T wo days later on January 12, 2020 , Saturn and Pluto came together in Capricorn for the first time in 500 years, around the time Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation and changed Western society. They conj oined on the degree of their shared South Nodes, 22* Capricorn, bringing up the issue of purging old karma. As Maurice Fernandez so presciently said,
Between 2019 and 2020, Pluto and Saturn will conjunct each other around the twenty first degree of Capricorn, exactly on their own shared south node positions! Similar to 1931, the planetary nodes will surely add a whole new dimension to this upcoming conjunction. The collective implications are of prime order. We have a few bridges to cross until then, but we can anticipate that radical political shifts will occur; additionally, Saturn and Pluto also refer to Karma being created or being purged. This conjunction may relate to events that will either open new doors for a better world order, or induce extreme vice and corruption; usually it is a combination of both positive and negative extremes.
Soon after, the first Covid-19 cases became public. It took a few more months to become the full blown pandemic we have now. We became aware of it when Mercury retrograded in Pisces/Aquarius at the end of February-beginning of March. Mercury is the energy of the Mind, how we use our minds or shut them down. During that watery retrograde, w e dove into the collective unconscious to see what was troubling us and came up for air to discover an air-born virus that affected our lungs. Lungs symbolize our ability to be inspired ( Latin inspirare "blow into, breathe upon," figuratively "inspire, excite, inflame" ) - to be filled with breath and spirit. How are you doing with that? Are you inspired to change, or living in anxiety and fear?
A fter Spring Equinox, Saturn, the energy of form, structure, limitations and authority, moved from practical Capricorn into airy, idealistic Aquarius and we all got online and zoomed while we were asked to stay home and social ly distance ourselves. I believe Mother Earth sent us to our rooms to meditate on our lives and our world.
In late April, Pluto in Capricorn turned retrograde probably right around the time we began to realize we were stuck at home . Pluto has been purging our collective structures since 2008. In May, both Jupiter in Capricorn and Saturn in Aquarius turned retrograde, and pressure began to build on world leaders to help out their citizens with some kind of monetary relief. How have you weathered our economic downturn? Are you getting help? Have you asked for help?
The Moon's North Node in nurturing Cancer had moved to Gemini, just as Venus turned retrograde in Gemini on May 12 th -13 th . Venus is the archetypal energy of connection, of love and of soul. Beginning a new Venus Star cycle, she stayed in Gemini from April 3 rd to August 7 th , enticing us to communicate and think outside the box (since Venus-ruled Taurus was entertaining Uranus at the time. And you know how Uranus likes to think cosmically!) We certainly have been communicating, but it hasn't always been as kind and witty as Venus would have liked. How has your thinking changed? Or how are your communication skills? Have you discovered what you love?
Soon after on May 25 th , George Floyd proclaimed to the world, 'I can't Breathe'. And the world responded with protests and a nother call for social justice. Down came symbols of white oppression. And up went the hackles in our shadows of white supremacy.
B y mid-June, Mercury once again went retrograde in a water sign - Cancer this time. Picking up on all the emotional evolution we experienced while the lunar nodes were in Cancer/Capricorn since 2018, did you figure out what it is you really need to feel secure and to thrive?
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