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What Saturn-Neptune Cycles Reveal in History

Every culture imagines its upheaval is unprecedented. Yet Tarnas shows how planetary alignments—especially when Saturn engages Neptune—repeat across history as turning points. These cycles don’t cause events, but they echo archetypal tensions with uncanny fidelity.

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The history of two paradigms

Richard Tarnas is an American cultural historian, philosopher, and astrologer known for his influential work on the intersection of history and cosmic patterns. He is the author of 'Cosmos and Psyche' and 'The Passion of the Western Mind,' and has taught at esteemed institutions such as Harvard University. His research brings together cultural history, depth psychology, and astrology to explore…

Based on The Cosmos Is Psychedelic | Richard Tarnas, summarised and reframed by Insights.

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