The History of Uranus in Gemini: 1,000 Years in 3 Parts. (3/3)

Feb 28
30 min read

This article is Part 3 of the analysis of the history of Uranus in Gemini over the past 1,000 years. If you haven’t already, please check out Part 1 and Part 2 to see the red threads and themes present for us.

On Uranus in Gemini

Uranus is an Outer Planet in our Solar system that takes 84 years to come full circle and spends ca. 7 ½ years in each sign. It’s a heavyweight planet that signifies change, times of social and individual upheaval, revolutions, rebellion, innovation, and the desire to liberate – among other things. Gemini is the sign of the twins, mental, communication-related, education, and travel-related endeavors. When Uranus moves through Gemini, important and noteworthy historical events tend to take place, and this happened 12 times over the past 1,000 years, each timeframe something we’ll look at. Uranus is also dependent on two other major planets and their cycles: Neptune (168 years) and Pluto (248 years). The reason that these influence Uranus – and are so slow – is also the reason why I picked 1,000 years to look at rather than 500; the result would have just been too biased.

At present, Uranus is about to enter Gemini: July 7^th – November 8^th, 2025; April 26^th, 2026 – August 3^rd, 2032; and finally, December 12^th, 2032 – May 22^nd, 2033.

What are we looking at?

For this article, we’re looking at global historical events (and their causes) over as many continents as possible in each of the 7 1/2 year-long timeframes of Uranus in Gemini (that reoccur every 84 years, as stated) over the last millennium. I’m only going to use events that we know the exact dates of (at least to the month and year), as events that “sort of happen around this decade, probably” are important, but can’t be tied to Uranus’s astrology. Beyond this, I didn’t pick the history – as to avoid bias – but applied the astrology to the events that unfolded. To see a holistic context, I’ve looked at different areas of history, such as social, military, religious/philosophical of major world religions, literary, technical, and scientific history as recorded: this gives us a broad spectrum to look at.

For ease of reading, I’ve given each of the 12 timeframes a subtitle that is meant to be a memory aid, not a comprehensive summary of the event. The exact dates of time periods used are noted at the beginning of each section, followed by a list and explanation of historical events, and then followed by an analysis of the astrological context. This has to be short – because of all the data – but hopefully, comprehensive enough for our purposes.

Because Uranus in Gemini tends to see some pretty significant and well-known events, you’re going to see some very familiar (and cool!) names and events in that list, including but not limited to:

Part 1:

1020-28: Mass Movement for Peace

1104-12: Resolution of Controversy

1188-95: Richard Lionheart

1271-79: Great Writings

Part 2:

1355-63: 100 Years’ War

1439-47: Bridging and Printing

1423-30: The Reformation

1606-14: Jamestown and Galileo Galilei

Part 3:

1690-98: End of Witch Burnings

1774-82: Industrialization and (U.S.) Independence

1858-66: The American Civil War

1941-49: The Late 2nd World War and Cold War

Closing Thoughts

Due to the length of this analysis, it will be published in three parts. Without further ado, let’s jump right in!

1690-98: End of the Witch Burnings

July 10^th – November 4^th, 1690

April 28^th, 1691 – July 31^st, 1697

December 16^th, 1697 – May 18^th, 1698.

During this timeframe, the age of the persecution of witches ends. The last confirmed mass executions for witchcraft (Scotland’s Paisley witches) and the last official execution for witchcraft in Denmark take place. Another highly impactful event – especially for our American friends – is the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, events still popular for horror stories and literary and artistic renditions. This moment of mass hysteria was also labeled as “the rock on which the [New England] theocracy shattered” (Historian George Lincoln Burr), showing its long-term influence on the political and social landscape of the then-colonies, now world power.

Politically, the 9-Year War goes on (1688-97) and ends, becoming the precursor to the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701. We see the Candlemass Massacre in the French and English colonies in 1692, of the French trying to kill as many English as they can.

The Williamite Wars in Ireland end in 1691 and lead to a guarantee of the civil rights of previously persecuted Roman Catholics in the country. Scotland doesn’t fare as well, with the Banishment Act in 1698 turning Roman Catholic priests out of the country – at the threat of execution if they stay or return. Also relevant for the United Kingdom: the last person to be executed for blasphemy in Britain dies in 1697, and Scotland sees an improvement in education as Church-supervised schools are to be established in every parish of Scotland with the Education Act of 1696. Queen Mary II of England dies in 1694, marking the end of the last joint monarchy of the U.K. (which left William III on the throne).

Speaking of joint rulership, mentally ill Tsar Ivar V of Russia dies and leaves Tsar Peter the Great to remain as sole ruler of Russia in 1696. The Russian Navy is also founded. In other parts of the world, China completes its conquest of Mongolia in 1697, and Spain completes its conquest of the final independent Mayan states in the same year.

