Uranus – Neptune cycle in astrology

Uranus – Neptune is a cycle of 140-170 years characterized by:

– profound philosophical, political and religious changes;

– widespread spiritual awakenings, new religious movements, cultural renaissance, new philosophical perspectives, rebirth of idealism, new utopian social visions, rapid collective changes in psychological understanding; spiritual and philosophical confusion;

– brings new elements (discoveries) in our life that will change the way we perceive the reality, the world;

– new ideas that change the way we perceive religion, God, the transcendental reality.

– utopian social visions

Uranus – Neptune current cycle

1.  1993 – 2165, 20 Capricorn – first conjunction on 2 February 1993

General delineation

The current Uranus – Neptune cycle (chart of the cycle is the picture below) has the following chart:

a)    First conjunction (1989 – 1997) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Capricorn

– in 1991 the USSR was dissolved, “revolution by dissolution”, the end of Marxism in Europe, with Saturn in Capricorn and Jupiter in opposition;

– the internet development and social networks;

b)    First square (2036 – 2044) – Uranus in Cancer (Leo) square Neptune in Aries (Taurus)

c)    Opposition (2074 – 2086) – Uranus in Capricorn (Aquarius) opposes Neptune in Cancer (Leo)

Uranus – Neptune former astrology cycles:

2.  1821 – 1993, 3 Capricorn – first conjunction on 22 Mars 1821

– a cycle which define Marxism

a)    First conjunction (1817 – 1826) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Capricorn

– Karl Marx was born in 1818;

– the founding of a new religion – Mormonism by Joseph Smith

– Romanticism was at his height: the age of Keats, Byron, Shelleys, the completion of Faust by Goethe, Stendhal;

– the beginning of capitalism;

– industrial revolution with individualism, market economy;

– inventions: steam power fueled primarily by coal, water wheels, powered machinery (textile manufacturing)

b)    Opposition (1902 – 1914) – Uranus in Sagittarius opposes Neptune in Gemini

– Russia began to be formed;

– Rudolf Steiner found the Anthroposophy movement

3.  1650 – 1821, 16 Sagittarius – first conjunction on 18 January 1650

a)    First conjunction (1645 – 1654) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Sagittarius

– great colonial expeditions

4.  1478 – 1650, 30 Scorpio – first conjunction on 6 December 1478

a)    First conjunction (1474 – 1483) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Scorpio (Sagittarius)

– the beginning of the first important naval expeditions;

– it was a few years after the first publication of Corpus Hermeticum (1471), which had a great influence in the Christian world and was considered a heresy;

– Martin Luther, the father of Protestant Reformation, was born in 10 November 1483;

– Michelangelo and Raphael, symbols of the Renaissance, were born in this period;

– the cultural renaissances, the heart of the Italian Renaissance: Marcilio Ficino wrote his 18 volume magnum opus Theologia Platonica, ideas of Hermetism circulated, the first translation of Plato in the West, Leonardo da Vinci began his artistic career with The adoration of the Magi, Botticelli painted Primavera and The Birth of Venus, Pico della Mirandella composed the Oration on the Dignity of Man

b)    First square (1522 – 1530) – Uranus in Taurus (Gemini) square Neptune in Pisces

c)    Opposition (1559 – 1570) – Uranus in Scorpio (Sagittarius) opposes Neptune in Taurus (Gemini)

d)    Second square (1608 – 1617) – Uranus in Gemini (Cancer) square Neptune in Virgo (Libra)

5. 1307 – 1478, 13 Scorpio – first conjunction on 6 November 1307

a)    First conjunction (1303 – 1311) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Scorpio

– great wave of mystical fervor influenced by the teachings of Meister Eckhart

– Dante composition of La Divina Comedia began in 1304, was the preeminent literary work of the medieval spiritual and artistic imagination;

b)    Opposition (1388 – 1399) – Uranus in Scorpio (Sagittarius) opposes Neptune in Taurus (Gemini)

6. 1136 – 1307, 27 Libra – first conjunction on 17 October 1136

a)    First conjunction (1132 – 1140) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Libra

b)    Opposition (1216 – 1227) – Uranus in Libra (Scorpio) opposes Neptune in Aries (Taurus)

– the widespread evangelical awakening led by Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Dominic and rapid dissemination in Europe of their orders

– the birth of Thomas Aquinas who represented the climax of the spiritual awakening

7. 965 – 1136, 11 Libra – first conjunction on 8 October 965

a)    First conjunction (961 – 969) – Uranus conjunct Neptune in Libra

b)    Opposition (1045 – 1056) – Uranus in Virgo, Libra, Scorpio opposes Neptune in Aries, Taurus

7. 617- 630 – Uranus Neptune conjunction

– the founding of Islam by Muhammad

7. 16- 32 – Uranus Neptune conjunction

– the period of adulthood of Jesus which resulted in the birth of Christianity: spiritual leader, mystical awakening, relation with the divine;

7. 412- 397 BCE – Uranus Neptune conjunction

– the birth of Platonism, the years of Socrate most influential teaching in Athens including the entire period of Plato’s study with him: the philosophical vision that affirm a transcendent spiritual reality, the vision of the archetypal Ideas, the belief that death is a gateway