2020 crisis

Writing in mid-March it is clear how events already in 2020 have many connections to the World War 2 era of Uranus in Taurus. A dedicated post is located on this site with expectations indicated for the current era of Uranus in Taurus.
More than this the dominant energy of Capricorn in effect due to not only the heavy weights Pluto and Saturn in that sign - added to with Jupiter and Mars in Capricorn during March 2020. The way in which Capricorn would express - given that all energies are multi-faceted - took a while to unfold - but the essence was there with the mass organisational response of the Chinese government to the newly discovered coronavirus in January not long after the first 2020 eclipse on January 10 which directly activated the Capricorn planets.
At the eclipse the signature of the virus and it's economic effects were signalled by Uranus in Taurus beginning a connection to Neptune in Pisces over a 10 week period through into March.

Taurus is everything financial monetary and everything of the  earth,everything in physical form. When Uranus influences Taurus this planet brings sudden changes.
Neptune is the Pisces planet which not only relates the everything about the sea and water but to the concept of ultimate connectiveness just as the oceans and seas of the world flow into and affect each other so too this effect occurs unseen between people and this connectivity can also express as contagion. Viral diseases are therefore signified by Neptune.
And this has unfolded out of China into our highly globalised connected world aided by fast transport. When the carrier mechanism Jupiter linked in with Neptune on Feb 20 the global spread was advancing rapidly: 48 countries by Feb 25 ( it was 26 countries by Feb 10)
By mid March with pandemic status recently declared the spread continues with significant hotspots while earliest outbreaks : China, South Korea are said to be in decline. The global involvement has led to many strong Capricorn style government bans restrictions closures support programs to slow and mitigate social and economic chaos. Despite best efforts there are clearly major impacts unfolding on both of those fronts.
The outlook remains serious with clear potential for worsening conditions in many locations for a considerable period ahead due to the long term consequences of such a major transformational global event.
The standout energy shift ahead is in Dec 2020 when Jupiter and Saturn sit together in the cosmos at zero degrees Aquarius marking the true transition into a 200 year era where we majorly move away from our reliance on old world formats and pillaging of resources for the intentions of sheer greed and mass consumerism. Pondering how such a shift could be ushered in did not cover a global pandemic setting off recession but here in early 2020 that is what has been delivered as a supersized nudge towards getting people to stop excessive wasteful consumption. See how things work on the cosmic level?
So given the current state of affairs it is now clearer how the Aquarian Age is set to be based upon the vastly different values that the songs of the seventies hoped for.
We've wrecked a lot of this planet. We've ruined so many lives. We've annihilated family life and enslaved so many in miserable suffering.
This year 2020 is a huge wake-up call for humanity to reset it's relationship to each other to the planet that is our only home and to our personal responsibility to share this world as fairly as we can with all beings all species. Those lessons will be accompanied by knee jerk emotions of discomfort frustration anger in many before the light switch illuminates a much clearer view.
2021 is likely to be a significant collective year of adjustment to new norms and values that represent our 21st century objectives.

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2020 astrological calendar

A calendar view of 2020 will be posted month by month. Though not a typical day by day account of our solar system in transit, this view aims to highlight standout periods of significant energy giving a visual guide to the time frames when focus can be applied to the meaning and opportunity behind the event.
2020 is an important year in reinforcing Cardinal sign values: accountability responsibility care protection and how we relate to the world through Aries Libra Cancer & Capricorn.
In 2020 3 outer planets will be in the last degrees of Capricorn. Jupiter and Saturn go the full 30°. Pluto just to 25°. When Jupiter Saturn and Pluto are in the 20-30° range in Capricorn the earth energy of the Virgo decanate influences Capricorn expression. Keywords and activities related to Virgo include the work ethic, health hygiene diet nutrition, sorting organising cleaning tidying categories and classifications, critiques and criticism, analysis and research, comparison and difference, separateness simplicity plainness modesty... the Amish way. Virgo energy needs management when hypercritical of self and others and when perfectionist or seeking extreme purification. Eugenics and racial superiority are expressions of this. The extreme side of sorting or cleansing is often seen in obsessive rituals and autism spectrum behaviours.
Moon declination is noted as an amplifying force when at extreme North South and over the equator.

