Saturn Pluto evokes thoughts of war, hardship and deprivation but it has an often overlooked ability to create. Associated with the magician it can wield power for good as well as ill.
Liz Greene talks of the obsessiveness, intense frustration and self-destructive quality of Saturn–Pluto contacts in a chart — purification through ordeal by fire. But the combination does bestow formidable strength and an ability to withstand pressure. Achievements of substance occur through slow, patient hard labour. Stamina counts when they are around.
Out in the world Saturn Pluto conjunctions come round roughly three a century; with Saturn Pluto squares and oppositions every seven or eight years so they are not infrequent occurrences.
Reviewing the list below of events, there are wars and disasters aplenty with the approaching Saturn square Pluto approaching in 2028 causing some consternation. What is missed are the progressive and positive events that also fell under the Saturn Pluto banner at different times.
In the US, the Voting Rights Act was signed. Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide. The death penalty was abolished in the UK. The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The passage of the Affordable Care Act in the US.
There were also cooperative and peace initiatives. European Expansion: The UK, Ireland, and Denmark joined the EEC. The Hague Peace Conference of 1899. The end of the Great Game between UK and Russia 1907. The Irish Free State born in 1922. Egypt given independence, ditto Morocco, Gambia, Tunisia. Apartheid ended in South Africa.
There were culture-changing inventions – the first compact disc (CD) player was introduced. Wikipedia launched. Apple brought out the first iPod. The launch of the iPad and Instagram.
Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was released for public use. The first permanent artificial heart was implanted in a human.
Saturn Pluto hard aspects can be spine-straightening and even when they coincide with wars they need not be global ones, indeed most often not.
1982 as one example with Saturn Pluto conjunct in Libra saw the UK v Argentina Falklands War which drew world attention but was a localised spat. Israel invaded the Lebanon which would raise Middle East tensions but again did not ripple out to affect those outside.
Recent Saturn Pluto hard aspects:
1899 – Saturn in Sagittarius opposition Pluto in Gemini. Start of the Second Boer War in South Africa and the Philippine-American War, following the U.S. ratification of the treaty ending the Spanish-American War. The first Hague Peace Conference aimed for global disarmament.
1907 – Saturn in Pisces square Pluto in Gemini. Major financial turmoil with the Panic of 1907 in the US, sparking bank runs and leading to banking reforms like the Federal Reserve. First universal suffrage elections in Europe in Finland. The Anglo-Russian Convention marked the end of the Great Game = struggle for supremacy in Central and South Asia between the British and Russian Empires. Romania’s massive Peasants’ Revolt
1914 Saturn conjunct Pluto in Cancer. Start of World War 1
1922 – Saturn in Libra square Pluto in Cancer. The Irish Free State officially began, followed quickly by the Irish Civil War. In Italy Benito Mussolini and his Fascist Party took power after the March on Rome. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally established. Britain granted Egypt nominal independence, ending its protectorate. The last Ottoman Sultan was expelled, marking the end of the Ottoman Empire.
1931 – Saturn in Capricorn opposition Pluto in Cancer. Two years into the Great Depression. The Empire State Building opened. Spain became a republic, Japan occupied Manchuria.
1939 – Saturn in Taurus square Pluto in Leo. World War 11 begins with UK and France versus Germany. Russia invaded Finland. Germany and the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with secret plans to divide Eastern Europe. Nazi persecution of the mentally ill and Jews.
1947 – Saturn in Leo conjunct Pluto. Major geopolitical shifts, with the bloody partition of India Pakistan, the start of the Cold War with the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, and the UN approval of the Palestine partition.
1955 – Saturn in Scorpio square Pluto in Leo. The start of the U.S. civil rights movement. The Warsaw Pact was signed by Soviet-aligned nations. West Germany joined NATO. Dr. Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine was released for public use.
1956 – Saturn in Sagittarius square Pluto in Virgo
The Suez Crisis with a failed Anglo-French-Israeli intervention in Egypt. Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Revolution. Khrushchev denounced Stalin. Elvis Presley rose to fame. Morocco and Tunisia gained independence. Apartheid Protests in South Africa.
1965 – Saturn in Pisces opposition Pluto (and Uranus)in Virgo.
Vietnam War escalated as did major student protests against it. The Indo-Pakistani War broke out. In the U.S, the Voting Rights Act was signed. Malcolm X was assassinated. The death penalty was abolished in the UK. Gambia gained independence. The Beatles.
1973 – Saturn in Cancer square Pluto in Libra. The Yom Kippur War led to an oil embargo, and an energy crisis in the West. Vietnam War ended. Chile Coup: Pinochet seized power. European Expansion: The UK, Ireland, and Denmark joined the European Economic Community (EEC). Roe v. Wade: The U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide. The Watergate scandal unfolded leading to Nixon’s resignation in 1974 with Saturn still square Pluto.
1982 – Saturn conjunct Pluto in Libra. The Falklands War between the UK and Argentina. The Israeli invasion of Lebanon with the Sabra and Shatila massacre. The release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. The first compact disc (CD) player was introduced; the first permanent artificial heart was implanted in a human.
1992 – Saturn in Aquarius square Pluto in Scorpio. The Bosnian War began, with the Siege of Sarajevo starting. In South Africa white voters approved ending apartheid negotiations. Bill Clinton was elected US President, and the US/Russia declared the Cold War over. Czechoslovakia began its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. LA Riots after the Rodney King verdict. The Maastricht Treaty forming the EU. The UK left the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) on “Black Wednesday”.
2001 – Saturn in Gemini opposition Pluto in Sagittarius. 9/11 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four planes, crashing them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and one in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 people and launching the “War on Terror”. The U.S. invaded Afghanistan in response. Escalation of the Second Intifada between Israel and Palestine and conflicts in Macedonia. Massive accounting fraud at the Enron corporation was exposed, shaking corporate America. Wikipedia launched. Apple introduced the first iPod. The Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage.
2010 – Saturn in Libra square Pluto in Capricorn. Several major natural disasters – devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, massive floods in Pakistan, the eruption of the volcano Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, which disrupted European air travel and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The passage of the Affordable Care Act in the US. The launch of the iPad and Instagram.
2019/20 – Saturn conjunct Pluto in Capricorn. 2019 – The devastating Notre Dame fire, major anti-government protests in Hong Kong and Iraq, political upheaval in Venezuela and Sudan. 2020 – the global COVID-19 pandemic. Major social movements like Black Lives Matter protests after George Floyd’s murder.
2028 – Saturn in Taurus square Pluto in Aquarius.
2035 – Saturn in Leo opposition Pluto in Aquarius.
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