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ASTRO VI S I O N I NTO TH E 2020 s PART 1 Looking into the next decade with astrological insight

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Astro Vision - Into the 2020's Copyright © 2019 by Cosmic*Intelligence*Agency. All rights reserved. Compiled and published in Australia. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

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C*I*A’s eBOOK ASTRO VISION - Into the 2020’s Part 1 An anthology of articles exploring the astrological landscape of the next decade penned by Cosmic Intelligence Agency’s Agents.

Book, cover design and image manipulation by Moon Doogas. Copy editor by Gil Dwyer. Most imagery supplied by Shutterstock Image Library, charts and diagrams supplied by authors. Co-ordinated by Julija Simas for the Cosmic Intelligence Agency.

First Edition: Dec 2019

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INTRODUCTION As we enter the 2020s, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the first ebook produced by the C*I*A Agents. In the past we have published all our articles on our popular and growing website. It was time to do something else, to gather our thoughts, knowledge and ideas and bundle them all together into one volume. With so many topics to cover and so many Agent astrologers amongst us, we anticipate this to be only the beginning, PART 1 of many more Ebooks—indeed the beginning of our very own magazine. ASTRO VISION - PART 1 includes articles ranging in scope from the astrological shifts over the coming decade through to an exploration of how astrology influences our world through its philosophical and spiritual impact on collective consciousness. Within this volume, we cover Saturn’s imminent movement through Aquarius, Pluto’s upcoming move into Aquarius, as well a an exploration of what to expect from the movement of the Transneptunians within this timeframe. The rich astrological tradition takes us back into the past to imagine the future and we look forward to what lies ahead on the Aquarian influenced Frontier.

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We are inspired by the teenagers who are changing our world and look into the use of our extra sensory intelligence, ourselves as the centre of our universe, the development of our collective psychic abilities as well as our role in the idealogical shifts being seeded as we begin a new decade. We hope you enjoy our first edition, which is by no means exhaustive, as we look forward to bringing you more editions throughout 2020. As astrology has been regaining its voice in our world over the last decade, there is much more to report on, to circulate and to consider. We will venture further into explaining astrology’s role and impact on world and culture, we will delve further into the realms of philosophy, spirituality and healing, explore our changing relationships and gender, connect our astrological links to science and technology, the changing climate and other mundane concerns, the world of economics, finance and politics. As we venture into the next decade it is our hope to continue to inspire us all on the astrological road ahead during this particular time period and well beyond!

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8: Extrasensory Intelligence: Physics and Astrology – Nadia Smirnova-Mierau: Agent 777

9: Children of the Revolution: Teenagers Who Have Changed the World – Alex Trenoweth: Agent 144 133

CONTENTS 1: Setting the Scene - Into the 2020's – Julija Simas: Agent 12 2: Using the Past to Predict the Future – Mj Patterson: Agent 121 3: Saturn in Aquarius – Sol Jonassen: Agent 32

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10: Astrological mundane forecast for 20202029, through the transits of the hypothetical Transneptunians – Michael R. Svehla: Agent 720 149 11: Aquarian Frontiers – Maggie Kerr: Agent 22

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12: Philosophical and spiritual impact of 37

4: Pluto in Aquarius Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. – Michele Finey: Agent 36

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5: Awaken yourself as the Celestial Nexus – Russell Von Ohlhausen: Agent 84

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6: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Liz Hathway: Agent 115

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7: The Pluto Neptune Cycle: Change the Mind, Change Everything – Cassandra Butler: Agent 56 101

astrology on the collective consciousness

– Bernard Duchatelle: Agent 919

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About the C*I*A

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1 SETTING THE SCENE INTO THE 2020’S

Julija Simas – Agent12 Where are we now, as an introduction to where we are astrologically entering the new decade. The new decade begins with some potent markers and moves through some big new planetary landscapes. Quite often it is said that we Astrologers can act and be like a cosmic net that holds things together for people in times of uncertainty and change! This article explores the changing landscape and ideological shifts of the last 10 to 20 years that set the scene to launching us off into the next decade, as astrology takes on its next role in society and culture.

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MOST CERTAINLY WE ARE ON THE BRINK, the edge, a burning

We may remember the coming of the year 2000, when we had Y2K

off of the past, a shift not only into a new decade, but also into a new

on our minds as a new millennium was about to start? Or when the AIDS

mindset and an overhauled system to follow. How quickly this will occur

pandemic threatened our survival and sexuality back when Pluto and

is hard to tell. Demanding signals have been sent to us over the course of

Saturn last met in Libra? It’s not surprising that we feel a threat now, given

2019, with the building Capricorn markers, Pluto, Saturn and the South

the incompetence of those who run our world and economic systems, the

Node. We step into 2020 with a grand stellium forming, with Saturn,

vast imbalances of the distribution of wealth and resources and the state

Pluto, Ceres, Sun and Mercury all in a hard square aspect to the Goddess

of an industrially revolted planet and consequent and disastrous climate

of Discord and Chaos, new dwarf planet Eris. This is all happening during

change events that threaten our safety and our backyards.

an eclipse season on the Capricorn and Cancer polarity, representative of our global safety and security.

The Seeding:

This first exact Saturn-Pluto conjunction joined at this time by

With all decades beginning with a zero year, it’s as if they give us the

the Sun, Mercury and Ceres all show the potent seeding taking place,

chance for a reset. This time as the stellium lines up, we have a greater

as an end, and a release of some destructive old habits and blend and

opportunity to seed powerful new directions for our planet. As Capricorn

recompose with some bold new moves. The survival of the planet, the

is ruled by Saturn and with Pluto joining him in his own sign, the shifts

human family and our future is our current preoccupation.

and changes come through with a particularly dynamic restructure and rebuilding, not immediately, but they set up new and unprecedented goals and directions; some from pure necessity, others from societal demands. New cycles begin with a conjunction between two planets. When more than two planets come together as a stellium many things are being seeded at once. So the conditions are set for the great reboot and reorganisation of the ‘system’. With Dwarf planet Ceres also getting herself right in there into this stellium and directly involved with the heavies, a certain kind of balancing is suggested. She is working toward a much needed redistribution of wealth, resources, and shaking up the power plays of control by the patriarchy, contributing a much needed feminine touch and understanding at this time. Ceres presence here shows us her skills at negotiation and bargaining and most of all reminds us not to give in, or give up on the cause. Influential seeds are being planted, whilst others decay and disappear forever. I have always found the ancient myth and meaning of the sign of Capricorn most inspiring, and it is important to be reminded of it at

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this time. Originally depicted as a Goat Fish, or Sea Goat, Capricorn’s

and progress already made toward equality, in race, creed, gender and

glyph represents this Sea Goat, visually a V-shape symbolising its horns

sexuality and women’s rights.

and the S-shape its fish tail dipping into the primordial ocean. The myth

Yet it all feels quiet positive with Jupiter at the capricious South Node

and archetype arises from the ancient Babylonian God Ea, depicted as

at this great seeding, giving us a need to keep our chins up, embrace the

a man cloaked with the skin of a fish, who ruled the vital powers of the

past and what was, take on the wisdom and the new found truth and

water underneath the Earth. The Sea Goat illustrates human cultural

guide ourselves forward with a great reverence to that which support us

achievements arising from the depths of the cosmic ocean. The nurturing

the most, the planet earth and atmosphere that surrounds us. Jupiter here

and nourishing side of Capricorn may have been lost to us over the years

asks us the believe in the future and the endless turning of the wheel.

with the influence and power of the patriarchy and its control, yet it is important to be reminded of this now, and that Capricorn and Cancer

Astrology and the last 20 years

are both feminine signs.

Looking back at the last 20 years, seeded by the previous JupiterSaturn cycle which began in Taurus, we have witnessed huge issues arise and attention directed to the systems that govern our money, investments and resources. This is not surprising, given that this was the last in a series of 10 conjunctions, over a period of 200 years, taking place in Earth signs. A potent astrological signature of our Industrial Revolution, but also, the shift of Pluto into Capricorn in 2008. With Pluto in Sagittarius, this period was preceded by the process of linking us all up, as the global internet superhighway was laid and www, google and social media opened our connectivity and information sharing. We were woken up and connected like never before and we had information, news

Just before the great stellium becomes exact and at the first exact

and entertainment streaming off our fingertips.

conjunction of Pluto-Saturn, Eris, our frustrated warrior goddess and

The two Venus transits of 2004 and 2012, in Gemini, also occurred

Uranus, the revolutionary, also make their presence felt. Eris and Uranus

during this period. As rare as they are, occurring once only every 120

both station direct after their long retrogrades, within just 30 minutes

years1, to be beaming in at this moment of significant change in human

of each other, during this time. Uranus in Taurus highlighting with his

evolution shows them as large significators of all this as well. Within

station, the dire need to change our global attitudes to the management

this environment the whistleblowers arose, the fake news got worse and

of resources, the blending of the natural environment and technology,

transparency was demanded, as the frivolity and ludicrousness of how

and the uncontrollable and crazy rapidly shifting climate. Eris’ station

we treat our fickle environment set off alarms bells. Yet it all continued

highlights her position in square to this stellium, raising our voices and actions of discontent as we move forward, building on the movements 4

1 – Read more on the Venus transits of 2004-2012, the cycle of Venus and the Age of Awareness at: J. Simas, The Transit of Venus 2012, 26

9 History, Hernando Cortés, BBC, viewed 12 October, 2019,

10 J.N. Hays, "Epidemics and Pandemics: Their Impacts on Human History", c. J. N. Hayes, 2005, ABC-CLIO 11 1521, Wikipedia. Viewed 12 October, 2019,

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Luther’s time and it will not this time either. The shift from violence and oppression to power for the people may take a while though. In my view, the most notable difference between the two charts is the focus of the Nodal Axis. The North Node is at 08° Cancer 24" and the South Node is exactly opposite in Capricorn. In mundane astrology, Cancer indicates the land and housing, agriculture and the role of the opposition in Parliament. This to me seems to resonate with the present concerns about the Earth as our collective home and with the climate change movement which the oligarchy is fighting to deny, because of the money they have invested in oil and gas. Capricorn indicates heads of state, government and national prestige and the South Node of the Moon is where we need to release things. No one likes to let go of power once they have it. This could be a bit of a Fig ure 7

declination by Mars and Pluto. Just like last time, the Sun conjoins the conjunction. With Mercury and Jupiter in parallel, the two ways of knowing (using detail and using overview) are going to blend together. I think we

messy decade! Jupiter Arrives at the 2020 Conjunction Point We saw through the 1500 example how pivotal it was when Jupiter arrived at the conjunction point by transit. In 2020 we have this transit at

will be reading less and watching videos and using gamification more, in terms of learning. The other side of the Mercury/Jupiter coin is the marriage of religious doctrine and education. This has me a bit worried, as the way I see it, the low end of this blending could see religious schools of all sorts on the rise. This would not be good for mutual understanding and tolerance! The parallels of Mars, the Sun and Pluto are supported in longitude by a semi-square (45°) from Mars to the others and including Saturn in the mix. This is a heavy cocktail which, if not carefully managed, could get quite violent. I would hope that it would describe the dismantling of selfish power for the good of all people, but it could just as well refer to despots and oligarchs desperately clinging to power and using the army, police and other enforcement agencies to crush any opposition. One hopeful thought: it did not work in the long run in Martin 28

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the moment of the Aries Ingress—which is the Mundane New Year! This

unchecked growth and ignore key factors such as deforestation, air

sets the tone for the entire year. I expect changes to take place in January

quality and other environmental factors? Based on the astrology, I think

2020, but I don’t anticipate seeing the results of those changes until the

this is about to change for the better.

Aries Ingress. I am not versed in financial astrology, but if I had stocks, I think I

Neptune in Aries

would liquidate them by the middle of March 2020. This is an intense

We have some support from Neptune in that Neptune was in Aries

chart, with most of the planets within a trine. Only the South Node of

from 1533 to 1548 and will be again from 30 March 2025 to 23 March

the Moon is outside that tight trine. Remembering that the main thrust

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of Martin Luther’s drive for reform had to do with a small number of

Elizabeth 1 was born in 1533 and she succeeded in uniting her

rich people purporting to control salvation—for the right price, and

country, improving its economic status and creating the closest thing

substituting the environment for salvation (Moon’s Nodes in Cancer/

to good government that had been seen for some time. 1548 is the year

Capricorn, not Sagittarius/Gemini link like last time), I offer a quote

Henry VIII died. The intensity of the 2025 ingress chart is unmistakable,

from Greta Thunberg from her speech this year at the UN Summit on

involving both the Moon’s Nodes and Pluto and driven by a cardinal Mars.

Climate Change:

It will be difficult to get a real sense of what is happening during these years, and with Mercury so close to Neptune, it is likely that the spin

You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth.

doctors will be running the show for a bit. What can we do about it? Uranus enters Gemini in July of next year, so the opportunities to creatively upset the ‘party line’ are likely to be

How dare you!12

Uranus In Taurus Uranus in Taurus (from March 6, 2019 through July 7, 2025) indicates upheaval in money, banking and the economy13. So, I think the thin edge of the wedge for us this time is going to be rethinking the economy, including how banking is done, what kind of currency we use, what our economic indicators should be and how they should be calculated. Did you know that there is no economic indicator at present that factors in sustainability as a component? That’s right— all present economic indicators reward 12 Greta Thunberg, Transcript of UN Climate Speech, 25 September 2019. Viewed 5 November, 2019 https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Environment/How-dare-you-Transcript-of-Greta-Thunberg-s-UN-climate-speech 13 Marianne O’Hagan Astrology. Viewed 12 October, 2019,

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The 2025 ingress chart has Uranus a part of a Cradle with Venus, Saturn-Neptune, Pluto and the Moon. Wendy Guy writes: The Cradle configuration has two Wedge figures in it, providing two different ways to potentially escape from the stress—or transform it into creativity. However, with so much opportunity to avoid problems, the temptation to take the easy way out is very strong. As a result, someone born with a Cradle configuration in their natal chart may find it very difficult to resolve and heal the conflicts in their life represented by the opposition. By not fully facing this challenge, part of the maturation process is missed, and the person may remain under-developed in some ways. Hence the name: Cradle,15

Fig ure 1 0 – Uranu s in G emini 1524

many. Uranus will trine Pluto as it enters, so we can hope that the real power will begin to shift, forcing the traditional power holders to finally listen and act. Uranus transits Gemini from 07 July 2025 to 22 May 2033. In Martin Luther’s time, Uranus entered Gemini on 23 May 1523 as part of a Learning Triangle with the Moon in Libra and Jupiter in Pisces. Again we see the symbols for equality of religion and freedom of faith but as with all learning triangles, it took many iterations to understand the lesson. Uranus left Gemini on 13 June 1530. During that time, in 1524, Verrazano, sailing under the French flag, explored the New England coast and New York Bay. In 1527, Troops of the Holy Roman Empire attacked Rome, imprisoned Pope Clement VII. This was at the end of the Italian Renaissance and in 1532-33, Pizarro marched from Panama to Peru and killed the Inca chieftain, Atahualpa,

Fig ure 11 – Uranu s in G emini 2025

of Peru14. 14 1500-1599 World History, Infoplease.Viewed 1 November, 2019, < https://www.infoplease.com/history/world/1500-1599-ad-world-history /> 32

15 Astrology Dictionary B and C, Evolving Door Astrology.Viewed 2 November, 2019,

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Based on this impulse for escapism built into this ingress chart, I would expect that the years 2025 through 2033 will bring a huge resistance to making the changes we need to make to balance out environmental and economic conditions and create a fairer world. I expect territorial expansion, with the more powerful pushing aside those defending the Earth. I hope I am wrong. If it is not physical displacement, then the spread of inflexible ideologies is likely to bring

Lt (Ret’d) Mj Patterson,

more dissention than unity,

BA, BSc, BEd, MEd, CA NCGR-PAA

This is the power of Astrology: if we can see ahead and get a probability of outcomes, we can also bend our collective will to turn the tide toward a brighter future If we let it.

Agent 121

Halifax Astrologer Mj Patterson ***

CA NCGR-PAA began

practicing

Astrology in 1978 and has been professional since 1987. She has held executive posts with the Ottawa Astrological Society and was a co-founder of the Astrologers’ Registry of Ontario, with Jean Hirst and the grand old man of Canadian Astrology: Axel Harvey. Before moving from Canada to the UK in 2002, she correctly predicted the Hamm majority government against all polls at the time and won notable mention in Hansards, the official record of the Provincial Legislature. She returned to Canada in 2011 and has reestablished her professional practice  and astrology teaching to certification both in realtime and online. Mj is a founding Director of the Atlantic Professional Astrologers’ Association. As an NCGR-PAA professional, Mj can offer examination, meaning that you will get an internationally recognized certificate for your studies. Location: Halifax, Canada Website: https://halifaxastrologer.com/

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SATURN IN AQUARIUS (22 March 2020 – 7 March 2023) Sol W. Jonassen – Agent 32

Saturn will be entering into Aquarius in March 2020, retrograde back to Capricorn on 2 July and move back to Aquarius on 17 December, a few days before a new Jupiter-Saturn cycle is formed. Saturn will dip back and forth between the signs that represent the old and the new, creating a reflection on what we need to leave behind and what will be kept when we journey toward new potential.

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then be: ‘So how will astrologers be surprised as we now face the first

Saturn in Aquarius 22 March 2020

transit of Saturn in Aquarius after the Dawn of the Internet?’ The presence of the Internet provides both an upgrade of awareness



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Retrogrades 11 May at 01°Aq57" 2020

that runs at high speed and a massive explosion of time-consuming



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In Capricorn 2 July 2020

nonsense. There is a certain information overload and people are



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Direct motion 25°Cap20" 29 September 2020

struggling to find out what is real and what is not. The rhythm of our



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Enters Aquarius 17 December 2020

lives has changed, developments come at a much more rapid pace than



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Enters Pisces 7th of March 2023

our biology is prepared for and most people are unable to keep track. The benefit is a potential awakening in people. If we are willing to look at ourselves, we now have the potential to see what we are projecting

Saturn will be entering into Aquarius in March 2020, retrograde

and our motivations. We will see if our actions are a part of the problem

back to Capricorn on 2 July and move back to Aquarius on 17 December,

or a part of the solution. Through the medium of the Internet we get

a few days before a new Jupiter-Saturn cycle is formed. Saturn will dip

to see what is going on in the big brain of the world, and it isn’t always

back and forth between the signs that represent the old and the new,

beautiful.

creating a reflection on what we need to leave behind and what will be kept when we journey toward new potential.

Patti Smith once said about the Internet that it is still in its adolescence, but it carries the potential for global revolution, and we see how this potent capacity for manipulation and inspiration can lead us both into

We are up for changes. 2020 promises some real game-changers. A new Pluto-Saturn cycle begins, Saturn moves into Aquarius, the

darkness and light. Globalization took a big step forward with the Age of the Internet, an age that heralds the Age of Aquarius itself.

nodal axis moves into Gemini-Sagittarius, Mars will go retrograde in Aries and there is a new Saturn-Jupiter cycle to finish the year. That is

Last round of Saturn in Aquarius:

quite a bit. Life is synonymous with change and deep inside of us lives

The Gulf War and operation Desert Storm in 1991 set into motion

simultaneously a deep fear and a deep yearning, for it’s bound to cause

a situation that the world is still dealing with, and this particular war on

both stress and anticipation. 2020 is no exception. Rarely do we see such

the Iraqis signified a change. It heralded a new era in warfare with laser-

a stack up of planetary events. We all have a little fear about the current

guided bomb and advanced surveillance technology. Major General Paul

state of affairs, but keep in mind that the perfect storms almost always

Johnson said about it: ’We saw the first glimpses in Desert Storm of what would

create the foundation for new vision and changes.

become the transformation of air power.’

Every time Saturn shifts signs, I feel slightly elated and excited. While I am not quite sure what it is that is tickling my curiosity, it could be the

By the end of 1991 the former USSR was also history, and on 25

memory of an article I read long ago about how the Dawn of the Internet

December the Russian flag got raised over the Kremlin with Saturn at

would change the coming cycles in ways that made it hard to predict how

5 degrees Aquarius, leading directly to the independence of several new

any astrological cycles would manifest. And my natural question would

republics. Also Yugoslavia split into Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Kosova and

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Bosnia and Herzegovina. Eritrea seceded from the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Africa. The maps of Europe were changed drastically with new countries popping up everywhere. Suddenly watching the Eurovision Song Contest became a very long evening in front of the television. In Western Europe the Maastricht Treaty was set into effect in 1993 and thus created the foundation rock of the European Union. The televised war from Iraq also led us into understanding the impact of world events on our individual consciousness, and we saw that the world was moving quickly toward a more Aquarian way of life; one where we are interconnected and capable of influencing and being influenced. The cell phone was something ‘everybody’ had overnight and the first smartphone was to be created in 1992 as the invention of new technology catapulted the world into new opportunities to connect. The first website was created at CERN and launched in August 1991. The massive pull towards further globalization can be explained by the long conjunction of Neptune and Uranus in Capricorn and later in Aquarius. However, the years 1991-1994 were particularly interesting as Saturn moved through Aquarius changing the political structures of particularly Europe, but also of Japan, China, India and most large nations around the world. Now, an entire Saturn cycle after, we are living in a world where information seems to be the foundation of our world. Communication with friends, surfing the Internet, connecting on Facebook, the creation of videos, podcasts and blogs has taken over a lot of our everyday life. Just imagine, in 1991, none of us knew what was coming. We still hadn’t read a blog and not many of us had texted our friends on a phone. Now we can stalk, research, cheat and post under false names on the great web. We can gain and use or gain and abuse information at a large scale.

Big Brother sees you: In 2013 Edward Snowden released the NSA files and it showed us that surveillance is more massive than we might have fooled ourselves to believe. The right to privacy is stated under Article 12 ‘No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation.’ However, we seem to give up this right in the realm of the Great Internet. What we willingly post and share is one thing, but it is quite different when we realize that our privacy is compromised through phones picking up on conversations and our private messages being available material for those who sit behind the wheels. When we share in Messenger, we evidently have signed up to having our private sphere shared. I am certain I am not the only one who has felt slightly shocked after realizing that I get advertisements on my phone

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It is also interesting to note that censorship in China became even more severe after the demonstrations of Tiananmen Square in 1989

For fun. we can look at the chart for Facebook and the solar chart

when Saturn was in Capricorn conjunct Uranus and Neptune. China

for Mark Zuckerberg and ponder what will happen when Saturn hits

is censoring the Internet and access to social media such as Facebook

those middle degrees of Aquarius in 2021. He has already been under

is denied. They have the highest density of government surveillance

scrutiny for not being entirely clean in his business, and with Saturn

cameras installed in public in the world and use several domination

being Saturn; it is hard to imagine that there won’t be any consequences

techniques to keep the rule. They are becoming the kind of state that

for his particular style of running things.

Orwell envisioned.

But that is just children’s food compared to the surveillance that goes

China is not the only one though. Most countries in the West are

on behind our backs. Aquarius deals with Human Rights, a theme that

using technology to monitor their citizens and it is little wonder that this

we continuously debate and are called to protect, but the real question

book has seen its renaissance.

remains: Are we moving toward more liberty or less?

George Orwell would have been slightly surprised to see how right

The George Orwell futuristic and dystopian book 1984 was published

he would be about his vision for the future. There is little doubt that

in June 1949 and has since become a household name, a concept and a

we will see some interesting situations arise in terms of privacy and the

symbol for our current situation.

future of the Internet as Saturn, and later Pluto, transit Aquarius.

George Orwell himself was born with Saturn in Aquarius, and his

After another complete Saturn-Pluto cycle and Saturn’s move to

work culminated in the book that is now historical. His own life was a

Aquarius followed by Pluto to Aquarius ,we can without doubt say that the

constant search for truth and the adjective Orwellian is descriptive of:

greatest obstacle and challenge for the future is the threat of censorship

‘“official deception, secret surveillance, brazenly misleading terminology, and

and the surveillance of the people that has been surfacing for a while.

manipulation of recorded history by a totalitarian or authoritarian state’ 1.

