09/09/2026
week, the five years that turned a breakdown into a method.
1913. He loses Freud, his standing, his place in the field. What follows is five years of visions, written by hand, later published as the Red Book.
Uranus crossed his Ascendant the year of the break. His Uranus opposition, the midlife crossing, ran through the middle of it. In 1917 Uranus reached his natal Saturn, the planet sitting on his Ascendant. That is the year the mandalas began.
Saturn on the Ascendant is why he did not fall. He kept his patients, his family, his routine. The container held while the contents rearranged.
If you are between 38 and 44, you are walking the same road. The question is what you are keeping while the rest moves.
Jung drew a mandala every morning to see where he stood. Yours already exists. It is your chart.
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