Saturn will be directly opposing Uranus on Election Day, November 4th 2008. Let’s take a look at the energies and influences associated with Saturn and Uranus, what the Saturn/Uranus opposition means, how it’s affected the U.S. in the past and how this Saturn/Uranus opposition will be affecting John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin on Election Day.
Saturn represents the patriarch, the old guard, the tried and true, hard work, tradition, what you sow you reap, and karma. Saturn sometimes makes us feel heavy and weighed down, constrained by rules and responsibilities. Saturn is reality based. Saturn is associated with constriction, restriction, restraint, boundaries, fears, anxieties and time constraints. Sounds like a lot of fun, huh?
On the other hand Uranus represents that which is new, unique, and exciting. Uranus sparks creative genius and an intellectual instinctive knowing. Uranus sometimes makes us feel excited and ramped up. During Uranus transits we will get quick intuitive hits of creative new ideas. Uranus is associated with electrical energy. When Uranus is transiting one of our planets we desire freedom. We don’t want to be constrained. We don’t want to be bound in any way.
On October 26th 2008 Saturn started opposing Uranus and the opposition will be exact on Election Day. This means that Saturn, the planet of constriction, restriction and restraint will be opposing Uranus, the freedom loving, truth seeking, innovative planet. Saturn opposes Uranus every 45 years. The last Saturn/Uranus opposition occurred in 1965 to 1967. This means that once again, the Establishment (government, big business, i.e. Saturn) is seen as the cause of all the social ills in the world. The Establishment is seen as being “out of touch” with the real world, and the “common man”, Joe, the plumber. Uranus demands change, and Saturn resists it. Uranus wants equality and freedom, and believes Saturn has lost touch with basic ideals of human rights, liberties, and fairness. Uranus wants to throw out the “old,” and usher in a brave new world that is more progressive and more in tune with the needs of the “common man.” Thus, we can expect that a major shift in the direction of the masses – the collective – will start now, and will be every bit as effective as an agent of change as was the case when these planets were last in opposition in the mid-1960’s and early 1920’s. Fasten your seat belt! We’re in for another bumpy ride!
Note: There is a positive side when such powerful and opposite forces come into contact with another. It makes the climate ripe for invention. And, indeed, these periods are characterized by many new and original- even revolutionary – ideas.
