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We’re less than a week out from the last of three eclipses — a lunar eclipse in Sagittarius — but before we get there, there’s even bigger news: today, May 20, is an exact contact of the Uranus-Pluto square. Uranus-Pluto is the defining signature of this current era, ‘the 2012 aspect’, though we will not know its full effect and meaning until years later.
But it’s easy to see in action: sudden upheaval, sparks of revolution, and the potential for evolution. We would be wise to question how exactly this aspect is working, however. In other words, whose revolution are we in the midst of? Are progressive or regressive forces getting more traction?
Today’s Uranus-Pluto contact is exact at 7:02 pm EDT. The chart to the left is set for Washington, D.C. This will be the third out of seven exact contacts, which stretch from June 2012 through March 2015 (with a few years on either side when the effects are noticeable). Also on Today, Venus becomes the first of the personal planets in Gemini to square Chiron. This is the beginning of the expression of ‘what is really true’, in response to questions Neptune has been raising.
Chiron will get your attention, especially if there have been lapses of integrity in your love relationships (Venus), letting you know in no uncertain terms how you can heal. Hint: it will take an active choice to come into alignment with the truth.
Meanwhile, Mercury, Venus and the Sun have been making a series of squares to Neptune, adding a chaotic, deceptive energy to the mix. If we’re going to have a revolution, it’s going to start with telling the truth. But that’s not what the sport or business of politics is based on. So we either need a total transformation in the political realm or to take the discussion outside of politics, or both.