Alex's Asteroid Astrology

On 1 June 2025 more than 100 Ukrainian drones struck at air bases deep in Russia, targeting long-range bombers with nuclear capacity, in an attempt to cripple Moscow’s ability to prosecute the war on Ukraine, now in its third year.  Code-named “Spider Web,” the attacks, eighteen months in the planning, were carried out by drones smuggled into Russia in wood structures carried on trucks, whose local drivers were apparently unaware of the contents, and activated remotely.  Drivers had received their destinations by phone, and were stunned when the drones emerged; some tried to incapacitate them with rocks.  Moscow has downplayed the attacks, citing simply “some damage,” but Ukrainian sources allege 41 bombers were struck, and at least 13 destroyed, in locations across five Russian regions, as far as 8000km from Ukraine’s border. 

The loss to Russia from the subterfuge employed is celestially portrayed by a pairing of Saturn at 0 Aries, ruling loss and deprivation, and Neptune at 1 Aries, ruling guise and deception, in a tight square (90 degrees) configuration with asteroid Russia 232 at 1 Cancer, itself conjunct TNO Chaos 19521 at 2 Cancer, ruling anarchy and disorder, and describing the seeming outcome of the attack.   A T-Square is formed with asteroid Arachne 407 at 29 Virgo, named for a mythic weaver whom Athena transformed into a spider (giving rise to the genus name “arachnid”), calling to mind the “Spider Web” code name for the attacks.

A change in the tide of war in Ukraine’s favor could be in the offing, with asteroid Volodymyr 7633 at 21 Leo, representing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, exactly conjunct Mars, ruler of armed conflict, and opposed asteroid Pallas 2 at 25 Aquarius, named for Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of war.  Pallas is at a critical point in its cycle, slowed in its apparent movement and about to change direction, from our perspective, a metaphoric “turning point” in the fortunes of war (Pallas turns retrograde June 9^th).  Given asteroid Volodymyr’s proximity to the duo, this suggests that cosmic martial energies are supportive of Ukraine and Zelenskyy’s wartime efforts. 

A second T-Square is formed with a conjunction of Uranus at 28 Taurus and asteroid Moskva 787 at 25 Taurus), named for the Russian capital, squared both ends of the polarity.  This defines the target country (Moskva for Russia) of the attacks, the advanced technology used (Uranus), the element of surprise (also Uranus) and the shock to the system (Uranus again) which it created.  Asteroid Putilin 3577 at 14 Taurus (closest to Putin) also squares the Mars/Volodymyr conjunction, though too widely to be considered part of the T-Square.

Zelenskyy also finds himself in a powerful position via asteroid Zelinksy 3042 (alternate spelling), which at 3 Leo exactly opposes Pluto at 3 Aquarius, arbiter of power and devastation.  A T-Square with asteroid Bombig 100519 at 0 Taurus confirms the destruction (Pluto) of the bombers (Bombig) as the source of Zelenskyy’s newfound power and influence (Pluto).

Regardless of the ultimate outcome, it’s no surprise that Ukraine should emerge in a positive light in the news at this time for its efforts to impede Russian bombing capability, given the Sun (spotlight, at 11 Gemini) and Mercury (news, at 14 Gemini) conjoined asteroids Ukraina 1709 10 Gemini), named for the country, Kiev 2171 at 13 Gemini, the anglicized form of its capital, Kyiv, and Bomben 12834 at 11 Gemini, here representing the afflicted bombers, all clustered within four degrees of the zodiac.

With asteroid Vladimir 1724 at 24 Cancer conjoined asteroid Pax 679 at 25 Cancer, Latin for “peace,” closely squared Venus at 25 Aries, ruling diplomacy, it might be time for Russian President Vladimir Putin (Vladimir) to seriously consider a negotiated end to this war.  Vladimir and Pax have been traveling together since late July 2024, never more than ten degrees apart (as repeated efforts at peace talks began and fizzled) and will remain so into late November of this year, but so far, Putin has resisted the siren song of peace, despite increased international pressure to end the conflict.

Title Image Credit:  drawn by Craiyon