by Mac McLaughlin
• Aries | Taurus | Gemini | Cancer | Leo | Virgo | Libra
Scorpio | Sagitarius | Capricorn | Aquarius | Pisces
In observing the night sky, the ancients came to realize that the planting, harvesting and hunting seasons could be predicted by the Sun’s return to a particular point in the sky each year. They also noted certain phenomena would prevail when the wandering stars (planets) moved through particular sectors of the sky. Thus, astrology came into existence. Now, let’s take a look and see what the planets and stars decree.
The one planet that has caught my eye is Uranus. This planet speaks about revolution, innovation and transformation. Shift, shock, change and rearrange are the types of activities we experience when this planet comes a-knockin’. Uranus takes approximately 84 years to circle the Sun. Presently, he is moving through the sign Aries, which is a very potent combination. Revolutionary Uranus seeks to overthrow the status quo. Seemingly a lawbreaker, he is just as much a lawmaker when the dust settles.
Freedom from tyranny and injustice comes along in the wake of powerful Uranian transits. The last time Uranus visited volatile Aries, we experienced the 1929 stock market crash and the onset of the great depression. Millions of souls were displaced as many people roamed east and west seeking aid and employment. Those that survived the dirty thirties certainly had revolutionized their lives. The previous cycle before the stock market crash brought us the 1848 Revolution in France, which changed the way of life throughout all of Europe.
Well, here we are again. We have a nine-ball juggling act going on and all the balls are up in the air. Uranus began its visit in Aries on March 12, 2012 and will stay until May 15, 2018 and we know it’s going to be hot; it already is. The mid-East is nearing its boiling point and the Arab Spring uprisings are right on time. Uranus happens to rule over all things electronic and atomic. The nuclear chess game continues and the stakes go higher as will oil prices and everything else. We know that nuclear power can either assist mankind or destroy life on the planet. Spin the dial in any direction and we can see what needs correction, direction and renewal. The mood is restless. It is a time of revolution. I’m not talking anarchy and violence, although wars will come from within and without. What we need is a revolution in consciousness and a re-evaluation of what is true, real and necessary.
Uranus creates a charged atmosphere of rebellion and upheaval and while it travels though fiery Aries, we will have to be creative and innovative in order to deal with what is on our platter. If you were to attain all you have dreamed about and longed for, do you think you would be happy and content? The answer is “No.” You would still be restless and seeking higher heights and quests. The rich, the poor and everyone else live to the limit of their means. While all this is going on, the clock is ticking and the spirit within dwindles and withers away. One people, one planet, one love.
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Mac McLaughlin has been a practising, professional astrologer for more than four decades. His popular Straight Stars column ran in Vancouver’s largest weekly newspaper for 11 years.
Email mac@macsstars.com or call 604-731-1109.
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