Outside of England, we see the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty recognizes the Roman Catholic Church and legalizes its missions throughout China. Islam is introduced to South Africa, and a religious schism between Anabaptist Swiss and Mennonite Amish sects takes place during this timeframe. The Great Turkish War, also known as the Last Crusade (Holy Alliance vs. Ottoman Empire), is ongoing throughout this time period as well.

Economy is a huge theme throughout this pass of Uranus in Gemini: We see the first use of paper money in the Western World in 1690-91 in America, something that is then used by the first European bank in Scotland in 1696. We also have a lot of historical firsts when it comes to money and taxation. As part of the war effort against France, England goes into governmental debt – the first country to ever do so. To regain their funds, they bring us a lot of historical firsts when it comes to money and taxation, including a 2-pound swearing fine in 1696, the Recoinage Act, which meant to remove counterfeit silver coin from the market in 1696, the window tax in 1696 (remains in effect until 1851), and more.

Other than that, Louis XIV of France (Roi du Soleil) passes a law against games of chance, gold is found in Brazil, and one of the oldest insurance companies in Britain is founded while the end of the Royal African Trade monopoly dawns. China concentrates all foreign trade in Canton, separating Europeans from their own population on purpose, something that eventually leads to big issues between China and Britain, especially.

The planet Uranus is sighted for the first time in 1690, but not officially confirmed until Uranus’s next pass through Gemini in the 18^th century. The first working model of the reciprocating steam engine for pumping water is invented in 1690, but the steam engine itself is also officially invented only when Uranus returns to Gemini ca. 84 years later. Rolle’s Theorem is published in 1691, and the earliest known Eau de Cologne developed in 1693. Sweden’s first technical school is founded in 1697.

The weather and natural catastrophes are once again severe in this timeframe. Highlights include: the Jamaican Earthquake of 1692, Mount Edna eruption in 1693 that kills ca. 60,000, the Great Storm that changes the course of rivers from Virginia to Long Island in America in 1693, and the year 1694 with lots of large-scale earthquakes and storms 1694. And, the most prominent natural catastrophe: a large unidentified volcanic eruption in 1695 that leads to colder climate, crop failure, and the Great Famine of 1695-97 (in Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden: a third of the Finnish population dies) as well as the Seven Ill Years of famine in Scotland.

Literature is another interesting theme of this time. The first ever women’s magazine is founded: The Ladies’ Mercury in 1693 in England. John Locke publishes an impactful book on education, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, in 1693, and the first official dictionary of the French language follows in 1694, Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française. Speaking of France, a volume with French fairytales containing Cinderella, Bluebeard, Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, and Puss in Boots is published by Charles Perrault in 1697. Dimitrie Cantemir writes an important book on the music of the Ottoman Empire in 1693, and England lifts its censorship (2 pound swearing fine not included) in 1695.

During this timeframe, we have William the Kidd becoming an outlaw… as well as the Revolt of the Undertakers in Amsterdam in 1696, due to funeral reforms in the Netherlands. The secret society of the Knights of the Apocalypse are founded in Italy in 1693.

The Astrological Context:

As already stated, Uranus in Gemini boosts out-of-the-box thinking and inventions, none as obvious as they are with economy in this timeframe (the swearing fine also doubles as a Geminian theme of speech slash freedom of speech, and is my personal favorite as a grand idea to fill up the indebted country’s coffers). Though the first working model of the steam engine would also change our lives drastically by the next pass of Uranus in Gemini, during the period of industrialization. (The first sighting of Uranus, followed by the official discovery of the planet in the next pass of Uranus through Gemini, also follows the same pattern and signifies scientific discovery and surprising expansion of awareness – especially as Uranus’s discovery shakes and revolutionizes science as the people realize that an entire world beyond their naked eye’s perception exists. This is also a mirror to the sighting of Neptune in the 1606-14 timeframe of Uranus in Gemini.)

The literature in this timeframe is also incredibly interesting, with the first woman’s magazine starting a trend around the spreading of news that we’ll see continue in the timeframes after this one. (Also, Mercury rules Gemini, making the title The Ladies’ Mercury doubly interesting). The establishment of the first French dictionary is done both to improve and help educational and orthographical efforts and to fight against influences on the French language that would water down its uniqueness. We also once again have themes around taxation, moves against counterfeit, and themes heavily processed in modern-day storytelling, such as the Salem witch trials, William the Kidd, and Peter the Great – never mind what the publication of Perrault’s fairy tales sparked not only with modern-day retellings, but also with the effects of their translations, such as by the Brothers’ Grimm in 1812.

We once again experience a religious schism (Anabaptist Swiss, and Mennonite Amish) with Anabaptism originally founded under a previous pass of Uranus through Gemini. Religious tensions and persecutions also once again become a theme, with especially members of the Roman Catholic clergy exiled and persecuted.

On the plus side, human rights win with the end of the mass-scale witch persecutions after the last recorded ones, including the Salem Witch Trials and Paisley Witch burnings.

