TRANSCRIPT Ep. 265 (11.18.24)
Pluto Enters Aquarius: Tearing Out Drywall!
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Hiya Invisible Buddy, April right here, and the date at this time is November 18th, 2024. Welcome to Episode 265 of the Large Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, a significant shift as Pluto leaves Capricorn for the ultimate time and enters Aquarius. The Solar trines Neptune, makes a sextile to Pluto, and enters Sagittarius. Mercury opposes Jupiter, Venus makes a possibility facet with Saturn, and the Final Quarter Moon is in Virgo. And I’m replaying a mini-lesson from final 12 months about what Pluto’s ingress into Aquarius would possibly imply for us within the coming 19 years.
Mercury opposed Jupiter (Nov. 18, 2024, 12:55 am PST)
Mercury opposes Jupiter on November 18th at 12:55 am Pacific Time at 18º47’ Sagittarius and Gemini. Since Mercury entered Sagittarius, it has been in what we name mutual reception with Jupiter in Gemini. Which suggests every planet is in an indication that’s dominated by the opposite. Mercury in Sagittarius is dominated by Jupiter, and Jupiter in Gemini is dominated by Mercury.
The planet Mercury and the signal Gemini are related with themes of communication. And Jupiter and Sagittarius are related to overseas journey, with greater training, and of seeing the massive image. The stress between these two, I typically assume, has to do with Mercury and Gemini maintaining their eye on the small particular person items of issues, and Jupiter and Sagittarius centered on the way it all suits collectively.
When planets are in mutual reception, we expect that they act somewhat bit as if every of them is of their rulership. So they assist one another out and strengthen one another. And what this probably means is it is a good time to make use of every of those planets. So, Mercury’s eager consideration to the small print, in addition to Jupiter’s means to see how all of the little items match collectively in the entire. Though it’s an opposition facet, which is usually regarded as somewhat troublesome, I really assume it is a fairly good facet for this week.
Additionally, bear in mind that now we have Mercury arising on its newest retrograde interval that may start on the twenty fifth of November, just a few days earlier than Thanksgiving right here in the US, which I think about will convey us some actually gnarly commutes for the vacation. And, much more so, as a result of each Mercury and Jupiter are associated to journey and to motion. The one purpose I convey this up now could be so that you’ve got loads of time to double and triple-check your journey plans for the vacations, when you have any, and to just be sure you have contingency plans in place.
Solar trine Neptune (Nov. 18, 2024, 6:08 pm PST)
Later, on November 18th at 6:08 pm Pacific Time, the Solar in Scorpio trines Neptune at 27º13’ Scorpio and Pisces. In case you are a inventive or non secular individual, this could possibly be a superb time to faucet into that realm, to provide your self consolation by means of doing any sort of inventive initiatives, singing, dancing. Creating magnificence and concord ultimately, appears to be what actually brings the Solar alive when it connects with Neptune. Even the Sabian symbols for this trine are very pretty. The Solar is on 28 Scorpio, The king of the fairies approaching his area, and Neptune is on 28 Pisces, A fertile backyard underneath the Full Moon. So, very whimsical, fanciful, but in addition offers us that lovely picture of being on this backyard underneath this Full Moon and celebrating and appreciating the sweetness round us and creating extra of it.
The Solar’s trine to Neptune is commonly a very nice time to take some time off when you’re in a position to, to skip work for the afternoon and go to the park or stroll by the lake. Neptune actually loves water, so if we will join with that component on today, extra the higher. It’s a therapeutic facet, and it’s additionally a possibility to succeed in out to folks in your life who you assume may need been going by means of a troublesome time, allow them to know you’re pondering of them, and sending love their approach.
Pluto enters Aquarius (Nov. 19, 2024, 12:40 pm PST)
Pluto enters Aquarius on November nineteenth at 12:40 pm Pacific Time, and will probably be on this signal by means of March eighth, 2043. It’s been there briefly during the last 12 months. Pluto first moved into Aquarius on March twenty third, 2023, after which once more on January twentieth, 2024. It’s been a little bit of a bumpy ingress.
