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    2001: September 11 — The War on Terror Begins

    Saturn opposite Pluto (Gemini/Sagittarius)

    2001
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    2001
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    Yin Metal Snake
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    Saturn opposite Pluto (Gemini/Sagittarius)

    September 11 — The War on Terror Begins

    The 9/11 attacks killed nearly 3,000 people and launched the War on Terror. The Patriot Act curtailed civil liberties. The US invaded Afghanistan, then Iraq. The post-Cold War optimism of the 1990s was shattered. The surveillance state expanded to unprecedented levels. The 'unipolar moment' of American dominance began its long, slow erosion.

    The Sky: Saturn opposite Pluto (Gemini/Sagittarius)

    Saturn-Pluto oppositions bring open confrontations between established power and destructive transformation. On the Gemini-Sagittarius axis, this opposition struck at communications (Gemini — air travel, media) and international ideology (Sagittarius — religious extremism, foreign policy). The security state (Saturn) expanded in response to existential fear (Pluto).

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