Some other noteworthy repetitions: in past passes of Uranus in Gemini, the Mongol Yuan dynasty defeated the Chinese Song dynasty and ran China – then, the Yuan dynasty was once again replaced by the Chinese Ming dynasty in another pass of Uranus in Gemini – and now, China turns the tables and completes its conquest of Mongolia.

Now, let's move into our next timeframe.

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1774-82: Industrialization and (U.S.) Independence

This timeframe coincides with Pluto in Aquarius (1777-98), also present today. Read about this event here.

June 19^th – December 1^st, 1774

April 8^th,1775 – July 12^th, 1781

January 12^th – April 28^th, 1782.

Industrialization, the foundation of the U.S.A, and more: Let’s look at this pretty interesting timeframe in history. The timeframe starts with the U.S.A. as a colony, largely under British rule. Over the course of this bout of Uranus in Gemini, this changes: The American Revolutionary Wars start and lead to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The ending of the wars are in 1783, with Uranus already is in Cancer, making the ripple effects part of a different astrological effect. But obviously, this is the birth of the U.S.A., that’s founded on principles of free speech first, as well as other ideals of democracy, liberty, and more. As time passes, the U.S. would gradually become a superpower – specifically, through a future Uranus-in-Gemini transit.

That being said, this event’s short-term effects – plus Louis XVI’s coronation as King of France and war with Britain, all things coinciding with this bout of Uranus in Gemini – would propel the world towards an age of revolutions and revolts that would heavily impact them for the time to come. The desire for liberation becomes contagious and leads to upheaval for the next centuries to come.

Other events starting during this time for the U.S. are the Cherokee-American Wars of 1776 and the marriage of Alexander Hamilton to Elizabeth Schuyler in 1780 – immortalized in the musical Hamilton.

Another major theme of these times is human rights – specifically, the abolition of slavery.

Catherine the Great of Russia prohibits the return of formerly freed serfs (a form of slaves) back into serfdom, protecting their rights (1775). The Act of Gradual Abolition of Slavery passes in the U.S. as well – both events feed into the next timeframe of Uranus in Gemini 1850’s-60’s. The Holy Roman Empire of the German nation also abolishes serfdom completely during this timeframe, and France abolishes the use of torture to extract confessions as well. The last legal witchcraft sentencing takes place – in Switzerland in 1782.

Another key theme is that of religious rights and freedom: The Quebec Act concerning the freedom of religion for Roman Catholics comes in 1774 and ends religious discrimination in this colony. The End of Russo-Turkish War (1768-74) gives Russians the right to intervene in the Ottoman Empire on behalf of Christian subjects, bettering the Christian’s welfare in the Muslim empire.

Other than that, Industrialization is in full swing – and picking up speed. Scientifically, we see some major discoveries during this timeframe: sulfur dioxide is discovered (essential during industrialization) in 1774, and the steam engine is developed in 1775 – the official intensification of the revolution of machinery, travel, and communication with large impacts felt today.

Industrialization would also change our societies and create a major dichotomy between agricultural and industrial countries that would be felt throughout history – and until today, to be precise. Not only that, but it would lead to a massive migration of people who come from the rural areas of industrialized countries into the cities, living in often extremely cramped conditions for purposes of work. This would also affect our societies (including until today), with its effect on family life and societal values – as well as the organization of urban life for young children.

The Iron Bridge, still the world’s biggest cast iron bridge, is built in 1779. In 1781, planet Uranus is officially discovered, opening the world’s eyes to a world beyond the visible stars and planets, and the first hot air balloon flies in 1782.

When it comes to medicine, the smallpox vaccine is developed in 1775 and becomes the first vaccine worldwide, revolutionizing the treatment of highly contagious illnesses.

On the matter of education, Austria provides (and forces) compulsory education for girls and boys from age 6 to 12, a first for the country in 1774. As far as philosophies go, Adam Smith publishes the Wealth of Nations in 1776, majorly impacting the way we think about national economies today. Emmanuel Kant publishes his works on moral and ethical philosophies and more from 1781 onward. The Complete Library of the Four Treasuries – the largest compilation of literature in Chinese history – is completed in 1782. In Germany, one book (The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe in 1774) has such an intense impact that it causes mass suicides of young men and begins a new literary era of revolutionary thought and more.

Other noteworthy things: This time period sees some very intense weather, such as the Independence Hurricane of 1776 and the Great Fire of New York of 1776 in America, the Great Hurricane in Barbados in 1780 (with 22,000 killed), and a lightning strike in Russia that starts a fire that destroys 11,000 homes (also in 1780). Also interesting: The Bolshoi Ballet and Illuminati are both founded in 1776, and the first bagpipe competition in Scotland is held in 1781.

