As humans, we’re part mammalian and part reptilian (our reptilian brains), so think of all the really big animals, elephants, horses, giraffes, elk, deer, they are all vegetarians. Even certain reptilian species live off of plants, vegetables. So why should it be so difficult for us?

So what’s the big deal about raw fruits and vegetables? Scientists say it’s the phytonutrients, the live cells and enzymes that protect the plant also protect us from disease. When we look at certain cultures which have a much lower rate of cancer and heart disease, such as Asian and Mediterranean diets, the reason being is they eat more fresh fruits and vegetables and healthful oils. So why on earth isn’t there are huge swell and movement for Americans to eat more fresh whole foods?

The roots are in the Food Corporations and their subsequent Lobbyists. Processed foods are more abundant and that’s what keeps Americans overweight, obese and unhealthy, which also makes the health care field rich so much so, that most working Americans can’t afford their medical bills, so we’re back to square one.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

If practicing prevention through natural medicine can keep most of us away from the medical doctors, than why aren’t the so-called health officials of this country endorsing and promoting that in schools? The answer is money. However, this trend is scheduled to change. It’s one thing to talk about change, it’s another thing to actually implement it and act differently.

America’s New Healthcare System should take some inspiration from the French. French doctors are encouraged to teach prevention to their patients. If their patients quit smoking, lose weight, lower their cholesterol through diet change, the doctors receive incentives and bonuses for that. The HMOs as well as private practices should put prevention on the top of their list, and if the government wants to get involved and help out, then they should give tax breaks to those who achieve lifestyle changes. For e.g., to tackle the problem of obesity, those who successfully lose their weight and maintain a healthy weight should be rewarded for that. The same goes for quitting smoking, etc. Private companies are already doing that with their employees, so I think we can expect changes with the new administration, especially since the charts lean towards a Clinton/Obama ticket and victory in November of ‘08. Either way you slice it, it’s time for a Democrat to be back in the White House and time for healthcare and the mentality that goes with it, to shift in America.

Everything in the Universe is scheduled to change, and everything is right on schedule.

Uranus is the great reformer and System Buster and Saturn is the great Lord of Karma, Uranus is like the Tower card in the Tarot, also known as the ‘wild card’ in Astrology, and when in opposition to Saturn’s rule of law, marks a time for busting systems that are no longer serving the greater whole.

As always when it comes to social and economic changes, we are subject to the laws of supply and demand. The more people who catch on to the natural way of living, diet and lifestyle, by creating a demand for fresh, pesticide free healthy food and natural medicines, the more the suppliers/farmers will need to produce.

Farming - America’s First Frontier

When we look back at our country’s first farmers, we are brought back to the Pilgrims, who learned from the Native Americans how to grow corn, pumpkin and other crops. They became the staple foods which subsequently helped to create a nation. Along with food crops, came plantations of hemp, which is without a doubt, next to the Soy bean, the world’s most versatile crop. From Hemp, rope is created, clothing, soaps and bags, which are derived from the ‘male’ side of the plant. From Cannabis, the ‘female’ side of the plant, medicine is created to relieve pain, regulate hormones, cure nausea, and promote the body to thrive while assisting in the healing and alleviating of symptoms of many diseases, such as Cancer, AIDS, MS, depression, anxiety, post traumatic stress, cachexia, digestive problems, insomnia, dementia and Alzheimer’s without the harmful side effects of pharmaceuticals. One should wonder, how could America, after decades of scientific clinical research and studies done by our government as well as private universities and clinics, ignore the huge benefits from this medicinal plant?

Let’s not forget, both George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both affluent Cannabis plantation growers. Why can’t we be more like our founding fathers? I would imagine them scratching their heads from the after life wondering why their present government has evolved to be so ignorant, stubborn and well, just plain stupid?

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits. ~ Albert Einstein

It has been established in 2006 that Cannabis is America’s biggest cash crop. Why on earth aren’t we using it to get us out of debt, rebuild our national health care system, instead of support wars on the other side of the planet that are rooted in the need and greed for oil, which is of limited supply? Cannabis is abundant, and can be grown anywhere, why aren’t we using it like they did in the past? The pharmaceutical industry has a stronghold on this country and if Americans don’t actively do something about that, this country will end up like the Village of the Damned. Surely, Americans can rise to the challenge and be progressive enough to establish alternative resources to fossil fuel? If they can make ethanol from corn, imagine what they can do from hemp?

Saturn in Virgo is not going to be so merciful to big Pharma particularly during the opposition to Uranus in Pisces. Watch these strongholds yield in form or another. It’s already happening, with waves of study after study showing that chemicals used in processed foods are the cause of many childhood illnesses, behavioral problems, allergies and a lowered human immune system. Why on earth would anyone in this day and age of mutating viruses and bacterias coming in from outer space, want to put known chemicals into their bodies that lowers their immune systems? That would be like suicide, or self destructiveness to say the least.

