Looking at Jupiter-Saturn from Several Angles

Several Angles on The JUPITER SATURN Cycle

The Jupiter-Saturn dynamic we refer to 

as a conjunction

 has an evolutionary purpose in general 

and this is reflected within society:

systems structures practices and knowledge bases

are prone to stasis or stagnation if not refreshed.

Jupiter and Saturn working to achieve balance 

provide the processes

 whereby a point of crisis arises 

out of the failure inadequacy ineffectiveness 

of the old ways

The past ways and past beliefs have to be reassessed

in order for more integrated structures to arise.

The essential approach to integration needs to contain

the qualities of wholism

Practices that are coherent with the balancing patterns 

shown in nature and in the larger cosmos

are able to build more functional structures into society

Update: this work has expanded into a book length study of multiple chapters in two parts. Since mid Dec 2022 completion is in a holding pattern at the finalising state with momentum stalled by multiple personal transits though 2023 into 2024. 

Part One was originally fully posted here but ongoing issues with the blog host's templates have been problematic. 

Hoping to proceed to publish/make accessible the full work in some other format in 2024.

Meanwhile the foundations of the work continue to be affirmed by relevant examples encountered.

THIS POST PROVIDES AN INTRODUCTORY EXTRACT

Part One A Work in 9+ Parts:

Introduction: Societal impacts of the Jupiter-Saturn

                       conjunction

Chapter 1      Jupiter-Saturn cycle basics and complexities

Chapter 2      Jupiter-Saturn and Weather

Chapter 3      Jupiter and Saturn contrasting qualities

Chapter 4      Two eras of Jupiter-Saturn in Aquarius compared

                       Plague and Pandemic Astrological Factors

Chapter 5      Echoes and Shades - a comparison in eras

Chapter 6      Solar Science and Embracing the Planets

Chapter 7      Looking at Jupiter-Saturn using Rudhyar

Chapter 8      Jupiter-Saturn and Chinese Divination

Extra Notes

References

Introduction:

Societal impacts of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction

The almost 20 year Jupiter-Saturn cycle plays a key role in urging the mindset and consciousness of humanity towards rectifying our ignorance. 

The conjunction of these planets triggers a reset according to the themes in place related to zodiac signs their elemental mode and any influential factors within range at the point of conjunction.

Slow progress which summarises Jupiter-Saturn means century upon century of humans succeeding only partially in the quest for stable functional existence.

 

Whatever is ripe for reconfiguring is likely to be at crisis level by the time the new cycle is underway. 

As societies are managed or controlled by the political will of their elected or dictatorial leaders - progress for humanity relies on the quality of leadership.

Politicians in democratic nations have for too long tended to be too Saturnian [conservative cautious austere stingy slow] in all the worst ways and too Jupiterian [wasteful hyperbolic loose] in all the worst ways to be able to assist us in our collective progress.

To achieve more successful effective outcomes [Jupiter] the structuring of new forms models or paradigms [Saturn] aims to build upon extend expand or broaden [Jupiter ] the fundamentals of the societal framework [Saturn]

This in turn can require the abandonment shedding or rejection of a number of old ways traditions habits and beliefs.

A continual mix of Jupiter and Saturn in dynamic acts of balancing is what is required through the new cycle to achieve a distinct level of refinement of the status quo as encountered at the onset of the cycle.

This refinement involves matching human endeavour to the underlying law of the cosmos which is total connectedness - a connection readily lost in human consciousness -our essential sameness and interdependency being denied by our multiplicity of forms both as a species and across the full realm of animal vegetable and mineral categorisations. 

The following chapters traverse various qualities and expressions of the Jupiter-Saturn dynamic -from basic human traits to the dynamics of solar-planetary activations. 

