France is going to the polls today and this is an important election for them as evidenced by 85 percent voting in the run-off election. Who will come out the winner and loser? It all depends on how France feels about herself as a country right now.
This may not seem like an important question for us, but it is. Germany, with the election of Angela Merkel a shift from Germany's liberal government to a conservative one; Tony Blair is finally stepping down as the head of the Labour Party (the supposed liberal party in the UK) and Brown stepping in to head that party and he is a clone of Tony Blair. The Labour Party in England under Blair has split the country in two with the Conservatives looking more liberal than Labour. Next election in the UK is sure to bring the Conservative Party back into power at the next election in their effort to stop the crumbling of their infrastructure. And now France, (Oct. 5, 1958 Paris 12:00am) The Chart of the Fifth Republic of France. Their government has changed many times since the First Republic between 1792 and 1958 and this chart represents the present government and the one to be used for this election.
First Republic Sept 26, 1792 9:00 AM Paris
Second Republic Feb. 24, 1848 8:00 PM Paris
Third Republic Sept. 4, 1870 3:00PM Paris
Fourth Republic Oct. 28, 1946 12:AM Paris
France is somewhat conflicted as to what they really want in a President. Nicolas Sarkozy(Jan. 28, 1955 12:00PM Paris) would be a warrior for France and likely follow his role models, Bush and Blair into wars and clashes with the people. His Moon and Mars is in Aries opposing France's Venus, Mercury and Sun in Libra. Cancer rules France's Ascendant and their Moon is in Gemini (being opposed by T-Pluto) France simply is not sure what direction their country should take. I can say that if they elect Sarkozy, they will not be happy with him because France is not a warring country. They only want change right now.
Sigolene Royal (Sept 22, 1953 12:00 PM Dakar, Senagal) is more in line with France's true desires, at least their collective desires in 1958. Royal's Mercury, conjuncts France's Mercury and Sun, her Sun conjuncts France's Venus. Sigolene is a Socialist and wants to bring fairness and balance back to the French people.
Royal's Neptune sits right on top in a conjunction, to France's NN further confusing them as to what they really want.
Election day began for the French people with Venus conjuncting their Moon, they will ideally believe in whomever they elect and believe the best will come from their vote.
Sarkozy's Jupiter and Uranus conjunct France's Ascendant and in a most shallow manner he is able project a new vision for France, but they will be biting off more than they want to chew with him.
Royal will live within the existing Republic's stated needs, Sarkozi will almost certainly bring the need for a Sixth Republic. With T-Pluto opposing the Gemini Moon and the Moon ruling the first house of "the Fifth Republic" the French people might believe they need a changed image in Sarkozy, as opposed to an empowered image of France through Royal.
For the "neo-cons" Sarkozy would be their preference, we will know by the end of the day if France, like nearly every country in the world will be thrown into turmoil, or face the world with their voice of reason.