of a "coherent stable government" while Peters is in the mix is thinking extremely wishfully.

Peters now has a huge incentive at this point in his political career to make his mark and remain unmovable or barely shifted in most if not all of his demands.

October 

October 7-12 is the critical period to watch regarding final votes tallied then those results formally declared

Using just the data available for date of birth for all 3 players :

Jacinda Ardern is strong in the period 7-12 October with a theme of tough political negotiations 

[Saturn, Venus and Mars exact on her Venus]

On October 12 two indicators give a theme of political responsibility - but that will come at a cost and under conditions that will be severely testing for her.

The influences surrounding her show that Ardern if she wins this battle, will have to make some heavy political decisions and disappointing the Greens is probably in the frame.

Delivering the greater good will require some highly pragmatic political expediency

[Mars and Saturn activate her Saturn]

Ardern has an inbuilt juggernaut of energy at her disposal if and when she chooses to use it.
The combination of 6 energies in a tight sequence continues to be in play through the campaign and extends into the post voting day period.
The energy combo includes her strongest planets [Pluto, Saturn] with one of each at the start and conclusion of this energy train which gives her the strength and stamina to push herself through despite the level of adversity.
From October 5-12 this burst of intense energy is especially loaded for action.
October 16 has three politically supportive energies for her.
October 25-27 is a period to watch. Two energies elevate Ardern into a very fortunate, optimistic position. A big increase in power
If by this time is is clear a deal has been done, this looks to be a very positive time.

Winston Peters has strong activation in the period 5-7 October with a theme of very vigorous detailed discussions, finer points battled over

[Venus and Mars exact on his Jupiter and activating his Aries Sun]

His most natural day for political formalities will be middle of the day on October 11

[Moon conjunct his Saturn]

His capacity for an unconventional, evasive, mystifying style of communication is heightened in the period which will test any negotiators

[ Neptune activating his Uranus and Mars]

Bill English has one indicator in the period 5-7 October 

It's like he has to do a deal with the devil to retain his sense of empowerment and turn that into real power [some might say he has already dealt this way in his style of dirty politics in the campaign]

Part of him wants to be totally unencumbered by the messy nature of MMP and it's worst nightmare, Winston Peters. The other part says I have to. No choice.

This extreme dilemma is a big undermining factor for English.

There will be a strong urge in English to avoid any political strangulation but MMP is setting him up for such a dynamic if he takes Peters on board

 [Jupiter challenging his Saturn energy]

This situation raises the potential that English will be so backed into a corner by Peters that a resolution will be unattainable.

From October 1 there are more forces against him than with him, more indications of a change of job begin to strengthen in October and are sustained during a 6 month period.

[Uranus challenging his Saturn]

At best this could express as a change within his current role, being forced to work differently by Peters. At worst he does a John Key recognising he has seen his high water mark.

Both Ardern and English will battle as hard as they can with the consummate brawler to form a government and this English-Ardern contest is as hard to score - with all the ups and downs - as a bout in the ring - whether you're a political pundit or using alternative methods of assessment.

With the strong positive political indicators showing for Arden on October 12 she may have lost her smile just occasionally during the hard fought claim to lead the country but her odds remains high - in terms of the flow of energy - to survive the battle and be installed as Prime Minister.                        

Though some information is missed by not having full access to personal birth data for any of the candidates, which can remove counter factors from the argument, sometimes enough is visible to suggest the way things might pan out.

[Saturn is political energy.

Jupiter and Uranus combined indicate change, shifting energy, success or reversal of fortune

Venus and Mars energise the interpersonal dynamics

Neptune is the evasive, confusing element]

update September 26
further analysis has been added in the Sept 25 update adding further notes re the energy picture for Ardern in
October
update October 16
The shifting sands of the post election soap opera have been a testing challenge for the population at large, the finance markets, the media, and those inside the political beltway.
It has also been harder to zoom in on specific dates as the main focus..since the potential critical dates keep being bypassed by the process determined by the ring-master Mr Peters
Latest energy analysis shows that October 18 is a big energy day for all 3 of the key players -Peters, Ardern and English
This may signify further intense negotiations and an announcement. 
As already stated the indicators for the following week - the 25th-27th look positive and significant for Ardern -but the good stuff begins swinging in as early as the 24th. 

update October 24

• On October 18 it was announced by Winston Peters after further intense negotiations on that day, that a decision was due to be announced the following day.
• On October 19 Winston Peters announced at 7pm that his NZ First party had chosen to enter coalition with the NZ Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern.
• On October 24 it was announced that Winston Peters would take the roles of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
• On October 26 the new government will be sworn in with Jacinda Ardern as Prime Minister, coinciding with an influence upon her that brings a huge increase in power.

A Game of Thrones analogy has been portrayed in this cartoon referencing a little tiff with Australia

update Feb 1 2018
Talk of a challenge to Bill English is consistent with the tide going out on him
As stated here in Sept 2017:
It is after this point [Sept 30-Oct 1] that Bill English really wanes...momentum lost, oppositional forces strengthen
These energies will build to consistently challenge him late April-early May & November into December 2018 and still linger through to early March 2019. 
This extended time frame -if English is not in the mood to go - could indicate a messy attempt to cling on against the inevitable rather than a quick acceptance of reality. He will not be able to resist some degree of change -whether that ends with a lesser role in the Party or a total career shift. The latter is most appropriate in the context of the flow of energy rather than seething away in the familiar context of politics.
If he leaves early rather than late the change energy extending into 2019 will be used productively in his new position.

update Feb 13 2018
Bill English announces he will leave politics on Feb 27.
The energy of a political coup remains attached to this decision - cartoon tweeted on this day.

also read
Pisces Profile: Judith Collins

2014 astro profile of Winston Peters

2017 astro profile Jacinda and Winston or Bill and Winston?

more updates will be added as relevant