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If you have felt like the world has collapsed in on you in the past two weeks, your life is in the process of being upended, or you got a huge surprise and gift of incredible and unexpected proportions, then transiting Pluto is definitely in your life and stirring the pot.
On March 26, 2005, transiting (daily motion of a planet) Pluto goes RETROGRADE. At that time, it will be at 25 degrees Sagittarius.
Who does that affect? If you know your chart and what the glyphs mean OR if you know a professional astrologer who can help you to find out, here's who is affected by conjunction and opposite sign, Gemini:
Anyone born between December 13 through 18th of ANY year will be affected (they all have Sun in Sagittarius). Those most directly affected are those born on December 16th when their sun is at 25 degrees Sagittarius, which is where Pluto is at now, and will turn retrograde on.
By opposite sign, Gemini, those born between June 12th through 17th will be affected. Those Gemini's most affected will be those born on June 15th, when the Sun was at 25 degree Gemini, directly opposite of where transiting Pluto is turning retrograde.
KEYWORDS THAT DESCRIBE PLUTO'S ACTION
Not all these things are relevant to your particular situation. Pluto, however, has purview over a number of areas you might want to check out and check against yourself and your present feeling of being caught between a rock and hard place:
PLUTO
abduction
compulsion
contamination
contempt
control
convicts
crime and the underworld
death of some thing (spiritual, mental, emotional or physical)
decay
deep analysis
depravity
destruction
detectives
disasters
elimination
endocrine system
epidemics of global proportion
fanatics
guilt
legacies
mortality
Orotic Acid (B-13)
passion
penis
Phoenix bird (rising from the ashes)
power
prostate gland
regeneration
resurrection
sexuality issues/dysfunction/hyperfunction
subconscious mind
testicles
transformation (spiritual, mental, emotional or physical)
YOU HAVE A PLANET AT 25 DEGREES?
If you have ANY planet, or your ascendant or Midheaven at 25 degrees, you'll be affected. Positively, those who have signs in Aries, Leo, Libra or Aquarius will either have a sextile or trine to transiting Pluto turning retrograde and good things will most likely be occurring to you; or at least, shall we say, opportunities will open up to you. Whether you see this as good or bad, positive/negative, is up to you and your unique circumstance.
If you have any 25 degree in the following signs: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Gemini or Pisces you may be receiving either a square, inconjunct or opposition which means there may be friction, instead, creating a door opening and opportunity to you--and not without, most likely, a little pain involved in the circumstance. Again, Grace Verte's article can help you understand, on a more detailed basis, what is going on presently with this contact(s).
YOU HAVE A PLANET AT 25 DEGREES?
If you have ANY planet, or your ascendant or Midheaven at 25 degrees, you'll be affected. Positively, those who have signs in Aries, Leo, Libra or Aquarius will either have a sextile or trine to transiting Pluto turning direct and good things will most likely be occurring to you; or at least, shall we say, opportunities will open up to you. Whether you see this as good or bad, positive/negative, is up to you and your unique circumstance.
If you have any 25 degree in the following signs: Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Gemini or Pisces, you may be receiving either a square, inconjunct or opposition which means there may be friction, instead, creating a door opening and opportunity to you--and not without, most likely, a little pain involved in the circumstance.
NOW THAT WE KNOW WHOSE AFFECTED...
The fact that you have transiting Pluto stirring up your personal Pot of Life, is enough to write an article on. I don't want to dwell on soft vs. hard aspects, or good vs. bad, or positive vs. negative, because I've seen, time and again, people who have the kitchen sink thrown at them come up fighting and make mud pies out the mud thrown at them. And I've also seen people who are given carte blanche on something cringe back for whatever reason and NOT take the opportunity! My slant and perspective, then, is how to work with the Pluto energy so that you can land on your feet and take advantage of the opportunity coming your way.
Because there is no doubt, opportunity is knocking and will NOT be ignored.
Pluto just doesn't take "no" for an answer. Never did and never will. If you've been slowly, since it has been moving forward through the sign of Sagittarius (and Gemini's are equally affected here....so if you see me write "Sag" later on, just mentally add: Gemini to it, too), making changes in your little chrysalis called "you" or "home", then this retrograde isn't going to kick you all over the Cosmos.
