Saturn Opposition Uranus: 2009-10

 I will add to this information over the next few years while the aspect is active and introduce the other major player - Pluto - who will form a square to both planets in 2010. The forces of change are extremely powerful over the next few years. We are indeed all fated to live in 'interesting times'.

 Saturn opposes Uranus on November 5 2008 [AEDT] for the first of five transits that will take place over the next 2 ½ years. The dates when these aspects become exact are:

• November 5 2008
• February 5 2009
• September 15 2009
• April 27 2010
• August 27 2010

 Here we see the two old mythological foes, Uranus and Saturn, forming a tense aspect that speaks of conflict between the forces of change, freedom and liberation [Uranus] and the forces of conservatism and the status quo [Saturn]: Saturn symbolizes the old, Uranus the new. Uranus also rules new technological inventions and innovation generally while Saturn is associated law and order, all administrative institutions including those in the domains of government and finance.

 Both planets have their constructive and destructive sides and the opposition tends to bring out the conflict between them so the two energies can be re-balanced in a more productive way.

 We can therefore say:

·        The forces of change and progress [Uranus] are putting pressure on governmental and financial structures [Saturn]

·         There is a need to re-structure [Saturn] some of the freedoms [Uranus] that the financial sector, bureaucracy and law and order institutions have enjoyed.

·        There is a need for more responsibility [Saturn] in implementing the New Technology [Uranus]

 Some western leaders, including our own Kevin Rudd, are talking of the need for major restructuring and re-regulating [Saturn] of excessive capitalism [Uranus]. Furthermore we are experiencing climate change as a result of irresponsible application of scientific innovations.

 Somehow we need to find a way to use these two energies constructively so we can move forward as a global community. This suggests:

• Responsible [Saturn] application of the New Technology [Uranus] in a way that doesn't create chaos [Uranus] or stagnation [Saturn]
• Constructive change [Uranus] of Government, bureaucracy, law and order, financial institutions [Saturn] so they can function more efficiently [Saturn] and reflect the current changes [Uranus] in the world situation.

This configuration is playing out literally in the current US elections, but this aspect alone does not suggest which side will be victorious. It does indicate that the battle is just beginning and which ever side loses will continue to fight back over the next few years.

These aspects mark the mid-point of the Saturn-Uranus cycle that began in 1988 when Saturn conjuncted Uranus. This heralded the end of the old communist structures when Berlin Wall came down and the USSR underwent a melt down. The world order changed irrevocably then and it will again.

The last two times we have experienced an opposition between these two planets were in 1965 - 7 and 1918 - 20. The mid-sixties were a time of massive social change when the old social order crumbled under a youth lead revolt that called for more freedom and social equality. The conservative backlash was just as strong but it was not able to constrain the Uranian forces of change.