USA Pluto Return - Closing Chapter

American people seem to be under a spell, they are either numb indifferent, very engaged in delusional theories, or addicted to substances. Generalizations are always bad, of course, the area of life where you experience bewilderment depends on your personal birth chart.

However, it seems that collectively, we are all in a state of heightened stupefaction that doesn’t allow us to see clearly. Incredulous, skeptical, or at least doubting everything, the state of confusion has come to such a climax that is paralyzing. 

This has been happening for several years now, right? If you would immediately say, ‘yes, precisely since around March/April 2020’, you are astrologically correct.

Astrology can explain this very easily. Transiting Neptune has been opposing the US natal Neptune since precisely March 2020. We are unable to discern if we are deceiving ourselves or are deceived by others or both, logical discrimination must have gone on vacation, and even worse, many are caught unaware of it. I have explained and predicted this phenomenon in my US Pluto return YouTube video series.

Since Neptune orbit takes approximately 165 years around the Sun, I’d like to refer you to history the last time Neptune was around the 22º of Pisces. It was between 1856 and 1858. In the US there was a time of crisis and panic. 
 

“A financial panic in the fall of 1857 brought on what turned out to be a short-lived but intense depression. Causes of the panic stemmed partly from the international economy and partly from domestic overexpansion…This speculative house of cards came crashing down in September 1857. The failure of one banking house sent a wave of panic through the financial community. Banks suspended specie payments, businesses failed, railroads went bankrupt, construction halted, factories shut down. Hundreds of thousands of workers were laid off, and others went on part-time schedules or took wage cuts, just as the cold winter months were arriving.”1

And 

“3 B. Douglass & Co. pointed out that the panic had occurred during a prosperous harvest and

attributed the "financial revulsion" to "terror inspired by a trifling cause or misapprehension of danger." The Banking Superintendent of New York, James Cook, described the panic as "without apparent reason derived from past experience." Some facts were consistent with the view that the crisis was an unnecessary product of mismanagement or fear.”2

Another theme those years was the fight of the South to keep slavery in place, which as we all know, was a precursor of the Civil War, since they wanted to secede from the Union. Observing Texas politics in 2023, among the sentiment in other southern states, there seems to be a separatist tendency, even openly declared by the Republican Party Conference meeting in Houston not long ago. Coincidentally here is what was going on between 1856 and 1858 while transiting Neptune was opposing US natal Neptune. 

"March 4, 1857 - James Buchanan is sworn into office as the 15th President of the United States. His tenure as President would be marred by the question of slavery and a compromise stance that would neither alleviate nor eradicate the intractable question from American society."

"March 6, 1857 - The United States Supreme Court rules in the Dred Scott decision, 6-3, that a slave did not become free when transported into a free state. It also ruled that slavery could not be banned by the U.S. Congress in a territory, and that blacks were not eligible to be awarded."

"June 23, 1858 - With strife between pro-slavery and anti-slavery partisans escalating to dramatic chaos, the 2nd Infantry and 3rd Artillery regiments under the command of Captain Nathanial Lyon attempt to restore order during the "Bleeding Kansas" campaign."3

The Secession sentiment was brewing in the southern spirit. Their economy was buttressed by slavery, and they wouldn't risk to be deprived of it. As history tells, they were determined to fight for it, and they did. 

Doesn't this ring a bell today? Coincidentally, in case you forgot, George Floyd was murdered May 25, 2020 and everybody knows the corollary.

Still, a louder bell may ring when you read this. 

“Historians such as James Huston have revealed additional causes of the panic. In his 1988 book The Panic of the 1857 and the Coming of the Civil War, Huston argued that the crisis was not only caused by the failure of Ohio Life, it was also a consequence of the ending of the Crimean War in 1856.”

