Timothy Glenn ~ Uranus Square Pluto: Part 7 by Timothy Glenn | Laura Bruno's Blog

Timothy Glenn ~ Uranus Square Pluto: Part 7 | Laura Bruno's Blog

Posted May 19, 2016 by laurabruno in Astrology. Tagged: Uranus Square Pluto.  Comments

This guest post from astrologer and friend Timothy Glenn arrived a couple days ago with the subject line, “Finally!” Since I’m in my own “are we there yet?” mode during PA Round 2, helping my mom get her old house staged, landscaped and otherwise ready to show at its first open house on my birthday, I’m only just getting an early morning chance to post this now. Enjoy the rollicking wisdom. I’ll be offline most of my remaining crunch time, travel time and birthday (Sunday). Wishing you all a good weekend! Here’s Tim:

Uranus Square Pluto Part 7by Timothy Glenn

“It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over”

Some folks might wonder why this article didn’t come out on March 16, 2015. After all, that was the date of the seventh and final exact square of Uranus and Pluto, and the previous articles in this series had all come out in a timely manner. Perhaps this one didn’t come out until May of 2016 for the same reason that almost no articles were written over the last year and a half: I have been busily integrating and living the energies of the Uranus/Pluto square. Perhaps a lot of readers can relate, having found themselves living in Transmutation City, wherein our old “realities” have been getting systematically shredded – or perhaps in some cases, delicately dissolved.


The seven exact squares may be a little more than a year behind us now, but Uranus and Pluto have still been squaring each other this whole time. Celestial bodies do not have to be separated by exactly 90 degrees to be squaring each other. Astrologers vary on how much “orb of influence” they consider close enough to still qualify as a square, but five degrees is quite common.

“It’s Like Déjà Vu All Over Again”

Here is a quote from the New Year’s article, “2015: A Call to Choice”: “The seventh and final exact square between the planets of evolution and revolution will occur on March 16^th, and once again people might think it’s all over. But Uranus and Pluto will barely be more than a degree and a half apart in December, carrying the game on into 2016. In fact, until Uranus gets back up to speed after its 2015 retrograde, the two planets will inch their way even closer to each other in January 2016. Afterward, their world-changing influence will remain in play much farther down the road.”


Indeed, by the end of January of 2016, they were still squaring each other with barely a single degree of wiggle room, or 91 degrees. That still constitutes a tight square. Not until the first week of February, did Uranus regain sufficient speed to begin widening the gap. And not until the first week of March did that gap reach a degree and a half.


So, if you were feeling the last big squeeze in late 2015 and early 2016, you might have noticed the pressure valve being slowly turned off over the past couple months. When Pluto went into retrograde motion on April 18, we could finally say that the last big squeeze was being relieved.


Following a series of seeming false starts, we are now ready for the real planetary shift.

“The Future Ain’t What It Used To Be”

The Uranus/Pluto square has flung open the gates to a New Earth, or to many new Earths. We have entered a time of convergence as well as divergence; parallel realities, alternate realities, timelines, dimensions, planets and stars. So much is intertwining at this juncture, and so much is disentwining. We are about to be flung out into what we have labeled our Future.


It might help to remember what the Soul intended when embarking on this journey. There was (and still is) a destination or destiny, as determined by the Soul. And yet the Soul is always free to choose a new direction.


Upon reaching a massive intersection of highways, we could feel as though we’re living out a famous Yogi Berra quote: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”


Yogi also said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you could wind up someplace else.”

“Wherever You Go, There You Are”

On A Fireside Chat with Zany Mystic last August, Carla Fox provided some sage advice: Determine in your heart that you want to go home, whatever and wherever that might be for you as a Divine Soul. From there, you can choose from a literally infinite array of options.


An incredibly common and equally lame question has been “What’s going to happen?” Whenever that has been asked in a Proterrian channeling session, the answer has been, “We don’t know. What are you going to do?”


Besides, Yogi said “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

“We’re Lost, But We’re Making Good Time”

A significant factor harkens back to the mid 60’s, when Uranus and Pluto were conjunct in our skies. Remember: whatever is birthed at the conjunction is called into action and put to the test at the square. As we gradually put the Uranus/Pluto square behind us, this has a general application, but is especially pertinent for those who were born under the conjunction in the mid 60’s.


