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This year, 2003, we will see a larger planet
changing signs signaling a shift in the mass
consciousness. These changes are usually
not conscious right away. That is, we don't
really completely understand why these things
are happening until a while after they have
occurred. It is almost like our subconscious
has to work it out and then we can see everything
in perspective. While it is happening, it
can be a little daunting and a little scary
as is all change.
And change is the word for Uranus.
When Uranus
sweeps through for its 7-year visit
it will
be in the sign Pisces. Uranian energy
is
volatile. It strikes seemingly without
warning.
But the sudden upheavals that occur
have
actually been percolating under the
surface
for a while until they simply erupt.
HANDLING THE ENERGY
The key to handling any Uranus transit
is
to stay calm and GO WITH THE FLOW.
I can't
emphasize that last phrase enough for
all
the Gemini's, Virgo's, and Sag's and
especially
the Pisces sun sign people who may
be getting
a jolt or two. (Remember, this may
take up
to 7 years to affect you, depending
on what
day you were born). These signs must
especially
watch for any excess willfulness, or
moving
from one thing to another too abruptly
(because
you think you just can't stand it any
longer)
during this time.
Having your sun or any major planet
in your
chart in these signs will increase
the sudden
effects of this transit in your everyday
life. When Uranus enters a time when
it conjuncts,
opposes, or squares (90 degree angle)
your
sun, it initiates a series of sudden
revelations.
These either awaken a new part of you,
a
new creative aspect, or they abruptly
shake
you out of complacency pushing you
to become
more independent, or at least more
YOU, the
true-to-your-soul you. This can also
create
a sense of nervousness, the feeling
that
the next shoe is about to drop. It
is exciting,
it is interesting and never boring.
So for those more under the influence
of
this aspect than most, the only way
to get
mental and physical relief from this
transit
is to stay calm and let the changes
take
place. Go with it. Ride the ups and
downs
and see it through. There is a reason
that
these things happen. Mainly it is for
soul
growth. It shakes you out of your normal
routine and asks that you be ready
for anything,
anytime.
In general I have a few ideas about
what
may be of importance here at this time,
2003
-2010. Here is a brief list:
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DELUSION OR FREEDOM
People will be looking for something that
looks like a way for all to have a "better
life," but could be deceived because
they fail to see something for what it is.
They will want to see things for what they
COULD be, and therefore become susceptible
to giving up some personal freedom for the
supposed benefit of all in order for this
to occur.
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PUSHY GROUPS
Uranus was in Pisces in the 1920s and and
showed the rising power of a disenfranchised
part of society with an amendment giving
women the right to vote (and shortly thereafter,
Prohibition). We may again see women banding
together to exert force in order to get society
to shape itself into a more ideal form, one
that will be of benefit to ALL women, and,
in a larger sense, possibly all of humanity.
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NEW FORMS OF ART AND MUSIC
Some really unique artistic and/or
musical
stylings or advances, possibly involving
new technology. But, unlike the Uranus
in
Aquarius, where you have this mental
thing
-- playing around with stuff for
the sake
of doing something different or innovative
-- this will be like really wanting
to communicate
and heal with art and music. Under
this aspect
we got the Roaring Twenties, a time
of great
freedom in lifestyle and experimentation
in music (Jazz) and art (Art Deco
in the
20s). It was an instant switch from
Vaudeville
and Burlesque to the next new thing
-- movies.
This transit may produce some more
spiritually-based
movies as well.
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HEALING
Along with art and music, healing
may take
a very different turn. People may
be more
open to alternative ideas about healing
(and
the spiritual part of it), or there
may be
new options for healing that involve
a mix
of technology and hands-on modalities.
This
may include an alternative use of
electricity
and liquid (salt water?), maybe in
the form
of magnetic force. This may be a
time when
there will be more acceptance of
healing
the magnetic field, or aura, which
encompasses
the body (which is mainly composed
of liquid).
MINI-TRENDS WHILE URANUS IS IN PISCES
For the first couple of years, 2003
and 2004,
we will experience the agreeable trine
aspect
between Saturn and Uranus. This simply
provides
an opportunity for assistance, it doesn't
mean it will happen. Trines support
a sort
of complacency and inertia, and along
with
Neptune in Aquarius, is supporting
a dream
-- not reality. What I'm saying is
that the
solutions to problems are out there,
but
will anyone implement them? Only those
who
have any influence on society and that
have
the Uranian consciousness, that conscious
retrieval or subconscious channeling
of great
original ideas. Even then, it is not
a sure
thing.
Along with this will come one year
(2003-4)
where Jupiter will enter Virgo and
be opposite
of Uranus in Pisces. This will certainly
give a push to revolutionary urges.
It will
give the green light to receptivity
of that
which is not mainstream. This could
involve
the healthcare community in particular.
Things
will definitely be coming to a head
and require
a new way of looking at the system.
This is already happening, as the HMO
thing
is not working. It is actually forcing
doctors
to choose between a larger workload
and less
money, or refusing HMO customers. New
ideas
will be entertained. When Jupiter hits
the
square to Saturn, this may be implemented
-- probably around 2005. I also think
there
may be some new medical discoveries
that
will help humanity in some way. They
may
not be available to everyone, but they
may
be out there at this time.
