As I mentioned in my 6 month 2020 review, I can’t
claim to have identified the symbolism for the coronavirus pandemic despite
concluding by a process of elimination that a virus was a likely event.
Of course, the conjunction of Saturn Pluto and
Jupiter was going to be significant. And Saturn and Pluto together are rarely a
bunch of laughs- so one could reasonably forecast dark events; restrictions,
destruction, losses, fear, civil disruption and even death. However Pluto and
Saturn together alone don’t suggest pandemics. Added to this triple conjunction
was the transit of Mars through that conjunction in the early part of the year.
Mars does rule infection and inflammation but, by itself, isn’t going to cause
a pandemic. The sextile with Neptune might suggest globalisation of any effects
but once again we are missing the specifics not to mention the fact that
Neptune and Pluto are in a long term sextile so aren’t by themselves going to
suggest anything that isn’t continuous already. Where is the symbolism for the
virus affecting the lungs and wider biology.
Furthermore, the inclusion of Jupiter in the picture
that confused matters for me. Jupiter rules all things positive and expansive,
and some people even saw it as negating the impact of the Saturn Pluto effects.
Jupiter can, on the other hand, just make things bigger- so there was always
the possibility of major upheaval, particularly in markets but that wouldn’t
normally be associated with a pandemic.
I wouldn’t have revisited the question (as there is
no credit to be given for hindsight) if it had not been for the death of George
Floyd and the associated Black Lives Matter protests which were accompanied by
his last words that struck a cord about the theme: “I can’t breathe”
As I have myself had the delight of the conjunction
on my Ascendant and progressed Midheaven this year and have personally
experienced my own “ I can’t breathe” manifestation ( significant asthma
brought on by a(/the?) virus), this interested me enough to get me digging out
my books.
Since I knew that neither Saturn nor Pluto had
associations with breathing in particular, I decided to start by looking up the
medical associations with Jupiter.
And this was the quote that caught my eye.
“The illnesses of
Jupiter include
all afflictions that are connected to the circulation of air and blood in the
body. These include corruption of the liver, lungs (and illnesses involving the
rib cage), and blood circulation (including the heart and veins).”
So there we have it. Jupiter in this case wasn’t the benefic,
it was the channel or pathway to the human body and specifically the lungs (and
increasingly experts have noted the involvement of the blood and circulatory
system in the illness too). A virus (probably signified by Mars) which
otherwise might have gone nowhere,
attacked the lungs (Jupiter) of people making it difficult (Saturn) for
them to breathe and was spread rapidly through 20th/21st century globalisation
( Neptune) across the world causing fear ( Pluto), restrictions ( Saturn) upheavals in the markets ( Saturn Pluto Jupiter) and deaths ( Pluto
& Saturn).
As I said, easy in hindsight. But only easy beforehand if you know all your
planetary medical associations which I am ashamed to say I didn’t!
There is of course a great deal more to say about both Covid
and about the underlying conditions that have given rise to the Black Lives
Matter movement but they need to be addressed individually later when they can be given the serious attention they deserve.
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