2020 saw the start of three major cycles with Saturn-Pluto, Jupiter-Pluto, and the Jupiter-Saturn shift into 200 years of air transits. The new Jupiter-Saturn cycle and a waning Pluto in Capricorn phase coupled with a waning Saturn-Pluto square gave us a rather tumultuous year, with Russia's dramatic invasion of Ukraine, which captivated media attention for much of the year and other striking events on the world stage.
Winter (December 21 - March 20)
With a full moon on February 16th (with
a Venus-Mars conjunction in Capricorn), a Jupiter-Uranus exact
sextile on the 17th, Sun entering Pisces on the 18th
and the US having a Pluto
return on the 20th there was quite a shift in direction
in the space of a few days.
In a previous
post I wrote:’’Judging from the previous ones, the third and final Saturn-Uranus
square (December 24, 2021) could bring some heavy difficulties, but it is
also an opportunity to come to terms with the previous conflicts. It can be
considered as a final reality check before this aspect gradually fades,
embarking on a new, optimistic, constructive phase that the Jupiter-Saturn
cycle brings.’’
‘’This aspect has played out globally with
public health mandates in response to COVID-19, especially vaccines and vaccine
“passports.” Saturn sees vaccination and documentation as the evidence-backed,
rational, pragmatic, and proven approach to dealing with a global pandemic.
Uranus sees it as an authoritarian overreach that imposes on its freedoms.’’
(Astrology with Andy)
With these truck occupations, one notices an odd
juxtaposition of friendly winter fair atmosphere with expressions of good will,
on one hand, and aggressive, extreme right-wing ideologies on the other. Moreover,
the rather grandiloquent, yet fuzzy statements by the protesters seems
consistent with a Jupiter in Pisces influence. The creative use of technology
seems to be aided by both Jupiter in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus. The exact Jupiter
sextile Uranus may give the protesters a boost of enthusiasm and new ideas,
although it might likely give a greater boost to the law-enforcement strategies,
due to the inherently conservative, rigid stance of the protest under a waning
Saturn-Uranus aspect that fuelled it. At the time, I noted, concerning the Jupter-Uranus sextile of February 17: 'It's possible that this new
aspect could also see a significant shift in the Russia-Ukraine
conflict, which has been festering since the end of December.'
Jupiter in
Pisces
US Pluto Return, February 20
The US Pluto
return on February 20, coincided quite
closely with the Russian invasion, so there would seem to be a connection. As
noted, one could see a parallel with the Afghanistan occupation which marked
the previous Jupiter-Saturn cycle.
see my analysis of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Aquarius and Pisces Stellia, March 2
The two powerful stellia in the Spring Equinox chart
indicate a strong humanistic, compassionate, social, global solidarity against
the invasion. The chart around the new moon on March 2 captures one of
the strongest moments of the stellia, with a conjunction of five planets in
Aquarius and four planets in Pisces, and actually all nine planets
could be considered in conjunction with each other. This moment coincided with
a record United
Nations vote supporting a resolution against Russian aggression in Ukraine
and also a strong vote to end plastic
pollution.
Looking back at some aspects near the Spring Equinox,
we have the Mars square Uranus exact on March 22, a very
volatile aspect, and one could point to the plane crash in China
that occurred the day before
As an example of the positive Piscean (Mars, Venus, Saturn in Aquarius) and Aquarian
(Jupiter, Neptune in Pisces) energies, on April 2nd,
Pope Francis gave an apology to Canadian Indigenous people for the Catholic
Churche’s role in the forced assimilation and abuse of the residential school
program
Jupiter-Neptune conjunction , April 12
It seems that the powerful May 16 eclipse had quite an
impact, with several high-profile elections coinciding with that period: Russia
lost an important ally as Pakistan president Imran Khan was voted
out (April
9). Hong Kong Pro-Beijing candidate John Lee was elected as
democratic structures were radically curtailed (May 8).
Emmanuel Macron’s party was re-elected in France (May
10). A financially struggling Sri Lanka elected a new government (May
17). The Philippines made a decidedly conservative new government
choice (May
17). Columbia is in a tight two-way race (June
19) (Gustavo Petro won, Colombia will have a leftist president for the
first time.)
Moreover, Sweden and Norway have made
steps to join NATO (May
26). Additionally, an epidemic of mass shootings reached a crisis-point in
the US, for example, Buffalo, (May 14), Uvalde, Texas (May
24).
Summer (June 21 - September 20)
The Summer quarter had two very volatile aspects, with
Mars in Aries square
Pluto in Capricorn
going exact on July 1st and Mars square Saturn, exact on August 7. Below are some events occurring around the time of the Mars-Pluto square:
- Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe 'has died' after being
shot twice by navy veteran during campaign speech. - G7 summit in Elmau, Germany: The G7 leaders want to fight the climate crisis, hunger and war. - Allied leaders agreed on
a fundamental shift in NATO’s deterrence and defence, with strengthened forward
defences, enhanced battlegroups in the eastern part of the Alliance, and an increase in the number of
high readiness forces to well over 300,000
-
Ecuador’s government says it will restart talks with
Indigenous leaders spearheading protests against the soaring cost of living in
the country, even as it issued a new state of emergency.-
Thousands return to Sudan streets demanding end of
military rule a day after nine people
were killed in demonstrations against the country’s ruling generals.-
Libya protesters storm parliament building in Tobruk. Protesters
were demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political
deadlock-
North Macedonia: 47 police officers injured in
protests against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock.Amid that rather tumultuous period, the UNGA
adopted the resolution on 28 July 2022, recognizing the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right. The UNGA calls upon States,
international organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders to
“scale up efforts” to ensure a clean, healthy, and sustainable
environment for all (There was a Mars conjunct Uranus in Taurus sextile to Venus in Cancer, and a Sun conjunct Moon in Leo sextile to Jupiter in Aries that day, quite nice).
Autumn (September 21 - December 20)
The Saturn-Uranus
square moved back into a close orb. In Iran there were
mass protests by women sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman
arrested by morality police. In Haiti,
political instability has seen the increase of violent gang control. In Peru,
protests erupted after the impeachment of Pedro Castillo after he tried to
dissolve Congress. In Tibet,
there have been protests against China's strict Covid lockdown measures.
In Ukraine,
local forces have made progress in repelling Russian occupiers, at a moment
near the Oct 25 Solar Eclipse and also
the November 7 Lunar Eclipse. Some unexplained incidents occurred,
such as a bridge in Crimea
being sabotaged, and in Russia,
Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian traditionalist, Aleksandr Dugin, was
assassinated.
The Year Ahead...
The difficult Saturn-Uranus
square will have faded by the end of January 2023. On March 7, Saturn enters Pisces. On March 24th, Pluto enters Aquarius,
so the Spring equinox could see significant developments in the
Russia-Ukraine conflict, and this period of passage itself could be
quite tempestuous. Overall, it can be considered to be the beginning of
the more optimistic aspects of the Jovian decade of the Jupiter-Saturn
cycle.
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