This interpretation of Putin's chart was written by fellow astrologer David Kerr in 2014. I am including it here, with David as guest author,
in view of the current situation between Russia and Ukraine and the
threat of Russia's imminent invasion of Ukraine. David focuses on the
Double Ambivalence figure in the chart; I focus on the Trapeze.
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| Vladimir Putin, 7th October 1952, 09.30, St. Peteresburg, Russia |
David writes: The
eye is immediately drawn to the stellium in the 12th house and the
aspects which emanate from it are reminiscent of the levers in an
old-fashioned railway signal box, quite appropriate for someone who can
be quite truly said to have his hands on the levers of power. The aspect
pattern consists largely of fixed figures, a Trapeze and a Double
Ambivalence figure. This suggests someone who is able to operate on a
large stage, can learn much from a wide variety of experiences, but in
spite of that is fairly inflexible. We can see that from his handling of
the Chechnya situation, the lessons of history from Stalin right back
to Tsar Nicholas 1 have not deviated Putin from his implacable efforts
to impose Russian control.
As befits a former KGB
official, Putin is secretive and keeps his cards close to his chest, as
shown by the 12th house planets including Mercury. On the other hand,
Jupiter in the 7th allows him to present a more affable face to the
world. These planets form the poles of the Double Ambivalence figure.
This ambivalence is reflected by political commentators who cannot make
up their minds whether Putin is a neo-stalinist or a closet reformer.
The open and outgoing Jupiter is ultimately controlled from the
conservative and secretive blue corner by Sun and Saturn so there is
likely to be something in the closet. The enigma is compounded by having
an unaspected Moon. Emotion does not obviously figure in Putin's makeup
and it this adds to his inscrutability.
Putin's Pluto is conjunct South Node, so there might be an
atavistic tendency to exercise power in a Stalinist fashion. On the
other hand, South Node is conjunct the IC, firmly in the collective
zone, the people of Russia, and the controlling 12th house planets are
in Libra, the sign of justice. Putin describes himself as a true servant
of Russia so perhaps the evidence of the chart shows the sincerity of
his goals, whatever methods he may employ to reach them.
Joyce offers an extract from Aspect Patterns in Colour:
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, has a Trapeze
in his chart. Its pinning planets in the
12th house stellium (Sun, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune) are shared with two
other aspect figures. However, the Trapeze dominates and its internal
thinking and learning processes will feed into the Double Ambivalence
figure and the all-blue Small Talent triangle (not discussed in this
post). 
Strong
multiple aspects from the stellium radiate out to the other pinning
planets – red squares to Uranus, green quincunxes to Jupiter and blue
trines to the Moon’s Node. But it is the stellium that holds the eye and
indicates a formidable driving force of his will (Sun), his need for
firm structure (Saturn), his ability to communicate (Mercury) and his
ideals (Neptune) which drive this Trapeze along. Putin has headed the
direction and mindset of Russia in the 21st century. He is credited with
bringing political stability and re-establishing the rule of law, yet
corruption is also said to have increased.
Bruno and Louise Huber describe someone with a Trapeze as having “a larger-than-life
personality”. On the one hand, we have the outgoing Putin engaging with
world leaders using Jupiter in 7th linked to Mercury, Saturn and
Neptune. On the other hand there is the more inscrutable Putin with his
strong-by-sign Sun dominating from the 12th, a master mind who controls
and manipulates, pulling the strings like an arch puppeteer.
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