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Globalisation and the UranusNeptune conjunction

Planetary Cycles and theirInterferences© André BarbaultArticle published in the "Cahiers Astrologiques juillet-août 1946"translation Beatrice Boucher

There is a basic notion in Mundane Astrology, which at the present time (1946ed.) has almost been forgotten and whose true value needs to be fullyreinstated: the Planetary Cycles. It determines the rhythm of history, and assuch is the real key to Astro Mundane (1).

We are familiar with the theory of Planetary Cycles: it is the circuit thatestablished itself between two planets, from the quickest to the slowest, withinthe time span of two successive conjunctions.

All aspects settle into an evolutive waxing series followed by an involutive one;each of them expressing a particular quality of the current in the cycle.

The conjunction actually expresses the birth and the creation of the current,according to the nature of the conjuncting planets and the place of theconjunction. The sextile translates the evolution of the current; a passage from avirtual, latent condition into an affective and manifest one. The square introducesa dissonance, an imbalance within the current; it also brings a deviation, adissidence, a conflict. The trine gives expansion to the current and confirms itsfull development The current’s expansion reaches its apogee at the oppositionwhich then brings a major conflict leading towards the dissociation of the current.From evolutive, it becomes involutive. It goes again through a trine which causesa recovery of the current. A new imbalance is introduced at the second square.A last re-establishment is done with the sextile preceding the conjunction. Thisone expresses either the end or the renewal of the cycle, bringing forth the endor the transformation of the current.

Our civilisation is an expression of the component of all planetary cycles, fromthe quickest to the slowest one. Each cycle can be taken apart and consideredseparately, because it modulates in itself a specifically autonomous current: itdetermines the creation and the evolution of all sorts of movements. However, atthe same time, we need to consider the interference of the cycles and theirassemblage within each others, in order to judge their interactions. Every cycle

resembles a piece of the clockwork, with its own function, but which is tributaryas well of the whole. Therefore we need to try to bring every cycle within thesynthesis of our solar system.

We will demonstrate the above by applying it to a great cycle of slow planetsshowing that they are related to events of first importance, and thus verificationis immediate. We will see, indeed, that the great pages of our modern historycorrespond with the interference of the cycles of Jupiter-Saturn, those of thepolitical order, with the cycle of Uranus-Neptune, of the capitalistic society.

The first conjunction of Uranus-Neptune - fully effective because Uranus had justbeen discovered and Neptune almost - happens in 1821. It is at this specificmoment, during the first half of the 19th century, that the great capitalisticrevolution occurs, changing the face of the world. The steam machine bringsabout economical upheaval which transforms civilisation in a fundamental way.Up to then Napoleon travelled at the same speed as Caesar or Alexander; but

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A newimportanthistoricalturnhappens atthe firstdissonantaspects ofthe Uranus-Neptunecycle: thesemi-square. Atthat exactmomentSaturncrosses thecycle; and atthe end of1846 itmeetsNeptune. Atthat time wesee therevolutionarytorment of1848,swoops overEurope,France,Italy,Germany,Hungary.

Up to then Napoleon travelled at the same speed as Caesar or Alexander; butthe railways and the steam boats modify man’s essential idea of time and space,which had remained stable since antiquity. This is the Industrial Revolution withits mechanisation and technical development, creating new modes ofproduction, leading towards standardisation, and bringing forth new socialclasses. With the appearance of factories, the higher class of employers and theworking-class, the proletariats, are born. The two poles of society, representedby Jupiter (economy) and Saturn (labour) during the (astrological) Septenarybecome with Uranus the huge enterprises, the economical experiments, theindustry, the trusts; and with Neptune (the masses) the collectivities with theirtrade unions and revolutionary ideologies. Within a decade the whole face of theearth changes.

While this revolution is taking place, the first convulsion occurs in 1830-31 when- for the first time - Jupiter passes the conjunction going from Neptune toUranus. And then we have the revolutionary movement of 1830 which spreadsthroughout France, Belgium, Germany and Poland, shaking the Old World andpreparing the ground for new turmoil.

But, a reaction occurs against these national and constitutional movementswhen Saturn passes Uranus in 1851-52, and the revolutions fail. In France,between the first and the second conjunction, we see a transition from theSecond Republic to the Second Empire.

Let’s forget the sextile of Uranus-Neptune which occurs around 1854- 58, aphase routing nationalities towards their constitutions and installing capitalisticprogress.



