Big volcanically energetical day on January 20,
as we enter a major new phase in our collective transformation.
The Sun annually enters Aquarius on this date. This year, at around 9am EST, the Sun lights up the way for Pluto's ingress into Aquarius short hours later, around 8pm EST. This Sun/Pluto fusion points the solar spotlight on Pluto's most significant entry in a new sign.
Pluto's last world-transforming visit to Aquarius was 1777-1799. In their 1973 astrology classic, The Astrologer's Handbook, Sakoian and Acker summarize thusly:
"Aquarius is the sign of group activity, intuitive mental development, science, and humanitarianism. The period in which Pluto was in Aquarius witnessed the American Revolutionary War and the saw the formulation of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights and the presidency of Thomas Jefferson. The United States had its real birth as a democratic nation, being the first to demonstrate that rule by the people in a well-organized democracy was possible.
This period also marked the French Revolution, the major European experiment in political freedom, representing the revolt of the common people—ruled by Aquarius—against outmoded dictatorial forms of government.
The next transit of Pluto through Aquarius [2024-2043] will be a time of tremendous scientific discovery and worldwide brotherhood. The Aquarian age will come into its full flower then."
Let's see how these themes play out two and a half centuries later.
[Note: The U.S. was set up as a constitutional republic, not a democracy, a significant difference that we are likely to hear more about soon. Several states were also republics before they joined the Union, i.e. Texas and Vermont.]
Prepare for the upcoming Full Moon on January 25 opposite Pluto/Sun!
Now widely used in Astrology, we tend to forget that Pluto was only discovered in 1930, coming into consciousness less than 100 years ago. Its orbit is highly irregular, coming inside that of Neptune for 20 years of the 248 it takes to circle the Sun. This last happened fairly recently, from 1979-1999.
Were you born in those years? What does it mean? You are a rare group. More to come on that in coming posts.
Slow-moving Pluto is a generational planet. I will soon be sharing more about the impact of this Pluto ingress into Aquarian on generational agendas of different Pluto placements. These agendas will be activated in this Pluto shift. All are called to contribute. Are you up for this? Pluto gives us a choice to respond with fear or with love.
"Cold, dark, lonely iceballs, Pluto and Charon are well named after the god of the underworld and his gloomy ferryman."
—Clyde Tombaugh (Pluto’s discover) and Patrick Moore, Out of the Darkness: The Planet Pluto, 1980
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