Coup in Honduras

Troops in Honduras have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution. President Manuel Zelaya was flown to Costa Rica, where he said he had been kidnapped by soldiers in a "coup".

Mr Zelaya, who had been in power since 2006, wanted to hold a referendum that could have led to an extension of his non-renewable four-year term. The referendum had been ruled illegal by the Supreme Court and opposed by Congress.

This chart is drawn for the exact Uranus station-retrograde of July 1, and set in the Honduras capital of Tegucigalpa. Uranus of sudden change and revolutions, is precisely rising there, and square the Midheaven(government). This chart mirrors the Aries ingress(spring equinox) which also shows Uranus on the Ascendant and square the Midheaven, at Tegucigalpa.

One might also note Mercury's applying square to Uranus as it stations. Mundane astrologer H.S. Green says about hard Mercury-Uranus aspects; "Political activity, debates, meetings, and sometimes much excitement, but hindrances and unexpected troubles occur or complicated situations develop and the government is not fortunate. Accidents connected with railways, motoring, or aviation; strikes take place or are threatened; literary or educational disputes..."

From Mundane Chart Gallery