I had a dialog with Pluto in Sagittarius astrologer Anna Corridor on Episode 254. That was in the course of the Podathon, and I interviewed an astrologer from every of the training Pluto generations, and he or she is Pluto in Sagittarius. And I keep in mind asking her what she thought in regards to the astrologers and followers of astrology that have been so enthusiastic about Pluto going into Aquarius and pondering, oh wow, it’s going to be the start of a brand new vivid age of brotherhood and togetherness. And I mentioned, do folks typically assume that about your Pluto in Sagittarius as nicely, and we sort of laughed about it. And he or she mentioned, no, no, it actually remains to be Pluto. And we have been saying to one another that that’s not Pluto’s job to convey something like concord or togetherness. Pluto’s job is actually about taking down what exists in order that one thing new can emerge as a replacement.
The final transit of Pluto in Aquarius, as a result of it has a really lengthy cycle, it has a few 250-year cycle, and it corresponded with the battle for American independence, its institution as a republic, and that was an period, Pluto in Aquarius, that ended with the French Revolution. So, it does appear very probably that this Pluto in Aquarius transit will proceed to search out nations in riot and transition and discord.
After that lengthy Pluto in Capricorn transit since 2008, which has seemingly been destined to deconstruct nearly all current societal constructions, will probably be time, ultimately, to reinvent society and nations. On the finish of this episode, I’ll replay a mini-lesson that I ran again in March of final 12 months about Pluto going into Aquarius, which explores just a few extra of those themes in somewhat extra element.
Solar enters Sagittarius (Nov. 21, 2024, 11:56 am PST)
The Solar enters Sagittarius on November twenty first at 11:56 am Pacific Time. Sagittarius is the hopeful signal, and in its season, we have a good time Thanksgiving vacation in America. I like how every of the nationwide holidays appears so appropriately positioned within the calendar, and that is positively an instance of that.
Sagittarius is grateful, and hopeful, and vivid, and optimistic. Throughout this time of 12 months, whether or not or not you have a good time Thanksgiving, wherever you might be on the planet, it’s a time to provide thanks. To present thanks to your folks, for the fundamentals of shelter and meals, to unite along with others, to have interaction in no matter religion custom is significant to you.
The New Moon on this signal comes on the thirtieth of this month. And if you’re a donor to the podcast, you can be receiving an electronic mail from me within the subsequent couple of weeks a few YouTube video that I’m going to offer up for the Sagittarius New Moon, so hold a watch out for that. And when you haven’t donated but, and also you wish to be in on that New Moon dialogue, be at liberty to make a donation of 10 or extra, at BigSkyAstropod.com and you’ll get all of those YouTube movies that I’m going to be doing all through this 12 months.
Solar sextile Pluto (Nov. 21, 2024, 12:49 pm PST)
Additionally on November twenty first, nearly one hour later, at 12:49 pm Pacific Time, the Solar sextiles Pluto at 0º02’ Sagittarius and Aquarius. That is the primary facet that will probably be made to Pluto throughout this lengthy keep in Aquarius this time round. It’s a sextile, a 60-degree facet, and sextiles symbolize alternatives.
So what can we discover as a possibility when the Solar comes along with Pluto? It’s the probability to rid ourselves of what we now not want. When the Solar is connecting with Pluto, the useless, outgrown elements of the self are burned away. Letting go of waste is cleaning, having nothing to cover is empowering, which is all the time one thing that Sagittarius reminds us of. Scorpio, the signal earlier than it, tends to be somewhat extra closed, to maintain its secrets and techniques, to maintain its opinions to itself. However Sagittarius tends to be way more open, way more revealing, and outgoing about no matter it’s pondering and feeling, as a result of it feels that’s the easiest way to be free, is to don’t have anything to hide.
Venus sextile Saturn (Nov. 22, 3:55 am PST)
Venus sextiles Saturn on November 22 at 3:55 am Pacific Time, at 12º44’, Capricorn and Pisces. As Venus transits by means of an indication, it tends to explain what we’ll be drawn to, what we like, what we take pleasure in. The opposite factor that Venus does when it’s transferring by means of an indication is to provide us some sort of reward and pleasure.
I feel Venus being in Capricorn is that affect that comes our approach sometimes from someone whom we respect, maybe a determine of authority in our lives, a trainer, a guardian that may give us a form gesture on today that makes us really feel profitable, revered, validated, as if somebody is taking note of our efforts and our development and actually respecting it.
