Jupiter and Uranus meet every 14 years. When they do, revolution and innovation join forces with restless exploration and the quest for knowledge.The result is always exciting, educational and unpredictable. Or is it? Anne Whitaker, never one to take anything at its face value, decided late in 1996 that she would observe the effects of this approaching planetary event and investigate whether it lived up to its reputation according to the textbooks. Her method was straightforward: watch world events around the time of the conjunction, and during the rest of 1997; find some volunteers with the 5 Aquarius 55 Hot Spot highlighted by in their natal horoscope; collect their stories during the year of the conjunction; and determine whether the "Jupiter-Uranus effect" could be detected in their lives. As Ken Gillman writes in the foreword, "This is a study of real-life astrology." Nine of the original 17 volunteers stayed with the study throughout. Their disrupted, exciting, turbulent life stories form the core of this vivid exploration of the interface between planetary activity and human life, during a period in which the startling announcement of the birth of Dolly the Sheep in February 1997 indicated that advances in cloning and genetic engineering were taking us on a voyage never before undertaken by humanity. This highly original book, written in a pacy and accessible style, will be of particular interest to research- minded students. It will also appeal to astrologers looking for specific evidence that the personal and collective lives of humankind respond in the same core way to the great music of the spheres, played throughout space and time by the planets in their cycles.
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By Jude Cowell
Perhaps it's having a minor aspect between Jupiter and Uranus in my own natal chart that has inspired in this novice astrologer a previous lack of focus on the pairing of two planets whose Great Conjunction of February 15/16, 1997 is covered in fascinating detail by Anne Whitaker's new book, Jupiter Meets Uranus. Until now.
From the success of lucky breaks, chances, and boundless optimism to breakthroughs in science, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, education, technology, exploration, travel and other fields of human endeavor, the enterprising Jupiter-Uranus combination of energies has a nature not always easy to assess, as Reinhold Ebertin adds in a footnote in his book, Combination of Stellar Influences.
Yet assess Anne Whitaker well does, in personal lives (as discussed in Amazon's Editorial Review) and, even more of interest for my Political Astrology work, in collective events and in mundane/national charts.
Several mundane charts from 1609 to 1997 are included and/or discussed here, with the 14-year cycle of Jupiter and Uranus noted as it relates to recurring themes, issues, and breakthroughs. Yes, there are themed similarities which are noted in Ms. Whitaker's research which show humankind's progress in thought, inspiration, ideals, and application.
A good example is the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction which timed the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1818 with Dolly the Sheep's debut on the world stage of cloning a few Jupiter-Uranus cycles later in February 1997; shown is Dolly's natal chart set for her birth on July 5, 1996.
That Shelley's prophetic book (full title: Frankenstein, or the The Modern Prometheus) has an amazing link to 1997's first cloned sheep is explored fully in Whitaker's able grasp. Even Scotland's natal chart of March 25, 1005 is given and discussed in relation to these and other events.
Interesting connections also shown through the blending (conjunction) of these planets are the astrological links between space exploration - the US' first Moon landing in 1969 - and the early discovery of America at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1513. Cape Canaveral! Both events carry the hallmark of Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions and their synchronicities are masterfully explained along with other notable explorations.
Political events involving Bill Clinton (US president in 1997) and the US natal chart are approached through the Jupiter-Uranus lens.
My notes on President Clinton for that time period (from his book, My Life) indicate a definite Jupiter-Uranus flavor as he prodded Congress to fund his expanded education initiatives (he was, "looking to the future"); in foreign policy he worked toward the expansion of NATO and more; and on February 15 - the day of the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in eastern time - Clinton states that, "--we got another economic boost when American-led negotiations in Geneva produced an agreement to liberalize world trade in telecommunications services, opening 90% of the markets to US firms."
'Economic boost'? '90%'? 'Opening'? Jupiter.
'Liberalize'? 'Telecommunications'? Uranus.
