We live in interesting times, especially here in booming Shanghai, China, where I've been traveling the past few weeks. Big shiny buildings of ultra-modern design make it look and feel like a city of the future. This bustling hub of the new world economy is so deeply rooted in finance that flashing stock tickers appear on some highway overpasses. It's an excellent metaphor for the ongoing Uranus-Pluto square, the dominant astrological pattern of 2012-15, that is likely to shape the future for decades to come.continued »