The Saturn-Neptune Cycle

The outer planets Saturn and Neptune join up together (a “conjunction”) once every 36 years or so.  Nine years later, they make a 90 degree angle (a “square”), nine years after that, they are 180 degrees (an opposition) to each other, nine years after that, they are at 90 degrees again, and nine years after that, they conjoin again.

This 36 year-long cycle in our solar system consistently coincides with a pattern in human history when our collective morale is at its lowest and our sense of dissatisfaction is at its highest. The strongest effects tend to be seen at the conjunctions and the weakest at the squares, but other factors occasionally modify these results.

Over the last hundred years, we have gone through three complete Saturn-Neptune cycles. 

When Saturn and Neptune conjoined in 1916 - 1918, we were in the middle of what at the time was the worst war in history, and if that wasn’t bad enough, the world was also under attack by the Spanish Flu. Many millions died, and the whole world suffered from both terror and grief.

When Saturn and Neptune conjoined again in 1952- 1954, the world found itself threatened by nuclear war when both the US and the USSR developed the H-Bomb. This was during the Second Red Scare, when anti-communist paranoia, McCarthyism, and backyard bomb shelters were the issues of the day.  UFOs were spotted flying over Washington DC, increasing the world’s sense of confusion and vulnerability. And of course this was during the Korean War, when the Cold War turned hot.

When Saturn and Neptune conjoined again in 1988-1990, the world was rocked by the fall of the Soviet Empire, the end of the Cold War, and the movement of the US into the Middle East, establishing military bases in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. The fall of the Soviets threw Eastern Europe into an extended period of chaos and rendered 50 years of US foreign policy obsolete, while the entry of US forces into Saudi Arabia inflamed Muslim passions, giving rise to a new era of global Islamic terrorism.    

The next Saturn-Neptune conjunction occurs in 2026. This conjunction occurs on the “Aries Point”, at zero degrees Aries, the most sensitive point in the zodiac, promising an extra-strong manifestation at that time.