Yesterday Pluto moved into Aquarius and this is a big deal because Pluto is a generational planet that takes 248 years to orbit the sun and so spends between 12-20 years in one sign. So the last time Pluto was in Aquarius was between 1778 – 1798. 

Pluto is all about death, rebirth and transformation, so since 2008 when Pluto moved into Capricorn, we have been seeing a dismantling of hierarchical systems. Pluto is also our primordial power, so reveals a ‘shadow’ to whatever it touches. Hence we have been seeing the financial systems crash, large institutions and corporations being exposed for any abuse of power or any dark and dodgy dealings they have been involved with. 

So with Pluto’s move into Aquarius… we are going to see a transformation of our consciousness as we step into the future! Aquarian energy is revolutionary, originality, eccentricity, community-orientated, and humanitarian. So over the next 20 years when Pluto travels through Aquarius, we will eventually see a transfer of power from a ‘top-down’ hierarchy to new ‘bottom-up’ systems. In other words, the power will return to us ‘the people’… the masses and the majority of the population not the rich, wealthy, and powerful few. Since Aquarius is ruled by Uranus, it also represents technology and futuristic ideas… so we are going to see a huge quantum leap with all things AI (artificial intelligence), space travel, and perhaps new and pioneering medical treatments. However, remember that Pluto will also expose the Aquarius shadow… the dark side of the internet and social media, the taboo associations with being a more AI society.  

Pluto now at 0 degrees of Aquarius, is also the point of the great mutation which took place on the 21^st of December 2020, when transiting Saturn and transit Jupiter aligned in the sky to look like one large star! Their meeting in Aquarius started a whole new 200-year air era, leaving the earth era behind. Aquarius is an air sign, not a water element as many people think. So we can safely say that with Pluto's move into Aquarius too, we have left the great Piscean age and entered the age of Aquarius. 

However, as I’ve written about previously, Pluto will only be in Aquarius for the next three and a half months until 11^th June 2023 due to Pluto’s retrograde. So we are getting a taste of this new energy and any baby born during this time will be the first human beings on this planet to embody this new wave of generational energy. 

To see which Pluto generation you belong to, you look at what sign it was in when you were born. Below are the rough dates, but bear in mind, due to Pluto's retrograde there will be periods within those time frames where Pluto travels back into the previous sign.   

Pluto in Capricorn if born between 2008 - 2023

Pluto in Sagittarius if born between 1995 - 2008

Pluto in Scorpio if born between 1983 - 1995

Pluto in Libra if born between 1971 - 1984

Pluto in Virgo if born between 1957 - 1972

Pluto in Leo if born between 1914 – 1939

However, as I have predicted in my book ‘Mastering Your Crown’ and as I have shared previously, we are not done with Pluto in Capricorn yet. Pluto will make some incredibly powerful and intense retrogrades over the critical 29^th degree of Capricorn over the next year but by the end of November 2024 Pluto will have moved into Aquarius forever… well at least in our lifetimes.  

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Astrology is the study of the influence of stars and planets on human lives, but if however, you’ve read your stars or horoscopes in a magazine and have disregarded the whole idea, I don’t blame you. That—what’s known as Sun sign astrology—is like looking at one tiny grain of sand on a vast stretch of beach. Although very important, it is only a minute part of a much larger, complex and intricate study of how the planets weave a magical dance—or what Pythagoras called ‘the harmony of the spheres’. 

When you were born all the planets and other celestial bodies were in different parts of the sky and in different zodiac signs which are reflected in your Natal Birth Chart. This chart is a snapshot of the sky at the exact moment you came into being, like a life map and blueprint of your spiritual DNA which holds the key to your unique personality and life purpose. It highlights all your deepest passions, nuances, desires, inner conflicts, confusions and dilemmas. 

Most people know what their Sun sign is—that’s the horoscope you would read in the paper. People state ‘I’m a Gemini’, for instance, but what they are actually saying is, ‘The Sun, our star, the centre of our solar system which makes all life on earth possible was in the sign of Gemini when I was born.’ The Sun represents your identity, your star quality, your essence and vitality. It plays a significant factor in your fundamental personality, which further creates your conscious self and ego structures.

The Moon however reflects your inner world of feelings, your emotional reality, along with your subconscious habitual behaviours, patterns and reactions. Your moon energy is what you do once home and alone, how you self-soothe and comfort yourself, the part of your personality that perhaps only close family or friends get to see. Knowing your moon sign alone can help unlock your inner world since it rules how you process emotions. Maybe you get frustrated because you find it difficult to tap into your emotions, so perhaps your moon is in Capricorn or Aquarius? Or maybe like me, you cry at TV adverts—the Moon was in a water sign at the time of my birth.

However, there are another seven traditional planets that represent a different part of you and your psyche/personality somewhere in the sky in one of the twelve signs of the zodiac and are not necessarily in the same sign as your sun or moon. Your birth chart not only shows what zodiac signs all these planets fell in at the time of your birth, but it also further splits them into different areas or what’s known as ‘Houses’ in astrology. These represent different areas of life such as the self, family, communication, career, relationships, etc.

Now your birth chart does not change, but as the planets in the sky, in real-time (known as transit planets) continually move around the zodiac, they activate or trigger different aspects of your natal birth chart. This helps you to know what type of energy is available to you in each passing moment and what lessons you may be facing, not to be restricted by the information but to assist you in making wiser choices. People watch the weather forecast, right?! If it shows heavy rain for the morning, you might choose to leave your gardening for the brighter afternoon. You can’t stop the rain, that’s the nature of life, but you can plan your day better. Knowing what cosmic weather or planetary energy is at play, to me, is no different really. However, what I found most rewarding was what I uncovered from understanding my own natal birth chart. All my deepest nuances, needs, desires, inner conflicts, confusions and dilemmas were not some fault or malfunction but could be explained by the energies that were present at the time of my birth. As such, I came to fully accept myself exactly as I am. By accepting myself, I became more tolerant, patient and less judgemental of others, accepting them exactly as they are too.

I feel I was divinely guided to study astrology because it really helped me through my biggest challenge of all, my ‘Dark Night of the Soul’ and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in 2016. Having astrological insight didn’t stop my trauma and experiences however, but did give me an understanding where I could logically see and conceptualise what I was so deeply feeling and experiencing. It also helped me to accept the impermanence of all things, which during difficult times is a relief, to know that nothing stays the same. ‘This too shall pass!’ a fitting Persian adage written by the ancient Sufi poets. You see, astrology when used correctly is like a road map for your life, and for me, forewarned is forearmed. 

So in summary then astrology shows trends and possibilities and what is available energetically within (our natal birth chart) and also around us (transit astrology). Of course, what you do with those possibilities and how you navigate your life through the decisions you make is totally up to you. We will always have free will and can work with the universe in a symbiotic way, but it is a choice that only you can make.

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