Pluto In Capricorn's Final Exam
Welcome to a season of deep-diving transformation
Belated Equinox blessings! Sunday’s Equinox marked the start of a new season, and the headlining planet for the next three months is transformational, deep-diving, “let go to grow” Pluto.
The Lord of the Underworld (aka Pluto) is at the very last degree of Capricorn, finishing up its 16-year journey through the sign of the Sea Goat. Pluto will transition into Aquarius on November 19th, where it will stay for the next 20 years. Pluto will not return to Capricorn for 245 years (can I get an amen??).
The chart of the Equinox can be read as a blueprint for the next three months, and Pluto played a starring role. Venus – the ruler of Libra and presiding deity of this season – formed a precise square to Pluto, highlighting themes we’ll be working with during Pluto’s last hurrah in Capricorn.
While Venus in Libra wants peace, love and harmony, Pluto in Capricorn wants you to live your BIG life – to know your power, commit to your path of destiny, and manifest your goals in the world.
Some Venus in Libra squaring Pluto in Capricorn themes to consider:
Where are you being too nice, playing the peace-keeper and harmonizer, compromising yourself to please others – instead of setting boundaries and focusing on your goals and priorities?
Are you over-focusing on what everyone else is doing, comparing and despairing, judging yourself because your life’s journey doesn’t look as beautiful or successful as someone else’s? What is YOUR definition of success?
Are you sacrificing aliveness, intimacy and passion, playing it safe instead of playing your edge? Are you prioritizing keeping the peace over living life to the fullest? Where are you being called to take a risk?
Do you feel jealous or envious of other people? What does that tell you about what you really want? Do you know you have the power to create what you desire?
Where are you blaming others instead of taking 100% responsibility for your experience? Are you projecting your power onto others, and how can you take it back?
The Plutonian intensity continues to ramp up over the next few months. Some high points: Pluto’s station on October 11th (when Pluto turns from retrograde to direct), and the Mars-Pluto opposition (first of three!) on November 3rd.
We can consider this time period to be our “final exam” from Pluto in Capricorn, as we close out the cycle that started back in 2008. For all these years, Pluto has been activating the same house in your chart (according to the Whole Sign house system) – drilling down on certain areas of life, calling you into greater integrity, self-responsibility and self-authority.
How you close out this Pluto in Capricorn cycle will determine how you experience Pluto in Aquarius. The signs are not discrete entities but part of an evolutionary cycle. If you master Capricorn’s lessons, then you can experience the freedom, community, creativity and awakening of Aquarius. If not… you default into the distorted expression of Aquarius – herd mentality, blending in with the crowd, “going along to get along”…
In the spirit of Plutonian transformation, and the desire to offer personalized, in-depth support for making this massive transition with clarity, intention and wisdom, I’m teaming up with Soul Sherpa Anné Klint on October 6th to offer a half-day retreat in Santa Fe - From Limitation to Liberation: Shed Your Capricorn Conditioning to Unleash Your Genius Aquarian Weirdness.
Check out this 11-minute video to learn more about the retreat, and to hear about Anné’s personal journey with Pluto in Capricorn.
In the retreat, you’ll work with your personal birth chart to discover which house (areas of life) Pluto in Capricorn has been activating. With our guidance, you’ll uncover the blocks still lurking in the basement of that house. Working with the tools of ceremony, writing, art journaling and inquiry, together we’ll alchemize that stuckness into your soul's hidden gold.
You’ll also explore the house in your chart where Pluto in Aquarius will work its magic for the next 20 years. You’ll plant seeds of desire and possibility for those areas of life, envisioning the most liberated and aligned version of your future self.
Join us to close out the Pluto in Capricorn cycle with radical love and intention, and to prepare for the highest expression of Pluto in Aquarius. The early-bird price of $125 ends Friday! Get all the details and sign up. All women are welcome, regardless of prior astro-experience (beginners too!) Hope to see you there! Questions? Just hit reply.
