Ep. 219: John Michael Greer on the Great Neptune - Saturn Conjunction, Mundane Astrology, and the Age of Aquarius

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John Michael Greer discusses mundane astrology and the implications of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction.

AC and Isaac welcome John Michael Greer back to the Plant Cunning Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on mundane astrology and the Saturn–Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries on February 20. Greer explains mundane astrology as astrology applied to world events, emphasizing traditional tools like ingress charts for solstices and equinoxes, eclipse charts, and great conjunctions, and describing astrology as an empirical craft built from long historical observation. The episode explores why 0° Aries functions as a zodiac “reset button,” why Saturn (form, limits, structure) combining with Neptune (dissolution, unity, imagination, delusion) suggests major shifts. They discuss competing ways of timing the Age of Aquarius, including the 2020 Jupiter–Saturn conjunction in Aquarius as a possible “dawn” marker, and critique utopian 1960s portrayals of Aquarius, noting traditional rulership by Saturn and the difficult, disruptive qualities associated with Uranus (and Rahu as co-ruler in Vedic astrology). Greer ties Uranus-in-Gemini cycles to U.S. history and “elite replacement” periods, framing current politics as another transition that may include bureaucratic contraction and social…

People in this episode

Hosts: AC, Isaac

Guest: John Michael Greer

Topics covered

• mundane astrology
• Saturn-Neptune conjunction
• Age of Aquarius
• U.S. history
• climate volatility
• karmic causality

Keywords

• astrology
• 0° Aries
• Jupiter-Saturn conjunction
• Uranus-in-Gemini
• elite replacement
• bureaucratic contraction
• social conflict

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Age of Aquarius, Dion Fortune’s initiation

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