In 1988 Saturn conjunction Uranus in the sky ignited a freedom revolution. In 1989 with Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sky the Berlin Wall tumbled down; and in December 1991 these major in-sky conjunctions along with Uranus conjunction Neptune scripted the collapse of the Soviet Union.
These extraordinary events and developments here on Earth confirm that major in-sky conjunctions are titanic astral forces.
On February 2, August 20 and October 24, 1993 Uranus was conjunction Neptune in the sky and South Africa experienced historic change.
In February 1990 Nelson Mandela after serving 27 years in prison for treason and conspiracy against the government was finally released and on March 17, 1992, white South Africans voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to end minority rule.
On July 2, 1993 Prime Minister de Klerk agreed to hold South Africa’s first all-race, democratic election and on May 9, 1994, the newly elected, and now racially mixed, South African parliament elected Nelson Mandela as the first president of the nation’s post-apartheid era.
The end of apartheid is credited to the combined efforts of the South African people and governments of the world community. Uranus was conjunction Neptune in the sky.
In 2019 Saturn was conjunction Pluto in the sky and the covid-19 pandemic caused fear, anxiety, hardship and suffering. The world went into lockdown and nations took drastic measures to fight the international health emergency. It too revealed that major in-sky conjunctions have a powerful and controlling influence over what happens here on Earth.
Now in 2025 Saturn is again conjunction Neptune in the sky but since 1989 the world has become increasingly insecure and fear driven due to rapid change, disorder and extreme uncertainty. Saturn is building walls to keep people out rather than tearing them down.
In 2025 America is massively in debt – a crippling $US45 trillion – and its president Donald Trump is determined to rectify the situation by making budget-funding cuts and imposing tariffs on all goods imported into America.
But global markets are now hugely concentrated. Computer generated investment programs have poured money into Wall Street. It rose almost 55 per cent in the past two years on a handful of technology stocks and a hoped-for future bonanza from artificial intelligence, pioneered by just seven mega-cap companies (Neptune).
According to Donald Trump his tariffs (Saturn) will preserve jobs, make America richer and protect the country’s soul. But in April 2025 all they did was cause chaos, confusion, uncertainty (Neptune) and economic turmoil.
His trade-tariff war had global stock and bond markets jumping at shadows and trillions of dollars vanished from global shares and technology stocks. Market turbulence saw Jupiter’s cash pile sink. It’s impossible to know how much damage was done and then the dreaded recession word (Saturn) kept cropping up setting off alarm bells.
Saturn’s fear and Neptune’s chaos are contagious and in April 2025 they were spreading fast and as Donald Trump’s trade-tariff war continues throughout 2025 we expect the fear and chaos to culminate in a major Saturn-Neptune event affecting the global economy and it won’t be good.
It’s safe to say that the major event mapped by the in-sky Saturn-Neptune conjunction has been set in motion by Donald Trump. Chaotic markets can easily threaten currencies, the global financial system and the world economy.
Neptune and the age of market chaos
Getting a handle on the true significance of Trump’s tariffs isn’t easy but they are the biggest in history so that signifies a major, very powerful astrological affect: progressed Sun is sextile birth chart Saturn in the Aquarian Age chart and Saturn is conjunction Neptune in the sky.
April 2025 was a rollercoaster ride on global markets and with Saturn conjunction Neptune reaching peak power in February 2026 we expect the market turmoil to continue.
On April 9, 2025 Trump blinked. His resolve wavered when bond markets (Jupiter-house 5) went down. His 90-day pause on tariffs was forced by the unexpected sales of Treasuries. Countries now had 90 days to negotiate trade deals which usually take years. So, he’ll be working overtime assessing the merits of each deal before giving them his seal of approval.
But the wheeler dealing will take place with Jupiter square Saturn and Neptune and Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sky so we expect the tariff uncertainty, financial chaos and market confusion to continue unabated. Vague, uncertain announcements will have investors suffering strokes and heart attacks. They’ll be very confused and apprehensive.