So, what’s the deal? Why can’t we see the light here? The answer is ‘addiction.’ Most people can’t hear or understand this because they are blinded by their addictions and programming thanks to marketing propaganda. Most people can’t imagine living without fast food, and the myriad of processed foods that are so available and in our face. But they can, we can, and thankfully many are doing so, healthfully and economically.

Food and Drug Addictions

"Let your food be your medicine and let your medicine be your food." ~ Hippocrates, Father of Medicine.

Pisces rules addictions. I’ve mentioned this in the past many times when referring to the 7 years of Uranus in Pisces - the opportunity to break free from addictions is even more pronounced and highlighted during Uranus’ opposition full moon effect to Saturn in Virgo, it is time to bust those systems! I’d have to say the most important addiction we need to be liberated from is our addiction to oil and fossil fuels. Pluto in Capricorn will fix that! [scroll down for Pluto in Capricorn].

Remember the Regan era? Nancy & Ronnie coined the phrase, ‘just say no to drugs’? Yet, the drug industry has grown out of proportion since then. I think people need to understand the difference between ‘drugs’ and ‘medicine’. The word medicine comes from a Latin word, ‘Madeira’ which means to meditate. Our ancestors actually meditated on plants to derive which ones were ‘medicinal’ for the human body. Drugs are synthetics, made up from chemicals produced in a laboratory. More people die of complications relating to pharmaceutical drugs than the illness or disease that caused them to take the drugs in the first place.

Increasing awareness of the therapeutic properties of marijuana —to relieve pain, to ease muscle tension and spasms, promote appetite, and induce overall relaxation — has generated widespread interest in its use as a medicine. Without question, the best and safest medicinal application of marijuana is through ingestion. Scientific studies prove that marijuana is one of the world’s safest medicines.

Leap Year and Galactic Attunement Day

Leap year as most of you probably know, is just the Gregorian Calendar’s attempt to play ‘catch - up’ with the Sun and its movement around the galaxy which happens once every four years, like the presidential elections. According to those who are working with the Mayan calendar, which is based on ‘galactic astrological calculations’, it is this very reason, they need to add that extra day due to the fact that the Earth is spinning too fast. The Mayans along with many other Astrologers feel that leap year is unnecessary, and just creates more disharmony. They say that this day, should be devoted to attunement with the Cosmos and with the Earth. They (the Tzolk’ins) are calling February 29, GALACTIC ATTUNEMENT DAY. They say to trust your intuition by asking your higher self a question and to expect an answer.

New Trends 2008 and Beyond
© 2008 Roxanne Carol

Pluto in Capricorn

"Faith is a Journey, Not a Guilt Trip."

Themes:

Battles over power and control; Transformations of the Patriarch, Healing Mother/Father Issues, Addressing Authority Figures, Bosses, Tradition, Inflexibility, Self Sabotage, Fear-Pessimism, lack of joy, fear of new approaches, strictness/sternness, usurping responsibility, delegating and assuming responsibilities, management, following protocol, hard work, goal setting, keeping commitments, competency, proficiency, responsible management of resources, oil, food, air, water, money and last but certainly not least, the transformation and dissolution of greed and self-importance.

Pluto in Capricorn is about letting go of the Tyranny of Ego in order to absorb the attitudes and attunements of Spirit.

Conservatism is on the rise, but its transformative side is resistant. This is the basis for revolutions. Feminism and Secularism will emerge stronger out of this phase. Remember that the energy of fear is just as much a creative force as the energy of love is. What we resist, persists. Fear of female power, the fear of science taking over religious fundamentalism, has already created the stage for these energies to flourish.

Pluto in Capricorn will prompt us to overcome jealousies that have crippled us in the past, we will witness the transformation of materialism, revolutions in power structures, including Alien/ET empires with relation to Earth. Collectively speaking, we are all called towards Mastering Limitations (Capricorn) and Mastering Fear.

"Friends come and go, enemies come and go, but your interests will always stay the same." ~ Ancient Chinese Proverb

Communism recycles again in Russia, not exactly classic communism, but more like China, with a free market. Communism is the antithesis of capitalism, yet China has made it work, so Russia will follow suit. Pluto in Capricorn will find many around the globe descending into the bottom of the barrel – running out of resources. The Rebirth side of this phase is finding alternative energy sources that will support a global economy. Because Capricorn is a sign associated with the past, and traditions from the past, it is important to take cues from our ancestors and incorporate certain practices from the past by applying modern innovations. Hemp trade becomes re-energized. Hemp is the world’s most versatile crop, yet, due to ridiculous prohibition laws that were politically established to compete with the growing oil industry in the 1930s, it was not allowed to flourish as it did in the past. Now, the world economy will have to make adjustments to the fact that they have exceeded the supply and demand status of crude oil; it takes the Earth a really long time to produce more crude oil. However, by going back to the number one trade of past centuries and millennia, Hemp is able to provide all the resources needed, including oil for energy, and fortunately the Hemp plant is as perennial as the grass.

