In the beginning of the year I wrote a piece about the effects of Pluto in your chart. This tiny, dwarf planet is as intense and dynamic as Scorpio, the sign it rules. Now people are asking me what in the world is going on – we have Brexit, Trump, Congress staging sit ins, My answer is simple – it is Pluto. Now transiting Capricorn, Pluto brings uncovers deep pain and forces change. Capricorn is the sign of authority and government. As the Republicans scratch their head about Trump, we astrologers can see how his campaign fits perfectly into the anger of their base. You can’t feed people fear and hatred and expect it not to boil over – especially when Pluto is in Capricorn!
When Pluto moved into Capricorn we got the first African American President and this year we hopefully will get the first female one. However, we can also get Trump or we can have a total revolt and get neither of the two leading candidates. It is just the nature of the beast.
The last time Pluto visited Capricorn we had the American Revolution but also the bloody and disastrous French Revolution.
During Pluto’s transit through Sagittarius – from 1995 to 2008 we saw the rise of spirituality vs religion but we also had the explosion of fundamentalism and Sept 11.
Right now Pluto and Jupiter are trining – 90 degrees from each other – and that is a huge explosion of energy which can be fundamentalist in nature. (Jupiter rules Sagittarius.)
So keep this in mind as we watch the world again turn upside down. Pluto conjures change – how we make those changes are up to us.