In a
2006 Mountain Astrologer article, astrologer
Edward Gillam made a thorough case for “fundamental global changes in political
structures and values” during Pluto’s transit of Capricorn. He also pointed out
the importance of the security- and resource-conscious Cancer-Capricorn axis in
the Sibly chart, and the role this is likely to play as Pluto returns.
Certainly,
just the idea of Pluto in Capricorn
is daunting—like expecting a visit from the “big bad wolf” before we’ve got our
“house of bricks” in order. Yet, Capricorn and its ruler Saturn are the bedrock
of “common sense”—what Aquarius Now
calls a “…practical balance…a way of being in the world…not what we know, but
how we know it…” Marilyn Ferguson says that common sense “…wants to learn even when the
lessons are hard. It is a subtle sense of consequences and possibilities.”
Houses made of sticks and straw don’t stand a chance. We may learn some hard lessons
in the coming years, but there are reasons to believe the times can be
productive and positive.
For starters, at Pluto’s return, (outer wheel, biwheel
below), 8 of the 10 outer-planetary cycles will be waxing. Mundane Astrology suggests this “produces a sense of optimism,
buoyancy, initiative, extravagance, a willingness to take risks, to explore, to
begin enterprises.” Despite (or perhaps because
of) Saturn’s out-sized presence in this return, a closer look at the
2/20/2022 biwheel with Sibly (below) supports this assessment:
Saturn issues
Return Saturn is strong in
Aquarius, ruling three (return chart) Capricorn planets (Venus, Mars and Pluto)
and co-ruling Mercury and the MC. Saturn itself is disposed and widely squared
by the return chart’s staunch Uranus in Taurus. Saturn trines both the return
chart’s Moon and ASC, which suggests a good time and supportive environment for
“reclaiming personal sovereignty” from entrenched institutions.
This potential may be outweighed,
however, by the inter-chart grand trine that return Saturn forms with Sibly
Mars and Saturn. Such pervasive, dynamic Saturn energy between charts suggests
a focus on active, responsible manifestation, but Saturn (also trine return
Moon) will take its cues from us about what
to manifest in our legislature, making Mars’ presence in the grand trine a possible
red flag. Cool heads will hopefully prevail.
Chart Ruler Mercury & the Media
Return Mercury in Aquarius (also trine
Sibly Saturn) rules this 2022 chart (16° Gem rising), suggesting cool-headed
negotiations of a global nature may stand a chance, but with return Neptune
(Pisces) trine Sibly Mercury (Cancer), there could
be a massive effort to sway public sentiment via the media, especially with messages that trigger
security concerns (Pisces-Cancer). Even if we are able to maintain our rational
judgment, the power of the people (return Moon is also trine Sibly Moon) will be challenged by things happening in the Sibly 2nd house, where Pluto
will be returning.
A full 2nd house
Venus, Mars and Pluto will all be
converging on the Sibly’s Capricorn 2nd house at that time: Venus and Mars will
conjoin on the exact degree that kicked off our current Uranus-Neptune cycle in
February, 1993 and within 3 degrees of where the new Saturn-Pluto cycle will be
launching (22+Capricorn) in January, 2020. Pluto’s last minute “conference” with Saturn so
close to the return point suggests that powerful forces will be managing the
potentials of this “rebirth,” for better or worse. We can expect that global
industries—especially natural resource-oriented industries—will be wielding more
than their usual influence, and that national goals and action plans (Mars-Saturn)
will be tightly focused on profit and resource control (Venus-Pluto).
We already see that competition between
nations for natural resources is growing as environmental stress increases; the
heavy Capricorn energy and cycle connections in this chart suggest that the U.S. will be
focusing more seriously on sustainability, and that corporations will likely see
the profit potential in those efforts. War and the weapons industry will remain
obscenely profitable, of course—a serious pitfall for the higher purpose of
Pluto’s return.
Neptune & Mars
Amazingly, Neptune (at home in
Pisces) exactly opposes Sibly Neptune, creating an inter-chart T-square with
Sibly Mars. The Galactic Center (26+Sagittarius) fills in the 4th
leg, forming a grand cross. Coinciding with our Pluto return, this
configuration could help the nation release its unhealthy collective illusions
(fill-in-the-blanks), and regain its true idealistic heritage (Sibly-Pisces 4th
house). Best case scenario: we heal our toxic addiction to carbon-based fuels
(Neptune opposite Neptune) and to our increasingly tangled, co-dependent
relationships in the Middle East and elsewhere. Worst case scenario: these
relationships—a seemingly endless parade of ideological (Neptune) “enemies” (square
to 7th house Mars)— threaten to further destabilize the global balance of power and our
own national security. The challenge will be to prevent return Neptune’s
“dis-illusionment” process from being derailed by the usual power players.
Jupiter & Uranus
Also in Pisces, return chart Jupiter
will expand upon co-ruler Neptune’s efforts. Trine Sibly Sun and Jupiter, it
could support the “dis-illusionment” of our national leadership, but a T-square
between return chart Jupiter and Sibly ASC-opposite-Sibly Uranus suggests that our
defense industries and military enlistments will be stressed and expanding. In the return chart itself, Jupiter sextiles
Uranus, and both inconjunct Sibly Saturn (forming an inter-chart Yod). There
will be grassroots pressure on Congress to finally breakthrough their
ideological inertia and get something constructive (Uranus in Taurus) done. Best
case scenario: badly needed public infrastructure projects get more attention
at this time. Worst case scenario: the ideological factions in Congress unite
around a deepening “no-win-situation” in the Middle East.
A cosmic "reset"
Finally, the simple fact that
Pluto is “returning” says that—in terms of the nation’s outer-planetary
evolution—we get to push the “cosmic reset button.” Can we put the nuclear
threat genie back in his bottle? Can we return to clear, simple values that
work for everyone? Can we evolve, finally, into the promise of Pluto in Capricorn—collective integrity—and send the “big
bad wolf” packing?
“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and
I’ll…”
One last
word about houses, pigs and a fairy tale ending. As the well-worn tale
illustrates, the big bad wolf can only blow a pig’s house down if it’s flimsily
made. This made me wonder about the Sibly Moon’s placement in the 3rd
house—are “we the People” due for a fairy tale comeuppance with this Pluto
return? The 3rd is subject to everything that happens in the 9th—the
source of a lot of ideological “huffing and puffing”—but I would argue that the
3rd is also where Ferguson’s “radical common sense” potentially
thrives. With an Aquarius cusp, it’s the house where rational, inventive, but
determined “pigs” learn to live in the world of bricks and sticks and straw, and big bad wolves. It’s where we take
responsibility for our choices and our
freedom to make choices (You want to build with sticks? That’s your
prerogative!). Exactly semi-sextile our bottom-line-driven 2nd house
Pluto, this Sibly Moon is forever struggling to get and keep its share of the nation’s resources, but
happily, the third house is also where “Necessity” mothers her inventions. Some
pigs use their common sense better than others, of course; that’s why Aquarius
promotes working together!
More to come on planetary cycles to watch for between now and 2022!
© Raye
Robertson 2015. All rights reserved.
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