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These are certainly… unusual times that we find ourselves living in. And there are some noteworthy planetary influences in process that might help us come to terms with where we are, as a nation.
Different countries have their own unique astrology chart that can be used to track cycles. The birth chart for the USA is currently in the midst of a Pluto return – meaning Pluto has made one revolution around the Sun since its “birth,” and has returned to its original natal placement. One revolution around the Sun for Pluto amounts to approximately 240 years. The U.S. is a young country so the Pluto return, and all it signifies, is unprecedented.
Pluto is a profoundly powerful, transformative force. Countries can be wiped off the map under powerful Pluto transits. Under the same influence a country could rise from the ashes and become newly vibrant and alive. Pluto represents death and rebirth. What festers beneath the surface is exposed. An invisible or secret source of rot is revealed. The truth is highlighted in ways that demand a profound change.
You can fight to put the genie back in the bottle but risk being destroyed in the process. A confrontation with yourself and the past is inevitable when Pluto takes over. Change or perish is the mandate.
Death can be literal – as in waging war and suffering painful losses. OR it can represent loss of meaning – like the hollowing out of an idea that once felt meaningful and purpose-driven.
For the U.S. this is undeniably a time of reckoning. The time frame for our ongoing massive, transformational change would seem to be mid-summer 2019 to May 2023.
The invisible source of rot for the U.S. is a refusal to acknowledge or to make amends for the exploitative strategies that were used to build the framework and foundation for a successful nation. This country was built on the backs of slaves, Native Americans were slaughtered, and the land was stolen from them. Pluto won’t let this slide.
Words of warning:
“The end doesn’t justify the means – the means are the end.”
– Gloria Steinem
The U.S. has a dark secret, and the kind of character defect that comes from years of pretending and ignoring inconvenient truths. Over the years we’ve essentially doubled down on the delusion that we’re destined to inherit the earth despite skipping a few important steps along the way. It’s been neurotically important that countries around the world buy into the notion that we are well-intentioned, morally superior, and entitled to lead the entire world in the right direction. In case you don’t buy into that we have the kind of military power that might convince you not to mention any inconsistencies you notice.
The world might give the U.S. a pass (for all the wrong reasons) but Pluto won’t. Ready or not it’s time to confront the truth we’ve spent lifetimes ignoring.
As Americans, our legacy is an enduring a psychic wound inflicted during this country’s gestational phase. Like it or not the wound continues to exert an increasingly powerful/distorting influence as long as it’s allowed to fester beneath the surface.
A simple acknowledgement of the truth can be transformative. The fact we’ve spent a couple centuries ignoring and forgetting speaks to how difficult this can be.
The past can’t be changed, but in the tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous, amends can be made that serve to restore a sense of integrity and genuine power.
As a country it might be good to make a list of all persons/countries we have harmed and to willingly make amends.
Reparations might symbolize a way to take steps we skipped in the interest of restoring the health and vitality of the nation.
The young people of our Nation seem ready to make this happen.
THE ORANGE JUICE ORACLE
Political astrologer for the Orange Juice Blog.
More material on Pluto’s return to the US:
That is so true. I remember talking to a Astrologer in the Seventies who said, I wish I would live around 2010/2030. The world will be in turmoil. It will be bad before it gets better but then we enter the age of Aquarius. I guess he was right on 40 some years ago
248 years….awesome Oracle! That is the orbit of Pluto…..which a few years back was discounted as a Planet…..but then we are still believers and don’t think that Pluto is just a worthless piece of Space Ice. The truth is we are reliving the 1960’s. “Don’t think twice its alright!” and “The Times They Are a Changin!”, both written by Bob Dylan along with “Masters of War” and Subterranian Homesick Blues”…..lead us to believe…..we are ready for a “Re-Do or Reset” back to the 1960’s. Why we have to go through all this again…is bizarre and stupid. The orbit of Saturn is about 29 yrs…..twice would be just about now – some 60 years ago. 1960! Uranus has a 84 year orbit which matches up with 1936…right in the middle of Depression in the US after the 1929 debacle. So,
1776……is about 244 years ago.
Our prediction: “The Next Four Years will be a prelude to WAR!”
I’d say that the next four months will be a prelude to war. I just don’t know if Bannon and Miller will choose for Trump to go after Venezuela, Iran, or both.
You know who really doesn’t like the term JAP for young Jewish women, Ron? Young Jewish women, by and large, but more than that … Japanese people regardless of gender.
I know that it can sometimes be hard to adapt, but politeness in this case is pretty easy.
*Age has its advantages….and disadvantages! Memories……oh my….”and the hits just keep on comin!” Peter Potter said it best: “Is it a hit or a miss!”. When I was on Wink Martindales Dance Party at Pacific Ocean Park! Yeah, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, and “Today’s the day….the Teddy Bears have their picnic!” “Time for Beany”…with Dishonest John, Captain Horatio Huff n’ Puff and of course Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent. Sheriff John and Engineer Bill……So Greg…..what was the question again?
*You two have outdone yourselves here.
I was asking for directions to the nearest restroom.