The economical and political matrixes of the world are moving more

The storyline in the book is set to a post-war scenario in the fictitious land of Oceania, where people are constantly watched and kept under

and more towards full control over people, as technology is becoming increasingly advanced.

control. Big Brother is keeping firm control and protagonist Winston

It is even tempting to think that since this cycle happens in the

Smith is a rebellious, low-class citizen challenging Big Brother’s authority.

aftermath of Saturn-Pluto new cycle (12 January, 2020) the social and

The plot is more than familiar—dictatorial control compromising human

political discussion on earth will be concentrated around Human Rights,

rights and dignity.

the distribution of wealth, social injustice and technological advances

It is interesting to note that the Republic of China was also founded

challenging and changing the life of each individual.

in 1949, and after Mao, China started monitoring citizens, keeping them under tight control. The Social Credit System established in 2014 is a

Resources and the Earth

system wherein a person gets social conduct registered and receives a

Uranus, the ruling principle of Aquarius, is now in Taurus,

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and how scientific advances can help us find solutions to the growing problem of the size of the human family. As per November 2019, earth hosts 7.7 billion human lives, with 10 percent living in extreme poverty. The numbers are on the decline and in 1990 a staggering 34 percent lived in extreme poverty. So in certain ways things are moving forward. How to feed the planet and maintain a healthy earth are a couple of the absolutely vital issues we will deal with during the new cycle of Saturn-Pluto lasting until 2053, when the two planets form a new conjunction in Pisces. Poverty gives rise to so many social problems and since Aquarius deals with groups it is likely that we might expect simultaneous reforms and protests. How earth then will look in the future is hard to perceive, but with each planetary transit through Aquarius we get a further chance to understand how different groups and races must learn to work together as a whole family. Maybe we will see new visions for modern housing being set in motion or plans being presented on how to employ people after the technology revolution we’ve are still in the midst of is over. In 2004 co-founder of the famous festival Burning Man wrote some ideas and principles that are known as the Ten Principles of Burning Man. They are as follows:

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will have to be put aside. And it is exactly this shadow side of both Aquarius and its opposing sign, Leo that the transit of Saturn through Aquarius might reveal.

Radical Inclusion

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Gifting

Shadow of Aquarius:

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Decommodification

• Aquarius is a sign that rules groups, societies, friendships and



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Radical Self-reliance

science. It covers higher knowledge, detachment and visions of the future.



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Communal Effort

The downside is coldness and cynicism, isolation and disassociation,



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Civic Responsibility

sarcasm and criticism.



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Leaving No Trace

Aquarius is all about consciousness, a higher awareness about the

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Participation

state of affairs, and through Aquarius and its modern ruler, Uranus, we

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Immediacy

get a chance to see how we affect and influence each other for good and

For me they stand as the foundation rock upon which the ideals of Aquarius rest. If we are to thrive as a species, the higher side of Aquarius 44

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humanity is capable of killing others while sitting safely tucked behind

to stimulate the sexual parts of our brains. Saturn seeks to correct all that

the remote controls. There is a coldness and a cynicism to Aquarius that

is misaligned, and when we get too detached we need to reconnect with

happens when anyone gets too detached from their heart and emotion.

our heart.

We can all be a little heady from time to time, but the Aquarius loftiness

Issues pertaining to intimacy versus freedom will become more

is bordering on dissociation. An individual born with Saturn in Aquarius

important for us all to work on as we seek to find a better balance between

might have to deal with the consequences of having been let down by a

detachment and attachment.

flawed system, cast out from family or friends or struggling with a deep outsider syndrome. They may have such a keen intelligence that they get

Mindfullness:

stuck in analysis of the weakness of human nature and life in general, in

Aquarius also correlates to Buddhism with its strong correspondence

turn sending the individual into a depression and a feeling of never being

to the science and method behind enlightenment. As a religion without

able to set firm roots in life.

a God and with practices centred on being mindful, Buddhism is in

This rootlessness is a challenge and self-criticism is on an all-time

perfect synch with the Aquarian mind. This is a path that teaches among

high. Saturn can be melancholic and dismayed here, and nihilism and

other things, the power of detachment. However, if detachment is taken

dystopia are very often the result. Some of our most famous conspiracy

too far, without the integration of another important Buddhist principle,

theorists, such as Jeff Boss, was born with Neptune in Scorpio square

compassion; we are on the verge of creating psychopathy, a condition

Saturn in Aquarius. There is a whole sub-generation born from 1991 to

renowned for its absence of empathy. To be mindful and objective,

1993 who has Uranus-Neptune in Capricorn, Pluto in Scorpio and Saturn

detached and aware of the nature of projection is the key to world peace.

in Aquarius and who are now facing their first Saturn return. A quick

Given the current rapid changes in our neurological conditions, we may

survey among them reveals that a lot of them feel betrayed by society and

experience a situation, with Saturn in Aquarius where we find ourselves

let down by the elders. They often come with a much higher intelligence

needing to address the development of a situation of spiritual bypass.

than their parents, having been born with access to information their parents never had.

Through Aquarius Saturn can teach us, in a good way, to transcend the mind and avoid the traps of falling into personal desires and the

Intelligence isn’t always easy to carry and the hubris in Aquarius

ensuing suffering. However that is a journey we cannot fake or pretend

is the famous ‘know-it-all’ attitude that translates to fixity of the mind

to master. Without the connection to our heart and to our human nature,

and a rigidity of the bones. It can be cold, isolated and lonely, lacking

we will witness a rise in cynicism

spontaneity and capacity to trust the heart. When all illusions are gone, what is then left? Neurology is associated with Aquarius and certain eccentricities and fetishes come under its domain. It will become evident, as Saturn

At its best this transit will make us even more aware of our social responsibilities and ensure that we move into the world presenting our highest levels of awareness, while not letting our unconscious selves be projected without question.

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are the opposite sides of creative expression moving into the world:

Since Aquarius has to do with science, controversy about robotics,

participation and creation.

AI, house robots like Alexa and other new inventions could emerge. With

In order for the Aquarian ideals of brother and sisterhood, true

our world being taken over more and more by electronic gadgets and

cooperation and natural hierarchies to emerge humanity still has to deal

virtual reality, we might start questioning the real consequences of this

with narcissism and selfishness, the dark side of the archetype Leo.

evolution. Saturn is always about understanding the consequences of

Leo will get a certain attention whilst Saturn transits Aquarius, but

anything, and we might ask ourselves if we are losing our humanness in

not perhaps as Leo likes. Not all feedback is good feedback; it depends on

this maze of electronics.

the intention of creation. Saturn with its no-bullshit attitude will certainly

Neuralink, Elon Musk’s new invention, attempts to sync human

peek rather critically at the Leonian aptitude for selfish creation. And that

brains with a computer and trials of this on humans will begin in 2020.

is not necessarily a bad sign as it heralds an awakening of compassion for

Musk himself is born with his North Node and Mars in Aquarius, and

others, reminding the Leo impulse to lift the mind and see beyond the

it is hard to imagine that his work will not face some serious setback,

self. But as long as the proverbial Child Archetype that is Leo is not yet

adjustments or other ethical challenges as Saturn proceeds relentlessly

ready to be a student, then the teachings will be direct, clear and without

through Aquarius. Musk said about his project that it can help cure some

sympathy. We all have to learn to think not only of ourselves, but also of

people with neurological disabilities and assist in securing the future

others. I would like to add a little disclaimer here to not insult the many

of humanity as a civilization, relative to AI. The goal is to achieve a

beautiful Leos who read this. When I say Leonian archetype, I refer to

symbiosis with artificial intelligence.

a state of mind that is that inner and not conscious child, present in all.

Now, despite the rather gloomy downsides to this, in terms of

The altruistic impulse in Aquarius cannot be expressed until we

political control over people, Musk’s vision seems to be on the side of

overcome our own sense of separation and self-inflation. It will be

evolutionary thinking. Sooner or later this symbiosis will happen, but

evident, as Saturn crosses the plains of Aquarius, that dictatorial and

it is not without ethical aspects deeply embedded in it. What are the

childish ways of ruling people will be challenged.

consequences of such a symbiosis?

With Saturn in Aquarius there can be issues with friendships and

Is technology making us into better human beings or worse?

group dynamic that will prompt us to look at our own creative capacities

What we know for sure is that if this kind of technology falls into the

and learn about the true art of giving without becoming either too

wrong hands, the consequences are gloomy. Therefore, we also need to

obsessed with our own sense of importance or too dimmed by the

take a look into the opposite sign, Leo, to understand the full context of

somewhat cold response of Saturn in Aquarius.

Saturn in Aquarius.

Aquarius represents the audience and whatever we give will be received. How it is received can either stifle our expression (Leo) or ignite

Shadow side of Leo:

growth, because we are capable of taking instructions and receiving

As with all principles of life any sign is reflected in its opposite

feedback. As the year 2020 ends with a new cycle of Jupiter-Saturn in

expression. The one cannot live without the other. Leo and Aquarius

Aquarius, the journey of maturation that happened whilst they both were

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in Capricorn can result in the emergence of a personality that is ready to

move away from. There is realism in both signs; however with Aquarius

move into the world with full power.

we get a chance to take some quantum steps towards the future. In mundane astrology Saturn and Pluto are the big players. The

Political Saturn:

Boomers, a generation that has run the world, will be replaced by younger

Everyone is keeping their eyes on the election in the US in November..

leaders. Perhaps that will be the result of the coming election. A new

Will there be a new ’king’? Or maybe even a ‘queen’? Saturn-Jupiter is an

fresh Prince or Princess of the Future will step up on the throne and rule,

aspect renowned for its leadership capacity and as this new conjunction

taking into account that we are not here to rule the world, but to make

happens in Aquarius, it is easy to get a little excited and anticipate that

sure that our children can inherent a treasure. That treasure is life itself.

the world will see something entirely new emerge from this upcoming

Then again, that could be only me and my Aquarian style of

election. Being the world’s only official superpower, the US holds not only an interesting position in world politics, but also in the collective

daydreaming. Without a dream of a better future what are any of us left with? Now is the time to create some solid vision both individually and collectively.

unconscious. Whatever happens in the US holds great symbolic power

Use your mind to its highest purpose.

for the rest of the world.

Another point of interest is that a lot of the big nations on earth show

Politics is always a hot potato and right now the current climate is

up with planets in mid-degrees Leo-Aquarius. It is thus to be anticipated

ripe with anger and frustration. It makes no sense discussing politics

that as Saturn progresses through these mid-degrees from 2021 we might

during such a time; however with Saturn in Aquarius moves toward a

except social and political changes manifesting as social unrest and a rise

more socially just system might be prevalent for this upcoming election.

to revolution or change.

Both leading candidates for the Democrats, Sanders and Warren, are showing strong leanings towards socialism. In the future we all have to learn to share, and the skewed system that is now so evident, with the top 1% holding on to so much money, will face some resistance as Saturn moves through Capricorn. Socialism might become popular even in the States. From Aquarius back to Capricorn. Keep in mind that the new cycle of Saturn-Pluto begins in Capricorn, a sign that speaks volumes about integrity and true authority. As Saturn

"After another complete Saturn-Pluto cycle , and Saturn’s move to Aquarius followed by Pluto we can without doubt say that the greatest obstacle and challenge for the future is the threat of censorship and the surveillance of the people that has been surfacing for a while. The economical and political matrixes of the world are moving more and more towards full control over people, as technology is becoming increasingly advanced."

will move back to Capricorn in July, the steps we’ve taken toward the future will be tested as a consequence. We might all have to think one more time about the conditioning of the past, what to keep and what to

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Some countries affected by Saturn in Aquarius: EU: 1st of Nov 1993, (00.01 am) Brussels, Belgium -Maastricht treaty came into effect 1 November 1993 with Saturn 23°Aq29" USA: Sibly Chart: 4th of July 1776 at 17:10 (= 5:10 PM ), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -Moon in Aquarius 27°Aq10", South Node 06°Aq36" Sibly chart China: 1 October of 1949 at 15:01 (= 3:01 PM ), Beijing, China China (Moon 03°Aq03", Ascendant 01°Aq33", progressed Jupiter 01°Aq52”) Germany: 24th of May 1949 (=00.00 AM) Bonn, Germany - Jupiter 02°Aq09” India: 15th of August 1947 (00.01.00 AM) New Dehli, India - Moon, Mercury, Pluto, Saturn, Venus and Sun in Leo

Sol W. Jonassen Agent 32

Brazil: 7th of September 1822 (4.08.00 PM) São Paulo, Brazil - Saturn 9°56, North Node 14°32 Bolivia: 6th of August, 1825, (12:01 PM) Sucre, Bolivia -Sun 13° Leo 49", Mars 23°Cp36" rx /Pluto degree for 2020 North Korea: 10th of September 1948 (8.50 PM) Pyongyang, North Korea -North Node 07°Ta28"/Uranus transit- Pluto 15°Leo31” England: 1st of January 1801 (00.00 AM) London, England

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internationally

acclaimed

evolutionary astrologer, teacher and lecturer, residing in beautiful Bergen, Norway, being a full time astrologer since 1999. She teaches both the Polaris Astrology School and as a regular teacher at the NPA School of Astrology. She has also hosted Polaris Astrology Conference and you find her regularly speaking at international conferences.

-It is interesting to note that the chart of England has a

In her practice she combines astrology with several other

progressed MC in Aquarius and the current progressions

healing modalities such as energy healing, meditation therapy

shows Mercury-Sun-Jupiter-Saturn in mid-degrees Leo

and bodywork. Her heart is aligned with esoteric teachings

showing up as a leadership crises and the institution of the

and she is offering this work at retreats and workshops

monarchy coming under great pressure.

around the globe.

Japan 11th of February 1889 (10.30 AM) Tokyo, Japan

Location: Bergen, Norway Website: https://sol-with.com/

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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. 1532-1553 1777-1798 2023-2044

Michelle Finey – Agent 36 With life on Earth under threat from a range of human activities, we are about to enter an epoch of social revolution that will shake the foundations of the global community. Michele Finey explores the history, themes and symbols of this epic transit to reveal how Pluto in Aquarius will reshape our future.

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PLUTO’S LOCATION BY SIGN marks out generational themes of

against powerful leaders who they perceive as threatening their survival

historical significance. It brings deep transformation and upheaval to

and free-expression. Groups and communities are set to rise up against

matters associated with its sign placement. Owing to Pluto’s elliptical

entrenched political powers and institutions that have sought to control

orbit, these turbulent periods of history span between 13 and 33 years. In

and manipulate the populace. What emerges is a striking and permanent

2008 Pluto shifted into Capricorn and the global financial crisis hit. Since

shift in the balance of power.

then we have witnessed tremendous turmoil across the political and economic spectrum. Now we are entering a new era of social revolution

HISTORY

that will shake the foundations of the global community in new ways.

The American Revolution commenced in 1775, just a few years

Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, the last three signs of the zodiac,

before Pluto last entered Aquarius, continuing throughout this turbulent

are known as collective signs. They are associated with broad concepts

cycle until 1783. Subsequently the United States refused to accept any

that are impersonal. With Pluto, agent of revolution and rebirth, moving

more convicts from England and an alternative solution to England’s

through this last segment of the zodiac, the entire world is interconnected

overcrowded prisons was sought. Following Captain James Cook’s

and invested in this process regardless of whether we are conscious of

voyages of discovery, the First Fleet set sail for Australia in 1787 to

the fact or not.

establish a new penal colony. This was an era of tremendous social

The last time that transformative Pluto moved through humanitarian

change across all levels of society as invading Europeans transformed

Aquarius, the people of France revolted against their dictatorial and

Indigenous communities, bringing destruction and disease. Pluto, as the

extravagant monarchy. On 14 July, 1789 they stormed the Bastille,

agent of death and rebirth, also brought radical social change to places

starting the French Revolution. Mobs of people (Aquarius) projected

like Russia. Catherine the Great came to power in 1762 when Pluto

their repressions (Pluto) back upon those in power. ‘Equality, Liberty and

was in Capricorn. She orchestrated a coup against her husband Peter

Fraternity’ was the Aquarian catch cry of the day. Now we are entering

III and claimed the throne. Catherine became a passionate advocate

a period of human history where a similar cry for freedom and equality

for education, the arts and human rights. She ruled Russia until 1796,

will echo across the globe.

throughout Pluto’s entire sojourn in Aquarius.

Here we find there is a surge of new ideas (Aquarius) that confronts

The USA will have its Pluto return in 2022, just 12 months before

the powers that be (Pluto). This era is intrinsic to scientific, social

Pluto moves into Aquarius. The significance of this return should not

and political revolution. New scientific discoveries (Aquarius) that

be overlooked. The seeds of a potential new US revolution have been

revolutionise the economic system (Pluto) are set to alter the social order

germinating ever since the global financial crisis. The election of

and transform our world.

Donald Trump was one form of protest orchestrated by a disaffected

Pluto in Aquarius differs from Pluto in Leo, (the opposing sign) where

middle class. But with Pluto shifting into Aquarius, a totally new set of

powerful leaders and megalomania are rife, such as we saw erupt in 1939

values is emerging. Younger generations in particular are keenly aware

at the start of WWII. But Aquarius is a collective sign, where groups

of the many global issues we face, and not just in the USA. More and

and communities are the realm where Pluto’s process of rebirth acts.

more we are witnessing people take to the streets in protest against the

In order to attain equality and freedom, people are willing to stand up

lack of leadership on important matters like climate change and the

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environment. It’s likely that these protests will gain political traction as we move into this new Aquarian era with human rights and the future of humanity uppermost in our collective mind.

Chart 2. Bi-wheel. Inner wheel USA Sibly chart. Outer Wheel USA Pluto Return. C har t 1. The First Fleet.

will be the first conjunctions within two new series of Venus-Mars MORE AQUARIAN INFLUENCES

conjunctions2. We have not witnessed the birth of a new series since

Before Pluto shifts into Aquarius, Saturn will pave the way. Saturn

1983 and that was the third in the current group of five (1964-2034). It is

will be in Aquarius from 22 March 2020 until 8 March 20231 reframing

interesting to note that the group before this started in 1665 and ended

political objectives to a more principled, progressive and forward

in 1736.3

thinking agenda.

Of particularly significance the second of these 2022 Venus-Mars

Much has been written about the 20 year Jupiter-Saturn cycle. These

conjunctions will take place at precisely 00AQ01, at the very gateway to

key stellar players commence a new synodic cycle at the 2020 December

Aquarius. This will open a portal of Aquarian influence that will infuse us

solstice at precisely 00AQ29, ushering in a fresh Aquarian agenda.

personally and collectively with a potent humanitarian agenda. Coming

In addition, Venus and Mars will unite in two powerful conjunctions,

just twelve months before Pluto shifts into Aquarius, at the same time at

the first of which happens within days of the USA Pluto Return in

the US Pluto return and with Saturn also in the sign of the water-bearer,

February 2022. Two exact conjunctions of Venus and Mars will take

this surge of Aquarian energy is set to transform the social order. Our

place a few weeks apart. These alignments are significant because they

2 Venus-Mars cycles are born as a pair of conjunctions that happen a few weeks apart. While the first conjunction is a retrograde cycle that lasts about 300 years, the second is a direct cycle lasting much longer. Within these cycles Venus and Mars unite at 32 year intervals. When these cycles commence they herald new eras of social change. 3 M Finey, The Sacred Dance of Venus and Mars, The Wessex Astrologer, 2012.

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personal relationships, how we go about our daily lives and every aspect

It’s not just astrologers like me who are forecasting these changes.

of life looks set for a dramatic overhaul, and it could start well before

In his book, The Third Industrial Revolution, best-selling author Jeremy

Pluto shifts into Aquarius.

Rifkin discusses how lateral power, technology and renewable energy

Aquarius is original, principled and progressive. A marriage of the air element with the fixed quality, Aquarius is determined, but

will soon transform life on earth. Rifkin outlines the many opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

also experimental in its outlook. Scientific innovation is high on the

We will need to be prepared by readying the human race to shift out of an industrial existence and into a collaborative future just as our great-grandparents made the shift from an agricultural and rural existence to an industrial and urban way of life.4

Aquarian agenda. Originality and logic go hand-in-hand to spawn new inventions. Aquarius always has an eye on the future. With Pluto here there’s a tendency towards decentralisation as groups and communities reassert and reclaim power, joining forces and linking up in networks to share resources. This is likely to include sharing electricity that is generated and stored across neighbourhoods. Wind power is just one of

Distribution is a key function of the sign of the water-bearer.

many fields that will gain traction in this new economy, helped along

Aquarius pours forth all manner of life sustaining concepts and materials.

by Uranus in Taurus inspiring the building of new green infrastructure.

Aquarius is an air sign, but water plays a key role in its symbolism.

Pluto in Aquarius seeks to level the playing field so that power is shared

Water purifies and cleanses. The Sun moves through Aquarius mostly in

more equitably. Personal ownership will be largely superseded by group

February, which comes from the Latin, ‘februare’ meaning ‘to purify’. The

sharing and co-operatives are likely to flourish.

water-bearer showers us with a feeling of refreshment. This is a fresh beginning. A new day is dawning. In myth, Aquarius is linked to the beautiful youth Ganymede, who so impressed Zeus that he made him his immortal cup-bearer. Ganymede provided ambrosia to the gods to sustain their immortality. Aquarius renews and brings life. Ganymede was also Zeus’ lover, so Pluto in Aquarius may also help to uphold the rights of the LBGTIQ community as well as those who are otherwise marginalised. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY New clashes with old when Pluto moves through Aquarius, as advanced concepts emerge based on fresh discoveries. In 1781 when Pluto was last in Aquarius, the wildcard planet Uranus was discovered, forever altering the cosmology. Because of their symbolic similarities, Uranus has been accepted by many astrologers as the true ruling planet

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of Aquarius. Apart from its unexpected discovery and its unusual

concerning the heliocentric nature of the solar system, De Revolutionibus

rotation, the symbolic meaning of Uranus also stems from the fact that

Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres). His

it was discovered during this epic time in history, a time of radical social

book completely revolutionised the thinking of the day. Of course there

turmoil as the First Industrial Revolution, the French Revolution and the

were many nay-sayers, just as today there are those who deny the reality

American Revolutions forever transformed society.

of climate change.

C har t 4 . The D i s cover y of Uranu s

Char t 5. The D eath of C oper nicu s. Untimed char t.

It’s easy to see how Uranus has gained acceptance as the ruling planet

Aquarius is the sign most associated with technology and science,

of Aquarius over the traditional ruler Saturn. New discoveries are part

and Pluto has deep roots that stretch back through past generations. With

and parcel of the Aquarian motif as new concepts and inventions propel

Pluto located in the sign that Uranus rules, one might expect that there

us towards the future.

will be people who will find it hard to accept these changes, given that

An earlier, but equally radical overhaul of the map of the solar system

both planets are impersonal in their focus. Future possibilities and new

happened 238 years before Uranus was discovered, when Pluto was also

discoveries always confront old ways of doing things, but this is especially

in Aquarius. In 1543 Copernicus first set down his findings that the

so when Pluto is in Aquarius. Because something has always been done a

Sun and not the Earth was the centre of the solar system. Copernicus

certain way, does not necessarily make it correct. Today, with the future

passed away in 1543, but shortly before his death5 he published his ideas

of life on our planet at stake, the need for an awakening is urgent. With

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millennial generation, those born with Neptune in Aquarius (1996-2011),

his father, despite being only a young boy king. In 1549, the first English

come of age we are starting to witness a wide ranging philosophical shift

Prayer book was introduced. Although it might not seem like a big deal

towards a more compassionate and humanitarian paradigm.

by today’s standards, at the time this was a radical change. Edward died in 1553 and those who were eager to continue his political influence

MORE LESSONS FROM HISTORY

installed Lady Jane Grey as Queen not wanting the country to return to

Between 1532 and 1554 Pluto in Aquarius continued to undermine

Catholicism under Mary I. This rebellion was thwarted and nine days

the power of the Roman Catholic Church, as the Protestant Reformation

later Mary I was installed as Queen, setting the scene for further turmoil

spread across Europe. The Reformation began with Pluto in Capricorn as

as she set about returning England to Catholicism with equal zeal as

it made a conjunction with Saturn in January 1518. This was when Martin

Pluto began to move into Pisces.