However, if you're one of these people (Sagittarius or Gemini) whose been resisting mightily, digging in your heels, and have not changed due to FEAR over some "thing", then you are in for a big life change--abruptly and transformatively speaking.
As an example, I have my natal South Node at 21 Sagittarius in the 10th house, and transiting Pluto is conjunt it and opposite my natal North Node. I'm a Plutonian by nature and I can speak more closely to the 'bone' about Pluto than perhaps others can. I've seen Pluto energy up end my life as I knew it, turn me a hundred and eighty degrees in the opposite direction and push me off thataway, in an instant. I've seen Pluto open me up deeply, layer by layer, and allow me the privilege of scoping out my own little treasure house that resides in each person (I call this Pandora's Box), and it has helped me to empower myself over time. And with it playing over my node contacts, guaranteed I am going to be dealing with people coming and going out of my life like a revolving door with Pluto sitting there emphasizing it. Pluto will remove associates from me that is their time to go. Pluto will add new people to my life, or old contacts that will be renewed, during this period. The wisest course for me is to stay flexible and surrender this whole "merry-go-round" to the planet and abide by the gains and losses of associates during this time period.
One thing I can say about Pluto that is a truism: IF you try to make the necessary changes that Life is asking of you on a personal level for your own health (spirit, mental, emotional), it will never harm you. Instead, Pluto is like a big, nurturing mama hen in the Sky cosseting you, supporting you in your baby steps towards transformation, and only good things occur as a result.
However, I can say, from experience, that if we allow our FEAR to direct our steps, and tell us where to go, instead of listening to that deep, inner voice and well within us (that is Pluto at its finest--our subconscious voice, our Pandora's Box where all our hopes, dreams, aspirations, wishes and vision of a future are like little seeds waiting to be planted and grow....) then Pluto will inexorably push you right over that cliff and you're going to go into a free fall until you land right side up on your feet where you NEED to be vs. where you THOUGHT you should be!
Pluto's whole demeanor is about CHANGE. Now, you can opt to have change out of transformation gently or through CHAOS. It's your choice. Pluto doesn't mind doing it one way or the other, frankly. I can tell you that to save yourself a lot of pain, do it the butterfly way--keep cracking that hard, armored chrysalis that surrounds you (it surrounds all of us, more or less) so that you can begin to unfurl your butterfly wings and eventually, fly free to be yourself. After all, Pluto's whole intent is to get you in touch with your individualize SELF. And so many of us fear ourselves and what we don't know or realize/recognize about ourselves--so we entrench, we fight back, we refuse to budge.
Good news, bad news....because Pluto doesn't take "no" for an answer. Those affected on this retrograde are being given a second chance to "come clean" and make the changes that Pluto is asking of you. This retrograde period lasts from March 24th through August 30th (where it turns direct at 19 Sagittarius). This is a not-so-subtle warning to those of you affected, to make the changes NOW, because when Pluto turns direct and furrows over the same degrees a few months later, all hell will break loose in your life, if you haven't.
I have found in the past by observing transits of Pluto (believe me, I have a vested interest in this, since this planet "runs" my life this lifetime for me....) that what has happened thus far to the people above who are affected, that some things, questions, decisions, have been slowly but surely brought to your awakening consciousness. And for whatever reason, you're not ready to leap out of the nest and fly and make those changes.
Okay...no problem. Pluto is going retrograde, and it's going to ease off you between March and August, and let you feel your way through all this information and conscious awareness in your life. It will continue to stimulate you on the deep, uncharted territory of your subconscious, so pay attention to your dreams and meditations during this time frame, too--for there are answers, maps and ways out of whatever dilemma or back-against-the-wall experience you're having presently.
Just because the pressure is off and/or easing, don't ever mistake that everything is going to calm down, dissipate and go away. You couldn't make a worse mistake with Pluto and Plutonian energy! It's giving you time to feel and think and make the CHANGES. The changes will come between March and September, 2005.
