I wanted to represent these cycles graphically to see how these patterns evolve over time. These cycles are very long and go way back in time.
The Saturn Jupiter conjunction is a cycle we can definitely connect with over a life time. It is a 20 year cycle and we are likely to experience 3 if not 4 cycles in a life time. Jupiter is about growth and Saturn about the structure of society. This cycle is about changes in society through growth and new opportunities. What is really fascinating to see if that this cycle moves through the signs and hence the elements over time. Astrology works with 4 elements – fire, earth, air and water. What you will see from the graph below is they spend about 200 years in an element. We have just emerged from an earth cycle and these planets will now converge in the air element.
This pattern was last repeated between 1086 and 1404. Earth element is about status and material wealth. The air element is about ideas and concepts. It will be interesting to watch the development of AI during this period.
The period 1000 to 1200 is regarded as the High Middle Ages and the period 1300 to 1500 that followed is regarded as the Late Middle Ages. It was a time of political, cultural, territorial and economic expansion never seen before. It was also a time of religious and cultural intolerance.
This was followed by the Early Modern Era which included the Renaissance period – 1400 to 1750. The Portuguese explorers were very active in the period 1400 to 1600 – the water element. The Age of Enlightenment followed between 1650 and 1800 – the fire element.
The Modern Era followed from 1750 to the present. The Industrial Revolution and Revolutionary period started this era (1750 to 1850) – the most notable the American and French Revolutions. The Age of Imperialism followed from 1800 to 1915 where France, Britian, Spain, Netherlands and US colonised other nations. WW1, The Great Depression and WW2 followed.
The Contemporary Period started in 1945 and continues into the present. This period is regarded as the Information Age. From 1800 Saturn and Jupiter joined in earth signs and the changeover started in 1980 when they first joined in the air element. From 2020 Saturn and Jupiter will join together in the air element until 2199. All of us currently on this planet will see this cycle to its end!
