Present Europe has strong Resonance with Pre-War 1930s

 Resonances from the Past

One major value of astrology lies in offering indicators of past events in reference to major planetary signifiers -and how their later resonance points can be matched.

In 2022 with the decision of Putin to take Russia into an invasion of Ukraine has stark resonance with events of the late 1930s in Europe as the foreshadowing of World War 2.

Though this was not an authentic Time magazine cover the artist felt it was appropriate to frame it as a worthy subject.

Artwork by Patrick Mulder

In the historic record there are literally strong resemblances between Hitler's 1938-1939 campaign to re-embrace ethnic Germans living in Bohemia and Moravia regions of Czechoslovakia and claim their land under the premise of their autonomy and what Putin has done in Ukraine

from the Holocaust Encyclopaedia

  

Hitler had announced the amassing of 750,000 troops for "military exercises" on August 12 1938

2022 has seen a very similar playbook evoked.

Russian troops began their buildup in the Spring of 2021 at Ukraine's borders..claiming "military exercises"

In February 2022 Putin stated

“I deem it necessary to make a decision that should have been made a long time ago – to immediately recognise the independence and sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic,” Putin said.

3 days later Feb 24 it was clear that a full scale invasion was underway

         WW2 map of Europe

From an astrological perspective the standout indicator of the resonance between these 2 periods is the transit of Pluto

Pluto was late in Cancer from 1936 until entry into Leo began in 1937 but due to retrograding did not leave Capricorn fully and enter Leo until June 1939.

The opposing position of Pluto in Capricorn at 27 degrees has been relevant since February 2022 and  in the context of the Ukraine invasion.

Pluto was at 27 Cancer multiple times in the late 1930s:  from 1935 to 1938

This whole period was marked by a buildup and release of military aggression -not only involving Germany but including Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy.

Far Right activism erupted in Paris in an anti government riot July 1936.

The oppression of Jews was well underway in pre-war 1930s Europe.

From Wikipedia June 1937:

and:

The second and supportive factor:

Uranus was in Taurus through this same timeframe 1936-1939 and was there until 1942 and it is there [since 2018] again up til 2026
 For most of the war Saturn was in Aries-Taurus

The Cardinal quartet Aries Libra Cancer Capricorn is very much about State family homeland as well as the war and peace energies evoked in the protection and possession of those concepts. 

This combination of energies clearly identifies the state of affairs both in late 1930s Europe and early 2020s Europe.

With Uranus in Taurus in both eras the fixed signs Taurus Scorpio Leo Aquarius are all evoked - land territory power dominance - values around freedom and society.

The Saturn in Aries periods [1937-1940  2026-2028 ] pose the question around the late 2020s in terms of further vulnerability to aggression and war between nation states.

Astrology of 2020 & Beyond

By April 2020 we now have some clear manifestations of what is unfolding in 2020
 under major planetary influences
 and set to have consequences
 for years ahead

Since this blog has been posting reports relevant to 2020 for more than a year it seems sensible to accumulate anything related to this era of crisis under one post to promote a wider sharing of knowledge of the astrological markers involved and to enhance forward projections. 

The past is always a reference point in our area of expertise and so the list of posts to view begins with the last era of Uranus in Taurus and so the period of 1934-1942 can serve as a very clear signifier of events unfolding during the 2018-2026 Uranus in Taurus period of global events.
Continual media references are being made to war, conditions in the war era of World War 2 due to so many echoes being observed. While no two cycles are duplicates because the energy mix at the origin of each cycle differs: the beginning or ingress chart reveals the full spread of factors that colour the themes of that particular version - with particular emphasis on what the outer planets starting with Jupiter were indicating at the start of the cycle.

Neptune

While the Covid-19 coronavirus was not on this author's radar for 2020 (was it on anyone's in our astrological community?) its manifestation is explicable with a very strengthened Neptune in Pisces in action from the start of 2020 though January February and March due to energy from Uranus, Jupiter then the March full moon. Neptune at 19-21 degrees activates the highly significant Jan 10 2020 eclipse at 20 degrees. 19-21 degrees remains alive as a sensitive point evoking Neptune in Pisces during 2020 and 2021. This is unlikely to all be contagion/viral issues. Water/flood effects are also on the agenda as well as everything Neptunian - best and worst.

Saturn Jupiter Pluto in Capricorn

The best and worst of power and control have already been witnessed during the early months of 2020.

Unprecedented global lockdowns closures cancellations and increased regulations for the purposes of protection have been appropriate within the Covid-19 crisis and fully fit the energy of these planets in Capricorn.

Some nations states have been negligent or brutal in rejecting the protection imperative - trying to defy this mighty energy wave -and have demanded business must survive ahead of collective and community wellbeing. Nations that have tried to protect both are striking the right balance.

Whatever structures are laid down or destroyed in 2020 will have long-term effects or consequences.