Oil and gas will continue to rise until many will no longer be able to afford it. Watch how gas prices go down when Pluto retrogrades back into Sagittarius this year, and then goes back up when Pluto goes direct in Capricorn. This is why the revolution and race towards achieving alternative energy sources is paramount importance for the survival of any nation.

Capricorn is a Competitive sign; it is the transformation of the dolphin into the goat that must reach the top of the mountain. Capricorn is one of the most resilient signs of the zodiac, it knows how to achieve at a steady pace by persevering and taking regular steps towards its goal, so it eventually prevails. This is why Pluto in Cappy will transform the way most of the world does business, competes in the market place and interfaces with the resources of our planet in more responsible ways.

America’s First Pluto Return

Pluto in Capricorn loops into the Revolutionary War, which becomes America’s first Pluto return. The US Pluto is 27 Capricorn, which means that momentum will be building toward its return over the next 16 years. This passage will create new revolutions including sexual revolutions due to Capricorns’ sexual nature. What America needs to review is where it started and what it has become. The War of Independence was against the Imperialism of Great Britain, the Mother country. But how often do children grow up and become just like their mothers? America will need to redefine itself in the world and take responsibility for its imperialistic regime. Pluto’s trip through Capricorn will energize and inspire new forms of power structures as well as new revolutions.

America needs to revolutionize the industry to alternative energy. We must be the first to make it work, and then sell those technologies to the rest of the world. We must do it now, and those in leadership positions must be firm on the role the oil company’s play. Pluto in Capricorn will come down hard on corporate greed, and the oil companies can save themselves by using their record profits on new technologies and new energy sources. Do not be fooled, just because in the past year, they are marketing new technologies, does not mean they are giving up crude oil, the new technologies they market relate to new ways of using crude oil and getting it out of the earth. What needs to happen is for them to substitute crude oil with another form of energy. Besides other types of plant oils, the most economical way to supply energy to the planet is through nuclear energy.

As we find ourselves right in the middle of the nuclear age, how many nations actually utilize nuclear energy as a power source for energy? Somehow during the next 16 years of Pluto in Capricorn, those adjustments will have to be made in order to save the world. While we may know how to make deadly weapons from nuclear energy, we need to find innovative ways of using this ancient power to power our energy grids and use as a resource. It’s possible, it’s doable and it’s inevitable.

Capricorn is a sex sign along with Scorpio and Taurus, however Capricorn rules lust, and being an earth sign, its physical expression is a competitive quest for power. Pluto is the planet of transformation. Pluto was known as Hades in mythology, and Hades was only happy when he was having sex, it’s the best vehicle for transformation.

One of the main books of the Kabbalah, the Zohar also known as the Book of Splendor, states that, "Arousal above, arousal below, male and female is blessed to create joy", it goes on to say, that the two halves of God unite through virtue to actualize Divine potential which in turn affects Divine Disposition which affects the flow down of Grace from the heavenly realms. In fact, the Kabbalah states that humans were created to be vessels and channels of good or evil, which is dependent on their free will. That when humans perform good and loving deeds it in turn affects the universe, and in turn, Human evil stimulates evil in the universe. Knowing this, doesn’t it make you more empowered? That your choices not only affect your immediate world, but worlds beyond ours? Reminds me of the scripture, "We are fearfully and wonderfully made." ~ Psalm 139:14

The Kabbalah says that Creation and Catastrophe are tied together. Divine sparks fell to earth as humans. Humans can find redemption through good works—Fragmentation is healed through human works which brings divine sparks together

With the Pluto return comes new challenges of the transformation of materialism, revolutions in power structures, including Alien/ET empires with relation to Earth nations, cultures and governments. Pluto in Capricorn is about redefining power. So where does true power lie?

"Where love rules, there is no will to power and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other." ~ Carl Gustav Jung

The Emergence of Warrior Priestess Energy

As Jupiter and Pluto were conjunct the Galactic Center at the end of December of 2007, Prime Minister Bhutto was assassinated. Then only a couple of weeks later, of one of our female marines Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was raped, murdered, burned to death and buried in the backyard of her assailant, a fellow marine. Some men are still not comfortable with women in power, or women as equals as in the case of our female marine. The fact they are so threatened by feminine energy and power enough to put their lights out, is quite frankly a serious issue that will become revolutionized during Pluto’s 16 year journey through feminine Capricorn. Everything in the universe happens in cycles, including cycles of power, whether that be patriarchal or matriarchal or the balance of the two, which is what the Aquarian age supports, team work between both the brotherhood and the sisterhood. When we enter the space age, officially, both men and women will have the opportunity for equal positions as crew on spacecraft, so beginning this practice on the ground through America’s Marines, are the necessary steps taken to insure that our future will be on equal footing.

