Last month we looked at the potential effects of the mighty SaturnUranus opposition in Virgo and Pisces, which begins in earnest this month and will be in effect until July 2010. When these two bodies oppose each other every forty years, we are challenged on a collective level to move beyond the rigidity and dogma of Saturn to embrace the creative vision of Uranus, as the old order collapses around us.
The last time this opposition occurred was mid 1965 to early 1967 when a social revolution changed the course of history, paving the way for long haired hippies, flower power, Woodstock, the Beatles, LSD, student riots and sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. These icons seem a bit tame now to our cool, street-smart, interconnected global economy, but for those who can remember that mid to late sixties period, it was a time of revolution and freedom.
So here we go again – it’s time for a new world order. And what will that mean for you? With Pluto in Capricorn forming a backdrop to the SaturnUranus opposition, the clear target for meltdown is everything ruled by Capricorn. That means bricks and mortar, the economy, banks, money, governments, big business and any hierarchical or status-ridden structure. In the 1960s, Pluto was in Virgo and the casualty of the SaturnUranus opposition was ‘morality and values’. Hippies with long hair smoking marijuana with bare breasts and flowery shirts listening to weird music did little harm. The real threat was their refusal to conform to the old way of doing things.
So if non-conformity is on the menu, over the next decade, we have the likelihood of our youth refusing to participate in the Capricorn dream. That means refusing to: buy houses; take out mortgages; obey or even have superiors; get degrees; participate in the superannuation and banking system or kow-tow to business and government rules and regulations. Will there be anarchy? Probably no more so than forty years ago, but things will definitely change.
How will it affect you?
To find out how the Saturn-Uranus opposition will affect you, you have to consult your birth chart to find the positions of Virgo and Pisces.
To do this you need to look up the two houses in your chart ruled by Virgo and Pisces. They will always be opposite each other on the horoscope wheel. There are twelve houses in every birth chart distributed round the wheel like the numbers on a clock. The first house starts at the 9 o’clock point and then the houses are counted round anti-clockwise from there. Houses in a birth chart relate to different areas of life, such as your money, your relationships, your career or your health. We are trying to determine which two areas of your life will be affected by the SaturnUranus opposition.
If you are unfamiliar with your chart go to www.astro.com and click on ‘Free Horoscopes’ and then ‘Personal Portrait’ and ‘Add a New Person’. Once you have filled in your birth details you will receive a short horoscope report. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and under the heading ‘House Positions’, look up the two houses that are listed next to Virgo and Pisces. (To help you understand the language, the Ascendant is the 1st house; the Imum Coeli is the 4th house; the Descendant is the 7th house and the Medium Coeli is the 10th house).
Once you know which houses are ruled by Virgo and Pisces, you can refer to the table on the next page to see how you can best use the energies of the Saturn-Uranus opposition. This transit lasts for almost two years, so it’s worth making good use of this information. You don’t want to be left behind! The house of Uranus is where you need to break free. The house of Saturn will ideally provide a platform to do this.