Do you know where your natal Saturn is?
Knowing its placement speaks volumes about Pluto’s current impact on your nativity, as Pluto (God/Goddess of the Underworld) sits retrograde at the last degree of Capricorn 29º, the anarectic degree!
The anaretic degree is more than significant.
As a planet moves through a zodiacal archetype (slowly in the case of the outer-planets/asteroids—Chiron, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris, Sedna) and reaches the last of its thirty degree domain, a culmination of all that occurred during the previous degrees (1-29) presents. In this case we are discussing Capricorn, where the lessons must be learned, maturated and integrated.
What have we been dealing with since 2008? When Pluto left Sagittarius and entered Capricorn (housing crash, banking crash, pressure, financial limitations). Everything got tighter, more restrictive. Thrift stores became the norm, financial systems tightened their reins…
What lessons have we learned, and what remains to be addressed at this zenith point?
There truly is nothing new to learn, just the same lessons to be integrated or thrown off. It’s not too late, even if we couldn’t see the patterns that needed addressing, or did see them and had no clear way of changing them.
Much has been written about Pluto in Capricorn since its ingress from Sagittarius in 2008. Sixteen (16) years have gone by, and now we are down to the last few months of Pluto retrograde in the sign of tenacity, staying power, and structures. By November 19, 2024 we say goodbye to the tough lessons of the earth sign and head into Aquarius’ domain for the next twenty years.
Yet before we look forward, we are pulled back to revisit any remaining issues of accountability, time management, organizational management, and mastery (of the house Pluto transits in) along with a ton of pressure forging us to galvanize base metal into gold.
Retrograde
Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Saturn (ruling planet of Pluto currently) are all retrograde.
What does that mean?
Evolutionarily, we see the role of retrograde planets as THROWING OFF some form of convention, limitation, over-bearing laws, judgment, rule, or authority that may have dominion over our lives. This doesn’t mean we have to engage negatively with outer-authorities, although unconscious Saturn surely does. It all depends on our relative relationship with inner-authority.
Collectively, we are throwing off (and watching) so many out-dated systems, and stagnancy in our home countries and the world dismantle. The old guard, the old way is has to yield for new sustainable means to come forward.
Retrograde functionality brings forth an impulse to revisit themes so deeply, we get to the root of their dynamics, and eventually move forward with more awareness, clarity, and change.
Where have we given our power away?
What in your life feels like it is sucking up your power, your chi, your deepest recesses of transformative juice?
Your zodiac chart is a mandala full of data, archetypes, signals, pluses and minuses of positive and negative tendencies, with layers and layers of elemental spherical information meant to be utilized for personal growth, empowerment and guidance.
Pressure
Diamonds in the rough are revealed under pressure. And the world is under a great deal of pressure.
For those of us living in non-war torn lands, we have more than ample opportunity for empowerment. Numerous life choices cross our path (inner and outer choices) and yet, even still we feel the pressure and weight of “surviving” these times.
Capricorn can us to living in base-metal survival mode. It carries the crystalline structures of our root energetic and physical patterns, as well as the crystalline-core of our collective social, political, familial conventions.
The purpose of Pluto is to root out decay and stagnated over-ripe substances, patterns, and unconscious desires that need to be discarded. To transform them psychologically, emotionally, and physically.
Knowing where Pluto is transiting your chart also helps reveal what aspect of you is being sent into deep repair mode now. Coupled with Capricorn, we are dealing with the out-dated embedded crystalline structures that need to end (anaretic degree) and break apart, so new healthy foundations can be laid.
My Own Saturn
As an empath, with significant planets in the 12th house (house of Pisces), typically I get an intuitive read on the collective pulse. If I’m not current with my own themes though, I end up unconsciously feeling the weight of it all and take it on. Until I realize “oh, this isn’t just me, it’s the collective vibe.”
Then I see through or under the heavy veil and become empowered once again. And can throw it off, or lift it off. If I’m really feeling heavy, I link up how the current transits are influencing my own chart and go from overwhelm (Saturn in Pisces can feel that way) to surfing the big waves, and enjoying the ride.
Do I need to go through the challenges? Maybe not, but knowing the weight of my natal Saturn signature, along with a Moon ruled by Saturn to boot, I am continually establishing my own inner-authority. With each up-grade to living on planet earth, I grow. Layer by layer. Step-by-step (Virgo).
Honestly, this week, and especially yesterday and earlier today, I was feeling pulled into the under-tow of Saturn’s weight and motion, fueled by Pluto’s retrograde motion. Usually I appreciate the slow down the retros provide. This September’s however the planetary shifts felt extra slowed-down and weighty.
What foundations are you re-addressing now?
What inner-authority are you pulled or forced to address,
within that seems to have heavy power over you?
As we live through and witness the last vestiges of the distortions of Capricorn in action (greed, corporate corruption, misuse of power…) and find our personal and collective empowerment, highlighted by our soul purpose (Leo quincunx Capricorn) to building cultural healing, we turn-on our desire to throw-off the Patriarchal money-hungry pressure machine, and turn our quest to High Capricorn - stewardship, right relationship to the earth element, and unquestionable authorship of our lives, and its functionality as we witness the death and birth of a new world.
Check out your own astrological placements of Saturn and Pluto (sign/house/aspects). Be curious about what they represent and are asking/teaching you in navigating these times more consciously. So to surf the big waves.
Full Moon Pisces Eclipse, conjunct Neptune coming September 17/18th depending where you live in the world.
This is a mega-powerful influence…get the deets this coming Tuesday on Conscious Relating Podcast.