Starcodes January 24, 2025

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope” Martin Luther King Jr.

All the planets but the Moon are now arrayed in half the sky, a giant glowing bowl, and that can leave our world feeling lopsided, building momentum in one direction. This will change, but for the next few weeks let’s make an extra effort to balance our own perspectives and work towards a desperately needed global balance.

This week’s aspects echo both on a very personal level, as Venus lingers close to Saturn in sensitive Pisces, and on a collective and communal level where the Sun and Mercury paint the zeitgeist of our time as they conjunct Pluto, the symbol of mortal questions and the use and abuse of power, in collective socio-political Aquarius. The Sun conjunct Pluto on the inauguration, the birth chart of this administration, and Mercury enters Aquarius and conjuncts Pluto on Wednesday.

Those Pluto conjunctions can reveal intentions, point out consequences, and help us see what’s missing, which can help make better decisions in the future but leave us temporarily overwhelmed or depressed. It’s all too easy to spin hopeless stories. Rather than believe that Pluto story- look farther; Pluto always calls us to transform, to look for the rebirth on the other side.