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Real astronomy and dated history, with sources. Documented traditions and folklore. Modern lunar astrology · symbolic, not predictive.

Timing and relationships · Intermediate

Great conjunction

Also called Jupiter–Saturn conjunction

The meeting of Jupiter and Saturn, about every twenty years.

Medieval astrologers, following Persian practice, built a whole history of the world on the cycle of great conjunctions and the element they fell in. The December 2020 conjunction, 0.1° apart, was the closest seen since 1623.

  • Kind: Astronomy, History
  • Tradition: Medieval astrology
  • In this site’s birth chart: not used

Related: Jupiter, Saturn, Mundane astrology

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