Dear Friend and Reader,
As you probably know, we’re now about five days into Pluto in Capricorn, and it’s a long way to 2024.
In the news, it’s been a heavy few days, packed with the terrorist attacks in India, a man getting trampled to death in Wal Mart on Black Friday (and his fellow customers refusing to stop shopping, ‘cus they had been on line since 4 am) and the ongoing riots in Nigeria — among other things.
I spent the weekend trying to get away from it all by escaping into art, listening to a local jazz station Saturday night and making some of the worst drawings on record in my sketch book. Yesterday, I braved the gloomy New York weather and went to the Guggenheim, getting back to my queer roots with the Cathie Opie exhibit.
It’s amazing to me how a day in the city can bring me back to life, make me feel connected. Whether it was helping out some people with subway directions, or giving a skinny girl with a large suitcase a hand up the stairs, I got the opportunity to do something after feeling so helpless. They’re just small gestures, but it was all it took to remind me of the good in our communities, that amidst all this violence, we’re able to join together and spread a little help and joy around.
How have you handled the Pluto in Capricorn transition? Did you employ any personal strategies to stay sane over the holidays? How was your time with your family? In what ways did you experience the shift in hue associated with the sigh change of Pluto?
Please drop us a note at editorial (at) planetwaves.net and we will blog your responses through the day.
Yours & truly,
Rachel Asher
Well, the first day or so, I was pretty out of it. It was one of those days where you feel like everything is seen through a film, like I was inside a jellyfish looking out at all the people looking in. But this morning and last morning, when I went out for my morning jog and found myself looking UP at the mountains, instead of down at my shuffling feet (I haven’t jogged in 20 years and just started about a month ago, so I still jog really slow), the only thought that occurred to me is “I am the right person for this job”. The “job” I was thinking of is basically my life. So I am feeling more solidified and capable, despite everybody telling me the sky is falling. I have no idea beyond today what more that “job” is, or will be, but I also find that I’ve felt that way a lot the past year or two (Pluto has been in my second house for about 2 years now). I think I may actually be getting used to not knowing what’s up, or being certain of what will be. Another thought that’s come to me when I’m wondering “what the hell?”, is, “go deeper” and I think that’s referring to going deeper in faith in the inherent goodness in life.
oh yeah, my thing goes something like this. Overload. Exhaustion. Burp, fart. Ahhhhhhhh! Elation. Creation. I imagine this will be a recurring thing as I move to my groove.
Rahmana, “I felt an earthquake the other morning . . .
The words echo through my brain from somewhere when someone said
The earth will tremble, the whole world is coming.
There is a book called “Way of The Prophet” by Tom Hartman that reveals how important small gestures of kindness are. More important than we really know in the cosmic grand scheme. Pay it forward . . .
I have felt a huge shift in my sense of groundedness. For some reason, i finally feel more rooted. Esp. w/regards to my values which are generally not material at all.
I felt an earthquake the other morning . . .
I re-connected w/some family and friends as well. After many years of bad feelings between us for various reasons, it almost seems as if nothing ever happened and we still love each other.
I think i’m really going to enjoy the change that Pluto brings about. It’s like she’s going to be that caring Jewish mom for a while that fusses, but makes sure you have your wool socks for the winter and some motzah ball soup to take home.