Marrying
in a Changing World: The Cardinal T-square: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto
The
big planetary news of 2010 (and beyond!) is the configuration of four slow-moving
outer planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto - in early degrees of
the cardinal signs Aries, Libra, and Capricorn. Because these planets (other
than Jupiter) move very slowly, this configuration has been building for awhile
- at least since Pluto entered Capricorn in January 2009. It intensifies
as Saturn enters Libra in late October, 2009
and again in July 2010. And in late May/early June, Uranus moves into Aries,
where it is soon joined by Jupiter. The real hot spot of 2010 is late July/early
August, when Mars in Libra also conjoins Saturn.
Astrologers have been
parsing this configuration into tiny, bite-sized chunks for a couple of years
now, gazing at it under a microscope and clucking with concern. And while no one
can say exactly what lies ahead, all the analysis I've seen points to a time of
great global crisis, a period of profound and critical global change that
will last at least through 2012. (Hint: The near-collapse of the world's economic
system in Fall 2008 was just the opening salvo.)
What it means for your
wedding: Couples have married and started families throughout the most difficult
chapters of history. My own parents married just after World War II; their parents
got hitched during the bleakest years of the Great Depression.Perhaps your own
parents married during the tumultuous late 1960s, when cultural changes had the
United States, at least, in an uproar. All these couples faced challenging times
in our world's history - but they faced them together.
The world is changing,
whether you marry this year or next or the year after that. Times are uncertain.
But would you rather face these challenges alone - or with a strong ally at your
side? This major configuration in your wedding chart simply means you are marrying
at the moment when the world opens a new chapter in its history; perhaps you have
come together specifically to help each other, your loved ones, and your community
endure and prosper during this transition.