Luther’s 1517 theses of complaint against the church was translated

At the same time in South America the Spanish, led by Pizarro, were

and distributed throughout Europe. Word spread quickly thanks to the

insisting that the Inca convert to Christianity. In 1533 the Inca Empire

printing press and increased literacy. People who were previously afraid

stretched across vast reaches of the Andes. However the Spanish stole

to speak out against the power and corruption of the church created their

their gold and silver and brutally massacred and enslaved their people,

own system of worship and belief led by the likes of Martin Luther, John

while European diseases like smallpox and measles systematically

Calvin and John Knox. With Pluto in Aquarius the ultimate consequences

destroyed their empire.

of these revolutionary forces were dramatic and far reaching. The imminent transit of Pluto through Aquarius is again likely to

THE INGRESS CHART

bring about systemic reform to corrupt institutions. This time around

The moment that Pluto shifts into humanitarian Aquarius signals the

Pluto in Aquarius is once again following a conjunction of Pluto and

commencement of this new era and the chart for this momentous event

Saturn in Capricorn (2020) a stellar arrangement that we have not

holds clues as to its likely manifestation. The first thing to note is that

witnessed in that sign since 1518.

this ingress happens hot on the heels of the 2023 March Equinox. There’s

At the start of Pluto’s journey through Aquarius in 1532, Henry VIII

a stellar line up of planets in enterprising Aries, including Chiron and

defied the authority of Rome. He divorced his first wife, Katherine of

freedom-loving Jupiter. Mars, Aries ruling planet, is at 29GE03 making a

Aragon and married Anne Boleyn, establishing himself as the head of

tight square to the Sun and also a quincunx to Pluto, suggesting this will

the Church of England. He then set about dissolving the Monasteries

not be an easy process.

in England, Wales and Ireland (1536-41), appropriating their assets and income.

The need for cleansing and healing of the environment is clearly indicated by Pluto’s conjunction with asteroid Hygeia, goddess of health

It was at this time (1543) that Copernicus presented his theory that

and hygiene while both are squared by the Nodal Axis. Note also that

the Earth and the planets orbited the Sun, further undermining the

Saturn has just concluded its transit of Aquarius, passing the Aquarian

authority of Rome.

baton to Pluto.

In January 1547, Henry VIII died. He was succeeded by his only son,

The challenge will be to implement a humanitarian agenda and

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progressive policies and, despite the obstacles that still lie ahead, to have

time, when new technology will transform society in ways we can barely

the courage of our convictions as we move into uncharted territory.

imagine. The last time that Pluto was in Aquarius (1778-99) there was huge growth in the number of corporations, as groups of people (Aquarius) began to buy shares (Pluto). Between 1781 and 1790 the number of corporations in the US grew from just 33 to 3286. Global trade exploded which eventually spawned growing opposition to slavery. Today, there are many people who suffer appalling working conditions, not to mention those who are unable to find work, or who are homeless, or otherwise disadvantaged. Pluto in Aquarius will overhaul the workforce as artificial intelligence makes for more redundancies and new digital technologies are rolled out. For many years the rich have been getting richer, which has exposed the lie of the trickle down economy. Pluto in Aquarius is set to shake the foundations of our social structures as fossil fuels are mothballed and the green economy seeds the growth of sustainable practices. Don’t be surprised if Pluto in Aquarius creates a groundswell of protest against poverty and inequality. Some will say that the new Aquarian advances have caused the problem, but in the long run

C har t 6 . Pluto’s Ing ress into Aquar iu s. 23 March 2023.

Pluto in Aquarius will bring about a more fair and equitable system while also creating a swathe of new employment opportunities.

THE NEW REALITY Uranus in Taurus is propelling us towards a green economy with business rather than politicians leading the way. Cryptocurrencies are also radically shifting the economic structure. Pluto in Aquarius will augment these revolutionary trends. As with all revolutions, we will probably initially struggle to make the necessary alterations. As we make the shift towards a sustainable lifestyle, it’s worth mentioning that after Pluto has been in Aquarius for a couple of years, Uranus and Pluto will form five trine aspects (2026-2028) with Uranus in Gemini. This is likely to be a highly creative, inventive and productive

Pluto (Scorpio) and Aquarius (Uranus) are both fixed entities, not given to flexibility or compromise. But both are also symbolic of dramatic transformation that is forced to occur. Equally, these archetypes are associated with two vastly different elements that do not mix easily, water (Pluto) and air (Aquarius). They have different agendas and perceptions. Aquarius is scientific and rational, an air sign, while Pluto is connected to the depth of the water element, which feels things internally and deeply and seeks to maintain control and power. Whenever water and air come together there is an agitating, stirring, aerating bubbling up of forces. And yet, Aquarius has within it, an understanding of water, given its role to distribute this life giving element. 6

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The shift from Pluto in cardinal earth sign Capricorn, to fixed air sign Aquarius, takes us from a political agenda to a principled one. Aquarius values concepts and ideas, knowledge and innovation. While Capricorn is pragmatic, Aquarius won’t stand for hypocrisy and does not hesitate to speak out against corruption and prejudice. With Pluto moving through Aquarius (2023-44) the hope is that a new generation of young people will exert their power and influence and lead the way towards a fresh healthy future of new and exciting possibilities. Michele Finey

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Distribution is a key function of the sign of the water-bearer. Aquarius pours forth all manner of life sustaining concepts and materials. Aquarius is an air sign, but water plays a key role in its symbolism. Water purifies and cleanses.

Michele Finey began studying astrology in 1980. Her passions include mundane astrology and planetary cycles. Michele has presented her research throughout Australia, online and in the US. Her articles have appeared in a range of publications including The Mountain Astrologer and the NCGR Journal. Michele produces a beautiful astrology calendar and she is the author of Solar Fire’s Health and Wellbeing Report. Her books include; Secrets of the Zodiac and The Sacred Dance of Venus and Mars. Location: Melbourne, Australia www.celestialinsight.com.au

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Awaken yourself as the Celestial Nexus Russell von Ohlhausen – Agent 84

Stars, planets, molecules, atoms and particles all unite to create your unique finite biomathematical alchemical soul equation within the infiniteness of the expressions of conscious creation. Through the astrological lens we are able to focus in on what it is to be you.

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Awaken Yourself as the Celestial Nexus

to relate. Though most of you are astrologers, some of you may have

The ‘Center of your Universe’ is you! The moment you pick any

resistance to certain ideas in general, such as past lives, or a unified field

point of reference that point becomes the prime axis of everything else.

of consciousness. In order to expand our awareness, we must dissolve

Isaac Newton clearly asserted this ‘cosmological principle’ in 1687, in his

and break away from some of our mental barriers. Let the essence of

Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. The greatest consequence

the ideas and spirit of these thoughts move through you as you read

of the cosmological principle is that it implies that all parts of space are

this. Some ideas here may feel paradoxical. Some points may seem to

causally connected. You may think of yourself as a separate finite being;

oppose others entirely. Some may seem like ‘word salad’. Yet the thoughts

you are in fact, infinite. ‘You’ made a choice to live a singular perspective

connecting each connotation or denotation have integrated meanings,

through your personal natal imprint. Your essence, the very nature that

which will form the seeds of new understandings. For each of us, higher

is you, chose the time, place and method, by which to consolidate specific

consciousness requires expansion into the yet unknown, including the

patterns of light and awareness, in order to be born into and experience

simple fact that you are the ‘center of the universe’.

this duality. You are an amalgamation of all the levels of vibrational

I would like to tap into the very essence of the elemental

energy. Stars, planets, molecules, atoms and particles all unite to create

consciousness of nature and bring it into our complex consciousness of

your unique finite biomathematical alchemical soul equation within the

human awareness. Let’s take a new look at the micro-mezo-macro-cosmos

infiniteness of the expressions of conscious creation. The cosmos is at

at work. Forget about any preconceived notions of what astrology is.

the very heart of everything you experience and the source of all that you

Try to forget about ‘words’. Focus only on the potentials words could

manifest. Through the astrological lens, we are able to focus in on what

have—for words also separate one thing from another. Words define

it is to be you. Though many, if not most people, remain ‘unawakened’,

boundaries, which keep us subjective, yet we are also here to experience

we are not here to sleepwalk randomly through the human experience;

boundlessness—the objective unbounded self. Feel into the energy for the

we are each here to accumulate the finite quanta of knowledge of our

unified truth resonating behind the possibilities of these thoughts.

individual experience. Through the interactions and observances of a single ‘awakened’ life, we reunite the ancient wisdoms with the newfound

Uniting Forces: Science & Spirit

information of our reality and apply that integrated gnosis towards

As an ‘ontological researcher’ of the meta-sciences, I tend to

creating a better world, both individually and collectively. Awaken to

venture down what would be to some people, rather terrifying roads of

the reality that you are the cosmic nexus of celestial consciousness and

mathematical equations and hypothesis. I do this in order to peer into

ultimately everything in the Universe is you!

works of physicists, mathematicians and quantum theorists, and to

While you are reading this, I would like to take you on a thought

observe what they have been up to over the last few years and decades.

exercise in order to help you shift your perspectives a bit. Let’s do some

As I am only somewhat inclined towards higher mathematics, for me this

'mental yoga’ in order to stretch and expand the mind, and yoke us back

is not a task. What I am really about is a ‘pattern-ology’; I have a knack for

to source awareness. I would like you to let go of hard opinions and

identifying nuanced patterns in number, nature and in behaviors, which

soften your boundaries as to what you suppose about this reality. Just

is to some degree, a skill most astrologers must develop. Mathematics

be open to new connections of concepts that may not normally appear

could be described as a study in patterns. One might also describe

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astrology this way. I believe that many of the missing links that are

But if we do share a common connection to everything and everything

required to scientifically understand astrological influences have already

manifests from and returns to source, then what is self anyway? Where

been discovered, but are not yet fully appreciated in the larger framework

does ‘thyself’ actually end? Or does it? And how does one begin to comprehend

of a unified meta-science. Fundamentally, there is no distinction between

Self beyond self?

science and spirituality; we only choose to make it so. The ancient world

To find out what celestial components we are made of in this

viewed all spiritual studies as scientific, and all science as spiritual and

particular life, we locate ourselves, that is to say our self, within the ‘here

sacred.

and now’ by plotting our position and path in space-time. The personal

Many breakthroughs, which have yet to be realized or assimilated by

natal chart is the tool by which one begins to truly know oneself. This

those of us in the metaphysical disciplines, have been made within the

tool is made of symbols which describe natural forces and energies that

empirical sciences. We, as astrologers, are just as guilty of excluding the

coalesced at the time of your birth, and of which you are still essentially

relevance of the newly discovered mainstream scientific facts and tools

comprised, yet are always being affected by the processes of time. We

from astrology as science has been to exclude astrological wisdom from

have observed and described these energies through their qualities, cycles

the accepted practical sciences. The majority of both camps have chosen

and patterns, and we have given these symbols which we use to interpret

to remain separate in their own self-identified, self-focused worlds…

our internal makeup, our biology and our behaviours. Yet, the energies

and that has to change. And since we are the world-bridging wisdom

which we are describing extend beyond self, beyond the planet, into the

holders, it is up to us to make the effort to change things. Some within the

solar system through the galaxy and ultimately to the edge and center of

mundane scientific disciplines have begun to recognize what the ancient

the Universe itself—simultaneously. The resonant energy fields expressed

sages have always known, that ultimately everything is connected - we

by the planets and the Zodiac are our ingredients. These cosmic energy

are literally one with all.

frequencies are imprinted deeply throughout our genes and arranged within our very elements. We emit our personal zodiacal radiation

What are you?!

signature as we interact and react with the many arrays of energy around

The Greek phrase gnōthi seauton or temet nosce in Latin, constitutes a

us. We are bio-transceivers of frequencies, antennae for communicating

dictum well known since ancient times. Many astrologers use the ancient

spiritual energy. These energy fields are a part of us, just as we are part of

Delphic maxim; ‘know thyself’ as a way to emphasize horoscopic astrology

them. ~ As without, so within.

as a personal practice. I would add, that the phrase is a directive for you to seek the awareness of what you truly are—and that it is intentionally

How do we know?

left open-ended. Almost everyone begins their astrological studies

All of our senses recognize patterns. We visually perceive our

through knowing their Sun sign and then their personal natal chart. This

surroundings by recognizing color, depth, texture, etc. For example,

gives us a much better understanding of what we consider as our self,

color is a spectral frequency, a pattern of light. Direct observation means

and how that self relates to the planets and energies around us. This is

seeing visual patterns, which are pervasive in nature. Visual patterns

the first step in taking that self knowledge outward beyond the human

in nature often appear to be chaotic, never quite exactly repeating, and

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involve fractalization on some level. Patterns with a beginning and an end

Put Yourself at the Center of the Equation

must have deviation. Natural patterns stem from a center axle creating

In 1933, British astrophysicist Arthur Milne gave his interpretation

spiraling wave forms of geometric points of intersection; the places in

of the ‘cosmological principle’ stating that no matter where you are in

space-time where those symmetries of rotation and reflection interact.

space, the expansion of the universe will always appear the same. And

All patterns have a regular underlying mathematical structure; indeed,

that makes you, and everything else, always the center of the universe. If

mathematics as a whole can be described as the search for regularities.

you go back to the beginning, at the center of it ALL is Everything. This

The derivative of any function is a mathematical pattern. That equation

Everything divides itself into two opposite forces, from which all qualities

is a balancing of two mathematical expressions, which communicate

are fundamentally derived. Even before there is spacetime, the proto-

how each half of a reflective variable equates. The recognition of the

pattern for what is to come already exists as part of an eternal expression.

central balancing point between two entities of different domains is the

The fundamental scheme of all natural shape and form, which underlies

fundamental purpose of math—finding the center.

everything, expands and evolves into the space created for creation. The

Think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration. ~Tesla. Our senses tend to cross over with their patterns, and in turn, how we perceive them. This is called synesthesia or ’union of the senses’. In humans, tastes correspond to smells, and in some animals, scents become visualized. Ultra-, infra- and audible stimulates the somatosensory system, or touch, which directly affects the psyche; like the soothing sound of a babbling brook or the hair-raising reaction to nails scratching a chalkboard. Many smells remind us of personal memories; and some, such as high frequency essential oils have the ability to connect us to ‘preexisting memories', ancient ones, beyond our self. These are the patterns of various frequencies interacting with each other which stimulate awareness, because we are an assemblage of collaborative vibrations, as well. Astrology is the study of interactive sound-light. The sounds we are listening to are the parts being played within and around us, in our little section of the infinitely instrumented Cosmic Orchestra. You as a person—per-sona meaning ‘of sound'—are a brief but powerfully resonate verse of a vast choral suite of the harmonizing movement of the grande cacophonic Universal Magnum Opus entitled, The Music of the Spheres. 76

field of the fundamental pattern emerges from every point, this is what I refer to as the ’cosmological simplex', the blueprint, imprint, fingerprint and voiceprint of God. We as astrologers call this root archetypal pattern around us, the Zodiac. From this simple order of duality, nature divines subtle reflective polarities of condition and behavior. This primordial template is expressed through countless opposing and variable qualities. It morphs into and out of every conceivable and inconceivable configuration. It consists of yin curves intersecting with yang lines, of one dimension hyper-expanding into the next; each one manifesting all the degrees of ‘male and female’ union, or divine opposites, through energy and form. This primary zodiacal pattern functions at every phase, scale and relative magnitude. It constructs the energetic framework, the skeletal system of reality and also gives it the very energetic ‘flesh’ from which everything arises. Upon this limitless scaffold, all manner of energetic form and function is devised, shaped and cast into the substantive holographic phenomenon we call subjective existence. We are woven into the very fabric of the divine quantum tapestry of this immeasurable interconnected self. This 'cosmological simplex’ or ‘zodiac’ pattern not only encompasses the Earth it wraps around all central fields of consciousness, 77

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be it particle, person or planet. It is the energy around the nucleus of all points, no matter how small or how vast—there is always the nexus. Heart of the Heart of the Heart The iron in your blood comes from the very heart of a dying Sun, a supermassive star at the very instant that it went supernova. Your physical heart is the central core of primary system that you call you. The heart connects and interacts with every molecule of hemoglobin as each travels through the arteries, veins, and capillaries, through the heart and out again to every point in the body. At the center of hemoglobin lies an even smaller molecule called a heme, which is a type of coordination complex, a geometric array of bound atoms surrounding a single central atom, usually composed of metal. In the case of heme that metal is, of course, iron. Every single atom of iron at the heart or every heme porphyrin is a core component of each molecule of hemoglobin which

development of the universe forward and contributes to the process of

passes through your heart and was created in the heart of a dying star.

other levels and dimensions of reality. What you do in this life matters.

The creation and disbursement of many essential elements are

What you choose to learn in this existence adds to the accumulated

somehow connected to various stages of the life and death processes of a

experience and knowledge of the collective. And this is why it is a crucial

sun. The iron atom is only created under the same conditions, and at the

time to envision a renewed astrological legacy of spiritual wisdom fully

same place and instant in the process, as it occurs in the same way within

integrated and no longer at odds with the external realities of our world.

each supernova in the universe. Iron is at the core of the frequency of the

The reawakening of our unified cosmic heart begins with you.

heart, no matter at what scale that heart is. Iron is part of the composition of the processes of the heart, within molecules, within stars and within you!

Axis Mundi Sum I AM the center point of the world. The fundamental co-generating principle of complementary opposites flows through all the central axes

Great, Small, Where AM I through it All?

of creation, threading through the nuclei of microcosms to the spinal

Thinking in such grand and small terms sometimes can throw us off

cords of macrocosms. This ‘zodiacal field’ emanates from every planet,

center. If it is All so vast, what do I matter? You may ponder your role in the

person and particle, from every blackhole, star and galaxy. It brings forth

world and think that your life has no real purpose or bearing on anything.

all life on Earth and organizes the flow of energy between individualized

But what you may not realize is that every action and breath that you take

units of the internal components of the phases of light. The subatomic

contributes to the health and vitality of countless lives around you and

realm supports the atomic; the atomic creates the material. Atoms form

after you, just as it was with all that came before you. It all moves the

elements and in turn support the molecular and chemical phases of the

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cosmos. Chemistry brings forth biology, and our biological processes

The Center of Nature’s Pattern

reveal the subtle behaviors of the mind of light. This union of cosmic

Between the forces of Light and Life, and Dark and Death will always be found,

mind and essential matter is a deep professing of the complex behaviors

the Eternal.~ The primordial pattern originates with the One thing which

of light energy. Some scientific theories state that within every photon of

embodies everything becoming two complementary, yet opposing things.

light, all information and knowledge exists. If so, we are here to express

These two things diametrically divide by all of their opposing qualities, so

our small quanta of this infinite knowing.

that the antithetical aspect of one would always be found directly opposite

’And God said, ”Let there be light”, and there was light.’ Genesis 1:3. Light makes up all phases of matter. Organic matter, any matter, for that matter, exists due to the rules that govern the behaviors of light forces, and is subject to the entangled correspondences of these energies and geometries. Astrology is the study of energy and geometry. Biology lives within astrology and astrology lives within biology. We are all part of this one thing, interacting through all states of being. Currently, from our perspective, the fields of our energetic and material systems are all aligned and yoked with the state of being human. Awaken yourself at the level of a cell in your body for a moment; explore what it is to be a cell, what it feels, does and knows. This cell is a part of you. Now project yourself to know what a sunflower knows for a day as it turns its face to follow the Sun, or what the flickering Earth experiences in an epoch. Each is involved in a greater creative template, as well as the transitory uses of the template’s components within this cosmic master plan. You are at the very center of this process of being. You are protopart of this connective pattern as a recognizable structure underlying nature itself. Your expression of nature was not invented, it was revealed. You are a unique part of this cosmic revelation of the pattern. This is the fundamental principle upon which ‘astrology’ is established.

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the other. To better distinguish the changes in the qualities within, each of

an up/down or north/south configuration, and in turn creates forward/

the primary opposites mirrors the other as the exponentially duplicating

back and left/right. It is comprised of energy moving within a defined

schema expands and contracts. Either by multiplying or dividing, the

geometric sphere. You can see this in how particles orbit within the shell

two forces composes polarizing waves of energy creating a pulse or

of an atom, similarly to planets as they travel within the heliosphere of

phase. One phase of this pattern organizes complementary harmonizing

a star, and how solar heliospheres orbit ‘galacto-spheres — galaxies. So

angles. Another dimensional phase manifests an opposing mirrored

the atoms too must be in an intricate corresponding relationship with

form to complement the first harmony. Yet, where there is a harmony,

the planets and stars, and indeed we know that they are by scientific

a dissonance must also emanate synchronously, so various interactive

methods. They function without the knowledge of the existence of a

qualities result in order to compensate and to balance the equation. The

human level reality. Atoms and planets simple don’t know we exist… or

principle of ‘one’ is synthesizing (conjuncting); the principle of ‘two’ is

do they? Maybe they are learning too.

contrasting and reflecting (opposing); the principle of ‘three' (trine) is harmonizing and light; the principle of ‘four’ (square) is gradating and

Grand Central You

dense. These first basic counteracting principles are expressions of the

We are beginning to consciously understand our connectedness

elemental core of nature; at the center of it All. One might even say they

to everything, and so too, that all consciousnesses are fundamentally

comprise the mathematical order of operations of the equation at the ‘Heart of

entangled. Scientific philosophers have started to recognize that the

God’.

Universe could in fact be the network of a singular consciousness. You are something like the ‘grand central station’ for all of the sensory signals

Heliocentric, Geocentric or Egocentric?

going in and out each time a train of energetic vibration comes or goes,

Some of this might feel technical. I assure you it has purpose; give it a

and like trains they are precisely timed. Some have described our Sun as

minute. In recent decades we have been able to visually conceive the

akin to a neuron in the connective galactic neural fibers of the cerebral

natural patterns in mathematics in ways never previously possible.

cortex of a scalarized universal mind. We are becoming aware that we

Among the most important contributions of our age has been the means

each emerge as the perception of our individual self from this prime

to understand patterns on such a vast scale. One of the most well-known

source field of conscious energy; we recognize and acknowledge what

fractal pattern images that has emerged since the advent of computers is

we truly are, and ultimately return to it.

the Mandelbrot Set, a set of infinite self-similar continuous patterns of

The matter of which you are constructed comprises the container,

coordinates, exhibiting an increasingly elaborate boundary of recursive

the vessel or temple for this sacred centrum of awakened awareness at

fractalization. This mathematical patterned set represents the concept of

the level of human consciousness to which you have evolved. Multiple

a newly recognized natural law, which declares that nature is self-similar

fields of consciousness — above, the grand actors (planets) and below, the

across all scales.

bit players (particles) — have united on stage, space-time (here and now)

If nature resonates an archetypal construct on one level, it will reuse

as the antagonists, the protagonists and the backdrop for the central hero

that construct on another level. This constructed order radiates from a

figure (you). Throughout this production, we are here to study our own

central core. This nexus originates as a set of axes in space, aligning to

character, to analyse the story, to peek backstage. We are here to ‘break

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the Fourth Wall’ and to reveal to ourselves that we are not only the hero embodied from the planets. Nor are we just a part in a sequel or a spin-off to some other story. Take a brief intermission; recognize that we are also

Russell von Ohlhausen

the scenery, the audience, the stagehands, the writer and director in our astrological story. Now put the spotlight back on you and remember that

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while you are on this stage, you are the Star of it All. A ***

transpersonal

ontologist,

research

astrologer,

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consciousness catalyzer; his work reflects a lifetime of study of science, religions, myths, metaphysics & most importantly — nature —and what they reveal about consciousness & human

"Astrology is the study of energy and geometry. Biology lives within astrology and astrology lives within biology. We are all part of this one thing, interacting through all states of being."

behavior. Russ is a co-founding member & current President of the Astrological Society of Austin, and has taught on alchemy, metaphysics & meta-science at Kepler College, and other astrological organisations and lectured at various scientifically esoteric organizations such as IONS- Institute for Noetic Science & INACS. His ground-breaking works in cosmological mechanics, and astrological & mathematical research, Celestia Mathematica, The Fibonacci Zodiac & The Secrets of Starlight, are currently being taught by other astrological schools as a foundational theory of the governing structure behind astrological knowledge. He is also the creator of the Zodiac Image Project, Zodiac Faces: Planetary Physiognomy and The Holy Myth: The Bible as Astrological Treatise, and the ARCDatabase Initiative (Astrological Research Collaborative).  Location: Austin, Texas Websites: ritesofthesun.com

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Liz Hathway – Agent 115

In this chapter, I look at the parallels between the work of science fiction author Philip K. Dick (author of Blade Runner, Pre-Crime, Minority Report) and the 21st Century, through an astrological lens. Dick was a Sagittarius, a fan of Plato, amphetamines and the metaphysical realm.  With Pluto poised to enter Aquarius, I ask, what message might Dick have for us concerning what happens to humanity next?

