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Originally written April 2000 | pp. 1 2
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In order to understand
the probable manifestations on the Saturn-Pluto opposition of 2001 and 2002,
we need to look at three things: the archetypal energies involved, historical
precedent, and the larger context in which the formation is embedded.
Saturn is the archetype
which tests, limits, inhibits, suppresses, and controls. Its psychic function
is to promote growth and maturation. It strips away what we intuitively
feel should be rightfully ours. In order to regain what Saturn has taken,
we often have to endure monumental tests of endurance, patience, courage,
and internal fortitude. Saturn is the patron saint of those experiences
which we often justify by believing they build character—and they do.
Pluto, in comparison,
is the wellspring of passion and power in our lives. To say that this archetype
animates the cosmic play of the universe doesn't do justice to the titanic
thrust and intensity this energy unleashes. Think Big Bang. We live most
of our lives waiting for the next Pluto experience: sex, birth of a child,
peak and ecstatic experiences. Conversely, most of our life energies are
spent avoiding Pluto experiences: death and catastrophe. Pluto rules the
extremes, but since the extremes come only rarely, those that are obsessed
(another Pluto trait) with the power of Pluto are inclined to dominate,
control, and manipulate their day-to-day, mundane reality so as to get a
diluted rush of that extreme Pluto high.
Whereas currently the
collective will is undergoing a trial through the Saturn-Uranus square, the
Saturn-Pluto alignment tests the collective soul. This will be a time in which
many of us will have to find what really motivates us. Under these alignments,
people often discover that the accumulation of monetary wealth—although extremely
important—is not feeding the soul and the deeper (or higher, depending on
how you look at it) needs. The Saturn-Pluto configuration will also be a time
of hard work—intensely hard work—high seriousness, and sobriety. We all have
to look at ourselves in the mirror and confront some difficult, naked truths
about our condition.
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