A heated debate

They have finally made it! This week the two hot contenders for the Chief Executive post finally declared their candidacy.

I wrote in this blog in mid-September that Hong Kong, in addition to being affected by transitting Pluto which means "total transformation", is also having transitting Uranus which stands for the urge for greater freedom and social progress.

Transitting Uranus was or will conjunct Hong Kong’s Ascendant during May-September 2011, February-March 2012 and November 2012-January 2013. The planet has squared or will square the city's Midheaven in roughly similar periods: April-May 2011, August-October 2011 and January-March 2012.

Transitting Uranus could be experienced in two different ways: either it is felt to be a most disruptive time, with lots of sudden and unexpected turns of events, or it can be felt as a most liberating time, a time in which lots of changes are made, even though they were once thought to be impossible.

As to which effect will actually be felt depends entirely on how open people are to change and to trying out new things. The more closed-minded we are, the more disruptive we will feel process to be.

In the Chief Executive election, the two candidates will inevitably debate about housing. For those who have been following the news closely, it is not hard to notice that housing has been the central issue ever since Hong Kong’s handover 14 years ago. This is also reflected in the SAR's birth chart.

Hong Kong’s Sun is in Cancer in the fourth house which exactly stands for "home". The Sun represents the ego and the urge for recognition and achievement and being in Cancer means that Hong Kong's "ego" is expressed emotionally, relying on guts feelings rather than rational analysis. Once a threat is sensed, the old and familiar will become the shelter and no more risk will be taken. No wonder when property prices keep rising, there has almost been a unanimous call to re-build flats under the Home Ownership Scheme - the old and familiar track! You really don't see anybody putting forward any innovative solution which has also received popular support.

Another implication for the Sun being in the fourth house means, if the housing problem can be properly solved, there will also be a much greater sense of achievement in the community. Hope the person who is going to the next Chief Executive will get this point.

One interesting thing is, Hong Kong's Mercury is also in Cancer in the fourth house. This not only means most of Hong Kong’s intellect is applied to the housing issue, it also means that the way that the community thinks and analyses is highly emotion-driven and subjective. Some commentators have described this as the rise of "populism" in Hong Kong - astrologically speaking, this is not far off the mark…

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