2020 Jupiter-Saturn cycle dates from conjunction to 2029 opposition
    

This graphic is a preview of Chapter 7 where Rudhyar’s solar-lunar cycle template is used to take a closer look at contemporary Jupiter-Saturn

in a graphic format from the “New Moon” equivalent start of the cycle December 2020 to “Full Moon” 9 years into the future - December 2029 

Venus - Delving Deeper

Understanding the Orbit of Venus

 and the appeal of Venus Star Points

NASA: Venus overview

Being able to increasingly comprehend the cosmos

 is the work of many disconnected sectors

 but astrologers can advantageously pursue

 the naturally wholistic path and gain immensely

 from the crossover with various fields

 - most obviously astronomy

The standard positional astronomy graphic overhead view with added colour clarification shows the 2 different conjunction positions possible for an inner planet [Mercury or Venus] 

Venus at superior conjunction is on the far side of the Sun and hidden from Earth view.

We only get up close and personal when she is near Earth and especially when retrograde and at the inferior conjunction with Earth and Sun 

Venus is famous for beauty and loves floristry so it is perfectly appropriate that in fulfilling this planet’s orbital pattern in relationship to Earth and Sun that a 5-petal flower pattern is formed.

The simplified Venus graphic below by Guy Ottewell -

Universal Workshop.com  [which intentionally does not detail the full 8 year cycle] shows: 

5 Venus-Sun inferior conjunctions within the standard 8 year cycle when Venus at the dated loops is retrograde and closest to the perspective from Earth [tiny yellow dot in the centre] 

Although much of the complexity of pathways of Venus over 8 years has been excluded in graphic [a] it still allows the Venus 5 petals to be identified - especially when further erasure is applied by this author in graphic [b] 

[a] above = simplified Venus Earth pattern

and [b] below further simplified

Planetary orbital directions are always anticlockwise

 in graphic representations 

After Venus completes the retrograde loop the orbit goes beyond the yellow dot Sun symbols and is out of sight of Earth when reaching exact superior conjunction with the Sun

Compare the above with [c]

              [c] graphic Original sourced from Nicola Scafetta

                 The Complex Planetary Synchronization Structure of the Solar System

Although circular versus elliptical orbits are the standard graphic display device the example [c] above from solar scientist Nicola Scafetta is inherently astronomically accurate in depicting the orbit of Venus conforming to an interior square in relationship to the orbit of Earth. 

This proportional relationship of Earth orbit to Venus orbit

 is key to the creation of the famous 5-petal pattern

 but timing and spatial positioning all together 

serve to reinforce the quality of cosmic harmony

 of the spheres within our local solar system

The orbit of Venus happens to be the most circular of any planet

In graphic [c] above Venus [red dot] orbits between Earth and Sun in anticlockwise orbital motion but the conjunction points are located distinctly differently in spatial positioning at each occurrence within the 8 year cycle period. 

Venus is termed retrograde when conjunct Earth and at inferior conjunction with the Sun.

When getting to the essence of the Venus-Earth-Sun dynamics  the 5-petal Star of Venus is more informative than the standard star symbol.

The hand-drawn fluoro pink trace added to Scafetta's graphic allows an alternate view of the Venus Star to be revealed  step by step. 

Being a time-based pattern the 5-petal star energetic field travels from one alignment point to the next chronologically in sequence.

This shows that despite the paths of Venus and Earth being  standard closed loop orbits when conceived on a flat plane their orbital inter-relationship weaves an invisible energetic trace in 3D space

This trace also depicts the transit of Venus both in inferior retrograde conjunction and in superior conjunction to the Sun at the centre - 9.5 months after the inferior conjunction alignment which is shown on the standard orbital ring. 

The complete story involves 3 players.

Factoring in Earth as a fully fledged functional planet is essential to our full comprehension of the solar system.

Without Earth to dance with the Venus pattern would not exist

John Martineau's handy reference to cosmic pattern-making shows the Venus-Earth pattern created over a full 8 year cycle

Explanatory notes on Scafetta graphic [c] above: 

The 5 conjunction points start at 2012 then terminate at 2020:

Using Scafetta’s astronomical positioning of Venus at the 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018 inferior conjunctions with Sun and Earth - to see how the 5-petal star evolves -

follow the fluoro pink trace from Venus point 2012 bottom left up to 2014 top left then to 2015 bottom right then to 2017 left side and 2018 upper right -completing from there to 2020 bottom left - the start of the new cycle

Although the flower pattern is very intriguing it is important to go beyond the pretty picture and consider the meaningful qualities being evoked.

