Pluto and Power – Revolution or Evolution:
The current transit of Pluto in Capricorn from 2008 (until 2024 when it goes into Aquarius) has challenged the very foundations of economic and political power throughout the world, but especially in the US. This is especially relevant to us because our Natal Chart Pluto resides in Capricorn (July 4, 1776) during which time we launched a revolution, created a Republic, and freed ourselves from the British Crown.
Capricorn is a sign that represents control by a “ruling elite”, whether it is government or private capital wealth or, as it is in the present time, both “in bed” together. With the US Natal Moon in freedom loving Aquarius, the original ideal was government “by and for the people” and building an infrastructure providing equal opportunity for all to succeed. The constitution and the Bill of Rights framed our new nation and its government. Now, our Pluto return is excavating a conflict that has been with us since our inception – the control of privileged entrenched wealth and power vs. the rights and opportunities of the people-at-large.
The question in this century lies with those who are the economically controlling interests today. We are not a monarchy, yet a financial empire of billionaire Plutocrats possesses over 80% of this country’s wealth and has effectively “bought” elections from an indifferent voting public, off-shored their taxes while the nation’s infrastructure is collapsing, deprived well over half of the nation’s population of any semblance of “equal opportunity” while they have off-shored jobs abroad, reduced wages, hiked the price of housing, hiked the price of advanced education, and created a for profit healthcare system that few can afford.
In 1776, the 13 American colonies were populated by those who owned African slaves whose labor built a large portion of their economy and its infrastructure. In the 1860s we fought a civil war to end this practice. For two centuries, white citizens committed mass genocide on approximately 900 Native American nations. Today, we are still, in many ways, fighting for equal rights for people of color, who have been marginalized, abused, criminalized, and impoverished by a system of “while supremacy”, racism, and a public commons that no longer works for the public. We are now reviving a revolution about police brutality against black men and women. The murder of George Floyd by a policeman while being videoed, has literally been the last straw in a series of brutal encounters from the growth of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s to the Southern resistance to the Civil Rights Protests of the 1960s, to the Rodney King protest in 1991 to the present time. The Civil Rights Revolution of the 1960s led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. cut short by his assassination is alive and well today with new generations of Americans protesting all over the nation and now accompanied by people of all races in other nations throughout the world.
However, there is a much broader issue and goes to the heart of who we are as a nation. The notion of democracy is founded upon the ideal of equal opportunity for people to economically survive and succeed. This does not describe an ideal of “ruling elite” Pluto in Capricorn but is the historic notion of equal opportunity and a government by and for the people inherent in our Moon in Aquarius. The so-called “White Supremacist” movement promotes hate and division. It is founded on fears that people of color, native Americans, and immigrants, are all going to grab their jobs and “take over” the government.
Every study done in recent times points to the fact that it is accumulated family wealth that is the primary indicator of professional and financial success. What is needed is a public infrastructure to support affordable health care, quality public education, affordable housing. In addition, we need to properly fund internet access, clean water, sewerage, highways, bridges, etc. that, due to a lack of funding, are presently crumbling. With the rich escaping taxation and half of the public living at or below the poverty line, a fair tax system that would support our all- important national framework is virtually nonexistent. People of all races, ethnic backgrounds, and family origins are simply looking for a “shot” at success, which is what comprises the “American Dream”.
The politicians described by the mainstream media have framed this debate between the so-called “Right” versus the so-called “Left”. Other words are “Conservative” versus “Liberal” or “Capitalism versus Socialism. Sometimes words get in the way of clarity and this is one of these times. Our nation’s Saturn is in the sign of Libra, the Scales – a symbol of justice, the rule of law, and balance. which would include supporting entrepreneurial capitalism with social supports and safety nets to even the playing field. Young people need to believe they have a chance to get a relevant education that gets them a decent job or trains them to work hard to create their own business, regardless of their race, national origin, or their families’ wealth. We are also being challenged at this most important juncture in the history of our democracy, and that is a clear and fair infrastructure for VOTING at the polls.
