The Outer Planets and TV Drama.

I wonder if the long stay of Uranus in Pisces and Neptune in Aquarius has been quietly influencing writers and producers of TV drama series.

In the past few months (in the USA) we've seen "Medium", "Supernatural" "Eureka", "Threshold", "Heroes", and just this week "The Lost Room", all with paranormal-type themes. The Sci-fi channel has always specialised in this type of programme, but most of these were shown elsewhere.

Tales of aliens and space travel have been around for a long time, of course, as has the wonderful "X-Files", so it's not that this is a completely new trend, it just seems to have blossomed or become more extreme of late.

The new stories have elements which have appeared in short stories,or comic books in the past, but are now being presented to a much wider audience. Characters from different walks of life find they have supernatural power (Heroes). A town where the paranormal becomes almost normal (Eureka). Everyday objects have taken on incredible functions and abilities (The Lost Room). There were some more familiar themes of a medium assisting the police (Medium and Supernatural), and aliens re-writing human DNA (Threshold).

Uranus and Neptune in mutual reception might well have had a hand in this flurry of science fiction-cum-fantasy shows, both in their production, and in the audience's willingness to accept them.

It is odd that writers who invent themes of this type scarcely, if ever, think to use astrology in their plots. Why ?