Pluto in Capricorn and How You Can Interpret That in Your Chart.

Dear Deirdre,
I am curious about the significance of Pluto changing signs but remaining in the same house. For example, Pluto in Saggitarius has been transiting my first house since 1997-98, and will remain there for many years to come but now in the sign of Capricorn. What can one
expect with that?
Thanks for considering this.
ValerB
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Dear Valerie
When Pluto transits through the first house, I think this parallels a great wish for self transformation.
It may have been that abundance and prosperity (Sagittarius) were accomplished in the last years, and now may not interest you as deeply. It may be that you are much more into very basic, practical spiritual issues in your life.
I find that the solar chart makes a lot of sense to use with this Pluto ingress. For you as a Leo, this means we put Leo where the ascendant is and that means that Pluto was going through your solar 5th since 1995. This would be a coming to terms with your inner child and creativity, like a complete breakdown, maybe there was no creativity for a while, and then it rose from the ashes.
Now Pluto is going into your solar 6th house, which is the house of your day-to-day life. This calls you to be determined to find a life - work - home - health - balance. Pluto often creates an extreme pulling in one area and it is our work to balance drama energy.
Because Pluto is going into Capricorn, you can look at the ruler of Capricorn, which is Saturn, to see how Saturn plays out in your personal chart. Saturn is conjunct your natal Pallas, indicating that sacred knowledge may play a role in your life more and more as you get older.
I also think this is true because Pluto will be conjuncting your natal Vesta in 2010. You probably have been feeling this coming on, but I think this is about your life becoming completely aligned with your spiritual path in every way: from the way you are in your body, to what you wear, to how you move, to what friends you have, to who you want in your life to what you eat etc. This is very thorough.
This is what I see in your chart, does it ring true for you?
Nice to hear from you,
Deirdre

For India, For Us All

In honor, of the those who are suffering in the terror, here is the flag of India.
The blue circle which has 24 spokes symbolizes:

1. Love
2. Courage
3. Patience
4. Peacefulness
5. Kindness
6. Goodness
7. Faithfulness
8. Gentleness
9. Self-control
10. Selflessness
11. Self sacrifice
12. Truthfulness
13. Righteousness
14. Justice
15. Mercy
16. Graciousness
17. Humility
18. Empathy
19. Sympathy
20. Godly knowledge
21. Godly wisdom
22. Godly moral
23. Reverential fear of God
24.Hope/trust/faith in the goodness of God.

As Pluto spends its first 24 hours in Capricorn,
the flag of India has something to teach.

Playing Taps for Pluto in Sagittarius

I thought that rocket travel was going to be mainstream by the time Pluto left Sagittarius, other than that, I will say my fanatic prayers one last time, put my ragged passport collection under my pillow and say goodbye to the old era of Pluto in Sagittarius ready with respect for dawn.

Pluto and Piracy

In the last few months, mainstream news has been reporting on the increase of piracy on the Arabian Sea. Astrologically I think this speaks to the cusp of Sagittarius (expansive adventure), Capricorn (class structure) and the crossing of Pluto (expression of shadow material) between the two.

My concept of pirates was originally a mythical one, based on Dick Deadeye, from Gilbert & Sullivan's musical, HMS Pinafore. Hearing of the reality of pirates seizing oil tankers in 2008 is as attention grabbing as if mermaids would form an international union as sex workers, the similarity being mythical characters using full power on a massive scale, creating fundamental change in our reality.

Currently, the largest ship ever captured by pirates is still held as highjacked near The Horn of Africa. Viewed from a non-political map, The Horn of Africa neatly fits the geography of The Arabian Peninsula; the disparity of wealth unevenly distributed is not noticeable. But now, the International Maritime Bureau has issued an alert to all sea traffic off the Horn of Africa. "Heavily armed pirates are subjecting vessels to violent attacks while in international waters," they warn.

This largest ship ever captured by pirates is called Sirius Star. Astrologers who follow fixed stars associate Sirius as the Sun of the Sun, as it is the largest and most brilliant star in the sky. The meaning of Sirius has spanned a broad range of delineations, just as a powerful leader can be projected as a hero and villain. One of the most modern delineations of Sirius is The Higher Self.

As reported by the BBC, one of the Somali pirates on board the Sirius Star tanker, goes by the name Daybad, which may have a meaning in another language, but in English the negative connotation of Bad Day comes to mind, which fits my mythical image of pirate naming, like Deadeye. Although it is not confirmed if Daybad is one person or a collective voice, Daybad spoke to the BBC Somali Service from a telephone on Sirius Star. The BBC reported:

"Daybad said the pirates were fully aware of the consequences of their actions, but the lack of peace in Somalia and the plunder of its waters by foreign fishing trawlers had driven them to piracy."

