We enter the year of 2011 with potentially high hopes of better things to come. The impact of 2010 was disrupting for a huge number of people, and yet others prospered. The Winter Solstice occurred with a potent Total Lunar Eclipse, marking the progress into the New Year with a general sense of the need to make a greater effort toward the changes we wish to bring about.
The beginning of the first business week of the New Year greets us with a Solar Eclipse and the union of two potent planets, Jupiter and Uranus. The chart for Washington, DC holds the emphasis in the arena of money and resources. The Eclipse opposes the Sun of the USA horoscope. The eclipse series started August 14, 1776, the lunation following the birth of our nation. According to astrologer Bernadette Brady, the eclipse series is associated with “large, ambitious group projects. These group projects will require a separation or the breaking of a bond that already exists.”
There is a strong influence for the PEOPLE to take up a different approach to getting changes made than waiting for Congress to agree. The power of invention and ingenuity is stirring at the grassroots level. Along with the influence of the eclipse, we have the potent new cycle beginning between the planet of expansion and the planet of freedom and invention.
They first met last June (2010) for a short time, again late September, and they now complete their third contact to kick off the new 14 year cycle. The conjunction of Jupiter and Uranus is known as the signature of the Kitty Hawk flight, man’s first venture into the skies. Their contacts initiate new social and economic themes of change.
The last time that Jupiter and Uranus entered Aries together was 1927. There were many new breakthroughs relating to expanded territory. Charles Lindberg made the first intercontinental flight from New York to Paris in May. In July, the first commercial airline flight started in Hawaii. Park College, America’s oldest school of aviation opened in August. The first movie with soundtrack, The Jazz Singer, opened in October. The first underwater auto tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened in New York in December. This history suggests that 2011 will offer another big leap of expanded territory and possibilities that come out of the impulse to innovate.
While we continue to experience a frighteningly bleak winter economy, the collective urges to breakout of the desperation of joblessness is prime fodder for the fuel of a new independent workers network. Americans generally want to be working and supporting their families. When the government and the large corporations don’t meet the needs of employment, people start doing whatever they can to earn money.
Jupiter is the energy of opportunity, optimism, and thrives on group energy because it’s social and needs interaction. When it enters Aries on January 23, it will also be entering the territory of home and family in the USA chart. This contributes to the surge toward new opportunities driven by a spirit of “I Can! and I Will!” Uranus will enter Aries on March 11 contributing to the emergence of new independent contractors operating on mobile technology at the speed of light. Keeping up will be about the newest Aps!
Neptune, planet of blending, mergers, ideals and visions will enter Pisces April 4. The topics of natural resources and universal rights will be a theme for the next 15 years. Water rights and clean water become more of a concern worldwide. Neptune’s change of signs often ushers in new fashions and new music styles. These things universally influence people. Spirituality and consciousness is another aspect of Neptune’s influence. Entering the sign that most represents the universal and collective without distinction, we can expect Neptune’s shift of style to bring people together by weakening the boundaries of judgment and exclusion.
Neptune has a cycle of 164 years. The last time in concluded its travel in Aquarius, and entered Pisces was 1847-48, the year of Neptune’s discovery on July 10! The Mexican-American war began. The first telegraph company was started in February. The Post Office issued the first stamps. New York State establishes the Board of Commissioners of Emigration. The American Medical Association was founded. Brigham Young and is Mormon followers arrive at Salt Lake City. The shipwreck disaster off the coast of Ireland leads to the construction of the Fastnet Rock Lighthouse. Chloroform is first used as an anesthetic (another Neptune theme of conscious/unconscious).
Neptune’s movement into Pisces brought many changes in governments and political ideologies. The Communist Manifesto was written. Sicily accepts a new Constitution. The Mexican War ends and the US acquire Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona. The 2nd French Republic proclaimed. A revolution breaks out in Hungary and the Hapsburgs must meet reforms, leading to a constitutional monarchy. The first Women’s Rights convention was held July 19 in Seneca Falls, NY. Slavery was abolished in the French Territories. First Women’s Medical school opened in Boston, November 1. These many events show the influence of Neptune in Pisces to even the playing field and bring unification and fairness.
The big planetary shifts expected in 2011 and 2012 will bring out what is needed to improve the quality of life for all. Historical events show us the impact of changes that affect general society when the slow moving planets change signs. Nothing comes about without a certain level of suffering that highlights the need that changes must meet. Extremely high joblessness shows us that our values must change. Ingenuity is the spark that will take us into better times.
Got ideas? This is your year to express your unique talent and create. The world is ripe and ready for new ways of doing things that serve the greater good!