It's been 4 1/2 years since the start of the new Jupiter-Saturn cycle. After the initial five-year phase of the Jupiter-Saturn cycle, marked by the first Jupiter
square Saturn on August 19, (which can be viewed as a transition phase, where the previous cycle's accounts get squared, and the main challenges for the new cycle emerge) we will be entering the more optimistic, productive period of the initial ten-year Jovian
phase, to be followed by a more Saturnine phase. Pluto is still on a volatile Capricorn/Aquarius cusp for 2024, but the Jupiter, Pluto, Neptune minor grand trine is in place, so we've almost reached a new, positive sky formation, a distinctive change from the last 10 years. The second exact station occurs on Dec 24 2024, and the third on Jun 15 2025, which will mark the end of the first quarter period in the twenty-year Jupiter-Saturn cycle.
Moreover,
this new Jupiter-Saturn cycle marks a definitive shift from earth signs to air
signs, which will last until 2159. The previous Jupiter-Saturn cycles were in earth signs since 1802. One can
interpret this as the age of oil and carbon fuels, whereas the next cycle in
air signs can mark a new era of alternate energies, along with satellite and
computer technologies that have developed over the last 40 years. In the
following years, four outer planets will be changing signs over a four-year
period, 2023-2026, and so by 2026, we should be witnessing an interesting
paradigm shift.
With an eclipse on December 14th, Saturn entering Aquarius on the 17th, Jupiter entering Aquarius on the 19th, we arrive at the Winter Solstice, which coincides with the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn: a remarkable confluence of events to conclude a remarkable year.
2020 saw the start of three
major cycles with Saturn-Pluto (January 12, It was at
this time also that a worldwide
coronavirus pandemic began to manifest itself, escalating over the next couple
of months),
Jupiter-Pluto, and the Jupiter-Saturn
shift into 200 years of air transits.
After
the major social upheavals that the Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto conjunctions
of 2020 brought with the Covid-19 epidemic, this intensity spilled over
into the first quarter of 2021, marked in the United States on January 6th with violent public
demonstrations at the senate buildings in the nation’s capital and in
Myanmar where the army overturned the government, resulting in major public
protests. One of the year's major aspects, Jupiter square Uranus, went
exact not long after, on January 17.
Mars retrograde opposite Pluto, January 3, with added pressure from the Jupiter-Saturn square and
the still unstable Pluto ingress into Aquarius,
heralded a dramatic start to the new year. Some events, over the full
period of the aspect, which ended around January 29, including the
dramatic Eaton, California fires where, sadly, the Altadena Theosophical Library Center and Press was lost:
One facet of this aspect can
be seen in the rise of tensions with autocratic governments, according to
Kenneth Roth:
The conventional wisdom these
days is that autocracy is ascendent, democracy on the decline. That view gains
currency from the intensifying crackdown on opposition voices in China,
Russia, Belarus, Myanmar, Turkey, Thailand, Egypt, Uganda, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Venezuela, and Nicaragua. It finds support in military
takeovers in Myanmar,
Sudan, Mali, and Guinea,
and undemocratic transfers of power in Tunisia
and Chad.
And it gains sustenance from the emergence of leaders with autocratic
tendencies in once- or still-established democracies such as Hungary, Poland,
Brazil, El Salvador, India,
the Philippines, and,
until a year ago, the United
States. (Can Democrats Rise to the
Occasion? Human Rights Watch World Report 2022)
2nd exact Saturn-Uranus square, June 14, 2021;
Jun 9-15 period included:
More than 350,000 people in Ethiopia experiencing dire hunger, with
millions more facing "high levels of acute food insecurity," Naftali
Bennett was sworn in as Israel's
new prime minister, ending former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 years
in office.
Around
the Summer Solstice, also in the United States, ten mass
shootings happened across the nation leaving at least seven people dead and
more than 40 injured. It was the latest in a streak of violent weekends in America.
The weekend before this, there were also 10 mass shootings that left 12 people
dead across seven states. On June 25 A Minnesota judge sentenced Derek Chauvin
to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd.
Another interesting event
that illustrates this tension and also coincides closely with the 20-year
Jupiter-Saturn cycle has been the end of United
States military occupation of Afghanistan with the ensuing
return of Taliban rule around August 14. The September 11, 2000
destruction of the World
Trade Center
occurred six months after an exact Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, the
latest Taliban takeover, eight months after the most recent conjunction.
