The Pluto Plunge
Are we having fun yet? Despite his demotion to "dwarf planet" status, Pluto has been systematically shredding the beliefs and systems of our lives since he came within close range of the Galactic Center last year. He approached the core this spring, then turned retrograde March 29, just before the exact conjunction at 27 degrees Sagittarius. He returned to forward motion in early September and is now approaching his first exact conjunction with the center of the Milky Way on December 28/29. He'll turn retrograde again next year, crossing back over that degree two more times in 2007.
This month, Pluto will take turns aligning with the Sun, Moon and Venus as he approaches the core, so we have these three-way portals of Venus-Pluto-GC (exact on December 7), Sun-Pluto-GC (exact on December 11) and Moon-Pluto-GC (exact on the December 20 New Moon) to purify our subconscious thoughts and beliefs about love, beauty, finances and self in relation to Cosmos. In late December, the galactic floodgate crashes open as Pluto links us to the heart of creation.
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
This journey isn't for the faint-hearted. The creative matrix at the center of our galaxy is a black hole that voraciously sucks in and obliterates matter, spitting it back out in new configurations. Pluto and black holes operate in a similar way . . . They annhilate in order to create. As they align, all hell - and heaven - breaks loose and we plunge into this roiling vortex of destructive/creative process. Life is destroyed and begins again, at a higher level.
Even as we let go, this process can take its toll on all levels of our being. Bouts of depression, anger, anxiety, confusion and loneliness alternate with states of extreme bliss, peace, awareness and optimism. We live in the between-times, so it's a mixed bag. Physical and emotional injuries surface for healing and integration. Many are reporting downloads of cosmic energy as high-level information, creative outbursts and telepathic transference. Karmic clearing has reached warp speed. So has manifestation. Our thoughts create our reality more instantaneously each day. The time delay we've gotten used to is vanishing. Yikes-ee. If you thought this year was intense, just wait. We ain't seen nothin' yet.
The timing of this passage, so close to the Mayan calendar end date of 2012, inspires awe and brings new meaning to the phrase "Galactic Alignment." This *is* 2012. We're in it.