The natural trine between Sagittarius and Leo adds the necessary fire for the Pluto-in-Leo generation to create a new life-affirming culture based on an expanded belief system and a vision of human goodness (Sagittarius). For example, the people of this generation have introduced the new cosmology, or “New Story of the Universe,” revealed by 20th-century science, which will inevitably replace the 19th-century worldview that current institutions are based upon. Others of the Pluto-in-Leo generation have dedicated a major portion of their lives to defining a new ecological worldview and laying the foundations for a culture of wisdom based on integrity and inclusiveness. These initiatives could never be expected from the current power holders but could only come from the collective or people acting on its behalf.
Uranus in Aquarius and PiscesNow, unpredictable Uranus is inciting the people of the world to creative innovation. Like Pluto and Neptune, Uranus represents the interests of collective evolution. It awakens us through abrupt and unexpected events that disrupt our inertia so that new societal patterns can emerge.
Uranus in Aquarius brought tremendous social upheavals and renewal from 1912 through 1919 and again from 1996 until the end of 2003. The strong emphasis on international influences during the past several years transcended national self-righteousness in most countries. We can thank President G.W. Bush for accomplishing what no previous politician had accomplished: He created a single reality when 15 million people in nearly every country on Earth took to the streets to demonstrate for peace on February 15, 2003. On that day, the Sun was conjunct Uranus in Aquarius and trine Saturn in Gemini, which opposed Pluto and Mars in Sagittarius. Never before had humanity cried out so unanimously for peace.
Such an event is possible only with Uranus in Aquarius, with Neptune in the same sign, and Pluto in Sagittarius. Compassion came alive and nurtured a feeling of unity in the face of emergency: the need to demonstrate opposition to U.S. plans to invade Iraq. Borders between nations and barriers between people were overcome. The collective experienced itself and its strength as “The Second Superpower.” Through this, antiauthoritarian ideas again began to sprout in many people’s minds, and we became more acutely aware of human rights and the common destiny of all people.
In January 2004, Uranus moved fully into Pisces, where it will remain until 2011. It currently forms a square, a challenging aspect to the airy Gemini Uranus of the period from 1942 to 1949, an aspect that many members of the Pluto-in-Leo generation also share. Uranus in Pisces wants to put an end to old structures and sever our connections to old burdens. What’s involved here is the dissolution of the status quo and the demand for more humane treatment of the underprivileged. The Age of Pisces was characterized by authoritarianism. Uranus is singularly unimpressed by authorities. Uranus wants to oppose or abolish everything that belonged to the old Piscean order and to inaugurate new principles that harmonize with contemporary laws, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
This will require a major reorientation of power within the Pluto-in-Leo generation. The transcendent energy of Uranus will reduce infringements against people’s freedoms and help us to move toward more humane ways of dealing with one another. Imperious behavior will be recognized as such and will no longer be tolerated. All authorities will be obliged to undergo profound change until Uranus enters Aries in 2011, when Pluto is in Capricorn. Until then, the collective will no doubt gain the right to have a say in the decision-making process.
As we mentioned earlier, when a transpersonal planet enters a new zodiacal sign, it seems to first stimulate an attack on the positive qualities of that sign. So, what can we expect from Uranus in Pisces? Pisces is the sign of compassion and empathy, social adjustment, imagination, and hope. It also rules metaphysics, institutions, worldwide infections, drugs, hospitals, and chemical research projects. We can expect that we’ll first experience the shadow of Uranus in Pisces. One shadow manifestation may be baffling diseases whose causes and cures we’ll be challenged to discover. Until we learn to deal with such things, there will be much suffering. It won’t be easy to remove the social impediments to solving the mysteries of new diseases.
Pisces, ruled by Neptune, is also a very spiritual sign, the sign of mystics and martyrs. Terrorists determined to disrupt the lives of their perceived oppressors fall within the shadow of Uranus in Pisces. The Age of Pisces (authoritarianism) is coming to an end, and its denouement overlaps with the beginning of the Age of Aquarius (humanitarianism, universalism). Neptune is in Aquarius and Uranus is in Pisces (the planets are in each other’s signs), so there is a strong mutual reception between them. By 2012, when Neptune enters Pisces — and when Uranus in Aries squares Pluto in Capricorn at the same time — we might see a great deal more mysticism and less martyrdom.
Furthermore, Pluto is the esoteric ruler of the sign of Pisces. 4 As a result, the entire direction that humanity has taken thus far will be called into question, especially as it concerns material “progress.” Ecological themes are of the utmost importance from now on. This epoch is calling for a breakthrough in our attitudes toward our fellow humans and Earth as a whole.