With Saturn-Uranus
square (December 24, 2021) difficulties arrived,
with a highly contagious Omicron Covid wave beginning during the holiday
season, and with mounting frustrations, a remarkable Canadian trucker vaccine mandate
protest occurring by the end of January.
Jupiter
sextile Uranus, February 17, 2022 and
the US Pluto return
on
February 20, coincided quite closely with the Russian invasion, see my
analysis of the Russian
Invasion of Ukraine.
The two powerful stellia in
the Spring Equinox chart indicate a strong humanistic, compassionate, social,
global solidarity against the invasion. 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.
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 Jupiter sextile Pluto, May
3rd
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:
- UK prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns
- 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.
- Ecuador’s government restart talks with Indigenous leaders spearheading
protests against the soaring cost of living
- Thousands return to Sudan streets demanding end of military rule
- Libya
protesters were demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and
political deadlock
- North Macedonia: 47 police officers injured in protests against
deteriorating living conditions
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.
On 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.
Although not as numerous and dramatic as the previous
semester, there were still a few significant protests, notably in Peru
(over deposition of former president Castillo), Israel (over
80,000 Israelis protest against Supreme Court reform), Brazil
(Bolsonaro supporters), France
(retirement age pension eligibility), and Greece
(major train derailment). In
Canada, the results of an inquiry into the Ottawa trucker convoy
occupation revealed a
comedy of errors.
A rare 50,
000 year-cycle comet appeared in the skies and a major earthquake rocked Turkey
and Syria. As Saturn
entered Pisces on March 7, 200 countries agreed to a
legally-binding treaty, the UN
High Seas Treaty, to protect marine life in international waters,
which cover around half of the planet’s surface, have long been essentially
lawless.
Near the Spring equinox,
March 21, Russia and China
had an important meeting, Xi,Putin
reaffirm partnership in 2nd day of talks. and there was an earthquake
in Pakistan and Afghanistan. For March 24, Pluto
entered Aquarius, there were
major tornadoes in midwestern,
southern U.S, and ex-US
president Donald Trump
was arrested.
June 11 Pluto Retrograde
re-enters Capricorn We've seen an escalation
in the Russia-Ukraine war and an indictment of an
ex-US president. Some spectacular water disasters,
a
Greek migrant boat sinking with 700 casualties on June 14, and a Sub-Marine
exploring the Titanic wreckage had an accident causing five fatalities, June
18
June 19 Jupiter in Taurus
sextiles Saturn in Pisces -Nato works on first
defense plans since Cold War. Another Saturn in Pisces
related-theme of water regulation awareness occurred on July 11 when a
growing list of countries have also called for a
halt
to deep-sea mining, at a key moment for the fledgling industry as the
International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets to determine rules for mining
On July 17, Russia suspended its participation in a crucial deal that
allowed the export
of Ukrainian grain, once again raising fears over global food supplies and
scuppering a rare diplomatic breakthrough to emerge from Moscow’s
war in Ukraine.
Record
Forest Fire outbreaks in Canada were
announced, July 24. There was a military
coup in Niger on July 25.
October 8 Mars square Pluto Oct 14 New Moon Solar Eclipse in Libra
Although
the Hamas attack occurred a day before an
exact Mars square Pluto on October 8, a
volatile aspect where pretty much anything can happen, and so the Israel-Palestine war begins.
Also in this amazing two-week
period, elections
in Poland, Switzerland
and New Zealand brought
in right-wing governments, with a left-wing candidate coming in in Argentina.
The COP 28 meeting was marked by controversy and confusion as, although a
last-minute breakthrough agreement was
achieved, with "nearly every country in the world has agreed to
“transition away from fossil fuels” – the main
driver of climate change.'
December 13 as Mercury goes retrograge, coincidentally, at the same time, US Congress voted
to launch an impeachment inquiry against
the president.
2024
The new year witnessed a massive
earthquake in Japan, along Japan’s western coast of a 7.5
magnitude. Pluto returned to Aquarius on
January 21st, and there was a
major earthquake
in China, snowstorms in the US, and a new
temple for Ram in India was inaugurated. A difficult Mars square Uranus
aspect occurred on March 9 and Haiti’s
PM Ariel Henry tenders resignation as country descends into gang-faction
chaos, Sudan
is being reprimanded for blocking Humanitarian Aid amidst a hunger crisis,
with Sweden
officially becoming a member of Nato.
