{"id":490,"date":"2019-03-22T18:29:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T19:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/?p=490"},"modified":"2020-01-04T15:38:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T16:38:17","slug":"the-saturn-pluto-conjunction-and-the-shape-of-things-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malvinartley.com\/blog.malvinartley.com\/2019\/03\/22\/the-saturn-pluto-conjunction-and-the-shape-of-things-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"The Saturn\/Pluto conjunction and the shape of things to come"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recent events have brought up consideration of a rare conjunction of two of the \u2018heavy hitters\u2019 in astrology and planetary lore \u2013 Saturn and Pluto. OK, so the conjunction of the two is not rare at all, taking place roughly every thirty years, but their conjunction in Capricorn only takes place centuries apart, hence its rarity. So, with the first conjunction coming at the start of next year, it will mark big and fundamental shifts in the world, as we will see in the paragraphs to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why is the conjunction of these two planets in Capricorn so important, we might well ask? The answer goes to what Capricorn represents: the culmination of worldly efforts and ambitions. Capricorn, operating via Saturn also represents crystallization as a result of culmination. In effect, once one has achieved the desired result in Capricorn, any further effort has the effect of wasted effort, mistakes made and good money thrown after bad, as it were. In other words, Capricorn represents the peak, the limit, after which one can go no further in terms of expansive effort, unless that effort is directed at spiritual discipline. What is called for after such material attainment is a period of consolidation, i.e., shoring up the gains made. <\/span><\/p>\n

Capricorn also is the natural ruler of the 10th<\/sup> house (achievement and the pinnacle of effort), and once Saturn transits over the Midheaven in one\u2019s chart, one should turn one\u2019s attention toward consolidation instead of further efforts forward. The law is immutable, as Saturn would suggest. <\/span><\/p>\n

But Saturn also represents control, while Pluto represents power, and the two together make quite an energetic statement. They show either a very controlled use of power, or an explosive and uncontrolled release of the same if misapplied. In another extreme it can also show as a block of the normal outflow of subconscious forces. The combination in Capricorn normally points to the use of power in a material way, or it can show itself in profound occultists. It can also show itself in mass deaths of a karmic sort, as in wars, mob violence or in mass murder. We recently had two examples of the latter, unfortunately, as Saturn is now within only a few degrees of its full conjunction with Pluto. (article<\/a><\/span> and chart<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Given that Pluto has a cycle of 248 years, it was last in Capricorn from 1762 to the beginning of 1779. Pluto has the effect of shattering the established orders of the time when it appears in Capricorn, IF<\/em> those orders are no longer suitable to human progress. Probably the most famous event to take place during the afore-stated period was the American Revolution, which began in 1775. That started a wave of revolution throughout Europe and the Americas in the decades to follow. The monarchies of the world and the Church were put on notice. It signaled a marked period of political upheaval. It was the period of The Wealth of Nations<\/em>, the Cook voyages in the Pacific, Catherine the Great in Russia, and various and sundry wars. But Saturn did not join Pluto in Capricorn during that period.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last time Saturn and Pluto joined forces in Capricorn was in January of 1518. That is why it was stated that this particular conjunction was rare, because it takes place in Capricorn centuries apart. The time before that was in January of 1284, and before that in January of 783. There is thus a reciprocating cycle of 250 and 501 years for this conjunction in Capricorn. The question we need to ask, then, is what do these periods of time have in common? We have the following years of the Saturn\/Pluto conjunction in Capricorn, with the main events:<\/span><\/p>\n