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It is currently in vogue to call revolutionary currents in contemporary society "the new paradigm." The word "paradigm" is an overused, abused term first popularized by the philosopher of science, Thomas Kuhn. Kuhn suggested that paradigms—the sum total of beliefs, practices, and conventions concerning the nature of reality—steadily go about their course until too much "data" (or experience, evidence, and "facts") contradict the root assumption of that paradigm. A "paradigm shift" occurs when the established structures are either overthrown or are not able to accommodate for the new experiences being produced. The much ballyhooed "new paradigm" may be conceptualized as a long and difficult shift away from the assumptions of classical science into a wholly new world of experiences, practices, and ideas concerning the nature of reality. As Kuhn noted, paradigms do not change overnight but are very slow to change; the new paradigm, then, is not an overnight phenomenon but a revolution in fits and starts, triumphs and setbacks, acceptance and rejection.
Astrology suggests an alternative to the accepted hypothesis of how paradigms come into being. Thomas Kuhn has suggested that only when too many anomalies build up in a system will the theoretical constructs change. Astrology, however, suggests that there are those that are innately predisposed to break down, deconstruct, change, and revolutionize the paradigms they are born within. In other words, from the vantage point of astrology, personalities are born that desire change and deeply want to revolutionize the worlds they inherit. Kuhn implies that it is the data and evidence—not the innate predisposition of the individuals themselves—that changes the paradigm. However, astrology would intimate that Sun-Uranus individuals will be the ones with the will, vision, brilliance, and desire to ultimately break new ground and liberate humanity into an altogether new mode of being.
With all the new ideas and theories that have been buzzing around for the last several decades, it is difficult to understand what is at the core of the emerging new paradigm. Just what are the central beliefs, ideas, and hypotheses that are vying for acceptance as the new version of reality? Although it may be impossible to distill the emerging new paradigm into an easily consumable summary, the following are at least some core features of the new paradigm: one, the emphasis on interconnectivity and wholeness over separation and finiteness; and two, an emphasis on the invisible realm—the realm of the quantum and the realm of the unconscious—as non-derived from matter (yet something which participates and informs material reality).
As the list below demonstrates, the core features of the burgeoning new paradigm have been most strikingly brought forth by Sun-Uranus individuals. This is not to suggest that the cultural heroes that bring in the new paradigm are Sun-Uranus types—that would simply be reductionistic and untrue. As astrology is a multi-faceted, complex methodology, one cannot simply state things in linear, black-and-white absolutes. However, astrology would suggest that the Sun-Uranus individual harnesses the transpersonal impetus for cultural change and revisioning to a more heightened degree than others. The following is a list of Sun-Uranus individuals who are not only bringers of the new paradigm, but who exemplify the archetypal traits of this striking combination: defiance in the face of tradition, the urge to experiment or to boldly strike into new cultural terrain, the ability to withstand cultural marginalization for the sake of a greater ideal, the indefatigable search for truth, and the inability to accept conventional answers to age-old questions.
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