Feminine energy is cyclical. It can be compared to the phases of the moon. Once a month the moon gets dark, there is no visible light or reflection from the Sun. This period is known as the black moon, which starts off as the balsamic moon, leading to the new moon. Then approximately 24 hours later, the first light of the new moon appears. If you use the lunar cycles as analogous to the fullness, waning and rebirth of feminine energy over the ages, you can understand that the dark ages of fear and suppression of the feminine energy is over, and the rebirth of the new light and renewed energy has begun.

Channeling Divine Energy:

As the shadow is healed, accepted, embraced and integrated, Divine energy is renewed and will spread light to the rest of the world. When more than ½ the population of the planet is suppressed, denied basic human rights, then everyone suffers. When men are ready to deal with their fear and threat of feminine power, then the world will heal. I’m certainly not the first to say this, nor will I be the last.

Women’s issues are big during Pluto in Capricorn as it rules the feminine energy. As Pluto retrogrades this year from April 2 - September 9, 2008 it will go back through Sagittarius and back over the Galactic Center. Pluto will be back in Sagittarius from June 15 - November 28, 2008 after which time it will remain in Capricorn throughout 2024. This period indicates more revelations and battles swirling over ‘belief systems’.

The Healing of the Shadow of the Church, is about the acceptance and integration of Mary Magdalene. When she is fully embraced, then the church will realize peace and healing. True, the Catholic Church does venerate Mother Mary, but they need to "consciously" accept that Mother Mary also includes Mary Magdalene, Mother of the First Daughter of Jesus. For the Church’s shadow self is Mary Magdalene. She represents all they have shamed and rejected. All aspects of her as well as Mother Mary are parts of all women. When this healing occurs, then a major "self esteem" piece that relates to women will be completed and the whole can then move on. All aspects of the Divine Feminine need to be embraced, accepted, even if not completely understood. Understanding takes time, having the ability to connect the linkages through repetitive cycles, helps through the language of Astrology.

Another phenomenon that needs to be more widely understood, is that the Divine Feminine operates the Star Gates, not the military. The only way to go through the gates is with a being of love. It has more to do with the signature frequency in the human energy field, than any piece of technology, which is why during the Montauk projects, they proved that time travel is possible, but were limited on the time line as they flat-lined and met their brick wall in 2012 and were not able to go beyond that program, because they lacked the necessary vibrational frequency that only masters can tap into. That vibration frequency comes from the mystery of the Divine Feminine. This knowledge and awareness will grow over the next 16 years.

New Professions on the Rise:

"If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can't buy." ~Anonymous

Saturn in Virgo/Pluto in Capricorn:

Animal Husbandry, Animal Communicators, Animal Trainers, Tantra Teachers and Healers, Revolutionaries, Chiropractors, ‘Surgery Free’ Plastic Surgery, Lasers.

Saturn in Virgo issues: food, diet, nutrition, fruits & vegetables, supplements, chemicals and service to others.

Pluto in Capricorn: Bones, joints, arthritis, rheumatism, gall bladder, gallstones, knees, skin, psoriasis, itching. Pluto correlates with the RNA/DNA genetic coding in all forms of life, Saturn correlates with the physical structure of the body. Saturn also correlates with the pituitary gland as does Jupiter. Venus correlates with the kidneys as well as to estrogen and the receptor cells within the bone marrow.

Saturn rules Capricorn which rules over time, maturity, old age and retirement.

Signs affected: Capricorns, Cancerians, Aries, and Librans. The conjunction to Capricorn Sun, Moon, Ascendants and all planets in Capricorn are going to bring about circumstances and situations that will challenge control and power struggles, ultimately this is becomes with oneself, however, the soul sets up circumstances and situations through others to play that out with. These power struggles will happen multi-dimensionally, affecting personal lives, groups, corporations, nations and our planet’s present state of evolution.

Picky, picky, picky. Saturn in Virgo will overturn voting procedures. Voting machines are not democratic. If they can be hacked into by a Blackberry, then they certainly do not qualify as an accurate determination of fair elections. If Americans allow the demise of democratic procedures through paperless voting, which is the heart of each citizen having the right to vote and to have that vote be counted, then it won’t be long until America becomes likened to countries like, Pakistan and Niger who deal with elections with assassinations, riots and violence. America’s Pluto return will eventually wake Americans up.

Signs affected most by Saturn in Virgo: Virgos, Pisceans, Geminis and Sagittarians and all those with those signs prominently placed in their charts. See Celestial Liaisons Unlimited for individual chart readings.

Phoenix Rising

Why Pluto? Last year it was demoted from planet status to asteroid by a small group of Astronomers, but Pluto’s presence in the symphony of planets has not changed, nor has its vibrational frequency and service to the metaphysical language of Astrology. Pluto is just as important as vowels are to us in the English language. It has history, archetypal presence and evolutionary purpose, so Astrologers will continue to track and interpret its journey through the stars with relation to our experiences on Earth as multi-dimensional beings.

