A fun spin on serious cosmic stuff! Wendell C. Perry has 40 years experience studying astrology and how it impacts personalities & relationships. He's written two books & published articles in astrology magazines. He's happy to share this website so that you, too, can have fun with astrology to help you in everyday life!
I had predicted that the conjunction of Venus and Pluto in the Full Moon chart for Dec. 18 (click here to see the article and the chart) would put a damper on our holiday celebrations and make us more aware of those for whom the season is neither merry nor bright. The coverage of the aftermath of the tornadoes in Kentucky during the first week of this lunation period and the more recent reports on the wildfires in Colorado have certainly done that. Even though these events directly affected relatively few Americans, these images have impacted us all.
Another thing that has impacted us all has been the Omicron variant. This highly infectious virus changed travel plans, cancelled events and blew-up our hope that maybe the pandemic was coming to an end. I was suspicious of the placement of Neptune on the Descendant of that Full Moon chart. I had hoped that it would bring us a wave of compassion and empathy. Instead the planets has left us with a deep uncertainty about what the coming year has in store, particularly with regard to the pandemic.
I think that we can all agree that 2021 has not been a great year for President Joe Biden. His transformative “first 100 days” turned into a disappointing 12 months. In the end, only his infrastructure bill make it through congress and even it came out so truncated and twisted that the public couldn’t be sure what was in it. No one was ready to stand up and cheer when the President signed it into law.
I predicted this some time ago. Biden is the fourth U.S. president who was born with the Sun in the Twelfth House. (Click n Joe Biden to see the horoscope.) The other three were Ulysses Grant, Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush. Like all three of these past presidents, Biden has been burdened by problems he did not cause and, like them, his decisions have largely only compounded those problems.
The Twelfth House is the place where we meet the cost of fame, success and power. Dealing with that cost typically requires some sort of inward journey, a period of introspection and reassessment. Unfortunately, this is not an option for people who become President of the United States. They are stuck in the public sphere and, like of not, they have to work through these issues with everyone watching.
As Saturn and Uranus approach their last exact 90 degree aspect I thought it would be appropriate to look back at the changes this stressful configuration has brought to the world and particularly to the United States. Saturn square Uranus represents a classic argument between the strict parent and the rebellious child. In 2021 that argument echoed throughout this country, from sea to shining sea.
Saturn is the planet of authority: parental authority, societal authority and governmental authority. It is also the planet of tradition, the subtle authority of inertia and “but we’ve always done it that way.” Knowledge can be a form of this planet’s authority and the expert is a Saturnian figure. They point to their degrees and the letters after their name and tell us what is good of us.
Uranus represents the rebel, the contrarian and the individualist. It is hard-wired to resist authority, disrupt tradition and challenge expertise. Uranus isn’t just inclined to break the rules. It is deeply offended by their very existence. Rules limit the transcendent power of the mind, which is what Uranus is all about, and they discourage the brave individual from exploring new and untried paths to knowledge.
I had hoped that the fact that Venus in the New Moon chart for Dec. 4 (click here to see the article and the chart) was close to the IC would allow us a respite from our various troubles. However, Venus in that chart was also conjunct Pluto and, not only did we get a new surge of COVID infections, we also got a taste of another world-wide disaster, climate change.
Uranus quincunx to the Sun and the Moon in the New Moon chart is a perfect representation of the unprecedented nature of the tornadoes that struck western Kentucky. Uranus brings unpredictability, while the quincunx aspect typically describes something strange and unexpected. The strength of those storms and the length of time they stayed on the ground shocked the experts and provided a dreadful foreshadowing of weather events in the future.
Meanwhile, the pandemic continues to rage. Just like last year, holiday gatherings have become the launch sites for a spike in infections, hospitalizations and deaths. This is a global problem and I see it has having less to do with the New Moon chart and more to do with the return of the Saturn to Uranus square. This configuration has dominated 2021 and it will become exact again just before Christmas. This square seems set to bring us more cancellations, travel restrictions and arguments over masks and vaccinations as the year winds down.
