- The Industrial Revolution started in full swing (note that lots of inventions
and machines were patented and discovered during the 1750's Uranus MR period.)
- "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau was published on
political philosophy. In a nutshell the concepts are like those in the American
Declaration of Independence.
- The Mason-Dixon line was surveyed and implemented.
- The first life insurance certificate (Widows and Orphans) was issued in
May 1761.
- The Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire was published.
- Import Duty Taxation Acts imposed on the Colonies for goods shipped from
Britain.
- The first postage stamp represented the first direct tax from the colonists.
Postage machines followed in the 1920's when Uranus was in Pisces the last
time. This stamp conflict lasted for years.
- Scholars widely accept 1760's as the start of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes.
Cycle Notes for April 2004 with a horoscope for Venus in Gemini for each Sun/Ascendant Sign posted April 11, 2004. - "Love allows a person to see the true angelic nature of another person, the halo, the aureole of divinity." - Thomas Moore.
Comments on the upcoming Venus Transit - written and posted March 29, 2004
Venus in Gemini Story, and the Occultations in 2004 and 2012 - posted Dec. 15, 2003
© Anne Massey 2003
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Mercury Retrograde
2003-04
Mercury Retrograde
2001-02
2004 List of Astrological Phenomena