We thenreach thesquare ofUranus-Neptune in1866-72.Jupitercrosses theircycle,conjunctingNeptune in1869 andUranus in1872. Theconflictweightsheavily uponsociety andon socialclasses andnations. TheFirstInternationalCommunistsees thelight underthe firstconfigurationanddisappearswith thesecond. Andthen, wehave theAustro-Prussiansand Franco-GermanWars whichwill shaketheEuropeanorderdominatedby FranceandEngland,andestablishGermany asthedominantpower ofEurope.



Moreover,in 1907 atthe exacttime whenJupitercrossesone of thepoles of theopposition,precisely onNeptuneandoppositeUranus, theTripleEntentebetweenGreatBritain,France andRussia iscreated.From thenon Europewill bedivided intotwoantagonisticblockswhich willfight eachothersduring theGreat Warof 1914-

1918. In1914Jupiter ischargingthe otherpole, theTripleAlliance ofUranus, inoppositionto Neptuneof the Triple

The evolutionary trine of Uranus-Neptune occurs in 1879-1884. We see theforces of society coming together, unified, working in a united way toward acommon goal. Nations unite: it is 1883, the creation of the Triple Alliance

(translator’s note: military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungry and Italy).Common interests concentrate; we witness the gathering of economical groups,the creation of big enterprises, incorporated companies, agreements, cartels andtrusts. This is the harmonious beginning of Capital and Labour. The Jupiter-Saturn cycle of 1881 (in Taurus) starts on this trine with Neptune (in Taurus) atits root. Social Law becomes more organized, improving the life of the working-classes. This constructive and expansive phase evolves until the opposition,which is the culminating point of the cycle and corresponds with the apogee ofthe Liberal and Capitalistic world (1910-1913).

Previously, the semi-square Uranus-Neptune of 1887-1889, translates theBoulangisme crisis (translator’s note: Boulanger was a French general andreactionary politician).

The Uranus-Neptune opposition of 1905-1912 generates the great division andbrings the already antagonistic society forces into conflict. The conflict isgeneral. This is the period where social class struggle is at its highest with theincrease in power of the working class , the strikes, bloody May Days, in Francethe separation of Church from State, the creation of the Duma in Russia....



of the TripleEntente,causing thetempest toburst open.

During thetrine, wesee aconjunctionof Saturn-JupiternearbyUranus. Atthis majorturn of1940-41where thesethreeplanetsmeet, weare at theformation of

a ‘newEuropeanorder’. Thisis thefundamentalturn of thewar,engaged inCentral andOccidentalEurope,Russia,Africa, USAand Japan.The war isglobal andHitler hasconqueredEurope. Butlittle by little,Jupiter andSaturn edgeaway fromUranus andapproachNeptune.And, theWorld Wartakes placeexactly

This affects all the imperialistic interests. Furthermore, the great crisis of theWorld War unfolds during the crossing of Jupiter, from one pole to the other, thatis, from Uranus to Neptune. Its last aspect is with Neptune in 1919, the time ofthe conclusion of the war and of the Allied victory, considered the victory of thedemocracies.

The second sesqui-square of Uranus-Neptune occurs in 1933 and marks thestarting point of the new crisis: the failure of the conference of disarmament:Hitler reaching power, leaves the SDN, and the weapon-run restarts.

The involutive trine of Uranus-Neptune unfolds in two phases. Between 1939and 1941, from Taurus to Virgo, and between 1942-1945, from Gemini to Libra.Under its first form, it brings us the German-Soviet Pact forecasted by manyastrologers, and, under its second form, validates the Anglo-American-Sovietaccordance. In both case, in fact, it brings together antagonistic powers; theoverthrowing of alliances can only be explained by the changes of signs andrulers: Indeed, under the first trine, Venus is the dispositor of Uranus, andMercury of Neptune, while under the second Trine, at the contrary, Mercuryrules Uranus and Venus Neptune. With this overthrowing, Neptune remains theagent of Communistic Russia, but a substitution of forms occurs when Uranusceases to personify the Hitler dictatorship, in order to represent the Anglo-Saxoncapitalism.



exactlyduring theinterval oftime neededfor Jupiterto go fromUranus toNeptune. In1945 JupiterconjunctsNeptune,and it isvictory,calleddemocratic,for theAllies.

