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The Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream Challenge: Act 2

By Dana Gerhardt

The Saturn/Uranus square is exact three times in 2021,
giving us a long interval in which to make magic:
from February 17, June 14/15, to December 23/24

To my “Crane Gang,” here comes part two of your Saturn/Uranus Impossible Dream ritual! 

 

In the glow after my first covid shot, the car in front of me all the way from the clinic to the freeway offramp had “GR8TFL” on its license plate. At the same time a song was dimly playing on the radio—only three words of the chorus were audible–“surrounded by miracles.” It was as though an invisible hand kept turning up the volume each time that line was sung.

I know a divine message when I hear one. And it’s gotten me thinking about the many other miracles around. The George Floyd verdict. The Pentagon releasing footage of UFO’s. Congress actually passing a bill that could cut child poverty in half. The US and China have machines on Mars—NASA manufactured some oxygen up there! And just last week, Big Oil suffered an unlikely series of blows, as even their own shareholders demanded they reverse course on climate change. And last but not least, Alabama, after a 30-year ban, is finally willing to let schoolchildren do yoga.

Earlier this year I suggested that the Saturn/Uranus square—the defining planetary aspect for 2021—brings just the energy we need to achieve impossible things.

The Saturn/Uranus square is a tight symbol for old worlds colliding with new ones. It’s easy to see the extreme divisions and dire straits all around. Clashes are ongoing and everywhere—between right and left, the powerful and the powerless, democracy and autocracy, the believers of reason and those who tell lies. Things are tense around the globe.

But every archetype has two settings—the best and the worst. The worst indicates the results that emerge from our unconscious behaviors and choices. These are what I call the “factory settings,” the lower range where humans often reside.

But the higher possibility is to use your consciousness—your intelligence and free will—along with the grit of this rough aspect–to achieve impossible things.

Perhaps no pair of names were better chosen than the ones for two of this year’s Saturn/Uranus heroes: NASA’s Mars rover—named Perseverance, a Saturn word–and its helicopter—called Ingenuity, a perfect word for Uranus.  It’s celestially wise to tap into these two qualities now, perseverance and ingenuity. Lean into your own capacities for endurance and creativity to orchestrate your own miraculous year.  I have just the ritual to dial you in.

If you already performed my first Saturn/Uranus ritual in February, below is my suggested gesture for the second perfection of this square.  If you missed the first ritual, no worries.  You can perform it this month and perform act two in December.

The ideal time to do any ritual is whenever you feel most up for it.  Always prioritize your internal energy over the outer calendar–as your energy has the greater impact.  But if you’d like some extra celestial ju-ju,  you can perform the ritual on a Saturday (Saturn’s day). Or when the moon is in either Capricorn or Aquarius (ie, ruled by Saturn or Uranus). Or on the day the aspect is exact (June 14/15 depending on your time zone).

My Impossible Dream Ritual:  Your Second Act

1. Retrieve your origami crane. Review the progress of your six impossible dreams (three for the collective, three for yourself). If you no longer feel connected to all six—let yourself reconsider them now.  Remember, ritual initiates a conversation with the gods. They speak back to you through what occurs. What have they been saying about your dreams?

One of the surprises that came through for me was with my 3 collective aspirations (about these I felt most hopeless). Yet in the past few months I’ve seen miracles for all of them!  Last February I was conflicted about one of my 3 personal goals. My intuition–via my pendulum–urged me to put this particular project on my list, even though I wasn’t really into it.  But three weeks later, this unlikely goal blossomed. It’s become the driving passion of my days!

After reviewing my six aspirations, there’s not one that I would change. But it’s perfectly acceptable to do so–in fact, required–for any dream on which you’ve either made no progress or have no energy.  Given what you know now, what would be a more appropriate aspiration?

2. Perfect your list of six impossible dreams.   Review, revise, recommit. This is the perfect activity for Mercury’s current retrograde, which favors all verbs that begin with “re” (rethink, repair, review, renew).  Once you have your list, choose whether you want to write it on a new sheet of paper or unfold and reuse your paper crane.  We’re going to bury this list in earth, so I recommend keeping a cheat sheet for future review!

3. Fold your list into a compact size.  Choose where you want to bury it.  If you have a space outdoors that feels suitable, great!  But just as fine is getting a flower pot of any size, filling it with dirt, and burying your aspirations there.  If you’d like to keep your aspirations on your altar, the flower pot is the way to go.  Most important is understanding the spirit behind this gesture.  To burn or bury your wishes is a way of turning things over to the larger forces.  You release your aspirations to the archetypes.

4. Now you perform your act of sympathetic magic. In the first ritual you were challenged to fold your dreams into a paper crane. Especially if you were new to origami, this called on your persistence and ingenuity.  We’ll do something similar in Act Two.  Atop your buried list, you’re going to build a tower of balanced rocks. 

