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Not only do we see an
expansion in Wilber's model but also in the breadth and ambition of his writing.
It was when the Neptune-Uranus conjunction fell on his natal Jupiter did Wilber
envision his Kosmos trilogy, with the publication of his Sex, Ecology,
and Spirituality. At 800 plus pages, Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality
was much broader, grander, and simply bigger than anything that Wilber
had devised before—Jupiterian expansion if there ever was.
As Jupiter is also the planet of success, Wilber emerged from a relatively
small but avid following to become an enormously influential thinker, becoming
the mouthpiece for culture creatives in the United States and abroad. He,
in many ways, embodied the intellectual genius of the collective Neptune-Uranus
conjunction.
As the Neptune-Uranus conjunction moved across Wilber's natal Venus, we also
observe a shift in focus in his thinking. As Venus is the planet of relationship,
sexuality, and aesthetics, these arenas—for the first time—become
a central focus in Wilber's work. Wilber moved into the center of the "gender
wars" fray, taking a definite stance on the relationship between the
sexes in books like Eye of Spirit and Sex, Ecology, and Spirituality.
It was also at his time that Wilber
concentrated on art, with essays like "The Mission of Art," which
served as the foreword for
a book on visionary artist Alex Grey.
In summation, although we took only a cursory look at Wilber's work, we can
see the correlation of the Neptune-Uranus pairing with major intellectual
advances in Wilber's career, from his initial interest in transpersonal psychology
to the development of his latest "integral" theories.
Of equal value,
however, is that we are able to discern more about the meaning of Neptune
and Uranus in combination. Since Wilber is the synthesizer par excellence,
we may discern that Neptune-Uranus is very much involved in syncretism, with
the conjoining of separate fields into a new synthesis. Just as the world
became interconnected via the internet under the recent Neptune-Uranus conjunction,
disparate disciplines have become united in a very admirable and satisfying
way under the direction of Wilber. Hence, the real value of looking at the
birthchart and development of individuals from the perspective of astrology
is twofold: one gains a much deeper insight into the psychology of the individual,
and equally important, one is able to get a much more accurate picture
of the planetary archetypes—particularly when additional meaning can
be distilled when planets are in combination and not in isolation.
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