Pluto has been one of my guides in this life because its conjunct my destiny point. Everything is about transforming the old self into the new and future self. It's all about letting go of the past, past patterns and all the baggage that goes with it, like guilt, blame, shame, betrayal and revenge. Pluto has been a faithful teacher, but to me, it's energy is nothing like Saturn, who will slap your hands and sometimes hit you over the head with the ole cosmic 2 by 4 just to teach you a lesson, nor Uranus, who takes you by surprise and can pull the rug out from under you just to liberate you, or Neptune who often makes you feel invisible, just so you don't over identify with your ego. I have come to make friends with Pluto, Pluto allows me to hang out in the shadows, without judging me, only from time to time giving me a reason of why I'm there, making me more aware, it allows me the space and time to feel 'wounded' and find understanding from those wounds. It offers me the choice, I could heal my 'woundedness' and therefore step out of the darkness, or I can hold on to those wounds, continue to nurse them, use them, and milk them to death.

Forgiveness is the longest and hardest road for a Plutonian, but it is the only way towards freedom from the past and healing of the wounds. Honestly, I think forgiveness is true love. Whether you experience it with a partner or with yourself or with someone who has already left your life in one way or the other, it is the most freeing and liberating process you can take on for the sake of your own soul.

I think Pluto is much more gentle at creating change than the other planets, as far as Pluto is concerned, egotism is the stumbling block, you got to get the ego out of the way for acquiring the 'pearls' and 'treasures' of the darkness. Ya gotta come out of denial in order to get the rewards. It's uncomfortable for the ego, but when that is sacrificed so to speak, it's an awesome cosmic ride. 'Truth' then becomes the 'crowned jewels'.

When delving into mythology years back, I was introduced to Persephone, or Proserpina, who in mythology was abducted by Hades (Pluto) and made a deal with her mother Demeter (Ceres) to have her as his Queen for 6 months of the year when the Sun falls below the Autumn Equinox, and then she can return to be with her mother when the Sun rises above the Spring Equinox for 6 months.

Becoming Goddess-oriented in my journey, I decided to turn Pluto into Persephone. Persephone took the place on my guidepost up on my North Node (Destiny point). Persephone's mythology is connected with all children who have been abducted, raped, abused, abandoned, rejected and separated from their mothers. She holds the keys of the underworld and is crowned with wisdom. She is the Queen of turning negative experiences into blessings. She has the alchemy to retain her Divinity while living amongst the darkness and the shadows. She sees the oneness between the duality and that is her magic.

I have had many clients over the years that have gone through serious Pluto transits and when they read about Persephone, their whole perspective on Pluto and what is happening to them changes. Persephone brings light and wisdom to the Pluto experience.

I thought the following was appropriate by Ralph Marsten:

"Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing.

Every negative situation carries its own energy. When you turn that energy around, the effort involved brings a double reward.

Don't seek to merely get rid of the negative things in your life. Instead, transform their energy into something of real positive value."

So after Jupiter jump starts Pluto in Capricorn as it shimmies up and aligns with Pluto after crossing the Galactic Center together, that good, warm and fuzzy feeling, will wane as Jupiter will only last in Capricorn through 2008, separating from Pluto and leaving it there to hold space in Capricorn till 2024. Its influence will be far from easy.

Over the next 16 years the revolutionary changes that will be taking place all around the globe will teach all of us something about our redemption. Somehow we will all be given the opportunity for transformative work which will show us how people survive and flourish after deep inner work. In the process of expanding our consciousness, we will witness how resourceful, deep and multidimensional a human being can be. Life force resurrects itself from the deepest levels no matter how tragic or sacrificial one’s experience has been. When this mystery is fully understood, we will possess exceptional confidence and fearlessness during Pluto’s process.

Pluto takes approximately 268 years to make a complete revolution around our Sun and journeys through the Zodiac belt. Pluto’s only agenda is transformation. In fact, its motto can be at times, ‘transform or die’. Death is just another one of its metamorphic passages, so if that’s what your soul needs in order to evolve, then so be it. Remember Death is a two sided coin, the flip side is Rebirth and Transformation which is Pluto’s job. So, however you achieve it, you can count on evolution. It’s all in Divine Order, and all scheduled by Divine timing.

Suffice it to say, that no one living today has Pluto in Capricorn in their charts. So while there is no known living individual born today having an individual Pluto return, nations are, and therefore we all partake in deep transformation collectively and that is evolutionary energetically which waves into future time streams.

The last time Pluto was in Capricorn was from 1763 to 1778 during which time we witnessed the birth of a new nation, in 1776 as the United States of American emerged as a sovereign country after winning its War of Independence from Great Britain, a Capricorn ruled nation. From the years 2008-2024, we will witness changes again within

both the USA and the UK. As the US will be getting its first Pluto return, which will inevitably revisit the ‘original wound’ which was the need to be free and independent in the first place, from the Brits. I don’t think the Brits are the ones holding the US in bondage now, but nevertheless these issues will resurface as new revolutions will emerge with the battle for freedoms and returning to the original template the forefathers laid with foresight for all Americans. The biggest threat to the US will be the merging with Mexico and Canada as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA was signed under George Bush Sr. There are plans to expand it with a superhighway going through the Midwest and implementing a currency called the ‘Amero’ while adopting an EU type situation.

