Uranus in Aries


The ingress of outer planets into a new astrological sign always creates a stir of speculation on what the effects will be. Typically, astrologers look back in time to when a similar ingress occurred as a reference point. The last time Uranus and Jupiter were both in Aries was between 1927 - 1935, a time in history which certainly can't be described as boring. These two planets entered Aries again with Uranus doing so on May 29, 2010 and Jupiter following on June 7, 2010. They were in partile conjunction from May 7 - June 14, 2010. Eventually each planet went retrograde and retreated to Pisces which occurred on August 15 for Uranus and September 10 for Jupiter. Jupiter enters Aries again, this time to stay on January 23, 2011 with Uranus following on March 13, 2011. They will not be conjoined again but will both occupy Aries until June 5th when Jupiter goes into Taurus. Between May 7 - June 14, 2010 were some interesting times. Here are some of the key events as reported by Wikipedia: May 2010 May 7 – Scientists conducting the Neanderthal genome project announce that they have sequenced enough of the Neanderthal genome to suggest that Neanderthals and humans may have interbred. May 12 – Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes at runway at Tripoli International Airport in Libya, killing 103 of the 104 people on board. May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand ends with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and more than 2,100 injured. May 20 – Scientists announce that they have created a functional synthetic genome. May 20 – Five paintings worth €100 million are stolen from the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. May 22 – Air India Express Flight 812 overshoots the runway at Mangalore International Airport in India, killing 158 and leaving 8 survivors. May 31 – Nine activists are killed in a clash with soldiers when Israeli Navy forces raid and capture a flotilla of ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade. June 2010 June 9 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks results in the deaths of hundreds. June 11 – July 11 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup is held in South Africa, and is won by Spain. Granted, the media tends to sensationalize and primarily report events of the most shocking nature. Our historical reference for a conjunction covers the period between June 7, 1927 through September 11, 1927 and then again between January 24, 1928 - February 17, 1928 (see details below). So what was going on during that time in history? These two planets had no sooner both been present in Aries when on June 7, 1927, according to Wikipedia, Peter Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, was assassinated. Skipping to the period when the two planets were in partile (i.e. in the same degree) conjunction which included the time from July 7, 1927 through August 24, 1927 the following occurred: July 1927 July 1 – Food, Drug and Insecticide Administration (FDIA). July 10 – Kevin O'Higgins, vice president of the Irish Free State, is assassinated in Dublin. July 11 – An earthquake strikes Palestine, killing around 300. The effects are especially severe in Nablus, but damage and fatalities are also reported in many areas of Palestine and Trans-Jordan such as Amman, Salt and Lydda. July 15 – 85 protesters and 5 policemen are dead after left-wing protesters and the Austrian police clash in Vienna. More than 600 people are injured. See Massacre of July 15, 1927. July 22 – The Italian football club A.S. Roma is founded. July 24 – The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres, Belgium. August 1927 August 1 – The Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army is formed during the Nanchang Uprising. August 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announces, "I do not choose to run for President in 1928." August 7 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. August 10 – Mount Rushmore is dedicated again. President Calvin Coolidge promises national funding for the carving. August 22 – In Hyde Park, London, 200 people demonstrate against the sentence of Italian immigrant anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti. August 23 – Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. August 24–25 – A hurricane hits the Atlantic shore of Canada, causing massive damage and at least 56 deaths. If you know anything about Aries, you'll note that the only things that made it into Wikipedia for this period with the exception of Coolidge's announcement, the Peace Bridge and Mount Rushmore, are clearly Aries archetypal events. After their respective retrograde periods and such Jupiter and Uranus were in partile conjunction again between January 24, 1928 - January 28, 1928. All that Wikipedia reports for that period is for January 31 – Trotsky is exiled to Alma Ata. Uranus remained in Aries until June 6, 1934 when he entered Taurus, then returned via retrograde between October 11, 1934 - March 29, 1935. Between 1932 - 1934 the Soviet Union suffered a famine during which an estimated five million died and 1934 was the hottest year on record. Here are a few more events during that timeframe, courtesy of Wikipedia: October 1934 October 2 – A tornado in Osaka and Kyoto kills 1,660, injures 5,400, and destroys the rice harvest. October 5 – Miners rebel in Asturias, Spain (see Asturian miners' strike of 1934). October 6 – Catalonian separatists rebel in Spain. October 9 – King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French foreign minister Louis Barthou are assassinated during the king's state visit in Marseilles. October 16 – The Long March of the Chinese Communists begins. October 22 – Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd is shot and killed by FBI agents near East Liverpool, Ohio. March 1935 March – Anastasios Papoulas leads a coup against the Greek government; however, the attempt fails and he is later captured and executed for treason. March 1 – İsmet İnönü forms the new government in Turkey. (8th government; During Atatürk's presidency, İnönü had served seven times as a prime minister) March 16 – Adolf Hitler announces German rearmament in violation of the Versailles Treaty. March 19 – A riot breaks out in Harlem, NYC, after a rumor that police killed a shoplifter in the S. H. Kress & Co. department store circulates. March 21 – Persia is renamed Iran. Needless to say various other events happened during the interim, but this gives you an idea of the ongoing theme of that time.
Uranus first entered Aries on March 31, 1927 but returned to Pisces for a brief, retrograde interlude from November 5, 1927 through January 14, 1928. He returned, this time to stay until June 6, 1934 when he set foot into Taurus for the first time in the 20th Century. Another retrograde cycle brought him back to Aries on October 11, 1934, then he left Aries for good on March 28, 1935. Jupiter joined Uranus in Aries on June 7, 1927 and the two were conjunct until Jupiter went retrograde and returned to Pisces on September 11, 1927. Their conjunction resumed January 24, 1928 until February 17, 1928. After that they were both in Aries until Jupiter went into Taurus on June 4, 1928. Uranus entered Taurus on June 6, 1934, returned to Aries between October 11, 1934 and March 29, 1935, after which he went into Taurus to stay.
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