Since duringthis period,there is to bea 2nd squareof Uranus-Neptune.And whileSaturn willmeetNeptune in

And so we see the great landmarks of Modern History of Western Europeancivilisation happen during the phases of the Neptune-Uranus cycle, orchestratedby moments of time where Jupiter and Saturn cross the aspects of this cycle.The political life of our history oscillates from right to left wing, depending onwhether the planets Jupiter and Saturn, representing the political order, aremoving towards either Uranus or Neptune, which are the components of thecapitalistic society.

In 1848, it is the semi-square of Uranus-Neptune. Saturn passes from Neptuneto Uranus and we see the revolutionary upheaval tamed by a reaction.

In 1870, it is the square of Uranus-Neptune. From 1866 to 1872, Jupiter goes

from Neptune to Uranus. We see that the Austro-Prussian and Franco-GermanWars lead to the victory of “Prussian militarism”.

In 1914, the opposition of Uranus-Neptune starts separating. From 1914 to1919, Jupiter goes from Uranus to Neptune at the time of the unfolding of theGreat War launched by the imperialists and won by the Democratic Allies.

1939-1945: this time it is the trine of Uranus-Neptune. In 1940-41, Jupiter andSaturn together joined with Uranus: Europe, in the hands of dictators, becomesfascist. But, from the moment that Jupiter passes from Uranus to Neptune in1945, the democratic powers make an end to dictatorships.

However if we want to push our curiosity a bit further and pursue this globalinvestigation for experimental purposes rather than prophetic, we could say thattwo rhythms need to be considered for actual planetary evolution. Jupiter andSaturn met each other on Uranus, bringing the fascism order of the Hitler era.Then, Jupiter crossed Neptune and democracies replaced dictatorships. Butthen - in 1952-1953 - Saturn rejoins Neptune so that both planets, Jupiter andSaturn, after having left Uranus, successively rejoin Neptune. Can’t we see herea kind of double expiry and consider that after Jupiter’s crossing on Neptune,which brings the democratic success at the end of the war, Saturn’s crossing onNeptune emphasizes the Neptunian political evolution? As Neptune representsthe communistic element, wouldn’t we have to envisage a communistic evolutionin Europe for the coming years? [was written in 1946]

Of course our interpretation, which is backed up by past history, has such arigorous objectivity that we cannot be accused of wanting to satisfy any personalopinion here.

It seems that at any case, a major turn presents itself for the period of 1952-55.



Neptune in1952-53,Jupiter willmeet Uranusin 1954-55.Such is, thatwe will havea conjunctionof Saturn-Neptunesquaring aconjunctionof Jupiter-

Uranus; twoconjunctionsin square.Such aremarkableconfigurationprompts usto fear for anultimatepowerstrugglebetweenpoliticalantagonisticforces,which, in themeantimemay haveprogressivelygrown intotheir mostfinal form ofmaturity (thestadium oftheinvolutionarysquare).

Letus

now consider the successive cycles of these conjunctions.

For the Saturn-Neptune cycle, we see the conjunction of 1848 provoking the firstrevolutionary movement; the conjunction of 1881 establishing the proletarianconquests and the first socialist parties in Russia, France and England; the oneof 1917 marking the Bolshevik revolution and installing Communism in Russia, aterritory as big as 1/6th of the world. For the Jupiter-Uranus cycle, we see thatthe conjunction of 1872 establishing the German Empire; the conjunction of1914 seting the Great War in motion; the one of 1927 inaugurating the era ofdictatorships; finally the one of 1941 makes the war global and places Europe indictatorial hands. Through all these cycles we witness the progressive evolutionof a tendency which achieves maturity step by step.

It seems that under the involutionary square of Uranus-Neptune, the twoantagonistic forces of capitalistic society would possibly reach their final degreeof maturity. Wouldn’t we then have to fear seeing both continents, Europe andAmerica (USA), rising up against each other, with unyieldingly determination,and in an ultimate strife?...

It was logical to draw a view of the future out of this historical study of cycles; butour work essentially remains a research on passed events in relation to thecyclic interfering of the cycles of Uranus-Neptune and of Jupiter-Saturn. Theprophetic conclusion is only meant as a kind of supplement detached from thework. We are not formulating any forecast here, just putting the problem beforeyou, my dear colleague astrologers.

Meanwhile, we hope that in an exact and precise way we have given you proofof the influence of the interferences of planetary cycles, thanks to this directcorrelation between configurations and important events.



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Translation: Beatrice Boucher with the kind permission of André Barbault foredition on this site.

(1) In a work we are working on, ‘Astrologie Mondiale, Synthese Astrologique del’Histoire Contemporaine’, we will give the meaning of almost 15 cycles over 100years.

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