For example, let's say that the last couple of months, your job sucks. You've been given more responsibility, no pay raise, and you're expected to work longer hours--not to mention, weekends! This leaves a bad taste in your mouth. You want a life. You have a family. You want to pursue your hobbies. Pluto puts the restlessness, the dislike, the ill-at-ease feelings every time you go to work--and it's been building until you're ready to walk off the job. And then, it goes retrograde in March. Things seem to ease and you think that maybe it will turn around--it won't, so don't fool yourself.
What Pluto is doing is giving you a breather from this "hand of God/Goddess" or this Bulldozer, to think about a PLAN OF ACTION that you're going to put into working order once it goes direct! So, you see, Pluto is very simple and straight forward about its energy. PLAN.
That means, you must move FORWARD, not entrench, not stay the SAME. It means making choices and having the guts to put them into action. And guts is something most of us, viscerally, don't usually have a lot of. We usually think: I can't do that....I can't quit this job.... We get "guts" by being thrown from the frying pan into the fire by Pluto if we refuse to plan and initiate. So, the choice is ours. Do we fly out of our situation/nest on our own, or do you wait until Pluto comes, like a juggernaut, rolling down at you so that you have to leap out--without a PLAN.
You know, Pluto starts with a "P". So does, interestingly enough, "P"! No coincidence there! There's a great Marine saying called the 5 P's: prior planning prevents piss-poor performance.
That's Pluto's motto and tour-de-force. Let's see, another good saying for Pluto is: "No guts, no glory." Pluto is, after all, visceral. It is our old brain, the limbic brain, the animal brain. The survivalist. The scrounger. The scratcher and claw-er. And you must plug into these very old and never outdated animal survival senses and get right within you what is wrong and then make a plan to fix it.
Pluto, by its own good graces and amazing patience, is going to give you a second chance to create a plan come March 26th. So use the time wisely. Don't refuse to budge, grow, transform or move.
There are some of you who will graciously make changes on March 26th--you're ready, so fly! Pluto usually will go 3 to 5 times over one position or degree when it retrogrades, then goes direct, and then may or may not retrograde and go direct over it again. Those who are "stuck" and afraid to move or make a plan, will have it at least 3 times or 5 times. But I can tell you the end of all of this. If you refuse to change/move/transform, by the LAST PASS of transiting Pluto over that position in your chart, Pluto will do it for you. And it won't be pretty. In fact, it will be visceral. And you will be thrown into survival mode.
Why chance it? Why not move/transform/grow now, rather than be dragged kicking and screaming to the changes that are really for your own benefit and health of well being? Why do we resist so much that which is really good for us, but we can't see it because we're so filled with fear? Even the Delphi Oracle would shake her head on us. Thanks to Pluto, it will not allow this kind of situation to go on forever.
PLUTO THROUGH THE HOUSES
There are 12 houses in our natal chart. Your transiting Pluto is in one of them. If you know which one, look below at the keywords for that house and this is where you need to make plans, change, transform and grow. If we don't change it on our own--Pluto will change it for us.
HOUSE SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS
ASCENDANT (rising sign or 1st house cusp)
coat, like a--the public persona we wear for others
mask that we put on when outside our home
one's appearance
one's bearing and demeanor
one's behavior in public
how one approaches life
natural disposition shown to public
our physical body
persona, the 'false self'
public persona
the way People see you (the mask, the costume)
those in your life--work, the public
the way YOU Would like to be seen by others, the public
FIRST HOUSE (also known as the Ascendant, but these are other rulership keywords for this house)
abnormalities, one's physical
appearance, personal
appearance, physical
appearance, how one cares for his
approach to life, one's
beginning of all enterprises
one's birth
one's character
your desires
disposition
environment--immediate (school, office, public buildings)
habits
how one is seen by others (at work, on the street, etc.)
