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AI Booms with Uranus in Gemini

A widely recognized cycle in American political astrology is the correspondence of Uranus in Gemini with major wars. Uranus’s 84-year cycle has regularly and violently brought us the Revolutionary War in the 1770s, the Civil War beginning in 1861, and World War II in the 1940s. A concurrent pattern of technological revolution is also evident when Uranus is in Gemini, especially concerning Gemini’s associated fields of communication and transportation.

Advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) are re-shaping our world as corporations invest $billions in research. Depending on how AI is developed and deployed, some will benefit while others will lose out. This week, META (formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) will begin one of the largest workforce cuts of the year by laying off 8,000 employees in a restructuring plan that relies more on AI. In the past two weeks, three other high-tech firms have announced similar plans.

AI is revolutionary, for sure, and its roots can be traced back to the previous Uranus in Gemini cycle. That’s when Alan Turing introduced a thinking machine which was the model for the modern computer. His background in codebreaking during World War II led to his invention of electromagnetic machines that could decipher the Nazis’ secret messages. He’s also credited with introducing the core ideas of AI in 1947 when he proposed that computers could learn from experience and alter their own instructions.

In 1860, one Uranus cycle before the Turing machine changed the world, the internal combustion engine was invented. That eventually brought the necessity for huge amounts of oil and gas to fuel the various machines that ran on this engine, and the consequent global oil monopolies that continue to run our political and financial world. Railroad networks for the first time linked major cities, uniting the nation’s peoples as never before. But then, they also exposed the extreme cultural diversity that fueled the Civil War.

In the 1770s, when Uranus was previously in Gemini, the invention of the steam engine and electric telegraph made similar revolutionary changes in how Americans connect with each other. These highlighted the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and allowed the thirteen colonies to compete with the British empire. This ultimately transformed the US into the world’s largest and most influential economic power.

Yes, the Uranus in Gemini cycle marks major wars in American history, but also major technological revolutions. Bernie Sanders, who was born in 1941 with Saturn conjunct Uranus in Gemini, urges caution. He views AI as “the most consequential technology in the history of humanity.” His Saturn is advocating careful consideration of AI’s implications for society, democracy, and the economy.

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