Likewise, the Libra conjunction of 1982 ushered inВ a short but severeВ U.S.В recession that birthed the era of вЂњReaganomicsвЂќ and a trickle-down economyВ which hasВ steeredВ theВ economic courseВ of much of the western worldВ until now.В This time periodВ alsoВ saw the beginning ofВ the AIDS pandemic.ДЄnd that leads us to the present and current life-altering events in the zeitgeist: the Covid-19В pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement,В police reformВ and calls for greater social justice for all,В andВ an upcomingВ U.S.В presidential election. Proof thatВ thisВ 2020В Saturn/PlutoВ conjunctionВ setsВ the stage for a new world orderВ isВ evidenced byВ itsВ presenceВ duringВ previousВ major world wars.В For example, theВ CancerВ Saturn/PlutoВ conjunctionВ ofВ 1914/15 coincided with the outbreak of World War IВ whenВ humanity witnessed the emergence of global warfare,В andВ after which the world was never the same.В The Leo conjunction of 1947В occurred just afterВ the U.S.В droppedВ theВ atomicВ bomb on Japan.В ThisВ resulted inВ theВ end of World War II, the reconstruction of a desecrated Europe, the beginning of theВ globalВ nuclearВ armsВ race-andВ the startВ of the Cold War era-andВ theВ emergence ofВ aВ modernВ newВ worldВ orderВ asВ we know itВ today. WhenВ Saturn,В the lord of karmaВ andВ planet of structure, limitation, achievement,В and maintenance ofВ traditions,В joinsВ Pluto, the lord of the underworld, planet of power, hidden motivations, secrets,В and deep psychological complexes,В it functions asВ a kind ofВ вЂњglobal Saturn Return.вЂќВ This conjunctionвЂ™sВ particularlyВ karmic natureВ representsВ an evolutionary death/birth cycleВ during whichВ the world has to purge old, archaic,В ossifiedВ beliefs and ideas toВ clear a path for the new.В The testing of the status quoВ facesВ the firing lineВ now, alerting usВ itвЂ™s time to both fortifyВ our livesВ as well as tear down and rebuildВ them where necessary. ThisВ makesВ it important to view the entirety of 2020В through this conjunctionвЂ™sВ lensВ and to understandВ thatВ its energyВ loomsВ behindВ faster moving transits. Therefore, we cannot talk about the current transit andВ upcomingВ retrograde of Mars in Aries-from Jthrough January 6, 2021-without framing it in theВ largerВ context of the Saturn/Pluto conjunctionВ ushered inВ at 22.46В° CapricornВ January 12, 2020.В This relatively rare conjunctionВ happens approximately every 33-38 yearsВ andВ lasts slightly over two years,В though its effects progress slowly over the long-term. AstrologyВ involvesВ a complicated process of synthesis,В whichВ explainsВ why every Mars, Venus,В or Mercury retrograde-becauseВ they work alongside other transits and progressions that together formulate a complete picture-areВ not createdВ equal.

Nothing in astrology exists in a vacuum and the transits of the вЂњlittle guysвЂќ-Mars, Venus, and Mercury-almost always trigger events based upon grander themes laid down by the вЂњbigger guysвЂќ Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune,В and Pluto. The Dance of Venus & MarsВ RetrogradeВ 2020

Capricorn retrograde 2020