I am
impression one makes on others
individuality
personality
physical body
projected image (the mask and costume we wear outside our home)
self-opinion
way one expresses himself
way one wants others to see him
SECOND HOUSE
banks
banker
budgets
cash
checks
debts, personal
earning capacity
freedom
finances
gifts bestowed or received
income
inheritance
I Possess
integrity, one's
investments
material resources or possessions
money
morals, our
negotiable assets
partner's death
Personal values
Physical senses
self-worth
stockbroker, talent
Throat
thyroid
neck
base of skull
value, what we
voice
vocal chords
wealth
THIRD HOUSE
arms
wrists
fingers
fingernails
brothers
sisters
communication
commuting
concrete thought - the conscious mind
contracts
agreements
correspondence
intellect
intelligence
journalists
journalism
journals
lungs
breathing
asthma
meetings
conferences
message
telegrams
neighbors
nervousness
central nervous system
post office
mail
postmen
receptivity to ideas from others
restlessness
secretaries
short speeches
shoulders
studies
students
studying
teachers
teaching
tests, written and oral
trade
local transportation
all kinds writing
writers
FOURTH HOUSE
agriculture
cause of losses in speculation
cities and buildings
cousins
domestic environment
end of life
estates
father or mother-in-law
family
farming
gain from writing or contracts
gardening
one's grave or place of rest
home or residence
hotels
motels
land
later life conditions
leases
parent
personal activities
one's private life
property and possessions
immovable
ranches
ranchers
security and fortifications
stomach
traditions, family
FIFTH HOUSE
amusement
back
heart
circulation
Children
birth
adopted
concerts
Courtship
creative self-expression
drama
dramatists
games
group (like: bowling league, membership in a club, community of like-minded people)
hobbies
holidays
Income from real estate
love affairs'
love
one's lover
Places of entertainment
Pleasure
Public schools
show business
social affairs and functions
speculation
gambling
teachers
teaching
after
actions
SIXTH HOUSE
animals
pets, small or domestic (large animals are 12th house related)
army
nannies
assimilation of food
cafes
civil service
closets
clothing, in general
coworkers
daily work or routine
doctors
nurses
dress, one's manner of
employment
employees
health
hygiene
labor
laboring classes
libraries
nutrition
pantries
relations with coworkers
servants
service
subordinates, one's
tenants
work
work environment
SEVENTH HOUSE
agreements
contracts (verbal or written)
commitments, meaningful
competition
controversies
cooperation or the lack- of it
courts, the
divorce
fugitives
grandparents
lawsuits
love
lovers
lower half of the back (sacral/tailbone region)
buttocks
kidneys
ovaries
veins
marriage
nephews
nieces
opponents, known
outcome of all contentions
partnerships
marriage
business
peace
public, the
relationships
one-on-one
rivals
rivalry
runaways
social affairs
social functions
strife
enmities
pleas
war
EIGHTH HOUSE
alimony
astral experiences
bankruptcy
corporate families
death
debts
dowries
drastic changes
genitals
rectum
hemorrhoids, the
bladder
inheritances
insurance
matters relating to death
occult matters
outcome of lawsuits
partner's income
recycling
regeneration
reincarnation
resources, other people's
sex
suicides
support from others
surgery
taxes
wills
NINTH HOUSE
advertising
airline hostesses
attorneys, lawyers
ceremonies
churches
church affairs
ministers
courts of law
dreams
foreigners
anything that is foreign
foreign politics
freedom
grandchildren
higher education
universities
hips
upper legs
sciatic nerve
ideals
in-laws
journeys
literature
litigation
meditation
metaphysics
places at a distance
publishing
religion
philosophy
science, in general
travel agents
truth
TENTH HOUSE (Midheaven/10th house cusp)
achievement
advancement
ambitious persons
authority figures
bones
joints of the body
knees
skin
business
career or profession
dishonor
employers
esteem
fame
famous people
government
illness of one's children
leaders
leadership
matters outside the home
ones moral qualities
one's position in the world
parent, a
politics
politicians
prestige
honors
popularity
pride
promotions
reputation
responsibilities/duty
social status
ELEVENTH HOUSE
knees
calves of the legs
circulation in general
business income
civic organizations
congress
House of Representatives
colleagues
companies
contacts
counselors
death of parents (also 5th)
expectations
finances of one's employer
friends
acquaintances/colleagues
groups
hopes, wishes, goals
legacies
memberships
money from one's profession
one's fourth child
one's ideas of happiness
organizations
projects
ambitions
sons
daughters-in-law
sororities
fraternities
stepchildren
TWELFTH HOUSE
animals, large
aunts
uncles
confinement (may or may not be voluntary)
feet
help from behind the scenes
hospitals
places of confinement (prison, mental ward, hospital)
institutions
meditation
occupations of siblings
private investigators
rest homes
retirement
sanctuaries
sea
seamen
seclusion
loneliness
self-analysis
self-undoing
solitude
places of solitude
sorrows
secret sorrows
study
subconscious, our
thieves
welfare
secrets
secret enemies
SOME KEYWORDS THAT SHOW DIFFERENT FACETS OF PLUTO
PLUTO
alone, likes being (is not lonely)
atom bomb
Big Brother
biological warfare (anthrax, VX gas, etc.)
