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Outgoing Scottish leader's words match her stars: her heart is weary, her debt is due
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Outgoing Scottish leader's words match her stars: her heart is weary, her debt is due

An astrological annotation of Nicola Sturgeon's "surprise" resignation speech

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Whitney McKnight
Mar 04, 2023
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Outgoing Scottish leader's words match her stars: her heart is weary, her debt is due
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Ephemera 3.2

Greetings,

On February 15, Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced that after eight years on the job, she would be stepping down as soon as the Scottish National Party chooses her successor.

I am intersted in examining Sturgeon’s natal chart for a deeper understanding of the timing of her resignation, particularly since the media has portrayed it as a surprise.

As part of my analysis, I have annotated Sturgeon’s resignation speech and matched it to her current transits. The charts I cast, Sturgeon’s speech, and the annotated footnotes are included at the end of this analysis.

I am neither endorsing nor condemning her politics with my analysis, simply comparing the words she chose to speak to what energies the planetary patterns suggest are operating in her life.

My bottom line question here is whether her words reflect the planetary and archetypal patterns.

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