I don't have the line up of planets in Cap that my daughter has (6+Rahu), but I've watched her grow up under Pluto's watchful eye as he started with her Sun (0° Cap) and still has one more pass over her Rahu at the same time as he almost makes it back to my Saturn. Given that she was only 18 when he started there and it included her Saturn return, it's been quite a thing to witness as she's grown more and more into her power. At 18, I guess there's only so much shadow material one can have accumulated (most of us anyway).
My own passage since '08 included my second Saturn return and Saturn moving through my first house. That passage hasn't been any picnic - lots of confronting issues of power and tests of authority, internal and external. I don't honestly know how I'd have made it without astrology to keep me sane. It's so easy to feel like I must be doing it all wrong or I'm totally on the wrong track without the chart to tell me, "this is the way it's supposed to be right now".
That said, what a trip it is to watch it play out in the collective - a pretty harsh trip! I'm glad I mostly raised my children in the 90's and early 2000's before everything started falling apart.
No. That’s the younger one. The older one is part of that ‘89-‘91 bunch with giant Capricorn stelliums. She wouldn’t see it that way because she has no space for astrology in her life. She’s an Athena kind of gal - born fully armored from her father’s head - or something like that. She’s very powerful - as one might expect from a person with 6 planets & Rahu in Cap in the 8th house. She works in climate change mitigation for the state department of ecology.
It is a lot. I wish I’d had astrology in my tool belt when she was little. She was the most bullheaded baby, toddler, preschooler etc ever. She was fine. I was often not. One of her preschool teachers took me aside one day and said, “it’s not going to be easy to be her mother but she will become a remarkable adult.” It was prescient comment. She’s still a lot, but it’s not my job to figure out how to channel all that horsepower anymore.
Having Mercury at 0 degrees Capricorn, the Sun at 14, the North Node of the Moon at 16 and the Moon and Jupiter at 18, yeah, Pluto transits over personal planets was certainly a theme of my life these past 16 years, though I didn’t know this until a few years ago when my astrological studies deepened.
Speaking of those studies, I believe one of this transits greatest gifts to me was bringing “Cosmos and Psyche” into my awareness (maybe at the end of Pluto in Sagittarius, I don’t recall the exact dates), and then, around 2019, as Pluto was moving out of that 3 degree orb with the Moon and Jupiter, astrology finally grabbed me by the balls, ha ha, and wouldn’t let me go. Fortunately, I told it to hold on move its grip on my heart and we are in a much healthier (and more comfortable) relationship now.
As for how it has shown up in the collective, it’s been quite the trip hasn’t it. I really liked your succinct summary of it, which includes the positive, because I think because the Capricorn structures of our world are in such a state of rot, too many of us newly astrologically aware folks have focused all of our attention on how Pluto shows the shadows of a sign when the reality is it surfaces the underbelly of a sign and if that sign is healthy it’s a whole different experience than when it is sick.
Anyway, it will be fascinating, and I’m sure sometimes scary and sometimes enlightening, to watch both Pluto’s final dip into Capricorn—just in time for the US Election, yippee!—and then to experience its run through Aquarius with no more looking back to Cap.
Your comment about the technological aspects of the Pluto in Aquarius transits has me curious to do some historical research to past Pluto in Aquarius transits to see how the technological innovations of those periods transformed the world. Have you looked into that yet? Might make for a fascinating podcast—hint, hint—or, at the very least, another article or four.
As always, I’m grateful to have you along as one of our co-creative guides through this journey and I look forward to whatever you decide to put your eloquent mind to!
oh ya, you qualify as one who has been recently accosted by Pluto's TSA agents. Bastards at times. And yes, I have done both podcasts and pieces on this. The solo Pluto show I did last year would be the best start there. Last time was the early days of the USA and the Napoleanic Wars with many advances occurring within the Industrial Age sprouting. Similar in loads of ways, especially with what the French and the Patriots were fighting for.
I don't have the line up of planets in Cap that my daughter has (6+Rahu), but I've watched her grow up under Pluto's watchful eye as he started with her Sun (0° Cap) and still has one more pass over her Rahu at the same time as he almost makes it back to my Saturn. Given that she was only 18 when he started there and it included her Saturn return, it's been quite a thing to witness as she's grown more and more into her power. At 18, I guess there's only so much shadow material one can have accumulated (most of us anyway).