The Astrological Context

Uranus is the planet of revolutions – which has been stated before but becomes far more noteworthy right now. In Gemini, the sign symbolizing values around independence, freedom, and speech as well as free speech, we see this transit bringing about the major event that would lead to a chain reaction of freedom – and movements around independence and freedom from censure – that would spread throughout the world. Pluto moves into Aquarius (1777-1798) as this event takes place, radicalizing and further strengthening this aspect of Uranus in Gemini… and providing the bridge that connects the American Revolution and French Revolution, as well as the concrete building of the political system of American democracy. In a future pass of Uranus in Gemini, the U.S. would become a world power others rallied around (1941-49).

Another theme is, of course, the revolution of thought with things like Locke’s book on education, Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, and the development of vaccination, sparking a change of thinking that still affects our perspective (sometimes in ways that cause division) on science today.

The freedom of the individual (a very Uranus-ruled theme) also becomes a more prominent theme as various world leaders decide to abolish or restrict forms of slavery (specifically, serfdom). We’ve already seen this theme play out in some ways before, but we’ll definitely see this continued – especially in America – in the next pass of Uranus in Gemini in the 1860’s.

Industrialization is another extremely typical event for a Uranus-in-Gemini transit, as Uranus here fosters inventions and technological as well as scientific advancement. Interesting here is the development of the steam engine. Not only is one of its first primary uses in transport (ships and railways alike), it’s also already played a role in the previous pass of Uranus in Gemini (1690-98), as that was when the first working prototype was developed. This once again shows us how astrological cycles can be used to track the repetition and continuation of historical developments, though it’s not even close to the only – or best example. The migration of people into the cities and industrialized areas for jobs – and the separation of countries into Technology- vs. Agriculture-oriented that takes place due to the industrialization – is also something we can see in Uranus-in-Gemini transits.

Other repetitions: two other events shaping our modern-day culture, literature, and storytelling, the American Revolutionary Wars (including Hamilton), and Catherine the Great, would inspire many. The gradual abolition of witchcraft sentencing started with the Reformation (pause in killings of witches by the Spanish Inquisition in favor of reeducation, which I’m sure wasn’t gentle parenting pedagogy, either), continued in the last period of Uranus in Gemini (final witch burnings), and ends officially by now. Religious discrimination is a theme, but one where we see a move towards tolerance rather than away from it, showing us that Uranus in Gemini can be a bridge (as it has been in the Treuga Dei, resolution of the Investiture Controversy, and gradual bridge-building over the East-West Schism under Pope Eugene IV, all in past passes of Uranus in Gemini).

Let’s continue with the second-to-last timeframe we’ll look at here.

1858-66: The American Civil War

This timeframe of Uranus in Gemini overlaps with the timeframe of Neptune in Aries 1861-75 (Neptune will be in Aries again 2025-2039). To learn about this event, click here.

June 2^nd, 1858 – January 1^st, 1859

March 14^th, 1859 – June 27^th, 1865

February 17^th – March 27^th, 1866.

The timeframe most known for the U.S. Civil War, the Taiping Rebellion, and Darwin’s Origin of the Species packs quite a punch. Let’s start with the best-known event during this timeframe. From 1860 to 1861, the secession of the Southern States of the United States of America becomes the culmination of long-standing friction within the U.S. about the topic of slavery. The South is in favor, the North isn’t, and polarization between North and South become stronger and stronger, until Abraham Lincoln (a politician already known for his antislavery position) is elected president in 1860. The Southern States separate from the U.S. as a result and form the Confederate States of America… which leads to the American Civil War 1861-65.

The North of the U.S. had previously heavily invested in industrialization and transportation systems (including canals, roads, steamboats, and railroads), vast communication networks thanks to inexpensive prints (newspapers, books, magazines), and eventually telegraphs, as well as financial industries including banking and insurance. The South remained heavily focused on plantations that relied on unpaid labor – largely provided by slaves – and is, at the start of the timeframe, richer economically than the North thanks to the rise in cotton prices and therefore, rise in worth of “property” called slaves. It is both the failures of the South’s transportation and communication systems that play a key role in the loss for the Confederate side of the war. (Obviously, there were also other factors that came into play.)

The U.S. Civil War is often declared as the last of the old-fashioned wars or the first of the modern wars – in either case, it’s marked as a transitional war in which 2% of the 1860 population of the U.S. dies, and federal military cemeteries (and private Confederate cemeteries) are invented out of necessity. Warfare changes drastically through this event: it’s the first war in history in which iron-clad warships meet on the battlefield, rifled ordnance and shell guns are widely used, and machine guns, submarines, land and water mines come into play. Telegraphs and railroads play significant roles, and so does aerial reconnaissance (by means of balloons). This is also the first war widely covered by newspapers, containing elections held even by people serving in the war, and the systematically organized medical care of troops. This event is written about and processed in various forms of arts like no other war in history, even today… especially so in literature and other forms of storytelling.

