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When’s your Mid Life Crisis?
Astrologically, the timing of your mid-life crisis is about as predictable as it gets. After all, they’re generational transits and you’ll share them with many others.
But how each of you choose to handle this time differs widely. Some view it as a profound opportunity while others see it as a terrible loss and some, well they don’t know what to make of it at all.
There are three different (although possibly overlapping) transits involved during this period and each of them lasts approximately 2-3 years.
For most of us, the (1) Pluto square Pluto comes first followed by the (2) Neptune square Neptune. That saves the most potentially exciting one, (3) Uranus opposition Uranus, to come last.
Here’s how it boils down for calendar years 2018-2020:
| BORN in YEARS | TRANSIT | DESCRIPTION |
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Prior to 1974 |
Finished |
Congratulations – other transits will come along to challenge the progress you’ve made to date but you’ve got some valuable experience under your belt. |
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1974 -1977 |
Uranus Opposition Uranus |
If you’re up for change this could be a very good time. Expect the unexpected. You might go on a short holiday to some exotic, foreign land and end up staying forever. Opportunities abound. They come out of the blue and unless you’ve got other things going on in your chart, the advice is that if it sounds good, grab it!
If you’re not so keen on change this may prove to be a challenging period. You still should expect the unexpected but it might feel more like a crisis than a blessing. You also still may end up in a place other than you’d expected but the road getting there may be rather bumpy. Any way that you choose to look at it, this transit forces you to evaluate (or re-evaluate) the choices you’ve made to date.
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1975 – 1980 |
Neptune Square Neptune |
This is the ‘oh my God, I’m so unhappy’ transit – everything is one big soppy mess. Confusion reigns. Deceit is rife (yours as well as others). What you see is definitely not what you’ll get.
This is the dark night of the soul. Fantasies and day dreams abound but don’t be surprised when they fail to materialise. If during this period, it sounds too good to be true, then it’s probably is. Face up to it – that ‘perfect’ job, lover, house, or whatever – does not and will never exist. Look deeper, inward, to find personal meaning. |
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1979 – 1981 |
Pluto Square Pluto |
This is the ‘past its sell-by date‘ transit. Whatever is no longer serving you will disappear from your life – be it a marriage or a job or even a beloved pet. It’s hard to understand why this is happening to you – especially now – yet why is the most important question that you could ask.
Your choice is whether or not to gracefully let go but I can say from personal experience that if you choose to hang on for dear life (which so many of us do) then you might make yourself very ill. This transit brings to the fore that which is grumbling inside you, especially when you’ve not consciously acknowledged it. You’re frustrated and unhappy with the status quo and something must – and will – go. This is deep, dark, primal stuff seeping out through the cracks and so don’t be surprised when you get a glimpse of the more unpleasant sides of yourself and/or others. This transit will not last forever. Hold on. Eventually, you’ll see there’s light at the end of this tunnel.
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After 1981 |
You’ve got something for which to look forward. |
You may want to consider advance strategies to handle these transits. You might save yourself a good deal of grief if you do. Being caught off guard leaves you on the proverbial back foot, not a pleasant place to be under such circumstances.
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