AS ASTROLOGY
LOVERS KNOW, one of the biggest events of the year so far was Pluto’s move into
Capricorn, the sign of structures, tradition and business institutions on January 26. Since then powerful Pluto has, on April 2nd, changed direction
and been retrograde or appearing to move backwards through the heavens and
through our zodiac.
This change of
direction brought to a close a period of nine and a half weeks during which
Pluto initiated worldwide change in terms of opinions and approaches to
financial, business and political systems and structures. Even in more light-hearted areas
Pluto’s power was felt as it generated surprise defeats of premiership football
teams (those with the power and the money) when shock results in the FA Cup
brought about a major re-think in terms of the power, positions and status of
the most dominant teams, previously considered to be
invincible.
As Pluto began its
retrograde motion in early April it
started slowly reversing and making its way towards Sagittarius, the sign it
inhabited from 1995 until January
this year. Its latest journey
through opportunistic Sagittarius lasts from June 14th until late November this year, during which time
many of us might welcome the chance to take stock of all that’s been happening
on a personal, national and global level in terms of investments, mortgages,
house prices, banking, spending and the cost of living – food and fuel
especially.
And can
it be merely co-incidence that it is exactly during this time that the
government and the populace of the UK have been forced to look at the
Prime Minister, his strengths and weaknesses, far more sceptically? The next six months are obviously
crucial in terms of the way in which Gordon Brown, his government, the Labour
Party and the power they hold are viewed here and around the world.
Between now and November 27th when Pluto
returns to the no-nonsense sign of Capricorn, we can expect a major shift in the
way in which we view the premier, the power he holds and the ways in which he
uses it – and whether or not he is able to retain that
power.
More
significantly, on December 21st
2008
Pluto passes over the point in Gordon Brown’s natal chart which is occupied by
Chiron, which represents wounding or healing. This is an event which, apart from a bit
of cosmic to-ing and fro-ing, only occurs every 248 years. (One such occasion coincided with the
damning press following Labour’s disastrous local election results in early
May). History in the making perhaps as this year comes to a close and Mr Brown
suffers political wounding he cannot withstand? Or will some magical healing power
rescue him from having to suffer the indignity of rejection?
