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SATURN SQUARE URANUS DISASTERS IN REVIEW |
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by Gary Brand - written January 5, 2000, published in the February 2000 edition of Echo* newspaper |
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article reviews worldwide events symbolized by the Saturn square
Uranus transit that began in July 1999 and culminates when Jupiter joins
Saturn to also square Uranus in May 2000. Saturn in Taurus (an earth sign) represents the
status quo and our implicit assumptions that our environment, including
the earth itself, is unchanging. When we build a house, we assume that
it will always be there. We buy insurance to cover potential damage
that can result from what the insurance industry calls "Acts of
God" or "Acts of Nature" (Uranus) but we don't always
anticipate the kind of damage that may occur. For example, most
of the homeowners in North Carolina who sustained damage from Hurricane
Floyd did not have flood insurance. Uranus is sudden surprises or unexpected
consequences and all of the events listed below fit one or both of these
criteria. Uranus is also technology and the around the world broadcast
of New Year's Eve was a first and a wonderful reminder that we are all
on this planet together.
Some people are arrogant enough to think, "Oh, no disaster will ever happen to me!" or that we can harness and control nature. We don't rule or own the planet, though our actions say that too many of us think we do. The Saturn-Uranus square is teaching us is to: (1) change the implicit paradigm that planet Earth is immutable, (2) look at the following disasters as wake-up calls and as messages to adjust our behaviors, (3) conserve natural resources (Saturn) for future generations (Uranus), and (4) consume less by choosing to simplify our lives. Disasters result in terrible suffering but they do bring us together to help one another. The crux of the Saturn square Uranus challenge is to realize, before it is too late, that the only way we can avoid the biggest disaster of all - the progressive destruction of Earth - is to join together for the common good of the planet and our posterity. For example, we can begin to discourage or prohibit building or rebuilding in a flood plane, on the primary sand dunes of a beach, on steep slopes, or on earthquake faults. When we don't heed the messages inherent in nature's disasters we are destined to suffer the consequences. Events such as the following occur frequently and there may be other periods with as many disasters. But many of the disasters during the last six months of 1999 are the worst of their kind or the worst in decades in the location where they occurred. Also, many of them are extreme (Uranus) in loss of life and property damage (Saturn). Many of the disasters are floods and, though neither Saturn nor Uranus symbolize floods, the square between them symbolizes catastrophes in general and mudslides or landslides specifically. Some of the disasters are manmade but even in these cases loss of life was substantial.
The above data are from several newspapers, National Public Radio and TV news broadcasts. _____________________________________
See related articles
"Grand
Cross Eclipse of 1999,"
"Solar
Eclipse Duration of Effect,"
and "Saturn
Square Uranus Revisited."
*Echo is a monthly newspaper about community, the environment, health, cuisine, and spirituality that is distributed in central Virginia. |
Good Timing and Location are Keys to Success Gary Brand, Astrologer P.O. Box 3673, Tallahassee, Florida 32315 850-656-5758 © 2000 Gary Brand. All Rights Reserved. |
Global, south-polar view of Miranda, one of Uranus' moons. This
is a mosaic of nine computer-assembled images taken on January 24, 1986
by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. Miranda is the innermost and smallest
of the five major moons, measuring 480 kilometers (298 miles) in
diameter. The bizarre surface of Miranda makes it look like it's
been scraped and gouged by some cosmic giant (like the Uranus of Greek
mythology). Courtesy of NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute/USGS.