Stations of outer planets are noted with an orb of expanded energy surrounding the date of exact station.
Solar-lunar events full new moons and eclipses are noted
Outer planet aspects and sign changes noted.
Periods of multiple outer planet retrogrades and when all 5 outers are direct are noted.

JANUARY 2020 CALENDAR
 Emphasis occurs in the period 7th-13th.
Multiple factors clustering around  eclipse date Jan 10 (Universal Time) show this is a period of highly activated forces. Landscape shifting - literally metaphorically politically. Major restructuring in hierarchies of power.  A critical and historic period in laying the groundwork and foundations for transformative approaches in politics business corporates and banking. - and in the expression of patriarchal power.

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Month by month calendar pages will be posted on Twitter

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update:

Also adding here the April 2020 calendar page with notes from Twitter

2020 themes in the human collective

The flavour of Virgo the third earth decanate as an expression of Jupiter Saturn and Pluto within the final 10 degrees of Capricorn is considered in the 3 minute audio link sited in Google Drive Audio file

Addendum:
In some places a much greater shift towards authoritarian and dictatorial governments and corporate power but where possible there will be resistance and reformation demanded
Purification and perfectionist agendas have returned as in the 1930s across Europe but now in diverse nations East and West including within major world powers
Polarised politics reflect the ongoing intense struggle for humanitarian conditions of life across the planet.
The themes of 2020 have already been forewarned during the past 2 years.
2020 is where the buck stops and things get serious
The reining in proceeds with full intent

Venus Saturn Pluto Synergy 2019 2020

The Venus Saturn Pluto synergy - a virtual conjunction - occurred mid December 2019 in the period 11th-14th between 19-22 Capricorn. Events during these 4 days have powerful and enduring consequences in all of the corresponding aspects of life that relate to these 3 planets when operating through the energy of Capricorn. The energy imprint of the 3 planets was amplified due to being part of the signature of the prevailing full moon on Dec 12. Nothing modified or obstructed the Capricorn energy of this grouping - though Jupiter in Capricorn had its own role to play being in close separating range of a square to Chiron in Aries.
Multiple aspects between faster moving Venus and the slow deep Saturn and Pluto close together still in Capricorn will unfold during 2020 evoking so much of what took place during mid December 2019.
The best of Saturn Pluto and Venus in Capricorn is not the stuff of news headlines because it is the private personal successes and achievements on an inner rather than an outer level occurring unwitnessed but experienced by the receiver as a growing up a developmental shift a maturity phase. But something major and deeply affecting lies behind that achievement when Saturn and Pluto are involved and relating is the arena in which those battles have been fought and many defeats experienced. This is pinnacle energy for those ready to reach a summit in their relationship management and how they function as a human relating to other humans.
In the outer realm business politics governments all being very Capricornian are visited by Venus but Venus in Capricorn wears a sober face as seen in New Zealand mid December as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern once again had to deal with another mass fatality event in 2019. Jacinda Ardern has 6 factors in the range 19-23 degrees including Venus Saturn and Pluto placing her full front and centre of the personal transformational restructuring forces in her personal and public political world which have been evoked in March and December 2019 and will be sustained for her in election year 2020.
In the UK PM Boris Johnson got swept back into power aided by his high relatability factor - born with Venus almost bang on top of his Gemini Sun. People like what he says and Venus delivered for him in mid December 2019
But not all of us are so blessed personally or professionally by Capricornian achievements as a result of the December synergy: those at odds with Capricorn - endowed with Aries Libra & Cancer placements in range of the synergy midpoint of around 20 degrees - have some degree of challenge to face and at worst a very tough time. The family and friends of the New Zealand volcanic eruption victims  - many deceased instantly or within days many fighting for life or left with life and body transformed - the living face a demand to relate very differently to their loved one.
Other events in the week which define this synergy in Capricorn include the failed UN Climate Summit the Trump impeachment the naming of Greta Thunberg as Time magazine Person of the Year - and Trump's childish reaction - sustained Australian bushfires annihilating huge landscapes structures and lives and a M6.9 earthquake in the Philippines with similarly destructive consequences. The extreme drought in Zimbabwe is now life threatening and fatal for humans and other species.

