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The Jupiter-Saturn Square:

Revisiting Tecumseh’s Curse

The article intertwines astrology with history, highlighting the eerie
pattern known as “Tecumseh’s Curse,” which links presidential fates

with planetary positions.

Part I which always accompanies the attempt
to overthrow the old Gods in favor of the

Every 20 years, the transiting cycle of next generation. In myth, this recurring
Jupiter and Saturn forms a conjunction theme is frequently depicted when the
(joining) of these two socially influential young hero must overthrow the tyrannical

forces, serving to redefine social king to win the throne. Saturn/Cronos
consciousness and shift our collective overthrew Uranus, only to suffer the same

perception of reality. As the new fate when his son, Zeus/Jupiter, overthrew
awareness and resulting vision of Jupiter him so that the new generation could rule
collides and clashes with the traditional Humankind. It is truly a tale as old as

social structures and systems of Saturn time.
adopted to support it, dramatic social

change is inevitable. Just as individuals The current Jupiter/Saturn cycle began
must grow and evolve according to the with the conjunction at 0 degrees of
times, so must the societies that they have Aquarius on December 21, 2020. We

created. Social evolution takes time, and are now experiencing the first critical
there are critical points within the 20-year period of the cycle, the separating square,

cycle when the awareness of the “new which always presents us with some
world view” reaches critical mass, and the form of social/cultural “crisis” to which
existing social structures can no longer we must respond collectively. Due to the

serve their function. Most significantly, retrograde motion of both planets, there
for the astrologers among us, are those will be three exact squares of Jupiter

that occur approximately every five years: and Saturn, so this phase of the cycle
The separating square, the opposition, is in play from August 19, 2024 (the
and the approaching square. During first exact square at the critical mutable

these periods, the challenges between the degree of 17 Gemini/Pisces) through
“old world order” and the new intensify, June 15, 2025 (the third exact square at

as does the turmoil and social discord the critical cardinal degree of 01 Aries/

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