Pluto has a part to play as well in the news. As the higher octave of Mars, it brings up issues of will and force – will we use our power for life or death? Pluto goes retrograde – turns backwards – on April 2nd at 2º Capricorn and will go back for a last visit to Sagittarius until November 27th. Pluto always sweeps away something that has died. Sagittarius is about our connection to the Natural Laws of the universe, so Pluto will give us a last purge of our old religious, educational and legal belief systems. Capricorn is about our collective structures – government, corporations - our society in general. We can already see how Pluto might affect these structures in the next 15 years while it transits Capricorn from what has happened since Pluto went into Capricorn last January 25th. It seems we are in for an intense and interesting time.
For an example of Pluto's power to point out what's dead and needs to go, look at the plan to give the Federal Reserve more power to control our financial system. And it shows in the Reserve’s ‘birth’ chart: The Federal Reserve Board was instituted on December 23, 1913, at 6:02 pm EST in Washington, D.C. The Board’s Sun is at 2º Capricorn (Pluto is on it now) and the Board’s natal Pluto is at 0º Cancer (now opposite Pluto). Does the Board need more power or does it need an overhaul? Does it need to be dissolved altogether? Do you even know what the Federal Reserve Board is? Its natal Pluto is in the 12th house of secrets, so maybe we need to investigate just how much power they already have. With Pluto going retrograde just as the Treasury Secretary announces the plan, perhaps it will never get off the ground. The Board has natal Mars Retrograde at 20º Cancer, so let’s wait and see what happens when Mars gets to 20º Cancer on April 20th on the next full moon.
Another cosmic happening is that the planetary conjunction of Pluto/Uranus that energized the 60s is having its mid-life crisis, which in astrology is shown by Uranus in opposition to its placement in the 60s. It's a cosmic wake-up call for all of us to pay attention to how we are dealing with the issues that sparked the changes of the 60s. Is it any wonder that we have a black man and a woman running for president as a sign of that wake-up call? Or that an old white man still represents the old order and war? Or that the issues of race and gender are finally in the forefront of our national dialogue?
This Aries New Moon is the first of the new year that always begins in astrology with Aries; it forms a T-square with Mars in Cancer and Jupiter in Capricorn. The tension these four planets exert on each other pushes the energies - of a new birth, of expansion and confidence, and of going for our desires - to some kind of resolution. Have confidence to go after what you want. Venus is at 29º Pisces for this new moon – will we open to compassion and the knowledge we are all one?
The Sabian symbol for 17º Aries: Prim and silent giantess seated in a chair flanked by two stone lions.
Fidelity to a private and seed-like vision of the world; the virgin priestess who holds fast to the point of emergence; mysteries of the Sphinx.
This symbol speaks to the need for each of us to hold true to our inner purpose so it can manifest in the world. Each of us holds a piece of the puzzle which will eventually change our world. Hold true to your SELF and you will indeed birth something awesome this year.
The Dream Lady is going through more transformations. I'm trying to find a time when people on the East Coast and on the West Coast will be able to watch.
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