How does this happen? Do you remember voting for it? Yet, NAFTA rolls on as Americans are too busy living in a trance, hypnotized by consumerism, poisoned by obscene amounts of processed foods, chemicals and pharmaceuticals and weakened by obesity which leads to a host of mental, emotional and physical illnesses, making America the leading nation of obesity in the world, with the UK only just trailing behind only because its population is smaller but not necessarily healthier.

Revolutions in belief systems which have led the US to their present state of servitude as many lives are caught in a tsunami of consumerism. The potential for America to be reduced to size, literally and figuratively, is great during Pluto in Capricorn. No time will this old adage be applied more appropriately than now:

"And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." Lord Acton, (1834 –1902)

Think about the imbalance in the world for a moment, if we are all one on a supersubconsious level, than we need to integrate and heal the huge imbalances that exist within the 6-1/2 billion of us traveling the galaxy together on spaceship Earth. One side of the planet is reaching epidemic obesity levels, and the other side of the planet is starving to death. While there seems to be overwhelming challenges to those starving to death, that would prevent them from doing anything directly about their situations, the other side of the planet that are also malnourished from being over fat, does have the power to change their situation. I wonder, if those who have the power choose to use it to the best of their abilities, would those starving be affected by that shift? I think that would be an interesting energetic experiment. Perhaps there needs to be some type of National Contest, not just limited to a very dynamic TV show, which seems to have the right idea, The Biggest Losers, and expand their contest to National levels and national incentives. Imagine the next President somehow instituting tax breaks for the Americans who lose 25 lbs or more in one year? And somehow tied in with overflow going into successful and well respected African charities for food and medicine, also used as an incentive and reward somehow? Well, I know you may say I’m a Dreamer and I hope I’m not the only one, but I do know that rewards will flow on many levels, even if not directly governmental. This is why "Conscious" businesses will flourish during Pluto in Capricorn’s reorganization of power. After all, what is power but energy. Where thoughts go, energy flows.

So with that being said, let’s take a look at some major turning points for our planet during the passed transits of Pluto in Capricorn, what history has taught us is that it repeats itself, and recycles its lessons, remember that reincarnation is one of the ways we evolve, it’s a Pluto process, so even though the following events were in the past, observe how you feel and react to the periods of history, mentioned in the following paragraphs, it is possible that you have recycled in a particular place on this planet for a very good reason and that may be to complete or reinforce something that was established in a previous Pluto cycle, which have all been marked by revolutions and revolutionaries. Ask yourself, how the battles of the past mirror our present state of affairs. What role is your conscience urging you to play?

At the onset of Pluto’s entrance into Capricorn in 1763, the Peace of Paris was established which marked the end of the Dynastic Wars in Europe and the redistribution of the colonies to France, the UK and Spain and of course the US declared its independence. Instead the Brits focused their attention on ruling India. I guess in hindsight we can thank the Brits for inspiring two of the biggest democracies in the world, India and the US. And the question Americans need to ask themselves, is how democratic are we? How far have we strayed from the original ideals that created us? That gap is where our new revolutions lie.

Pakistan (which means "Pure Country") was once part of India and under British rule, now they are fighting for a democracy and not a theocratic government. The same as Iraq and eventually Iran (ancient Babylon & Persia).

In the Middle East, the remnants of the Ottoman Empire, which rose to power on the previous Pluto in Capricorn cycle from 1516 to 1532 when they conquered Iraq, was reduced and experienced limited power during the following Pluto cycle during 1763-1778. The Turks also went on to conquer most of Arabia, defeated Hungary, wreaked havoc on Vienna and devastated Croatia. The power of the nomadic Mongols, descendants of Genghis Khan, was coming to an end, who had once ruled enormous areas of the world. Russia and Persia (modern day Iran) emerged as key world players. In China the Manchu Empire was in decline.

Throughout history the use of torture, which are ancient, barbaric, and medieval methods to inflict pain and suffering on the weak and the vulnerable, will get busted during Pluto’s trip through Capricorn. Torture is prohibited under international law and the laws of most countries, however, Amnesty International estimates that 75% of the world’s governments currently practice torture. In the 21st century, torture is widely considered to be a violation of human rights, and discouraged by Article 5 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In times of war, signatories of the Third Geneva Convention and Fourth Geneva Convention agree not to torture protected persons (POWs and enemy civilians) in armed conflicts

This is another issue that must be brought out of the shadows and into the light. While we can forgive the past, what are we still doing repeating it? It’s time to shift this. A movement towards eliminating torture will continue to build as many who were once tortured in past lives wake up and reclaim their lost power by making sure this practice is obliterated from human practices on planet earth. With that being said, Americans need to become more outraged over the acts of torture that the American government is responsible for, and make sure this voice is heard loud and clear so the next administration will put an end to these heinous crimes of the past.