World in Chaos:
The Plutonians are getting shaken up everywhere, certainly here in the US. Nationalism and isolationism are rearing their heads just when we need some unity and cooperation against the global pandemic and the rise of a new Cold War. China is experiencing protests and revolutionary demonstrations by citizens who are against a government by a dictatorship that is erasing any democratic infrastructure that may have previously existed and is creating a massive government surveillance system to track them everywhere. Presently, the Chinese government is actually in a military confrontation with India at their border; they have recently been in skirmishes with ships from Vietnam and Malaysia; and the Philippines is reconsidering their previous request that US troops withdraw because they may need our protection. No. Korea is escalating their nuclear arsenal. The European Union is struggling to survive. Dictatorships in Brazil and Venezuela are also under fire. Russia is beginning to rebel against Putin’s absolute control. Nations throughout the Middle East, many ruled by autocrats, are engaged in civil wars. The COVID pandemic is highlighting leaders everywhere who are effective or ineffective in implementing policies to save people’s lives.
At this historic moment, a series of violent REVOLUTIONS would be a disaster, leaving behind a landscape of poverty, destruction and despair. Historically, most revolutions are instigated by an angry and uninformed populace who overthrows their governments and puts much worse ones in their place. Think of the French Revolution, the Russian Revolution, and the Communist Revolution in China.
Now is the time for a conscious EVOLUTION movement that encompasses a world wide discussion of how humanity may live in concert with life on earth and in cooperation with each other. Instead of name-calling, personal insults, and shouting matches on television, we could use spirited debates with fact checking, and solutions to problems that invites people “in” rather than leaving people “out.” We could re-examine the words of great scientists, philosophers, and humanitarians who have seen the Aquarian future of the human potential through the ages and portals of history. We have seldom listened in the past. Now is the time!
The Economy:
In spite of last month’s escalation of the virus, this month’ optimism about economic recovery and medical breakthroughs suggesting virus control will likely elevate the stock market to new highs. The week of the 20th is especially optimistic as a direct Mercury is sextile Uranus and Venus is sextile Mars. This is possibly the best month in the year as people will be out and about (hopefully social distancing with with masks in place). Venus direct in Gemini and the North Node in Gemini will likely increase socializing in spite of the risks. It will also stimulate some travel industries, but with restrictions and rules in place. With Mars in Aries through early January 2021, people will not be in the mood to be cautious.
The larger and more serious problems will show up around the second week of August, as Mars is square Pluto and the COVID consequences unfold in the form of a resurgence of the virus while earthquakes and volcanoes erupting take place throughout the world. Financial markets will likely sell off. This is a warning from the stars to act like adults and be cautious.
Science and Technology:
– Those of you who are my regular readers know that I have been directing your attention to articles on the progress of Nuclear Fusion, which I believe will be the greatest accomplishment of our century and will literally change the world. This month is no exception. An article in Newsweek on May 30th, 2020 is entitled: “Breakthrough at the ITER Paves the Way for Energy Source that may Alter the Course of Civilization.” by Michael Claessens. The author reports that the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor being constructed in France, includes technologies being developed in China, The European Union, Switzerland, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the USA for which they have started assembling the world’s largest fusion reactor. He reports that 3,000 people will now assemble the world’s largest “Meccano” as 10 million pieces are converging to Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France) from thousands of factories around the world. Started in 1985, this agency’s first projected experiment is set for 2025 with full operation suggested by 2035.
As I have discussed many times before, this will end the age of fossil fuels and provide nearly limitless amounts of energy all over the globe.
– The June 2020 Issue of Scientific American contains an article by author Charles Schmidt, entitled “The Vaccine Quest – Only Genetic Engineering Can Create a Protective Serum in Months Rather Than Years.” He refers to multiple approaches to a vaccine involving an accelerated testing process. He writes: “protecting the globe against COVID-19 will require enormous manufacturing capacity. The DNA-plasmid and RNA vaccines have never been scaled up to millions of doses, and small firms such as Inovio and Moderna would not have such capacity in-house. According to Barouch, the adenovirus vaccine is more time-consuming at the outset, but once proved it ‘can be scaled up quickly.’ Johnson & Johnson used an adenovirus approach to generate millions of doses of a vaccine against Ebola, which are now in widespread human trials. A few groups are investigating other DNA techniques that could take longer.” It is worth reading the whole article to get a perspective on the rapidly developing rush to get an effective vaccine besides expanding the entire technology around immunization against deadly viruses and understanding the human immune system in general.
