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Saturn in Virgo opposes Uranus in Pisces in their 45 year cycle…
November ’08, February and September ’09, and April 2010. This is the opposition from their conjunction in Sagittarius in 1988. Within a year they both entered Capricorn and joined Neptune for a triple conjunction, culminating in the Berlin Wall coming down as a symbol for the end of the cold war. Corporate systems would be jolted into an exponential growth phase by the Dot-Com revolution and the collective become ‘connected’ as never before. Welcome to Universal Reality…We Are All One!
The previous conjunction was in 1942 at 29 degrees Taurus in the midst of the darkest days of the war years. For the next 3 years as they passed through Gemini we witnessed the remarkable advent of the technologies that led to the industrial development of the 50s and beyond… radar, first generation computers, rockets, telecommunications and more. These all have associations with Gemini. So 66 years and 2 full cycles later that which was seeded in 1942 is ready for the full potential to be released out into the collective. Saturn anchors the inventive revolutionary and inventive forces of Uranus. Their third last opposition was in 1918 1919 and 1920. This is the period when they ‘carved up’ Europe after WWI, with the disastrous outcome of a Germany burdened with debt who then happily responded to Hitler’s promises to give them back their former glory. When Uranus entered Aries in 1927 for his fresh 84 year cycle the ‘roaring 20s’ came to a hideous end with the great depression of 1929 and beyond and over those years the European “dictators” emerged. I offer these dates to illustrate the enormous implications of these two planets and their cycle together.
Their most recent opposition occurred in 1964 1965 and 1966 as Uranus made conjunction with Pluto. We still call the 60s revolutionary many remarkable events occurred during this time:
Rock and roll culture - the Beatles, Rolling Stones and eventually Woodstock - The popular use of Eastern philosophies and mystic ideas and practices brought through by Alan Watts and Ram Das (Richard Alpert) - The flowering of the drug culture as hallucinogens arrive courtesy of the chemists! Timothy Leary heads a group of Harvard professors who openly experimented with LSD and reported on the positive mind and behaviour altering effects; the Government illegalised these mind altering substances but a whole generation of youth embraced them - New era in hard line US politics after the death of Kennedy and the suppression of his reforms leading to the Vietnam War and resultant moratorium against war and youth culture revolt against existing values - The development of depth psychology and psychotherapy by Perls, Reich, Rogers and many others; a new paradigm leading to the opening of wholistic medicine during the 1970s - The World Health organisation implements a 10 year program for the eradication of polio/typhoid/diphtheria - resultant goal achievement increases world population exponentially in subsequent decades leading to current scary levels - Kennedy announces US goal to have man on the Moon by 1970 and this is achieved in 1969; this symbolises a further quantum leap similar to the discovery of the telescope - Technology escalates quickly as computer technology opens the commercial potential globally as never before - End of the post Victorian era with opening of taboos around sexuality - Cold War between Russia and the US escalates as the two world polarised positions antagonise; a reflection of the antagonism which exists Science and God - The escalation in the Nuclear Arms Race - very Uranus/Pluto!
So 40 years later may we expect the next phase of this “revolution” to begin to unfold? Uranus upsets the Saturnine status quo birthing new forms on the way. As “the chickens have now come home to roost” we are now way behind schedule for the major reforms required for planetary repair. Many of those born in the mid 1960s will be integral in bringing through these reforms and must be supported to do so. They are the “healers” and "re-organisers” of the planet who will lead the way.
Chiron continues through Aquarius…5 year period
Chiron entered Aquarius in ’05 and will be here until 2010. The “Wounded Healer” is set to bring many social issues to the forefront that have been simmering since the last cycle in the 1950s. Racial prejudice, inhumane practices like slavery and mis-use of the animal kingdom will all become political platforms that galvanise individuals to participate in reform and change. Chiron in the sign of humanity offers us healing at a larger group/societal level, but first it has to expose the fact that humanity has yet to realise we are all in this together in the years to come.
Uranus continues through Pisces…7 year period
On both a personal and collective level Uranus represents the following:
It rules political revolutions, economic change, strikes, political dissidents, wars (where these represent a breakdown of order), reforms, heavy industry, new technology, and all those who promote such ideas and events. Uranus rules technology, science, internet technology and inventions of all kinds.
Uranus has been electrifying his way through Pisces since 2003 and will enter Aries to begin his new 84 year cycle in 2010. So far his revolutionary impulse has been very busy bringing us all kinds of natural cataclysms involving water (Pisces). We are in a water crisis globally…either too much or not enough it would appear. The War on Terror is also a very Uranian affair as we have moved into a new kind of global war experience. During 2006 Jupiter in Scorpio formed a “trine” or ease aspect to our Sky God. We saw many positive developments of science and technology toward solving the water crisis. Uranus formed a square aspect with Jupiter in Sagittarius three times in 2007 bringing a further wave of IT technology to allow global sharing of knowledge. In 2008 Uranus makes aspect with Neptune in Aquarius highlighting the “Mutual Reception” of these 2 planets during this 7 year period. Please refer to my article on this subject. Uranus in Pisces is opposed by Saturn in Virgo in November 2008 and February & September 2009 & April 2010. I have discussed this in the previous section.
Neptune continues through Aquarius…14 year period
On both a personal and collective level Neptune represents the following:
Rules socialism, and all new visions and dreams - rule delusions and therefore disillusion, glamour, the arts, fashion, a nation’s self image - it rules oil - also rules scandals, confusion and deceptions
Neptune continues his slow glide through Aquarius where he has been resident since 1998 and will be until 2012…the magic date that marks the end of the Mayan Calendar. This placement is responsible for the general call for increased conscious spiritual awareness of recent years. However the “fundamentalist right” is also on the ascendancy, and it would appear that the lessons of tolerance and unification are yet to be learnt. Neptune governs the pressure within the ‘group psyche’ toward a collective dream or ideal that is inclusive and non-separative. It is also the factor that allows groups of people to be easily influenced by a glamour or deception. In 2007 Saturn in Leo opposed Neptune in Aquarius and the true implications of the deceptive nature of our political and corporate icons became apparent. We experienced the first stage of the new global oil shortages with resultant price rises. Please refer to 2007 report at my website for further details.
Part 5: Pluto enters Capricorn for the next 16 years.…
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