Obviously, one of the most prominent things to come out of the American Civil War concerns the matter of slavery in the United States, with slavery being officially abolished. Though the result isn’t yet total equality of all Americans, it is a huge step. Other long-term consequences in the U.S. are religion and spirituality changes due to the shock of this civil war. Medical procedures change, as well as opiates are more widely used due to soldiers’ extreme war wounds: the effects of this play out after this timeframe ends, but long story short, opiates are, of course, consciousness-altering and addictive, and their large-scale (though necessary) prescriptions would have some unfortunate society-wide repercussions.

The U.S. isn’t the only country thinking about slavery: In Russia, Tsar Alexander II abolishes a form of slavery called serfdom in 1861, something he spreads to the Kingdom of Poland (under the umbrella of the Russian Empire at the time) in the aftermath of the January Uprising. The latter starts in (Russia-ruled) Poland in 1863 and spreads to (also Russia-ruled) Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine, and has the goal of achieving national independence. The result of this insurrection is failure and the alienation of the Russian nobility that was previously friendly to the (esp. Polish and Lithuanian) independence movements. Russian control over the other countries tightens.

During this timeframe of Uranus in Gemini, both Germany and Italy (later on allies in World War I and II, fellow dictatorships in the 1930s and following) fight wars for unification against ruling powers, which in both cases is achieved only after the timeframe ends. And yes, we’re talking about Germany, as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation was dissolved prior to the time period, and left a German split into many small parts ruled by foreign nations. In Germany’s case, the unification is spearheaded by the Kingdom of Prussia, which uses military might against the ruling powers to try and earn the right to re-create the Germany of before. Important about this is that the reason Prussia wanted the unification of Germany was because of a belief in a larger German identity: they wanted to be German, despite being far more powerful than the singular German states, so they’d eventually create a Germany with their own capital (Berlin) as Germany’s capital, and their King as German Emperor. Again: the result comes under Uranus in Cancer but also falls under the umbrella of Neptune in Aries’s pass in the 19 ^th century, so keep reading there if this interests you. The repercussions of this event definitely shape the landscape of Europe and beyond, and feed into World War I and national identity in Germany.

Other events: The Taiping Rebellion (1850-64) comes to an end, which is an event that pitted the Qing dynasty against the so-called Heavenly Kingdom, an ideology-turned-dictatorship founded by and centered on a man who pretended to be Jesus Christ’s actual brother. We also see the civil war in Venezuela, 1859-63, Britain’s defeat in the 2^nd Opium War against China in 1860, and the hot phase of the New Zealand wars in the 1860’s. The Seventh Day Adventist Church is founded in 1863, and the Salvation Army in 1865.

Scientifically speaking, we see big changes during this timeframe. Charles Darwin publishes his book Origin of the Species in 1859, causing ripple effects throughout the world as he suggests that the human being isn’t completely unconnected to the animal kingdom after all. This leads to a major clash between Science and (Christian) Religion (including theories about how the world was made and so on), and would have (unintended) ripple effects felt even today. One such ripple effect is the foundation of Social Darwinism – an ideology not founded by Darwin that is used throughout the late 19^th and early 20^th century as the basis/excuse to look down on specific groups of humans and redefine them as less human than others or even sub-humans. While this was completely unintended by Darwin, some of the ideologies would lead to/intensify racism as well as the Holocaust against the Jews in Nazi Germany in the 1930’s and 40’s.

Also along the lines of scientific discovery: pollen is noted as a cause for allergies, and epidemiology is discovered (both in 1859). In 1863, we see the opening of the first underground railway and the launch of the first submarine. Mendel formulates his Laws of Inheritance in 1865-66 (meaning this is relevant for both Uranus in Gemini and Uranus in Cancer). Also in 1865: the first transatlantic telegraph cable.

The Astrological Context

Uranus in Gemini fosters division as it radicalizes pre-existing tension, especially mental tension (a.k.a. tension because of differing schools of thought, mindsets, etc.) that become – or appear – to be irreconcilable. In the case of the American Civil War, this is strong enough to first turn into a geographical and political division, and then strong enough to escalate into a full-blown civil war. Plus, Uranus in Gemini is about freedom, and, as we’ve seen, has already brought themes around human rights and the liberation of serfs and slaves in past versions of this event… which are, of course, main causes for this war.

In the case of the American Civil War, the party that wins is the party that lives Uranus in Gemini in the best way: Uranus rules technology, Gemini symbolizes communication, transportation, infrastructure, information, commerce, and more. Uranus and Gemini also share the symbolisms of newness, thinking outside the box, and technology. The North – the party that previously heavily invested in those things – wins, largely because of those things. Plus, the first hot air balloon flies in the 1774-82 pass of Uranus in Gemini and is now used in the military for the first time. The first use of guns in a battle happens under a pass of Uranus in Gemini (Battle of Xiangyang), the Berretta Gun Company is founded under a pass of Uranus in Gemini, and here, machine guns are first widely used. (The steam engine would also allow for steel battleships, and the use of media during the war would come both for the development of the printing press and the world’s first newspapers, all inventions of Uranus in Gemini specifically noted in prior passes of this event).

