Weekly Hello

Three weeks away from Halloween and already the season of mist and murk has taken hold, at least metaphorically speaking. I continue to be astounded at the prospect of the United States live-streaming an execution by firing squad. (Where are we? Back in Ancient Rome?) And I continue to be uplifted by the extraordinary “resurrection” of Christa Pike who defied medical opinion that she was brain-dead and came back to conscious life. If these two developments don’t resonate with mighty Pluto and its keyword principles, death and transformation, I don’t know what does.

Pluto may have been reduced to Dwarf status twenty years ago, but astrologers have been working with this planet for almost a hundred years and observing its nature and its patterns. Pluto is now in Aquarius so hopes are high that a new age of humanity and brotherhood is on its way. However, the evidence thus far is quite the reverse. We are seeing instead the rise of authoritarianism and extremism and the spread of conflicts that are making life incredibly hard for the peoples of the world. This may just be a transitional stage, of course, and once out the other side that new age will indeed come in.

Pluto turns direct on Friday, although it has been in stationary mode for a couple of weeks, and when planets are stationary they exert a more noticeable effect. Certainly, the issues over oil are reflective of Pluto, and Trump’s recent deal with Putin has brought a whole lot of darker issues to the surface, not least supporting the aggressor and not the sovereign country that has been invaded. There will be enormous consequences to this deal.

We all have Pluto in our charts, and it represents our capacity to transform ourselves at core level through the most challenging situations that we meet in life.

Food for thought in the time of Pluto.