The Economics of Pluto in Capricorn

Capricorn is goal oriented which means Pluto’s journey through Cappy will bring about the transformation of goals and the things we value. Starting the phase off in a recession, is a tell-tale sign of the portents of what’s to come over the next 16 years.

Capricorn is also the sign that represents the Devil Card in the Major Arcana Tarot. This is the card of Bondage and when reversed, indicates Freedom. Pluto’s journey through Cappy will be liberating on many levels, but only after one faces the battle of letting go of identification with the ego through facing one’s shadow self, embracing it, accepting it and allowing it to transform by becoming better more efficient vessels of spirit. The shadow self will trip you up if you continue to deny and repress it. It only creates the opposite effect, which somehow creates an energy field that arranges circumstances, situations and relationships to somehow mirror it all back to you. Many choose to deal with it from a victim state of, why is everyone blaming me, or why me? When we realize that we create both consciously and unconsciously, we become whole human beings. Capricorn is the sign of responsibility, duty, commitment, self discipline. If you know any Capricorns or Capricorn Moons, and Capricorn Ascendants, they are the hardest working signs of the zodiac. With Pluto in Capricorn, this expands out to the ‘group’ consciousness or collective in general. It’s about the psycho-spiritual healing of the collective wounds and like the mutation of Capricorn, from starting out as a dolphin and transforming into the goat which is urged to climb to the top of the mountain, Capricorn will always embody the wisdom that with directed will and self-discipline, anything is possible. It is one of the most resilient signs of the zodiac, and as Pluto journeys through Cappy over the next 16 years, we collectively get to know what that’s like.

Baphomet [pictured above] is one of the most feared images in the western world, because it is so misunderstood. It is a symbol of feminine energy and transformation.

It was created by Eliphas Lévi, who was known for his work regarding the alleged deity of the Knights Templar, the Baphomet. Lévi considered the Baphomet to be a depiction of the absolute in symbolic form. The crescent moons have traditionally represented Isis, the Archetypal Mother who gives new life through new lunations, new cycles, while she sits with a Caduceus, the symbol of medicine and healing, as she transforms her animal and human nature into that which is divine. It’s actually a symbol of mastery over one’s animal nature through the transformation of Kundalini energy (symbolized by the Caduceus as well as the golden torch of energy above her head). This symbol is also a great mystery to those in the occult as secret societies have used her image to tap into power for centuries now. The image was feared as a symbol of Satanism by ignorant Christians, and so its stigma stuck.

The illustrative representation of Baphomet then found its way into Waite's Tarot deck as the Devil card which adds another page to the Baphomet Mythos and which contributed towards demonizing something that was created with a more innocent interpretation.

Suffice it to say, that with Pluto’s trip through Capricorn, the Corporate World will get a major makeover. Business as usual, will undergo ground sweeping changes like the change of currency. The economy will have its ups and down, which will alter through it’s many retrogrades and marketing revolutions. The greatest blessings rain down on the businesses that serve others with a conscience. Supply and Demand are old partners in economics, and when companies continue to put out products that are harmful and can potentially poison others slowly, you can bet your bottom dollar, they won’t survive Pluto in Capricorn. China imports need to be watched carefully. However, on the upside, companies that put out products in a responsible, earth friendly way that is safe and good for the harmony of the planet as well as humans and animals, will find their blessing of abundance and sustenance during Pluto’s reaping process.

I find it funny when my little girl who is turning 8, gets all excited about reading the bottom of a toy or chachka that says, ‘made in china’ which in her innocence thinks it comes from some exotic place, when in reality China has a lot of problems with polluted water, poisoned food, and they don’t care about using dogs and cats in meats and furs, so buyer beware! Something that is said ‘made in China’ should be a warning. There must be more regulations on imports which require countries like China to meet higher standards.

Governments are there to regulate laws and policies, they typically don’t put out a product like a corporation does, which is why we need government to keep the Corporate World in check otherwise they will end up running everything, which many believe they already are. There must be responsible trade, imports and products. Pluto in Cappy will see to that.

"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." Lord Acton, (1834 –1902)

China which is now the world’s biggest polluter, next to the US, is rapidly moving towards being the world’s next superpower. America’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is 13 trillion dollars. China’s GDP is almost 2 trillion, but their economy is growing at a blistering pace of almost 10% a year, compared to America’s which slowed to 1.8% but has averaged 3.3% a year for the last 20 years. We spend 550 billion dollars on defense. China spends about 100 billion on defense. China should be of concern to us, especially because we have borrowed a lot of money from them to help pay for the Afghan and Iraqi wars. Being involved in long complicated wars is a sure way to bleed America’s wealth over time, which is part of the Islamic terrorist’s tactics to keep us involved. They don’t need to win they just don’t need to lose.

What will also shift is the way people do business. Because of the change of currency, the oldest form of trade, which is barter will have a comeback. Yes, there will continue to be the debit/credit system, this is a micro/macro of the universal law of sowing and reaping.

