Since the UK is hosting the 2012 Olympics let's look ahead 5 years at the chart for the event.

The first thing to be aware of is that in 2012 Uranus and Pluto will be square one another. This last happened in the 1960s, and the social, technological, scientific, artistic, economic, and cultural changes of that decade are still echoing today. We can expect a similar level of radical change from the next decade.

This Uranus-Pluto square is very, very strongly connected to the UK as a nation. It therefore has a direct relevance to us, to our national psyche, and to us as people. We need to make the most of the opportunity it represents to reorganise, restructure, and renew our country on every level: social, cultural, economic, governmental, familial, material, you name it.

Now to the Olympics.

According to the official website (see below) the Olympics will begin in the UK, in London of course, at 7:30pm on 27th July 2012. The chart for this moment and location shows the Ascendant at 10 Capricorn.

The UK's IC and Sun are at 10 Capricorn........ can you see where this is leading?

The attempt at glorification of the nation and the land itself (Sun at IC in the UK's chart) is being activated by and through this event.

The Uranus-Pluto square at 8 degrees of Aries-Capricorn plugs into the Olympics chart, and the chart of the UK, in an extremely direct way, linking the three components: the local event, the host nation, and the global aspect. The coming together of this trio suggests an ambitious attempt to drastically and radically recreate the nation's relationship to the world at large. The event is constellating this desire in the national psyche, and arguably in the global psyche too.

This Uranus-Pluto square has its midpoint - the point exactly halfway between the two planets - at the UK's Saturn. Saturn symbolises construction, national institutions, the government, the corporate world, and the desire for stability, continuity, protection and safety. Saturn represents the grounding and earthing of unstable energies, which will be much-needed in the UK at this time.

This looks like it is going to be a challenging time for the UK, but potentially one where the country can breathe new life into itself so that it can continue (Saturn) without breaking up under the strain. The management of the Olympics is part and parcel of that longer-term challening process that the UK will be undergoing for a period of years around that time.

References:
http://main.london2012.com/en
http://www.london2012.com/