Although Saturn is on the sun of our
country,
making things seem a little fearful,
we just
have to remember not to look at the
problems
so much, and rather look at the solutions.
Anything Saturn brings to us now is
our own
karma and we must work through it.
Saturn
is over the sun of the USA, bringing
a little
restriction, at least until 2005 or
so. Uranus
will really help us find some unique
solutions
--if we are open -- to some problems
that
come up during the first part of the
Uranian
transit.
With Neptune in Aquarius and Uranus
in Pisces,
we see a thing called mutual reception,
each
planet being in the others ruling sign.
This
promotes a real swapping of values
promoting
understanding, much as a student foreign
exchange would give. It gives more
comfort
with that which was not understood
and possibly
feared before.
THE GREAT CAUSE AND THE LAST GASP OF THE
PISCEAN AGE
The concepts of revolution (Uranus)
and idealism
(Neptune) become a constant for the
next
few years. Add to this Aquarius (joining
your individual genius in support of
a group
cause) and Pisces (searching for that
which
feels like perfection, and support
of the
downtrodden and forgotten of society)
and
you may see where this is going: people
joining
together for the sake of a great humanitarian
cause.
This could involve the feeling of needing
to save people from themselves, possibly
by reaching out to the misfortunate and dispossessed.
We may focus our attention on the causes
of the dispossessed because we start to realize
(consciously or not) that this may very well
be us at any moment. And spiritually speaking,
they ARE us. People could start to feel that
they can be a savior to themselves by helping
to save THEM in some way. These are the times
of salvation, the last hangover from the
dwindling energy of the Piscean Age which
we are attempting to surface from intact
without drowning in our guilts and fears.
Sometimes these grand gestures don't work
out. They tried prohibition under this last
transit, and that idealistic law was quickly
repealed when people realized they really
liked to drink and the moral thing became
secondary. This law was brought about by
the Temperance movement, a group composed
of zealous Christian women trying to save
society.
The planets may foretell another type
of
event: the gathering of spiritual-minded
people (always some of the most idealistic
dreamers and believers of manifesting
a better
world) through the internet, a magical
mix
of technology and synchronicity. The
internet
is becoming a mirror of how fast our
psyches
connect, focus and evolve, an instantaneous
transference of thought and deed.
THE HIGH ROAD OR THE LOW ROAD?
With every planetary focus of energy,
we
have choices on how to respond. We
can go
the high road or the low road. Each
energy
has its positive and negative points.
Just
like most people are a combination
of negative
and positive traits, we will probably
get
a little of both showing up in our
culture.
The best result is that there comes a real
group feeling among people or even better,
a feeling of unity among all humans. This
precipitates some sort of action to help
those who can not help themselves. This transit
will also promote the desire to be free to
peacefully live a life that we have dreamed
of living (however unorthodox) that is closer
to our beliefs, closer to our heart, regardless
of social or cultural norms.
The other end is that people in general
will
be drawn into fractious battling between
groups that believe (I mean REALLY
believe)
that only THEY have the way of salvation
for the country or planet. There would
be
fanatics who are very good at luring
the
unsuspected, as they promote their
form of
societal reform "for our own good."
Also, on the downside, there could
be many
feeling forgotten and depressed who
want
to escape through any means possible
(drugs,
religion, entertainment/TV/computer,
etc…)
just to get some fleeting pleasure
in a world
that holds no meaning for them, as
they (mistakenly
or not) hold no real hope of becoming
what
they dreamed they wanted to be.
This could also bring on sporadic,
disorganized,
lashing out of these types of malcontents
or any other group that has not been
given
a voice. It would be as if all the
"lost
souls" would find each other in
a cause
as a group. Again, whether their view
of
the world is true or not, it is their
strong
beliefs that are mixed with emotion
and pushing
to be recognized.
LIFE AS THE PERFECT DREAM
With the sign of Pisces being emphasized
for the next seven years, it brings to us
the highest and the lowest. It is at once
one of the most spiritual of signs, willing
to lose the identity and ego to become a
part of the whole, of pure Spirit, and also
one of the most susceptible to delusion because
of the great desire to live life as the prefect
dream.
Can the dream be a reality? Can we
dream
our reality into existence? In a way,
we
can and do. We imagine what it could
be and
if enough energy is placed and focused,
it
occurs. We just have to really look
to make
sure that the dream we're living is
not actually
a nightmare brought about by our own
delusions
while in a search for perfection
Above all, remember that whatever happens,
unconditional love bends all the earthly
rules. It brings the spiritual into the physical,
and that is a big part of what living really
is. It is the awakening to the reality of
Spirit in our lives. Astrology is a tool
that can guide us through the patterns and
cycles of cosmic energy so that we can go
with the flow of the Universal, and in a
sense, gain true freedom.
That is why Uranus comes to us, to show us
what to do to be able to be free to express
ourselves and to accept change in our lives.
Uranus energy wants to break through barriers
of established norms to create a new platform,
only to return 7 years later and shatter
it again.
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