Ukraine War and Geomancy

 As everyone likely knows, Russia has sent troops into Ukraine, an active war at this writing.  Perhaps Geomancy can give us some insight into outcomes:

Question 1:  Will Russia remove Ukrainian President Zalinsky from power?
Date:  24 Feb 2022
Selections:
House Chart
Querent - House I, Russia
Quesited - House VII  Zelinsky

Pre-cast note - It occurs to me that if the significator in house I or house VII agrees with that in house X, (power/status/standings/politics), that can indicate who prevails in this struggle.

Mothers: Puer, Albus, Via, Puer.

House Chart:



The first thing that hits me is, 'There's a whole lot of Puer going on!'

Querent (I) Puer.  Quesited (VII) Conjunctio.  Looks like denial of perfection to me.
So the short answer seems to be that Russia will not drive Zelinsky from power.

Speaking of Power;
Querent (Russia, Puer in I) does not seem to have any natural link with X (Albus).
Quesited (Zelinsky, Conjunctio VIII) Nothing really obvious, but Conjunctio and Albus are both figures of Mercury the messenger.  Could be reading into it too much, but Zelinsky is wisely connecting with others and his message prevails here.

Cardines:
Beginning - Puer - Yup, Russia started a war.
Middle - Albus - Perhaps there will be a cease fire in the middle -- for a while...
End - Conjunctio - The sides meet in battle.
Aftermath - Puer - More war.

Court Story - Puer as Witness 1 and Witness 2, Judge is Populus, so lots of war, war on the people.

SDI note - Zelinsky/Conjunctio in VII is surrounded by Puella in VI (professionals, other mages) and VIII (death, spiritual entities).  If he survives, it will be a close shave.  Is Putin employing mages, or does Puella in VI refer to a professional woman/soldier?

Also, Via in IX and Populus in XI surrounds power, so power is enveloped in transformation and the people.

Axis note -- III (local/neighborhood) and IX (long journeys/philosophy) are both Via, so a complete transformation from bottom to top, near to far..

Puer - Sword/rash actions.  in I,IV, XII, W1 and W2.  XII - War can come back on those who start it as a penalty.


Question 2:
Will Russian power be increased because of the Russia-Ukraine War?
Date:  24 Feb 2022
Selection: House
Querent:  I Russia
Quesited: X Power
Mothers:  Conjunctio, Amissio, Rubeus, Conjunctio.

Note the parallel structures between the Mothers of Question 1 and those of Question 2--
Question 1 Mothers begin and end with Puer, Question 2's begin and end with Conjunctio.

House Chart:



Querent (I) Conjunctio
Quesited (X) Albus
Note that House I, X, and VII are a mirror image of Houses I, X, and VII in Question 1.  
House I and House X  (Conjunctio, Albus) are both figures of Mercury (messenger), so a weak confirmation?
On the other hand, Conjunctio travels to VI, so is in opposition to X, and is surrounded by Rubeus in III and V.
So that looks like denial of perfection, thus no increase in power for Russia as a result of the invasion.

Cardines:
Begin (I) Conjunctio.  The armies clash? or a meeting
Mid (X) Albus - Peace, for a while....
End (VII) Puer - War
Aftermath (VI) Conjunctio  Armies clash again, or meeting again.

Note that Houses I, IV, and VII have Puer and Conjunctio interchanged between Question 1 and Question 2, with Albus at X in both.

The charts seem to be linked, with mirrored placement of significators and some things turning up in the same houses.  I am not sure of the significance, but it's interesting;

Same houses between 2 charts:
Puer XII, Puella VI, Albus X.  

Mirrored placements:
Puer in I, VII; Conjunctio VII, I;  Puella VIII, XII; Via IX, XI

We'll have to see how this lines up with the eventual outcome of the war.  Hopefully it can be short.