Ethiopia Astrology Piece
Ethiopia’s tropical Ascendant (14VI11)
Ethiopia’s tropical Midheaven (15GE40)
The capital of Ethiopia became the seat of a new revolutionary government. It followed the end of a cycle of emperors and empresses. It began at 6:00 am, 12 September 1974 on the foothills of Mount Entoto in Addis Ababa. At the Imperial Palace, off Yohanis Street, in a chamber in the palace, Emperor Haile Selassie I is ordered to stand and receive a deposition from a military officer.
Using the 1930 coronation chart as a starting point, this moment is extremely critical. This transfer of power was more of a seizure of power. It was illustrated by the direct challenge of another authority (transiting Sun) to the Moon in the Fifth House, ruler of the throne (Tenth House). The 5th House is the natural house of Leo, the Sun and kings. Transiting Saturn and prog. Jupiter, co-ruler of the 6th House of the military, formed a quincunx to the progressed Ascendant. The emperor was confined to the palace. This was suggested by the coronation chart’s progressed Moon in the 12th House. The royal prerogative and line connecting the emperor and the politics of Ethiopia, with King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba had just been severed.
The coronation chart’s progressed Saturn (political forms) ruler of the 4th House of Ethiopia’s royal line squared progressed Uranus in the 6th House of the military. The past clashed with the future. Haile Selassie I, the emperor, ruled for 43 years, 10 months and 10 days. He was divested of the potencies and rights of imperial power. Royal blood would not be found in Ethiopia’s next head-of-state. Haile Selassie I was deposed on Thursday, 12 September 1974.
Light rail in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
There is another account pertaining to the time of the emperor’s deposition. On the front page of the Capital Times for this day, an article from L’Agence Paris Presse reported that it took place at dawn. This means that it occurred before sunrise, which was 6:16 am in Addis Ababa. In his book, A History of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus wrote, “a small group of officers wen to the palace and, at 6:00 am, summoned Haile Selassie.” The same time is given in Ryszard Kapuściński’s book, The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat. Kapuściński’s report is substantially the same as Marcus’ that, “At six o’clock, military trucks pulled up in front of the palace.”
Taken from Celestial Configurations of Africa and the Caribbean