Today - November 19, 2024 -is an astrological big deal. At 3:29 pm EST, Pluto enters Aquarius. Pluto – Lord of the Underworld, God of Death – has spent the last 16 years in Capricorn and has been transiting the cusp of Aquarius since March 2023.
Pluto is expressed through death, birth, and transformation. The areas governed by the sign Pluto is transiting will go through a process of ruthless transformation. Since 2008 Pluto has been transiting Capricorn. The structures of our society – established norms in government and law - have undergone a death process.
Aquarius describes the collective that emerges from Capricorn structures. Over the next 20 years as Pluto transits through Aquarius, new versions of the collective will be created as existing ones crumble.
Aquarius is ruled by Uranus, the Great Awakener, and is the sign of revolutionary change. Many wonderful creations emerge from the Aquarian vision. The shadow side of Aquarius is authoritarianism. Aquarius is part of the Leo/Aquarius polarity – the individual vs the collective. Pluto in Aquarius suggests that the drive to destroy existing forms of the collective is strong; the danger is that in the resulting chaos a path will open for an autocratic leader to seize power over the collective.
In Shamanic Egyptian Astrology, Pluto is allied with Osiris, who is killed by his brother Set. Out of his death a son is born – Horus – who ascends to the throne of his father after a centuries-long battle with Set. Aquarius is allied with Ptah. Ptah created Heaven and Earth through the words that he spoke; his tongue is connected to his heart. Everything we create must be inspired by love. If it is not, it will eventually fail.
Pluto will complete its transit of Aquarius in January 2044.
November 19, 2024, by Ruby Falconer. Available for chart readings.
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