And when you maintain that sort of place within the lifetime of someone near you, when you’re a mentor, a guardian, a trainer, keep in mind on today to increase that specific kindness to the one that seems as much as you, and allow them to know that you simply discover and recognize the steps that they’re taking to do and be their absolute best.
Virgo Final Quarter Moon (Nov. 22, 2024, 5:27 pm PST)
And now for the Moon Report. And it begins with the Final Quarter Moon in Virgo on November twenty second at 5:27 pm Pacific Time, at 1º 14’ Virgo and Sagittarius. Final Quarter Moons are the time after we give one final push to perform the intentions we set forth for ourselves in the course of the earlier New Moon, on this case on that November 1st Scorpio New Moon.
The Sabian image for the Moon is A big white cross upraised and for the Solar, two Sagittarius, The ocean coated with white caps. This mix speaks of a purity of goal, the devotional facet of Virgo, and of standing as much as the waves after they come your approach, the ocean coated with whitecaps. A Final Quarter is a time of somewhat little bit of battle and friction as a result of the Solar and Moon are sq. one another. And it says that so as to go after what we wish entails somewhat little bit of danger, of concern even.
The Final Quarter part of the Moon generally is a little little bit of a melancholy time as a result of we’re reflecting again, and we’re maybe what we haven’t finished in addition to we may have finished. It’s necessary to not deal with self-recrimination at this part of the Moon, however as an alternative to recollect the purity of what we began out to do and to face as much as any resistance that the world places in our approach as we try to realize our functions.
Lunar Part Household cycle
That is the Final Quarter part in a lunar part household cycle that started with the New Moon on August twenty seventh, 2022, at 4º03’ Virgo. So when you’re in a position to attain again and take a look at and take into consideration what you have been intending at that New Moon within the Virgo space of your chart, you might be coming near the tip of a three-year cycle of making an attempt to realize that purpose, that intention, and it additionally has to do with purity of goal, desirous to be your most useful, desirous to serve.
The First Quarter part on this lunar part household cycle got here on Might twenty seventh, 2023 at 6º 5’ Virgo. That will have been an motion level of making an attempt to understand one thing that you simply envisioned at that New Moon. The Full Moon was on February twenty fourth of this 12 months, 2024, at 5º 23’ Virgo, when issues have been illuminated, your sense of goal was clarified. And now we’re on the Final Quarter, and the Final Quarter asks us: What extra are you able to do so as to attempt to obtain the objectives that you simply set out for your self at that specific New Moon?
Void-of-Course Moon durations
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon durations for this week.
On November seventeenth, the Moon in Gemini squares Neptune at 8:08 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for 4 hours and 41 minutes earlier than it enters Most cancers on November 18th, at 12:49 am Pacific Time. These planets collectively, and particularly within the indicators of Gemini and Pisces, level out the necessity for clearer communication, vetting your sources earlier than you current one thing as a truth, and likewise, and really importantly, to be type. Not solely truthful, not solely clear however type as nicely. If that is one thing that you simply wrestle with, it is a good Void-of-Course Moon for making some sort of gesture towards breaking that behavior and forming a brand new one.
On November twentieth, the Moon in Most cancers trines the Solar in Scorpio at 3:20 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for about two and a half hours after which enters Leo at 5:51 am. Trines from the Moon to a different planet, as a Void-of-Course Moon interval begins, point out a present. And maybe it’s one thing so simple as an excellent night time’s sleep for these of us right here on the West Coast of the US. And, relaxation typically. But in addition this emotional element of the 2 water indicators, Most cancers and Scorpio coming collectively, and maybe a message from a pal, maybe a dream of someone that you simply love, or someone bringing you a kindly message.
On November twenty second, the Moon in Leo squares Uranus at 5:15 am Pacific time, and it is a fairly good lengthy Void-of-Course interval, 9 hours 45 minutes earlier than the Moon enters Virgo at 3 pm. The Moon sq. one other planet initially of Void-of-Course Moon interval signifies a battle or one thing that you simply’re making an attempt to beat.
After we’re speaking in regards to the Moon with a planet like Uranus, there are some unstable feelings, we would say. It’s a lengthy Void-of-Course interval, and it occurs in the course of the workday right here in the US, so we do need to look out for dramatic conflicts within the office, and to even be somewhat bit cautious while you’re driving, as a result of highway rage is one thing that may erupt when you’ve got the Moon in a fiery signal like Leo and Uranus is a planet about transferring round. So, be somewhat bit cautious.