Perhaps
to underscore this big shift, the eclipse season , March 25-April 8, was quite
powerful. On April 3 Taiwan Earthquake. The quake was the strongest to hit Taiwan
since a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in 1999 that killed 2,400 people. April 4 Earthquake in New York Apr
8 – Solar Eclipse in
Aries- Total Solar New Moon Eclipse in Aries Mon April 8 2024
'Great American' Leslie Hale Apr 05, 2024. '2017 was the year US became ‘divided’ politically
and it was a period of drastic change & beginning of 7 years of
political upheaval in US that continues today
Apr 20– Jupiter
conjunct Uranus
May
10- Powerful Solar Storm, a rare G5 geomagnetic storm not seen since
Halloween 2003 is supercharging the northern lights around the world.
May 23 – Jupiter
sextile Neptune - On May 20, the chief prosecutor of the InternationalCriminal Court sought arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas,
including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken during
their seven-month war . On May 24 The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
issued new provisional measures that order Israel
to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and to open the governate’s border
crossing for urgent aid deliveries.
May 25 – Jupiter
in Gemini until June 9, 2025
June 02 – Jupiter
trine Pluto
Mexico elects first woman president, Hunter Biden trial, Donald Trump convicted, Israel protests, Korean trash balloon wars
June 11 –
Mars square Pluto (Aquarius) *
Hunter Biden found guilty of gun charges, Hamas protests on US campuses, man hijacks bus, US housing and car prices increase
On
July 2o, Joe Biden stepped down from the election race, and endorsed Kamala Harris.
On August 15-16, there was a major pipe rupture in Montreal, a major Typhoon in Japan, Hurricane Ernesto caused devastation in Puerto Rico, major air quality advisories due to forest fires across Western Canada, heroic boat rescue in Washington, DC. There were several bridge incidents as well (Senneville, Montreal, Shaanxi, China , Thunder Bay, Halifax). On the Super
Moon Blue Moon, August 19, there was the Mike Lynch-Stephen Chamberlain
coincidental deaths-Palermo yacht incident.
On August 28, there was a major flood in Gujarat, India.
First exact Jupiter
square Saturn (Aug 19). There will be two more exact stations, a process
which will last about a year, it can be considered a period of
reflection and adjustment that marks the completion of the first quarter
of the Jupiter-Saturn cycle, lasting about 4 1/2 years.
On
September 2, Pluto made its final ingress into Capricorn, before it
moves to Aquarius on November 19. Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to Israel’s streets over the government’s failure to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal
with Hamas. Several #metoo related cases achieved verdicts, such as Peter Nygard on September 9, and Diddy on the eclipse of September 17, in Pisces (a water signs), as a major rain system, Storm Boris, causes at lest 21 fatalities across Europe.
From Sept 24-29, Hurricane Helene struck. It was was a devastating tropical cyclone that caused widespread catastrophic damage and numerous fatalities across the Southeastern United States. It was the strongest hurricane on record to strike the Big Bend region of Florida, the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Maria in 2017, and the deadliest to strike the mainland U.S. since Katrina in 2005.
Oct 02 – Solar Eclipse in Libra, annular
5 things to know for Oct. 3: Middle East tensions, January 6 election revelations, one million US power outages, Bank of America computer failure
Full
moon in Aries October 17, 2024
Oct. 16 - Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar,
believed to be the chief architect of the militant group’s October 7,
2023, terror attack that set off the war in Gaza, was killed by Israeli forces.
On Oct 26, there was an apology from the President of the United States to Indian Boarding School survivors
and families happened. It’s the first step towards reckoning with the
truths and atrocities of the American Genocide aimed at children and
opens the healing
Nov 03 – Mars (Cancer) opposition Pluto (Capricorn)
The dramatic death of social media star P'nut the squirrel palpably impacted US election discourse.
Why the Death of P’Nut the Squirrel Has Become a National Political Event
Nov 4, 2024 Kase Wickman
Flood in Spain, Nov 4
Soccer player Hugo De La Cruz died after being struck by lightning during game in Peru. Nov. 4
Nov. 5- US election. Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris in a clear-cut win.
