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The Shattering of Life As We Knew It"What's going in the stars?" people asked me following the tragic events of 9/11. We were in a period of great change. But who'd have thought there would be so much change all in one day? Certainly not me! In retrospect - hindsight's 20-20 - we can always find several "signposts in the sky," with Saturn looming large in the picture. All this tragedy seems so unreal, yet terribly too real. It's not a horror film - it's the news. Saturn rules reality. And you've heard the recent saying, "Reality Bites." Long-term Cycles Set the StageNow that we're in the 2000s, the 2 in numerology shows it's time for unity and cooperation. These are Libra traits, along with harmony, fairness and teamwork. One of the primary planetary combinations of 2001-2002 marks the halfway point of a long-term (38-year) cycle that began in the sign of Libra in 1982 when Saturn joined Pluto. Saturn is related to systems, structures and governments. Pluto is the transformer, sometimes destroying the old to make way for the new. It is related to hidden forces, the criminal element, death and rebirth. A positive symbol for Pluto is the phoenix rising from the ashes of destruction. Pluto is also related to finances and shared resources, including the stock market. Our recent recession worries and market dips are definitely related to this Saturn-Pluto opposition. Our struggles in sharing the world's resources may be the karmic result of not adapting the values we should have 20 years ago to share Spaceship Earth with all peoples and nations as equal partners. The first Earth Day was over 30 years ago and Americans still aren't environmentally conscientious! Pluto is currently in Sagittarius, the sign related to philosophies, belief systems, religions, interactions with foreigners and long distance travel. Pluto's mission in this sign is to transform these areas. It does seem like we've seen an increase in airplane death tragedies in the years since Pluto entered Sag it 1995-6, including TWA 800 and JFK Jr's. death. When Pluto is connected to the "heavy" planet, Saturn, they rock foundations, literally and figuratively. That's what happened on Sept. 11th. When Saturn is emphasized, the rings that bind us (or webs we've woven) are subject to scrutiny. Responsibilities weigh heavily on us. We take a look at the rules of the game and we realize the impact of how we've defined things. Saturn wants us to grow up and be mature, no matter what age. If we refuse, Saturn will exact a price, probably a failure of some sort. Saturn is the main planet in charge of reality. It signifies obstacles and delays, emphasizes boundaries and definitions, and pushes us to know our limits. It's in Gemini, the sign of thinking and communications. As the tester, it is now testing our thought forms. Saturn is associated with time. Its regular cycle with Jupiter strikes a cultural drumbeat, showing the concerns of the times. These two join up every 20 or so years, and can spend a century of these conjunctions occurring in signs of the same element. In 1980-81, Jupiter joined Saturn in Libra, which is an air sign. That is the element related to communications, and the 20-year period up to the year 2000 coincided with an information explosion/revolution. But if we really had incorporated the Libra vibe, surely we would be living in better harmony and peace now, sharing better. In 2000 Jupiter joined Saturn in Taurus, an earth sign, showing a shift back into a material mode. This is the last phase of a series of Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions in earth signs, the main portion of which ran from 1840 to 1960. After 2020, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions move to air signs for over a century, so this is our last cycle to get their message about controlled growth on the material level. This cycle is not supposed to be about self-indulgence and "the one with the most toys wins." Rather, it's time to make every day Earth Day, remembering where all our "stuff" comes from. Most modern people are quite out of touch with the earth and the elements. Now maybe we'll stop to think of how everything interrelates. For instance, my sister recently returned from Africa and relayed the process for preparing our coffee: many steps with much hand labor - largely by women paid only a pittance, all so the civilized societies can enjoy an uplifting jolt of energy at an "affordable" price. So we have come to the testing point of the Saturn-Pluto cycle that began in Libra. Saturn is half of the sky away from ("opposition") Pluto, with Saturn in Gemini and Pluto in Sagittarius. Systems (Saturn) are being destroyed (Pluto). The old rules (Saturn) don't work any longer (Pluto). Our thinking (Gemini) has to transform (Pluto) toward the higher principles (Sagittarius). But we have to beware the destructive power (Pluto) of our beliefs (Sagittarius), such as religious fanaticism. We need to look at the destructive power of beliefs in our own culture, too, not just finger-point at others. Our own rednecks and right wing Fundamentalists (part of our "shadow" side) have exhibited similarly dangerous thinking. In my Janet's PLAN-ITS 2001 and 2002 calendars, I wrote about the Saturn-Pluto opposition:
So life is forcing us to change, not so nicely. Here's part of a 2002 overview I was writing, prior to the Sept. 11 attack:
We will now see how every sector of our existence will be affected by the events of Sept. 11. Everything is so interconnected these days, no stone will go unturned. [The 1999 pattern led some people toward millennium madness and end-of-the-world dire predictions, quoting Nostradamus (as you see a lot of today, too), yet produced very little major news stories. But eclipses have a tendency to reverberate over months or years following the actual date of the Eclipse.] The Saturn-Pluto opposition is a long-term influence, in effect over many months. We expected peaks in its effects when their opposition is closest to exact, around 8/5/01, 11/2/01 and 5/25/02. The 9/11 strike wasn't too far from the 8/5 peak, and it was very close to the Full Moon on 9/2, which featured the Moon in a difficult pattern called a "Grand Cross." It was lined up across from (opposite) the Sun (as it is at all Full Moons; that's the definition of a Full Moon), with both at right angles to Saturn opposite Pluto, all 4 forming the Cross. This is considered the most powerfully challenging interplanetary combination. Still, the 9/2 Full Moon isn't when the attack occurred. Other factors had to come into position. Continue>>Home | Information Booth | Study Booth | Sales Booth | Janet Booth | Return to Top©2001-2008 Janet Booth for JanetsPlan-Its.com and AstrologyBooth.com |
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