(Mercury is in the mix, of course, by way of agreements, negotiations, communications, and trade. And the US/Geneva 'travel' link is described by all three planets.)
Now we may wish to debate whether the opening of these markets amounted to the gains envisioned in 1997, but that the enterprising Jupiter-Uranus spirit was infusing plans for Jupiterian expansion and Uranian progress cannot be denied!
Well, you may be as fascinated as I am by the real-life events that are connected through the centuries by the 14-year meetings of Jupiter and Uranus, especially when considered, as Anne Whitaker does, within the larger Neptune and Pluto cycles.
Jupiter Meets Uranus takes macro and micro views of this forward-looking planetary combo, and you'll do well to let author Anne Whitaker be your guide as you explore their greener pastures and marvel at the breakthroughs the Jupiter-Uranus duo has gifted upon mankind through the centuries.
From the success of lucky breaks, chances, and boundless optimism to breakthroughs in science, politics, economics, philosophy, religion, education, technology, exploration, travel and other fields of human endeavor, the enterprising Jupiter-Uranus combination of energies has a nature not always easy to assess, as Reinhold Ebertin adds in a footnote in his book, Combination of Stellar Influences.
Yet assess Anne Whitaker well does, in personal lives (as discussed in Amazon's Editorial Review) and, even more of interest for my Political Astrology work, in collective events and in mundane/national charts.
Several mundane charts from 1609 to 1997 are included and/or discussed here, with the 14-year cycle of Jupiter and Uranus noted as it relates to recurring themes, issues, and breakthroughs. Yes, there are themed similarities which are noted in Ms. Whitaker's research which show humankind's progress in thought, inspiration, ideals, and application.
A good example is the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction which timed the publication of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1818 with Dolly the Sheep's debut on the world stage of cloning a few Jupiter-Uranus cycles later in February 1997; shown is Dolly's natal chart set for her birth on July 5, 1996.
That Shelley's prophetic book (full title: Frankenstein, or the The Modern Prometheus) has an amazing link to 1997's first cloned sheep is explored fully in Whitaker's able grasp. Even Scotland's natal chart of March 25, 1005 is given and discussed in relation to these and other events.
Interesting connections also shown through the blending (conjunction) of these planets are the astrological links between space exploration - the US' first Moon landing in 1969 - and the early discovery of America at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1513. Cape Canaveral! Both events carry the hallmark of Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions and their synchronicities are masterfully explained along with other notable explorations.
Political events involving Bill Clinton (US president in 1997) and the US natal chart are approached through the Jupiter-Uranus lens.
My notes on President Clinton for that time period (from his book, My Life) indicate a definite Jupiter-Uranus flavor as he prodded Congress to fund his expanded education initiatives (he was, "looking to the future"); in foreign policy he worked toward the expansion of NATO and more; and on February 15 - the day of the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in eastern time - Clinton states that, "--we got another economic boost when American-led negotiations in Geneva produced an agreement to liberalize world trade in telecommunications services, opening 90% of the markets to US firms."
'Economic boost'? '90%'? 'Opening'? Jupiter.
'Liberalize'? 'Telecommunications'? Uranus.
(Mercury is in the mix, of course, by way of agreements, negotiations, communications, and trade. And the US/Geneva 'travel' link is described by all three planets.)
Now we may wish to debate whether the opening of these markets amounted to the gains envisioned in 1997, but that the enterprising Jupiter-Uranus spirit was infusing plans for Jupiterian expansion and Uranian progress cannot be denied!
Well, you may be as fascinated as I am by the real-life events that are connected through the centuries by the 14-year meetings of Jupiter and Uranus, especially when considered, as Anne Whitaker does, within the larger Neptune and Pluto cycles.
Jupiter Meets Uranus takes macro and micro views of this forward-looking planetary combo, and you'll do well to let author Anne Whitaker be your guide as you explore their greener pastures and marvel at the breakthroughs the Jupiter-Uranus duo has gifted upon mankind through the centuries.
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