Catalyst Astrology-Mars in the Falklands

On the 2nd of April 1982 a large contingent of the Argentine Armed Forces invaded the Falkland Islands which lie about 245 miles off the coast of Argentina. There had been much wrangling and discussion between Britain and Argentina about the ownership of the Islands, in British hands since 1833 and which the Argentineans call Islas Malvinas. Thatcher had taken a decision to withdraw HMS Endurance from patrols around the island and was blamed for sending out the wrong signals to the junta in Argentina - signals that the UK wasn't that interested in keeping 2000 Falkland islanders under British protection. When the Argentineans invaded they rather hoped that that was going to be the case and that Britain's only response would be diplomatic given that the islands are some 8000 miles from Westminster. Unfortunately for them they had not bargained on Margaret Thatcher or "The Iron Lady" as she had come to be known .Surely if General Galtieri had an astrologer on his staff he would most certainly have advised against the invasion based on the fact that Thatcher has a Sun-Mars conjunction in Libra(a sign with strong associations with the armed forces) on the ascendant which straddles the two islands. Thatcher's response was fast, the Sun was quick to proclaim it's sovereignty of the islands and after two emergency cabinet meetings a naval task force was dispatched from Portsmouth to retake the islands all within 12 hours of the surrender of Port Stanley. Mars had come to town. Hostilities quickly escalated. A defining point in the war came on Sunday May 2nd when the Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror torpedoed and sank the ageing Argentine cruiser General Belgrano which was just outside the 200 mile exclusion zone. The Belgrano was apparently heading back to port when it was sunk with the loss of 323 lives. Britain had changed the rules of engagement by torpedoing the Belgrano outside the agreed exclusion zone and now Britain was being accused of being the aggressor.(see Thatcher's memoirs on sinking of Belgrano) The Argentines surrendered on the 14th June having suffered heavy losses of men as well as armaments. The British had taken thousands of prisoners of war. General Galtieri the Argentine leader resigned and left office licking his wounds after his encounter with Mars. Had Thatcher not been Prime Minister at the time it is possible that this war might not have taken place and a more peaceful solution may have been found, instead two countries fought over a couple of useless pieces of land that has no value to either, apart perhaps as a symbol of national pride.(see Thatcher's ACG Map)

mars in the falklands