The Moon and Venus were just in Capricorn. Venus slowly approaching Pluto. It's time for us to review where we are with this titanic, monolithic, baphomertic, Plutonian beast now three-years deep into our social DNA . Ironically, I started this blog during the late degrees of Sagittarius, right around 28 degrees, just three degrees off my natal Jupiter and on the cusp of my 2nd House. However, it would be in the early degrees of Pluto in Cap where it would really take off. So in many ways, this blog is intrinsically linked to the goat from the underworld.
Pluto in Cap has been an intense journey into the bowels of my 2nd house. Its dredged up fears about survival and isolation. Early on in Pluto in Cap, I had a lover whose father played pro-football and molested her as a child, the most inviolate aspect of Pluto rising to the surface.
It's no coincidence that we're seeing it raise its grotesque countenance amidst the so-called charity of "Second Mile." Oh yeah, that shit is Pluto in Capricorn. A so called benevolent foundation, right and respectable, giving kids from broken families a chance in life, with a fatherly figure like Jerry Sandusky giving them "hands on" guidance in life. Pluto is the expose of the most unthinkable; Violating young boys, fatherless and desperately looking for direction, acceptance and love.
2nd House is values, the root chakra, the most basic and fundamental issues in the life of the individual. Its where the shadow (Pluto) seeks to interpenetrate the most intimate confines of the soul as it manifests on the material plane. It is also where Pluto lives in the US chart at 28 degrees. Jerry Sandusky, born January 24th, 1944 his Venus is in Capricorn at 9 degrees. Yup. Squaring the progressed U.S. Moon in Libra at 6 degrees, currently conjuncting transiting Pluto. Even though its a ways out this country is going through its Pluto return and we're starting to get ungodly glimpses at the seamy underbelly of it; sex, corruption and power. Sandusky is a skeleton key to a closet so dark we tremble at the disparity between the world we thought was safe and the one that truly exists. That's the way it is boys and girls. No escaping it now.
(Editors note. Bernie Fine of Syracuse has just stepped down for being accused by three young men for sexually violating them. Fine is a Capricorn 0 degrees)
The serpents are being exposed to the light. Don't turn away or we might miss our chance to make it right. You see, enlightenment doesn't come cheap these days, those well worn affirmations are of little use. Its all about power now. Do you want to take it back or not? You have a choice. This isn't the time for turning your other butt cheek. There are people playing a high stakes game of no limit hold'em with your future and your children's future, and you're not even aware that you're at the table or if you are, you might have a shitty hand. You've gotta play it anyway. Look, if you want to be here now, you've gotta commit to the process from your core.
As Pluto in Cap descends deeper into my 2nd House, its been a textbook transit thus far; divorce, death of a parent, etc., etc., etc.. So I know a little about this transit. We're all three years into this now and Pluto in Capricorn has been grinding our egos down. No more conspicuous consumption, no more profligate spending. Less is more. The belts are so damn tight, we can barely breath and yet we continue to go on, dream, reach and laugh, sometimes really, really darkly. Can you say pepper spray meme? And you ain't seen nothing' yet.