Jupiter & Pluto in Cardinal.
In the content of the 1918 influenza pandemic the Dec 28 1917 lunar eclipse was 6 degrees Capricorn Cancer with Pluto close at 4 Cancer. [Neptune also involved at 6 Leo. Uranus at 21 Aquarius was sesqui the eclipse].
August 10 1918 Jupiter caught up with Pluto -conjuncting exactly at 6 Cancer.

In 2020 Jupiter and Pluto conjunct again in cardinal: on April 5 at 24'53 Capricorn and June 30 [24'06] and Nov 12 [22'52] which gives a range from 23-25 Capricorn activating at least 22-26 degrees in all the cardinal signs. Activations of this degree range by Sun in April, Mars in August, late Sept-early Oct, Sun in October, Mars in December.

With Jupiter signifying expansion and exponential states of growth, when aided by Pluto the extreme quality is clearly emphasised. Midpoints of these two powerful forces are also of much significance not just the conjunctions in 2020.

The 1918 pandemic is estimated to have caused 500 million worldwide infections with deaths estimated in the range from 50-100 million. The current status in 2020 is far from that but given the structural capacity of Capricorn, Jupiter and Pluto in that sign are mega-scale builders. The energy shifts in December 2020 when Jupiter joins Saturn in Aquarius but the reign of the virus is not likely to be completed in 2020 and nor will the collateral damage to society be over.

Uranus in Taurus

It was fully clear ahead of 2018 that Big Change was coming in terms of our material and financial circumstances. It may have been pre-visioned as another global financial crisis due to excess debt and bad practices - another inherent self created collapse - not one imposed by a covert agent operating at the everyday level of existence. Predictions as at start of April 2020 look to damage beyond the recently declared "global recession".

The Virgo Factor
Now that Corvid-19 is fully on the radar the energy of Virgo is worth referencing. This zodiac link to matters of health hygiene and work/employment is strongly in the frame when considering outer planets in the final 10 degrees of Capricorn - using the decanate system of analysis.  Saturn entered 20 Capricorn Virgo decanate as the coronavirus was spreading undetected in China, December 2019. With retrograding, Saturn will leave Capricorn for 3 months from March 22 but the energy does not disappear, being strong from July until the week before Christmas 2020. Jupiter is in the Virgo decanate of Capricorn from early March 2020-August 2 then Oct 24 - Dec 19 2020. Pluto began its Virgo mode in Capricorn in 2018 and sustains it until early 2025. 

From this it is clear that the long slow passage of Pluto through a cleansing cycle is underway -whether that is expressed related to disease contagion or bodily phobias extra/excessive hygiene sense of contamination or intensified ethnic/cultural oppression (Uyghur turkic minority in northwest China, oppressions in Myanmar Kashmir etc) is yet to fully unfold over several more years.

The Aquarian Factor

With Saturn and Jupiter entering Aquarius in late December 2020 a new 200 year cycle becomes fully underway which was first signposted by the July 1981 conjunction of these planets at 4'55 Libra. [Air] The next conjunction in May 2000 - [Taurus] was the end of the Earth conjunctions for these planets for a very very long time so the past 20 years have been ultra materialistic and food-obsessed. Knowing the unfoldment of this cycle also prepares us for what is ahead: we can no longer attach ourselves to the same degree of identification with things and with physicality and excessive sensory indulgence in general. Aquarius is very astral and very much about subtle energy fields. Our collective identification is set to shift very strongly over the 200 years ahead away from the gross physical plane to the etheric and to the mental conceptual digital and virtual -signs of which have of course already emerged. This is the bigger picture. In the short term Saturn does not always work too well for the Aquarian spirit but if conditions demand Saturn can fulfil the role of restraining social activity [freedoms] for the greater good -as became very clear from late March 2020 when Saturn first entered Aquarius. Saturn and Jupiter in Aquarius can work together to create structures at a grand scale in the digital realm and this development also clearly shows a shift away from physical contexts.
The dark side of digital life has to be pre-warned further during Saturn in Aquarius - as a prelude to intensification during Pluto in Aquarius within this decade. Greater digital connectivity with more of our lives and systems online also includes greater surveillance more hacking more cyber-crime and dysfunctionality of systems - strongly activated when another outer planet colludes disrupts or aggravates the Saturnian energy.

 More on Saturn in Aquarius will unfold in subsequent posts.

The standout players in this globally inclusive drama are referenced within the posts listed below. Further brief but significant commentary is archived on @astroprofiles (Twitter)

Latest:
Outlook 2020 with specific reference to Covid-19 & the economic fallout

Relevant Archived posts

Uranus in Taurus -this extensive post ranks 10th out of nearly 400 posts on this site since 2010

March report on 2020 crisis - once Covid-19 was identified the factors involved were clear.

2020 Astrological Calendar a month by month approach which transitioned onto Twitter for quick reference

The Cardinal Sign Crucible the Capricorn Cancer Libra Aries archetypes are all activated strongly though 2020 and beyond. Knowing what you can develop within yourself is the best way through this.

Saturn & Pluto Wreck & Rebuild these two heavy hitters are transforming our world now & with long term effects. Much restructuring is demanded.