To balance rocks on top of each other requires patience and sensitivity. You create something that appears physically impossible, but it’s not (see rock balancing).  What a perfect gesture for the Saturn/Uranus square!

With your renewed attention and effort, you reaffirm your willingness and commitment to the gods.  First find the rocks. Then let your hands be guided into their placing (you can Google around for examples to inspire you).  If you want, you can place the paper crane from your first ritual atop your stack of stones.

When your ritual sculpture is in place, recite the same prayer from the first ceremony, invoking all the important gods of the Saturn/Uranus myth.

Oh Great Powers who turn the world
Whirling through me and all around,
Magnificent, wish-fulfilling Jupiter
Hard-working, goal-driven Saturn
Bright rebel Uranus, full of surprise
Let the Great Goddess
who cares for this world
unbind and unwind the promise
of a better future
and my not so impossible dreams!
I’ll do my part.  You do yours.
Ho! So be it. It is done!

Over the next six months, keep doing your part. Let the gods do theirs. Be sure to have fun–persevering and creating–until the  Saturn/Uranus check-in at Christmas (the final perfection of this square).

This is the third of three articles on the Saturn/Uranus square:

2021’s Impossible Dream Challenge: Make Saturn and Uranus Work for You

2021’s Saturn/Uranus Square: The Shattered Mirror

Filed under: Chart Play Tutorials, Home New Moon Featured Article

About Dana Gerhardt

A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer. She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life. Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA. Dana can be contacted by email.

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  1. Florentina says

    Jun 15, 2021 at 10:02 am

    Thank you Dana, it is all inspiring!

    Reply
  2. Jessica Lowenstein says

    Jun 9, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Thanks Dana. Another great ritual to employ during this challenging year!

    Reply

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Astrologers use a variety of house systems, or methods of dividing up the sky into twelve sections. I use the Porphyry house system; another popular house system is Placidus (this is the default on https://astro.com). If the chart I send you looks different from what you are used to seeing, then likely a system other than Porphyry was used. Whole signs, Equal House, Regiomantus, and Campanus are examples of other systems. If you find all of this confusing, do not worry. It is likely not critical to your report.

m  Conjunction:  Like peas in a pod, planets in conjunction tend to come from the same place. They act together, but it’s also hard to tell them apart. This aspect can increase talent, focus, and intensity (“two are better than one”). Or one planet can disappear as the other dominates. Their connection feels so natural, it’s easy to think everyone blends these planetary energies just as you do—but mostly, they don’t!.

p  Sextile:  Planets in sextile are compatible, though without any fireworks. This aspect doesn’t demand your attention. It quietly presents an opportunity. You can join these archetypal forces. Donna Cunningham has called this the “Oh, that!” aspect, because that’s generally what her clients say when she describes their benefits.  To get the most from sextiles you need to actively work them.

q  Square:  Squares are wild and wonderful—but difficult too. The power struggle between these planets was likely defined in your youth, when they were impossibly challenging. People are usually aware of their squares. They force the issues that make you to grow. And that’s their gift. They ensure you learn your lessons. When you rise to the occasion, they bless you with energy, action, and success.

r  Trine:  Michael Munkasey has dubbed this the “goddess aspect” because it’s so lovely. Identifying talents you may have perfected in a previous life, trines can bring you joy. There’s a nice flow of energy between planets in trine. They support and reinforce each another. But without any struggle, you might take them for granted—neither using nor developing their gifts. An unattended trine can sometimes trick you into negative behaviors.

t  Inconjunct/Quincunx:  Your quincunx planets are innately incompatible. Bringing them into harmonious expression requires constant adjustments. This can be stressful, also motivating. You’ve got to keep changing your process, opinions or attitude—which promotes highly creative solutions.

u  Opposition:  They say opposites attract—and planets in opposition are never far from each other, though they’re constantly bickering. You may be triggered into awareness of this aspect by other people who seem to resist or undermine you.  An opposition can make you feel uncertain, insecure, or discontent, until you can accept and see yourself in both energies. Typically people find it easier to identify with one side and project the other onto unsuspecting others in the outer world.

First House: Personality, physical body, beginnings. Includes the Ascendant and rules physical appearance, the image you project to others, your general outlook on life, how you start things; may describe your role in your family system, often guides your first impression of immediate environment.

Second House: Money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions, talents.

Third House: Communication, thoughts, language skills like writing and speaking, early schooling, siblings and neighbors, short trips, coming and going around town.

Fourth House: Your home, psychological foundations and roots, family, parents, domestic life, instinctive behavior, ancestry, your connection with the past, sense of security, domestic life, real estate. conditions at the end of life.

