SATURN SQUARE URANUS TRANSIT

The Saturn/Uranus combination signals widespread and profound political and technological transitions.  This aspect is intricately related to world power changes along with the Uranus/Neptune cycle.  A Saturn and Uranus conjunction in 1988 was followed by a Uranus/Neptune conjunction in 1993 when the fall of the USSR allowed the United States to assume absolute supremacy.  China, however, may overtake the United States to become the prime financial, military, and political power during the next Saturn/Uranus conjunction in 2032 as this corresponds with a Uranus/Neptune conjunction.

2021 marks the last phase of the Saturn and Uranus cycle that started in 1988.  The last phase, similar to the waning lunar phase, is a time of decline and instability – a wrapping up of the cycle in preparation for a new wave.  There are three 90-degree square aspects in this last phase.  The first Saturn/Uranus square is 2/17/2021 and sets the stage for the following two.  The second contact, when Saturn is retrograde, is 6/14/2021 and the final aspect is 12/24/2021.  The weeks surrounding these aspects will display a great deal of social, political, and economic turbulence and change.

Saturn and Uranus are by nature at odds with one another.  Saturn stands for the status quo; Uranus is the radical and different.  Saturn represents convention, conservatism and heritage; Uranus spells innovation, progressiveness, and a breakdown of normalcy.  To get an idea of what this planetary combo foretells for America and the world in general let’s review the previous stages.

Conjunction (1988)

The fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 creates the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of a bipolar world.  The U.S. assumes absolute superpower with wide ranging financial, regulatory, and social implications.  A globalization of trade emerges.  A surge in technological development begins with the advent of the computer and the Internet.  Space exploration increases and low orbit satellites are installed for the rapidly developing digital revolution.

Square (July 1999 – May 2000)

An anti-globalization movement begins.  The economic growth of the last decade stalls with the Dot-com Bubble recession that started in March 2000.  9/11/2001 Taliban terrorists attack the United States igniting the worldwide War on Terrorism.  The weather becomes increasingly more extreme the world over.

Opposition (November 2008 – September 2009)

An economic crisis rocked the world; the U.S. experiences the Great Recession, the worst economic downturn since the 1930s.  Record-breaking natural disasters and freaky weather extremes worsen.  The Arab Revolt brings upheaval and political change to a number of Arab countries (Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia).  Barrack Obama, the most progressive U.S. president since Franklin Roosevelt, is elected and presses for passage of government sponsored health insurance via the Affordable Care Act.  His administration is vehemently opposed by conservatives.

Square (January – December 2021)

The Covid-19 pandemic spreads around the world beginning in early 2020.  Although the pandemic is associated with the Saturn/Pluto conjunction of 2020 its economic and social impact is clearly a sign of the Saturn/Uranus configuration.  The pandemic impacts largely the lower and lower-middle class as millions become unemployed, businesses are closed, and food shortages increase. A contested U.S. election in 2000 leads to a failed attempt by Donald Trump and his supporters to steal the election through coercion of election officials, legal challenges, and in the end a storming of the Capital by protesters and insurrectionists resulting in several deaths, numerous injuries, and damage to the Capital.  President Joe Biden reverses Trump administration programs with liberal policies more progressive than those proposed by Barrack Obama. A $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill is passed purely along party lines.  A $3 trillion infrastructure bill is proposed along with far-reaching new regulations and environmental controls. Three nations send space craft to Mars in search of life.

The themes associated with the Saturn/Uranus cycle give us an idea of what to expect in the decade following the last square.  (1) Food and commodity shortages relate to the Covid-19 pandemic.  In the years ahead other disruptions to the food chain could occur due to climate extremes, natural disasters, and war or trade disputes.

(2) Competing interests of powerful nations clash; party political clashes domination.  We can expect no bridge in the deep political divide between the Democrats and Republicans.  The political pendulum is out-of-center: the policy pendulum swung too far left with Barrack Obama then too far right with Donald Trump.  Joe Biden promised to work for all Americans, to compromise, and, yet, claimed he would be the most progressive president to date.  On the international front, China, Russia, Iran and North Korea have competing interests with the United States; China in particular poises the greatest challenge economically and militarily in the years ahead.

(3)  A technological and industrial surge will take place with the passage of a massive infrastructure bill.  Another theme related is new financial systems will be needed to pay the enormous costs of rebuilding society in an environmentally sustainable, healthier way.  This will necessitate higher taxes on the wealthiest individuals, raising corporate and individual taxes, imposing new regulations and surcharges of various kinds.  The potential redistribution of wealth will be eye-popping.  Inflation will rise in 2021.  The national debt will likely be ignored in hopes that a rebounding economy will stimulate new income.  Reliance on cash will continue to decline in favor of electronic transactions.

(4)  Three themes can be linked together: a new focus of national attention, a reorganization of society, and cultural advances.  Civil rights, multi-culturalism, sexual freedom, anti-bigotry and other cultural movements like police reform will gain strength and momentum.

(5)  The final themes of war, major treaties, and economic depression tend to occur during the opposition and square.  A new treaty with Iran is possible.  An armed conflict with China could take place if China attacks Taiwan or provokes hostilities over territory and trade routes in the South China Sea.  Russian aggression in Ukraine or elsewhere might provoke tensions.  And then there is the all too real cyberattack that cripples key sectors of the U.S. economy.  A major stock market correction in 2021 following the severe economic downturn that occurred in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic will also take place.

An additional Saturn/Uranus theme mentioned in my book The Hands of Time:

World economic decline – a breakdown of established social and economic systems that requires government regulatory reforms, progressive policies, tax increases, debt reduction, and possible currency reorganization.  Two examples from previous Saturn/Uranus aspects:

309-311 CE Roman currency reorganization and tax increases

2008-2010 Great Recession and world debt crisis leads to a debate over the EU currency.