The Eyes of Heaven
~ May Transits & Jupiter Saturn ~

by Eliza Bassett

   
Aloha kakou - Greetings to all!

I know many of you are processing the energies of the current energetic pile up in Taurus. See the previous article about how to work with this week’s energies. There are other events coming up in the month of May that need our attention. 

These are:
SQUARE between Saturn and Uranus on May 12 at 10:34pm, 20° Taurus to 20° Aquarius,
SQUARE between Jupiter and Uranus on May 20 at 3:14am, 20° Taurus 49 to 20° Aquarius,
CONJUNCTION of Jupiter and Saturn on May 28 at 6:03am, 22° Taurus 43'.

Definitions:

Use the following to create your understanding of how these energies may combine to create new and changing situations.

Jupiter can be described as expansive, wasteful, humorous, wise, dealing with law & order, a teacher. Some keywords for Saturn are order, restrictive, conservative, patterns, foundations, structures, fearful. 

Uranus, ah, the unique one. It breaks patterns, brings radical change, is electrical in its nature, and seeks new concepts.

Squares are times of stress -- the energies of the planets are 90 degrees in separation to each other. One definition of a square can be: tension and conflict, out of which comes a creative solution. 

Conjunctions are when planets occupy the same astrological space, and this can be defined as a blending of energies, the beginning of a new cycle. This is what a New Moon is every month -- a conjunction of the Sun and the Moon. After the conjunction, as the planets separate, the planets move forward to make a square (a first quarter moon), and then on to an opposition (as in a full moon) and then back to the last square (third quarter moon). We need to look back in time to see when these planets last combined their energies.

History:

Looking back, Saturn and Uranus last conjuncted each other on October 18, 1988, very late in Sagittarius - at 27 degrees. On that day specifically, there was a feeling of great restlessness. The interpretation of that degree, from Elias Lonsdale’s book, “Inside Degrees” describes the conflict of the two planetary energies perfectly: “...You are at an advanced and intricate crossroads in development, where you are inwardly blown wide open and outwardly desperate to forge individuality and personal life...” Where were you then? Can you remember? Did an event impact you in such a way around that day that you chose a particular new and different life path? This conjunction happens about every 46 years. The prior events were May, 1942, and September, 1897.

Jupiter and Uranus visited each (conjunction) other just a few years ago, on February 15, 1998 early in Aquarius - at 5 degrees. This was a feeling of great expansion, of metaphysical events, and activities with inventions - and the internet was quietly unfolding into what we now experience regularly. Again, from “Inside Degrees”: “...The life force runs wild... You move into any and every kind of awareness-frequency with abandon and resiliency...”. Think back, and consider anything that was making a strong impression on you and your life. This conjunction happens about every 14 years.

The last time the Jupiter and Saturn conjuncted each other was in July of 1981, late in the 4th degree of Libra. “Inside Degrees” states this about the Libra degree -- see how it fits for the last 20 years of your life: “...Exuberant with the play of existence...Wanting to find out what is real here, what is truly alive, what is worth moving further with...” Depending upon how you interpret Saturn in your own emotional body, this can be a catalyst for great positive creativity or it can continue the path of doubt, fear, lack, and regret. This conjunction occurs every twenty years. People who have this pattern in their birth chart carry a polarity dilemma about abundance vs. lack, wisdom vs. doubt, joy vs. fear, and so on.

Presently:

The benefit of astrology is to be aware of these timings, giving us 20/20 hindsight, as well as empowering us for present choices. We are on the verge of experiencing a tension between what we began in 1988 and 1997, balanced with the beginning of a whole new cycle with the Jupiter/Saturn conjunction.

For the Saturn Uranus square, at 20 degrees, Lonsdale writes, first for Taurus: “...The ultimate challenge -- to throw the self off, and take the self on as it is appropriate...” Next for Aquarius: “...In the dance of time, there comes a fresh cycle... the high feminine spirit comes into her own...” Conclusion: be ready to ground into your consciousness and physical being the understanding of change in what the role of woman is on a mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual level. A time of understanding the inner feminine in a totally new mode (if you are a male) and a new form of expressing the feminine outwardly (if you are a female).

Now to the Jupiter Uranus square, also at 20 degrees. Conclusion: The joys of unexpected insights into the wisdom we each carry; understanding ourselves as our own Spiritual healers and empowering ourselves to that level; listening strongly to our own wisdom we strike out on our path of Truth that only resonates within ourselves, which can be hard to express to others.

Finally, we have the opportunity to use the boundless energy of Jupiter harnessed to the focusing energy of Saturn’s long term planning in this conjunction. What meaningful social structures do you wish to participate in? What successes do you want to participate in your life? This is a great time to decide where you want to be twenty years from now. Many are already feeling the pull of these energies towards a particular goal.

“Inside Degrees” says for 22 Taurus: “Burning up with the inner flame of creative activity in the soul realms... An extremely sharply motivated path of development. Difficult to harness, yet the mastery called for is just what you seek to embody, and anything more reasonable seems easy and lazy...”

This is a very very earthy conjunction. Disconnect from the electronic media and go sit in nature. Lean up against a tree for a few hours. Eat foods grown under the earth for good grounding energy. Do this for these few weeks before the 28th. Know that you are moving more and more into your true being.

Remember -- do not succumb to the fears of Saturn. If you are experiencing phobias, please do get help from appropriate counselors. Don’t just take medication to buffer the situation you are in. Get help to dig in and find the roots of the issue(s) and heal yourself. 

May you all walk in beauty. 
Malama pono (take care). Namasté.

PREVIOUS COLUMNS by Eliza Bassett: (2000)

Recommended book: 

"Saturn: A New Look At An Old Devil”
by Liz Greene
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