Fifth House: Children, creativity, romance; pleasure, entertainment, self-expression; all forms of “play”, speculation, gambling, and attitude towards taking risks; hobbies, attitude towards romance, lovers as opposed to partners, attitude towards having fun.

Sixth House: Work and job (as opposed to career), daily life, attitude towards service and coworkers, helpfulness, pets, attitude towards routine and organization, how you refine and perfect your skills.

Seventh House: Partnerships, one-to-one relationships, marriage, the first marriage, the “significant other”, business partnerships, competitors, open enemies, lawyers, mediators, counselors, contracts, negotiations, agreements. clients/the public.

Eighth House: Transformations and crisis, your ability to meet and rebound from crisis and change, sexuality; sex, death and rebirth, rituals and personal growth, your partner’s resources, addictions, psychology, other people’s money, taxes, divorce/alimony, inheritance.

Ninth House: Attitude toward expanding horizons, religious beliefs and personal philosophy, higher education, long-distance travel, morals, foreign languages and cultures, personal truths, publishing, commerce, advertising, your sense of adventure.

Tenth House: Career and profession, your contribution to society, social status, public reputation, material success, how you carve out a public identity for yourself; attitude toward authority figures, parents, caregivers, bosses, governments, attitude towards responsibility, desire for achievement.

Eleventh House: Friends, groups, organizations; hopes, wishes, aspirations, personal goals; your philanthropic attitude, concern for the collective, humanity; like tenth, can bring recognition and honors for fulfilling hopes and dreams.

Twelfth House: What’s hidden beneath the surface, karmic dustbin, limiting childhood/past-life messages, self-undoing, hidden enemies, hidden weaknesses, dreams, secret affairs, lost items, hospitals and prisons, hidden strengths, spiritual studies and soul growth.

A  Sun: Our vitality and magnetism; self-identity, ego.
Roles: The Self, the Hero, the Performer, the King.

B  Moon: Intuition, emotion, nurture.
Roles: The Mother, the High Priestess, the Child.

C  Mercury: Mind; physical dexterity and mental agility.
Roles: The Thinker, the Communicator, the Student, the Trickster, the Merchant, the Thief.

D  Venus: Our capacity for pleasure, receptivity, creativity, and social connection. Also indicates our relationships, self esteem, and financial abundance.
Roles: The Lover, the Seductress, the Artist.

E  Mars: Desire, initiative, anger.
Roles: The Protector, the Athlete, the Warrior.

F  Jupiter: Luck, opportunity, expansion, higher learning, religion.
Roles: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Traveler, the Monk, the Professor.

G  Saturn: Hard work, commitment, focus, inadequacy, leadership, suffering, loss.
Roles: The Task Master, the Grim Reaper, the Wise Old Man, the Builder, the Cynic, the Boss.

H  Uranus: Change, breakthroughs, upsets, discoveries.
Roles: The Revolutionary, the Humanitarian, the Visionary, the Snob.

I  Neptune: Imagination, spirituality, idealism, addictions, deception, compassion.
Roles: The Artist, the Romantic, the Guru, the Addict, the Martyr, the Victim.

J  Pluto: Transformation, power, psychological dynamics, helplessness.
Roles: The Terrorist, the Detective, the Psychotherapist, the Dictator, shady people.

a  Aries: Pioneering, competitive, selfish, impatient, courageous, reckless, independent, dynamic, domineering, “Me first!”

b  Taurus: Patient, stable, lazy, dependable, practical, sensual, stubborn, artistic, possessive, greedy, gentle, loyal.

c  Gemini: Intelligent, curious, adaptable, quick-witted, restless, clever, scatterbrained, lacking follow-through.

d  Cancer: Nourishing, intuitive, protective, moody, sensitive, maternal, domestic, childish, cautious, creative.

e  Leo: Proud, dignified, vain, expressive, romantic, generous, childish, overbearing, self-assured, creative.

f  Virgo: Perfection-seeking, practical, methodical, petty, critical, studious, discriminating, cautious, never satisfied.

g  Libra: Charming, sociable, peace-loving, refined, diplomatic, artistic, indecisive, apathetic, easily deterred.

h  Scorpio: Passionate, secretive, penetrating, resourceful, suspicious, manipulative, jealous, sarcastic, intolerant, determined, aware.

i  Sagittarius: Freedom-loving, philosophical, optimistic, enthusiastic, careless, impatient, talkative, a know-it-all, broadminded, athletic, honest.

j  Capricorn: Serious, responsible, practical, hardworking, stubborn, brooding, inhibited, status-conscious, domineering, unforgiving.

k  Aquarius: Progressive, individualistic, unpredictable, cold, intellectual, artistic, eccentric, shy, impersonal, scientific.

l  Pisces: Compassionate, intuitive, ungrounded, romantic, impractical, self-sacrificing, seductive, musical, artistic.