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Age of Transition
FEBRUARY 4, 2016MARCH 30, 2017

2017 – 2020: Global Economic Collapse

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The study of astrological cycles can determine a lot about how things play out in the future. The
quote “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme,” captures the essence of these cycles. Just
like when things happen in certain seasons or at certain times of the day, so goes for astrological
cycles. Using astrology and the study of the cycles of Saturn and Pluto, in this post I will show
how there is a very strong possibility that global economic collapse will occur from 2017 – 2020.

No Collapse in 2016

2015 was a bad year in the global economy with commodities and oil crashing. Indeed, 2015 may
be the first year of the collapse. In the US economic recessions happen every three to nine years,
(http://bespokeinvest.typepad.com/bespoke/2008/10/us-economic-recessions-1900---2008.html)
implying that the next decline is now quite overdue. The phase 2009 – 2014 has been the weakest
recovery in modern history, and this stabilizing period out of the 2008 crisis is now over. What
does that mean for 2016?

Despite how fragile the world still is, as outlined in previous posts I do not expect a full-blown
economic crash to happen in 2016. The reason for this is simple: the elite must get past the US
election with the same party in power. Hence in 2016 I expect the world financial system to
continue to be floated by world central banks to achieve this, holding back the inevitable crash just
as a dam holds back a waterfall. This prediction is already proving correct, as the ECB is talking
“more stimulus” (http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/21/ecb-interest-rate-hold-
steadies-markets) and the Bank of Japan implements negative interest rates.
(http://business.financialpost.com/investing/global-investor/stocks-are-rallying-around-the-
world-as-japan-ends-grim-january-with-a-stimulus-bang)

The Saturn/Pluto Cycle Is Ending

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How will this end?
The most recent economic cycle is widely recognized as having two distinct segments: the 1982 –
2000 Bull Market phase, which saw rampant growth and general prosperity, and the Bear Market
phase since 2000, which has seen fraud, market manipulation and intervention dominate. For the
average person this period has meant struggle and/or loss. These phases are well illustrated using
the chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (right click to expand in a new tab).

This cycle has thus far correlated strongly to the Saturn/Pluto cycle, a fact that is already well
established (http://alabe.com/Merriman2015.html) according to top financial astrologer
Raymond Merriman. (http://new.mmacycles.com/) Saturn and Pluto rule all forms of business,
finance and politics. The Saturn/Pluto cycle started in 1982 with the planets conjunct. Shortly after
2000, the planets reached their opposition phase and economic conditions changed. Growth and
booms were engineered and even faked to avoid the decline that would naturally happen. Due to
excessive outside influence markets over time became less and less free and economies became
more and more tightly managed by central banks and bankers. The cycle ends in 2020 at the next
Saturn/Pluto conjunction, when the next cycle will also start.

2015 – 2020 is the last phase of this cycle, and Merriman says historically the last four to five years
of the cycle are very difficult times economically and politically (previous cycles started in 1947
and 1914). 2015 coincides exactly with the oil collapse, adding further evidence of the tight
correlation of the cycle with economic reality. Given this condition it is very difficult to see the
current system as it stands lasting past 2020. By definition then, a substantial economic collapse is
very likely to unfold within only the next few years.

Saturn in Late Sagittarius May Trigger The Collapse

Several years ago Kiril Stoychev, chairman of the Bulgarian Astrological Association, also
predicted the next economic collapse would start in 2017. (http://astrohoroscope.info/stoycheff/?
p=69) He hypothesized outer planets in late Sagittarius would trigger it, citing that The Great
Depression, the 2008 Great Recession, Black Monday 1987, and The Panic of 1819 all started this
way. It seems what may be happening here is that the Sagittarius planets are setting up for the
Capricorn crisis and restructuring period, or expansion has just gone too far or is not able to go
any further even in the fire sign. Hence with Saturn moving into this area soon, late 2017 could
easily spark the next major economic downturn.

Pluto Moves Into A Strong Deflationary Zone

(https://ddecoverley.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/zodiac3.jpg)Tracing the movement of Pluto

(money, power, the collective) around the zodiac can also provide insights into longer-term
economic cycles. In this regard, peak inflation (1979 – 1983) and peak deflation (1929 – 1940)
occurred with Pluto in cardinal signs after about 18° to the end of the sign. These were both
economically hard times.

