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The astrology of Tony Blair

Sep 26, 2025

Britain back in the heady days of Tony Blair 1.0

Guess who’s back in town?

Apologies to anyone uninterested in UK politics - but we’ve been enjoying a bit of tumult over here and a few weeks ago, we looked at the chart of UK Deputy PM Angela Rayner. Last week we pulled up a chart for Peter ‘friend of Jeffrey’ Mandelson – both Rayner and Mandy fell foul of this season’s Eclipses.

This week it’s the turn of their comrade (and former UK Prime Minister) Tony Blair who is back in the news with not one, but two, major stories breaking within 24 hours.

These are: Blair’s brainchild might finally come to pass as Kier Starmer announces digital ID cards for the UK.

And *sound the 100 trumpets* his long-held dream of Peace in the Middle East!

At last - I hear you cry!

As we all know – the rule of 3 is a universal law, so we can only stick our head between our knees and assume brace position in anticipation of what the third Tony-related story might be. (Stick your best guess in the comments section!)

Blair and the Heir to Blair. Not a neck tie between the pair of them.

D-reams can come true

So - cometh the hour, cometh the ghoulish spectre - and man alive has our hero had to wait patiently in the wings for a long old while?

But Tony’s a long game guy, and one intimately familiar with the ‘Art of War’.

As Sun Tsu explains:

If you wait long enough ~~in a dodgy eponymous think thank~~ by the side of the river, ~~people will start paying you attention again~~ you’ll see the bodies of your enemies float by.

Or summink.

In a world seemingly fresh out of ideas, could Blair’s remarkable patience and persistent refusal to well, just, go away, be about to pay off?

Let’s take a little look at his chart to understand why he’s making news.

[We have a lot of brilliant astrologers reading this, so feel free to point out things you notice in the comments section.]

Things which jumped out at me:

First - as we dwell in the liminal space between almost Saturn Neptune conjunction of this year, and the exact one coming next February 2026 - it’s worth noting that Blair is a Saturn Neptune native, no less!

The Libra Sun is due to illuminate his Neptune Saturn in the 5^th house mid-October. His Saturn is exalted at the ‘kill or be killed’ 22nd degree. Nnnoice.

Could this mean his dreams (Neptune) finally materialise (Saturn)? Or since natal Neptune is creeping up on Saturn, and not the other way around – might his best laid Saturnian plans get washed away by Neptune’s murky tidal wave?

The second big story for him, is that for most of this year and next - Uranus (the old lightning rod up the bum guy) is doing this weird little back and forth jig, hopping between Blair’s natal Jupiter in the 12^th (29 degrees Taurus) and his Mars on the Ascendant.

This suggests to me a game of celestial ping pong between positive changes and new opportunities at the final cusp of his house of isolation, his time in the wilderness, if you will - and the portent of potential breakdowns, break ups, and breakthroughs in his first house of ego, identity, and primal self.

[At this point - the mention of Tony coming out of the wilderness means I have to insert a picture of him doing an interview during UK lockdown when no one, not even him, could get to the hairdressers.

If you are of a senstitive dispotition - just squint and scroll past.]

Got a picture in the attic gettin’ younger

Balkanisation! Balkanisation! Balkanisation!

Uranus forward motion back into Gemini, means that 2026 will definitely be a big year for Blair.

The thematic echoes from the previous transit in the 1940’s like ‘Balkanisation’ (drawing lines on maps and inventing new countries) and bifurcations (the digital ‘Brit Card’ will further divide Britain) are reverberating through Tony’s 5th house, of fun and romance.

So despite the traumatised people of Palestine witnessing their hope of a sovereign nation slip further away, and the British finally getting their ~~comeuppance~~ taste of a boot on the neck - at least Tony will be having a fabulous time of it!

So let’s be thankful for small mercies. Clearly. it’s not all bad news!

Another thought is that Uranus approaching Tony’s Mars could make him or break him.

He could get a new lease of life, becoming more innovative, assertive, and energised.

It does leaves him vulnerable to forced or unanticipated upsets and pivots, but you can’t make an omlette without breaking eggs. And break eggs he must, and he will.

Leave some Uranus for the rest of us!

Later in 2026, Blair will experience a once in a lifetime transit as Uranus conjoins his Ascendant. Those of you with early degrees of Gemini rising, will be in the same boat.

This could mean a time for liberation and radical change.

Tony might acquire a whole bunch of new friends. make a 180 volte face in his outlook, or completely change his personal appearance or lifestyle. Intriguing.

Will he squeeze out an elderly statesmanlike beard? (That’s no way to talk about Cherie - Ed!)

Maybe upgrade his look with a keffiyeh or a kippah?

Or perhaps just a nice ankle tattoo of a dolphin would do the job?

One thing’s for sure – he’ll be staying in the news cycle for the time being, so sorry about that.

October Surprise

The upcoming Aries full moon on 7^th October will conjoin Blair’s Venus in the 11th house of hopes and dreams, plus ‘long term goals and fulfilment of desires’.

This is also conjunct fixed star Alpheratz – a star associated with wealth, good fortune, and illustrious deeds. Lucky old Tony! (P.S. Thanks to Lori Lothian for the reminder about that - watch Lori’s video on the Aries full moon and Alpheratz here!)

Anthony of Arabia

The Washington-backed plan is apparently for the GITA (Gaza International Transitional Authority) to be situated in Egypt, just outside Gaza itself.

Which would make sense, I mean, have you seen the place lately? Hardly suitable for a man of fine tastes, luxury lifestyle, and first generation ‘Champagne Socialist’. #legacy

So is it written in the stars that the man once nicknamed ‘BLIAR’ will get to spend his twilight years warming his reptilian bones in the desert sunset?

Whatever the outcome his life is speeding up, as the heavens turn up the volume. and it seems like he is truly heeding the call of his hero’s journey.

God help us.

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With my seasoned political observer hat on - I don’t think either the ‘Brit card’ nor ‘Blair of Gaza’ will necessarily happen, they are both still at the idea state - particularly because in the case of the ID cards, the Starmer government is so precarious and unlikely to pull off something so unpopular.

But Tony’s chart looks pretty favourable, so idk. If you’ve spotted something else that does not augur well - drop me a comment!

Next time, I promise the newsletter will be a New Labour free zone, unless Gordon Brown threatens to crash into Mars or Alastair Campbell hurtles into the Sun astride 3IATLAS.

Until that glorious day - eyes on the skies, you awesome Astro-Tericists!

See you next time.

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