OOIL

Oil has become the discussion point across markets and industry in 2005 and the concern at the rapid rise in price per barrel has entered the consciousness of all the motoring public world wide and the inflationary nature of the cost to the plastic industry as well as the transport industry. There is a discussion just developing about a post oil economy as oil production cannot be sustained as countries like China and India modernise there economies in the coming years.

From a astrological position oil comes under the rulership of  Neptune a highly inflationary planet indicating unsustained market price rises which causes bubbles , the rising price of oil is reflective of the current position of Neptune back to the mutation degree of 16 degrees of Aquarius. The rise in oil prices in the  late1970’s occurred when major transits of Saturn  forming an opposition from Leo , followed by a Uranus square from Scorpio to the 16 degrees of Aquarius which is  the mutation  degree of Neptune. The eclipse of 1980 was  on the 19^th degree of Leo in opposition to the  the 16^th degree of Aquarius and oil peaked.

Neptune is at present transiting the mutation degree of 16 degree of Aquarius . Neptune has a cycle of 163.74 years this is a signifient cycle to be completed as the discussion is now on post oil economies. 

 Neptune  made the first transit in April 2004 then retrograded back  across and made a second transit across on may17th. 2004.  Neptune then crossed the 16 th degree for a third time on February 4^th  2005 conjuncting the Sun on that  mutation degree .

Neptune retrograde across the 16^th of Aquarius  for the fourth time on August the 16^th

And then makes the final conjunction with the mutation degree on November  21^st

2005.       by that time  Saturn begins to move into opposition from Leo.