In 2012, the U.S. will experience its Pluto return--exactly. It will enter this critical degree shortly after the new year, around the 24th of February, which is generally considered one of the most depressing times of the year. The holiday hangover has set in and Spring seems a distant destination. It plants the dark seeds for an even more ominous date; May 16th, when Pluto will be at 9 degrees, but transiting Uranus will be at its closest angle to both natal U.S. progressed Moon in Libra and transiting Pluto, squaring at 7 degrees. The Moon will also be in Aries, conjuncting Uranus, squaring Pluto, opposing the progressed Moon. They meet up again in dramatic fashion, exact on the 24th of June at 8 degrees and once more in 2012 at 7 degrees, exact, just a week after the London Olympics have ended. That's three, exact stations of the square and one 2 degree orb with transiting Pluto at 9 degrees. The world is waking up at light speed and no matter what the so called experts say, not every angle is cornered, not every exit covered. Don't believe it for a minute. You're a feisty bunch and no matter how many heavy metals are coursing through your blood stream right now, your hearts still burn bright. You know what's luminous and don't ever, ever, ever let them take that from you, no matter how or who they show up as. It could be some Kafkaesque mid-level civil servant trying to jack you around with some Agenda 21 bullshit or it could be your ex-husband or wife doing their best to play "Little Brother." They only exist for you to define yourself against their petty tyranny. Once you claim your place on this plane, they'll shrivel into non-existent meaninglessness. They're just thought forms externalized for you to test yourself against.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE MOVIE WHERE THE HERO GETS TESTED Just think of how many times you've seen a hero go through an entire movie, never faint or fall, find love at first sight and not look back, then slay the bad guy and get some prestigious global award without even breaking a sweat? No, I'm not talking about Barack Obama. Just stop that. If you think really hard, it doesn't happen. And if it did, how boring would that be? Well this is that time in the movie, where we're tested and have to get out of some sort of strait-jacket with a tooth-pick and a stick of gum. Its where we hop the prison walls and by the skin of out teeth re-group to re-enter the fray, more determined, wiser and conscious than ever before, much to the chagrin of those pesky thought forms. That's close to where we are right now. Let's survey all the damage done thus far under Pluto in Cap. The Bailout It was the single largest transference of wealth in recorded history. The toxic debt was wearing holes in the corrosive virtual vaults the world over and Ben Bernanke and that hologramatic clone, Hank Paulson told congress they had to pay, one way or another. The total amount was $13.87 trillion, yes trillion federal reserve notes. The bailout has virtually crippled the US economy, slagging us with a downgraded credit rating. There were over 40 European banks that got a big fat slice of that bailout money and now they're sucking on a toxic lozenge. Belgium just got their credit rating downgraded after they bailed out Dexia, who just three months prior to getting an infusion of cash had been given a clean bill of health. The Financial Coups Of Greece And Italy The common theme of Pluto in Capricorn has been the rise of the corporacratic state, a plutocracy. Yes, we are seeing the formation of an entitled plutocracy with this version of Pluto. They're doing it by burdening countries with obscene debt that they accrued in currency swaps and deadly derivatives, then through either the impotence of leadership (see Greece) or the failure to uphold the public trust (see Italy), both those governments have been deposed and replaced by previsionary governments that were not elected, but rather selected, because they would carry out the marching orders of the IMF, World Bank, etc. Those countries are now effectively owned by their debt holders. The Rise Of TSA, DHS and FEMA While these agencies have been in existence since 911 and before, they've become more ubiquitous in our lives. TSA and DHS have announced VIPR, which means that busses will be stopped scanned and searched. The NFL has announced that they are going to employ TSA like scanners at all games. Solyndra and Light Squared These are two businesses that the government has had direct stakes in funding. In the case of Solyndra, there was fair warning that they would run out of money before they could reach market penetration, and yet that didn't stop the government from being a source of capitalization for both companies. Solyndra failed. Add yet another $300+ million to the past due bill. Obamacare In what might be the most explicit example of Pluto in Capricorn, D.C. decided once and for all, that they would get into the healthcare business, working tirelessly with insurance providers they put the finishing touches on Obamacare, which was so gargantuan, that almost no one in the house or senate had read it all the way through. It is the undoubtedly the most aggressive fusion of governance and business since FDR launched the new deal. You don't have to be a paranoid tin hatter to comprehend that simply due to the administrative access and the ubiquity of data gathering, personal records, etc, there is no denying that the government will have more information about the individual than ever before and if the government, which is now in the business of being efficient, is its wearing its corporate suit, then by default, it must view humans, health, life and death through a dispassionate lens that only supports the most efficient processing of its citizenry. So in essence, if you're considered to be a drag on the system, you will be health care managed out. It also raises questions about how the developmentally disabled and special needs community will be dealt with as well. These are individuals that are not cost effective at all. Goldman Sachs What do I have to say that hasn't already been said about GS? One of Obama's largest contributors, it is acting as a government unto itself with no oversight influencing policy through deep pocket lobbying. Again, its the reciprocal relating between GS and D.C. which fuses business and governance which brands the corporatocracy of Pluto in Cap. All of these things have added to the proliferation of Pluto in Capricorn and its rise in the USA--three years in, a self-assembling machine of a techno-fascist consciousness is unquestionably on the rise.
