The Horror of Today's Mars Pluto Square
Or, drop the hyperbole and consider how the necessity to shit maintains the health of your body and psyche.
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ASTROLOGERS CAN’T SEEM TO SHAKE the vestiges from the traditional school of astrology, which, in Romper Room fashion, divides astrological circumstances into ‘good’ and ‘bad’ categories. Trines are good, squares are bad, Scorpio is spooky, and Leo is fabulous. And on and on.
Astrology is a macrocosm of the microcosm. From the life of a single cell to the spiraling whirls of a galaxy far away, animate and (seemingly) inanimate life follows similar sequences of conception, growth, maintenance, and decay. And then it’s all back to the start of the process again.
Did you know that each cell in your body contains a particular segment that’s isolated from the other inner contents of the cell? This component includes toxic residues held in place until they can be discharged safely through the cell’s wall to be filtered and expelled by the body’s eliminatory system. This segment and process could be said to have its cosmic complement to the function of the planets Mars and Pluto.
Through resonance, or what some astrologers call the ‘law of correspondence,’ all organic functions in life have their astrological correlates. Because we have bigger brains than most mammals, we have, over the centuries, also developed a psychological language to convey more complex astrological principles as well. Those that ping pong around in the psyche.
Psychology’s nomenclature allows us to talk to astrological clients in a manner different from that of astrologers in ancient Mesopotamia.
Take today’s Mars square to Pluto as an example. You can hand-ring and agonize about some anticipated destructive expression of the transit, or you can do the levelheaded algebra of the moment and come up with something like:
Mars ( the necessity to move something forward), square (with an inescapable momentum which, when ignored, becomes tension), Pluto (the final phase of decay and expulsion that clears the slate for a new life—or reestablishment of health).
See what I mean?
Now, if you bring the signs that the two planets occupy into the mix, you can reveal even more specific details about the transit.
Share your insights below, as I don’t want to spell everything out for everybody.
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Loved hearing your spin for the Mars Pluto it’s always an energy needs to go somewhere with mars. Physical activity or walking help all things move. Pluto retro might throw something you revisit, or remind you of what was too much. Sports injury. I like you have lots of feedback. Mars is the ruler of Aires and there’s lots of 0 1 degree activations. The world point need to have movement. With the solstice and Capricorn full moon near by bringing to completion and starting new comes to mind.
I have had an ongoing issue leaving a 5 year project. Moving in a positive direction today with emails to prospective supporters. This project was getting put on the side lines and frankly I was getting put on the sideline and just needed to be true to the project, quit the board of directors, to take on this project under our non profit, a documentary about a 1930’s women pioneer, writer, and conservationist. Certainly addresses things that have been hanging on getting a new life.
Several health issues have been hanging fire for a while and with this square (iinvolving my 6th of health and 9th of beliefs and higher education/travel), I scheduled surgeries (3) for "tune-up" and repair. Hoping to get OFF some meds that I would prefer to NOT use due to side-effects. Confronting health, diet, and moving forward with it all. taking a vacation from wine and finding I have wasted a lot of time. Gratitude for your encouragement. I really relate to your take on astrology. I have been stuck. The old forms simply have not been speaking to me. Anticipating a intriguing future of study and practice in the new paradigm, once I run this gauntlet. Thanks, Frederick!