Are we headed towards a new ''Reign of Terror''? (A ''double-whammies'' overdrive!)

The officially declared war between the United States and Israel against Iran was heralded long ago, astrologically speaking. As most astrologers wrote, it took place during a volatile Square aspect between Mars in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. But that's just a part of the whole picture! 

Υou see, there is more to this Mars squaring Uranus aspect than meets the eye! In reality, this is a ''double-whammy'' configuration! Planet Mars is in the sign of Aquarius (which is ruled by Uranus) and at the same time Mars is forming a rather tight aspect with planet Uranus (the ruler of Aquarius)! Can you see that? Too much Martian - Aquarian/Uranian energy unleashed there... 

And of course, if we add to the mix the fact that Mars is hovering now over the very same degree the recent Aquarian Solar Eclipse took place at, we become aware of the situation's "explosivity." 

I would also add the rather rare Aquarian Stellium that was formed just a few weeks ago. As I discussed in a related post, that Stellium is reminiscent of the 1962 Aquarian Stellium, which appears to have put mankind on the point of a nuclear holocaust (due to the Cuba crisis). And in these last few days ever more social media posts are discussing again the possibility of a nuclear holocaust...

We are not done yet, though, with ''double-whammies''! The most powerful of the current ''double-whammy'' series has just started forming up on our skies and is about to crescendo in the upcoming months! I am talking of the ''Pluto in Aquarius - Uranus Trining Pluto'' configuration!  

Trines are considered positive alright but still there is a ''double-whamminess'' element behind the afore-mentioned configurations! We shouldn't forget that we are dealing here with quite advanced, ''transcendental'' energies, that we do not know how will they manifest! 

When was it the last time in human history that we had a similar ''Pluto in Aquarius - Pluto aspecting Uranus'' ''double-whammy'' configuration? Well, back in the distant 1793 CE, at the height of the French revolution, that is! 

If you have a romantic idea about the French revolution you should re-consider it! That was one of the most violent and chaotic periods in human history! Especially in the period 1793-94! What started as a more or less social uprise in 1789 it gradually degenerated into an all-pervading wave of violence and chaos! Tens of thousands of (often innocent) French citizens were deemed, by fast-track trials, "enemies of the Revolution" and were executed at the famous "Guillotine"! 

And we are now headed towards a rather similar ''zeitgeist''! Let's hope that the Uranus-Pluto trine aspect will yield more favorable outcomes this time!

Thomas D. Gazis

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Political assassinations in plain sight (Pluto in Aquarius)!

One of the main tasks of the Mundane Astrologers is to grasp the broader significance of the events that are taking place around them, effectively identifying the actual astrological configurations that prompted those events. That's not simple, because when we perceive events in the heat of the moment we cannot easily make sense of their greater meaning.

Take, for example, the high-profile political assassinations (or attempted ones) that are taking place in our times. There have been numerous of them (and their impact was remarkable), so we should not dismiss them as merely casual events. They seem to be the product of the "spirit of the times" (zeitgeist) and our task is to identify the specific astrological configuration/ons that triggered those events! I personally believe Pluto in Aquarius is the primary instigator of those fatal events! 

Back in 2014 I had published an article titled: When Hades reached the top of the firmament (the "dark" 2010 - 2020 decade)!  In that article I was stressing the fact that Pluto (which actully is the god of the underwold) had just reached the "Word's MC", entering for the first time after two centuries and a half in the uppermost, "collective" quadrant of the zodiac! That was a rather important occurrence, in my point of view!

I was further expanding my thoughts in my article The astrological causes of the grim "zeitgeist" running now through Europe!  I was positing that when the "transcendental" planets (Uranus - Neptune - Pluto)  are reaching the MC and consequently are transiting along the collective signs (the ones located in the last quadrant of the zodiac: Capricorn - Aquarius - Pisces) they are producing potent repercussions on our societies - far more so than when transiting in any other quadrant of the zodiac!

Regarding Pluto, I was writing back then: "the sign of Capricorn is somehow rapresenting the structured and organized societies - our urban landscape, our cities. And Pluto (the "grim ripper", the bearer of primeval fear) is transiting for 9 years now in the sign of Capricorn (and over the "World's MC"). Additionally, Pluto is a planet intimately connected to the masses and to the tragic collective events" 

My overall conclusion was that as Pluto / Hades is transiting in our days in the "uppermost" collective/societal signs, our societies will become "darker" and death will begin to emerge more in public spaces! This is particularly pertinent now, as Pluto is transiting in Aquarius, the "fixed" sign of the societal triad. And as Aquarius is directly linked to politics, with Pluto in Aquarius we are witnessing political assassinations in plain sight (and probably we will keep witnessing them, as long as Pluto will be transiting Aqurius)!     

But wait a minute... We all know that the most high-profile political assassinations in modern history occurred in the 1960s. Pluto definitely wasn't in Aquarius back then (actually, it was in Virgo). Does this imply that the "Pluto in Aquarius fosters political assassinations in plain sight" theory is invalid? Well, not exactly.

You see, the highest-profile political assassinations of the 1960s occurred between 1963 and 1968. Astrologically speaking, these specific years were "marked" by the seminal Uranus - Pluto Conjunction! Pluto was not in Aquarius alright but it was conjoining Uranus, the very ruler of Aquarius!

Thomas Gazis
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Pluto in Aquarius: the dictatorship of the "commonness" and of the "abnormal" (and your money do not belong to you)!

The majority of astrologers considers Pluto's upcoming entrance into the sign of Aquarius as a "positive thing". Probably because they tend to link Aquarius with an impending "golden age"! As a result, they mostly make optimistic predictions like "a new brighter era will dawn," "the common people will rebel against their autocratic rulers" and so on.

What those astrologers overlook is the fact that the "Pluto in Aquarius" "equation" has two coefficients: Aquarius AND Pluto! So, on the one hand Pluto is (somehow) "activating" the sign of Aquarius alright, but on the other hand it is simultaneously attempting to impose its "tenebrious vibrations" on the sign of Aquarius! That's crucial and unless we take that aspect into consideration, we will not be able to interpret Pluto in Aquarius correctly.