WHAT CAN YOU DO?
The first thing you can do is stay human. We're dealing the poles of Capricorn and Cancer. Cancer is all about nurturing, loving, caring, giving birth, maintaining, fixing, healing, soothing, investing in continuity, legacy and the future. Cancers are often characterized as "cheap" in the extreme; "thrifty" is the more complimentary term applied to their quaint notions of frugality. Its because they are deeply invested in tomorrow. Cancers are great savers; bank accounts, clothing scraps, soup and soap makers. They are deeply engaged in the art of every day living. There's message in the opposite of Capricorn. Cancer embraces human values. Cancer has emotion. Cancer feels. In order to balance the decidedly totalitarian energies of Pluto in Cap, people need to Occupy Cancer.
In effect, that's what the Occupy Movement is about anyway, an outward demonstration of all that's Cancerian and deeply held; feeding people, concern for the resources of the future. Hell, even the protest tactics of hunkering down into a human shell and getting doused with pepper spray is a Cancerian modality of protest. In order to maintain aspects of our humanity, we must not abandon these principles as machine consciousness seeks to devour it and everything else in sight, assimilating all.
Let me say it again; You've got to stay human.
On the flip side there are some real and very deep lessons that we can learn from Pluto in Capricorn. There is almost unfathomable intensity and dedication to goals that are at the heart of Capricorn's psychic agenda. What we're seeing now in the world is not the effect of some willy-nilly, seat of the pants, series of ever-darkening random events that are manifestations of our corrupt collective nature. There's the 3,000 year plan, the 1,000 year plan, 500 year plan, 100 year plan, etc., all being executed. It's called "The Great Work" and ultimately, its about a small segment of the population re-casting the planet and everything else in their own image. The NWO and chips are all just mice nuts. The goal is to use the power of 7 billion souls to create an anti-universe out of dark matter. Fear, degradation, shame, anger, hate, brutality, are all fuel for the infernal fires of the soul smashing reactors of astral technologies. And yet, there is something to be learned from this. To dismiss it outright and rail against its inhumanity would be to miss some significant points of integration. Humanity is losing the war on imagination. Because no matter what your views on totalitarianism are, you have to submit to the fact that there is a dark vision that is played out with unceasing effort. There is an idea, plan and commitment to that plan. How committed are you in your own life? What's your plan? How can you drive your unceasing engine of accomplishment and achievement towards a goal without being buffeted by the slightest ill wind? That's what we have to learn from this Pluto in Capricorn cycle. Just how tough and enduring are you?
So what we're seeing here is a classic case of synthesis; Affirming the life-giving qualities of Cancer while mastering the energy of endurance, focus, commitment and unyielding effort towards the advancement of a goal, Capricorn. That's where we are.
In many ways, it is the essence of the alchemical marriage. While Capricorn is an Earth sign and considered feminine, for me, it is the least feminine of the Earth signs. It is the manifestation of Saturn, which I see as decidedly patriarchal, almost Yaweh-like, and yet it is earth, which is a yielding element. So perhaps the ultimate symbolic expression of Capricorn is Baphomet, half man, half woman, all beast. But setting that aside and simply looking at the energy of Cap, it is male. Cancer is female. We are in the nexus of balance, trying to find the sweet spot in the middle of opposition on our own terms, afraid of neither our nature to master and achieve without sacrificing our ability to care and love.