Uranus in Gemini also strengthens our desire to liberate ourselves and claim independence. We see this with the secession of the Southern U.S. states prior to the Civil War, but also with the attempts of various other countries (such as Italy and Germany under Prussia) that use weaponry to fight for their right to rule themselves. By the way, Prussia has been seen already in previous passes of Uranus in Gemini as well.

We also strongly see the effect of Uranus on the development of new ideals, schools of thought, philosophies, and so on: the ideologies and many of the scientific revelations (a clear Uranus in Gemini theme in and of itself) will become significant influences on the following history, including and up until the end of the next cycle of Uranus in Gemini.

Also, Uranus in Gemini deals with news. We see changes in news (for instance, through their coverage of the American Civil War) as well as changes in how quickly information can travel through the invention of the transatlantic cable. Travel is revolutionized as well via the underground railway.

Other repetitions: rebellions, developments of new churches and orders, and the discovery of epidemiology (after the realization that influenza is a disease, and the creation of the first vaccine, all under prior Uranus in Gemini events) are some, with another being literature. The U.S. Civil War, like many other events noted under Uranus in Gemini, is processed in literature, film, and other sources of storytelling like few other historical events… something that is a theme, as you noted.

There is more – but we have one more timeframe to cover, so let’s jump right in.

1941-49: The Late 2nd World War and Cold War

August 7^th – October 5^th, 1941

May 15^th, 1942 – August 30^th, 1948

November 12^th, 1948 – June 10^th, 1949.

Welcome to our final timeframe of Uranus in Gemini, the most recent pass of this 7 ½ year-long event, and a time marked by World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, and major social and political changes that impact our international landscapes and power balance even today. This is by far the longest analysis, not only because of the intensity of the historical events, but also because of the relevance for our lives today.

We start in the thick of World War II. Just before the time period of Uranus in Gemini starts (in June of 1941), Nazi Germany attacks the Soviet Union and creates a multiple-frontier war (one frontier to the West of Germany, one to the East) that would eventually lead to the Nazi’s defeat in 1945, the middle of the time period of Uranus in Gemini.

We also see something most Americans are very familiar with, so we’ll get this one out of the way fairly quickly: Pearl Harbor, December 1941. (Technically, Pearl Harbor wasn’t under Uranus in Gemini, but in the brief period of time in which Uranus returned to Taurus and closed out the sign. But we’ll count it here.) Japan attacks the U.S.A. (which used to be neutral and stayed out of WWII up until this point). The U.S.A. enters World War II on the side of the Allied Forces, something that drastically changes the landscape and trajectory of World War II: Before, Nazi Germany was focused on one front at the time with their Blitzkrieg strategy bringing immediate success – and, by historians’ accounts, they were clearly winning. After Nazi Germany’s fighting the war on two fronts (both because of America, and because of their decision to break the non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union), they start to lose battles until they loose the war, and surrender in May 1945.

With the entry of the U.S. into the world war, the race to develop the atomic bomb intensifies. Every country with ambition (and resources) to achieve world power status put scientists to work to get the bomb that is promised to end the war and bring lasting peace. The U.S. gets there first and drops Little Boy and Fat Man in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the Summer of 1945, leading to the Japanese Emperor’s surrender and the official ending of World War II. One of the long-term results of this is a lasting fear of nuclear warfare that would bring a renewed motivation for keeping peace and a new world order.

But we’re not quite done with the World War II aspect of the Uranus in Gemini timeframe of 1941-49: there’s one more theme we have to discuss before moving forward: pre-existing ideologies get far more radical (not that they were harmless before). The first and most horrifying example of this would be the Holocaust, with the Wannsee conference marking the time at which the worst brutalities of the genocide kicked off. Given the deeply disturbing details of this event, a lot of which I can’t stomach writing about, I will focus on different examples to illustrate the same point regarding the radicalization of pre-existing ideology.

Let’s keep looking at the Nazis, but under a different topic. During this timeframe, the ideology of the Nazis also clashed more visibly with the Christian churches and ideals, as noted by the contemporary President Roosevelt in his speech in October 1941 (where he also accused the Nazis of having the end goal of eradicating all Christianity and eliminating believers and churches alike). This is due to the ongoing Kirchenkampf (lit.: church struggle/fight/war) within the Third Reich and the Nazi’s very, very big struggle with the Christian religion.

