This is just a preview of coming attractions. Saturn enters Libra on October 30th, 2009. The Cosmic Taskmaster hasn’t visited this region of the zodiac since the early 1980s. Before we look forward, let’s review some of the historical events and cultural themes we experienced back then.
The last Saturn in Libra era saw worldwide regional conflicts, unemployment, inflation, recession, the dawn of AIDS (Reagan wouldn’t mention it in public until 1985), assassination attempts (Reagan, the Pope, Sadat), Reaganomics, Thatcherism, Cabbage Patch Kids, MTV (which was born on August 1st, 1981 with Video Killed the Radio Star), strikes (air traffic control workers, baseball players), the Falklands War, conflict in Northern Ireland, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and South Africa, the first test-tube baby, wild weather extremes, debt crisis in Latin America, the Tylenol murders, Michael Jackson’s Thriller, and Madonna at New York City’s Roxy.
Needless to say, the world was in crisis, but at least we had our music and our fashion to fall back on. Escapism was all the rage with Dynasty and Fantasy Island on television. In the coming years of Saturn in Libra, things may get much more serious. A T-square involving Uranus, Pluto and Saturn will put us all in a major crucible during this trying time. The USA, born with Saturn in Libra and wearing its sense of justice on its sleeve, is already being tried mightily by events and circumstances. If this Saturn return is anything like the last seven we’ve had since 1776, we’ll experience trade wars, isolationism, and military skirmishes.
When it all goes to hell in a handbasket, at least we may have an art scene like we had in the early 80s, with music and fashion to match. That’s the stuff that Libra lives for.
