Charts calculated for Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions provide a framework for global trends during their 20-year duration. In this lecture I will first present an overview of the astronomy and traditional applications of astrological information derived from this synodic cycle of the the two largest planets in the solar system. This will be followed by an analysis of the Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions of 2000 and 2020 using traditional and Uranian astrology.

Bruce Scofield, Ph.D., is an author of numerous books and articles, teaches evolution at the University of Massachusetts and astronomy and astrology for Kepler College, and has had an international practice as a consulting astrologer. His interest in Mesoamerican astrology, mythology and astronomy has a web presence at www.onereed.com.