“Between 1854 and 1856, the Crimean War interrupted Russian grain exports to Europe and increased the demand for wheat from the American West. This increase in demand, in turn, increased wheat prices and facilitated the inflow of migration to the West. While this was not the sole cause of land speculation in the American West, the demand for American grain (along with the California gold rush) played an important part.”4

And the history themes resonate crystal clear. The Russians are now against Ukraine, for the same reason they were in Crimea before, with similar consequences for the distribution of grains, which in turn affects now the whole world economy, not only the US,

The events may be different, but the subjacent sentiments and issues are the same. The controversy regarding maintenance of the economy, financial matters, the country solvency, resources and assets, production of goods threatens the Union. In a similar plane, the two political parties still differ about similar issues. And the polarization is now at a tipping point where the intransigence could throw the nation into chaos or another civil war. 

Not by chance does this economic turmoil coincide with the last Pluto return in two years. This time is an almost conjunction. Pluto Retrograde is presently approaching the 27º♑️54' where will station direct on October 10, 2023. The US natal Pluto is at 27º♑️33', just 21' away, but the conjunction is still operative as demonstrated by the underway developments in Congress dealing with the budget (second house of the natal chart) and a government shutdown threat. Pluto station at that degree will last from Septembre 21 till October 31 like a drill, intensifying the energetic and symbolic influence.

Furthermore, hopefully you have realized that these economic and financial matters are intrinsically tied to the country's values (second house of the zodiac). For those, we need to refer to a chart with Sagittarius ascendant, a preachy warrior riding towards the unreachable horizon, telling everyone on the way how to behave and what to do. The dark side of Sagittarius is 'do as I say, not as I do', but in the long run, of course, this philosophy backfires. 

The country's values are founded on the extreme power of its institutions, and resources. Pluto in the second house gives extreme financial power based on the structures of the country, but at the same time, the Pluto kind of power comes, as you know, from his underground Kingdom. Pluto doesn't spare cruelty and violence in his influence, nor is he fond of the middle way, on the contrary, always goes to extremes, extreme cold, extreme hot. Pluto in the second house may incline the chart owner to obtain resources and energy sources by unclear methods and hidden manipulations. Pluto in Capricorn indicates the grip of institutional dominance over others, like in the case of slavery. Capricorn second house defines the values of a pyramidal system where there is an elite that commands with iron fist those under their command, which explains its militarized or otherwise aggressive expansive power (♑️Pluto) over the world (♐️Asc). 

By showing the crude reality openly, Pluto return has brought into question all those values, as obsolete, as we have seen in the news since 2020. Pluto has brought out in the open the extreme exertion of power over the people, especially over certain sectors of society, and even over other peoples in the world. Not only that, but thanks to modern media it has been easier to divulge institutional and political corruption, the shortcomings of the public administration be it of resources or finances. All the shadow manifestations of human behavior are exposed for everyone to see, thanks to modern media. 

October 10, 2023

Should the US continue supporting wars, sending support money to this and that country where corruption is still rampant? Should the US continue increasing its sidereal debt that five or ten generations down the road will keep paying? Should the US continue its interventionist international policy or start taking care of domestic business first? Is the US an authentic union? Why black people and other sectors of the population continue to suffer de facto discrimination? 

What are the real values of this country? 

That is what is at stake at the moment, not just a budget debate. As a Venusian area, the second house of the zodiac attracts what one desires. 

What are the actual desires of the people in this country?

What does the people want to attract?

Neptune will leave the orb zone of 25º by the end of this year, having done his ‘job’. The results (read consequences) will certainly be felt eventually in 2024 and beyond. Pluto will leave the 27º♑️ on November 1st, not to return for another 248 years, marking the start of his new cycle. 2024 and onwards will show the outcomes of his work. 

What do you think needs to change? 

What do you think will actually change? 

What will be the price to pay for the change?

REFERENCES

1- John M. Murrin, et al., eds., Liberty Equality Power: A History of the American People, 2nd ed., vol.      1 (Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1999), 488. https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/16867 

2- Quoted in The Panic of 1857: Origins, Transmission, and Containment by Charles W. Calomiris and       Larry Schweikart.            https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/ccalomiris/papers/Panic%20of%201857.pdf

3- https://americasbesthistory.com/abhtimeline1850.html  

4- https://economic-historian.com/2020/07/panic-of-1857/

Full Moon 25º ♐︎- June 16-17, 2019

Red lines on the Chart mean tension, challenge, urgent change of direction. If we don't want it, we are forced to change!  The blue lines demand adjustment, adaptation, or compromise.  The green lines indicate the support to the process. Let's take a look at the details.