builders of empires/corporations/business
clairvoyance
construction workers
cell dysfunction
cell multiplication out of control (tumors)
chemical warfare
control issues
controlling
death (dying of some part of ourselves on some level: spirit, mental,
emotional)
destructive
destruction
detectives
dictator
doctors
fascism
fanatics
genetic abnormalities
genetic flaws (leading to chronic disease)
healers
hidden
Hypersentience (alternative medicine technique)
"I renew"
intensity (able to focus on one thing)
insight
intuitive
introspective
introversion
invisible
layers, peeling them off
magic
magicians
manipulating
metaphysicians
military
mountains, can move them, figuratively speaking
NDE--near death experience(s)
nuclear
passive/aggressive behavior
penetrate, ability to
perceptive
police
psychic
psychologists
psychotherapy
rebirth
rebirthing (alternative medicine technique)
renewal
secrets
see/perceive, look through something to its core being (insight/perception)
sex
sexuality
sexual dysfunction
shamanism
shock
shy
Snakeskin (shed yearly--person does a similar thing)
soul recovery and extraction (shamanic technique)
subconscious
subterranean
therapy
terrorists
terrorism
transformer
transforming
tumors (benign or malignant)
trauma
world-changer
zealots
HELP TO MAKE THIS TRANSFORMATION PAINLESS--WELL, ALMOST PAINLESS...
I don't believe we have to SUFFER endlessly through change. The people below are, in my opinion, the best in their particular business and are skillful catalysts to help people to help themselves. Utilize Pluto in the BEST and most healthy of ways... check out this group and choose which tools resonate most strongly with you and contact them. You won't be sorry you did!
ASTROLOGICAL COUNSELORS:
You can engaged the services of the medicinegarden.com's professional astrologer and find out. Our own Carol B. Willis is a natal counselor. Just contact her at: cbwillis@lightlink.com
If you are wanting to move and aren't sure where or you have a place in mind, but aren't sure if it's "right" for you, Gail and Michael have locale information available. If health is your consideration, both are trained medical astrologers. To contact them: Gail Carswell at rockdoc@mindspring.com or Michael Foltz at solardoc@mindspring.com. Better yet, visit their website: http://www.owlswebnest.com, for more information on all the services they provide.
I'm sure one of these three professionals will be able to shed considerable light in what is going on in your life and the many choices you have available to you to institute and use.
UN-CONFUSE YOURSELF DURING THIS RETROGRADE:
NEED A "Coach", some serious therapy that gets to the "heart" of your angst or what you're wrestling with? We recommend Rosemarie Brown. Please contact her at: http://www.rosemariebrown.com or by email at: starrose@sedona.net
VOICE ANALYSIS--THE MISSING NOTE:
I've had my voice analyzed by Ani Williams and I can tell you from personal experience that we all have a "missing note" in our life. So what? Well, consider this. Without this missing note back in our life, we aren't working off of 8 cylinders. We're working on 6--or less! Please go to Ani's website for more information. This is a life-changing "tool" that you should include in your personal Mercury transformation kit. http://www.aniwilliams.com or contact her via email at: songaia@earthlink.net
SPIRITUAL UPKEEP RENOVATION: NEED A SHAMAN?
Gail Carswell, Michael Foltz, Grace Verte (grace@graceverte.com) and Rosemarie Brown are all trained shamanic facilitators who can help you through your spiritual transformation.
FOR CARE OF BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT: HOMEOPATHY
Our favorite classically trained homeopath is Yolande Grill of Cave Creek, Arizona. She does long-distance case taking by phone and I consider her one of the best we've got in the USA. So, don't delay! She is also a shamanic facilitator, as well. Get a hold of Yolande at: y.grill@att.net