Venus has two faces. In earth the Taurean association with money assets material things sensory pleasures and the products of the natural world. In Cardinal its territory is relating and relationships so Venus in Capricorn embraces both dimensions, a big basket of everyday experience where the full weight of Capricorn comes into the frame courtesy of the two taskmasters messaging in stereo - Saturn and Pluto putting people on the rack demanding at the very least a big challenge and heavy responsibility and at worst blood and pain, separation and loss, damage, the deepest of grief, the coldness of estrangement the finality of divorce - relationships broken down or destroyed lost changed irrevocably or on a new footing.
Those blessed by this synergy can benefit from a public declaration of commitment a structural societal bond called marriage for the purpose of childrearing.
The inner marriage is equally valid under this synergy: a restructured relationship with the self based on much greater self management self care and personal responsibility.
Environmentally the Venus energy related to soil and plant life and to the state of planet earth in general as a bountiful habitat is subjected to transformational restructuring involving dryness and restricted or slowed growth depletion deformity affecting production in critically important food sources. Sustained drought in vulnerable zones is alerted for 2020 (and beyond due to Saturn-Neptune).

In politics though Capricorn has worn a Venusian mask in the UK election the demands of Pluto and Saturn will soon overshadow that honeymoon face. The cold pragmatism of conservative politics will prevail.

Key dates in 2020 to observe for inner personal and outer event activations of the synergy energy that unfolded in mid December 2019 being evoked in some way cluster around the activation points noted:

2020
January 7-8
February 2,3,28
March 1-3
August 30
Sept 1-2, 26-28
Oct 21-24
Nov 15-18
Dec 10-15


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Cancer Capricorn and The Cardinal Crucible

A crisis of neglect has characterised the current cardinal era where Pluto and Saturn in Capricorn have been assisted by Jupiter Saturn Uranus Chiron the lunar nodes and a series of eclipses transiting cardinal signs. Capricorn alone is not the solution to resolving our collective dysfunctions: Aries Libra and Cancer along with Capricorn form the cardinal crucible within which our world and our individual lives of necessity must be regenerated.
The cardinal sign energies when positively expressed by the human collective form the bedrock of societal functionality and wellbeing. All of us in every life context need to use the best potentials of Aries assuredness Libra's co-operative spirit Cancer's awareness of nurturing and Capricorn's careful management skills. Without these dispositions guiding society we have collectively fallen into major imbalance where selfish competitive neglectful and individual ambitious drives are the overriding threads in global society. This cannot succeed for humanity and cannot benefit our life on this planet but first we are confronted with our worst behaviours in the Pluto period in Capricorn since 2008. Then with Saturn in Capricorn 2018-2020 we will encounter the responsibilities we're avoiding and will be pressured to act upon them. The Moon's nodes in Cancer-Capricorn have added further emphasis since November 2018-May 2020. The pressure to change is sustained and essential - which means to mature and evolve and update our individual and collective operating systems and choose growth over degeneration and regression into overwhelming dystopia.

All energies have potential negative expressions and when the bedrock signs of our planet ( Think about the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn on the earth map which mark the sun's passage in summer and winter and that Aries and Libra mark the onset of Spring and Autumn. These signs are consistent with life on our planet)
The dysfunctions arising under negative cardinal energies traverse a wide spectrum along which sit matters such as the functions and powers of government, the fundamental needs of humans for health and wellbeing, our interaction with our planet and other species. Fundamental to these and related issues are the elements of responsibility and relationship. These are the bottom lines for creating functionality: when responsibility is denied ignored rejected avoided then neglect is left to spread.
Failure to support failure to nurture failure to protect are all signs of the Cancer Capricorn archetypes being in retreat when they ought to be primary
These two signs are the intended parental energies that structure societies both through families, communities and through government's role in loco parentis.
Business models and pressure to consume have infected both government and families with social wellbeing and human values being sacrificed in the process.

