2010 beats 2012 by a Country Mile

2010 is not going to be an ordinary year. A combination of planetary cycles coincide, meet, part and meet again throughout the year. What makes these particular meetings so important is that they involve the Cardinal Points, i.e. the Solstice and Equinox points. The big deal about December 21, 2012 (which I am sick of hearing about, by the way) has got to do with the Solstice occurring near the Galactic Center. This date is the end of a long cycle in the Mayan calendar, called the Long Count. It is also called the Galactic Alignment. The alignment of the Solstice with the Galactic Center is a result of the precession of the Equinoxes (Yes Virginia, Astrologers know about the precession of the Equinoxes). It actually occurred in 1998. The span of influence is +/- 18 years, from 1980 to 2016. So you can relax, the world is not going to end and you’ll still have to get your ass up, shovel the walk and go to work. This alignment is more about spiritual alignment and raised awareness. Not that we won’t have earthquakes, volcanic action and huge storms, we will, but we always do. The difference is the awareness, the awareness of how much humans are doing to the environment and how little governments and big business are doing to correct the situation. The world will be a different place in 2016 than it was in 1980. But the changes will be more in the attitudes and value systems. It is not earthquakes and tsunamis in the physical world that will disrupt the world order, it is the social, economic, cultural and political arenas that will turn the world upside down. And 2010 is the year. First we’ve got the series of 5 Saturn/Uranus oppositions the first of which occurred on Election Day in 2008. The first four occur along the Pisces/Virgo axis, with the fourth on April 26, 2010, but the final opposition on July 26, 2010 occurs at the Cardinal Points of Aries/Libra. Saturn, the timekeeper of the universe, will make the second and third square aspect to Pluto on January 31st and August 21st in 2010 respectively. In late May, the 27th to be exact, Uranus pops his little head into Aries. You’ll feel the shift around that time, if you don’t, just watch the news, you’ll get the picture. This move into Aries sets Uranus in square aspect to Saturn and Pluto. Fun and games are over, boys and girls. Square and oppositions are tough aspects, they make things happen and stir things up. These three were in this kind of configuration in the early 1930’s and the mid 1960’s. I think it was Harry Truman who said, “The only thing new in this world is the history we don’t know.” Astrology is the study of cycles and we look to the past to try and figure out what the future will bring. I’ll let you do your own historical research to get an idea of the energies that are being reactivated this year. But that ain’t all folks. Jupiter, who has been running hand in hand with that old illusionist Neptune, in Aquarius for all of 2009, now slips into Pisces on January 17, 2010. At home here and strong, he’s moving fast. On June 6, 2010 he sticks his nose into Aries, where he joins the Saturn/Pluto/Uranus party. Jupiter is considered a benefic or good old guy; ostensibly what he brings to the table is favorable, in reality, its lots of, abundance of, and depending on who he’s hanging with at the time determines the good and bad of it. On the 8th of June Jupiter conjuncts Uranus and then moves on into square aspect with Pluto. The squares are exact on July 25th and August 3rd. On June 26th there is a Lunar Eclipse in the early degrees of the Cardinal signs of Cancer/Capricorn that all the outer planet transits tie into. This is going to be one of those long hot summers; it’s not necessarily the weather I’m referring to. Pay attention to the events unfolding from April through August, actually, you won’t be able to avoid it. Just before the Winter Solstice on December 21, 2010 there is a Total Eclipse of the Moon at 29 degrees Gemini with the Sun at 29 degrees Sagittarius right along the old Galactic Center. At this time, Saturn is hip deep into Libra, negotiating treaties, union contracts etc., at his best. Peace and reconciliation are still possible. Now Jupiter and Uranus, after lighting the fire in Aries, ran for cover back into Pisces to ride out the year, performing Buddhist chants and contemplating their navels. At this time they are snuggling up together, looking for a breakthrough, medical or spiritual. Pluto is left to guard the gates of this Cardinal crash or crescendo. The master of transformation will hold it together, or tear it apart and build it anew. This year will be a year of anger and threats of violence. People are pissed and may take to the streets in protests. Not Americans though, if they can’t drive to it, they ain’t going. That is the key, if the Americans get off their fat asses and march in the streets that will tip the balance in favor of change. I’m not talking about industry backed protests or PR promoted public opinion. I’m talking real reaction, gut feelings and emotions driving the actions of the people. An environmental issue that unites, or more revelation about the incestuous relationship between big business, big banks and big government will act as a trigger, it will be a global issue that is too big to ignore. Keep your eye on the young; the youth of all nations will be the impetus and the driving force behind the changes to come. Their ideas, inventions and actions will lead the way. The baby boomers, the Grandmas and Grandpas, who started it all, way back when, will see themselves as they were and unite with the youth movement and we’ll see some real change. It will probably take the next decade, but hope springs eternal. Keep an eye on the dates mentioned, the time period leading up to and past those dates. The planets involved are slow movers and events begin to occur as they move closer to exact aspect with one another. Note what is happening in your personal life around these dates as well. We all have every sign of the Zodiac somewhere in our chart and those areas of life will be activated. With slow moving planets, trust me, you’ll know.