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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

neatly spans the 1960’s Uranus-Pluto triple conjunction in Virgo. The

I first encountered astrology at the time I came across the works of

US was going through one of the most turbulent periods in its history,

writers George Orwell (Animal Farm and 1984) and Aldous Huxley (Brave

featuring student riots, hippies, Vietnam and the Anti-war Movement,

New World). I was about fourteen years old, and I refer to these encounters

the Women’s Rights Movement, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy

as meetings with ‘outsider ideas’. On reflection, outsider ideas have

and Martin Luther King. (Did I forget anything?). During this period,

always contributed more to my life than anything mainstream, perhaps

Dick, a speed freak who was prone to episodes of paranoia, penned his

because they often hint at something invisible, mysterious or visionary.

dystopian view of American society.

My Scorpio ascendant loves this. Astrologers and science fiction writers contemplate the future and try to make sense of it and in this respect we share a space. Sci-fi devotees have Sci Fi Cons, while we have astrology conferences. Though the space we occupy at society’s edge is different, we are countercultural shield bearers nonetheless. Physicist and science fiction author Gregory Benford sums it up neatly: ‘[T]here are two distinct ways to view our place in the Universe; humanity is either seen as a context through which to view the Universe, or the Universe is seen as a context through which to view humanity.’1 Would it be stretching a point to suggest that science fiction and astrology both belong to society’s shadow because they offer an alternative temporal reality which many find unacceptable, irrational and therefore choose to reject? While neither Orwell nor Huxley is considered to be a science fiction writer in the strictest sense of the term, Philip K. Dick certainly fits the description. Dick was born with Pisces rising, the Sun, Mercury and Saturn in triple conjunction in Sagittarius in the ninth house and the midheaven in close alignment with the galactic center2. He was a visionary and one of his primary concerns was with what it actually means to be human3. His book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (Androids) was completed on 20 June 1966 and published in 1968, a period that 1 J Fox-Skelly, Can Science Fiction be Literature? Royal Society, 2011. Viewed 20 October 2019, 2 L Sutin, Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick, Gollancz, Orion Publishing Group London, 2006, p. 11: ’Phil was born at noon, twenty minutes ahead of his sister.’ 3 K Lopez, Book Seller Catalogue: Text of speech given by Dick at a SciFi conference in Vancouver in 1972 The Android and the Human, viewed 20 October 2019, [hereafter, Dick, Android and the Human] 88

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Androids is in essence a detective story. The central character, bounty

workers crowded into England’s newly sprung industrial centres into

hunter Rick Deckard is assigned to retire six renegade Nexus-6 androids,

a force capable of pursuing and achieving, social and political change.

portrayed in the movie as highly advanced, intelligent, bioengineered

Paine wrote ‘when the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an

beings called ‘replicants’. The Nexus-6 androids in question have highly

example to the poor to plunder the rich of his property’5. With Pluto

developed artificial intelligence, and are so sophisticated and human-like

approaching Aquarius again and the Aquarian Age upon us, I think many

that only the Voight Kampff Empathy Test (VK) is able to expose them.

of us sense that the winds of change are already starting to blow. The

This test consists of a series of questions designed to measure empathy,

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on 21 December 2020 falls in 00° Aquarius

that unique ability that allows human to understand and share feelings.

29" and will signal the definite shift of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions

The VK focuses specifically on the movement of the eyes as the windows

from the earth element into air. Paine, an Aquarian, was a populist and

of the soul. The electric sheep of the title grazes on the roof of Dick’s

an agitator who proved that when the conditions are right, a single spark

apartment but isn’t real. In an age when animals are all but extinct due

can start a fire. A leap in the evolution of mass consciousness is one of the

to radiation fall-out the sheep is a status symbol nonetheless. The book

most positive and surprising things Pluto in Aquarius can bring about.

was adapted and filmed as Blade Runner and released in 1982 under a conjunction of Saturn and Pluto in Libra. Androids raises the question of what happens when the line between the human and the machine has been crossed, and big business, science and technology completely run the show? The motto of the Tyrell Corporation responsible for creating the Nexus 6 is: ‘Commerce is our goal. More human than human our motto.’4 The complex relationship humanity has with technology fascinated Dick and it is a relationship which we will confront head on when Pluto enters Aquarius. Aquarius, more than any other sign, is deeply intertwined with the evolution of the idea of individual freedom which, we tend to forget, is a relatively new concept in the history of mankind. The discovery of Uranus (13 March 1781, 22.30 Bath, England), which many astrologers consider to be the modern ruler of Aquarius, ushered in an Age of Industrial and Political Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille and the beheading of the French King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette sent shivers down the spine of Europe’s aristocracy. Thomas Paine’s ‘The Rights of Man’—-the title speaks for itself—published on 16 March 1791, with Pluto in Aquarius, galvanized and organized the 4 Ridley Scott's 1982 movie, Blade Runner, based on Philip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Double Day, NY, 1968 90

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far reaching consequences. Quite apart from the vulnerability of ‘smart cities’ to hackers and the chaos a system failure could bring about, the

Let me take the United Kingdom—my homeland—as an example.

democratic response must surely be, WHEN DID WE VOTE FOR THIS

The UK is one of the most surveilled nations in the world. In recent

Clearly we did not. What this comes down to is control, money and

years, with Brexit dominating the Parliamentary debate, there has been

power by stealth8.

far too little attention paid to things like ‘facial recognition’, which seems

At the very beginning of Androids, Dick mentions a date in Deckard’s

to have crept into UK society through the back door. In a recent article

diary, 3 January 1992. A quick look at the horoscope for that day shows

in the UK newspaper The Independent, Mark Harris discussed intrusive

that the North Node was conjunct the Sun, Uranus and Neptune in

facial recognition software in public spaces. He mentions software

Capricorn, the very same Uranus-Neptune conjunction that gave birth

developed by a Canadian Company, AggregateIQ, which can be used

to the world wide web, that sticky net that simultaneously enchants and

to scan photographs of people and potentially match them to their

distracts us. Deckard’s diary gives him information about his mood for

Facebook profile. This is not the only company data mining in this way6.

the day; it says ‘a business like professional attitude is called for’. (I can’t

The omnipresent surveillance cameras in our cities’ streets conjure up

help wondering if Dick read his daily horoscope?) In the real world in

visions that are so reminiscent of Orwell’s ‘Big Brother is Watching You’.

February 1992, Boris Yeltsin and George Bush Snr. met at Camp David,

This is downright scary and it is just the beginning. The arrival of the

the USSR had recently collapsed, it was Yeltsin’s birthday and Bush senior

5G network, and the pending arrival of the so called ‘internet of things’

gave him a pair of cowboy boots embossed with American and Russian

(IoT), will mean that any device with an on/off switch (washing machine,

flags. The cold war was officially declared over and I digress.

lamps, printer, you name it) can be connected to the Internet. This will

What fascinates me the most about Dick is the way in which his

lead to a massive increase in the amount of information about ourselves

fiction has in so many ways become our dystopian reality. I also find it

that we are giving away. Things that were once silent will suddenly

weird that I am writing this piece under a Saturn-Pluto conjunction, a

start communicating and smart algorithms will be set to work to ‘mine’

cycle with which Dick seems to have had a particular affinity. Minority

what is essentially private data, for commercial use. The home, a private

Report, another one of Dick’s short stories that was turned into a

domain where not even the police can enter without a warrant, will soon

blockbuster movie was first published in the January 1956 edition of

play host to tech giants. Take one step further, and we arrive in the ‘smart

a sci-fi mag called Fantastic Universe, under a Saturn (in Leo), Pluto (in

city’, where the use of IoT sensors and technology will be put to work ‘to

Scorpio) square9. The story plays out in 2054, a year when Saturn and

connect components across a city to derive data and improve the lives of

Pluto will be conjunct in Pisces. Three psychics who are able to see into

citizens and visitors’ . By extension, we might end up with a Chinese like

the future (pre-cogs) are employed by a criminal justice agency called

system whereby a good citizen has to prove they are such by garnering

Precrime. The pre-cogs are able to see who will commit a crime with the

a certain number of points with a failure to do so having potentially

perpetrator also arrested and found guilty in advance of any actual crime

6 M Harris, Corporations and Facial Recognition. Viewed 20 October 2019 , https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/facial-recognition-privacy-kings-cross-argent-police-racism-a9057136.html 7 T Maddox, Smart Cities a Cheat Sheet. Viewed 27 October 2019.

8 N Kobie, The Complicated Truth about China’s Social Credit System. Viewed 9 Sept 2019,

9 Philip K. Dick fans website, The Minority Report. Viewed 30 October 2019,

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having taken place. Minority Report is set in a world in which literally

and first entered Gemini on 1 July 1398, at the start of the Renaissance,

everything is monitored, and the parallels with the 21st Century are

which had humanism ‘as its energizing myth’13. Gemini is represented

glaringly obvious, since computer algorithms are already being used to

by human forms, the twins, and its element is air. Air is related to mind,

mine data and to predict crime. So called international mobile subscriber

communication, the gathering and sharing of ideas, the expansion of

identity-catchers (IMSI’s) can be used to intercept calls and locate a user,

consciousness, movement around the globe, and establishing new trade

and are already in use. Chicago has a controversial Precrime department,

routes. Gemini is a crafter of words; it delights in concepts and nuances

which has been accused of racial profiling. In a recent article on the

and is drawn to the abstract. In many respects morally ambiguous, to a

website Face, Isobel Thompson asks ‘When does prevention trickle so far

Gemini there is no singular truth. Good and evil do not exist since both

up the chain that is slides into Minority Report and flips the presumption

represent a position, a perspective which alters depending on whose side

of innocence on its head?‘

The sales pitch for the 2017 documentary

you happen to be on. In the Northern Hemisphere, where the roots of

Precrime highlights the potential problems that we collectively face in

Western astrology lie14, Gemini is a mutable sign representing a stage of

keeping humans in control of the technology: Science fiction turns into

transition between the initial outrush of spring and the full flowering of

disturbing fact as forecasting softwares, algorithms and databases quickly

summer. Since the 1950’s Neptune and Pluto have been in long standing

become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how

sextile with each other, a relationship which finishes when Neptune

much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security?’

reaches the end of Taurus in the late 2030’s. The initial exact squares

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I want to hark back once again to the discovery of Uranus, the

between the two will take place between 19 August 2062 and 25 July

planet which ushered in the Age of Enlightenment (or Endarkenment

2063, with Neptune in Gemini and Pluto in Pisces. Humanity is in the

as Bernadette Brady frequently calls it). Since the discovery of Uranus,

very early formative stage of the current Neptune Pluto cycle, we are

science has become the new religion, the cornerstone, the bottom line

like a three year old who is exploring the magic of a language it has yet

of all things. However, the mind’s beguilement with its own intelligence

to fully master. Humanity clearly needs more time to understand the

started much earlier. According to Nicholas Campion, the cycles of the

complexity of Mind. Everything we see around us is a reflection of our

outer ‘collective’ planets, Pluto, Neptune and Uranus, seem to be ’the great

quest to understand it. Such a strange and wonderful tool it is, if only

shapers of mankind’s collective development’ . The last conjunctions of

we knew how to use it properly. On a collective level, which is where

Pluto and Neptune took place between 2 August 1891 and 30 April 1892,

Neptune -Pluto primarily plays out, we are currently totally obsessed

between 7° Gemini 42" and 8° Gemini 38" i. There are approximately 492

with borders, border security, laying claim to contested spaces, putting

years between these conjunctions. The series of conjunctions moved from

up walls to keep strangers out. All these approaches are contrary to the

Taurus (think agriculture, land based economies, settling and establishing

nature of air. Air needs room to move and cannot be boxed in. If we should

community, barter systems, slow moving development, hand crafts)

ever succeed in keeping air boxed I am afraid we would suffocate. Game

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10 The Face, CCTV-Future of Policing. Viewed 27 October, 2019 < https://theface.com/society/the-future-of-policing > 11 Internet Movie Database, Pre-Crime. Viewed 27 October, 2019

12 M Baigent, Nicholas Campion, Charles Harvey, Mundane Astrology: An Introduction to the Astrology of Nations and Groups, The Aquarian Press, London 1992, page 144. 94

Over. But there is a strange contradiction here. On one level humanity has never been more connected, 24/7 connectivity, yet on another we 13 K R Bartlett, A Short History of the Renaissance, University of Toronto Press, 2013, p. 10. 14 N Campion, A History of Western Astrology, Vol. 1, The Ancient World, (London: Continuum Books, 2008) p.3. 95

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have quite possibly never felt more lonely and isolated. Now there’s a

belief that the consciousness of humanity is slowly evolving. To my mind,

Gemini dichotomy for you.

the Aquarian Age will see us come to terms with the intelligence we have been given and with the monsters we create when we use it unwisely. Humanity must keep control of its robots, its machines and its artificial intelligence. Remember that Aquarius is represented by a human figure, one of the few that our zodiac possesses. Machines have no conscience, are unable to empathise and could potentially be programmed against us. We need to move away from the eye and take the soul back to the labyrinthine ear and listen to our own inner voice. Uranus in Taurus has brought empowerment to militant movements like Extinction Rebellion. The fact that scientists are themselves in the race against the so called ‘killer robots’ and the military use of artificial intelligence in warfare, to name just a few important battles ahead, is proof that the struggle for our future on planet Earth is in process. Personally I find a lot of wisdom in Philip K. Dick—who although he didn’t know it—seems to have been in tune with the planets and with Saturn Pluto cycles in particular. Dick was of the opinion that the first cultures had been based around the Earth Mother, followed by the masculine solar deities, with their stern, authoritarian societies. Perhaps if we are still around when the NeptunePluto conjunctions move into Cancer (SolarFire stops calculating at 5800 AD: the final conjunction of Neptune and Pluto in Gemini takes place 30 May 5340 at 29° Gemini 08") we will, as Dick envisaged, return to our Earth Mother, who he said still lives. Dick wrote: ‘[T]he hallmark of this new way of being in the world is as part of a living reality, our total environment, a living external environment as animate as ourselves’15. This

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I am a Capricorn, a sign not rated for its optimism. Do I dream of electric sheep? As an astrologer fascinated by the slow cycles of the collective planets, I like to take a long term view of the future. I believe astrology supports my

is a vision of humanity once again embedded and living in an enchanted world, the Anima Mundi reborn. Dick was a true Sagittarian, a sign that often carries powerful visions of the future. Should we be afraid of what lies ahead of us? I am sure Dick would answer: NO. Human beings are far too anarchistic for that, we will always defy reason and find our way. Dick: "We see as through a glass darkly," Paul says in First Corinthians… 15

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This, for me, is too pessimistic, too paranoid. I believe First Corinthians will be rewritten this way: “The passive infrared scanner sees into us darkly," that is, not well enough to really figure us out."16 ***

Liz Hathway

I believe astrology supports my belief that the consciousness of humanity is slowly evolving. To my mind, the Aquarian Age will see us come to terms with the intelligence we have been given and with the monsters we create when we use it unwisely. Humanity must keep control of its robots, its machines and its artificial intelligence.

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Liz Hathway, Master of Arts in Cultural Astronomy and Astrology, DFAstrolS, Qualified Horary Craftswoman (John Frawley School). Liz is an independent researcher with a special interest in rituals, sacred space, magic and transformation. Liz is also passionate about mundane astrology. Born in the Swansea Valley (UK) Liz is a professional astrologer and trend watcher who currently lives and works in Amsterdam. Location: Amsterdam, Holland Website: astrologieblog.nl/

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It seems that more and more people are coming out of the “psychic closet.” What’s the astrological correlation reflecting a stronger interest in paranormal topics? The article will explain why the conjunction of Pluto and Neptune in 1892 has relevance today and will continue to reverberate through the 2020’s.

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The Pluto Neptune Cycle: Change the Mind, Change Everything

along with the qualities of intuition, sensitivity and psychism. Pluto

During a recent consultation with a new client I said, ‘Your north

We speak literally and figuratively of the occult and the underworld in

node conjunct Chiron, opposite your moon, in the area of the chart which represents work, service and healthcare is in the sign associated with intuition.’ I then asked whether he works in health care, or, uses intuition to assist clients/patients. My client’s response was a resounding `yes!’ as he revealed he is a medical doctor specializing in sleep disorders and meditation. The good doctor is not what you’d call a traditional type of physician or psychic. The times they are a-changin’. This client was also born with the Neptune (Scorpio 26) Pluto (Virgo 25) sextile. The following discussion will review the enigmatic unfolding of the Neptune-Pluto sextile, plus other psychically attuned astrological signatures. A sextile is an aspect which recognizes an opportunity and `goes for it’. It’s a pragmatic aspect. From an evolutionary perspective, a sextile creates a backdrop of conscious understanding through contrast and comparison. Most astrologers would agree that any blending of Neptune and Pluto is suggestive of transformative spirituality. It’s this author’s contention that the ongoing waxing Neptune-Pluto provides a backdrop which will propel a renewed interest in psychic and spiritual technologies. How does the Sextile ‘Show-up’? Millions alive today were born under a Neptune Pluto sextile, an aspect so prevalent that it is often dismissed by astrological interpretation as simply a ‘generational’ aspect without much individual influence. Research indicates that the exact sextile does indeed reflect a specific

relates to the shifting of power which results in radical transformation. Pluto’s shadow. The author hypothesized that psychics would have a stronger Pisces/Neptune signature in their charts, while mediums would reflect stronger Pluto/Scorpio themes. But do these assumptions hold up? Some of the findings connected with the research of over 400 working psychics and mediums include:

1) Both the psychics and mediums had twice as many major

aspects of Neptune to the Sun than the control group (politicians and sports figures).

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The psychics had three times as many major aspects of

Neptune to the Moon than the control group.

3) The mediums had twice as many major aspects of Pluto to

their Moon than the control group.

4) An astonishing 98% of all the natal charts of professional

psychics AND mediums had the ‘magic’ Neptune sextile Pluto of the 20th century, within a 2-degree orb (This finding is in sharp contrast to the control groups of lawyers (28%) and athletes (15%). This last finding was quite notable. We know that the waxing sextile phase of the Neptune-Pluto conjunction began in 1950 and continues until 2032, making 50 exact sextile aspects, and numerous sextile aspects within a 2-degree orb. What’s startling is that nearly all the psychics and mediums had the sextile blending of this powerful aspect within a 2-degree orb.

`type’. Over the past four years, this author conducted extensive research into the astrological signatures of psychics, mediums, and healers. Most astrologers would agree that Neptune is the archetype of transcendence,

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1. Libra/Leo Sextile: First Exact: 1/22/1950 Neptune @ 17°Li21" and Pluto @17°Le2" until 10/18/1956. 2. Sagittarius/Libra Sextile: First Exact:; 10/10/76 Neptune @ 11°Sa48" and Pluto@11°Li48" 3. Capricorn/Scorpio Sextile: First Exact:6/9/86-Neptune @4°Cp52" and Pluto @4°Sc52" 4. Aries/Aquarius Sextile: First Exact:; 7/24/2026-Neptune @4°Ar21" and Pluto @4°Aq21" On February 26, 2032 the last exact sextile occurs with Neptune @ 13°Ar57" and Pluto@ 13°Aq57", and Neptune pulls ahead of Pluto completing the sextile phase. We could expect that during these specific sextile periods, the blending of the imaginative Neptune with that of intense Pluto could shift the locus of understanding away from the prevailing ideology to that of a more individualistic spiritual worldview. Sextiles promote action producing results. Remember that this sextile has at its root its originating Gemini conjunction, the zodiacal sign of ideas.

The Pluto Neptune Cycle: Change the Mind, Change Everything The Pluto-Neptune conjunction of 1892 at 7 degrees of Gemini Chart 1 The dance of Neptune and Pluto is a remarkable one. The cycle lasts for close to half a millennia, 495 years. This present sextile season emerged from the 1892 conjunction of Neptune and Pluto in the sign of Gemini. Due to Pluto’s highly elliptical orbit it travels inside the orbit of Neptune. Therefore, for a few decades Neptune positions itself as the furthest body from the Sun. The sextile lasts nearly a century with four

coincided with the beginning of the modern era. The 19th century could arguably be termed the century when everything changed, and the modern era began. The political and social structure fractured, as monarchies collapsed. Philosophical and scientific breakthroughs reflected the dynamic new thinking as a revolution in communication and transportation occurred. The vision (Neptune) of power (Pluto) shifted, transformed and changed radically.

distinct `exact’ sextile periods separated by periods of no contacts.

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industrialization. They created an American "state of mind" in which imagination was better than reason, creativity was better than theory, and action was better than contemplation2.

The `New Thought’

doctrine is the cornerstone of many spiritual movements that emerged in the 19th century, including the Unity Church, Christian Science, and Spiritualism. New Thought believes our thoughts create reality, and that God is an expression of infinite and universal intelligence. Even the title, `New Thought’ reflects the underpinning of the Neptune Pluto new cycle in the sign of Gemini. Gemini represents ‘the how’ of cognition. Neptune’s vision blended with Pluto’s potency reflects a radical transformation in the prevailing worldview. Within a decade of the conjunction Einstein’s theory of relativity began chipping away at the prevailing logos of Newtonian physics. The new scientific discoveries ushered in quantum theory, representing a new mystical and holistic worldview. At the same time, the blending of the Eastern religious perspective began to seep into Western rationalism. The process of thinking is a binary activity. As you read this, your ability to perceive information is based upon whatever knowledge you possess as you contrast and compare what you haven’t yet considered. Like the glyph (II) for Gemini the dualistic compare/contrast dichotomy It was during this time that radical new ways of spiritual thinking

compares what’s not known to what is known. One could argue that the

began to take root. Theosophy emerged as a blending of eastern philosophy

process of perception began to radically change back in 1892, and we are

with western mysteries designed to uplift the world’s consciousness1. In

still processing that change. Science has discovered since the conjunction

reaction to the harshness of the growing industrialized economy, a group

that the human brain, Gemini’s functional body part, is indeed dualistic.

of scholars including Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, and Ralph

It’s as if we learned how to think differently when we understood that we

Emerson convened, calling themselves the transcendentalists.

actually have human `hardware’ which is reflected in the wiring of two

As a group, the transcendentalists led the celebration of the American

hemispheres; the left logical and the right …intuitive.

experiment as one of individualism and self-reliance. They criticized

Wouldn’t it make `sense’ that professional psychics are highly gifted

government, organized religion, laws, social institutions, and creeping

at integrating both sides of their brain to arrive at `non-local and non-

1 See for example The Theosophical Society in America Home Page at

2 ‘Transcendentalism, An American Philosophy’, U.S. HistoryOnline Textbook. p1. Viewed 20 October 2019,

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temporal data?’ And doesn’t it make sense that the harbinger of `new

100 popular new shows and movies, since 2012, more than half—54%

thought’ reflects the 1892 conjunction of Pluto and Neptune in Gemini,

have had a `psychic, paranormal, or mediumistic theme’. Once upon a

which has been unfolding since then? During the last seventy years of

time ghostly-goings-on were a Halloween holiday activities. No more. All

Neptune Pluto sextiles we have collectively seen a working through of

year long ghost hunters, ghost walks and ghost talks, ghost associations

the spiritually radically new ideas of the conjunction.

and clubs are active, and covered by mainstream radio programs, with a

During the first phase of the waxing sextile, the 1950’s, traditional

‘Sci-Fi’ channel devoted to things which go bump in the night.

religion began to confront conflicting worldviews. Christian scholar,

It would seem as if we are living in a brave new world eager for ways

Robert Ellwood speaks of the discomfort of the time in his book the

to enhance intuition. The lid is off the Genie’s (psychic) bottle. Doing a

`Spiritual Marketplace’. He describes Catholic-Protestant tensions, the

quick on-line search of `intuition & business’ one notices thousands of

interest in the `beat’ poets, Zen Buddhism, UFO’s and the mythology of

courses, coaches and counsellors claiming to aid entrepreneurs on the

Joseph Campbell. The second phase of the sextile, during the 1970’s, saw

path to riches and success by way of Neptune’s goodies; the symbolic, the

the emergence of the `New Age’ movement embracing the litany of the

intuitive, the imagination, and the psychic.