The Sun and the Moon

The Sun is at 25º 53' Gemini and the Moon at 25º 53' Sagittarius. The Sun in Gemini illuminates all activities based on the mind. Thinking, reasoning, communication, even communication and broadcasting devices and media (i.e. internet, TV, radio, press, etc.), conversations, debates, information, all of those are enhanced during the time the Sun transits Gemini. At the Full Moon something hits culmination in our mental process. The Moon reflects the Sun light in the big picture area of Sagittarius. We now are able to see the whole scheme of things, understand the truth, make sense of the true meaning of the information learned by putting together all the pieces (Gemini mind balanced by Sagittarius mind). The spiritual, ethical and even legal implications are now evident.  Too obvious, I'd say, because Jupiter makes a loose but still active conjunction with the Moon from 18º of Sagittarius, magnifying the clarity brought out by both the Moon and the Sun.


The T-Square

Talking about the magnifying glass help from Jupiter, I also need to refer to its square to Neptune, who, at the same time, makes a loose but still effective square to the Sun from 18º of Pisces. Yes, there is a risk of confusion when we are tuned in to lower vibration, however, we can also count on Neptune's spiritual, intuitive, inspirational influence. In fact, Neptune is the antennae to the heavens, he is able to connect us to the ethereal vibrations of the cosmos and let us 'see' what is not visible to the physical eye. Neptune shows a reality we can see with our eyes closed, when we tune in with our third eye. Curiously, what we call the third eye nowadays, was called 'common sense' in Socrates' times. Today the common sense not only is not common, but it's very elusive. Why? Because we live in a materialistic society where we only focus on the tangible reality, and, lack of practice and awareness, we have lost this natural ability to perceive the unseen.

Moreover, the Full Moon is only about a degree away from the Galactic Center. What is the Galactic Center? It's the black hole where everything comes from, and everything goes back to nothingness. God? The Source of all existence? It seems to be the upload and download place of consciousness and creative energy. Existence comes to be to become conscious of itself. Therefore, a planetary contact with this powerful Source of All Knowledge, especially the Moon, whose intuitive energy is a revealing conduit, can open up a gate of understanding, wisdom, and clear intellectual activity.

In my interpretation, the Full Moon T-Square to Neptune has the power to show us probably more than we can handle and are ready to receive. Most people, especially those who don't have any spiritual practice, may feel really confused, delusional or have a tendency to numb themselves with substances, because it may be too much for their minds to grasp. Others may react just focusing on the tangible familiar reality. If you are inclined to do a meditation practice, this Full Moon is a great propitious time for it.


The powerful opposition

The Cancer Capricorn Nodal Axis is in full force at the time of this Full Moon. The North Node of the Moon conjuncts -even though not exactly, it's tight- Mars and Mercury. The South Node is still in close proximity to Saturn and Pluto, both now retrograde.

Pluto has been in Capricorn since 2008, unearthing, decomposing, and demolishing anything that is no longer useful for our progress, that no longer belongs to our present evolutionary stage, or does not contribute to our future stage. Referring to the house he's transiting in your personal chart (natal or progressed) you may have a better understanding of where, how, what and why is being transmuted there. In general, while Pluto navigates this house, we only see the demolition; it's not until the end, when he's ready to move on to Aquarius for his next demolition there, that we see the new shape we have turned in. Now, that he's retrograde, again! we are in reflection, revision mode, walking through the rubble and pondering the extent and meaning of the destruction, wondering what would come out of this once we put the pieces back together.

