The Influence of Planetary Conjunctions on Historic Events

In episode 444 astrologer and historian Richard Tarnas joins the show to talk about conjunctions between the planets Jupiter and Uranus, and discuss major events they have coincided with in history. Jupiter and Uranus form a conjunction in the sky every 14 years, and since this year the two aligned on April 20, I thought it would be good to look back to see what types of events occurred around the time of these conjunctions in the past. Richard dedicated several chapters of his 2006 book Cosmos and Psyche to exploring Jupiter-Uranus alignments in history, and he showed that they often coincide with periods sudden advancements in technology, scientific breakthroughs, and political revolutions. In the first part of the episode we talk about the meanings of Jupiter, Uranus, and their conjunctions, and then in the second half we get into talking about what happened under specific alignments. Some of the events we cover include the Apollo 11 Moon landing, the American and French revolutions, and the discoveries of Kepler and Galileo. This episode is available in both audio and video versions below. Timestamps 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:01 Jupiter Uranus overview 00:12:16 Handbook of planetary archetypes 00:13:20 Archetypal meaning of Jupiter 00:14:58 Archetypal meaning of Uranus 00:17:27 History of naming of the planets 00:19:17 Uranus' connection with Prometheus 00:30:12 Myth of Uranus 00:35:32 Mars and Pluto 00:36:22 Tarnas' book Prometheus the Awakener 00:37:50 Jupiter-Uranus conjunction significations 00:49:26 15 degree orb 00:53:30 1960s 01:00:53 Arc of the moral universe 01:03:53 Timeline of current Jupiter-Uranus conjunction 01:15:18 American Revolution 1776 01:18:08 Moon landing 01:30:44 Other travel and flight milestones 01:44:09 Current changes in society 01:46:09 Effects of conjunctions hidden for a time 01:47:56 Shadow of Jupiter-Uranus 01:58:04 Women's suffrage and feminism 02:01:19 1609 conjunction, Kepler, and Galileo 02:08:13 1789 conjunction, French Revolution 02:14:38 Scholarly rigor needed in astrology 02:16:42 AI and chart data accuracy 02:19:40 Cosmos and Psyche 02:26:13 Uranus-Neptune and Millennials 02:29:41 Tarnas' retirement and upcoming books 02:32:15 Tarnas' website 02:34:09 California Institute of Integral Studies 02:36:16 Sponsors and closing credits Watch the Video Version of This Episode Watch the video version of this episode on Jupiter-Uranus conjunctions YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JJLgO7XGlw - Transcript A full transcript of this episode is available: Episode 444 transcript Listen to the Audio Version of This Episode Listen to the audio version of this episode or download it as an MP3: