April 2021 blog
The sign of Aries influencing the planet currently till the
19th, ruled by Mars, is a confident, assertive and competitive sign
and likes to take the initiative… It likes a confrontation and is fiery in
response …. It does not like to be dictated to or lose control. There will be
some obvious stand offs between nations re principles, ideology and policy and
the military might will be on show. We already have Myanmar and China in
defiant mode and even Europe is in rather in irritated/divisive state re the
pandemic and vaccines. Authorities are coming under scrutiny as they push their
luck.
Even in the UK the police are being challenged by sectors of
the population, about freedom to demonstrate and in the States the police are
being called to account in terms of racial issues.…. Of course, a collective
global anxiety about and impatience with the Covid situation is creating much
psychological stress and it manifests easily in a desire to somehow take
control of what we can … when so much is rather anarchic, scary and out of
control.
Particularly angry
days when power struggles and confrontations are on the cards, are strong
between the 15th and 19th when the Sun and Mercury are
squaring up to Pluto. That can manifest on a personal level as well
as socio/politically. Pluto so often brings dangerous power struggles when
challenged.
Positively, the
thrust of both Jupiter and Saturn continuing in the sign of Aquarius (science,
innovation and detached big picture wisdom) is furthering the ability to move
forward with progress in squashing the Covid epidemic. The problem is that
politicians are making it become a little too much based on the altar of competitiveness
and nationalism. The vaccination programme will move forward, if we can rise
above the ego angles related to the successes.
However, the very
constructive alignments this month of Mercury and Venus with Jupiter and Saturn
are very hopeful.
What we do need to be
wary of is the ongoing tension now between Uranus and Saturn, which continue to
square up to each other.
Uranus, positively, is very innovative, but also potentially
alarming as he fosters necessary change/awakenings and has an unpredictable,
impulsive quality, that can be very liberating, but can, negatively, be
impulsive, rash and rebellious. Saturn, by contrast is pro status quo, cautious
and clings on to safety and indeed practicality and brings reality checks.
Negatively that can block progress, but positively, the reality that Saturn
reveals, can be a constructive block on excess, rashness and unwise risk. As a
pair they have always clashed, but in good coordination one can offset the
extremes of the other. They must cooperate.
Uranus is now in
Taurus for the long haul till the end of April 2026 and Saturn is in Aquarius
till March 2023, but because Uranus rules Aquarius, we have the potential for
great compromise between these planets, despite the uncomfortable square alignment.
There can be a mixing of the old with the new, positively in terms of
progress. The problem lies in a need by
many for a libertarian approach to life on principle, as humans’ hunger after
freedom(Uranus) and because some see it as an insult, or an oppression, to have restrictions . However, in contrast to that,
with Saturn, there is a need for collective discipline, if necessarily imposed,
to protect us all. That conflict is still running on and will in some capacity,
for another 12 months. This is a major
theme of the pandemic, freedom versus restrictions, or the economy before
restrictions.
This balancing act is fundamental to the outcome.
We have the phrase being repeated of “until everyone is
protected, nobody is protected “re the vaccine rollout.
That sums up the principle of the current combination of
both Saturn and Jupiter being in Aquarius (the future/humanity) and underlines
the need to get that compromise between Uranus and Saturn, even though they are
uncomfortably aligned. Freedom through responsibility, is the only way to move
forward.
Where Uranus, continuing in Taurus is also very definitely
awakening us in terms of tumult and unpredictability, is on the effect of
climate change on mother earth, which Taurus is very linked with … Eruptions re
our planetary infrastructure are thick and fast now and Uranus is certainly
bringing the alarm signals in that context, about what we really need to
address.
The issue of money, security and value systems are also
Taurean issues and that is going through a chaotic period of change and
transformation that will last till May 2026. It is unpredictable … but it will
awaken us to a whole new vista as to our relationship with our current
financial system and its necessary revolution/evolution. The extreme of this,
is misuse of technology in terms of money and gimmicky financial innovations,
that are transient and with little long-term substance.
Capricorn is a sign
that in extreme form equates with conservatism, ambition and is very much a
traditional sign of class, power and capitalistic values, and a clinging to the
past establishment. England is a Capricorn country and indeed nationalism and a
superior colonial attitude are still strong among many conservative politicians,
and indeed within the psychology of many of the population.
Pluto (power and intense determination) remains steadfastly in Capricorn (2008 till the end of 2024) and is hugely driven to underline and protect the status quo of political and financial power (Capricorn) and cling on to the past. This is contrasting with the very different next-door sign of Aquarius, which is where Saturn and Jupiter have been since the start of 2021. Aquarius is about the future, not the past and the need for change and the need to look at the bigger existential, progressive picture and to incorporate a humanitarian, rational and fairer value system. Aquarius is linked to a more, what is perceived, as left-wing philosophy. Hence that clash between two value systems is now being seen so strongly in several countries i.e. between authoritarian regimes and a populace who want freedoms and democracy.
It is
interesting how since the beginning of the year the Royal family in the UK have
experienced a basic divide within the family, between the old order and a
rebellion against it. Aquarius and
Capricorn are now basically in battle with each other. Pluto, it is worth noting, is however
ruthless when threatened.
It was very telling
when Boris Johnson last month declared, in a supposed to be private, political meeting,
that the vaccine success in the UK was because of capitalism and greed,
implying those qualities were therefore a force for good. He quickly redacted
it when he realised what he had said, but it showed the true value system he
supports, and a lauding of greed.
The truth is that the success was not about those
principles. it was based on and motivated by the humanitarian necessity
principle of scientific achievement and was mostly funded by NGO’s including
the UN and the NHS, in order to ensure collective survival, which in certain
times are the only way forward, even though money would be made too by the
pharmaceutical companies as a fringe benefit for them. The motive was certainly
not money, it was collective human survival.
It is however
interesting that we now also have much transference of large company investment
away from coal and oil, into new green energy sources, not just because it is
essential to save the planet from destruction, but because many companies now
recognise that the new focus on future energy sources, is now where financial
gain is to be made… The two are not totally incompatible, but simple greed
alone is never going to be a way forward, in any context in the future.
When Pluto moves into
Aquarius in 2025 till 2044, we will see a huge shift in power and value systems,
but wherever Pluto is, there is always huge power that can be handled wisely or
abused. In Aquarius also, there is the potential for very wise use of, or indeed
also abuse of the new, especially technology (an Aquarian area) and that will
be the issue. The quality of the motive
is always everything in life.
Hence what we have
now is that Pluto (power) still in Capricorn (the established economic system),
is doing everything to protect the economy and the current value system but
having gradually to give way to and compromise with a new order, in which the
value system must be about planetary and human survival and what values must be
adopted to make that possible… (Aquarius). Without that realisation and shift
of focus, the concept of current capitalism is completely defunct, as there
will not be a habitable planet on which to enjoy the luxuries of what money can
buy.
The ongoing and very upside
of Neptune in Pisces (since 2012 and occurring only every 165 years) has
created a new awakened sense of the value of and beauty of nature. The lock
down has underlined that new consciousness, as we now notice what was side
lined in our busy lives before. Note
that all children born with this planetary generational placement i.e., between
early February 2012 and February 2026, will be a generation who have a very
strong love of and respect for nature and all its creatures; and they will demand
it is all looked after and totally respected. This is no coincidence, it is
timely and necessary.
Our future survival
depends on that happening.