The New Sexual Revolution

Sex and how it is presently viewed in the Western world, will change. What the west has been suppressing, since the inception of puritan values, has in turn created a 12-14 billion dollar porn industry. This is what happens when you try to suppress the collective shadow. What I see happening as a new trend over the next 16 years is more of a return to old traditional sexual values that were rooted in the East. India, the world’s largest democracy, will influence the western cultures with their liberating views and values on returning sex and sexuality back to what once was considered sacred. The acceptance of the emerging truths over the life and death of Jesus Christ and his relationship with Mary Magdalene will transform and begin to ‘heal’ sexuality in the next two decades.

This will coincide with the transformation of fanatical religious beliefs that are rooted in fear and insecurity. Christianity and Islam will cycle through the crucible of truth, revelation and consequently revolutions.

The return to the sacred sexual temples of both India and Egypt will grow around the globe in spiritually minded individuals who desire that sacred connection through their sexual experiences. The old mindsets of sexuality, homosexuality and what the real purpose of sexual relations is about, will be shattered through the emerging truths and spiritual quickening happening worldwide.

As each individual heals their psychic-sexual wounds from their cultural and religious upbringing, it adds to the grid of those sexually healthy beings around the universe, both in this world and beyond. This is where the return of the Ancients comes in, to help millions heal their ‘sexual psyche’. Let’s face it, Capricorn is a sexy sign, and with Pluto hanging out there for 16 years, you can expect a new sexual revolution on the rise, that blends Capricorn’s traditional values by looping into a much deeper part of our past, a time in our time line before the psychic-sexual wound was felt. A time where those who practiced sacred sexuality led the way to merging with the Divine. A time where the road to Ascension, was once paved with Orgasms.

Another side of this sexual revolution, is stamping out sexual abuse of all kinds. The nefarious deeds that seem to be prevalent in the shadows of many countries, such as selling young girls as sex slaves, and using and abusing young children in pornography, and the gang raping of women, will no doubt rear their ugly heads. It is time to do something about this, as when women are in bondage, no woman is really free. We are all connected. We tend to think of our lives as singular and individual apart from others,

yet many are asleep to the fact that many of us live parallel lives right here on this planet, right now during this time. While you may be living a rather comfortable life in America, your parallel self may be living in a place where women are regularly raped with very little recourse.

Parallel lives are similar to the many ships that connect with a mother ship. The Mother Ship represents the soul, and the little ships represents each lifetime and individual personality, which all report and convene back with the Mother Ship for integration and to receive their new missions. If we look at our lives like this, we can ‘see’ the bigger picture, that we are all one.

The Goddess Emerges

The feminine energy transpires through how we actually get the job done. Capricorn is a feminine earth sign, and just as women know how to use both sides of their brain simultaneously, there will be a lot more networking, organizing and delegating jobs in order to pool our resources together to achieve the collective shift together. The way women are viewed, will shift across the board. Meaning that the areas and groups around the world that have the heaviest repression and fear of the feminine energy, will undergo the most turmoil and discomfort through these necessary shifts and steps towards the evolution of harmony, which is the balance of both polarities. When religions become more inclusive of women, this will in turn affect the culture, the economy and the situation on this planet.

When we talk about shadow healing, it also includes inspiring those women who have literally been living ‘in the shadows’ of others to give themselves permission to reclaim their lost power. Women in general, need to allow this, and not react through jealousy as they have resorted to in the past due to survival issues in the patriarchal world. Capricorn is a competitive sign, yet with Pluto there, it requires us to transform those old outworn patterns and urges, through being supportive of others who achieve this.

I heard pundits talking about the Iowa Caucus, and why women didn’t vote for Hillary Clinton, and for reasons that are rooted in fear, ignorance and jealousy. They told pollsters that they are more comfortable with women in traditional roles. This is exactly what is shifting, like it or not, the winds of change are in motion. It’s not only men, who need to adjust to a new balance of power in the world, but women too need to awaken out of centuries of role playing, by expanding their understanding that not all women are alike, not all women need to be pigeon holed, whether that be old traditional roles of nurturing, or even the way others dictate what women should look like. Another thing that is already shifting, is the male version and air brushed magazine version of the female image. This is not only unrealistic to most women, but has caused huge imbalances in the psychological and physical health of women who are under the illusion that they somehow must match those unrealistic images.

The fact that some women are uncomfortable with women as powerful leaders, as in the case of the Iowa women who were threatened by Hillary Clinton, along with those women who are uncomfortable in their own bodies, is the aspect of the feminine shadow that needs integration and healing over the next two decades. Having a woman as President, doesn’t only empower one woman, it empowers all women. Imagine being a child who grows up with a female president, and what that could inspire and encourage in a young girl? Yet, even now at this crossroads of time, women are still programmed to play a supportive role towards a man instead of rallying around a female who could have the potential to liberate all women now and in the future to be on equal footing with men.