`New Thought’ philosophies of the original conjunction. The `New Age’

At the bedrock of psychic development is meditation. And, since

embraced old age religions; wicca and Indigenous practices, focusing

the modern Neptune ingress, meditation has gone mainstream. The

on the individualistic interpretation of the divine. All the while, eastern

`mindfulness meditation’ craze is everywhere; in public schools, military

beliefs were being integrated with western thought, further reflecting

training, and as a supportive therapy in hospitals for illnesses of the mind

the binary quality of the Gemini Neptune=Pluto conjunction, plus the

and body. Spirit is finally getting its due as part of the trilogy of mind-

Sagittarius theme of world inclusivity. The third sextile phase, of the

body-spirit.

1980’s and 1990’s, integrated the practicality of the Capricorn Neptune

The last time Neptune graced Pisces, from 1847 to 1862, we

signature. No longer were different spiritual ideas considered renegade.

collectively experienced a yearning for transcendence imagined through

Practical ways of bringing spiritual practices into the world prevailed.

a connection with the numinous. It was during the last Neptune ingress

The number of credentialed programs, institutes, regional `new age

in Pisces when modern spiritualism, the religion of `talking to the dead’

shops’ and schools started to skyrocket. Psychics and mediums began to

was born. Spiritualism claims its roots to the Fox sisters, Leah, Kate and

be thought of as `professional.’ The last sextile phase, from 2026 until

Maggie, from Hydesville New York. It all began when Kate (age 10) and

2032, may be the most interesting. Since no one aspect stands alone, let’s

Maggie, (age 14), professed to communicate with spirits through a series

consider other astrological factors before speculating.

of rapping. The initial events occurred on 31 March, 1848 and fostered a world-wide phenomenon congruent with the timing of the American

The Ultimate Spiritual Blending: Neptune in

Civil War. The backdrop of the war significantly spurred the growth of

Pisces

Spiritualism, as family members were desperate to communicate with

Interest in things ‘psychic and spiritual’ has magnified since Neptune’s

their slain loved ones.

2011 ingress into Pisces. We have seen an explosion in the cultivation and

The religion of Spiritualism founded during the last ingress of

interest in the paranormal or spiritual side of life. In a review of the top

Neptune in Pisces flourishes today, during the current ingress, at the site

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of the world-renowned center for spiritual, psychic and mediumistic

sextiles have coincided with events reflecting these themes. During the

development, Lily Dale Assembly, in upstate New York.

Jupiter-Neptune sextile of 8 June 2011, an outpouring of support was directed towards New Zealand following an earthquake. Likewise, on 29

Towards the 2020’s: Winning Wisdom

October 2007, a devastating cyclone in Bangladesh generated a similar

Although we will not experience a Neptune-Pluto sextile in 2020, we

humanitarian response.

will undergo another type of spiritual aspect, the Jupiter-Neptune sextile.

Jupiter is the call to expansive action, in doing `the right’ thing,

This is the closing sextile which originated from the Jupiter-Neptune

directed by the compassionate gifts of Neptune. As the archetype of

conjunction of 2009 at the 26th degree of Aquarius.

education, Jupiter sextile Neptune inspires us to learn about Neptune’s

Consider the scientific technologies which have been utilized since

archetypal spiritual waters. As the great dissolver, the Neptune/Pisces

the conjunction that have effectively merged science with spirituality. In

signature is intuitive or psychic because it represents the fluidity between

the past ten years popular magazines such as Psychology Today3 illustrate

one and another’s consciousness. Neptune suggests we are all `one’; so

how spiritual tools are proven using the scientific method. The US

why not merge with another’s psyche?

military has unveiled such fantastic devices as telepathic helmets and

The 2020 sextile pattern involves the zodiacal signs of Capricorn

invisibility cloaking4 Harvard Medical School and the French `Starlab’

(Jupiter) and Neptune (Pisces). What distinguishes this closing sextile is

have both explored robotic adjuncts to telepathy training.

the contribution of earthy Capricorn.

We might expect more public interest in understanding the science

As the sign of practicality, Capricorn energy navigates the world by

of intuition. The Jupiter sextile Neptune energy of 2020 inspires clarity

creating procedures which are efficient and effective. Capricorn rewards

and truth in the arena of spirituality. Both Jupiter and Neptune have a

experience, expertise and authority. The blending of grounded Jupiter

cozy connection to the Pisces energy; Jupiter as the ancient planetary

with ethereal Neptune suggests a breakthrough in the way we utilize

ruler, and, Neptune as its modern ruler. Jupiter, planet of wisdom,

psychic/intuitive gifts. In spiritual education, for example, the attitude

words, dogma and beliefs names that which ethereal Neptune inspires

will be to accept what works and leave the rest. Capricorn Jupiter doesn’t

us to experience. Beliefs, religions and dogma (Jupiter) all differ, yet

want to waste time on frivolous spiritual pursuits.

they trigger the same numinosity (Neptune). The capacity for belief is a

Training programs in psychic and spiritual development have

Neptunian quality, the specific naming of that belief emits from Jupiter.

noted an increase in interest in recent years. One of the best regarded

The blending between Jupiter’s beliefs and Neptune’s transcendence, via

programs is `Fellowships of the Spirit’ (of which this author is a faculty

a sextile, has purposeful results.

member). Fellowships of the Spirit has been training students in psychic,

Consider the times of the Jupiter sextile Neptune as opportunity

mediumship and healing skills for thirty years. The founder, Elaine

periods when the collective opens to embrace the expansive truth-

Thomas, reports that attendance is up 30% for the new 2020 class, just in

seeking traits of Jupiter with Neptune’s open-hearted compassion. Past

time for the Jupiter-Neptune sextile.

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`credentials’ similarly to the third phase of the Neptune-Pluto sextile of

A brave-new-world scenario could boomerang, as we pursue psychic

the 1990’s. The dates may also resonate personally as touchstone times to

awareness as a tool of military power. The initial 1950’s sextile of Neptune-

cultivate a deeper connection to spiritual experiences/truth.

Pluto coincided with the Stanford University Research think tank led by

The next new cycle of Jupiter-Neptune is on April 11, 2022 at the

Dr Russel Targ, as he and a collection of `ordinary psychics’ successfully

23rd degree of Pisces. Like the Neptune in Pisces ingress, we might

remote viewed (a psychic technique) Russian military outposts. This last

expect a flourishing of psychic awareness and practice, and the ultimate

of the waxing Neptune-Pluto sextiles might integrate psychism with

acceptance of personal intuitive gifts. The future conjunction ushers a

technology to create a most daunting tool of extraordinary awareness,

new twelve-year period of celebrating the reality of psychic intuition

for might or right.

built upon the bedrock of Aquarius’s science.

This last waxing Neptune-Pluto sextile suggests the individual will confidently find their spiritual place within the collective; that there is

`I know I am’

room for all intuitive expression. Being a sextile implies success with

The last waxing sextile combines Neptune Aries, (I Am) with Pluto

effort. The individual who consciously uses ‘both sides of the brain’

Aquarius, (I Know). An integration will presumably take place from 2026 through 2032 between the energies of the spirituality and power. Aries adds an air of ownership; individuals will courageously embrace

succeeds. And then there is Aquarius’ ruler, Uranus, which jumps into the fray around 2026 creating a grand sextile involving the three outer planets.

the divine expression of their choosing. The sextile ties the individual to

Sextile meet Uranus in Gemini. A turbo-charged late 2020’s and early

the collective power structure, Aquarius, in an inclusive manner never

2030’s will presumably maximize our minds and balance the binary way

experienced. Perhaps we will see psychic and intuitive technologies

of perception initiated by the original 1892 conjunction. We might expect

tailor made (with the help of robotics?) to the individual seeker. Perhaps

the physiology of perception, extra sensory and otherwise, to evolve as

the not-yet-developed technologies will embolden intuition by way of

well. Imagine personalized DNA driven medications, supplements, and

frequencies and sounds. The combination of Aries’ instinct with Aquarius’

food products designed to enhance intuition, awareness and self-healing.

cool logic paints a picture which is utilitarian and oddly detached. Will

We don’t know yet what we don’t know; however, the last waxing sextile

the image of the divine bypass the criteria of pure Piscean compassion

of Neptune-Pluto, in the signs of Aries and Aquarius, will likely epitomize

and resemble more the vengeful God of the Old Testament? Or perhaps

a leap in the frontier of wisdom; blending logic with intuition.

the individual will create a God based upon his/her image? One thing is clear. The old way of training psychics and mediums, established during the infancy of the religion of Spiritualism in the 19th

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Extrasensory intelligence is something that, if developed, may just be the magic pill that will make you feel better for good. If you are on the path of self-development extrasensory intelligence must be on the top of your priority list to improve. If we are all psychically in-tuned the world will have no secrets and hidden agendas… Imagine that!

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Scientists, for the most part, are skeptical of the word ‘psychic’, and yet they too come up with their most brilliant discoveries and inventions while in a state of increased psychic openness. Such a state is associated

Caller: My name is Bob. Can we make an appointment on Thursday 10 am?

with detaching from logic thinking, spacing out so to speak. This could

Psychic Service: Hi Bob, in theory we could, but it is not going to work out.

happen while taking a walk in a park, having a shower or even during

Caller: Why not?

sleep. Scientists may admit that their brilliant idea did not come from a

Psychic Service: Your car will break down on the way to our office.

logical conclusion but from something else. However, that ‘something else’ is never attributed to a psychic insight. When asked how they come

Jokes aside, how much do we know about human psychic abilities? Do we know how psychic we are?

up with their inventions they usually say something like ‘I had a feeling’, ‘my intuition tells me’, ‘not sure, it just popped in my head’. Some use

From the moment we are born, we are learning about ourselves in

the word ‘intuition’: others talk about ‘creative thinking’. Ultimately

many different ways. The majority of people don’t know much more

they can’t’ explain it since they do not accept the existence of the human

about themselves than what they learn in school. Traditional schools

extrasensory abilities.

teach us a little bit about our body functionality, a bit of chemistry, a bit

Many people are aware of the fact that human psychic ability, a sixth

of basic physics, some basic psychology and a few other things to assist us

sense, intuition and extrasensory perception are all different names for

to get by in life. These schools do not have anything in their curriculum

the same phenomenon. Even ‘creative thinking’ is an ability of a human

remotely related to the study of humans that goes beyond the physical

being to ‘space out’, remove the logic from the thought process and let the

body or beyond what we are ‘permitted’ to learn.

mind bring forward ideas that may defy any logic yet produce incredible

We are simply uneducated on this topic and left to discover our intuitive talents on our own.

results. Creative thinking therefore, in my opinion, falls into the category of extrasensory abilities.

Just like astrology, extrasensory ability becomes our extra-curriculum

Why do we use all these different names for one phenomenon?

topic of study, and this is only of interest to relatively few people. The

Different names are simply helping different groups of people define

majority of people remain unschooled in these aspects of life and are

their own relationship with it.

frequently in denial and fear.

We frequently observe this amazing phenomenon in life and/or hear

I find it interesting that scientists and astrologers are very similar

about it. Some of us see spontaneous dreams that come true, some have

when it comes to their relationship with psychic phenomenon. Both

accidental out of body experiences, some feel future events ‘in the gut’,

reap the benefits of their own extrasensory insights in their work, while

some see ghosts, and so forth.

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Sine we are generally uneducated about this phenomenon, it is largely misunderstood and even feared by many. In turn the fear prevents people from learning about it and developing their own special powers. Everyone knows that having a high intelligence quotient (IQ) is better that having a low one. Human intelligence, by definition, is associated 119

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with the ability to learn, to solve problems, use logic and utilize other

names, associated with this phenomenon, are all mental constructs,

cognitive abilities.

designed to help people create their relationship with it. You can pick

Emotional intelligence (EI), or emotional quotient (EQ), is less popular, although it is extremely important for successful relationships

any of these names should you have to tell friends what you are into these days.

and career. Knowing one’s own emotions and using them wisely changes

The most common names are:

one’s life for the better.

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Psychic phenomenon: This term is popularized and broadly

Continuing this line of thought, we can define many types of

accepted in the New Age community, however, it is ridiculed and

intelligence for every important aspect of life. For example, health

virtually forbidden in the scientific community. Astrologers vary in

intelligence (HI or HQ) refers to having knowledge of one’s own body

their relationship with this term: many accept it, but some are staying

and health and an ability to manage it without relying on medical

away from it.

establishment, financial intelligence (FI or FQ) as encapsulates knowledge

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of one’s own financial situation and an ability to manage it efficiently.

range of meanings from insignificant human ability all the way to a

In my view, the idea of ESI or ESQ - extrasensory intelligence or

Intuition: A mild concept with broad acceptance but covering a

psychic talent.

extrasensory quotient needs to be accepted as a very important type of

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human intelligence. Few people have it these days but hopefully many

scientific world, among groups of people interested in researching

more will soon discover it.

and using this phenomenon. It means an ability to perceive or obtain

Let’s give ESI a proper definition. Here is my take on it:

Extrasensory intelligence is a general knowledge of human abilities that goes beyond logic, the five main senses and known body functionality, awareness of one’s unique natural extrasensory gifts and an ability to train yourself in new extrasensory skills and/or develop existing ones to a higher level. To be extrasensory intelligent, as a first step, we will want to acquire as much knowledge as possible about human extrasensory abilities. As a second step, we will want to examine our own current abilities. A third step is to develop them to a higher level and possibly learn new ones. Acquiring knowledge about extrasensory perception is not difficult, with books, internet and teachers available in abundance. Before we dive into books, we need to remember that the different

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Extrasensory ability: This term is used in the secret service and

information by other means besides using one of the five human senses: hearing, eyesight, smell, taste and touch. •

Sixth sense: This term, popularized in a movie, has subsequently

come to mean a human sense that allows one to receive information additional to that available through the five known senses. We need to remember that there is a lot of information out there but it needs to be filtered, preferably with one’s own intuition. In describing extrasensory perception and psychic abilities Wikipedia encourages the average user to think of these phenomenon as unproven, through its use of terminology such as ‘claimed perception’, ‘no scientific evidence exists’, ‘alleged’.1 I believe that Wikipedia is assigned a role in framing the minds of the majority of people. We, humans are easily manipulated to stay within 1 Extrasensory perception, Wikipedia Viewed on 13 October, 2019, 121

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set ‘boundaries’ of our perception of reality because crossing these

universe are components of an explanation of our extrasensory abilities

‘boundaries’ is assumed to threaten our survival.

from a physics perspective5.

We frequently intuitively understand the big lie, but choose not to confront it because we are afraid. The good news is that times are changing. High quality information is rapidly flooding out on to the internet.

Our electromagnetically sensitive brain, body and aura, together function as an antenna, processor and resonator of any incoming GEM information. We are bombarded with an unlimited spectrum energy waves. Our five senses, like radio stations in ham radio, are designed to

You can now find all sorts of videos and articles on extrasensory

recognize, amplify and process information coming through the respective

perception being scientifically studied and validated as well as used by

five segments of the GEM spectrum. The information delivered in other

the secret services of many countries. People such as American physicist

segments of the spectrum does not get our direct attention because we

Russell Targ, a remote viewing specialist, are coming out with stories

are not designed to process it properly. Nevertheless such information

of working for the government on researching psychic abilities and the

may be extremely valuable. If we want to capture it, we need to train our

findings being subsequently used for military purposes.

body to be sensitive to that type of information.

You can look into a field of study called ‘Parapsychology‘. It is ‘the

As we already know we have that ‘sixth sense’ in us. Our commonly

study of paranormal and psychic phenomena which include telepathy,

known five senses are associated with different organs tuned to process

precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis, near-death experiences,

the respective band of frequencies: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin.

reincarnation, apparitional experiences, and other paranormal claims.’2

Which organ is responsible for the sixth sense? Many people think it is our pineal gland. I believe it is our entire body. The body is sensitive

How does ESP work? What is the physical nature of human ESP? If you are familiar with my ‘Physics of Astrology’ framework3 you will understand how gravity and electromagnetism are responsible for the physical connection (and therefore correlation) between planetary motion and human behaviour. The physics of psychic phenomenon is also based on gravity and electromagnetism. In my framework I propose that gravity is an extremely low frequency energy wave. As such it is a part of electromagnetic spectrum4. I called it gravitoelectromagnetism (GEM). Unified gravity with electromagnetism simplifies our understanding of how life works. GEM, quantum entanglement and the holographic structure of the

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to an extremely low band of GEM, which is gravity. The body depends on gravity completely. We can live without eyesight or hearing but we can’t survive without gravity. The gravity band is filled with information associated with planetary movements. In other words, our body is sensing all the subtle gravity fluctuations and waves coming from our interactions with celestial bodies, including lunar cycles and solar cycles. While these days our computers can calculate planetary positions into the future based on the analysis of their past motion, our sophisticated body can also extrapolate events into the future based on our history of sensing subtle gravity changes associated with planetary movement. Our body knows what’s coming. It’s our mind’s challenge to consciously process this information. The way to tune our mind to recognize and process this subtle information is to shut the five senses off, as they are like radio stations 5

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that are too loud and are distracting us from seeing the future. We

In spite of overwhelming evidence and witness testimonies,

need to quieten down and look within, as they say. This is why sensory

Wikipedia is still trying to fight the growing availability of knowledge

deprivation is very powerful when it comes to enhancing one’s psychic

and people’s curiosity by labeling remote viewing and parapsychology as

abilities.

‘pseudoscience’7.

Sensory deprivation is more prevalent around us than we realize. If you close your eyes, find a quiet place with no sounds or where you

On the bright side Wikipedia gives us an amazing list of various human psychic abilities:

are able to tune yourself out of external white noise, get comfortable in Notable psychic abilities:

your body and skin, get warm and relaxed, you are pretty much sensory

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deprived. At that point the only sense that is at work is the sixth sense,

Apportation,

conjuration

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to

undergo

materialization, disappearance or teleportation of an object.

which is picking up information from gravity waves. It’s known that

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blind (or deaf) people are highly psychic.

Astral projection or mental projection – The ability to

voluntarily project the astral body (consciousness), being associated

Of course, people are different in their developmental stages and

with the out-of-body experience, in which the astral body is felt to

their sensitivities. A more sophisticated human processor is able to

temporarily separate from the physical body.

extrapolate the data into the past and future better than average. In other

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words, each person is able to pick up and consciously translate the gravity

people, places and things.

information to the extent that their current state of ESI allows them.

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Aura reading – The ability to perceive "energy fields" surrounding Automatic writing – The ability to draw or write without

conscious intent.

Quantum entanglement is another great phenomenon linking physics and extrasensory perception6. This phenomenon explains the famous New Age expression ‘We are all one’.

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Biokinesis - The ability to change and control DNA.

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Chronokinesis - The ability to alter one’s own perception of

time causing their sense of time to appear to slow down or speed up.

In short, it means that no matter how far away particles of the same

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family are in space, if you affect one, the others get affected simultaneously.

Clairaudience – The ability to acquire information by paranormal

auditory means.

This means there is an instant transfer of information defying the speed

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of light.

Claircognizance – The ability to acquire psychic knowledge by

means of intrinsic knowledge (just know).

The concept of the holographic universe explains clairvoyance,

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Clairgustance – The ability to taste without physical contact.

for example. When a clairvoyant looks at a flat image, a photograph of

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Clairolfactance – The ability to access spiritual or mediumistic

someone, s/he can extrapolate that into 3D and 4D, so that in his or her

knowledge through smell.

imagination s/he can see the person in the present, past and future, as if

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the picture was a hologram and it’s activated by the clairvoyant’s vision.

messages from emotions and feelings.

Our conscious mind, being in-tune with our sixth sense, is able to project

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anywhere.

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Clairvoyance – The ability to perceive people, objects, locations,

or physical events via extrasensory perception.

the vision of someone or something into the past, future and present

6 Ibid.

Clairsentience – The ability to psychically feel, that is to receive

Divination – The ability to gain insight into a situation using

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Dowsing – The ability to locate water, sometimes using a tool

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Energy medicine – The ability to heal with one's own empathic

etheric, astral, mental or spiritual energy. •

Levitation or transvection – The ability to float or fly by mystical

means. •

Mediumship or channeling – The ability to communicate with

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One of the common definitions of intelligence is ‘the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills’9. This is where the extrasensory intelligence begins. I feel that reading this list of human extrasensory abilities, thinking about each one of them, makes me more intelligent in understanding the human capacity to live and learn outside the boundary we are trained to stay in. Do we have any of these abilities? Can that list be longer? I’m sure the sky is our limit.

Psychic surgery – The ability to remove disease or disorder

I can attribute many of the above-named abilities to what I have

within or over the body tissue via an ‘energetic’ incision that heals

experienced in my life. I got to know my own abilities and I met a lot

immediately afterwards.

of other talented extrasensory practitioners, as well as ‘regular’ people

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Psychokinesis or telekinesis – The ability to manipulate objects

with the mind. •

Psychometry or psychoscopy – The ability to obtain information

about a person or an object by touch. •

Pyrokinesis – The ability to create and manipulate fire with the

experiencing spontaneous psychic insights. Besides acquiring knowledge and skipping over the words ‘alleged’, ‘claimed’, ‘scientifically unproven’, the extrasensory intelligence is also about understanding human development in general. I have noticed that psychic abilities at first manifest as spontaneous

mind. •

Remote viewing, telesthesia or remote sensing – The ability to

occurrences for most people, especially at a young age. Then some

see a distant or unseen target using extrasensory perception.

people ‘grow out of it’, while some continue to have spontaneous psychic

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occurrences in their lives and others take control over their abilities and

Retrocognition or postcognition – The ability to supernaturally

perceive past events. • •

Telepathy – The ability to transmit or receive thoughts

supernaturally. •

learn how to use them on demand.

Scrying – The ability to look into a suitable medium with a view

to detect significant information.

Thoughtography – The ability to imprint images from one's

mind onto physical surfaces—such as photographic film—by psychic means.’8

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Between these three different types of people, the first and the second group would not be considered extrasensory intelligent; however, both have great potential and natural abilities. The third group would be considered extrasensory intelligent: training yourself to be psychic on demand requires a bit of work and an understanding that this ability is natural, trainable and useful.

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my own intuitive abilities started developing faster. My understanding of how things work in the extrasensory realm became clear over time. I’m surprised this technique is not more popular among practicing astrologers.

of behavior and circumstances vary. The well-known and strongest

How does one identify the extrasensory abilities one has and how to develop them?

psychic signatures in natal charts are Neptune, 12th house, Pisces and a

First of all, you must know that you have them even if you think

few others. Neptune is my favourite. I always thought that since everyone has Neptune in their charts, this means everyone has intuition. In my view Neptune is most responsible for human extrasensory ability.

you don’t. The question is: have you observed anything in your own life and behaviour that resembles anything from the above-mentioned list of psychic abilities? The most common spontaneous psychic ability that presents itself

The difference between people is where their Neptunian energy

to a lot of people, even to the die-hard sceptics, has to do with sleep.

is playing out in their chart, how much of it is accessible to them and

Sleep puts you in a state of increased psychic openness, especially

whether transiting planets are amplifying or suppressing the natal energy

during the moments leading up to falling asleep or just waking up.

of Neptune.

These are boundary states between a conscious state of mind and being

I believe the ESI (extrasensory intelligence) is very important for astrologers and astrology students. Relying on the pure logic of astrology techniques is inefficient in my experience and produces mistakes in readings.

subconscious, equivalent to a deep meditation or hypnosis. When you are falling asleep the conscious mind is still active. However, the process of sensory deprivation has already begun because you are relaxed, warmed up, with eyes closed in a quiet room and the brain is zoning out from the

Combining readings, based on astrological logic and techniques, with

external environment. When you are waking up, the conscious mind has

extrasensory readings produces the best results when we are seeking to

just been activated, while you are still warm and comfortable and your

deliver the most helpful information to our client.

eyes may still be closed. These are the most potent states for observing

When I discovered the Sabian Symbol’s technique 20 years ago, I

psychic data, aside from meditations and hypnosis.

was blown away. By 1925 Marc Edmund Jones and Elsie Wheeler10 had

A lot of interesting things can happen during those states. You can

invented an astrologically and ESP based technique that works both as

collect information from dreams, you can ask questions and receive

an independent oracle as well as with horoscopes. I’ve found that this

answers, train yourself to be healthier and to improve your relationships

technique can be used successfully by anyone, even if the person using

and so forth. People have stories about having dreams that come true and

it does not consider himself or herself psychically sensitive or skilful. As

some people experience lucid dreaming, when they suddenly realize that

soon as I started using this technique with some frequency, I noticed that

their dream is not reality and they manage to either wake up on demand or to control the dream.

