The Jupiter/Saturn Great Earth Conjunctions

The Universe does not have built-in meaning. Things within the Universe are given meaning by what we believe, or are taught to believe they mean. The "knowledge of good and evil" was the symbolic forbidden fruit that Adam and Eve were deceived into taking a bite of-the judgment of paradise. The installation of value judgment. Values (Taurus) give birth to judgment (Virgo). Judgment gives birth to status (Capricorn), status to inequality. What special thing must we do in order to deserve to exist? Nothing. These ideas are the effect of the illusions of the physical world (u Saturn=to sow/Satan=to oppose or the adversary of spirit, o Neptune). There is only positive (unifying) and negative (separating) energy. The concepts of good and bad are subjective value judgments, and are relative. White light is composed of all colors, and all colors are required to make white light. The unifying effect of positive energy. The experience of the colors or the white light is neither good or bad, just different. In the natural horoscope the Earth signs represent the need for functional adequacy in the material world. The experience of Earth is a spiritual experience. The Earth element formed by the three signs Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn reflect the spiritual experience of materiality as the trinity of physicality. They are an aspect of being not a separation from it. The material world is not something to be overcome, but a different spiritual experience. Our belief that it must be difficult is a definition choice. Much of this definition has arisen from "deus ex machine"(deity separate from the machine) when we lost our recognition that God and nature were one and the same. The end of the native American tribes was the beginning of the industrial/territorial perspectives in the Americas and the reflection of this "delusion of grandeur" wherein manipulation is considered to be the only signature of intelligence. Which brings us to our first consideration, the Capricorn conjunction or stellium, having occurred on January 11, 1994. In reference to the spring issue of Horoscope yearbook I stated in the article entitled "Uranus/Neptune Conjunction Of 1993: A Collective Unconscious Awakening", that "Refusal to awaken to unconscious aspects of ourselves promotes the catalyst of earthquakes.", The 6.6 1 San Fernando California quake occurred 6 days after the Capricorn new moon which was sandwiched between the Uranus/Neptune conjunction and was triggered by Mars to the new moon point! Functional adequacy when taken to extremes becomes empiricism. We need to wake up our connection to nature. When we focus on the material at the expense of the spiritual we lose sight of the bigger picture (u=the focused dream), you cannot serve two masters. This major conjunction reflects the peak of our immersion in the physical world. Empiricism has become the deity. The word hell is derived from the root word in old English helan, meaning to cover over or to hide. It is our own unconscious (and other aspects of our psyche) that we collectively hide. Therefore discovery leads us to heaven. This is why the planet Uranus is outside of Saturn's orbit and before Neptune's. The farther into space we go, (or the further from our center of reality, the sun) the more expanded aspects of ourselves we discover. The new moon in Capricorn on January 11, 1994 was applying to a conjunction to Uranus. The eastern part of the U.S. went into deep freeze, and the west had a major quake. When planets opposed this conjunction during June and July we had fires in the west and floods in the east. This conjunction as well as the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction which occurs on May 28, 2000, reflect dramatic economic, and consequently value judgment de-structurization. Natural disasters have a way of quickly dissolving status (v) barriers, which is necessary for the next mutation of conjunctions in the air signs (the trinity of idea interaction). For the U.S. this conjunction occurred in the 8th house conjunct the cusp of the 9th. The 8th represents financial relations (value interaction) with other countries and public loans, presidential advisors, the presidents cabinet, debts owed to the country, social security, and the death rate. All of these issues will lead us to a whole new economic foundation by the next century. This country cannot fulfill it's founding premise with such a separation of classes. With Capricorn on the 9th cusp, this country's philosophical profile is one of materialism. As Uranus and Neptune enter the 9th and transit Pluto, the public perspective will make a radical shift (Pluto rules the 6th, which is the 12th of the public 7th) to philosophic and religious issues, as transit Pluto's coincident entrance into Sagittarius reflects. This will come about through the recognition of the true seat of power in our government, or through citizens of unusual power or uniqueness (Uranus rules the country's 10th) beginning in February 1995. With transit Saturn at late degree Aquarius in the stellium chart, social programs (such as FEMA) are making it difficult to battle the deficit (Saturn disposes of all Capricorn planets in the stellium and squares Pluto in critical degree Scorpio). Chiron (reflecting transition) is