August 14/15: Pluto combines with the Sun and the Owl Nebula intensifying the higher mind and taking ideas to dangerous extremes. But the contra parallel to Ceres indicates the start of a cycle of regeneration

August 14/15: Pluto is placed at 135° from the Sun and the Owl Nebula (M97). The annual transit of the Sun conjunct to the Owl Nebula happens between August 13 and 14. This symbolizes a particular intensity on the higher mind: people born around these dates need to find transcendant explanations for their questions, but sometimes this leads to extremist positions. This time, the Sun/M97 transit of 2012 is involved also an aspect of 135° (sesquisquare) to Pluto, which takes the tendency to radical thoughts even further. This is great for study or research, which may be the motivation for many substantial changes. To make the best of this trend, use it in areas that require improvement, updating, thus renewing structures and providing maintenance to aging infrastructure.

     This can include your own mind, it is time to change ideas, convictions or principles that may no longer work properly at a practical level. On the other hand, an opinionated attitude, taken to an extreme, can lead to try to eliminate or control all or does not agree with it. This is dangerous because it implies strong confrontations with people of different ideologies. Avoid sterile and exhausting discussions, the work is within oneself. If the transformation comes from within, the effect will be reflected on the outside without having to push anything ...

     But the plutonian action does not end here ... Pluto is contra parallel to Ceres and star cluster M44, a relationship that is intense mythologically and psychologically, and refers to the ability to regenerate situations, entering a reconstructive or resurgence stage. If you have areas where there has been a drastic change, this combination can be very useful. Obviously, this regenerative process can take time, but this transit can activate it, and be the starting point for a significant resurrection. This can happen in finance as well as in emotional, spiritual or intellectual issues. It is a time to resume communication with distant people and give new life to a positive exchange.

     Further, this Pluto/Ceres combination enhances the sense of loss: avoid theft by distraction or carelessness. It also indicates a moment to drop attitudes of mourning and detachment to enter a renaissance stage, in which the pain, emptiness and sorrow give way to a more optimistic impulse, hopeful and positive. Ceres joins with M44, a star cluster that enhances expressiveness, to show a gentle attitude that balances, even momentarily, the effects of a troubled world, which is indifferent, cruel. It is an opportunity to let flow through our actions the protective attitudes and productive force of Mother Nature (represented by Ceres). ...

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    Good luck with -intense- Pluto!

    Carlos Duarte

    Research Astrologer...