Timeline of alignments (1988-2045)

The big picture: timeline of the current "big cycle" (1988-2170)

The current "big cycle" started at the time of the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune stellium of 1988-89, before the Uranus-Neptune conjunction of 1993. It will end after the Uranus-Neptune conjunction of 2165, with the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune stellium of 2169-70. The circular timeline below presents the current Uranus-Neptune cycle (1993-2165), the four Saturn-Uranus cycles (1988-2170) and the five Saturn-Neptune cycles (1989-2170) that fit into that "big cycle" of about 180 years. 

An approach to build a timeline of the first quarter of the "big cycle"

I've used the following approach to build a timeline that focuses on the first quarter of the current "big cycle", from 1988 to 2041: 

• Start with the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune stellium of 1988-89 and end around the time of the Uranus-Neptune waxing square of 2039-41;

• Add the hard alignments in the Saturn-Uranus and in the Saturn-Neptune cycle;

• Look for aspect-figures between Saturn, Uranus and Neptune that highlight the alignments above, such as a stellium, a double square or a T-square; 

• Look for aspects from Jupiter during Saturn-Uranus hard alignments and Saturn-Neptune hard alignments. 

A timeline focused on the cycles between Saturn, Uranus and Neptune (1988-2043)

The approach described above leads to the following timeline: 

• 1988: Saturn-Uranus conjunction;

• 1989: Saturn-Neptune conjunction;

• 1993: Uranus-Neptune conjunction, highlighted in 1988-89 by Saturn forming a stellium with Uranus and Neptune, and further hightlighted by the Jupiter oppositions to Saturn, Uranus and Neptune from Aug 1989 to June 1990. 

• 1998-99: Saturn-Neptune opening squares; highlighted in February 1999 when Jupiter formed a sextile with Neptune.

• 1999-2000: Saturn-Uranus opening squares; highlighted by Jupiter applying to its conjunction with Saturn from July 1999 to May 2000.

• 2006-07:  Saturn-Neptune oppositions; highlighted from January to October 2006 when Jupiter formed a T-square with Saturn and Neptune.

• 2008-10:  Saturn-Uranus oppositions; highlighted in November 2008 when Jupiter formed a trine with Saturn and a sextile with Uranus. 

• 2015-16: Saturn-Neptune closing squares, highlighted from March to May 2016 when Jupiter formed a T-square with Saturn and Neptune. 

• 2021-22: Saturn-Uranus closing squares, highlighted by Jupiter's conjunction with Saturn of December 2020.

• 2025-26: Saturn-Neptune conjunction, highlighted from August 2024 to June 2025 when Jupiter squares Saturn and, later, Neptune. ✨ See the chart below. 

• 2032: Saturn-Uranus conjunction, highlighted from December 2029 to October 2031  when Jupiter opposes Saturn and, later, Uranus. 

• 2033-34: Saturn-Neptune opening squares, highlighted in February 2034 when Jupiter trines Saturn. In May and September 2034 Jupiter squares Uranus. 

• 2039-41: Uranus-Neptune squares, highlighted from October to November 2041 when Jupiter forms a T-square with Uranus and Neptune. Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in October 2040. 

• 2042-43: Saturn-Neptune oppositions. Jupiter trines Uranus in December 2042. 

• 2043: Saturn-Uranus opening squares, highlighted in December 2042 when Jupiter trines Uranus, and futher highlighted in May 2043 when Saturn forms a T-square with Uranus and Neptune. 

The Saturn-Uranus-Neptune T-square of 2043 is a rare alignment that will mark a major milestone in the "big cycle" (1988-2170) that started with the Saturn-Uranus-Neptune stellium of 1988-89. 

Extending the timeline with trines and sextiles (1988-2043)

The timeline above can be extended by adding the trines and sextiles in the cycles between Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. 

• 1995-96: Saturn-Neptune sextiles

• 1996-97: Saturn-Uranus sextiles

• 2001-02: Saturn-Neptune trines

• 2002-03: Saturn-Uranus trines

• 2012-13: Saturn-Neptune trines

• 2016-17: Saturn-Uranus trines

• 2019: Saturn-Neptune sextiles

• 2025-27: Uranus-Neptune sextiles. 👉 See the chart below. 

• 2025-26: Saturn-Uranus sextiles

• 2031: Saturn-Neptune sextiles

• 2036-37: Saturn-Neptune trines

• 2038-39: Saturn-Uranus sextiles

Focusing on 2024-2026

The next set of remarkable alignments will occur from 2024 until 2026, around the time of the Saturn-Neptune conjunction:

• September 2023: Jupiter within 8 degrees of Uranus

• April 2024: Jupiter conjunct Uranus

• June 2024: first Jupiter square Saturn

• December 2024: second Jupiter square Saturn

• June 2025: third Jupiter square Saturn, and Saturn within one degree from Neptune

• August 2025: first Uranus sextile Neptune

• November 2025: second Uranus sextile Neptune

• February 2026: Saturn conjunct Neptune

• July 2026: third Uranus sextile Neptune

• January 2027: fourth Uranus sextile Neptune

• June 2027: fifth Uranus sextile Neptune

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