Starcodes Jan 1, 2021 Heather Roan Robbins

As 2021 begins the planets ask us to think about how we define community, our people, our circle, what philosophy and vision guides us, and what are our personal and collective responsibilities. Jupiter and Saturn, the two arbiters of social consciousness, conjunct in the communal fixed air-sign Aquarius in December, started a new 20-year cycle, square change-inducing Uranus several times in the year ahead, and set the tone for the year ahead.

Aquarius calls us to expand our horizon, to think idealistically, philosophically, globally, but act locally. The trap can be to see everything through the filter of our philosophy and lose the ability to see what’s really going on. To bring out Aquarius’s gift we need to keep it authentic and responsive and get really honest with ourselves. This Aquarius line-up demands we incorporate multiple points of view to develop a healthy, flexible philosophy that pulls us out of the pettiness of the single story.

Jupiter and Saturn, and soon Pluto in Aquarius call us to truly think globally and act locally. But this is just a taste, preparation for the big social and political work we’ll need to do when Pluto enters Aquarius in a few years, from 2023–2044. This will be the first time Pluto enters Aquarius since 1777–1798, when USA labored to form a country that embodied its Constitutional vision statement.

Saturn, and soon Pluto in Aquarius need us to investigate how we can save our ecosystem and create a mutually beneficial world without oppressing the freedom of the individual…