by Robert Wilkinson
Over the next several weeks, we are experiencing a very tight planetary compression as all the planets conjunct Pluto at 1 Aquarius, so that by February 16 when Venus conjuncts Pluto, all the planets will be between that degree and Uranus at 20 Taurus. This is the last in a series which began in early 2020, and is the final compression for at least 330 years.
This year the spread began to be its narrowest at the end of January, with Pluto at 1 Aquarius and Uranus at 20 Taurus making a 108+ degree angle. This 108+ degree span forms a tredecile, an aspect of unique interactions and serendipitous circumstances. However, the Moon is outside the span in late January through its conjunction with Pluto on February 8.
At that point the Moon re-enters the occupied span until it again leaves the compression after its conjunction with Uranus on February 15. Then is outside the compression, transiting Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio over the last 6 days of the month and early March.
Because Uranus is moving slightly faster than Pluto by early March, if we want to include the Moon in the compression, then maximum compression is hit on February 15 when the Moon is still forming a conjunction with Uranus, just hours before Venus conjuncts Pluto. After that the Moon moves outside the occupied span.
It re-enters the occupied span with its conjunction with Pluto at 1d 21m Aquarius on March 6. Because Uranus is at 19d 45m Taurus at that time, Uranus and Pluto are still 108+ degrees apart. This span remains in play through the Moon conjuncts Uranus on March 14, and becomes 109 degrees by April 3.
So we’re going to have ALL the planets except the Moon in a very narrow span for about 9 weeks to come (with the Moon in the span for 2 of those weeks!). That indicates a huge concentrated focus in our charts wherever we have Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, and the first 20 degrees of Taurus.
This is the last “Great Compression” we’ll have, since after Jupiter conjuncts Uranus at 23 Taurus in late April, it will move outside the occupied span it’s been in since it transited Capricorn. It will not conjunct Pluto again until 2033, and by then Uranus will be in Gemini and Saturn will be in Cancer, making the outer planet span 135 degrees. As Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn will make only waxing aspects to Pluto between now and then, the span will never compress again in our lifetimes.
By the end of this century, Neptune will be in Virgo and Pluto will be in Taurus. Looking down the road, the next time that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto will all be within this narrow of a span will be 2354.
So get ready for a “crowded house” wherever you have that 108 degree span between early Aquarius and late Taurus! By this time next month, the compression will begin to expand, and by April we’ll be into a much wider experience than we are now as we prepare for Jupiter’s entry into Gemini in late May.
If you want to know more about the compressions of 2019-2022, as well as past compressions, here’s the overview of this period written Dec 2019.
The Great Compressions of early 2020, 2021, and 2022
Here’s the next one, originally published in January 2020. This explains the January 2020 compression and multiple conjunctions setting themes for decades!
The Great Compression of January 2020 – Mercury, Sun, Saturn and Pluto all Conjunct in Capricorn
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