Coming Transformations

I started reading Greer's Twilight Last Gleaming the other day—no points for guessing why—and I was surprised to discover that it takes place in 2029–30.

See, Evangeline Adams famously predicted (in a talk in 1931) the US entry into World War 2 on the basis of a simple observation: every Uranus cycle heralds a war in which the country, and its identity in the world, is transformed. In particular, the United States was formed—as an idea and ideal, if not legally—when the Declaration of Independence was signed, on 4 July 1776. On this date, Uranus was at 9° Gemini, and, of course, the the Revolutionary War was raging. This began the period of an independent, albeit fractured, American identity.

84 years and one Uranus cycle later, on 24 Dec 1860—when Uranus was again at 9° Gemini—South Carolina formally seceded from the United States, sparking the Civil War. This heralded a period of power centralization, of the idea of a unified American identity, and of America becoming an industrial powerhouse.

84 years and one Uranus cycle later, on 5 Jun 1944—when Uranus was again at 9° Gemini—America put boots on the ground during the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. This quite literally began the period of American meddling in, and dominance of, European affairs, ultimately with America taking over custody of Europe and what remained of her colonial empires. (Adams actually was much more precise than this, stating that the US would enter a major war at the end of 1941 or the beginning of 1942—as indeed it did—using mundane astrology techniques to refine the rough estimate that the Uranus transit provides by checking transits against the United States' natal chart.)

I bring this up because 84 years and one Uranus cycle later will occur in May of 2028, four and a half years from now. (Lucky us, an election year.) One might wonder if the US will again participate in a major war around that time, resulting in a transformation of how the country perceives itself and relates to the world. (Indeed, given current events, one might better wonder how we might not participate in a major war around that time.)

If all that's so, I think that Greer's book takes place a couple years too late.