2020 hindsight (and a peek at 2021) - Yasmin Boland
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So here we are going into the New Year – all wondering what the heck comes next, right?

Dare I say, the astrology of 2020 played out pretty much text-book-ly. ​​

I don’t usually go back and do a retrospective of the year because normally, so much goes on that it would be very hard to dissect. In the case of 2020 though, not so much!

As I look back over the year, I can see how the astrology played out in text book ways.

Here are a few examples:

What no one told you. (Pluto symbolizes death.)

No, this isn’t something I, or pretty much any astrologer, mentioned at the start of 2020. I think most astrologers would have resisted entertaining the possibility that 2020 would bring the horrible number of deaths that we have seen around the world being reported in the news. Even if we thought of it, it wouldn’t be good practise to say that because people don’t need to be freaked out. Jupiter is the planet of publicity. Pluto is the planet of life, death and rebirth. The fact that we have been absorbed with the notion of death this year tragically works perfectly with the 3 Jupiter/Pluto alignments we had this year. That said, these alignments happen once every 12 or so years, and thankfully they do NOT always translate as a global pandemic.

Jupiter conjunct Pluto. Also transformation.

The good news is that Pluto is also the planet of transformation (can you see how that ties in with the life, death and rebirth cycle?)

I think we have also seen that around the world this year, thankfully. The world is indeed transformed. We are all changed one way or another. Will life ever be the same? Unclear.

However I am reminded of a meme I saw on the internet which said something along the lines of “When are we doing to realise it? We are not missing the material things. We are missing the love, the people, the hugs”.

That’s been the biggest change, I feel.

But make no mistake. the 3 Jupiter/Pluto alignments also coincided with the development, the mid-year second wave and the release of the vaccine. Spot on.

Another signature that we will all remember 2020 for was Black Lives Matter. The murder (again, the focus on death) of George Floyd was seen and heard around the world. It started a movement which for the first time in my lifetime seems as though it might actually make a difference. We are all changed as a result of it, if we have a heart. Out of this horror (Pluto) came something amazing (Jupiter).

Jupiter/Neptune. Let’s all meditate.

Another positive this year has been the fact that we have all meditated more. I know this for a fact, because of the feedback I get when I talk about this on my Facebook lives that I’ve been doing on and off all year. There were 3 of these alignments too (in February, July and October), And if we weren’t meditating we were chanting or doing more yoga or just connecting with the Divine. So that’s been a major bonus.

Saturn in Aquarius. The elephant in the room.

Saturn moves into Aquarius twice this year. The first time was in March which is also when the first serious global lockdowns started happening around the world.

Sadly this was a textbook expression of Saturn in Aquarius since Saturn is also about lockdown (among other things, including limitation, hard lessons and restrictions, hard work, discipline and karma) and Aquarius is the sign that represents humanity.

This would be fine except that Saturn moved out of Aquarius and most of the restrictions came off and then moved back in again and Christmas was cancelled here in the UK and even our luckier friends Down Under who had been free to roam around the Lucky Country ended up having restrictions placed on them because of new clusters.

Saturn is going to be in Aquarius non-stop now until March 2023 and the way things are panning out, we could have restrictions of some kind until then. Really? Yes.

Or…

– maybe it’s all over much sooner (please!!!) and March 2023 is when all this starts to fade from our memories. Even with the vaccine, we are being told that we still need to wear masks, so it might take this long. The Spanish flu was an issue for around two years and we haven’t even done one year yet. We will see. But it’s not all bad.

– or MAYBE it’s just that we need to learn some EFFING LESSONS. About not eating bats? Not eating animals? Not having mass gatherings when there’s a pandemic? Maybe it’s more restrictions for a while and then we move into humanity learning lessons mode, which would work with the astrology. If that’s the case, it does look like we could have restrictions until the end of 2021, on and off.

2021 — hmmm

Everyone is hoping it’s not going to be the cluster**** we have had this year. And it hopefully won’t be. However you probably don’t need an astrologer to tell you there are going to be pieces to pick up.

The issue here is that one of the keys of 2021 is a series of rolling clashes between Saturn (restrictions) and Uranus (which signifies rebellion, “let me outta here, I want to be free, don’t fence me in and don’t **** well tell me what to do!”)

And if you think this sounds like humanity (Saturn in Aquarius) being completely over being told that they can’t gather in any large numbers or see their grandmas or leave the house or that they still have to socially distance, can’t go to the pub and need to wear masks, well I am with you! It’s also aftershocks and the aftermath.

Yes, the vaccine will slowly be rolled out but

1. There are going to be plenty of people who will have a Saturn/Uranus reaction to being told that they have to have the vaccine if they want to travel, for example. Who know how draconian the laws will be. Will we have to have the vaccine full stop? If so, expect pushback (and maybe rightly so?)

2. It’s going to take some time.

Best case scenario…

… is that Saturn in Aquarius clashing with Uranus in Taurus throughout 2021 is all about either …

– financial aftershocks as people pick up the broken pieces of their lives (because let’s face it, there will be aftershocks and pieces which need picking up and some of the most broken things now are hearts and … bank accounts.) Why is this best case scenario? It’s better than on-going lockdown, no?

Or…

– Saturn in Aquarius can also be the scientists of the world working together on the cure/preventative. Maybe the Uranus clashes are to do with data issues. Fingers crossed all goes well.

The good news…

There is good news too. Another of the signatures for 2021 are several harmonious links from Jupiter and Saturn to the healing planetoid Chiron. So even if we are still going to be experiencing some form of restriction, even if we don’t all go back to normal at the stroke of midnight December 31 2020, the healing is starting. The first alignment of this kind comes January 11. The planet will be healing. The vaccine will be rolled out. Hopefully it will help and it will work on this new variant. The Jupiter/Saturn/Chiron alignments happen in January, February, June and November. Fingers crossed that with each alignment, the planet and the human race heals that little bit more.

More good news…

The same Saturn/Uranus alignments which could see more lockdown driving people crazy can also be worked out as people smashing 2021. It can be people smashing limited beliefs, fears, through the barriers they have made for themselves. I wrote about that here. It’s not all doom and gloom but we do need to work towards the changes we want to see in the world.

And one more bit of good news…

The astrology of 2022 looks way easier. So let’s hope that humanity learns its lessons (Saturn in Aquarius) in 2021 and we can all leave all this behind us ASAP!

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