CELESTIAL NOTICES
Pluto Resumes Forward March at 3° Aquarius; Astrologers Advise Citizens to Expect Wolves at the Door
A writer at Era of Light reports that the distant planet's turn to direct motion, joined by a square with retrograde Venus, will stir old fears and, with luck, new purpose.
THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM — Pluto ended its retrograde phase on Thursday, October 15th, according to a post published October 18th on the astrological site Era of Light. The author notes that the planet lingers at one degree for an inordinate time when it stations, and that even its forward progress is glacial, as befits the outermost watcher of the Solar System.
The post reports that Pluto stands at 3° of Aquarius, where it forms a 90° square, which the author calls an aspect of conflict and dissonance, with retrograde Venus in Scorpio. The aspect is said to become exact on October 20th and to reach a culmination with the Full Moon of October 26th. It is the second of three such squares this season, the writer states, the first having fallen on September 15th and the third due December 9th.
The author holds that a stationing Pluto, styled the Lord of the Underworld, digs deeper than usual and brings to light what people had hoped to keep buried: fears, cravings, obsessions and what the post calls personal wraiths and demons. The squares, it is claimed, can reopen old wounds of betrayal and abandonment, complicate financial agreements and relationships, and tempt readers to spend unwisely.
The tone is not entirely grim. The writer describes howling wolves and marauders at the gates as a clarion call to change, and says that Venus acts as consort, escorting Pluto from the underworld. Readers are urged to pursue neglected hobbies, dust off instruments, and welcome jealousy, obsession and fear as passages to rarer gifts. The post also notes that Pluto is closely sextile Neptune and trine Uranus, so that more is at play.
Among the outcomes listed for Pluto transits are healing and renewal, a deeper sense of purpose, altered perspectives, self-empowerment, serendipitous meetings, and a determination to rebuild one's life and reputation, if necessary from scratch. The source offers no skeptical commentary; readers must judge the forecast for themselves.