In Mundane astrology, the Jupiter Saturn conjunction can be seen as a blueprint of social development. Jupiter represent ideas, theories, developments and truths, Saturn is about experience, executive, protection, limit and realties.
Every twenty years these two planets conjunct each other, and people start to carry out their plans, building up a different society from the experience (Saturn) and new ideas (Jupiter), when Jupiter conjunct Saturn a new planetary cycle begins.
In 2020 there will be a Jupiter Saturn conjunction at 0 degree Aquarius on 21st December, this is an extremely important astrological configuration for the year, decade, or even century.
The characters of the Jupiter Saturn cycle are not only repeated every twenty years, there are at least two other things we need to notice. First, Jupiter and Saturn always conjunct in the same element (different signs) for about 200 years and the second is that there is a transition period called the great mutation which happens between the changeover of the two elements. This article will focus on these two themes as the Jupiter Saturn conjunction in 2020 marks the end of the Great mutation and the start of the influence of the Air element which will last for next 199 years.
If we look at the different Jupiter Saturn conjunctions for more than 200 years, we find that Jupiter and Saturn always conjunct in the same element (but different signs) for around 200 years. For example, between 1802 and 2000, this conjunction happened mostly in Earth signs, apart from 1822 in Aries the Fire sign and 1980 in Libra the Air sign. If we also count the great mutation from the begin to the end that would make it around 240 years or more.
Therefore, the Jupiter Saturn conjunction not only indicates the important themes of next 20 years but also tells us the element that people will focus on for around 200 years. The change of elements follows the order: Fire, Earth Air, Water, then starting again at Fire.
Between 1365 and 1643, they happened mostly in water signs apart from 1385 and 1405 in the air signs and 1603 and 1623 in the fire signs. These fit into the age of discovery of human history, European explorers went outside the Mediterranean, across Atlantic Ocean, discovered the Pacific Ocean and made the first circumnavigation of the globe between 1519 and 1522 by the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan.
Between 1603 and 1821, the Jupiter Saturn conjunctions occurred in Fire signs boosting social development, the industrial revolution, and also those revolutions which changed old political systems. These revolutions changed some regimes changed from monarchies to republics, democracies or autocracies and some made countries independent. We also notice the growth of materialism and reliance on substances when Jupiter Saturn conjunct in Earth signs, for example between 1802-2000, the new techniques and improvements give people a better material life.