Capricorn themes are the outside structures of our life. The societal paradigm and conventions, our public functions, political correctness, ethical matters, the boundaries and security agreements of the individual with the society he or she lives in, they are all under Pluto's scalpel and alchemical potions. Walls don't mean a thing for Pluto's power, he is able to knock over any Capricornian wall. He likes to go deep into the essence, dig into the underlying reasons why we want walls, structures, restrictions, limitations. If we haven't yet, we will soon realize how much power we give away to accept the so well organized Capricornian hierarchical security.

 The South Node is there to help us leave behind all the debris. It's acting as the trash collection truck going to the dump.

Saturn's two and a half years visit to Capricorn is taking stock of the chaos left behind. Now retrograde, he reflects, reviews, reassesses the whole structural situation, so when he comes back direct, he will have a plan for reconstruction. That's the plan he will propose to Pluto during the anxiously waited meeting  at 24º of Capricorn in January 2020. This will be the turning point, especially because of the conflictive and progressively aggravating events that will develop through the eclipses, and, in fact, during the next six months. It's going to feel like we are inside a pressure cooker! I will discuss more about the eclipse season in July, stay tuned.

That wedge!

I you take a look at the chart, all those red lines talk about conflictive, opposing and polarizing energy, which we already see playing out in the public sphere. The green lines are supportive, softly flowing favorable energy.

The wedge formed by the green and red lines connecting the Cardinal opposition (planets with the Nodal Axis) and Neptune, gives a more passive feminine energy to play with, helping us solve the disparities with a relentless but quiet effort and determination.

Even though Jupiter square Neptune has a bad rap for the negative implication of deception, lies, and delusion, we should be grateful for their Mutable, Water and Fire contribution, that can soften the harsh radical changes occurring in the Cardinal Signs of Cancer and Capricorn. Moreover, it is thanks to Neptune that we can envision the conflicts at hand from a higher spiritual perspective. Jupiter gives us hope for a better future, and the need to look for the truth of the matter. Neptune can be forgiving, understanding, unconditional love, service and charitable feelings. In fact, all that 'ocean of water' (Pisces) helps us to effect the necessary changes, taking into consideration, or based on, not only our gut feelings, but also on our intuition and higher perspective.

All those inconjunctions!

The blue lines are inconjuncts, or energetic relationships that need readjusting, adaptation, compromising.

The Sun inconjunct Pluto marks our fear of the uncertainty and confusion coming from Neptune square the Sun. Pluto pushes us to study, analyze, and ponder all factors and many hypothesis in the situation,  maybe obsessively, but needed nonetheless. It provokes us to reconcile the profound upcoming changes with our identity. "If this happens, I will have to be this way, if that changes, I will have to adapt that way", kind of thinking.

Jupiter inconjunct Mercury and the North Node asks us to reconcile the information we have to go forward into the future with our enthusiasm and need for truth and wisdom. We may face the tendency to exaggerate, to just look at the forest without seeing the trees or vice versa. We see already the media distorting communications or only consider a high perspective, now they may just focus on the details. We will need to reconcile our grandiose, confusing or delusional mental picture (Jupiter square Neptune), and our day to day reasoning (Mercury).

We also need an adjustment to balance our actions (Mars) and our beliefs (Jupiter) taking into consideration other people (Moon).

Conclusion

We may be so overwhelmed by information at this lunation, that we may feel triggered into radical actions. Our minds may be driven by high hopes in a better future, and at the same time, we need to consider the practical details and facts in order to make sound and compassionate decisions.

This second part of June the personal planets transiting Cancer will activate already the July Eclipses AND the Pluto Saturn upcoming Conjunction at 24º of Capricorn in January. This means that we are already experiencing the eclipse season theme. Whatever happens from now on in the area of Capricorn (zodiac house) is the matter we will be dealing with then.

Step back, don't rush into actions, make sure you reflect, meditate and especially take care of yourself with great TLC. No one will take care of you better than yourself, and others may need you sound and healthy.

Make it a great day! Sat Nam

This is the link if you prefer watching the video about this Full Moon.
Contact me for a personal reading at pukavypora@gmail.com. I look forward to help.