10 D E. Roche, ‘The Origin and History of the Sabian Symbols’, Sabian.org. Viewed 20 October 2019,

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If you experience something like that at least once you can build from there. If nothing comes to mind and you still want to try to develop your psychic powers, you should join a meditation group. I do recommend joining a group over doing your own solo meditations at home. Group meditations are more powerful. You will develop your extrasensory awareness and abilities faster. There is physics behind my recommendation: group meditation creates an opportunity for an amplification of an effect via resonance. Several people meditating in the same room under the same guidance resonate similarly to a station with several antennas sending weak signals of the same frequency. The combined signal will have much greater amplitude due to the resonance and therefore have greater effect. For ESI it’s important to understand that meditation and hypnosis are the same thing. The difference is in the use of different terms for respective different audiences. Hypnosis is allowed within the scientific community and traditional medicine. Meditation belongs with the New Age community. There are many other ways to improve ESP. They include diet, fresh air, exercise (running and walking are best), solitude, nature, quietness, and any type of sensory deprivation. In conclusion, I’d like to express my hope that the reader will get excited about developing his or her extrasensory intelligence. In the future more and more people will become aware of their psychic abilities. The

Nadia Mierau Agent 777 Nadia Mierau is a New York based astrologer with a degree in Nuclear Physics. Originally from Russia. She has been practicing astrology for more than 30 years. A member of NCGR since 1996, Nadia is currently a board member of NCGR, a president for NCGR’s Long Island Chapter (LINCGR.com), and a public relations director for the NCGR Conference 2017 in Baltimore. Nadia specializes in explaining how astrology works in scientific terms within the astrological community. Location: New York. New York Website: physicsofastrology.com

more psychically in-tuned we are the more transparency we can enjoy in our life. If people are extremely intuitive and understanding of the big picture, it becomes harder to manipulate them and lie to them. Imagine the world without secrets, hidden agendas, deceit, cheating… ***

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Children of the Revolution: Teenagers Who Have Changed the World Alex Trenoweth – Agent 144

What do Malala Yousafzai, Jack Andranka, Greta Thunberg, Brooke Shields, Mozart and Nadia Comaneci have in common? All were teenagers when their words, accomplishments or inventions changed the world. They challenged the tried and trusted, they took a stand towards injustices and they had the energy it takes to change the world we live in.

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Children of the Revolution: Teenagers Who Have Changed the World What do Malala Yousafzai, Jack Andranka, Greta Thunberg, Brooke Shields, Mozart and Nadia Comaneci have in common? All were teenagers when their words, accomplishments or inventions changed the world. They challenged the tried and trusted, they took a stand towards injustices and they had the energy it takes to change the world we live in. The planet that may be able to help us understand our young people is not a ‘personal’ planet but rather the one that seems to continually find itself as the butt of astrological humour. Step forward Uranus.

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The Discovery of Uranus The tale and naming of Uranus fits the characteristics attributed to it: rebellion, invention and revolution. In 1781, in the city of Bath, Somerset in England, a music teacher called William Herschel made what might have been the greatest discovery in the history of astronomy. Prior to this, he had been working on telescopes, when he and his sister Caroline became—without realising it—the greatest telescope makers in the world. One night he observed a celestial body that he reported as a comet. That object would eventually become known all over the world as the newly discovered planet Uranus. Uranus is the first, only and likely the last planet to be discovered solely through the use of a telescope. Before a consensus could be reached on the nomenclature of the new celestial discovery, Herschel had wanted to call the planet ‘Georgium Sidus’ in honour of his patron King George III. Americans will remember this particular king as the one who sat precariously on the throne during the American Revolution. Uranus later became known as the ‘badly behaved planet’ owing to perturbations that appeared in its orbit. These irregularities would eventually lead to the discovery of Neptune. As an aside, Neptune’s discovery is also notable for the effect it had on the naming of Uranus. ‘Georgium Siderius’ never really caught on and for quite a few decades, it was called ‘Herschel‘ by the British. When Neptune was discovered in 1846 by French Urbain LeVerrier, the British claimed they had had discovered it too. In retaliation, the French insisted on calling the planet we now know as Neptune’ by the name of their astronomy hero LeVerrier and declared that they would only revert to a name of mythological importance if the British did the same. It’s a story that could only have Neptune involved! The presence of a planet beyond the traditional seven caused a storm of controversy within astrology. The famous 19th century Zadkiel said in 1849: ‘The nature of Herschel (Uranus) is extremely evil...of very

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eccentric disposition...one who despises the track of custom.’ In the age of burgeoning scientific discoveries and theories that would challenge long established philosophies and religions, Uranus threatened an established order. How would this new planet fit into the ancient system?

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So what, astrologically can we attribute to the changes experienced during the teenage years? Establishing an exact time for the physical start of puberty may be difficult but children experience significant social changes inflicted upon

As early as 1890, the characteristics of Uranus that we might ascribe

them by their authority figures at around the age of 11-12 as they begin

to the planet were noted. Astrologers of this time indicated Uranus was

secondary school. They move from their familiar, small classroom and

‘full of inventions and novelties’.

teacher to a bigger school with older children, more challenging subjects,

However, Uranus was eventually (and controversially) woven into the rich tapestry that is modern astrology. By 1995, Richard Tarnas

more teachers and class schedules. This ‘coincides’ with the first Jupiter return which also heralds a burst of brain development.

was deepening the characteristics of Uranus by linking the planet

The next significant astrological marker happens when Uranus

to Prometheus, the mythical Titan who stole fire from the gods and

transits its natal position, by the sextile aspect at the age of 13-14: the

was condemned to have his liver eaten every night as a punishment.

first Ptolemaic transiting aspect from an outer planet to its natal position.

‘Prometheus,’ wrote Tarnas, is ‘the supreme mythic personification of

Jupiter makes the same aspect to its natal position at around the same

rebellion, revolution, technological and cultural innovation, and the

time, exacerbating the rebelliousness of the teenage years.

striving for freedom and change.’ So we may have yet another name change. For the moment though, we are still calling the planet Uranus.

New friendship groups form during the early teenage years. Children generally stop listening to authority figures and start listening more to

The struggle to find a place for a newly discovered celestial object so

each other. Coupled with all the brain development, children of this age

beautifully describes the fight we have all encountered as we grow from

have simply outgrown the structures that have kept them safe. Now they

the innocence of childhood to the respectability of adulthood via the

start breaking the rules and taking risks, because their peers tell them

defiance and innovativeness of adolescence. The planets that represent

those are fun things to do.

this process are:

Saturn will oppose its natal position in the following years, usually



• Jupiter, for expansion and growth (childhood)

14-15. Saturn slows down the growth process and students of this age



• Saturn for maturation and responsibility (adulthood)

start to realize that they are responsible for the future. They begin to



• Uranus for the rebellion (adolescence)

mature and understand the importance of accountability. To summarise the astrological framework:

Astrology and Adolescence

• Jupiter return at 11-12 years of age

Change is inevitable and, as we all know is often a painful process.

• Jupiter and Uranus sextile to their natal positions at the age of 13-14

Adolescence is the stage of human development everyone has to go

• Saturn opposing its natal position at around the age of 14-15

through but few enjoy. From the obvious physical changes that will eventually enable procreation, the cognitive, emotional and social changes that occur during puberty pose many challenges.

The exact ages of these transits will vary slightly from child to child owing to the motion of the planets involved in individual charts. In the examples that follow, we focus on these three planetary time cycles.

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now competitors must be at least sixteen in order to compete at the Olympic Games.

are not a consideration, all the charts are set for noon. __________________________

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Nadia Comaneci

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

12 November 1961

27 January 1756

Onesti Romania

Salzburg Austria

By the time of her Jupiter return in 1971, Comaneci had already

Mozart was clearly a musical prodigy from early childhood.

experienced success as a child gymnast. However it wasn’t until her

Encouraged by his father Leopold, he showed competence on the

Jupiter return that she began competing seriously. In that year, she had

keyboard and violin at the age of five.

won the all-around titles as well as the vault and uneven bars at the Junior Friendship Tournament in Druzhba.

The Mozart family travelled extensively prior to his Jupiter returns; a series of three from December 1767 to August 1768. The family decided

In 1975, she nearly swept the board at the European Women's Artistic

to stay in Vienna during this time, resuming their travels to showcase

Gymnastics Championships, winning the all around and gold medals in

young Mozart’s talent in late 1767. In Rome, after listening to Gregario

every event except floor exercise (she won second place). Usually, the

Allegri’s Miserere performed twice in the Sistine Chapel, Mozart wrote

Uranus sextile takes place before the Saturn opposition. Nadia had a

it out from memory. He had produced the first unauthorized copy of this

series of Uranus sextiles between November 1974 and September 1975,

closely guarded property of the Vatican.

but experienced her Saturn opposition in August 1975. She won other

Mozart wrote his the opera, Mitradate, re di Ponto during a series

major competitions that year guaranteeing her place at the Montreal

of Uranus sextiles from May 1770 to March 1771 and it was performed

Summer Olympics the following year.

with great success.

Comaneci made Olympic Games history in July 1976 by being

Like Comaneci, Mozart has his first Saturn opposition in June 1770,

awarded the first perfect ten on the uneven bars. She went on to win six

before the final Uranus sextiles in March 1771. With the support of his

more tens in other events and picked up several other medals during the

father, he revolutionized the field of Music.

competition. Comaneci was the youngest Olympic champion and this is a record

__________________________

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Vogue magazine., She appeared in print and television advertisements for Calvin Klein jeans in the year as well. In the television commercial, she is seen wearing impossibly tight jeans and laughing while declaring Brooke Shields

‘You know what comes between me and my Calvin Kleins? Nothing.’ The

31 May 1965

advertisements secured her place as one of the most recognizable faces

Manhattan New York

in America that year. __________________________

Brooke had been such a strikingly beautiful child that she had her first modeling job at the age of eleven months, for a soap advertisement.

Jack Andraka

She was so successful that the modeling agent Eileen Ford created a

8 January 1997

special children’s department just for Brooke.

Crownsville, Maryland

Brook had worked with Woody Allen on the Annie Hall movie which was released in April 1977. Unfortunately, this was just before her first Jupiter return and her scenes did not make the cut of the final film. Her first Jupiter return would have been in May 1977 and this must have been a terrible blow for the young actress.

As Uranus is the planet of invention it seems apt to feature a young inventor.

Successful people do not give up easily and she began working on the

Jack Andraka first came to public attention when he won a major

controversial Pretty Baby movie between December 1976 and October

prize at a science fair in 2012. Jack’s test for pancreatic cancer won first

1977, during a series of three Uranus sextiles. The film was released May

prize for his entry at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering

1978 to a certain amount of public outcry as Brooke’s character was not

Fair, bringing him to international attention.

only a child prostitute, but the film also featured child nudity. Even so,

Jack had his first Jupiter return at the end of 2009 and by the time

prominent film critics praised Brooke for the subtlety and depth of her

Jupiter began a series of transiting sextiles to its natal position, at the end

performance.

of 2010, he had discovered his passion for science. Unusually, transiting

The following year, in September 1979, Brooke had her Saturn

Uranus was also making a series of sextiles to his natal Jupiter at this

opposition. During this time she was working on another controversial

time. Right in the middle of all this action, his Saturn opposition took

film, Blue Lagoon, about a young couple who find themselves stranded

place. This was when he began developing an early test for the detection

on a desert island without a whole lot to do; .except to do what teenagers

of pancreatic cancer following the death of a family friend. The result of

do when they think their parents aren’t paying attention. The film was

his work—that he found in sources from Google and Wikipedia—was

panned for its overt sexual content.

a test more accurate than other options available at the time. And they

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As an aside, in interviews Jack has revealed he has been openly gay

prepare for parts of upcoming exams but she did not feel like studying.

since the age of 13. When asked to be interviewed about his sexuality, he

However, by 21 February 2009, the ban on female education was lifted

said: ‘That sounds awesome! I’m openly gay and one of my biggest hopes

although girls had to wear burqas to attend school.

is that I can help inspire other LGBT youth to get involved in STEM

Malala’s first Jupiter return took place in March 2009. She performed

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). I didn't have many

well on her science exam on 9 March that year and her blogs with the

role models (who are gay scientists) besides Alan Turing.’

BBC ended a few days later. Owing to transiting Jupiter’s retrograde

Interestingly, Andraka and Turing have Uranus at almost the exact degree as they were born a full Uranus cycle apart. Jack Andranka is currently enrolled at Stanford University, though his invention has received much criticism as he tried to patent it. __________________________

and forward motion, it was conjunct its natal position two more times up until December 2009. It was in December 2009 that her identity was revealed, putting her in grave danger of Taliban reprisals. Throughout 2009, 2010 and 2011, Malala continued to advocate for female education. She joined ‘Aware Girls’ in April 2011 as transiting Jupiter was sextile to its natal position. In October 2011, the time of her first transiting Saturn opposition to its natal position, she was honoured by Archbishop Desmond Tutu who

Malala Yousafzai 12 July 1997 KPK Pakistan

also nominated her for the International Children’s Peace Prize. Usually Uranus transits its natal position by sextile before the Saturn opposition. However, owing to Uranus’ retrograde motion at her birth, Uranus took a little longer to catch up with his faster celestial neighbour. Transiting Uranus was in the middle of a series of three transiting sextile aspects to her natal Uranus between May 2012 and March 2013.

Malala is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest ever Nobel Prize recipient.

On 9 October 2012, she was shot in the head along with two other girls as they returned home on a bus after taking their exams. The incident

In early January 2009, Malala began writing her now famous blog

sparked a huge outpouring of worldwide outrage by politicians and

entries under a pseudonym when she was just 11 years old. This was

celebrities. By January 2013, just weeks before the final sextile to its

just a couple of months before her first Jupiter return. The entries were

natal position, Malala was declared to be the most famous teenager in

handwritten notes that were passed to reporters who scanned and

the world.

published them. The blogs described Malala’s thoughts on the First Battle

Although she was the recipient of many awards, including the Nobel

of Swat and the effects of the unrest where she lived. By 15 January 2009,

Peace Prize in October 2014, the attempt on her life was a terrible

just a few days before transiting Jupiter was sextile to her natal Pluto, the

consequence of her defiance. However, it also drew attention to the

Taliban set an edict that no girl could attend school.

plight of girls being denied education not only in Pakistan but in areas

When transiting Jupiter was conjunct her natal Uranus, the Taliban

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world leaders—and picked up a number of detractors. Her ability to influence her peers has become known as ‘The Greta Effect’. In October 2019, like Malala, Greta was highly praised by Archbishop Tutu for being a true maker of change. When one challenges an established order, it doesn’t take long for the backlash to start.

Greta Thunberg

During Jupiter’s final transiting conjunction to her natal Pluto, Greta

3 January 2003

also began to face criticism for her attempts to stop climate change. Most

Stockholm Sweden

well known amongst her critics was none of other than Donald Trump who openly mocked her as an ‘actress’ and said she looked like a ’very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future’.

Although Greta’s time of birth is unknown at the time of writing, a noon chart shows her stellium of planets in the sign of Capricorn. She first heard of climate change in 2011 and could not understand why no one was doing anything about it. Transiting Saturn would have squared this stellium, signifying that the groundwork for extremely important work was being laid. As Mercury is stationary in her natal

Vladimir Putin was also critical of her work and indicated that she was being manipulated to serve the interest of others. As a response to these criticisms, Greta updated her Twitter profile and quoted both world leaders. To date, Greta continues with her quest to call attention to the crisis of climate change.

chart, it may be particularly important to point out that Saturn squared this planet throughout 2012. Greta was diagnosed with Asperger

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Syndrome, selective mutism and OCD. Over the next few years, she pressured her family to become vegan and stop taking flights. The pressure to stop flying essentially ended her mother’s career as an international opera singer. However, their cooperation gave Greta the hope that something could be done about climate change. Uranus was sextile to its natal position in 2018, the year she began her now famous ‘school strikes’ to protest against climate change.

• Jupiter return at 11-12 years of age • Jupiter and Uranus sextile to their natal positions at the age of 13-14 • Saturn opposing its natal position at around the age of 14-15

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The struggle to find our place and identity in the established order is one that is beautifully reflected in the discovery of Uranus. The first transiting sextiles of the planet to its natal position at around the age of 13, delicately balanced between the first Jupiter return and first Saturn opposition, very neatly fits into the changes experienced during adolescence. As parents and teachers (or other authority figures), it is our responsibility to support the will of the child without crushing the spirit.

I am reminded of David Bowie who once sang in his very Uranian song, ‘Changes’:

These children that you spit upon as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They are quite aware of what they are going through. Adolescents are ahead of their time and it will just take the rest of us a while to catch up on their brave Uranian energy. ***

Alex Trenoweth Agent 144 Alex Trenoweth, is an astrological researcher and professional schoolteacher in London UK. In 2015, she was awarded “International Astrologer of the Year” by the Krishnamurti Institute of Astrology (KIA) for her ground-breaking and innovative research on Astrology and Education based on her book “Growing Pains” (The Wessex Astrologer). Since then she has spoken at astrology conferences around the world and has contributed to major magazines and publications such as Dell Horoscope, The Career Astrologer (OPA), The ISAR Journal and  Kindred Spirit.A lex has worked tirelessly in her role as Secretary General and Vice Principal of KIA to bring Western and Vedic Astrologers together for the Institute of Vedic Culture Conference in Kolkata India. Location: London, UK Website: alextrenoweth.co.uk

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Astrological mundane 10 forecast for 2020-2029, through the transits of the hypothetical Transneptunians

Michael R. Svehla – Agent 720 Transneptunians portend exciting times during the 2020s and shed at least some light on possible scenarios pertaining to affairs on earth. Simply stated, the first half of the next decade looks promising, while the second half of the decade looks ominous.

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Admetos: persistence, focus, endurance, stagnation

source of insight in prediction and explanation in astrology. I am

Vulcanus: “mighty force,” compulsion

surprised at how few astrologers use the hypothetical Transneptunians.

Poseidon: wisdom, insight, clarity. Poseidon is spiritual, but also of

The ‘Great Eight’ have been repeatedly illuminating for me, providing a valuable augmentation to analysis of the planets and other points and

the mind, e.g. theory (For more keywords see a source such as the Brummond Rulebook)

objects in the heavens. The following is a brief set of ideas related to possible events and trends over the next decade, through analyzing the transits of the eight slowly moving hypothetical Transneptunians.

Each of the eight hypothetical Transneptunians will remain in the same sign throughout the decade. Cupido, Apollon, and Ademtos will be

Inchoate work pertaining to the eight Transneptunians began

in the early degrees of their respective signs on 1 January 2020, but will

around the time of World War I. Astrologer Alfred Witte, whose writings

not retrograde back into the prior signs and will progress substantially

became the basis for the Hamburg School of Astrology, used four of

forward into their signs of residence over ten years. Zeus will broach

the Transneptunians. The eight hypotheticals became referred to as

the final or anaretic degree of Libra by December 31, 2029, but will not

‘Transneptunians’ - beyond Neptune - based on their use starting before

enter Scorpio until after the decade ends. Below is a table of the starting

the discovery of Pluto in 1930. Uranian Astrology uses the hypothetical

and ending points, and upper and lower ranges, of the hypothetical

Transneptunians. Richard Svehla (no known relation to me) coined the

Transneptunians in the zodiac signs over the next decade. The eight

term ‘Uranian Astrology’. This creates a fair amount of confusion, because

Transneptunians are listed in order, from fastest orbit around the zodiac,

the Transneptunians are not directly linked to either Uranus or Neptune.

to the slowest orbit.

Adding to the bewilderment of some spectators, no concrete evidence of any of the eight hypotheticals has been found, although speculation

Transneptunia

01/01/2020

Lowest degree

12/31/2029

Highest degree

about what they really are persists (are they physical bodies? Some type

Cupido

01’11” Cap

00’33” Cap

14’49” Cap

15’20” Cap

of mysterious fields or energy patterns revolving predictably around the

Hades

08’44” Can

07’52” Can

19’02” Can

19’46” Can

Sun?). Keywords associated with each Transneptunian helps to delinate their functions: Cupido: kinship, marriage, togetherness, groups, community, art

Zeus

21’26” Lib

19’56” Lib

29’27” Lib

29’27” Lib

Kronos

12’03” Can

11’18” Can

19’12” Can

19’47” Can

Apollon

03’45” Sco

02’32” Sco

09’58” Sco

09’58” Sco

Admetos

00’44” Gem

00’41” Gem

06’49” Gem

07’49” Gem

Vulcanus

01’27” Leo

00’36” Leo

06’58” Leo

07’17” Leo

Poseidon

14’11” Sco

13’13” Sco

19’00” Sco

19’00” Sco

Hades: manipulation, waste, past lives; I personally associate Hades with wealth Zeus: the immediate moment, machinery, weaponry, concentrated energy

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Simply observing the characteristics of the Transneptunians in the table gives valuable information. All of the elements are represented; however, half of the Transneptunians reside within two of the water

Kronos: highest authority, highest point, specialization, government

signs, Cancer and Scorpio. The table also shows that, for example,

Apollon: multiplication, breadth, learning, increase

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critically important and relatively long-lasting event that is important

the United States, the world’s only superpower, will be significantly

for prediction. Also, note that Cupido will span about half of the

influenced by the transits of the Transneptunians.

Capricorn sign over the next decade, and Vulcanus will traverse almost seven degrees of Leo over the next decade. This represents more than a

The following is a forecast for 2020-2029, centered on the hypothetical Transneptunians.

degree farther than the beginning and ending dates of the next decade are showing for Vulcanus in Leo. As with all the other planets, each Transneptunian manifests according to its sign placement; this is no different than planetary analysis

Cupido

(likewise rules and conceptualization for aspects, et cetera remain the

Notice that Cupido will span about the

same). One major difference with Transneptunian analysis is that of orb

first half of Saturn-ruled Capricorn in the next

of aspect to other planets and objects. Most often, useful orbs are exactly

decade. Cupido in Capricorn evokes a theme

one degree or less. While I have no hesitation in using all of the Ptolemaic

of ‘corporate community’ and should generally

aspects with the Transneptunians, arguably the hard aspects (conjunct,

benefit each individual’s career and public life,

opposition, and square) have the most impact.

as well as the operations of businesses and corporations throughout the world. Marriage

Forecast In addition to the importance of world affairs, in the areas of politics, economics, weather, warfare, and various possible natural disasters,

and close relationships take on a more formal and serious feel with Cupido in Capricorn, but that may be of benefit in some ways, for example in providing greater stability in relationships.

we are entering a new era (clearly associated with the Great Age of

Saturn in Aries will begin a series of squares with Cupido in

Aquarius) of accelerating technological advances. The combination of

2026. While both Saturn and the square suggest challenges, Cupido's

growing computing power and increasingly sophisticated methods of

involvement means the transit is unlikely to be difficult. Even if it proves

using it allows for expanding opportunities to explore space, to work

difficult, sound opportunity for productivity will be available. Marriages

with and manipulate the human genome, and to further develop artificial

and close relationships that are not solid are at a greater risk of breaking

intelligence. Truly, what is possible by the end of the 2020s may surprise

up with Saturn square Cupido. A community you belong to, particularly

us and even endanger humanity (for example, artificial intelligence

based on your work and career, is more likely to face various difficulties

may be able to increase its own intelligence to general intelligence and

with this square. Saturn in Aries square Cupido in Capricorn is an

even super intelligence by 2030, creating significant challenges). While

opportune time to start a business – it’s a very entrepreneurial type of

artificial general or super intelligence is unlikely by 2030, significant

combination, with the caveat that it will also demand tremendous work.

advancements in all areas of our lives, from provision of food and other

The square is also beneficial for using cooperative efforts to ‘plant seeds’,

necessities, to using items that haven’t even been conceived of at the

inside or outside of career, in order to reap benefits in the long term.

beginning of 2020, is likely. The role of various nations, particularly

Key periods for experiencing the effects of the square are May 2026, October and November 2026, and January and February 2027. The Sun,

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predictably conjuncting Cupido once per year, and movements of the

to May 2026 will likely have a strong effect on

the US economy and

inner planets and Jupiter suggest other potentially auspicious times.

in terms of the US showing its power in the world. Clearly, too much

The aspects of Venus and Jupiter with Cupido are particularly fantastic.

debt and other fiscal problems (e.g., transfer payment obligations directly

As something to look forward to, Jupiter will oppose Cupido for a few

associated with debt) may cause extra problems in the United States, and

short weeks in July 2025. Cupido is a benefic and tends not to upset the

therefore the world, when Hades transits over the US Sun.

status quo. While one should pay attention to Cupido’s transits, Cupido

Saturn briefly squares Hades in July 2026, and again in March 2027.

is generally not as noticeable as the other hypotheticals, perhaps because

While these are relatively ephemeral periods of time about nine months

of the relatively quick orbit and status as a benefic.

apart, they’re also among the toughest of the decade. Many scenarios are possible. Hades gives the possibilities a negative tinge; for example, chances of war based on ideologies clashing with the United States are more likely in 2026-27 (transiting Hades will be conjuncting US natal Poseidon, and transiting Saturn squaring both will probably create some

Hades

sort of serious difficulties). Amazingly, transiting Saturn and Hades

Hades begins the decade in

create a t-square with the natal US Saturn during both time frames. The

alignment with the karmic axis,

United States must be prepared for leading collaborative efforts (Saturn

conjuncting North Node at 8

in Libra) in times of crisis.

degrees of Cancer. Much of the major

activity

in

the

The US will have its Pluto return in 2022 and then Pluto will ingress

transits

into Aquarius soon afterwards in 2023. Pluto is associated with nuclear

involving Hades takes place later in

weapons and 2022-23 will likely set the stage for problems to manifest

the decade. While Hades, a malefic,

around 2026-27. For instance Iran could finally obtain a working

is not necessarily to be feared, he

nuclear weapon, or a terrorist group could acquire one and threaten to

does demand careful attention.

use it during either period. Saturn squaring Hades in 2026 and 2027 also

Perhaps the January 1 2020 chart is reminding us of the karmic nature

proves opportune for various factions within the US breaking away from

of Hades and the importance of considering the future (North Node) in

it. This is particularly true for 2026, when Hades completes his transit

light of the past (Hades’ symbolism includes ‘past’ themes, covering past

over the US natal Sun and additionally squares Saturn. Current talk of

lives). I have observed that difficulties associated with Hades transits are

California or other states or regions of the US breaking away from the

often the result of poor decisions coming back to haunt an individual, or

union seem far-fetched, but more serious talk of the US breaking up

even entire nations.

or somehow dividing will likely be even more prominent in the 2020s.

