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In episode 376 astrologer Nick Dagan Best joins the show to talk about the Uranus returns of the United states, discussing how the transit of Uranus in Gemini has worked out for the country in three distinct periods in American history, and what it may mean for the future. The planet Uranus spends about 7 years in each sign of the zodiac, and it takes about 84 years to make a complete cycle and return to where it started. Astrologers have long noted that Uranus was transiting through Gemini during three distinct periods in American history: the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War II. This correlation between important conflicts in the past is important today because Uranus is again getting ready to return to Gemini starting in 2025, and then transiting through that sign all the way through 2032. In this episode I sat down with Nick for a detailed conversation about those three previous periods in American history, in order to see just how close the previous correlations with Uranus transits have been, and also so that we could try to gain some insights about what may be coming up in the future. Nick wrote a book about this topic in 2013 titled Uranus USA, which was recently re-released as a PDF ebook: https://theastrologypodcast.com/uranususa/ For more about Nick visit his website: NickDaganBestAstrologer.com This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:10 Overview of the history of Uranus transits of the USA 00:06:31 American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 00:08:40 Tensions in the years prior to the war 00:32:46 Declaration of Independence 1776 00:38:47 Patrick Henry 00:41:10 US Sibley chart 00:43:41 Remaining years of the Revolutionary War 00:45:40 Discovery of Uranus in 1781 00:48:30 Articles of Confederation 00:56:28 George Washington 01:01:00 The state of the country prior to the Civil War 01:03:51 Harriet Beecher Stowe 01:09:51 John Brown 01:12:34 Frederick Douglass 01:14:41 Lincoln-Douglas debates 01:18:34 Abraham Lincoln 01:27:18 Recurrence transits 01:29:14 Mars-Uranus and style of war 01:39:30 Civil War 1863 01:43:01 Gettysburg Address 01:52:08 Civil War 1864-65 and Lincoln's re-election 01:56:01 End of the Civil War and Lincoln's assassination 02:01:18 Jefferson Davis 02:03:42 Nick's Uranus USA book 02:07:15 Aftermath of Civil War 02:12:06 Lead up to WWII 02:41:40 USA and Britain in WWII parallel to American Revolution 02:43:00 Winston Churchill 02:45:50 Japanese story 02:54:40 WWII 1942 USA involvement 02:59:10 Franklin Roosevelt 03:06:20 End of WWII and aftermath 03:12:12 USA Uranus return #1 vs. #2 03:18:10 Second half of 1940's 03:23:56 Uranus in other countries 03:27:17 Uranus in Gemini USA presidents 03:28:25 Themes leading up to next USA Uranus return starting in 2025 03:49:00 Uranus cycles - squares and opposition 03:51:40 Mars-Uranus conjunction in the Sibley chart 04:01:30 Proxy wars 04:06:40 Tensions in USA 04:10:00 Importance of mundane astrology 04:12:18 Nick's Uranus USA book on PDF 04:13:14 Nick's website and YouTube 04:14:43 Patrons and sponsors Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on the Uranus returns of the USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U1Sms16nVQ - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 376 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: