Jupiter transits Taurus May 17, 2023 through May 5, 2024
Follow the Money!
First, we need to examine how the transit of Uranus (inventions and technology) in Taurus (money and property (March 2019 – July 2025 plus Nov. 2025 – April 2026) has presented to us a “wild ride” across the financial landscape. Digital money (cryptocurrencies), and the general movement out of paper checks and cash into online transactions have dominated the transference of money whether we like it or not. Uranus is a planet whose “realm” is technology and he has been at work with the advent of Bitcoin and Block Chain platforms, PayPal and its offspring, and/or simply paying for everything with an app on our cell phones. Taurus is a sign that traditionally symbolizes land and real estate. The transit through this sign has escalated the price of real estate (purchases and rentals) to the point that many young people cannot afford to either buy or rent.
As an astrologer, I predicted this trend of Uranus moving through this sign many years ago, along with its associated problems – like massive hacking into major platforms and systems due to the absence of adequate cyber security. Jupiter going through this sign expands and amplifies these themes and issues. Recently a young American computing specialist in the Air National Guard was arrested for leaking top security information, and the fallout from this is continuing to escalate. We already know that China and Russia have been hacking American databases and creating “dark” sites with political implications.
I also foresaw “wild rides” in real estate inflation and investment banking, along with widening the gaps between the very rich and the rest of the population. Recently, regional banks (especially in California) have failed. Homelessness is the most widespread it has been in US history, including the last time Uranus was in Taurus in the 1930s. The FED raising interest rates to combat inflation has made it even more difficult for new home buyers to get into this market. This move has brought nationwide prices in homes down slightly in recent months. However, we need to look back at recent history when wealthy investors bought huge amounts of real estate following the 2008 crash on Wall Street and hiked up prices, including rentals, which are the highest in history. An entire generation of young people are in serious debt due to their college loans, since tuition has skyrocketed over the past two decades as these loans expanded. We are a nation economically glued together by massive amounts of debt.
Consequences of the unregulated worldwide web:
There have been terrible consequences as the internet, social media and dark sites have been the place young people go for their social connections and information not subjected to verification or critical thinking. With workplace society reduced, leading to a lack of in-person friendships and social contact, our institutions being threatened with destruction, and websites consisting of extreme anti-government radicalization –all these trends are leading to psychological illnesses and, arguably, mass shootings, suicides, social isolation, and even an increase in alcoholism and drug addiction. With our collective eyeballs glued to screens, we can expect the worst. The media is filled with programs, books and articles warning us about the consequences of AI (Artificial Intelligence) now open for public use. Even after all this, many people think this is the greatest “invention” in the history of human civilization. We now know that China and Russia have created a massive hack network of spying and disinformation that has stimulated hatred and polarization in American society. Without effective systems of cyber security in place, we can only imagine what this will bring.
The AI implementation may also result in the elimination of millions of jobs and entire swaths of the economy. Economists have often filled the talk shows with spin about how new jobs will be created. Nobody, so far, has specifically explained how this will happen. It is time to regulate this monster for constructive use only. However, political conservatives are “allergic” to any sort of government regulation coming into capital markets. Saturn’s transit through Pisces, which will sextile Uranus in late March – April of 2025 lends hope that some of these issues may be addressed and that something will actually get done.
The sign of Taurus is symbolic of the earth itself — the land on which we all live. Recently, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and climate catastrophes have burned, flooded, and destroyed swaths of land, homes, buildings, and whole towns across our nation. Many thousands of acres of land in nations throughout the world are becoming uninhabitable. Uranus is known for its “wild swings” and sudden movements. Needless to say, Uranus in Taurus is not an easy sign for people on this planet to navigate. We have a terrible war in Ukraine in which most of the infrastructure – buildings and lands – have been destroyed. The last time Uranus was in Taurus, WWII began in Europe. Uranus is currently square (in conflict with) Pluto (power) in the chart of Vladimir Putin who has destroyed entire cities and infrastructures in Ukraine. This would suggest his absolute power in Russia is weakening. However, Russians have been subject to the absolute control of tsars and dictators for centuries. It is unlikely the general population will effectively move Putin out of power. If he is weakened, it will likely be within his own conclave.
What next?
The current transit of Jupiter in Taurus is an interesting component in this ongoing saga. Jupiter, in general, is a planet of optimism, expansion, and global travel, and is a risk-taker. He will sextile Saturn (structure) in June of 2023 and Feb. of 2024. This would suggest a balance between wild speculation and sensible discipline in the ongoing conflicts between the financial “right” and financial “left”. Retrograde Mercury, in Taurus this month, goes direct May 14th and is sextile (favorable aspect) Saturn in Pisces, suggesting some sensible economic policies being suggested and progress made in solving the US budget crisis.
This month’s Lunar Eclipse at 14 degrees Scorpio is a wide conjunction with Uranus, in a Sabian Degree described as “A poolside poker game is perfectly ordinary until someone starts ‘ reading the cards’ for the other players.” There may be some powerful people who “foresee” an unexpected future in the game of global finance. All this suggests a “bottom” in the stock market this month and an ensuing optimism and rises in the market in the second half of this month. This also suggests some serious weather and/or tectonic event adding to all the other catastrophic weather events we have been observing recently.
Recently, the Jupiter in Aries (war) transit until May 16th (has been in this sign since May 10, 2022) has stimulated our having to face mass shootings and gun violence here in the US. Sudan is now in a civil war between its army and a para-military group. This presents another terrible war in Africa for mineral resources, currently involving Russia and Saudi Arabia, similar in nature to the civil war in Yemen. There have been escalating border wars and civil conflicts in Israel whose borders and security are being threatened by Uranus transiting Taurus in its natal chart. Israeli citizens are demonstrating against the extreme “right” coalition headed by Prime Minister Netanyahu. They are getting more attacks along their borders originating from multiple nations. Things may improve in June when Jupiter is sextile Saturn. Jupiter’s transit into Taurus on the 17th lends a tone of optimism as it moves to sextile Saturn the week of June 18th.
Infrastructure repairs and new construction involving highways, bridges, dams, and waterways, access to the internet, including efforts to bring back manufacturing to the US will visibly expand across the country. Environmental organizations with plans for sustainable energy will make themselves heard with plans to make them work financially. I am of the opinion, as stated above, that until we have nuclear fusion, other efforts will be minimal by comparison. Solar architecture and all forms of sustainable building construction will begin to be implemented.
During the second half of this month into June, the concern about an interest rate-induced recession will likely diminish. Jupiter (expansion) will sextile (harmonize) Saturn (stability) in June which is a “Goldilocks” configuration. There may be solutions to homelessness that are likely to be proposed in municipal governments in cities, as opposed to large federal government financing, since Washington is somewhat paralyzed and polarized. There is also the suggestion that some type of peace agreement may be engineered between Russia and Ukraine.
The recent Supreme Court decision to allow the abortion pill to be sold and distributed, temporarily, signifies a movement toward the implementation of women’s reproductive rights that have been threatened since Roe was abolished by the Court. The emergence of an extreme right-wing cult version of Christianity trying to control the government would remind us of what life is like in Iran today when a woman was murdered by the state for losing her hijab. However, the majority in the US is firmly against abortion restrictions. Two laws outlawing abortion, one in Nebraska and one in So. Carolina lost in their legislature.
Pres. Biden announced he will run again in April under a retrograde Mercury in Taurus. It is clear he did not consult an astrologer!
Jupiter will conjunct Uranus in April 2024 and will sextile Neptune in May 2024. These configurations lend hope that some real solutions to these seemingly overwhelming problems may reveal themselves to us.
Science and technology:
On April 14th an article in “Biology News was posted from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. They report: “A high-throughput single-cell single mitochondrial genome sequencing technology known as MiGseq has provided new insights into mutations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and offers a platform for assessing MtDNA editing strategies and genetic diagnosis of embryos prior to their implantation.” As Pluto is beginning its transit in Aquarius, it is possible that bio-genetic engineering will rapidly move forward in eliminating many diseases present in human genes prior to birth.
Also on April 14, there was a post on “Neuroscience” on News.com from Brown University. They report: “A new study shows how a drug made from a natural compound used in traditional Chinese medicine works against malignant brain tumors in mice, creating a promising avenue of research for glioblastoma treatment.” They go on to report “In the study, published in Cell Reports Magazine, researchers showed how a formulation of the compound called “indirubin” improved the survival of mice with malignant brain tumors.” This terrible brain cancer is widely known to have caused the deaths of Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator John McCain, and President Biden’s son, Beau Biden. Our family lost a dear friend about two years ago to this dreaded disease. Let us hope this study will produce a meaningful treatment for this currently fatal illness.
It was announced in April that a MRNA “personalized” cancer vaccine has been developed; first for melanoma patients and possibly for breast cancer and lung cancer patients. This would be used for people already diagnosed, using the mRNA vaccine for their particular cancer which would “teach” the immune system to rid the body specifically of the cancer cells. This is one of the most hopeful developments in our attempt to rid humanity of this most dreaded disease.
Germany announced last month that it has closed the last of its nuclear fission plants. This will, unfortunately, lead to their increased use of coal and gas. There is a new movement in the US to bring back nuclear fission plants. The development of nuclear fusion can’t come fast enough.
Final Thoughts:
Jupiter’s transit in Taurus would remind us that the planet Earth is all we have. There is no other place, currently, for us to live. The massively destructive greenhouse gasses, deadly chemicals, garbage dumps, plastic pollution, millions of square miles blown up or cemented over, vital waterways diminished or severely polluted, deadly nuclear leaks, and legal use of chemicals that kills pollinators – are all on us — only on us. The blowback on plant, animal, and human health is unprecedented and is of such a huge size it is actually immeasurable.
Human civilization as an historic whole, is guilty of human commodification. We think we are so “enlightened” today but we also know that human trafficking is still an enormous industry. Humans abusing and killing other humans all over the planet is still going on. Most people on our planet live in subsistence poverty with their land owned by a billionaire class who finance a sociopath ruling class in so-called “developing nations. It is a tragic irony that rich countries are complicit so that they may control their mineral resources. Meanwhile, most of these most vulnerable nations are either being enveloped by the ocean or converted into deserts. Climate change is the elephant in every board room. Things are so overwhelming, at this point, we are in danger of being blanketed in “cognitive dissonance.”
Knowing all this, many of my readers ask me why I hold out even a shred of hope that we will escape a probable and even arguably deserved fate of mass extinction. My reply is one word: evolution. The nearly miraculous process of biological, social, and spiritual evolution – a breakthrough in consciousness – an expanded collective genius in the sciences – a recognition that respect for life on earth and an all-embracing love for one another can actually happen. The greatest philosophers, spiritual leaders, and humanitarians have, through the ages, all agreed. Are you on board?
Stay tuned!
Linda
Important Points of Reference for Astrologers:
Full Moon Eclipse at 14 degrees Scorpio opposition Uranus May 5; New Moon at 28 degrees Taurus sextile Mars and sextile Neptune on May 19; Mercury in Taurus goes direct on May 14 sextile Saturn May 17-18, Mars in Cancer is trine Neptune May 15, Venus in Cancer is trine Saturn May 16 and is sextile Uranus May 15; Mars goes into Leo May 21, is opposition Pluto on the 21st, is square the Nodal Axis on May 26, and is in that sign until July 9; Jupiter goes into Taurus on May 17 conjunct the North Node and square Pluto, and will transit this sign until May 25, 2024.
