Just listened to a recording of
Darby Costello from the recent
UAC conference in Denver and felt this was important and I wanted to share it.
As I understood it, she said that one way to work with
Pluto in Capricorn (which is ruled by
Saturn), is to look at where
Saturn is right now.
Saturn is in
Virgo and therefore trines
Pluto. So, since trines are "helpful" "supporting" aspects,
Saturn work can help us as we go into
Pluto in
Capricorn, a difficult transition, since it's kind of like going from the feast to famine. Easier to go from famine to feast. The
Saturn work, because in
Virgo, is about slow, small tasks, incremental progress. In fact, she said that if we do the
Saturn work,
Pluto in
Capricorn will take care of itself. Nice thought.
Saturn in
Virgo is about determining whether what we are doing is useful or not. It is also about finding ways to be efficient with everything, including our time. She suggested stopping as we go through our day, and asking ourselves if we are off on tangents or if what we are doing is what we planned to do. With
Saturn in
Virgo (ruled by
Mercury) there might be a tendency to think about doing things rather than doing them - or thinking we are doing them when actually all we are doing is thinking about doing them. Does that make sense? Even if what we do is small compared to what we "should" do, the effort is well worth it. In fact, she suggested that the smaller the better, since accomplishment will encourage us. If we make the job to be done too large, we will not be able to complete it and the resulting discouragement will stop our progress.
The next part was to look at where your
Mercury is, since
Saturn is in
Virgo, ruled by
Mercury.
Mercury by sign and house. This will give you clues about what "the work" might be, if you don't already know.
My
Mercury is in
Cancer in the
11th house. As I see it, my work is about nurturing and healing on behalf of the collective. I do volunteer work for the
Master Gardener program. At home, I grow vegetables, herbs and pollinator-friendly plants. I am an herbalist and an astrologer. With
Gemini in the
10th house, I feel part of my role is to disseminate information, so I see my various vehicles - blogs, website and even my products, as means to educate as well as heal. Continuing to do this work, in whatever way I can, will be good for the collective and for myself.
Saturn in
Virgo is in the
1st house right now, so "the work" "heals" "me" too. Healing includes providing useful information - another way that I serve.
As the Leos would say, "enough about me, what do you think of me" LOL - back to
Pluto. After the extravaganza of
Sagittarius,
Capricorn might be felt as restrictive. A belt-tightening. But that is not necessarily bad. After persuing all the options, time to choose. Time to stand up for what you have chosen. Time to focus, organize and give form to what you believe. Do you believe anything?
For us
Baby-Boomers, who are now officially seniors, did we learn anything from all that exploration? Do we only mourn our lost youth or value our gained wisdom? Is the famous expression "is that all there is?" what we are left with or do we instead feel the richness of life, the as yet unexplored depths?
This is a tme to assess what we have that is important - both inner and outer resources. What no longer serves, must be eliminated. No room for excess baggage. As I write this, the idea of shedding things so that one can become mobile - return to
Nomadism. Huh I wonder what that's about?
I am still running the give-away. To the first three people who send a comment with their birth data: time, place and date of birth, and email address, I will send a free astrological report. I am expanding the give-away to give you a choice of 1) the
Sky Within - a reading of the entire chart, 2)
Opportunities - a reading focusing on your career potential, or 3)
Asteroids - a reading of the four major asteroids plus
Chiron. Your choice. I will not publish the comment if your email is on it. But I must have your email in order to send the report.