And once more, Void-of-Course Moon durations are about breaking harmful habits and constructing new and more healthy ones. On this case, if it’s been a sample for you in your life, having issue sustaining your emotional steadiness, this is a crucial time to attempt to break that behavior as a result of it sort of is a behavior. We are likely to really feel that we’re not in charge of our feelings when actually, we will follow containing them, and I feel that may be a actually good use for this Void-of-Course Moon interval.
Mini-Lesson: Reviewing Pluto getting into Aquarius
On this week’s mini-lesson, we’re I’m replaying a portion of Episode 169 from March twelfth, 2023, which was simply earlier than Pluto entered Aquarius for the primary time. I believed it is perhaps good to revisit it now with the good thing about hindsight and a few completely different moments when Pluto entered this signal.
And now that we’re initially of that lengthy 19-year stretch of this transit, I believed it is perhaps good to take one other take a look at it. So right here I’m from March 2023.
Now first let me speak about this transit in essentially the most basic phrases. Pluto is the planet that transforms no matter is pointless, unsound, or out of character.
Over time, I feel that issues associated to Pluto’s signal endure what we’ll name a rebirth. That sounds very hopeful and I feel it’s, however the course of itself might be fairly unsettling. The years when Pluto was in Scorpio introduced, amongst different issues, the AIDS disaster, and an enormous shift in society in perceptions about intercourse, about homosexual rights, about public well being.
Within the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Pluto in Sagittarius noticed a surge in fundamentalist terrorism, Sagittarius being an indication that’s related to perception techniques. And air transportation, which is commonly related to Sagittarius, turned the main focus of those lethal episodes. There was TWA Flight 800, and in the end the 9/11 assaults, which actually have endlessly modified the way in which the general public experiences air journey, and that Sagittarian sense of the world is our oyster and we should always have the ability to get out and journey with out concern.
And at last, Pluto in Capricorn since 2008 has introduced a type of full change in commerce, actually, through Amazon and Walmart, and a broad distrust of main establishments like authorities, huge enterprise, pharmaceutical firms.
Now, the way in which issues work with Pluto is that it’s a bit like a most cancers, the place cells develop uncontrolled till they’re endangering the general well being of the host. Pluto guidelines energy, and when an excessive amount of energy is congregated in too few fingers, there’s nearly inevitably an implosion, and that’s what we regularly see by the point Pluto finishes its transit by means of an indication.
There’s no query Pluto also can convey energy your approach and when you take a look at the Capricorn space of your start chart, take into consideration how completely different these areas of your life look at this time from how they appeared in 2008. Hopefully, you’ve got discovered some success in these areas of life, even when you additionally in all probability skilled an excellent quantity of stress.
And now, popping out of Capricorn, the place it introduced monumental energy but in addition destruction to lots of conventional constructions of society, Pluto is getting into Aquarius. If we need to think about how the paradigm is on the point of shift, I don’t assume we have to look any additional than the final two and a half years that Saturn was in Aquarius, earlier than it simply shifted to Pisces. Saturn expects us to develop stronger and to construct helpful issues, and the pandemic made it actually a troublesome time to construct Aquarian issues, like a powerful sense of group, a transparent imaginative and prescient for the long run, these sorts of issues.
Politics and different social actions come underneath the purview of Aquarius, and expertise can be an Aquarian concern. And as we stand on the very finish of Pluto in Capricorn, synthetic intelligence is hitting the mainstream. I feel writers like me would possibly very nicely see ourselves changed by AI solely by the point Pluto is completed with Aquarius in 2043.
My hope for Pluto in Aquarius over the following 20 years is to see society strengthened, for us as a collective to be taught to make use of expertise for the larger good, to restructure politically and economically. And since Pluto is a transformational planet, which will very nicely be what comes out of the following 20 years, however realistically, Pluto transits don’t have a tendency to start with optimistic information. As a result of its elementary job is to root out what’s incorrect, what’s undermining the organism, in order that it may be dismantled and brought away and lower out, and what stays is in integrity and robust.
Pluto is sort of like a crew that is available in to remediate the black mould downside in your home. They’ll in all probability remedy the issue, however they’ll need to tear out lots of drywall first.
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