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“Where there is danger, the saving powers also arise. "
Friedrich Holderlin
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Note: Mars opposes Pluto April 23 to April 29
in early degrees of Leo and Aquarius
Over the past six months Mars and Pluto have been separating and perfecting an opposition. The day of April 26, 2025 will be the final exact contact in this series. Be mindful a few days before to a few days after.
Prior to this next event, this opposition was exact the first week of November 2024, followed by another exact hit the first week of January 2025. The first week in January we saw the Bourbon street attack, the Tesla explosion, and the Los Angeles fires. In November there was an escalation of the situation in Gaza.
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Mars and Pluto together always present intensity.
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Together these planets tend to stimulate anger. Mars in opposition agitates and provokes the power of Pluto, the planet associated with raw force and drama. And we have context in the USA due to the recent Pluto Return. These are change making forces. They operate where we are dug in, resistant, and have control issues, either collectively or personally.
They are associated with anxiety and a sense of foreboding; we sense that something is happening at a deep level, beneath the surface, out of our control.
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Pluto is going to repudiate the norms in existing relationships,
alliances structures,
and attitudes.
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“These (Plutonian) movements attract a great deal of anger
and persecution from
collective authority.” -
This can show up in situations that have reached a flash point, or moment of truth. Certainly, domestically in the USA, and globally, there are situations that are approaching a point of escalation. Outcomes have yet to be decided.
Personal Charts
Personally, your chart will tell you where the intensity is operating; where energy is building to a possible personal showdown or flare up. Usually these are situations related to prior choices and are associated with control, powerlessness, manipulation, along with a strong drive to win.
Some charts are more prone to this energy than others. Your personal chart may not be inclined towards Pluto topics, or you may have a mitigating transit. The signs most directly impacted are Leo, Aquarius, Scorpio, Taurus at early degrees, especially if there is conflict brewing.
Astrological recommendations are to stay mindful of triggers. This is usually not an auspicious time to confront. Be aware and catch signals before conflict escalates. Be a good listener. Decide what wining means for you. Does the other person have to be destroyed or humiliated for me to win? Ask questions. Rilke taught us, its living the question that provides the answer. Stay mindful, in an opposition, you may be subject to another's anger.
2025: A Year of Transformation
We spoke about Neptune in the earlier March Newsletter. Unlike Pluto, under Neptune the stories we tell have a great deal of power. Under Neptune masses of people can be charmed by a fantasy or illusion, a fairytale, created around a person or situation.
Pluto and Neptune are both asking for change and transformation, each in a different manner. Pluto enters where we are dug in and intractable. Neptune confronts the illusions we are building our lives on.
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Brugh Joy, "Find the stable place inside that can handle the change."
Let's make it so!
~cathryn
The planetary cycles discussed here will vary by individual. Astrology suggests that the cycles of planets mirror our circumstances, so without an astrological chart consultation we cannot discuss what these cycles mean for you, or determine your timing in this process. To discuss how these energies relate you your personal chart I can be reached at www.theplanetarycodes.com.
This newsletter is a discussion of astrological teaching, and is not to be substituted for professional advice. Astrology is not a replacement for psychotherapy, any professional advice whatsoever, including medical advice, or legal counsel.
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