As I
work on my new book on 
Astrological Demographics, I have written an assessment of the changes in
the Middle East. Below are some excerpts from the second chapter of the book. We
look a the planetary events (such as this time period with the Pluto- Saturn-
Uranus aspects mirroring the 1776 revolutions) and try to predict what types of
things will be happening when those aspects present again. This is the perfect
time period and example of using past events (1776 and on into the French
revolution), to try to predict the types of things that will happen now. 

We first might look at the Uranus into Aries and surmise that revolution is in the
air, and will continue to be, as the genie is let out of the bottle. Next we
might sumise that Pluto in Capricorn will try to repress these revolutions, as
was done by the aristocracy in Europe then, but we can also surmise that many
will not want to overthrow the current systems of government as they exist now
and as they existed at the time. The American Constitution is more a
fullfillment of English Common law than a radical departure, and the departures
that were radical were not fullfilled for the next 150 years, (or yet!) Equal
rights for all men and women was written into the constitution but slavery
continued for the next 100 years, the Native Americans where shoved off of their
land as we took the continent, and women could not vote until the 1920's, with
African Americans still not having equal rights until the
1960's.
 Like- wise France beheaded large parts of the aristocracy, then tolerated Napolean
turning himself into the Emperor, and began  re-doing those aristoctratic behaviors
again.
 How then do we expect the current revolutions to turn out? Probably with the same
mixture of results; balancing adherence to tradition with the Uranian need to
explode into new territories. In these situations, we would do well to tailor
our predictions to the countries and players at hand. In Egypt's case, Mubarik
had been in power for a Saturn Cycle. (29 years)  It
would be a good guess that he would go. It Gaddaffi's case Saturn plus a half
cycle. (44years).  Mid life crisis
for his regime , and we know how dangerous mid life can be, individually as well
as collectively. He had to go. 
Bashar al-Assad was born in Damascus on 11
September 1965. That makes his mid-life transition back in 2008-9, so it is
possible he has succesfully transitioned the crisis, and with reforms, may
survive Syria's revolution. His second term as president takes him to the 14
year mark, (Starting his first 7 year term in 2000, so he could very well
survive until that time perion (2014). The current incarnation of Syria was
finally incarnate  Jan
1st of 1944. ( Freed from the Vichy France occupation). That puts the
current Syria's Saturn in Gemini, and the Saturn return in 2001, almost
coinciding with Basher's rise to the presidency. The next Saturn opposition
would not be until 2017, so this could drag on until
then.
 So, although one can look at the demograpics of
the Middle East, and surmise that his regime should come down with the others,
the planets do indicate differently. Basher himself does have Mars in Scorpio @
13*, and his state backed brutality seems worse that some of the other
states.  Saturn does hit his Mars
in October of 2013, and it retrogrades back to 16* in July of 2014. These dates
certainly do come much closer to his 14 year half Saturn cycle in office and
come closer to the MLC of the current Syria, and he certainly could fall or be
assasinated at that time. We will see…
 Meanwhile , back in Tunisia where the Arab spring started, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Virgo with Saturn in Pisces. He had his Saturn opposition at 19 of Virgo in November of 2008, and was re-elected in October of 2009, as Saturn was leaving Virgo, so at first look , one might think that he had escaped that transit and was on his way to the next 14 years. As
well Tunisia's current government dates from 1956, and he fell in 2011, so
making that regime 55 years old, with his reign at 24 years , from 1987. So all
of these transits defy my theories above; that either the native or the country
will show the probabilities of the outcomes in their charts.. It is certainly
possible there are other variables that are not know, such as accurate times and
dates of birth, but those are probably
unattainable
 In the case of Iran, (as I have noted elsewhere)
the initial outcome of the Green revolution showed distinctly in Mousavi's
chart, having a birthday of Sept 29th, 1941. or 5* Libra Sun. When
Saturn hit that degree in December of 20 
his nephew was assasinated. One can surely guess that he was too
important a figure to turn into a martyr, and, with moon in Capricorn, hurting
his family surely hurt him as well. Also with the moon in Capricorn, he was an
important part of the government of Iran, and must harbor ambivalent feelings
about what has happened to him.
 Ahmajinidad, on the other hand was heavily
criticized when Saturn transited his Mars in Virgo in June, of 2009, As
transparent as his loss should have been, sometimes trines (in this case to
Capricorn in general ) may have eased him through that, not for the good of the
country. I believe we will see more when Saturn hits his Sun sign in November of
2012. Since that is our election time, one cannot help but wonder if President
Obama would have something else up his sleeve to take him out at that time.
(They do both have Mars in Virgo, and Mars conjunct can
  clash…
 While I am at this forcasting, the teflon Don of Italy, Silvio
Berlesconi, might finally go down with the economy,but his sun is also 4-5 *
Libra, and the "Rubygate scandal" of December 2010 did not pull him down, so who
knows. Perhaps some people have so much power that they go on, even when it is
pointed out that the emporer has no clothes…
 We can also look at King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, who was born Aug 1st  of 1924. His Saturn is at 26* Libra ,
so he will be on his third Saturn return this December of 2011. As I have said;
though I would expect his reign should end or be challenged at that point,
sometimes the very powerful just go on dispite everyone knowing it should
end.
 Nayef bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud is said to have
been born in 1933, with no available day. The Kindom of Saudi Arabia itself was
finally officially founded on September 23rd, 1932. So many 0* Libra
or early Libra players in this Middle East Drama. 
The Saturn return of the King this December does square the Saturn of
the Kingdom so accordingly, by my theories above, some breakthrough should
happen in the Kingdom by that point, with the athorities weighing in on the side
of repression, with that Saturn in Capricorn. Since Nayef is a wild card, we
will a gain, see…