Gorbachev resignation

A Leo rising opposite Saturn in the first face of Aquarius, the mark of exile. Surrendering to the will of the people? The Sun is in Capricorn, so the chart ruler answers to Saturn as well. The Moon is in the first face of Virgo, co-present with Jupiter in the second face of Virgo. Jupiter is in its detriment in Virgo. The Moon has a little bit of comfort in that sign, but very minimally.  Ruled by Mercury is in Sagittarius, conjunct Mars. “Their power is to unify mind and body, belief and action, in service to a willed goal. Their challenge is to find worthy causes.” The MC is in Aries, so the Martian / separating aspect of it is what stayed in the the history books. The end, therefore cutting, of an era. The moment had Leo reasoning. But Aries is what we remember of it. “In his twelve-minute speech, the president of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, known all over the world as the USSR, declared that he was resigning for ‘reasons of principle.’”