In case you didn’t know:

The Nazis had huge issues with Christianity (Germany’s leading religion at the time) as it was declared that “National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable” (- Head of Nazi Party Chancellery and Private Secretary to Hitler, Martin Bormann, 1941). While there had previously been an attempt in the 1930’s by the Nazis to “rebrand”/found a new sort of Christianity that was Christian in name only and portrayed the party as religious leaders and Hitler as a quasi-Messiah, this was abandoned with time. The Kirchenkampf emerged, with the Nazis trying actively to work against religious institutions regardless of denomination. By the 1940’s, it was forbidden for a member of the party to have their child baptized. After public condemnation of their actions by churches and bishops’ congregations, the Nazis close many church-affiliated institutions, such as youth centers, throughout their national and occupied territories. They also seem to focus more strongly on finding previously Jewish converts to Christianity than before (f.e. St. Edith Stein) and imprison and kill them. (This was already part of the Nazi worldview before Uranus in Gemini’s timeframe.) More than 6,000 church officials of various denominations are imprisoned and executed throughout the Nazi regime (one prominent example being St. Maximilian Kolbe), with the Dachau concentration camp alone killing 2,600 members of the Roman Catholic clergy from 24 countries. The majority of this timeframe is covered by the Uranus in Gemini timeframe.

Admittedly, it is heavily debated upon among historians what the Nazi’s long-term goal for Christianity in the Third Reich was, with some historians suggesting a passive attempt at temporary co-existence until Christianity would “naturally” be replaced by science (a school of thought at the time), and others claiming an attempt towards total suppression, which Nazi officials such as Goebbels (minister of propaganda), Rosenberg (head of Nazi philosophy and ideology), and Bormann called for. In any case, the radicalization of pre-existing anti-Christian beliefs in Nazi ranks leads to drastic measures with fatal results.

The Nazi’s declaration of war against the Soviet Union – ideologically inspired in and of itself – also leads to a radicalization of ideologically-inspired (and ordered) war crimes on the Eastern Front, which also inspires the Soviet Union in their war tactics against German civilians in 1944-45. As opposed to the war against countries on Germany’s Western borders, the war against the Soviet Union is inspired by racial ideologies and intended to destroy a country rather than subdue it.

World War II ends in 1945 under Uranus in Gemini. The United Nations is established, and human rights become a theme of the times: the UN Charter defines rules and definitions for war crimes as well as human dignity. The messy, necessary work of holding people accountable for misdeeds against those rules (including but not limited to the Nuremberg trials) starts as well. This isn’t just a period of legislation but an attempt to change the minds and create an environment in which peace can thrive, and another world war can be prevented (whether this attempt will succeed long-term is not for me to say).

The ending of World War II also sees the separation of allies that used to fight together to defeat Germany: this country’s fate becomes the clearest sign of the times as Germany is split in half, with the East becoming Russian-run, and the West Allied-run (and split into smaller parts later called the tri-zone and then FRG). Re-education efforts start to remove Nazi ideology and influence from the country, while tensions between the West and the Communist Soviet Union heighten to the point of becoming the Cold War. While the Iron Curtain hasn’t completely closed just yet, Germany is officially split into two just before Uranus in Gemini ends (May 1949) with the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (or BRD in German). West Germany is also led through a process of lifting restrictions on speech, something that wasn’t possible under the authoritarian Nazi regime.

Globally, the entire world starts to clearly align itself politically into two opposing camps of ideologies and allegiances: capitalism vs. communism, the U.S. and allies vs. the Soviet Union and allies. The U.S. is officially one of the world's powers, and the countries of the world are polarized by/through their relationship with the U.S. or Russia, respectively. The U.S. also puts effort not only into bringing regime change to Germany, but also to Italy and Japan to prevent a renewed war. NATO is established just before the timeframe of Uranus in Gemini ends in 1949.

Speaking of communism, China becomes officially communist after the second phase of the war to establish the People’s Republic of China, which is fought and won from 1945-49. This would create an effect still felt today in the political climate of the world and alliance/lack thereof between China and the Western world.

Other events:

Israel is founded in 1948. Immediately, all neighboring Arabic States declare war and try (and fail) to wipe Israel off the globe again, creating both tensions locally (that pre-existed but now seriously intensify) and international tensions that last until today.

The countries Iceland (1944), British India (1947), and Indonesia (1945-49) fight for and gain their independence from their previous rulers, Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands (Indonesia succeeds just after the timeframe ends). In British India’s case, the separation from the U.K. also leads to a separation of the country into India and Pakistan, with the Indo-Pakistan War breaking out and tensions surviving until today.

There’s also an important moment in the history of Greenland. On April 9^th, 1941, Danish ambassador to the U.S.A., Henry Kauffmann (who refused to recognize Nazi Germany’s occupation of Denmark 1940 onward) signs a treaty with the U.S.A. in Denmark’s name, granting permission for the U.S. troops to come to Greenland for strategic and defensive purposes. Though completely illegal at the time (he had neither permission, nor the power to do this), this led to the beginning of U.S. military presence in Denmark and also affects the course of World War II, though that’s not subject of this article.