Cancer and Capricorn cannot function at their best without sound fundamentals learnt in the Aries and Libra stages of development. When supported by solid parenting (where parents have internalised the Cancer & Capricorn archetypes) a child develops a strong core self (the Aries stage). This strength enables the child to form successful relationships in general as well as life partnerships (the Libra stage) When these 2 stages are not produced in a family environment the consequences are societal: the children of those families repeat the weakness and dysfunctions through their relationships and their attempts to parent the next generation: their children cannot parent in the way intended through the Cancer Capricorn archetypes and so all of society at every level in every context suffers dysfunctions in how we treat and relate to others - which includes how we relate to other species, other races, to the planet in general, to our local environment...in other words it becomes a global crisis..which is where in this new millennium we are now.
The cycle has to be broken and amidst the extremes being witnessed in homelessness or housing crises, in environmental threats, in human nastiness....this is the best era of opportunity to turn things around
Since 2008 when Pluto entered Capricorn an extreme era began to unfold. Pluto will be on the job of transforming society from the bottom upwards over a 16 year period, joined more briefly by Saturn Jupiter Uranus, the nodal points of the Moon, and a series of eclipses. Jupiter will transit all 4 cardinals in the 15 gear focal period. Uranus will focus on Aries during 2010-2017.The nodes cover all Cardinals.
 Capricorn and Cancer in everyone and every context will be very strongly under renovation during the period till 2024 but Aries and Libra energies in all of us are also being automatically pressured to keep in step and undergo an upgrade.
People born under those signs will undeniably face strong pressures to grow and improve all relating roles and accept all responsibilities associated with their life roles...but none of us escape this process as our full astrological makeup incorporates each of the zodiac signs having an area of expression in some life context.

Graphics below include the layout of the 4 cardinal signs in their related energies creating core self and relationships based on parenting input.
Plus a timeline of strong cardinal sign emphasis and clearly reveal how significant 2019 and 2020 are in turning things around. High pressure high drama failures defeats and eventually redemptions resolutions and successes will be clear during 2019-2020 once people reach their point of change through crisis and are heavily pressured to live life differently.

Some related summary tweets via @astroprofiles and @Sub_Strata are also included.

Potent New Moon August 2019

August 2019 opens with the New Moon where Leo energy & the Sun itself are in charge but not in a peaceful mood.
Environmentally the fire element is aggravated by Uranus and the consequences affect us physically - effects upon the body from literal heat temperature sun exposure and from excess yang stimulants consumed (food) which cause too much internal heat with resulting anger irritation impatience.
The way through with Leo is always through the heart: so love is trying to rise up over "things" under this New Moon. This is a huge issue in relationships and families where there is a poverty of time and the subsequent impact upon quality. Children given things instead of attention suffer significant anxiety.

The risk of the fire element destoying physical things is elevated from late July and at the start of August.

The fire signs under stress activate issues for Leo Aquarius Taurus and Scorpio. Leo is the Royal sign as well as society's "nobility" - the celebrity class" and so some issues in those realms could arise: related to money spending or assets and a sudden change
Gold is the Leo metal and its value is slowly rising. This month could signify a noticeable increase.

The latest status pet is a big cat: lions are the popular choice but this is not good news for lions.
The Aquarian activation is strong in 2019 in terms of protest and collective activism for change - especially re human environmental impacts but also against the power brokers.
Scorpio is power sex and death themes so we will continue to see all of these very prominent.
Taurus is the Earth the soil and it's products and these are under stress from other elements.

The long-term theme of major issues in politics (power abuse) and domestic life (parenting & housing) remain very significant and are very highlighted under this New Moon period.
Transformational change has to occur in every context illuminated by the August New Moon.  The old thinking old tactics and old power hierarchy has to adjust to the new era. Governments globally need to embrace their role of societal management in terms of social benefit or wellbeing instead of operating primarily from balance sheets and running countries as a profit making business. This change in perspective would enable struggling citizens to live less desperate lives.

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UPDATE August 15

Tweet updates below show how Uranus in Taurus square Sun-Moon-Venus in Leo at the early August New Moon quickly manifested multiple intense events: protests wild weather geomagnetic storm and a sharp jolt that lowered sharemarkets. The effect of both Uranus and Jupiter stationing on the same day affected Aug 10-13 extra strongly as both energies are prone to loss of control. Saturn played some role in restraining the wild horse Jupiter energies and if it were not in range in the period the indicators of anarchy rebellion and extreme behaviour in people and natural elements would have been more exaggerated..
August 2019 remains a volatile month with the Full Moon coming quickly after the station period of Jupiter and Uranus. The normally beaming combination of Venus in Leo joining the mid-month Full Moon is complicated by Pluto and Uranus. This clearly reflects shifting power dynamics both in personal relationships and in the larger political context. Now the situation in Hong Kong looks even more intense as freedom and control are in a titanic struggle. Global attention focussed on the Hong Kong situation is to some degree a restraint on mainland China due to the impact upon trade relationships in an already threatening situation with the US and where any further sanctions would be unwanted- especially if other global partners adopted a retaliatory response to any human rights abuses by China against protestors in Hong Kong.
The world is watching and there are red alerts at mid month warning against totalitarian behaviour. This conflict had a lot to say about how we resist the clearly documented rise in anti-democratic regimes since the start of this millennium - being a clear reversal of the rise in democracies that arose from the 1970s until the end of that century.

