REMEMBER 1998? -The Venus-Sun Cycle and the Alignment with Arcturus and Spica -

Venus will be in a Superior conjunction with the Sun in Libra in a few days and they will dance together as they enter Scorpio at the end of the month towards the Solar Eclipse. And, though seemingly unrelated, a few souls who came in contact with me separately, were focussing on remembering very specific years, namely the end of the nineties.

Their insistence on those years stirred my curiosity. Why such a relatively precise reference to a timeframe? True, some arts are re-evaluating some trends which were present in the nineties. There is a sort of "revival". And therefore I checked the transits. Here is what I have discovered so far.

1. 1998: Venus was starting to be conjoint the Sun in Libra at roughly the same degrees it will be in a few days this year. This aspect has something more to give, as this superior conjunction happens in alignment with two major fixed stars, namely Arcturus (alpha Bootis) and Spica (alpha Virginis). This was curious. Arcturus and Spica are indeed very powerful stars, already known by the ancients and, though very different from each other, I noted they are really important in natal charts. So, I did a manual search to check when the alignment between the conjunction of Venus and the Sun was related to those fixed stars. In my ignorance, I thought it might have been just a cyclical event, instead it is not such a frequent one. It is indeed rare and evolving. Below is a table to describe the findings.

Technical notes: Arcturus and Spica have an orb of 2.40 each, being the most luminous stars of their constellations. Spica's longitude is at the end of the 23th degree of Libra, and Arcturus at the beginning of the 24th. Therefore the area of influence of these two stars covers has been considered to be an interval from the 21st to the 26th degree of Libra.

Due to precession and the actual albeit minimal movement of the fixed stars, these degrees can be considered valid only for a limited amount of time, and since they move one degree every 72 years, their alignment with the conjunction of the Sun and Venus has been investigated only for one century, namely from 1950 to 2050. It would be awesome to be able to calculate precisely the movement of the stars in the investigation! But this is what I could do with the tools at hand.

Since the heliacal rising of the fixed stars is more meaningful in respect to the planetary aspect when it comes to the energy imprint, the position of the Sun has been set to 24.00 degrees of Libra, and the conjunction with Venus has been allowed for the traditional 5 degrees influence applying (this is why the conjunctions do not match the Venusian cycle apart from a couple of events).

Please note: if you possess more precise tools to investigate this fixed stars- planetary conjuction alignment, I would be delighted to see the results. In brackets, the degrees of Venus, always in Libra.

18 Oct 1966 (♀️ 19°)

18 Oct 1974 (♀️ 19°)

18 Oct 1982 (♀️ 20°)

18 Oct 1990 (♀️ 21° - plus Mercury)

18 Oct 1998 (♀️ 21°)

18 Oct 2006 (♀️ 22° - plus Mars)

17 Oct 2014 (♀️ 22° - plus Mercury)

17 Oct 2022 (♀️ 22°)

17 Oct 2030 (♀️ 23° - plus Mercury)

17 Oct 2038 (♀️ 24° - EXACT - plus Mars)

17 Oct 2046 (♀️ 24° - EXACT)

17 Oct 2050 (♀️R 23°)

Some observations

• there were no conjuctions between Venus and the Sun between 1950 and 1966 in the chosen degree frame.

• It seems Venus entered the influence of Arcturus and Spica in the conjunction with the Sun starting actually in 1990, when she crossed the threshold of the 21st degree.

• The venusian cycle moves on an eight year duration, and Venus gradually closes the gap coming into exact superior conjunction at 24 degrees Libra with the Sun in 2038, in conjunction with Mars too.

• Regarding the Venusian cycle, it has also to be noted that the alignment with Arcturus and Spica always saw Venus in a Superior conjunction with the Sun in the observed interval, and that a new cycle begins four years after the 2046 superior conjunction exactly aligned, with an inferior conjuction with the Sun and an alignment with Arcturus and Spica on the 17th of October 2050.

It is absolutely fascinating to observe the slow rotational movement of the five petal rose of the Venusian Cycle progress through this timespan, and amazing to see a kind of wider cycle with the fixed stars and the Sun, lasting at least for sixty years (1990-2050).

It seems it is indeed true that the vibes we were experiencing in the nineties are going to be strongly felt until the middle of the twentieth century at least. Moreover it seems the exactitude of the Venus superior conjunction with the fixed stars Arcturus and Spica will actually increase those influences starting from 2038. Possibly, the conjunction with Mercury in 2030 will make things more clear in the collective, while the 2038 conjunction with Mars will provide an actual activation of the exactitude and the apex of the whole cycle.

What to do? Just enjoy!! If you have any relevant element in your chart between 21 and 26 degrees of Libra, you will feel this. Collectively, I think we already are.

Arcturus is a very powerful Saturn-Mars star, a real commander and cruel when it comes to correct injustices. Spica is the only star which has Mars-Venus influence, and it is one of the most favourable ones according to the ancients. Together, these two truly speak about the integration of the soul, of the beauty of art and the discipline of justice.

2. 1999: in this year, apart from the potent solar eclipse on the fixed cross in August (11th), there was an interesting aspect which is literally mirrored in the current transits. In the last months of 1999, Saturn was retrograding in Taurus and was in a square with Uranus conjoint the South Node in Aquarius. Today, Saturn retrograding in Aquarius is making a square to Uranus retrograding in Taurus, still conjoint the North Node. They are literally mirrored. What does it mean? I have some ideas about it, but will leave it to the ones who experienced those years and retain some sort of memory about them.