On June 5, 1982, the CDC officially reports the first cases of what will be called AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). The disease is caused by HIV virus. Initially affecting gay men, injection drug users, and hemophiliacs, it spreads globally. By 1995, AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for Americans aged 25-44. Over 40 million people die worldwide. The pandemic continues into the 21st century.
Saturn represents death, time, and viral infection. Pluto rules transformation through death and sexual/shadow-side destruction. Their conjunction in Libra (relationships, sexuality) creates a sexually transmitted plague. The disease is Saturnian (slow death, societal structure dismantled) and Plutonian (transformation through death, psychological trauma). Homosexuality becomes coded as death itself.
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