Climate & Human Crisis

As an astrologer the future is always of interest. Consideration of the changes and consequences related to global climate is high on our collective agenda with daily reminders that significant forces are in process. All life on this planet is being impacted and as humans it is natural to look for meaning when an existential crisis arises.
I have a special interest in researching the galactic forces that deliver severe weather. I feel very attuned to the state of the planet and it's recurrent responses to the sun the moon the eclipses. This all makes perfect sense to those who think on a large scale. We occupy a tiny place in a huge system which in itself is minuscule within the larger universe. We know so little...but over millenia we have some knowledge of repeated themes occurring related to the prominence of particular planets.

The watchers amongst us know that the world changes significantly when certain planets occupy certain signs.
The three signs at the end of the zodiac are Capricorn Aquarius and Pisces. These represent the last sector of development of consciousness on a collective level.
After ideas beliefs philosophies and faiths have been explored (the Sagittarius stage) practical action is required consistent with those mental positions (Capricorn stage). Then comes the realisation that we do best when we are friendly towards life and all beings. We see can we work well in groups for the common good (Aquarius stage). After this a growing appreciation of our commonality our sameness our interconnected lives and existence our link to all other life. Ultimately this extends to the cosmos the whole of existence. From these awarenesses compassion is born and harm is no longer an option. (Pisces stage)

These are the ideals indicated as an aspirational pathway for humanity. At present in general we fall well short and the destructive consequences of that are clear.

From where we are now the most relevant planets can be tracked through this developmental sector from Capricorn to Pisces past the middle of this century.
Saturn in Capricorn until the end of 2020
Saturn conjunct Jupiter in Aquarius end of 2020
Saturn through Aquarius and Pisces end of 2020-2026
Neptune in Pisces till 2026
Pluto in Capricorn till 2024
Pluto in Aquarius 2024-2044
Pluto in Pisces 2044-2068

One current factor outside this scheme but playing a major role in the planet is Uranus in the earth sign Taurus. This planet is the great change-maker through sudden disruptions and unexpected events. In Taurus this is the state of Planet Earth and the soil and what it produces and feeds.
Uranus is in a 7 year cycle in Taurus till 2026.
By now you will see 2026 standing out as a gateway year.
Pluto will be left largely in charge as it transits the Aquarius and Pisces zones
Pluto is recognised symbolically as the Phoenix arising from the ashes ..but the meltdown is always stage one...and Pluto's long period in Capricorn from late 2008-2024 is the start.
The purpose and meaning of all of this is growth evolution development...but these all have a price - what you have to change give up and let die.

This introduction gives a timeline for these processes which are occurring in the context of globally significant processes - one being climate impacts - others are socioeconomic and political.

This post arise as a response to an interview between Daniel a Buddhist and Jem Bendell an academic who has committed to climate action and who wants to promote the notion of adaptation to whatever unfolds. He sees social collapse as inevitable and therefore promotes the contemplative and spiritual paths as well as the psychological and mental health support necessitated for many.
His focus is how we are going to help each other.
To me this reflects the Capricorn Aquarius Pisces trio - the structural changes necessitated the groups and networks engaged the commonality acknowledged all for collective benefit.

The spiritual imperative ranks highest for me in terms of adaptation and that source of guidance serves to inform practical decisions more soundly than any responses born out of panic fear or desperation.
By 2026 the picture will be undeniably clear as to choices and what needs to change.

This link takes you to the 1hr+ audio with Jem Bendell


https://anchor.fm/emerge/episodes/Dr--Jem-Bendell---The-Meaning-and-Joy-of-Inevitable-Social-Collapse-e3hbfi