Hades is actually beneficial for earnings potential and for

Certainly the cultural schism there between the political right and the

accumulating wealth. Jupiter conjunct Hades in August 2025 will be a

left is apt to further deteriorate in the 2020s, symbolized through Hades’

brief but lucrative period of time for increasing assets. The transit of

transit.

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2026, the 2026-27 time period is also critical for the study of Hades’

Zeus

transits. After initial contact between the two hypotheticals they fall out

The 1 January 2020 chart

of orb briefly through retrograde movement, before uniting in June 2027

shows

and then remaining in conjunction until the end of the decade. Although

and Pluto. While this doesn’t

Hades does not overtake Kronos in the Cancer sign in the 2020s, it will

last long, it’s quite a statement

be a mere minute behind and will not pass Kronos until after 2029. While

for the beginning of the decade.

the two hypotheticals share some features, such as the cross of matter

The Saturn-Pluto conjunction

within their glyphs, they are quite different to each other. (Hades pairs

in Capricorn symbolically deals

with Admetos and Kronos pairs with Poseidon symbolically). Yet their

with the establishment struggling

conjunction will create poignant and profound themes for those who

to retain control of Piscean (as in

are born during the long-lasting conjunctions, and are suggestive of an

the Great Age of Pisces) systems

important portent for mundane affairs as well.

Zeus

squaring

Saturn

and modes. Zeus in an air sign representing the increasing amount of

Kronos represents government and the idea of a highest authority.

Aquarius energies impeding on the current Great Age is not a stretch.

An obvious inference is that world leaders, heads of industry and the

The Age of Aquarius is probably still far away, but astounding advances

like will attempt to consolidate their power and increase their wealth

in artificial intelligence, for example, mean that part of it is already here!

to unheard of levels! The 2020s may be far too soon for the world’s

Established, wealthy authorities (Saturn-Pluto in Capricorn) clash with

first trillionaire to emerge but perhaps someone will start an enterprise

the willful, immediate, and controlled powerful energy of Zeus.

during the Hades Kronos conjunction that enables this in ensuing

Zeus will not make any other hard aspects to outer planets in the

decades. Another interesting speculation is that diseases of many sorts

2020s. However, a transit to watch for is Chiron in Aries opposing Zeus.

will finally be permanently cured, with Hades-Kronos. Medical experts

Chiron makes substantial progress through the sign of Aries in 2024, and

will be able to use accumulated knowledge, artificial intelligence, and

catches up to an opposition with Zeus in June 2024. The first opposition

new creativity to cure viruses or other diseases that have never been fully

lasts for about three months, and then another occurs from mid-April

cured. Terrible scandals and dark secrets are apt to bring down a greater

to mid-May of 2025. Due to the retrograde supernal waltzing of each,

than average number of world leaders. On the flip side, unprecedented

particularly Chiron, a third opposition forms in late September 2025,

opportunities to generate wealth, based on a high level of expertise and

lasting about a month. Then Chiron and Zeus make a most important

concentration on a certain specialty, will lead to riches, monetary or

opposition, for a fourth time, in the critical degrees of Aries and Libra,

otherwise, with Hades-Kronos. From around 2026 such opportunities

for about a month, from mid-March to mid-April of 2026. Another

will bemore lucrative and available to anyone who has the desire.

key and final opposition in the critical degrees lasts much longer, from November 2026 to March 2027. Of serious concern with Chiron-Zeus opposition is the possibility of events culminating in nuclear activity. War is always possible, and use of nuclear weapons is also conceivable, at any time, but particularly with

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subsequent

Chiron and Zeus opposite, and especially in the critical degrees of their cardinal signs. Therefore 2026-27 is ripe for Iran to finally obtain nuclear capabilities (clearly a precarious situation for the world, and especially for Israel), and this is also a dangerous window in which North Korea

Kronos

might/will use weapons from its arsenal. Among other possibilities,

Kronos

and

terrorists may also obtain nuclear weapons or nuclear material around

hypotheticals have slower and slower

2026-27. This is possible, and if so hopefully nuclear weapons will never

orbits. With the orbit of Kronos not

be detonated again. Also note how this repeats the relevant dates for the

quite spanning eight degrees in his

Hades transit.

current sign of Cancer throughout

Zeus in the critical 26th degree of Libra is more likely to see military

the 2020s. Speed is not everything,

action in the world, particularly for nationalistic/imperialistic type

however. As previously noted, Hades

agendas. Thus 2026-27 is generally geared more towards an increase in

will catch up and be just short of surpassing Kronos in 2029. As with

military action. While this is interesting, it is also terrifying with the rise

Hades, Saturn in Aries will square Kronos (rather briefly and only once

of robots and AI starting to augment and even replace human soldiers,

during the 2020s, in March and very early April 2027). This indicates

and space becoming a new battleground. In view of all this, preventing

difficulty for the monetary side of mundane affairs. Debt and monetary

nuclear war and nuclear proliferation will pose a real challenge when

policy in the United States and throughout the world is more likely to

Zeus enters Scorpio, which will not happen until the 2030s.

cause havoc around that time, or possibly trigger a serious drop in the markets and another economic recession. A longer-lasting transit involving Kronos evokes the same type of theme, particularly affecting the United States (which in turn deeply affects the rest of the world): transiting Kronos conjunct the US natal Sun and squaring the US natal Saturn in Libra. The US natal Sun transit occurrs near the start of the decade, from June 2020 to February 2021, and then from May 2021 to early August 2022. This coincides with the Presidential election in November 2020! Whichever way the election goes, to Trump or to a Democrat, the first few years of the Presidency is likely to coincide with the United States having the utmost authority in world affairs. While this is not surprising and indeed expected, Kronos solidifies and magnifies the US’ position as the tail that wags the dog, a particularly interesting observation given current trade disputes and other competition with China, the world’s most populous country and second largest economy. The Kronos transit encourages a high

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level of specialization. Thus the United States will also lead the way,

Apollon

with individuals attaining a high level of accomplishment within their

Apollon, another benefic among

specialized fields. The US role acting as ‘the world’s policeman’ is also

the hypotheticals, lightens up the

destined to be more widespread when transiting Kronos conjuncts

transits in the 2020s, despite being

the US natal Sun. It will be quite interesting should President Trump

in the intense sign of Scorpio.

be re-elected as his tendency is more towards isolationism. Kronos

Learning and industry set the scene

will conjunct the US Sun twice more, in December 2022 to June 2023,

for multiplying wealth with Apollon

and in March and April 2024. Kronos will affect the US and the world

in Scorpio. Using the US natal chart

greatly, particularly in the early part of the decade. In addition, transiting

2:21

Kronos will conjunct the US natal Poseidon several times in the 2020s,

Apollon will cross the US natal

mostly after the Sun conjunctions. Kronos and Poseidon are particularly

ascendant five times, all by the end

powerful as a pair, and this conspires towards the US consciously

of the decade: June 2027, March 2028, November 2028, May 2029, and

spreading its influence in the world throughout the tenure of the 2020-

September 2029. Among other things, this signifies more expansive trade

2024 President. When the 2024-2028 President takes office he or she will

with China, along with several other nations greatly expanding trade

take more of an ideological or theoretical view of foreign policy. Simply

with the US. The United States is likely to lead a new global trade pact

stated, it seems that the ‘Trump effect’ on foreign policy will continue

with all other nations. New and expanded trade pacts will be beneficial

whether or not he is re-elected in 2020, but after 2024 the US will revert

for the US and the rest of the world in the second half of the decade.

to a more establishment type approach to foreign policy.

We are already seeing a new era of space travel that is encroaching

PM

Imsiragic

rectification,

June 2027 to the end of the decade (transiting Hades conjunct

on commerce. Apollon conjunct the US ascendant during the 2027-

transiting Kronos) is screaming a theme centered on central (Kronos/

2029 time frame signals a leap forward for travel, tourism, and general

highest authority) banks (Hades/money). Rampant borrowing and other

commerce associated with space.

financial problems will create a significant danger zone by the end of the 2020s. This will affect everyone because every country in the world is in

Jupiter will not conjunct Apollon again before 2030, but will square

the same financial boat (that will hopefully not sink). While crashes are

Apollon in 2026. Saturn, transiting through early Taurus, will oppose

possible, I must acknowledge the human tendency to predict malaise. If

Apollon in 2029. Those are the noteworthy major aspects to Apollon in

central banks handle weaknesses within the monetary system well, then

the 2020s. Major Jupiter-Apollon aspects can coincide with technological

the usual market jitters may be expected, from time to time. If the system

achievements (Jupiter and Apollon were conjunct in Libra, when the first

is sufficently out of kilter to need a reset, then Hades will be difficult

person set foot on the Moon) and an achievement associated with space

indeed. This theme will apply to the entire world, but the United States

travel may again occur during the square. However, many other major

will be front and center (Cancer sign).

breakthroughs are possible (in genetics, artificial intelligence, curing a major disease, and so on). Jupiter-Apollon also suggests treaties or disarmaments pertaining to nuclear weapons. However, the relatively

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short-lived duration of this transit and other aforementioned powerful

community’ in the world. Therefore, everyone would be wise to consider

ones may make any agreement short-lived. Saturn in opposition to

how they might benefit from an association and role within the corporate

Apollon can be reasonable, if other conditions allow for it. Saturn tempers

expansion as we will witness this, perhaps in a rate and amount that is

Apollon’s increases, but gains are more sustainable with Saturn aspecting

unprecedented.

Apollon. One of Apollon’s functions is to multiply, so 2029 may show a

Admetos, next in orbit after Apollon, has an epically heavy feel.

resurgence of control in established wealth and power (on the Taurus-

Saturn squaring Admetos can be tough, and the ingress chart for 2024

Scorpio axis). The nature of the transit, as with Jupiter-Apollon, is rather

(January 1, 2024) shows Saturn in Pisces square Admetos in Gemini.

temporary, given a strict orb and Saturn’s relative speed compared to

(Note that this chart also shows Cupido sextile Apollon, however, which

Apollon.

will help to counteract the difficult Saturn-Admetos effect at the start of

Of great interest, Cupido will form a sextile aspect to Apollon for a

2024.) The major story in the transits pertaining to Admetos in the 2020s

substantial amount of time during the 2020s. The chart below concisely

is its conjunction with Uranus. (Dates: July 2026 to October 2026; May

delineates the time frames.

2027 to June 2027; January 2028 to March 2028.)

Cupido sextile Apollon Starting Date

Ending date

March 2020

June 2020

February 2021

August 2021

January 2022

October 2022

November 2022

March 2023

July 2023

January 2024

August 2024

December 2024

Admetos Admetos in Gemini is worthy of considerable discussion. Admetos is very earthy and rooted in the past, and so its presence in Taurus for several decades has been a good fit.

While many specific inferences regarding the Cupido and Apollon

With Admetos in Gemini, patience

connection may be intuited, it is important to bear in mind that the two

and determination can result in a

benefics in the Transneptunian family connect via a harmonious aspect.

large volume of data being gathered in

This gives potential for a very expansive period of time in the first half

line with one’s own interest, or even be put to productive use. Admetos

of the decade. This very likely will include good economic times, but it

characterizes foundations, but in a mutable sign, particularly Gemini, the

also suggests, for example, greater peace among nations and substantial

foundations may shift. Thus Admetos in Gemini creates a sort of paradox

progress in continuing to alleviate poverty throughout the world. The

that must be managed effectively. Themes such as endurance of thought,

signs that each benefic is in is also of interest. Apollon in Scorpio alludes

long lasting friendships and acquaintances, and past, shared issues with

to an extended period of expanding wealth and power, and Cupido

siblings are part of Admetos in Gemini. Existing governments and

in Capricorn suggests that expansion is centred on the ‘corporate

societal structures must shift from focusing on creating stable, enduring

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existences, to intelligently using information and communicating it to perpetuate their existence. Vulcanus

Uranus does well in the air signs, generally speaking. His lightning fast intuition and endless knowledge fit airy Gemini—his understudy

Besides the obvious image of

as Mercury’s sign, reasonably well. Admetos’ depth and persistence can

a fiery volcano erupting, Vulcanus

work well with Uranus, but to some extent Uranus, the revolutionary,

in Leo might be symbolized as the

will also feel restricted by the weight of Admetos. The conjunctions

bold, courageous, mighty leader

within the 2026-2028 time frame portend an increased possibility of

of a pack of lions. Vulcanus will

negative world events. Uranus (technology)-Admetos (malefic) reinforces

form a sextile aspect to Admetos

the possibility of a nation finally obtaining nuclear capabilities and using

repeatadly throughout the 2020s.

the newly found potential to upset world peace. Artificial intelligence

The sextiles are perhaps not as

will probably also leap forward during 2026-28. While this is essentially

significant as the possibilities for

predictable without looking at the transits, Uranus-Ademtos suggests

planets in early degrees of their signs to form a pattern with the two. Of

that AI slowly creeping towards autonomy and developing itself is going

particular interest planets transiting through early Capricorn will be at

to cause problems. Disputes among nations will more heavily involve

the focal point of a yod with Admetos and Vulcanus at the base. Pluto in

disagreements involving land during the Uranus-Admetos conjunction,

Aquarius will form an opposition to Vulcanus late in the decade. Pluto

and there is a danger that age old disputes among nations may fire up

is raw power and Vulcanus is mighty force. The culmination of a new

once again.

invention or a new way to use information is set to occur with Pluto

Admetos will enter the critical degree of 4 Gemini in July of 2023.

opposition Vulcanus. A difficult test of how nations handle adversity

Due to Admetos’ slow movement, the next time Admetos will return to 4°

among themselves is destined to happen in the 2028-29 time frame. One

Gemini will be May of 2024. The second transit within the critical degree

of the most demanding periods of time involving Pluto and Vulcanus will

will last until December 2024, and resume in April 2025. A retrograde

be November 2028, when Saturn, Pluto, and Vulcanus form an incredible

will bring Admetos back to 4° Gemini in November 2025, where it

fixed t-square.

will remain until May 2026. Admetos manages to reach back into the

A t-square involving a Transneptunian is rare, because of the tight

critical degree in January 2027, and March 2027 (the end of Admetos in

one-degree orbs typically used with the hypotheticals. Saturn at the

4° Gemini) is the last time Admetos will be in that critical degree in the

focal point of a t-square including Pluto and Vulcanus contains many

2020s. Admetos will not conjunct Uranus while either is at 4° Gemini,

possibilities. Generally, it suggests an authority or existing structure

which seems like a close scrape! The Uranus-Admetos conjunctions are

funneling a massive amount of power for some purpose, presumably

not uplifting by any means, and likewise Admetos in the critical degree

towards its own ends. We could be astounded by the type of technology

of 4° Gemini will be tough. But at least it will be possible to address

and information that will be available in about nine years, because of

negative events in the 2026-27 time frame, preventing something bad

the exponential rate of progress we are currently experiencing. Thus

from becoming horrid.

some type of major world event may shift the direction of earth’s future.

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This could manifest as a major breakthrough such as curing viruses or

more amalgamated, with faith becoming more accepting of reason in

other medical achievements, artificial intelligence wresting control

society, during the Uranus-Poseidon transit. Unexpected spats of violent

from humans to itself, or somehow suddenly waking up in some way. It

fanaticism are also more likely with Uranus-Poseidon, but this particular

likely will involve events associated with space travel, exploration, and

pair is not ominous (as opposed to some planetary and Transneptunian

commerce, around November of 2028. The t-square smacks of the ‘rich

combinations later in the decade). Great insights involving theory within

getting richer’ and has a somewhat negative feel, but will be productive

the scientific realm may be practically applied as new material inventions

for those willing to use creative effort to turn it to their advantage.

during the Uranus-Poseidon opposition. The future may finally arrive, so to speak, with people traversing cities in flying cars, using a hyperloop, or travelling from city to city across the globe in a matter of hours with

Poseidon

hypersonic air travel. To be sure, AI with continue to achieve astounding

Before Uranus’ major conjunction

milestones in the 2020s, and the Uranus-Poseidon time periods are more

to Admetos in 2026-28, Uranus will

enjoyable and less threatening, in terms of AI assisting humans with

oppose Poseidon. The first opposition

various tasks.

occurs rather early in the decade,

Hades and Kronos reach a trine aspect with Poseidon by 2029. Three

from June 2021 to August 2021. While

Transneptunians aspecting is remarkable and the lighter feel of Uranus-

the Uranus-Poseidon transit is not

Poseidon will be long gone, when Hades-Kronos aspect Poseidon.

necessarily correlated with material

While the aspect is a trine, Hades is involved. Those who believe that

wealth, each planet/point in the

the monetary system will evaporate or crash may finally see some action

Taurus-Scorpio axis is promising for generating income, based on the

in that regard around 2029 (Kronos = government, Hades = horrific

signs. This is generally favorable for financial markets. While the markets

consequences from mismanagement or deception, Poseidon = highest

are quite difficult to pin down, the Uranus-Poseidon transit dates may

truth). Beside a serious test of the monetary system, other systems,

coincide with the beginning of lucrative trading windows and decent

particularly those involving technology, will be reshaping the world and

investment opportunities. Uranus opposes Poseidon again, later in the

testing humanity’s resolve to meet its challenges. An example of this

same month of August 2021, until October 2021, and again from April

would be robots and AI taking over work that was once only able to be

2022 to May 2022. Another retrograde brings Uranus back within orb

done by humans. Note that with Hades and Kronos in Cancer, the United

of Poseidon in November 2022, until March 2023, the final opposition.

States may somehow be divided up or a part of it may break, or attempt

Uranus is enervated in Taurus, dampening some of his volatility,

to break, from the Union.

and Poseidon is reasonably benefic. However, the Uranus-Poseidon time frames carry increased likelihood of technology being used to deceive the

Conclusion

masses (obviously a running theme since at least the nineteenth century,

Mundane prediction spanning an entire decade is challenging. The

however, an unprecedented level of sophistication is possible, from

hypothetical Transneptunians portend exciting times during the 2020s

our perspective, in the 2020s). Clearly, faith and reason should become

and shed at least some light on possible scenarios pertaining to affairs

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on earth. Simply stated, the first half of the next decade looks promising, while the second half appears ominous. Very speculatively, President Trump being re-elected in 2020, and then a Democrat candidate being elected as the United States President in 2024, would fit the transits. Beneficial times in terms of economic conditions and relations among the countries of the world fit the first half of the decade, generally Michael Svehla, ma

supported by the hypotheticals’ transits. Likewise, difficult economic and international times pockmark the second half of the decade, based on

Agent 0720 

the movements of the Great Eight and their planetary aspects. However, advances in technology and intellectual progress persist throughout the decade, and naturally this will determine how the decade has gone. When we look back at it in 2030 and beyond, is not what the transits portended, but how the world, from the largest country on earth to single individuals, made choices about how to handle the challenges.

Michael has been studying astrology since 2006. The transit chart, on the day that his interest in astrology began, shows Sun and Jupiter conjunct in the anaretic degree of Scorpio, close to Michael’s Sun-Moon midpoint. Previous interests include Economics (The University of Iowa, 1999) and Socionics (informal study).

The years 2026-2027 were highlighted several times in the forecast,

Learning about cycles in an academic setting, and studying personality

under difficult auguries. Those years seem to be the years to prepare for,

theory, combined with a lifelong enjoyment and love of both mythology

in the less threatening first half of the decade. Human nature is such that

and astronomy, led naturally to a passion for the rich symbolism and

total disaster is often predicted, sooner or later. I believe humanity will

power of astrology.

be better after experiencing the challenges of the 2020s. Certainly each

Interests include Martha Lang-Wescott’s work, including the eight

individual may benefit throughout the entire decade, given a roadmap of

hypothetical Transneptunians and various asteroids, as well as predictive

what to expect through astrology. And I implore you to do exactly that.

analysis largely influenced by Celeste Teal’s work. Michael has voraciously

Keep looking to the stars!

read many articles and books about astrology, and attentively listened to many speakers at astrology conferences (favorites include Bob Mulligan ***

and Aleksandr Imsiragic). Michael’s astrology practice continues to grow along with his Facebook page. One of his missions includes bringing astrology to his part of the Midwest! ‘Triple Water Astrology’, the name of his astrology practice, was directly obtained from Michael’s natal chart. He is a Scorpio ascendant, Cancer, Sun, and Pisces Moon. The number in ‘Agent 0720' refers to his birthday, July 20. Location: Omaha, Nebraska Website: www.triplewaterastrology.com

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As we head into the 2020s we enter the 'Aquarian Frontiers' of the next great space race as mankind begins to make 20thC science fiction 21stC reality! Join Maggie Kerr as she explores the 'space economy' on the way & the entrepreneurial futurists who are about to make it happen!

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3. Engage in deep space exploration and exploitation.

their 20-year cycle in Aquarius and Pluto heads into Aquarius from

NASA’s space program beyond the Moon and on to Mars is not so

March 2023 for his 20-year sojourn, we enter a brand-new era driven by

specific, and also carries the risk of non-stable political and thus financial

the incoming ’Space Economy’.

support. There are also the competing interests of private commercial

As the four Space superpowers, US, China, Russia and India, are

suppliers versus NASA whose own ‘space launch system’ (SLS) will cost

gearing up to exploit resources from our Moon and the Asteroids, they are

$1B per launch versus Elon Musk’s SPACEX reusable rockets costing a

joined by the Space Entrepreneurs in what is already becoming a ‘Space

mere $50M for each launch!

Race Extraordinaire’! We are talking space profits from commercial

There’s lots of politics in the US over this as NASA is running way

mining in the TRILLIONS of dollars over the next two decades, so yes

over budget, but Republican Trump won’t support Musk’s SPACEX or

money inspires and rockets fly!