square the U.S. Uranus (the recognition of choice). Security is disrupted by natural disasters that puts the people at odds with the government. Some new housing policies may be in the making (4th). Note that the Sun and Venus at the time of the Northridge California quake were conjunct the U.S. Pluto in 9. The Sun rules 4 and Venus rules 12 and 5. This stellium primarily emphasizes the need for another base for economic stability other than manufacturing. The information superhighway and the computer age in general have brought to light the fact that a) people can be replaced by high tech efficient machinery, b) If you are not computer literate you will, if not already fall into a lower class, and c) that we must learn to follow what it excites us to do (with integrity)3 as an extension of our identity and individuality in order to prosper (Capricorn is the 12th house of Aquarius) as a nation, and as a world. On 3/6/94 the UN reported that 1 out of 3 people on the planet were unemployed. Taking responsibility for our own creations is the only way to take back power from governmental structures. Transiting Saturn squares the U.S. Uranus and Chiron station three times. Our interaction with other countries should be scrutinized carefully, our status as the only superpower is not secure. The world is divided around belief lines and this may become painfully apparent when Pluto enters Sagittarius. The stellium of Capricorn has produced some great people such as Louis Pasteur (Dec 27,1822), Clara Barton (Dec 25,1821, founder of the American Red Cross) and Benjamin Franklin, are proof on the positive side that the greatest among us, are indeed our servants. Severity produces accomplishment because the sense of purpose is heightened. We should take these opportunities to overcome the limitations of physical reality as these individuals have done. The Jupiter (Mind) and Saturn (Matter) Conjunction Since the beginning of the twentieth century this aspect has occurred in 14 Capricorn (November 28, 1901), 26 Virgo (September 9, 1921), 14, 12, 9, degrees Taurus (August 7, 1940, October 20, 1940, February 15, 1941), again in 25 Capricorn (February 18, 1961), and curiously at 9, 8, and 5 Libra, a grand mutation (December 31, 1980, March 4, 1981, July 24, 1981). All of them coincide with major priority restructuring (socially), economic restructuring, and eras of focus upon the archetype (sign) in which the conjunction occurs and either conflict or ease with these Archetypes (aspects). In this century the focus has been upon the Earth family or the archetype of physicality. Our entire day and even our life revolves around the material aspect of living. The first conjunction in 1901 in Capricorn, launched the industrial revolution with automobiles as the base (Uranus opposes Pluto from Sagittarius to Gemini). The Moon opposes the conjunction from the natural fourth to tenth houses, and trines Mercury in eight, reflecting a change in not only status (fourth and tenth axis), but that it would be fulfilled through locomotion (Mercury). Mars' opposition to Neptune reflects the little acknowledged dependence upon oil and our resulting pollutants. Mars opposition Neptune is an easy rational of the untrue with little reliance or concern for foresight. Ego (Mars) separates itself (opposition) from spirit (Neptune). In 1921 the conjunction occurred at 26 degrees Virgo. Here the saturation (Saturn) of mind (Jupiter) was focused upon the archetype or aspect of material reality having to do with analytical discernment. A need to efficiently organize our material proliferation, and was a strong catalyst to judgment of the material haves and have nots. This conjunction is square the Moon at critical accelerative degree in the ninth house and sign of Sagittarius, the belief the mind holds (Sagittarius), it physically makes manifest (Capricorn). This tension was meant to broaden perspectives and not become so involved and dependent upon new found material comforts (Pluto in Cancer). We continue to tighten our material focus, and let go of spiritual trust, hence a great and limiting depression. The opposition of the Sun to Uranus shows that perspective (6th and 12th axis) is what we needed to wake up and change. The conjunction in August of 1940 reflects powerful developmental energies with regard to material resources (conjunct in Taurus), the creative extension or use of those resources (square the Sun in Leo in the natural fifth) and the powerful adjustments with regard to world relationships that would have to be made to ensure security (Moon in Libra inconjunct the conjunction, and in mutual reception with Venus). Events could be very explosive (Mars square Uranus). The attack on Pearl Harbor, the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, world war is written all over this chart as the effect of profoundly charged material focus. This conjunction occurred in the twelfth house (the need for introspection) of the United States inconjunct the national Saturn, square the Sun in four (national security). The last Capricorn conjunction in February of 1961 shows strong developmental tension between the need for pioneering (the Moon and Venus in Aries) and physical manifestation and status (the conjunction in Capricorn). Mars is in four and disposes of the Moon and Venus. Emotional