The voice of Daybad in this quote sounds human, rational and able to conjure some compassion -- not a "Higher Self" voice exactly, though one with a broad perspective. But when we think that these frustrated fisherman have just seized a vessel larger than an aircraft carrier with two million barrels of crude oil on board, the scale of danger is expansive beyond what we know (Sagittarius), has effected major industry (Capricorn) and will change (Pluto) how commerce is organized forever.

As Pluto passes through Capricorn during the next 16 years, this example, Sagittarian chaos, piracy and the effect on world business and power, will continue to surface in the news as the issues get sorted (I prey humanitarily). When Pluto gets to the midpoint of Capricorn, Pluto will oppose the fixed star, Sirius. This is like a mega mega Sun - Pluto opposition and reminds us to own our power and no less (also no more). Plagiarism, piracy and pickpocketing, all Plutonian and involve the using of others resources, will become less attractive occupations because in a Capricorn-dominated environment, piracies will gain pirates less power, like a defense shooting a goal for the other team.
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P.S
But where do mermaids come into the picture you may ask from paragraph two? It started with my thinking about exaggerated gender differences, how a mermaid expresses the power of a woman's beauty, sexuality and vulnerablity. While the pirates and the tanker owners are sorting themselves out, perhaps sexworkers world-wide will create a Pluto in Capricorn organization, not like OPEC, but more like Greenpeace, to preserve their resources once and for all and forever.

Pluto in Capricorn: "Have no fear of ths mess," said the Cat in the Hat

Dear Deirdre
Pluto changes signs at the end of November... and I'm curious as to what's in store for me. I know it will affect me, deeply, over the next 15 years. What should I expect? I fear the worst.
Thanks,
R.
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Dear R., I know what you mean. You didn't give me any birth information so I am interpreting your question as the voice of the collective. Do you know the book The Cat in the Hat? I think this book describes the kind of trouble which can occur when Pluto is traveling across the Gemini - Sagittarian axis.

Two kids, a brother and a sister, (Gemini) are at home in their environment doing absolutely nothing. In a great spontaneous burst (Sagittarius) a cat messes up the entire house. The articulate, family pet is the most upset about the chaos (Virgo, which squares Sagittarius). The Cat, an exotic Jupitarian figure who is exaggeratedly into everything, magically has the good luck to also get out of trouble at the last minute, just before the authority enters (Pluto in Capricorn).

My point is the messes we find in our world now are not serving their purpose anymore and this is a natural cycle. Pluto in Sagittarius has taught us chaos was fun up until a certain point. The fish in the Cat in the Hat had some good advice as he spoke to Pluto leaving Sagittarius :

"Now look what you did!" Said the fish to the cat. "Now look at this house! Look at this! Look at that! You sank our toy ship, Sank it deep in the cake. You shook up our house And you bent our new rake. You SHOULD NOT be here When our mother is not. You get out of this house!" Said the fish in the pot.

So lets see what kind of cosmic help we have to clean up OUR mess. We have had Saturn in Virgo monitoring the transition team. This is the fish saying clean it up. We all have it somewhere and it is simple, just clean it up, whether it is clutter or junk food or lazy habits or wasting resources, clean it up.

Jupiter is making a trine TODAY to Saturn. This is the day to make a plan to purify our cosmic hygiene. And if we don't feel like changing, there will be SIX eclipses under our collective butt in 2009. Jupiter will be in Aquarius for all of 2009. Our tolerance, respect and cooperation for and with each other will be not only in fashion, but also easier to do than usual.

If you as an individual know what you want to clean up and can't, your luck will be finding an organization to help you. For example, if you know your mess is substance abuse, you can turn to AA. There is a solution for all messes. Saturn in Virgo will oversee problems and assign to Jupiter in Aquarius community organizations, that's the high road in the fear.
So, R., this is what I think will happen, that we will find the initiative to be our own authorities, and that will be scary until we do it, and then it will be liberating (Pluto is heading for Aquarius after Capricorn, although this is a generation away). If you have no mess, then maybe you know someone who does and you can help. With Pluto in Capricorn there is power in knowing the cosmic rules which will basically remind us we need each other.

I need you and you need me (I hope),
So thanks for writing,
Deirdre
The Cat in the Hat was written and illustrated in 1957 by Dr. Suess who was a Pisces.
All illustrations in this post are from the book, The Cat in the Hat.