The discovery of a new planet is an unheralded astrological event. Unlike the astrological ages which are timed by the movement of the equinox or the commencement of major cycle which is timed by a planet’s movement from south to north declamation they have no designated start date and occur without warning.
Its discovery, within the context of the astrological age and its decanate and section influence, ushers in an unheralded influence on human affairs that only becomes obvious after its discovery.
This influence is regarded as a distinct evolutionary or developmental phase and is identified as a period.
A planet’s discovery gives a big boost to its influence which is already somewhat evident and only occurs when humanity becomes more receptive to its vibration, and developments here on Earth are in a state of readiness.
Uranus
Prior to its discovery Uranus had been influencing life on Earth, but its actual discovery gave tremendous impetus to its influence.
Uranus was discovered March 13, 1781.
It was an unforeseen astrological event that ushered in the Uranus period of the Age of Pisces: first decanate (verity and the search for truth), Mars section (machines and manufacturing).
It set the scene for a phase in human history marked by radical political change, revolutions, the birth of democratic nations aka republics, industrialization, invention, special-purpose machinery and factories.
Uranus changed the world.
Its discovery gave a boost to the energy driving the Age of Revolution (1774–1849): The American Revolution (1765-1783), the French Revolution (1787-1799), the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804), the United Irishman’s Rebellion (1798), the Serbian Revolution (1804-1835), the Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) and the Sicilian Revolution (1848-49).
In 1782 the Peace of Versailles and Paris granted an independent existence to the United States. This set a precedent to be followed by most of the countries of the New World. The representative democratic form of government came to be a dominant factor in the western hemisphere.
The Uranus period of the Age of Pisces was noted for the change in government from absolutist monarchies to constitutional states and republics.
Libertarian thinking saw the French monarchy deposed and the successful rebellion of the American colonists from their English king; and revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar freed much of South America from Spanish rule
England was rapidly transformed by her looms from an agricultural into an industrial nation.
During the Industrial Revolution engines of all kinds came into use, one invention following another. The machine age arrived and brought with it a manufacturing revolution. Eventually electricity (Uranus) added its power to this age of manufacture.
At the time of its discovery those with Uranus prominent in their birth charts – the freedom-fighters, radicals, revolutionary change-agents and inventors – became the lead actors bringing its influence down to Earth.
Neptune
Prior to its discovery Neptune had been influencing life on Earth, but its actual discovery gave tremendous impetus to its influence.
Neptune was discovered September 23, 1846.
It too was an unforeseen astrological event that ushered in the Neptune period of the Age of Pisces: first decanate, Mars section.
It set the scene for a phase in human history marked by corporations, stock promotions, market booms and busts, oil and gas, aviation, drugs, drug wars and spiritualism.
Neptune changed the world.
The New York stock exchange had opened in May 1792 but after Neptune’s discovery corporations in America took off. They were free, easy to organize and only required a simple registration form.
Financial schemes grew from the establishment of stocks and shares in the 19th century. Business promoters struck on the idea of selling a ‘notional asset’: a share in a company’s capital and the right to participate in its profits.
Neptune ushered in a new method of financing business where many individuals could pool their personal wealth.
Then came the booms and busts triggered by unrealistic dreams of easy wealth and the panic and hard, realistic reckonings that inevitably followed.
From 1861 to 1865 the American Civil War was fought over a longstanding controversy involving slavery (Neptune); and the decades that followed were dominated by political scandal, the development of America’s first giant corporations, the railroads and the economization of oil and electricity.
In 1848 gold was discovered in California. It hatched schemes to colonize the American west in the 1850’s and Australia’s greatest early growth was also due to its gold rush at this time.
Many people whose lives had been disrupted by revolutionary events in Europe sought the dream of a new and more ideal life in the magical golden realm of the new lands.
The first opium war (Neptune-Mars) was fought between China and Britain from 1839 to 1842; and the second between 1856 and 1860.
Neptune ushered in the age of oil and gas, which prepared the way for our present industrial system and our present means of locomotion. Automobiles can run on steam, but gas proved better; and flying was made possible through the light weight engines developing tremendous power and using gas.
From the invention of the gas engine in 1860, oil and gas fired the engines of industry and lit street lamps throughout the world.
Later, oil and its derivatives powered innumerable automobiles in their conquest of distance, drawing the threads of a utopian world closer together.
On December 17, 1903 the Wright Brothers took to the skies in their ‘Flying machine’ paving the way for today’s utopian aviation world.
From its roots in Daguerre’s process of 1839 and Fox Talbot’s silver iodide process of 1841 photography (Neptune) has created a modern world filled with visual images; and Neptune’s drugs have become the preferred pain killers for relieving fevers, cramps and unbearable memories.
Neptune also brought into the world a new religious conception: modern spiritualism. Before the Fox Sisters and their rappings in 1848, similar phenomena were recognized, but were deemed to be witchcraft and the works of the devil.
Modern Spiritualism had its birth on March 31, 1848, at Hydesville, N. Y., and gave to the world scientific proof that the soul survives the death of its physical form and has a post biological future.
At the time of its discovery those with Neptune prominent in their birth charts – the visionaries, schemers, dreamers, idealists, mediums and high-flyers – became the lead actors bringing its influence down to Earth.
Pluto
Prior to its discovery Pluto had been influencing life on Earth, but its actual discovery gave tremendous impetus to its influence.
Pluto was discovered February 18, 1930.
It was an unforeseen astrological event that ushered in the Pluto period of the Age of Aquarius: third decanate, Sun section.
Originally called the ‘Dark Satellite’ by Thomas Burgoyne and the ‘Bleak Black Ball of Rock’ by some at the time Pluto set the scene for a phase in human development that focused chiefly on groups, teams, division, drastic events, cooperation, coercion, crime, disinformation, subtle forces, insidious evil and spirituality.
Pluto changed the world.
Its discovery coincided with the Great Depression and the formation of military and economic alliances between aggressor nations; and signed for a particularly perilous phase as forces motivated to stifle true Aquarian age knowledge and altruism became aggressively active.
And it’s a fact that in the racketeering era, facilities for racketeering, kidnapping, and gang coercion greatly increased, and dictators gained enormously in power.
The chief events and trends directly associated with Pluto include: the Great Depression, World War 2, the Cold War, the war on terrorism, national and international divisions, the rise of authoritarianism, the demise of democracy, atheistic materialism, selfishness, nationalism and the repression of freedom and human rights.
During the Neptune period seers employed clairvoyance to see things the human eye couldn’t and in the Pluto period scientists used X-rays and the electron microscope to see the inside of things, but new age technology wasn’t able to detect astral vibrations or the high-speed four-dimensional astral plane.
During the Pluto period superstition, unsubstantiated belief and orthodox fundamentalism (Pisces) clashed with evidenced-based scientific knowledge (Aquarius).
At the time of its discovery those with Pluto prominent in their birth charts – the legions of light, the forces of darkness, authoritarian dictators, racketeers, criminals, persuaders, influencers and atheistic materialists – became the lead actors bringing its influence down to Earth.
Then in Prague, the Czeck Republic on August 24, 2006 after much tedious discussion of the term planet, the International Astronomical Union voted to remove Pluto from the list of Solar System planets and relegated it to dwarf planet status along with Ceres, Eris, Quaoar and Sena and other objects classified as dwarf planets.
The man who killed Pluto was American astronomer Mike Brown. After 76 years he and his team of experts, delirious with new age knowledge, downgraded the planet currently having the dominant influence on life and global trends to dwarf status.
This article contains comments written by David S. Braumann.
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