What great leap in consciousness did you make 13 years ago? What radical new concept infused into your life? What jolt did you receive to your philosophy or beliefs? Think back to the first few months of 1997. Anything?
The reason I point out this specific period in our lives is to highlight the last time larger-than-life Jupiter and revolutionary Uranus came together. The conjunction in astrology signals both an ending and beginning of something, a blending of two energies in a very powerful way. While Jupiter is the planet of good fortune and abundance, it expands the energies of any planet it touches. Uranus is the planet of sudden changes, innovation, and breakthroughs, thus its meeting with super sized Jupiter in June 2010 is nothing short of a big deal — a big deal made bigger by the fact that they will be conjuncting at 0 degrees of Aries.
Cardinal Signs and Zero Aries
To understand why this is not your average conjunction, it’s best to take a moment to grasp that the cardinal zodiac signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra, and Capricorn correspond with the change of seasons, acting as a catalyst for initiation. The first degree of those signs are very potent, vibrating with an energy that is imbued with the spark of change. When you think of 0 degrees Aries, think of that moment when winter turns to spring when those first shoots of green break from previously barren soil. There is a magic at work in this moment — a natural alchemy.
When Jupiter and Uranus conjunct, there is the possibility of big (Jupiter) technological breakthroughs (Uranus) and an expansion (Jupiter) in mass consciousness (Uranus), amplified by the energy at 0 Aries. The shoots are about to break through! What will be revealed next month?
(To read more about how this conjunction impacted history, I recommend Lynn Koiner’s article on her website. She talks pertinently about the last time Jupiter and Uranus met up at 0 degrees of a cardinal sign, which was in 1969 for the Apollo moon landing.)
Finding Zero Aries in Your Natal Chart
If you have your natal chart handy, find the start of Aries and you’ve located where the conjunction will hit your chart. For me, the conjunction is happening in my 3rd house of communication, which seems auspicious for any breakthroughs in consciousness. Where is your conjunction happening? (Note, the explanations will further be flavored if the conjunction is aspecting any natal planets.)
The 1st House: Breakthroughs or realizations in appearance or identity.
The 2nd House: Breakthroughs or realizations in values, personal income, or self worth.
The 3rd House: Breakthroughs or realizations in communication, learning, or relationship with siblings.
The 4th House: Breakthroughs or realizations about home environment, family, how we take care of ourselves.
The 5th House: Breakthroughs or realizations about self expression, creativity, romance, or children.
The 6th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in our daily work, health, or how we serve others.
The 7th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in our partnerships or how we relate to the people in our life.
The 8th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in shared financial resources, intimacy, or our mortality.
The 9th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in beliefs, philosophy, or learning.
The 10th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in career, social standing, or authority.
The 11th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in friendships, groups, or our role in the collective.
The 12th House: Breakthroughs or realizations in spirit, dreams, or our connection to life beyond this earth plane.
The Saturn/Pluto midpoint is at the 0 degrees Cancer Aries point in my chart, specifically in the 4th house. The Jupiter/Uranus conjunction will take place in my first house. How might this conjunction squaring that natal midpoint play out? I heard the Saturn/Pluto MP is hard, hard work.
Hi Teri,
Midpoints add another layer to a picture that already encompasses your natal chart and your progressed chart. Usually themes with the midpoints echo themes present elsewhere. With the Cardinal Climax, we’re all being asked to restructure and redefine. Saturn/Pluto is already hard hard work, as we’ve all realized over the last year or so. It’s my feeling that the Jupiter/Uranus conjunction will bring things forward that you’ve already been feeling or anticipating about your home life versus your sense of autonomy. Just make sure you’re not expecting the walls to come crashing down, because our minds can manifest our fears. Instead look forward to the flashes of insights and breakthroughs that will come via your first house.
Hi Katie I found a link to this article on twitter and appreciate the info. Many thanks. The cardinal sign climax around the new moon of 26 June as well as in late July (with Mars) should bring interesting times.
Hi Julian and thanks! You’re right — late June is definitely going to be interesting around the new moon and the Sun’s ingress into Cancer, creating a cardinal grand cross. Buckle your seat belts!
Hi Katie I found a link to this article on twitter and appreciate the info. Many thanks. The cardinal sign climax around the new moon of 26 June as well as in late July (with Mars) should bring interesting times.
What is throwing me a curveball about this is the fact that uranus is retrograde for this configuration. When I was in my early days of studying predictive astrology – I had charts coming up I would swear would mean one thing – but then the opposite would happen. When I looked over my mistakes – I found there was a retrograde to what I was looking at. Checking Ivy Jacobson Goldstein’s views on predictions involving retrogrades – she talked about how instead of the event happening – the retrograde action would mean you would think about it, or fear it, or spend time on it – but the retrograde would cause a failure to “manifest” the otherwise predicted event or result. For example – one year I was offered a national radio program on astrology that seemed like a dream offer. Everything in my chart looked like a real “go”. I did everything up to about a week before I was supposed to do the premiere show – and then discovered the whole project I’d been offered was a scam by this company to rip off a radio network for about $5,000,000. The whole thing got a lot of publicity and a lot of thought and energy went into it – but obviously the show did not manifest. I had even had so called “famous expert” astrologers tell me the same thing – the show would be a fantastic go and then it just blew up. When I looked back to see where we went wrong – I realized most of the planets were retrograde. Ever since I’ve learned to be very cautious when predictions involve retrograde or mutual reception aspects. What’s been your experience when retrogrades or mutual receptions are involved in casting predictions?
Jody, good point you bring up. I’ve had wonderful predictions that love would blossom and the reverse would happen. The theme was indeed love, but it was about dealing with a broken heart and not being able to concentrate on anything else. With Uranus involved, the change of heart literally happened overnight. After the loss of the relationship, problems with the boss came, though the promotion was just a few weeks before. So I went from feeling lucky in love and job to crashing and burning.
Sorry for such a belated response, Jody. Personally, I don’t fear retrogrades. Yes, they mean different things for different astrologers. In Karmic Astrology, they denote misused energy in past lives. I’m sure they mean something completely different in horary astrology. Do keep in mind that the outer planets are frequently in retrograde and it’s quite rare when all the planets are in forward motion. If I remember correctly, Jupiter spends 5 months out of the year retrograde. So when working with charts and predictive astrology, I personally wouldn’t look at it as the “opposite” of what the planet normally means. The personal planets — Mercury, Venus, and Mars — in retrograde do effect us more and require a careful eye. When Mercury is in retrograde, we are prompted to retrace our steps, rethink, and reassess our actions over the last Mercury cycle.
As for your situation, I’m sorry to hear that you that difficult experience. Predictions are tricky because two planets making an aspect does not always mean X will happen. There needs to be a catalyst, usually in the form of our birth charts. Also, don’t forget that we have free will! A scam speaks to Neptune. Do you have Neptune prominent in your chart? Do you sometimes wear rose colored glasses? Or did this come out of the blue? I’ve certainly fallen hard for Neptune’s illusions in the past and I think the one thing I’ve since learned is to run it past my intuition and my heart. If something doesn’t feel right, no matter what I want to see in my transits, I have to trust my heart first.