Under the subject of scientific and technological inventions, we don’t just see the atomic bomb: the first operational computer is built in 1941 with the express intent of deciphering coded military messages. The radar is developed to detect enemy weaponry/transportation approaching, and the jet aircraft is established for military purposes as well. Other technological developments 1941-49 that we’re still impacted by today are the television and microwave that would change households forever, the inventions of hydraulic fracturing, quantum theory, game theory, radiocarbon dating, cryptography, and, of course, nuclear physics that impact us economically, scientifically, and academically (and more).

Also noteworthy: The foundation of Peronism (the ideology shaping Argentina’s political landscape) in 1945, Italy turning from monarchy to a republic in 1946, the Greek civil war 1946-49, and Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination in 1948.

The Astrological Context

Uranus in Gemini is a time of large-scale technological development that changes the face of the Earth. On the harmless end, we see new household items, such as the TV and microwave, change the way we live domestically in ways that have ripple effects throughout all of life, including the way we seek and gather information (f.e. the news) and entertainment industries, food-related matters, and more. Of course, the first working computer would also eventually affect us in this way, but that would take more time. This shows the effect that Uranus in Gemini has not only on technology, but also on our minds, with the computer and television broadening our horizons and allowing us new windows of perception into the world we didn’t have before. The military developments are also far clearer examples and repetitions of themes we’ve seen before, specifically the “first use of” specific technologies (firearms, hot air balloons, steel warships, atom bomb – all under Uranus in Gemini passes in history). Here, developments fall into two camps: information-gathering (f.e. radar, computer for decoding purposes) and weaponry (jet aircraft, atom bomb, methods of murder inside the concentration camps). Both have ripple effects on the way we see wars and conflict.

Uranus in Gemini clearly intensifies and radicalizes pre-existing beliefs, mindsets, ideologies, and schools of thought – especially those who are in natural opposition to one another, with radicalization on one end leading to radicalization on another. We see this both in a reoccurring Uranus-in-Geminian theme of religious discrimination, and of course by the intensification of Nazi beliefs against the Soviets and within the Holocaust. After World War II, this theme continues with the radicalization of communism and capitalism – and bleeds into a polarization of the world with Soviet Russia against the U.S.A. with their respective values, ways of life, and alliances, and communist vs. capitalist countries against one another.

This segways us into another very prominent effect of Uranus in Gemini: we generally see two fronts. Not only has World War II developed in such a way that all countries are streamlined into two big coalitions fighting each other (Axis vs. Allies), but we also see quite literally Nazi Germany’s decision to fight two fronts at once… something that becomes their downfall. After World War II, Germany is separated into two parts (with one separated into smaller parts of allied forces) and then into two countries. The world itself becomes bilateral, with countries either aligning with the U.S. or Russia. This can also be seen with India and Pakistan, Israel vs. the Arab states, and more – most of which still affects us today.

As Uranus in Gemini also brings new schools of belief, thought, mindset, and ideology, we see this reflected as well. China becomes communist, and Argentina’s political ideology is developed. Again, the news plays a big role (within and outside of the war).

On the positive side, the alignment towards human rights and peace-movements, denazification (and re-education) efforts, international cooperation, and regulations of war to preserve human dignity are prioritized – all Uranus in Geminian themes as well. The U.N. is intended for those purposes as well.

Other repetitions: we have another regime change in China, this time not dynastical, but towards communism. Denmark loses another sphere of influence (like Sweden in a prior pass of Uranus in Gemini). A world power rises (same as in prior passes of Uranus in Gemini).

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Closing Thoughts.

As I promised – that’s some interesting historical events and people! Uranus in Gemini is and always has been a time of change that impacts us until today. While the nature of coinciding Pluto and Neptune transits shapes each singular event, we can see clear themes and repetitions within these 12 timeframes over 1,000 years of history that are thought-provoking and show us a glimpse of what could be coming as Uranus enters this sign once more from 2025 to 2033. With the way that themes become recurring storylines in world history, we can expect some of these things to repeat – as in evidence by Greenland becoming a U.S. military base the last time Uranus was in Gemini, and now the U.S. wanting Greenland to become a far bigger part of their defense – at least. (Note: Denmark basically never has a good time during Uranus in Gemini transits, specifically because it lost major territories like Iceland and Sweden in past Uranus in Gemini timeframes, so I don’t expect this to change this time around – sorry. This doesn’t have to mean that Greenland becomes U.S. territory, but it’s a far bigger possibility astrologically speaking then one may believe, though Greenland’s temporary/permanent independence is also more than a mere option during this upcoming time. I doubt it stays Denish territory for much longer though.)

If you liked this article (and haven’t reached your quota for history just yet), you can also look up the other long-term astrological events and their histories as they apply to the present: Pluto in Aquarius and Neptune in Aries.

In any case, the time we’re going to live through is going to become interesting. And with so many literary figures, great writers, and historical events processed throughout stories all over the ages… I’m pretty sure that whatever happens next, future generations will hear about it in their storybooks and their history tomes.

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