We can only wonder at the informational field being carried through sequentially from one Venus-Earth Sun alignment [imprint] to the next and this is where Venus Star Points are likely to provide answers.

Venus Star Points

Being able to understand the significance of key transits of Venus - our comparatively very close neighbouring planet may become even more important at it is reported to be coming even closer

The astronomy of planetary orbits especially the graphic representations enables a much clearer view of the special field of enquiry known as Venus Star Points - explored in great detail by Arielle Guttman after she received deep insights about Venus from the cosmos in 2004.

graphic [d] from Arielle Guttman SophiaVenus

Arielle says of Venus: Her Star or Pentagram, is the Cosmic Heart Beat of the Earth and its inhabitants.

Check out the large body of work by Arielle to delve deeply into the modern era appreciation and understanding of Venus - work that has been rated significantly within the astrological world. 

A lot of astrologers have embraced Arielle’s work - and eventually [since my scope has been intensely focussed elsewhere] - this work has permeated through to me - approaching it as a beginner testing the waters but intrigued to know more.

There is a lot to it but here are some basics to keep in mind

Kelly Surtees 2020 post on Venus retrograde mentions that the Venus Star points typically locate long-term in their grouping of 5 signs - this means when Arielle Guttman uses the standard graphic for this era as shown [d] above - the 5 signs are Gemini Capricorn Leo Aries Scorpio - but we know that ultimately there is a locational shift - and in 2022 the Scorpio point shifts back into Libra - 29 degrees on October 22 -which is being heralded as a globally significant energy shift towards sorting out all the facets of Libra - especially relationship dynamics and specifically the concept of partnership - from the personal to professional and on the larger collective scale.

What is partnership? What kind of partnership relationship do we want or need? What behaviours are required? What behaviours are deal-breakers?

In terms of Venus archetypes it looks like female/feminine power is really on the upswing! I think you can tell that collectively we have been fusing into this era for a few years in the waxing period before this October 2022 Sun Venus-Earth conjunction.

[only October 2026 sees a Venus Star Point resume early in Scorpio -otherwise it's Libra fully in the mix]

In my home country New Zealand the nation is hosting a 12 team international Women’s Rugby World Cup from 8 October-12 November 2022 including 3 important matches on Venus Day Saturday October 22.

This is proving to be a very popular sporting event appealing across the traditional gender boundaries - and the build up in excitement is to some extent eclipsing the famous local men’s rugby team the All Blacks.

We can rely on Arielle to fill in the juicy details on this shift into Venus being in her own sign Libra

 Julija Simas of the Cosmic Intelligence Agency in a recent video presentation provides some helpful graphic representations of the Star Point dates in this video along with lots of detail explored with Arielle.

video graphic [e] from Julija Simas Cosmic Intelligence Agency

Addendum October 8 2022

2022 is very Venus-significant with all the action in Taurus and influences upon Venus

• Uranus in Taurus through 2022
• 2 Taurus eclipses
• North Node fully in Taurus for 346 days
• Uranus on North Node August 
• Venus conjunct the October Scorpio solar eclipse
• Venus semisextile Uranus at the May Scorpio lunar eclipse
• Pluto opposite Venus - August
• Sun-Venus conjunction significantly at 29 Libra
• Pluto square Venus & Sun in Libra -October
• Venus opposite Uranus at November eclipse
• 2022 ends with Venus about to conjunct Pluto 

The issues

Saturn and Pluto Nodes and eclipses all impacting Venus

Venus Star Point shift into Libra in October days after Pluto square Sun-Venus.

The factors when fully analysed don't point to pretty outcomes. 

The picture I see evolving from the multiple Venus factors is serious significant economic upheaval and decline across the globe: events in October November December being clear aggravations of conditions already exposed during earlier points in 2022.

By the latter part of December there are 3 - approaching 4 planets at World Axis Points: zero cardinal 15 fixed 27.5 cardinal and flowing into 2023 adding to the suggestion of considerable significance. 

References:

• Within-text links are inserted re illustrative source material
• Scafetta,Nicola The Complex Planetary Synchronization Structure of the Solar System Pattern Recogn. Phys., 2, 1–19, 2014