Nov 19 – Pluto enters Aquarius
Pluto's final ingress into Aquarius proved to be quite eventful, with much political drama in its wake. Also Mars opposite Pluto back in orb in December until May, hence high-profile murders, deaths, accidents...Elon Musk's SpaceX aborted a highly anticipated booster catch attempt during the sixth test of Starship; in a major escalation, Ukraine fired US-made missiles into the Russian region of Bryansk,
President-elect Donald Trump continued his string of unconventional
Cabinet picks; a “once in a decade” bomb cyclone swept through the
northwest US and parts of Canada; Bitcoin, the world’s largest
cryptocurrency, climbed to record highs.
On December 8, the festering 13-year civil war in Syria ended, with tumultuous democratic tensions in South Korea, Romania, France.
Election-Related Protests Surged in 2024
More than 160 significant anti-government protests erupted around the world this year, December 16, 2024
2025
South Korea plane crash (Dec. 29)
Jimmy
Carter passing (Dec. 30)
Lightning
strike US Capitol, Washington Monument, and Empire State
Building (Jan. 2)
Mass
shooting (New York)
(Jan. 2)
Two
US-based "terrorist" attacks (New Orleans
and Las Vegas)
(Jan. 3)
Massive
fireworks explosion in Honolulu
(Jan. 6)
Central US winter storm (Jan. 6)
Canadian
PM Justin Trudeau steps down (Jan. 6)
Tibetan
Earthquake (Jan. 7)
Los Angeles fires (Jan. 7)
January 13 Full Moon in Cancer conjunct Mars opposite Pluto, sextile Uranus, trine Neptune, a cradle
pattern or trapeze, which gives good support against a strong
opposition... Stern Venus conjuct Saturn opposite Jupiter. It was also close to comet C/2024
G3 (ATLAS) as the full Moon occulted Mars and Venus was at its greatest eastern elongation.
At this time, the initial Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement was reached. The Israel-Hamas war began October 8, 2023 Mars square Pluto (exact) (Oct 14 New Moon Solar Eclipse in Libra)
Israel-Gaza cease-fire Jan 13 Full Moon in Cancer conjunct Mars rx opposite Pluto (5 degree orb).
There have been several high-profile airplane crashes, with US fatalities from crashes more than doubled in 2025
compared to 2024. It seems to coincide with the ingress of Pluto in Aquarius, an air sign.
One event that can serve as a good overall illustration of the prognostic was the Washington Ukraine Minerals deal press conference on February 28.
The Full Moon March 14, 2025 Lunar Eclipse saw Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on historic peace treaty, avalanches in Canada, and severe storms in southern U.S. Around the same time, March 12, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live began its first tour in North America.
Spring began with United States tariff trade and expansion challenges
The March 29 – Solar Eclipse coincided with March 30 Neptune in Aries
Major ice storm in Ontario, causing extensive power outages
Major earthquake in Myanmar, 1700 casualties,
a test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from Norway, dangerous line of storms targets nearly entire Eastern Seaboard after killing at least 7 in central US
Apr 04 – Saturn sextile Uranus (1 of 3)
Hands Off’ protests take off across US and Europe to oppose Trump agenda, thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis
Mars square Pluto, April 26 saw some striking events:April 21 -Pope Francis, committed to service, humility and healing, dead at 88
April 22 Indian-administered Kashmir attack by a group of militants saw 26 people killed, with
survivors saying the militants were singling out Hindu men.
April 26 These are the 11 victims of the Lapu-Lapu Day festival tragedy in Vancouver. Dozens more injured in vehicle ramming at Filipino event
May 25 Saturn in Aries Arpril 28 - Surprise, rapid Canadian Federal election based on reaction to American tariff hikes and territorial designs
Russia-Ukraine, Israel/Palestine wars escalate, a spate of mass shootings in US, man drives van into crowd at Liverpool soccer game.
June 9 Jupiter in Cancer
Air India plane crash with 270 casualties, a major immigration protest crackdowns in Los Angeles , a mass shooting at a school in Austria, Israel launches major offensive against Iran
Jun 15 Mars square Uranus
June 15 – Jupiter square Saturn (3 of 3)
June 18 – Jupiter square Neptune (1 of 1)