Bezos’ Space Origin. Even though they are much more cost effective

As at 2019 China is ahead of the US’s NASA program as China landed

the lack of support relates to the fact that their companies are based in

their Moon probe on the far side of the Moon on 3 January 2019. This

the Democratic state of California. Musk claims to be able to deliver his

is seen as symbolically and politically significant as they are the first to

re-useable ‘star ship super heavy launch vehicle’ in the next three years.

place a satellite beyond the south pole of the Moon, boosting Xi and his

Also, if the US changes plans for the Mars first approach this will put

China Dream to take China forward as the most advanced space nation

back plans until the late 2030s.

by 2045. China sees the Moon as a valuable staging base for travelling

The other big deal in our fresh race for space is, of course, also

onward to Mars. It then intends to use the asteroid belt for commercial

military. India’s space program began in 1980 with their first launch and

mining of precious rare earth materials, such as Helium3 to power ‘safe’

has now sent probes to the Moon as well as an ‘orbiter’ to Mars. Recently

nuclear fusion programs for long term energy needs.

they have moved from a ‘passive position’ with the launch of their anti-

This has jolted Trump to restart the US Moon program creating a

satellite weapon called Shakti. They are taking Chinese weapon capability

new ‘space race’, which is so much more complex than that of the late 60s

very seriously as evidenced by the establishment of the Indian Defense

with China and India now competing. They intend to send humans back

Space Agency in 2018.

to the Moon in 2024 to counter challenges from others and to reclaim

Russia is not in the running, in terms of a large vision space program.

their dominance in space. However, the US does not have the long-term

However they are developing two anti-satellite weapon systems, thereby

vision of the Chinese which plans to:

challenging the US for access to space systems. With US satellites



1. Establish capability to mine thorium and titanium in order to

currently undefended, this gives rise to what is described as a ‘Space Pearl

establish a long-term presence. They see no point in sending humans

Harbor’, making them an easy target should China start a ‘space war’!

now as they can’t sustain them so they intend to create a robot colony

The US is however developing orbital ASATS, anti-satellite weapons, to

with 3d printing. They don’t plan to send people to the Moon until

counter cyber-attack on their satellites. So yes, the powers that be are

2036.

taking their hideous war agendas onward and upward. Bring on the



vision of an egalitarian Aquarian co-operative world please!!

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So, what about the ethical issues that arise from the Corporatization of space? Do we follow where it leads us, or do we try to create a vision for the benefit of all? There is a ‘Code of Conduct’1 for outer space activities protecting common areas or unownable areas and including laws on sovereignty in space. It states that outer space belongs to all peoples on earth, thus precluding anyone from claiming territory on the Moon, or any celestial body. In addition, any profits made from outer space must be distributed amongst all peoples. However the US passed domestic legislations to counteract this in the ‘2015 Asteroid Act’ to allow US companies to make a profit! China is also saying that while no-one can claim territory, the treaty does not limit the utilization of resources.

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CHART 1 This initial chart, the First Space Flight (FSF) Event Chart, is drawn from The Book of World Horoscopes courtesy of Nicolas Campion. Uranus in Aries 2011-2018 drove the entrepreneurs and technology that have inspired the ‘new space race’. Pluto in Capricorn has been squaring Venus and the Sun in Aries since February 2018, accelerating the new programs that I’ve mentioned. It will be cool to see what unfolds when Saturn arrives here in May 2025, and then Neptune in 2034. With a Jupiter return in Aquarius in January 2021, closely followed by Saturn conjunct Jupiter the same month, we can anticipate bells & whistles in 2021.

Char t 1. Horos cope Philip K . D ick

Luxemburg is the first country to establish legislation allowing global companies to ‘incorporate’ there to allow them to ‘own’ profits from their space business. China signed up under their Belt and Road Initiative for Deep Space exploration to establish their own zone of non-interference on the Moon! This is very concerning in light of their current moves in Antarctica which threaten the Antarctic Treaty System. So, as we head into our fresh Aquarian frontiers, these matters will become daily news items as the superpowers and private commercial operators vie for profit and military control.

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CHART 2 and CHART 3 It is fascinating to see that Mr Amazon’s Moon is smack bang on the Galactic Centre @ 28 deg Sagittarius! Pluto heading through Capricorn since 2008 has driven both his Amazon success and his space ambitions, which are indeed powered by his fabulous Venus-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius. Lots of action will be on the agenda for him once Jupiter and then Saturn cross these in 2021 and 2022, and when Pluto joins his Mars in Capricorn in 2023 and his Aquarian planets through the 2030s. Jeff Bezos has a vision of space colonies and wants to send manufacturing to the Moon, as he worries that Earth may not be safe in decades to come as global warming increases. Blue Origin is the love of his life and he’s selling his Amazon stocks to fund his reusable technology. His ‘Blue Moon lander’ will be ready by 2023, well ahead of NASA.

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CHART 4 and CHART 5 Low and behold, Musk also has Saturn and Venus in Air, this time in Gemini and his Mars in Aquarius is on Bezos’ Saturn. Check those six planets/points in Gemini in SpaceX and Moon Pisces exactly, that is on the same degree, as the FSF chart! Again, lots of action in 2021/2, and when Pluto transits through Aquarius. Elon Musk has a similar vision with his SpaceX aiming to create a city on Mars with a population of one million people by 2071. Both are very secretive and quiet about their technology, although Musk unveiled his Starship prototype on 2 October 2019. C har t 2. Jeff B ez os natal char t 176

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Chart 6 and Chart 7 Richard Branson was also born with Venus in Gemini trine Neptune and Mars in Libra. All these guys have big air signatures! Note the SunMars-Jupiter conjunction in Libra in the Galactic Centre chart, which will also get big kicks from Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius, followed by Pluto in Aquarius from 2023 to 2043. He will no doubt be the king of Space Tourism. Here’s some material from a fascinating lady named Namrata Goswami who has inspired much of my impetus for this article.

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Agent 22 Maggie Kerr is a leading Australian Astrologer who has worked as a Counsellor, Teacher, Author and Presenter for the past 35 years. She has been a pioneer in developing C har t 7 . Richard Brans on's announcement of Virg in G alac tic char t.

tools and techniques to identify and change limiting unconscious patterns, so we may heal and connect with our Soul’s purpose.

In Conclusion Our civilization has been unconsciously reaching upward to the stars from which we came since the discovery of Uranus in 1781. This ushered in the age of technology and the Enlightenment ideals that have become the essence of the incoming Aquarian Age. As an Aquarian I was in love with Captain Kirk on his starship Enterprise in the mid-60s, when we first headed out beyond our beautiful planet toward our future destiny. My prayer is for conscious use of the fascinating and empowering

In her ‘spare time’ she researches historical global and cosmic cycles to offer her insights as a social commentator. www.universalastrology.com.au to book personal sessions and sign up for her free newsletters. Location: Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Website: universalastrology.com.au

technologies we are about to unleash over the next two decades. Peace and love to us all from Maggie. October 2019. ***

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Philosophical and 12 spiritual impact of

astrology on the collective consciousness Bernard Duchatelle – Agent 919

If astrology helps to lead a more harmonious existence in many ways, its main function in the coming years might be to connect us - or reconnect us - to the deepest meanings of life, through the cosmogony, the philosophy, the spiritual vision and the quest for truth its very existence implies. Not based on belief or faith, but on an observable and meaningful link that binds us to the cosmos, astrology allows a tangible apprehension of the mysteries of existence. Its approach returns to us an intimacy with the universe that has been almost entirely lost, because of fear, negative conditionings and wrong orientations, that loss being largely responsible for the current state of our civilization. In contrast to materialism and self-destruction, astrology inspires wonder and adventure through the awakening to the finality of life. It gives birth to a quest, which is the key to the flowering of the individual’s destiny, as well as a way to change the world through a rejuvenated collective consciousness.

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YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A FUTUROLOGIST, a sociologist, an

embodies that ‘quest for meaning’ state of mind. Various forms of

astrologer or a specialist of any kind to know that our actions during the

astrology were discovered by many different cultures, as early as

near future, the next decade, will prove crucial for humankind and for

prehistory, because the heavenly splendor caught our attention. Above

all living beings on Earth. The term Anthropocene refers to the current

us, so far out of reach, everything looked majestic, untouched by death

geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has

and certainly closer to the notion of the sacred. We felt awed by its

been the dominant influence on climate and the environment. The self-

sparkling order, so alien from our chaotic lives and confused thinking.

destruction trend which possesses us does not seem to relent bringing

Not only did it look like it had been designed for us to marvel at, but we

us to the verge of a real catastrophe, the sixth mass extinction of life on

discovered that its mathematical perfection was somehow related to us

earth. I believe that most of us realize that a major part of our problem

as Plato exclaimed in the Timaeus: ‘God invented and gave us the sight,

arises from our consciences, which we seem unable to free from fear,

so that in contemplating the revolutions of intelligence in heaven, we

greed, violence and other unwelcome characteristics. It appears obvious

might apply them to the revolutions of our own thought, which, although

that only a radical shift in both individual and collective consciousness

disordered, are related to the imperturbable revolutions of heaven.’1 To

might save us. As long as our minds are ruled by personal interest and

unveil the intimate relationship that our psyches and our destinies sustain

ignorance, political or economic measures will not prove to be effective.

with celestial geometry was a significant step; nature seemed to have left

As people who scrutinize the celestial geometry to try to extract meaning

a door unlocked for us to glance at its hidden mechanisms. Of course, in

from it we question what can astrology offer in order to heal the world

the Greek philosopher’s world, the bond between nature and humanity

and help to create a better one? Does it possess the means to radically

was not yet severed; we were part of nature and naturally looking to it for

impact our philosophical outlook and thus modify our way of life? This

guidance. Moreover, the universe, life, and consciousness had to signify

is not a rhetorical question, but applies to the here and now as we are

something, and astrology was a key to their comprehension.

currently determining humanity’s future for many generations to come. Astrology, philosophy and the meaning of life The vast majority of our contemporaries appear to lead utilitarian lives dedicated solely to survival, money, and security, and mostly devoid of inspiration, direction, and meaning. This goes a long way towards explaining why we find ourselves in this situation. Our brains and hearts are made to question and seek answers, as history over many millennia has shown. Once we get food, clothes and shelter, we seek love and beauty and we wonder about the meaning to life. It is in our nature, and to forget it darkens the mind and brings discontent, gloom, and eventually selfdestruction. This might be the most vital role that astrology plays as it fully 184

The Uranian age and the golden age of astrology The idea that astrology can reposition the quest for meaning at the very heart of our consciences does not imply a return to ancient values buried in the past. On the contrary, our new revolutionary and fast-changing world, that is, the Uranian world, suits astrology perfectly. Uranus was discovered in 1781 when the American and French revolutions, and most notably the outbreak of the industrial era, altered the face of the world. Linked to revolution, creative thinking, psychology, as well as to all new 1 Dieu a inventé et nous a donné la vue, afin qu’en contemplant les révolutions de l’intelligence dans le ciel, nous les appliquions aux révolutions de notre propre pensée, qui, bien que désordonnées, sont parentes des révolutions imperturbables du ciel. Emile Chambry, Timée de Platon, La bibliothèque électronique du Québec, collection philosophie Volume 8: version 1.01, pp.105-6.

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technologies, Uranus quickly proved to be the key planet for astrologers,

The new paradigm

given its remarkable omnipresence in their birth charts. In keeping

Even more importantly, astrology feeds on the revolution of ideas

with Uranus, in recent decades astrology has thrown off the image of

germinating everywhere. Its Uranian nature marries perfectly with the

an old lady wrapped in her mantle of traditions and thousand-year-old

often referenced new paradigm, which puts consciousness at the center

superstitions. This has disintegrated to the point where we can consider

of our grids of interpretation of the universe and life. Science, philosophy

that her golden age is perceived to be more in the future than in the past.

and psychology are concerned with synchronicities, which are defined

One of the purely technical influences on this is the significant role

as intrusions of meaning into our relationships and destinies: some of

that Uranian ruled computers have played in advancing many of our

the answers provided by astrology are quite astounding3. Quantum

studies and research practices. Called ‘mathematicians’ in Greece, the

physics leads to the perception of space, time, matter, and energy as

astrologers of ancient times had to be scientists and astronomers as

vast networks of vibrations and information in which all the different

constructing a chart was not an easy task. They would certainly have

elements are in contact and where the observer is no longer separated

given anything to gain access to our fabulous Software, with its ability in

from the thing observed. It means that the physical distance between the

a few clicks to compute and display with incredible precision planetary

stars and us is not a barrier to our psychic link with them anymore, and

positions over thousands of years! Nowadays, with disconcerting ease,

that we no longer have to build hypotheses about vibratory, magnetic or

we attempt to establish the maps of the heaven of the Buddha, Lao Tzu,

gravitational influences that were never formally discovered.

or Pythagoras, all born around the great conjunction of Uranus, Neptune,

In a world where scientists think that 85 percent of the mass of the

and Pluto in 578-575 B.C., which seems very much related to the ‘Axial

universe is composed of a mysterious and undetectable dark matter,

Age' . Just as easily, we explore the celestial configurations that presided

and whose cosmogonic conceptions are sometimes strangely close to

over crucial historical events, perhaps to thereby infer what tomorrow

Brahmanism4, the hypothesis of a human consciousness analogously

will be like. Anyone, be they a politician, movie star, historical figure,

structured by an inner solar system is perfectly viable. Also feasible is

neighbor or family member is a potential subject of study, once their

the idea that if the whole psyche is probably not physically influenced by

natal coordinates are known. This computational facility finally allows

the stars, it is possibly, at least in part, the product or the manifestation

everyone to know his or her astral chart, which was rarely the case before,

of a celestial geometry that structures it, orients it and impregnates it

a fact that will prove essential when we examine the concept of identity

with meaning and finality. Such intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual

that astrology offers.

effervescence, drawn from the most recent scientific trends, offers

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In addition to technology, another reason for a possible future golden

astrology its chance. We are in dire need of new thinking patterns able to

age of astrology is that knowledge is spreading like never before: schools,

shake our consciousness to its roots: ideas can start like a raging wildfire

associations and international organizations are blooming, treaties

and engulf the world with a snap of a finger.

number in the hundreds and excellent translations of ancient texts, considered as rare treasures until recently, have become easily accessible. 2 According to the Philosopher Karl Jaspers, the Axial Age was characterized, by the emergence of new ways of thinking in religion and philosophy in China, Persia, India, and the GrecoRoman world. 186

3 In L’astrologie et la mécanique de la pensée, Bernard Duchatelle, Amazon, 2015, examples showing clear correlations between synchronicities and the positioning of the stars are provided and analyzed. 4 David Bohm Wholeness and the Implicate Order, Routlege, Great Britain, 1980. 187

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The tangible link: Astrology as a unique approach

this universe, which has become terrifyingly vast, acknowledges our

Whatever the truth about its still largely unexplained mechanisms,

presence, thereby offering us an identity. This concept goes hand in

both the way astrology approaches the nature of consciousness and its

hand with recognition: through the birth chart the universe provides

puzzling relationship with the universe appear unique. Why is it so? The

us with an identity more fundamental than our gender, blood, name,

foundation of astrology remains concrete and observable, even though

social status, nationality, faith or lack of faith. Perhaps it gives us back

it deals with the meaning of existence, psyche, and destiny. Astrology is

a part of what we ostensibly lost when Copernicus drove the Earth out

based on a tangible and remarkable link that is essentially composed of

of the center of the solar system or when Darwin told us that we were

meaning, and which connects us to the universe. This link that builds a

just like any other animals. While it was obviously important for us to

bridge between the visible and the invisible is the subject of its study.

comprehend these truths, values that were thousands of years old were

Its approach to the mysteries of life does not rely on myths,

destroyed in the process. As a species we felt, and in many cases still feel,

traditions, or revelations, but primarily rests on a real, perceptive and

lost, insignificant, disconnected, and devoid of meaning. These feelings

insightful observation of celestial geometry. Through observing the

amplified materialistic tendencies like never before.

location of the planets as they orbit the Sun, their motion, speed, rise and

In response, astrology offers a cosmic identity that recognises each of

fall, their encounters with the Moon, their mutual interactions and so

us as an individual—“what is indivisible”. An individual is an organized

many other facts, we finally discovered that this celestial ballet concerns

unity, someone unique and in one piece. To realize this provokes a Uranian

us. Even more profoundly we could decipher and understand it and it

behavior which involves taking oneself out of the undifferentiated flock

could be read like a book written about us. One might assert that this is

of followers, of whatever is being followed. The Uranian age asks us

just another belief system, except that it can be noticed and researched

to face life and death as individuals, while standing and thinking alone

through observation. This is how astrologers are made. They don’t start

(wholly one). Paradoxically, this loneliness, which is not isolation, brings

to practice astrology because they believe in it, but rather because they

us closer to others than we have ever been. One individual does not

try it and in most cases are amazed that it works! What we could call

stand above or below the others, but at their side, as a perfect equal. This

celestial geometrical synchronicities are there for everyone to perceive,

certainly leads us to understand the harmfulness of comparison, itself a

and astrologers can provide examples of these by the thousands.

cause of aggressive competition. Building one’s destiny around a unique

The tangibility of this link enables astrology to be particularly qualified to impact the collective consciousness. Science has profoundly

astral chart makes one incomparable, in the etymological sense of the term.

changed us, and like Thomas the Apostle we want to touch the mystery

Similarly, this acknowledgment rejuvenates our relationship with the

in the flesh. This is exactly what astrology proposes. Constituted through

environment, healing the wound which arises from the sensation of being

meaningful synchronicities happening between the celestial mechanics

separated from nature, that is, from our mother, This in turns addresses

and our lives, the link can be touched, felt and explored.

one of the reasons why we destroy nature, as we only destroy what we do not like, or what has become indifferent to us, Things feel entirely

The identity

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are not belief-based, the universe gives us its attention. Microorganisms

or whatever you call it, is the most vital element of the flowering of

we might be, but we are also endowed with a significant life.

destiny. Although the goal is the same, the journey follows a different path in each chart because of its uniqueness. Unless one decides to study

The solar hero and the quest

its language, one needs to consult an astrologer, whose main function is

Yet this recognition, this identity, has a price: our birth chart implies

to reveal the geography of the inner territory in order to decipher the

a destiny to be fulfilled. Related to the word destination, the concept of

celestial scripture. The crowning aim of the interpretation is to expose

destiny evokes both a function and a place to which one goes. And so, here we are back to the need for the meaning of life, in the absence of which it all turns out badly. It is probably here, as we talk about a function and a quest to be pursued, that astrology shows the greatest capacity to influence the consciousness. The quest orders the mind by providing a concrete expression to the meaning of life. The confusion that comes from the lack of a direction disappears. In this particular framework, anyone famous or anonymous, educated or illiterate, needy or wealthy becomes a solar hero fighting darkness and fear in the pursuit of the truth of his or her nature; an action that is not born from fear or a desire for reward. To be a solar hero is to follow the inner sun that shines in the sanctuary of one’s own heart.

the path that crosses the chart and leads to its heart. But even the best

Both philosophically and spiritually, the quest is the movement of

astrologer in the world won’t take you there. The journey through the

universal intelligence. It is the inevitable consequence of everything we

ninth house (long travels, spirituality), or through the twelfth (exploration

have already observed. It is born from the recognition of the universe and

of the inner depths), must be undertaken alone. While not being a crutch,

the identity it offers us, from the necessity to have meaning in one’s life.

the birth chart, and everything it represents, illuminates the journey. This

It visibly emanates from our birth chart, without which the latter cannot

chart helps to overcome fears and obstacles by making sure one treads

fully thrive. A destiny that is not touched by the quest misses its purpose,

the right path. One can get lost, wander, hesitate, lose confidence, but the

while its unfolding generates a know-thyself based spirituality. One

personal star we follow always comes back shining in front of us until we

becomes a light unto oneself by exploring wisely one’s own nature. And

get back on our way.

as one gets rid of fears along the way, dispelling darkness and advancing

To travel alone does not mean in isolation. It does not hinder

more and more freely on the path outlined by the chart’s geometry, one

exchanges of information, thoughts and ideas, as long as we do not

does fulfill one’s destiny, eventually finding the inner place that awaits us.

become second-hand people. True, the uniqueness of the chart does

The path to the flowering of destiny We now understand that the quest, which leads to truth, realization,

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Back to the collective consciousness Astrology offers precious guidelines for the years to come: it tells us we are seeds of meaning planted by the cosmos and that our vocation is to blossom. This has little to do with becoming rich, powerful or famous, or whatever society would have us believe. If one succeeds, it is likely that no one will ever know about it. But thriving as a free individual will

Bernard Duchatelle

dramatically impact the collective consciousness, which remains our main objective if we want the world to change.

Agent 919

The main purpose of astrology is not to describe a psychological landscape—which it truly does with an amazing precision—or to predict good or bad weather attending our future, but to lead us on the path to

Bachelor of Letters, writer and lecturer, Bernard

the inner revolution. We are talking about a Uranian revolution, which is

Duchatelle spent about ten years as a traveling astrologer

not a slow modification taking generations to show its effects. We have

in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, where he became acquainted

no time for that. Saturn, the planet of time, implies slow transformation

with Eastern spirituality, yoga and Hindu mythology.  He also

through patience, determination and perseverance. And we obviously

resided in Ojai, Southern California, Jiddu Krishnamurti’s

need Saturn to think deeply, build, structure, and consolidate. But at

privileged residence, whose teachings have been with him

this time we desperately need a Uranian blaze of intelligence, an almost

since 1975, the same year he began studying astrology. He

instantaneous understanding, which astrology does provide in many

traveled and stayed in many different places, including

ways.

Europe, Central Asia, most of the East-Asian countries,

Considering our vital needs in these troubled times, astrology appears

Japan, Australia, Columbia, Equator and Argentina.

as a coherent philosophical system that incites us to independence of

His practice promotes self-realisation through the

thought, the pursuit of self-development and the flowering of destiny.

in-depth understanding of thought processes and the

Finally, astrology is inseparable from an inner quest rather than from

emotional mechanisms that constitute us. Astrology he

a religion, and could well prove to be one of the keys to the emerging

writes, appears as a coherent cosmogonic and philosophical

spirituality of the third millennium.

system, illuminating the nature of the universe, our consciences and our destinies. *** Location: Nice, France Blog :  bernardlastrologue.blogspot.com/ Le Centiloque:  leblogdelastrologue.blogspot.com/

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ABOUT THE C*I*A

COSMIC  – From Cosmos, the universe as an orderly harmonious system,

a beautiful order! INTELLIGENCE  – the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. AGENCY  – providing a service.

AGENT – has an active or efficient cause, is an active principle within

the agency: a representative, Origin of Agent – from Latin agent- ‘doing’, from agere

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The Cosmic Intelligence Agency was founded in 2005 when Agent 12, Julija Simas decided to put the idea of the Cosmic Intelligence Agency into action and registered the C*I*A name as a website on the 23 August 2005. After gathering few interested astrologers together form Melbourne, Australia we created our first webpage and Global Astrology article for the Capricorn Solstice 2026. Since the C*I*A has developed a popular websites a fan base of 1,4 million on Facebook, a growing

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who come form many different astrological backgrounds. The acronym C*I*A fitted for an Agency dedicated to opening doors to astrology beyond Sun Signs, in a world consciously awakening to

We’d like to thank all our authors of their contributions to our 1st edition

invisible forces, the power the mind and co-creative intelligence. The goal of the Agency is to promote an understanding of humanity’s

In this volume all articles written are using the Tropical zodiac.

ever-present cosmic connectedness.  Our mission is to join with and encourage like-minded individuals who seek to actively understand and consciously interact with the unfolding universe.  We adopt a spirit of creativity, imagination and intelligence as we attempt to better navigate the path ahead through global intention, celebration, participation and aspiration.  



All writers can be contacted via their biographies under articles. All articles are copyright to the authors involved and cannot be copied in any form unless quoted.

The Agency brings together ideas from astrology, philosophy, science, psychology, politics, consciousness studies, mysticism and the arts as a

Thankyou to our Graphic Designer Moon Doogas.

way of sharing and promoting ideas about our cosmic dimension and advancing information that can help to situate humanity in the apparent

Thankyou to our Copy Editor Gil Dwyer.

flow of time.  We are deeply concerned with the zeitgeist (the spirit of the times) and the constantly changing Anima Mundi (the soul of the World).

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Our mission is to promote astrology, the age-old study of the correlation between the cosmic and the mundane and to create further interest in and understanding of this ancient art.

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