The conjunctions of April 2022
The Neptune/Jupiter and Saturn/Mars conjunctions in April 2022
Although I did a number of Neptune related posts a few months back, I find that I keep returning to the upcoming Jupiter and Neptune conjunction in almost every subject I discuss, so I thought I would give it a post all of its own.
Although Jupiter and Neptune meet every 13 years, the last time these two planets met in Pisces was 1856. However the conditions then were not the same as 2022. The preceding new moon in 1856 was conjunct Neptune and Jupiter whereas this one is not especially close degree wise.
Furthermore, although Saturn made a wide square to the 1856 conjunction, it was in harmonious aspects to Mars etc. This time Mars and Saturn make their own conjunction days before Jupiter and Neptune. There will be a very different feel to 1856 although some of the themes will repeat.
It is worth then not just considering the Jupiter Neptune conjunction but also the Saturn Mars one that precedes it.
Here is the chart for the new moon that precedes both.
As we see the Saturn Mars conjunction is at around 22 Aquarius and the Neptune Jupiter conjunction at 23/24 Pisces. Charts affected by one are likely to be affected by the other
Saturn and Mars comes first by a few days on 5th April It’s characteristics are harshness, restriction, military force and suppression , shortages and targeted work.
This is most likely to manifest as crackdowns on unrest in susceptible countries. In markets it is likely to lead to limited trading, and indeed may indicate restraints on trade- be they the introduction of new legal restraints or temporary shutdowns. In Aquarius the things that are likely to be affected are technology and networks, protest groups and social media.
Individual charts will give an indication of whether a country or market will be hit by this. But as we have seen, the critical degrees turn up almost everywhere.
Only a week later on April 12th comes the Jupiter Neptune event. Things could not be more different. As we have discussed before Jupiter and Neptune together is all about enormous hope/hype and resultant delusion. In more concrete terms ( so far as Neptune and Jupiter lend themselves to concrete events at all!) it is about shipping, chemicals, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, gas and hyper- expansionist monetary policy/inflation. With Jupiter Neptune things get so big they have to pop.
The last Neptune Jupiter conjunction (which was in Aquarius) was in 2009. It followed the Financial Crisis and started the Quantitative Easing and other expansionist monetary actions that have characterised the whole of the last cycle. Note that the move away from the Gold Standard in the US happened in 1971 a few cycles ago. This is the antithesis of hard monetary policy.
1856
As mentioned, the last equivalent conjunction of Neptune and Jupiter in Pisces was in 1856. The Republican party in the US was just coming into its own. It was the first Oxford and Cambridge boat-race but it also coincided with a number of ship wrecks – boats are likely to figure prominently even if the exact conditions surrounding the conjunction are different.
In 1856 the discovery of Mauvine kickstarted the chemical industry, so we can expect something related to that industry for sure.
Also in 1856 the Crimea War ended. That is potentially good but it is worth noting that later in the year the Opium Wars began. With Jupiter and Neptune we can be confident that the conditions for that were in place before the conjunction. We can be very confident that drug matters will play a part this year too.
Finally in 1856, a few months after the conjunction the Royal British Bank collapsed. This is important because the conjunction was not the point of collapse, it happened afterwards. Similarly a recession in the US followed in 1857. What we see in Jupiter and Neptune is Great Expectations but once they separate we are faced with reality and that reality will almost certainly fall short.
I expect many markets/shares and crypto to reach a peak around April 2022 and in many cases never recover. Of course not all shares will never recover, but don’t expect it over night. It took 2 decades for the Nasdaq to get back to its heady 1999/2000 days, that can happen again. Crypto is likely to have a huge shake out post April.
However note what I have said elsewhere about us being in the waxing sextile phase for most of the outer planets- that should mean that economies as a whole may hold out a few years longer.
2025-6
However in 2025-6 they must face the next Neptune Saturn conjunction ( in early Aries). That is suggestive of recession . To put that in perspective, although the last Neptune Saturn conjunction was in 1989 the last one in Aries was in 1703!
In 1989 the UK 80s property boom ended and 6-7 years of depressed prices followed.
And, with St Petersberg founded in 1703 and the fall of the Belin Wall starting the dissolution of the USSR in 1989, we can expect Russia to be prominent then.
Interesting times are ahead and that is without looking at the very special conditions in the USA. Those are the subject of my next post.
OPTIMESIA