security is dependent upon this tension, a mountain is made out of a molehill. John F. Kennedy announces a goal of putting a man on the Moon. The cold war gets colder and the first space explorations are made as the effect of this competitive Jupiter/Saturn conjunction. There are unexpected events. Uranus in the sign of Leo (the younger generation) inconjuncts the conjunction. The Vietnam effort fails and the first attempt at rejection of the industrial/territorial perspective is seen as the conjunctions occur in late degrees of the Earth trinity. Mobilizing resources for war and defense of territory are about to undergo rapid changes and by the mutation conjunction of 1980, this shift accelerates to the trinity of idea interaction (Air sign emphasis). Relationships will now be more important than material. The children born during this mutation represent a quantum leap in understanding, and a preparation towards interaction with other worlds. The square of the conjunction to the tenth house Sun/Mercury conjunction, reflects our current era of conflict between social issues of unemployment, homelessness, "family values", fatherless children, and in general the effects of our extreme focus upon material as the determinant of status (Capricorn) as a requirement for identity (Libra). Mars at 0 degree Aquarius, reflects the direction of energy application until our final encounter with the effects of our preoccupation and illusions of the material world. Social application. When Uranus enters Aquarius in April of 1995 it's conjunction to this Mars position will usher in dramatic social, scientific, and extraterrestrial discoveries. The debate will be about what constitutes consciousness. The Jupiter/Saturn conjunction of May 28, 2000, is the last Earth conjunction. It is dramatic, and alarming. Jupiter and Saturn are the only planets in Earth and are squared by Uranus in Aquarius. Unexpected social changes shatter every resource base. Venus, the dispositor of the conjunction, the Sun, and Mars, all oppose Pluto, the asteroids and Chiron from the information signs of Gemini/Sagittarius. Jupiter disposes of the Sagittarius planets (and planetoids) and Mercury, which is squared by the Moon in Aries disposes of the Gemini planets. Pioneers discover information that dramatically alters world perspective (Pluto). There will be great economic destructurization which will necessitate power decentralization. Our greatest difficulties will come from governmental collapse and the final recognition that we have given far to much power to those in authority. New aspects of the higher self and mind will have to be put to use by each individual as the current collision of the comet Shoemaker/Levy into Jupiter reflects. Our philosophical and religious beliefs will be shattered (Uranus square Jupiter) and business will not be "as usual" (Uranus square Saturn). The unsoundness of our values (s) and economic structures leads to destruction (Saturn square Uranus) through power struggles and war (Sun/Mars opposition Pluto, Pluto opposing Sun/Mars midpoint. The information/perspective age (dc) is obviously accelerating and creates a new arena for crime and enlightenment. The trine of the Sun to Neptune in the Air element promises some marvelous and exciting artistic and spiritual enlightenment and is the way out of some difficult dilemmas. Issues must be resolved in this period because the next 40 years look very dangerous. Discovery of alien life is highly probable. As the mutation into Air signs begins in earnest in 2020, the children of the Grand Mutation begin to assume positions of authority. This conjunction is conjunct the star Altair (the flyer) at 0 Aquarius. The world begins a much more idealistic, altruistic, and metaphysically oriented point of view. This marks the true beginning of the age. Astrology finds a home. Again the conjunction is square Uranus. Mars is square Pluto in Capricorn from Aries. This reflects a power struggle of dramatic proportions, and a divergence of dissimilar realities. The conjunction of 2040 contains the Sun square Uranus! We are about to enter 60 years of waking up to profound creativity, and in this Jupiter/Saturn conjunction the square between the Sun in Scorpio and Uranus in Leo, issues of life and it's creation-or annihilation are obviously and powerfully explored (Mars in Scorpio also squares Pluto in Aquarius) and with treacherous results (Neptune forms a T-square with the Uranus/Sun square). The children of the 80's face dire relationship decisions as this is their 2nd Saturn return. The square of the Moon in Virgo to Venus in Sagittarius (the dispositor of the conjunction) reflects strong conflicts between technological discernment and spiritual recognitions. The challenges of the future look strong indeed. The Earth conjunctions of the past (especially 1940) were strong as well, but not as developmental as these in the future seem to be. A word to the wise is sufficient. The Earth conjunctions have been our test and temptation of believing that the material world is all that matters, or that it is all that there is. Fortunately many of us have done this before, and have recognized that the beast spoken of in Revelations, is wrestled with in our minds alone, even when it appears to be empirically real, and externally oppositional (Saturn, helan).