On Friday 29 March 2024, Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs signed into law a bill that Pluto is the Official State Planet of the Great State of Arizona. This action was caused (inspired?) by the fact that Clyde Tombaugh “discovered” Pluto at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, on 18 February 1930. What’s your state, territory, province, commonwealth or feudal lord dominion done for you lately?
As far as states go, only California (Eris, Makemake, Gonggong, Sedna) and Hawaii (Haumea) could pass similar legislation. As far as countries go, who knows where the classical planets were discovered. Greece, what is now Saudi Arabia? The United Kingdom could fairly claim Uranus, though it not given proper due during the discovery process. Neptune presents a more complicated problem. While discovered in Germany, it discovery position was calculated by mathematicians from France and England... perhaps this marks the start of the United Planetary Nations.
Back to Arizona... news sources made a huge point of splashing their content pages with the allegation that Pluto is not a planet. So did politicians opposing the bill. Actually, for them, it was not so much about Pluto’s planetary status as it was the idea that legislators from the other party advanced the bill. Pluto’s planetary status is political as well. Back a few decades ago, a semantical and fiercely political battle occurred during the meeting of the members of the International Astronomical Union over what makes a planet a planet. The concluding definition is complicated, semantically flawed, and ultimately is as unclear as the River Styx is dark. Nowadays, there are several movements to restore Pluto’s pristine planetary status. Cheers to that.
Anyone who has ever had a Pluto transit, can confirm Pluto is a planet. Who else but Pluto can take the highest flying personality and knock that person to their knees for an in-depth look at the underworld, the machinations of the psyche, and the ultimate needs of the soul?
Will Pluto’s statehood status mean anything to those enduring one of his transiting passages that seem to last for ever? “I have nothing to do with the affairs of state,” Pluto may reply, “it’s all about the affairs of the soul. Should soulful individuals conduct themselves in such a way that states benefit, then the world may be on its way to more humanistic possibilities. After all, I currently occupy Aquarius.” Then he breaks into renditions of songs from the musical “Hair.”
Of course, those being “practical” and uber-cautious with Pluto point out that in the upcoming presidential election in the United States - an event that dramatically impacts all states and countries in that “everything is connected” way, Pluto transits the last minutes of Capricorn. Will this permit greed, economic influence and income disparity to inflame the globe? It could.
However, consider that the other big planetary players all transit Pluto through positive and benefic ways over the course of the next years.
As June begins, Jupiter in Gemini trines Pluto in Aquarius. That should be good for truth, justice and a kinder way of thinking and being. Of course snicker fans of Saturn, every solution starts from a mess. Jupiter winks at Pluto and retorts, “No. Good things come from the realization of necessity.” The benefic planet then whips out his golden ephemeris and points to July of 2025. “Check this out,” he bellows, “Saturn is in Aries about to go retrograde, but so what? He’s sextile Pluto. Not only that, Uranus is in Gemini, close enough in orb to be considered a trine. Not only that, Neptune bolts through the early degrees of Aries, more or less conjunct Saturn, sextile to Pluto. If that won’t bring visions and dreams to reality, by Jove, I’m not Jove.”
Sure say proponents of safe prognostication, “All those gaseous planets retrograde as they do and it takes time for the effects they seek to render to come into being.” Okay, fine. As April 2026 begins, Saturn sextiles Pluto from his foothold in Aries. Come July 2026, Neptune again sextiles Pluto, also from Aries, and at the same time Uranus repeats a trine to Pluto. Sure Neptune sextile Pluto repeats in June 2027 and this occurrence again with the Uranus in Gemini two-step trine to Pluto in Aquarius.
This goes on a while. Through May 2028 Uranus continues the parade with yet another trine to Pluto. The entire Neptune to Pluto thing goes on well into 2031.
So what are you going to do to make good from the impelling influences setting up years of possibility and promise ahead?
Rumor is that Jupiter and Uranus are less than three weeks from lining up in a conjunction in Taurus. Sure, there’s a materialism with this that may not become entirely evident until Pluto does his last ding into Capricorn. There’s also innovation, application of insight, manifestation of necessities promised by Jupiter and realized by Uranus. Will these commodities produce overnight product development and consciousness shifts? Not likely. Those who are overnight successes typically have done heaps of Saturn work for what seems like eons out of sight to prepare for the big events to come... and also to please Pluto’s fondness for invisibility.
Could the solar system feel flat and uninspired after the touted Jupiter to Uranus transit? Sure. Could things feel unsettled after next week’s highly promoted Solar Eclipse? Most certainly. But the eclipse intends to stir and shake the fabric of self into realization of what clearly means the most to the soul. With that, the stirring settles and focus can be restored to what matters most and that can become the focal point on everyone’s distant horizon.
Yes, and down the road over the next few months, Jupiter and Saturn aspect the Great Attractor, a plethora of black holes and more galactic goodies than jelly beans recently placed in Easter baskets. It’s not going to feel flat... in fact, the curvature of space caused by galactic entities might bring everyone to the correct position just around the bend.
It’s Aries season, despite Mercury retrograde. Honor Pluto’s new statehood. He dares you. On your mark, get set...
More soon.
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