Pluto reaches 18° Capricorn in 2018 and deflation is likely to prevail. This would be consistent
with Capricorn’s natural energies. Ever since the Great Recession and Pluto’s entrance into
Capricorn in 2008 world central banks have been fighting to stave off deflation. Eventually that
will fail, and another Great Depression could transpire. It may last until 2025 or longer in the West.

Coming Up: Three Years of Saturn in Capricorn

In 2018 Saturn moves into it’s home sign of Capricorn for three full years. Its movement here
should be very noticeable and obvious, affecting global business and economic structure, world
finance, banking, global governance and global power structure. I am expecting it to feel
suffocating and on the surface extremely grim with Pluto also in the sign. Given the ending of the
Saturn/Pluto cycle in tandem with this home sign transit, the three years 2018 – 2020 could be the
most important and perhaps defining years of the Pluto in Capricorn era (2008 – 2024). In
conjunction with Pluto, these years are very likely to reap the consequences of many years’ worth
of “kicking the can down the road” and reckless global irresponsibility with debt.

If this weren’t enough to be concerned about, many years back financial astrologer Robert Gover
also reported the prevalence of Saturn in Capricorn
(http://www.stariq.com/Main/Articles/P0000463.HTM) with global downturns. He found that
four past economic depressions were “anchored” with Saturn in mid-Capricorn when one heavy
planet was also in Aries. These were the economic depressions of the 1780’s (after America’s
critical period), the 1840’s (after the Panic of 1837), the 1870’s “Long Depression,” and The Great
Depression. Astrologically this could be interpreted as the business world forcing or being forced
into collapse and realignment (Saturn in Capricorn) as pressure and new paradigms burst forth
(heavy planet in Aries). Uranus will be in the late degrees of Aries in 2018.

The Ending Of The Uranus/Pluto Square

The square aspect between Uranus and Pluto can also instigate economic depression.
(https://theupliftingcrane.wordpress.com/2014/04/07/the-astrological-time-cycles-of-economic-
recessiondepression/) The Panic of 1819, The Panic of 1873, and The Great Depression all began
under an approaching square aspect between Uranus and Pluto. This aspect generally plays out or
shows a great class struggle, a dimension that is also present in today’s 2010 – 2018 square. Out of
The Panic of 1819 a huge mistrust of banks, bankers and paper money was created, and Andrew
Jackson rose into power to defend the working class against oppression from the wealthy elite.
The Panic of 1873 also began a “Gilded Age” of unprecedented greed, crass, corruption and
extreme economic inequality. Today’s Uranus square Pluto aspect is now separating, and the
energy around the class struggle could break when Uranus moves into Taurus in 2019.

Conclusion

With each passing year the odds of global economic collapse rises significantly. Late-2017 could be
the trigger while 2018 – 2019 is likely to anchor it. As researched by Gover, Uranus in it’s final year
in Aries in 2018 makes economic collapse even more probable. Add to this “Grim Reaper” Saturn
strong in its home sign of Capricorn for a full three years and joining Pluto to end the
Saturn/Pluto cycle, 2017 – 2020 is a textbook astrological recipe for a significant global
deflationary downturn.

As a result of these cycles and energies, 2017 – 2020 will probably be the hardest four years
humans have faced since The Crash of 1929 and the onset of The Great Depression. But since
Cancer is a more pleasant sign than Capricorn, on the surface I expect the next collapse to feel and
look much worse than what happened in 1929. This is because back in the 1930’s people were
much more self-sufficient, whereas people today are highly dependent on major institutions for
their livelihoods and well-being.
While these years are very likely to seem scary and hard, they can be a good thing. They are what
humans are ready to experience as dictated by higher evolutionary impulses. Economic hardship
can bring people together and impel positive evolution if people decide to enterprise new ways of
life, values, and community. This is the lesson of Uranus in Aries and Taurus, perhaps finally
ready to make its mark. It is possibly through defining Capricorn years like 2017 – 2020 that the
Age of Transition really begins.

Update: The Global Power Shift (https://ddecoverley.wordpress.com/2017/03/30/the-global-

power-shift/)

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