by Robert Wilkinson
We are in the thick of Jupiter squaring Saturn and Neptune at this time. This is why there is so much tension and friction right now, and it’s no doubt profoundly affecting everyone with planets in the first 5 degrees of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn and 15-20 Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius.
Globally we are at the beginning of the most exciting and at times unstable period in history. We have competing cycles ahead of us which were set into motion over 5 years ago. We have long range Capricorn cycles set into motion in 2020 which will last for many years, and we have long range Aquarius cycles also set into motion in 2020 which is affecting the world for 20 years to come. I speak of these long wave cycles in the first Full Moon article every month.
While the Capricorn cycles involve Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto, the Aquarian cycles involved Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The Aquarian cycles are being activated by Pluto since it entered that sign and is current sprouting the Aquarian seeds to grow for the next 200 years during this time of the Air Grand Mutations. The Jupiter/Saturn conjunction of 2020 ended 200 years of conjunctions in Earth and began 200 years of conjunctions in Air.
We had two Jupiter square Saturn events in 2024; in August and again in December when they squared from mid-Gemini to mid-Pisces. This is the third and final waxing square of the series, and marks a major turning point. These squares from early Cancer, currently activated by Mercury and the Sun and then Venus in early August, mark a point in time when we’ve cast off into new allegiances, new needs, a new sense of family, and a new sense of connection with our spiritual Sisters and Brothers globally.
The challenges of Jupiter square Saturn are to stay positive, don’t surrender to discouragement or feeling that the price of success isn’t worth it. Make sure your rules and disciplines serve your vision, and drop blockages which interfere with your ability to take care of yourself and others, assuring future supply for the new life already unfolding.
Jupiter waxing square Neptune is definitely a shift in the larger atmosphere, with new needs, new cares, and new urgency happening as you read this! Stay clear about your place in the bigger picture, learn how to give things a nudge so they prove in your continued interests, and show positive Libra and Capricorn traits. [ADD: as you read this, Israel just attacked Iran. That's the geopolitical downside to these aspects.)
The first set of squares was activated by Mercury; the second set of squares are activated at the Solstice. When the Sun joins Jupiter and squares Saturn and Neptune, something's got to give! And as I noted in my part of the New Horizons podcast on the Solstice, we also have interlocking Yods going on at the same time. Welcome to a season of "expansion through sacrifice" which brings "divine help when human efforts seem to fail."
This Summer is a dress rehearsal for what’s coming next year. All we are exposed to in June, July, and August is a prelude to what we can expect in February, March, and April 2026. In July and August we’ll experience the first “three note chord” of Saturn/Neptune in early Aries, Uranus in early Gemini, and Pluto in early Aquarius, anticipating what’s coming when Uranus re-enters Gemini in late April 2026.
So see this Summer as a prelude to the future, and then beginning September through January when Saturn and Neptune return to Pisces and Uranus returns to Taurus, finish whatever needs finishing since by year’s end we’re already moving into a new era and you don’t want unneeded elements of the past hindering you.
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