Hudson Valley Astrologer

“Man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills”

~ Arthur Schopenhauer

Every 20, 36, and 45 years, there are significant alignments within the cosmos, and we have absolutely no control over these movements.

The same could be said about larger time frames where equally noteworthy alignments occur roughly every 127, 171, and 493 years.

The time increments above correlate to the synodic cycles of the outer planets:

Jupiter — Saturn; Saturn — Neptune; Saturn — Pluto; Saturn — Uranus

Plus:

Uranus — Pluto; Uranus — Neptune; Neptune — Pluto

Whenever two or more planets align in the sky, along the same longitudinal degree of the zodiac we say they are conjunct. This is because all planets orbit the Sun on the same plane (the ecliptic plane), so we perceive them as being “close by ” one another. However, this observation is deceptive because each planetary orbit is separated by vast distances in from other planetary orbits.

The outer triad plus Jupiter and Saturn follow synodic cycles that we observe coincide with patterns in history. For example, the Soviet Union began to crumble during the last Saturn — Neptune conjunction in 1989 — 1990. Saturn — Neptune are in orb again. We will have to wait and see, but indications may emerge that suggest another fall is imminent even though it isn’t talked about on the discussion boards at the moment.

But these are huge and long cycles. Perhaps the cycles closer to home, the ones within and between us, are more in our sphere of influence, than the big cycles which seem to effect nations and generational cohorts.

How fascinating that the larger cycles do indeed appear determined to one degree or another, but can they be influenced? And to whatever degree are we responsible for accepting our own agency within the broader scope of cycles? In any case, there will obviously be a limit on our free-will related to the impact these larger cycles have on us personally, based both on the time we were born and where, space we occupy.

HVA

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