We should not go 20 years without a good rebellion. Otherwise there would be a death to public liberty. --Thomas Jefferson
As you may remember, back in July and August we had a major cardinal T-square (three planets squaring each other) in this case involving Uranus, Pluto and Saturn. This set up a very powerful stressful energy field. Because Pluto was involved, I felt that we may not know for some time what was going to happen, because Pluto has a long cycle and it usually takes time for him to reveal his intentions. But looking back, we see that on July 25, the square was exact. There was a full moon triggering the square and on the same day Jupiter joined Uranus. This was also the day Julian Assange, Founder of Wikileaks released the Afghan War Diaries creating a media blitz that we are still trying to understand.
If we take the T-square apart and try to analyze it planet by planet, Uranus is the great awakener, Pluto is the great revealer of what is hidden as well as representing collective and individual transformation and Saturn stands for the status quo, the government, institutions banks and corporations. Having Pluto in Capricorn (ruled by Saturn) strengthens the fact that this T-square would be about Saturn structures. Pluto’s energy is a great purging, an upheaval of some sort. Saturn’s energy is to hold on to the status quo and Uranus is all about freedom and rebellion. Can you see how Assange singled-handedly played out the drama of this grand square? The newspaper headlines at the time the Afghan War Diaries were released read “Secrets Revealed”.
I knew before I saw his chart that he was a strong Promethean character. After all Prometheus stole fire (information) from the gods to give to mankind. He was punished for that but also punished because he would not reveal the secret of who was going to overthrow the gods. (I will send out the complete myth of Prometheus on January 20 when I publish the myth for Aquarius). Mythologist, Edith Hamilton, author of the book, Mythology states that “His has stood through all the centuries from ancient Greece to our own as that of the great rebel against injustice and the authority of power. He is known as the Savior of mankind.”
Julian Assange was born on July 3, 1971 in Townsville, Australia at 2:05 PM. This birth time is being contested by people who say that birth times are not recorded in Australia. But I am going with this until we hear different. The time would affect the ascendant sign. His chart shows the Sun at 10 degrees of Cancer, the Moon at 7 degrees of Scorpio and the Ascendant at 17 degrees of Scorpio. His physical appearance doesn’t look like a Scorpio, as they usually have a dark brooding look with hooded eyes. He looks more like a Sagittarius, Gemini or Aquarius rising. I hope some time in the future we do get a correct birth time.
The U.S. Sun is at 13 degrees of Cancer and that shows he has a close connection with the United States. He instinctively knows how to “get” us. He knows our weakness. Sun in Cancer is all about security and the homeland. His Sun is square to Uranus which makes him a child of Prometheus. A Uranus Square Sun aspect is defined as rebellion against the father (authority). His Mars is in Aquarius ruled by Uranus which means he would put all his energy into being Prometheus-like and helping mankind. This is the placement of a social reformer. His energy would go into justice and fairness, but Mars is square to Jupiter which suggests overdrive and maybe too much anger. He is so intense on his mission that he ignores the cost to himself and others and he may be more destructive than he realizes. Uranus types get into situations where they are the ones that have to speak out to tell us the Emperor has no clothes.
There are other relevant aspects. Venus square Pluto in his chart could mean major sexual hang-ups and traumas and it is possible that he could end up in prison for sexual crimes.
Jupiter conjunct Neptune is an idealist. He has a vision and a dream of what he thinks the world should be and with Saturn opposite Neptune he is willing to do the hard work to ground his vision.
Right now, transiting Pluto is opposing his Sun in Cancer until 2012. This brings in a major transformation. The opposition means that he will have to butt heads against plutonian forces that will want to destroy him. Also, Uranus is in a transit to his Pluto which brings up his collective rage and the rage of others born in his generation. This is similar to the energy that we saw in the protests of the 60’s during the Uranus/Pluto conjunction.
A journalist at the Guardian who knows Julian says that he is extraordinarily clever, but very autocratic, and capricious (Uranus). He thinks the US is a force for evil and is destructive of democracy. He wants a brave new world of honesty and transparency and not secrecy (Pluto). He fits the profile of a person who can make changes (Uranus). He is extremely defiant (Uranus) and loves this war with the US. He is a formidable opponent for the US. The Wikileaks site was taken down in the US and elsewhere, but immediately other mirror sites were put up in Europe and Asia--at the last count 1500 and more appearing every 10 minutes. So whether or not he is stopped is not an issue. This can’t be stopped.
In the 1960’s, Uranus and Pluto were conjunct and we saw the theme of rebellion against power. We saw great social upheaval and liberating change occurring in many countries on the planet. In the U.S., we had the civil rights movement resulting in the civil rights acts of 1965 and 1968, the women’s rights movement, founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Freedom Riders, numerous demonstrations and marches, and the hippies. There was also civil unrest all over the globe. The Square of Uranus and Pluto that we are experiencing now is the next installment of the conjunction. It furthers the same theme. We will again see a polarization between the forces for freedom and the Government repressing this rebellion.
This is a totally new kind of Promethean type rebellion which uses modern technology to allow the common man to battle the titans of government and industry. Hackers are using botnets, which are traditionally illegal networks of hijacked computers, that can be used to multiply an attack on a chosen computer site. Now we are seeing computer owners all over the world volunteering to let the Wikileaks hackers use their computers. It will be fascinating to see how this plays out in the coming years because the Uranus/Pluto square is reforming this year and will continue through 2015.
Janet Kane