The surprise resignation of Steven Guilbeault from his position as federal minister does not in itself astonish the astrologer. In 2024-2025, Uranus made an extended stay on Mercury in Taurus. People with Mercury in this sign are considered down-to-earth, perhaps stubborn, but certainly with ideas rooted in accomplishment and pragmatism.

Moreover, this Mercury forms a very tight trine with Pluto, the reformer, as well as a 9th harmonic with Mars (will to act).

When he was promoted to Minister of the Environment in 2019, Jupiter formed a 19th harmonic with his precious Mercury. This harmonic, according to Hamblin, accentuates empathy and the desire to share. Mr. Guilbeault was born with several 19th harmonics: ME-19-VE, ME-19-JU, VE-19-JU, UR-19-NN. He also has several 11th harmonics, meaning this propensity to challenge, to be wary, and to defy (reinforced by a Mars-Pluto square!).

Thus, 2024-2025 is a period marked by sharp jolts to certainties, increasingly significant conflicts, and above all, surprises in negotiations and conversations. Add to this Saturn opposing Pluto, a planetary time that brings its share of questions, often accompanied by a feeling of powerlessness. On one hand, the ground has become so dry that the slightest tremor cracks it, and so dense that life-giving impulses find themselves stifled.

Because Jupiter will undertake a three-phase conjunction with Venus, Steven Guilbeault will likely be seeking a new alliance closer to his aspirations. The lunar axis was square to the Sun during the third quarter of 2025. It is generally a time of change in direction, a switching of tracks.

If we consider the slow and patient clock of secondary progressions, progressed Saturn is currently at the Mercury/Saturn midpoint—another indication of the undeniable confirmation of this man of integrity's convictions.