It all starts on January 6, when the activator Mars makes a much-needed signal change, leaving his home base, Aries, after a long six-month visit that has been heating up egos, temperaments and passions since June 27. Mars will settle in Taurus until March 3. In the meantime, Uranus will leave a retrograde of five months on January 14, continuing his carnival ride through Taurus until 2026.
These two volatile planets will even merge into a conjunction on January 20, spurring impulsive movements and even violent outbreaks. Since this is Inauguration Day in the United States, we admit that we are a little nervous about the Mars-Uranus conjunction, especially in the strident Taurus. Protests are already expected, but this combination could bring further twists in history. Stay safe, friends.
As Mars and Uranus make a procession of squares with the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn over the next two months, we are left with an unbearable tension: Should we take off into the stratosphere … or deal with urgent matters on a worldly plane? Be happy with what we have or push for more technology and development?
The Jupiter-Uranus square of January 17 is especially crucial, as these planets only face each other in this way every seven years (look back in 2014 for clues as to what might come up!).
The reason this fight is so palpable and fundamental is that Saturn and Taurus are known to defend “as things are”, to resist change and to conduct due diligence before signing any dotted lines.
On the other hand, Uranus and Aquarius are agents of change, precipitating radical rebellion and reform, ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater that Saturn and Taurus are still happy with.
To complicate matters, Uranus and Saturn are the astrological “rulers” of Aquarius – which explains why this sign can be incredibly Type A (Saturn) and a total violator of the rules (Uranus).
In astrology, Uranus is the modern ruler of Aquarius, while Saturn is its classic ruler, assigned before the discovery of Uranus by the telescope of the brothers William and Caroline Herschel in 1781. It is a debate that many armchair astrologers have had for centuries and are likely to continue. to fight about until the galaxy implodes. (In our universe, it’s okay to let this “co-parenting” situation be what it is. It’s 2021 and, well, even in the cosmos, #ItsComplicado.)