My own passage since '08 included my second Saturn return and Saturn moving through my first house. That passage hasn't been any picnic - lots of confronting issues of power and tests of authority, internal and external. I don't honestly know how I'd have made it without astrology to keep me sane. It's so easy to feel like I must be doing it all wrong or I'm totally on the wrong track without the chart to tell me, "this is the way it's supposed to be right now".
That said, what a trip it is to watch it play out in the collective - a pretty harsh trip! I'm glad I mostly raised my children in the 90's and early 2000's before everything started falling apart.
i think that idea about her being raised by Pluto. I wonder if she sees it that way? Is this the science writer?
No. That’s the younger one. The older one is part of that ‘89-‘91 bunch with giant Capricorn stelliums. She wouldn’t see it that way because she has no space for astrology in her life. She’s an Athena kind of gal - born fully armored from her father’s head - or something like that. She’s very powerful - as one might expect from a person with 6 planets & Rahu in Cap in the 8th house. She works in climate change mitigation for the state department of ecology.
ahhh yes yes, I remember that chart. Until I meet someone, it's hard for me to remember their names and charts. Maybe someday.
Of course!
Oh goodness that’s a lot. I’ve got 3 plus SN Capricorn 8h. I don’t seem to have managed it that well 😆
It is a lot. I wish I’d had astrology in my tool belt when she was little. She was the most bullheaded baby, toddler, preschooler etc ever. She was fine. I was often not. One of her preschool teachers took me aside one day and said, “it’s not going to be easy to be her mother but she will become a remarkable adult.” It was prescient comment. She’s still a lot, but it’s not my job to figure out how to channel all that horsepower anymore.
that preschool teacher should give readings....to parents! She sounds good
Genius! There have been a few people along the way who’ve handed me golden parenting nuggets.
Love this Camille, astrology pointing the way ❤️
Good stuff as always, Adam.
Having Mercury at 0 degrees Capricorn, the Sun at 14, the North Node of the Moon at 16 and the Moon and Jupiter at 18, yeah, Pluto transits over personal planets was certainly a theme of my life these past 16 years, though I didn’t know this until a few years ago when my astrological studies deepened.
Speaking of those studies, I believe one of this transits greatest gifts to me was bringing “Cosmos and Psyche” into my awareness (maybe at the end of Pluto in Sagittarius, I don’t recall the exact dates), and then, around 2019, as Pluto was moving out of that 3 degree orb with the Moon and Jupiter, astrology finally grabbed me by the balls, ha ha, and wouldn’t let me go. Fortunately, I told it to hold on move its grip on my heart and we are in a much healthier (and more comfortable) relationship now.
As for how it has shown up in the collective, it’s been quite the trip hasn’t it. I really liked your succinct summary of it, which includes the positive, because I think because the Capricorn structures of our world are in such a state of rot, too many of us newly astrologically aware folks have focused all of our attention on how Pluto shows the shadows of a sign when the reality is it surfaces the underbelly of a sign and if that sign is healthy it’s a whole different experience than when it is sick.
Anyway, it will be fascinating, and I’m sure sometimes scary and sometimes enlightening, to watch both Pluto’s final dip into Capricorn—just in time for the US Election, yippee!—and then to experience its run through Aquarius with no more looking back to Cap.
Your comment about the technological aspects of the Pluto in Aquarius transits has me curious to do some historical research to past Pluto in Aquarius transits to see how the technological innovations of those periods transformed the world. Have you looked into that yet? Might make for a fascinating podcast—hint, hint—or, at the very least, another article or four.
As always, I’m grateful to have you along as one of our co-creative guides through this journey and I look forward to whatever you decide to put your eloquent mind to!
oh ya, you qualify as one who has been recently accosted by Pluto's TSA agents. Bastards at times. And yes, I have done both podcasts and pieces on this. The solo Pluto show I did last year would be the best start there. Last time was the early days of the USA and the Napoleanic Wars with many advances occurring within the Industrial Age sprouting. Similar in loads of ways, especially with what the French and the Patriots were fighting for.
Thanks so much for your wisdom on this, really feeling it — trine gem ascendant. Very helpful thank you.
your ASC at 2º Gemini? And thank you AnnaMarie.
Actually it’s 7 but I really noticed the station. Is that possible..?
oh ya. It's within orb.