The Pandemic Cycle is far from over:
The Mars in Aries ( June 28th through Jan. 7th 2021) will square Pluto and Saturn from August 10th through December 25th 2020. It is likely that a new outbreak may occur that may actually be a mutation or alteration in the virus. In 2021, we will likely have a vaccine and be distributing it around the end of February. However, another epidemic, possibly a flu, may emerge under the Saturn/Uranus square between March and June of 2021 and, for the last time, December of 2021. This will all likely result in an acceleration in the science of immunology that will lead to faster treatments for viral infections. Sadly, this will also likely mean many more lives may be lost all over the globe. The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius that launches a great new age, has also, historically, corresponded with plagues and pandemics.
However, modern science will likely mitigate these disasters and lead to medical breakthroughs that will transform modern medicine. Scientists have recently published studies making us aware that human encroachment and destruction of the world’s rain forests has released multiple pandemics in animals and humans never seen before. This information and understanding will increase the motivation to restore these ecosystems and stabilize potential climate changes. As nuclear fusion goes mainstream to produce energy, the age of fossil fuels will end – leading to cleansing and restoring the health of the earth.
“Beam me up Scottie!”
On June 25, 2020, an article was published by The Optical Society entitled: “Quantum entanglement demonstrated aboard orbiting CubeSat.” This science that theorized that when two subatomic particles called “twin particles” are separated, they will continue to spin in concert with one another no matter how far the distance is between them – theoretically at opposite ends of the universe – was referred to by Albert Einstein as “spooky action at a distance.” The article states: “In a critical step toward creating a global quantum communications network, researchers have generated and detected quantum entanglement onboard a CubeSat nanosatellite weighing less than 2/6 kilograms and orbiting the Earth. They go on to say: “In the future, our system could be part of a global quantum network transmitting quantum signals to receivers on Earth or on other spacecraft, said lead author Aitor Villar from the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore.” Villar goes on to say: “These signals could be used to implement any type of quantum communications application, from quantum key distribution for extremely secure data transmission to quantum teleportation, where information is transferred by replicating the state of a quantum system from a distance.”
The Age of Aquarius is upon us!
Final Thoughts:
I think many of us know that humanity is at a crossroads that has never before been seen or felt before – spanning all nations and civilizations across the face of the earth. Humanity will not survive these challenges through the lens of old economic models, governing systems, or visions that no longer work. Species of plants and animals have survived catastrophes for millions of years through the process of evolution and adaptation to changing conditions around them.
These times require an evolutionary “leap” on the part of the human race, possibly into what has been hypothesized as a “super human” or a human possessing a much expanded consciousness, intellectually and spiritually. It may require a new stronger and healthier body and an emotionally advanced psyche in which to manifest. Learning how to live together without war, devouring and destroying our planet’s resources, and hating each other will present a human presence that has been extraordinarily rare within the context of history.
Some think that the present manifestation of “human nature” will never change. I believe that humans have many “natures”, some which have not yet been activated. Being “stuck” in the “fight-fright” level of the brain will lead us to extinction. Accessing the higher levels may lead us toward an expression of life only the poets, philosophers, and spiritual avatars have proposed may exist. Some of us have experienced this intermittently; a place where hearts and minds merge into a place of being, knowing, and loving beyond anything that has ever been known before.
We only need to choose: extinction or evolution. We only need to make the effort and a new reality will arrive – the all-knowing light will embrace us.
Blessings,
Linda
Important Points of Reference (for Astrologers):
Lunar Eclipse at 13 degrees Capricorn on July 5th ,hitting the Sun of the USA, Full Moon at 28 degrees Cancer opposition Saturn on July 20th, opposition the USA Pluto, Mercury in Cancer goes direct July 11th and will sextile Uranus July 21st and square Mars July 27th and trine Neptune July 30th, Venus in Gemini will square Neptune July 27th, Saturn retrograde is back in Capricorn, in inconjunct the North Node until July 29th, goes direct Sept. 28th and all the way through the sign by Dec. 19.