So far China is matching Trump tariff for tariff and we expect Donald Trump’s tariff show to go on for quite some time and it won’t end well. It’s likely to end up a disaster.
Along the way there will be other major Saturn-Neptune events.
The Federal Trade Commission’s blockbuster antitrust case against Meta (Neptune) started April 14, 2025. It’s the culmination of a nearly six-year investigation (initiated by Donald Trump) into whether the social media giant broke competition laws in acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp. It’s expected to last seven to eight weeks and Donald Trump could interfere.
Saturn rules farmers, mining, critical (rare-earth) minerals, storms, floods, famines and earthquakes. And the earth will move and rivers of rain will fall from the sky.
Neptune rules aviation, oil, gas, drugs, pharmaceuticals and movies. And when China announced it would curb imports of Hollywood films in response to Trump’s trade war causing shares of entertainment companies on Wall Street to fall it was just another Saturn conjunction Neptune event. There’ll be many more.
Only Saturn conjunction Neptune in the sky knows the endgame of the current market volatility and economic turmoil, but with the in-sky discord skyrocketing in June, July and August 2025 you won’t have to wait till February 2026 to find out.
On May 1 Jupiter square Neptune in the sky starts > peak power date is June 19; on June 15 Jupiter is square Saturn in the sky; and from June 9 to August 23 the Saturn-Neptune conjunction is within one degree of perfect.
From September 9, 2025 to January 31, 2026 Jupiter is trine Saturn in the sky. Its influence will be pronounced throughout November 2025.
Jupiter rules trade, finances and the courts where trade-tariff disputes are resolved. In 2025 Jupiter’s finance world is so complicated that it’s beyond human comprehension and it’s being increasing run by sophisticated machines; and over the coming years progressed Jupiter conjunction progressed Neptune in the Aquarian Age chart will change the way nations trade. It forecast major schemes affecting global finances.
And Neptune – the Lord of Illusion – is a trickster. It has high expectations, exaggerates hopes, spreads impractical ideas, promotes unsound schemes, has trouble seeing reality, deceives, breaks promises, flip-flops and beats around the bush. It promises utopian ideals and then proceeds to anesthetize through inertia and daydreams until there’s a rude awakening.
Saturn conjunction Neptune and Donald Trump
In 2025 Donald Trump is responding to the in-sky Saturn-Neptune conjunction and you might wonder if his desire to make America great again is just a grand, utopian (Neptune) illusion; and if Mercury square Neptune in his birth chart has his thinking starry-eyed and out of touch with reality.
You might wonder if he’s suffering from delusion and misguide obsession as he uses tariffs as a weapon to bring back manufacturing jobs and tests his unlimited desire for power in the courts potentially creating a constitutional crisis.
In America’s Saturn-Neptune conjunction chart their conjunction is in house 11 so events will directly involve Congress.
Trump thinks his far-right conservatism is the best for America and the world so he’ll be kept busy in 2025 negotiating trade deals, resolving major conflicts, producing economic prosperity, crushing liberal values, warring with universities and carrying out his patriotic duties as the CEO of the universe.
This will require incredible resolve and wise decision making and with progressed Mercury conjunction birth chart Mars in his chart throughout the year he’s energized, prone to overwork, feeling impatient and eager to get things done quickly and likely to make rushed, hasty decisions that backfire.
His constant use of threats and coercive tactics are a sure sign he’s in the grip of Lower-Pluto.
Trump will give the media and you plenty of talk about during 2025, but whatever happens it’s good to know that the White House physician recently reported that he’s ‘fully fit’ to perform his duties as president. Physical examinations and cognitive tests revealed he’s in ‘excellent health’ and his ‘frequent victories’ in golf tournaments are evidence of his robust health.
There’s no doubt that thousands of politicians and economists around the world would give all they own to see inside Trump’s mind and thought processes and you’ve got a birds-eye view with his birth chart. And with Jupiter square Saturn in his chart he’s predisposed to make foolish trade decisions, cause heavy financial losses, get frightened and blink.
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