What’s Next? The Astrology of 2021
We made it! We survived the year that was 2020. Can we all just put this terrible year behind us and begin 2021 as if it all had never happened? Can we just go back to how it used to be? Well, yes and no. Yes, we will get back to some kind of normal. But it will surely be a new normal. Because the world to which many of us want to return can never be the same after the experiences and events of 2020. The reality of our world has simply changed, for better and for worse — depending how you look at it.
We can say that 2021 will be different than 2020 in many respects. As we have discussed at length over this past year, the weight of 2020 was connected to the very powerful stellium of three outer planets all in Capricorn — the sign of society and structure, rules and regulations, law and order, hierarchy and authority. All these aspects of our lives and our society came under enormous pressure when Pluto — planet of death, transformation and rebirth, combined its energies with Saturn — planet of limits, restrictions, challenges and losses, which was then exacerbated by Jupiter—which expands everything it touches. Thus, our entire world seemed to implode under the influence of these three major forces. Pluto represented the destructive nature of the pandemic, Jupiter the expansive energy that witnessed the coronavirus rapidly spread around the world, and Saturn the limits and…
