Configurations 1 | Ancient Period 576 - 83 BCE
Historical Ephemeris
Astrological Charts
Astrological Charts
This section:
Configurations of
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
600 BCE - CE 2200
Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
600 BCE - CE 2200
This section shows in loose diagrammatic form the major aspects and configurations of a 500-year period between the conjunctions of Neptune and Pluto from 578 BCE onwards. This date is important since there occurred a mutual conjunction of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto - a rare event marking a time when humanity changed enormously.
With a few exceptions, only conjunctions, squares and oppositions are shown, representing crunch-points throughout history. In some cases multiple planets are involved in a configuration. When Jupiter and Saturn play a supplementary role in these configurations they are shown.
These charts are generalised charts, not charts for exact dates, to show the processes at work. The aspect or configuration might last a few years, and exact aspects occur at different positions and dates within those few years. But from an historical timecycle viewpoint, the passage of 1-3 years is short, embodying a process of incremental change and crossing tipping-points in the short term and sudden, rapid change in the longterm.
These charts are repeated in the timelines in this ephemeris.
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Configurations 578 - 83 BCE
Neptune-Pluto cycle 1
During this time we see the rise of Greece, Rome, imperial China, Maghada in India, Persia and Mexico, as new kinds of military-commercial civilisations, yet they made a big mark on human culture and religion too.
 Uranus-Neptune-Pluto conjunction 578-575 BCE Expansion of Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar); dominance of Aryans in N India; Greek rationalism, Greek westward colonisation; expansion of Phoenicians; decline of Egypt; Lao Tzu; rise of Zoroastrianism |  Uranus square Pluto 552-551 BCE Growth of Zoroastrian Persia (Cyrus); Seven Wise Men of Greece, zenith of Delphic oracle |
 Uranus square Neptune 538-537 BCE Old Testament (Babylon); fall of Babylon and growth of Persia; freeing of Jews in Babylon; reforms in Athens (Peisistratus); founding of Jainism; Pythagoras at work |  Uranus opposition Pluto 521-520 BCE Zenith of Persia; decline of Chou (China); teaching of the Buddha; Confucius at work; dominance of Maghada (India); foundation of Roman republic; democratic reforms in Athens |
 Uranus opposition Neptune 492-488 BCE Greeks beat Persians (Bt of Marathon); Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Analects of Confucius; ascendancy of Greece |  Uranus square Pluto 473-471 BCE Socrates at work; rise of plebeians in Rome |
 Uranus square Neptune 454-452 BCE Maghada empire (India); La Tene Celtic culture at peak; consolidation of Jewish nation; Twelve Tables of Roman Law |  Uranus conjunct Pluto 437 BCE Jewish intermarriage with gentiles forbidden; competiton between Greek states for dominance |
 Neptune square Pluto 407-404 BCE Uranus square Pluto 405-404 BCE Uranus conjunct Neptune 404 BCE Historian Herodotus at work; zenith of Chavin culture (Bolivia); end of Athenian dominance in Greece; Warring States Era starts, China; sudden decline of Olmec civilisation, Mexico; writing of Mahabharata and the Pentateuch |  Uranus opposition Pluto 381-379 BCE Rome rebuilt after sacking by Celts (formative time for Rome); Plato at work; ascendancy of Maghada (India); birth of Nazca culture (Peru) |
 Uranus square Neptune 367-365 BCE Roman expansionism in Italy; decline in Greece, end of independent city-states; Mongol incursions into China (Great Wall begun); change in Mexico |  Neptune opposition Pluto 333-332 BCE Zenith of Chinese philosophy; founding of Mayan city-states; Alexander the Great takes Greece, dramatic invasion of Near East; coinage used in Rome, Roman expansion; expansion of Ch'u, rise of Qin dynasty, China. |
 Uranus conjunct Pluto 323 BCE Uranus opposition Neptune 321-17 BCE End of Alexander's empire, kgdms of the Diadochi (successors); rise of Mauryan dynasty (India); rise of Tumaco culture (Colombia); Mencius, philosopher; independence of Armenia |  Uranus square Pluto 298-97 BCE Euclid, mathematician; fall of Chorrera culture (Equador); Sarmatians invade Ukraine from Siberia; Sun Temple at Teotihuacan built |
 Uranus square Neptune 283-280 BCE Romans invade Corsica (first foreign growth); Aristarchus, astronomer; decline of Greece; Celtic expansion in Turkey and Iberia |  Uranus opposition Pluto 264-261 BCE Ashoka, Mauryan emperor (India); First Punic War, Romans v Carthage; balance shifts from Greece to Rome |
 Uranus square Pluto 217-214 BCE Unification of China by Shi Huang-ti, then rise of Han dynasty; Hannibal & Carthaginian invasion of Italy (Romans later win); ascendancy of Teotihuacan, Mexico |  Uranus square Neptune 195-194 BCE Growth of Moche culture, Peru; migration south into Germany of Teutonic tribes; decline of Buddhist Mauryan dynasty, N India |
 Uranus conjunct Pluto 182 BCE Flourishing of Nazca culture, Peru; Hundu Shunga dynasty, N India; peak of Greek Bactria (Afghanistan) & Taxila (Pakistan); rise of pre-Hopi Basketmaker culture, SW USA |  Neptune square Pluto 158-155 BCE Uranus square Pluto 151-150 BCE Uranus opposition Neptune 150-146 BCE Patanjali, philosopher, India; Parthians dominate Persia; organisation of Roman conquered provinces; Hipparchus, astronomer; expansion of Han China (Han Wu Ti) |
 Uranus opposition Pluto 127-125 BCE Reform movement in Rome (Gracchus bros); compilation of Taoist philosophy (Liu Teh); movement of Yueh-Chi and Hsiung-Nu tribes from Mongolia westwards; growth of Han China |  Uranus square Neptune 111-108 BCE Teuton tribes occupying Germany, beat Romans back; Silk Road securely open, stable empires across Eurasia; state of Moche, Peru |
 Uranus square Pluto 99 BCE Wu Ti brings Han China to a zenith |  Neptune conjunct Pluto 84-83 BCE Battle for the future of Rome (civil war); zenith in Armenia; collapse of Parthia; reform in imperial China; expansion of the Germans (Suevi and others); Hopewell culture, Ohio; stability and trade across Asia |
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