During the latter part of our current square, Uranus has been forming a quincunx – or inconjunct – to the Uranus/Pluto conjunction. This has been a rather wonky influence, to say the least. As Uranus now eases itself beyond the inconjunct, Pluto is forming a much slower and user-friendly trine to the conjunction of the 60’s. The window for individual, collective and planetary transformation is reaching a new high.


Yogi said, “You gotta be careful where you’re going, otherwise you might not get there.”
Suggestion: Set the controls for Home.


Timothy Glenn
http://soulpurposereadings.com/

December 2014 Astro-Energy Report: Playing Our Part for the Planet By Sarah Varcas | Astro-Awakenings

December 2014 Astro-Energy Report
Playing Our Part for the Planet

By Sarah Varcas

The final month of 2014 is dominated by the penultimate exact Uranus/Pluto square mid month (14th/15th December). With it we enter the grand finale of this potent alignment which has been with us since 2012 and finally begins to fade come April next year. No one has been left untouched by the quickening power of this time. Many peoples’ lives now bear little resemblance to how they looked before these two planetary heavy-weights began their alchemical dance. Nothing and no one has been protected from the destructively creative grace conjured by the cosmos these past few years. The challenge for so many has been to let go and trust, to embrace the changes brought about no matter how devastating they may have felt at the time. To look into the darkness, of self, of other, of life and to recognise that within it lays the deepest wisdom, the most enduring truths. This past year has been about acknowledging and owning the personal and collective shadow in order to recognise that it is not some dreadful realm to be feared, rejected and denied but simply another part of ourselves to be embraced, accepted and, in doing so, brought into the wholeness of all that we are. This year has demanded the deepest authenticity we could muster and then some! It has been both brutal and beautiful in equal measure, destructive and creative at one and the same time. To quote Joni Eareckson-Tada when referring to the wheelchair that symbolises her quadriplegia from the age of seventeen, this year has been ‘a bruise of a blessing, a terrible grace’. And this coming month which brings it to a close, reminds us that whilst the journey is nowhere near over, some of the more challenging times are now behind us.


Of course, as with so many things, attitude is the final arbiter of where we find ourselves at this point. The more open we have managed to be to the shocks and surprises, upheavals and realignments of the past two and half years the more we can begin to sense the gradual easing of pressure and lightening of energy as the year comes to a close. If, however, we have continued to resist and battle against the cosmic reordering of our lives we may find ourselves exhausted and depleted, wondering where on earth we go from here. It is, however, little wonder that we opt for resistance when the very fabric of our lives is falling apart all around us. It seems the logical thing to do. We must fight for what matters, not surrender to forces which seem intent on our demise. But as logical as it may seem to be, and as negative as it all may look, we still have time to embrace change not fight it, take our part in it not wrestle ceaselessly to make it stop. If we can do so we can still conduct powerful forces of transformation into our lives and directly experience the fact that what felt like death is in fact the nascent beginnings of a new life more vibrant and connected than anything we had before.


This month begins with an opportunity to look after each other and recognise the vulnerability of our shared humanity. We all have our own personal battles to fight, our fears and anxieties, shame and grief. No one is immune to these fundamental challenges of the human realm even though for some it can be all too easy to assume one’s own lot is harder than someone else’s. Throughout the first week of December we are encouraged to set such views aside and do what we can to help others manage their troubles, forgetting about our own for a while. The more people who can commit to doing this the more care and compassion will be available for us all. Whilst it can be relatively easy to tend the emotional wounds of another when they are distressed and seeking support, it can be much harder when those wounds are expressed as anger, aggression or defensiveness. As December gets underway it’s worth remembering that we may encounter just such behaviour. Recognising it as an expression of pain or fear, lack of self-worth or crippling doubt, can help us respond in ways that de-escalate rather than worsen a tricky situation. The human psyche is incredibly complex and we are rarely quite what we appear to be! Bearing this in mind now will help us maintain an open heart and mind in the face of someone who may otherwise cause us to close them and move along fast.


Mars shifts from Capricorn to Aquarius on 4th December GMT, revitalising our jaded minds and encouraging us to think new thoughts rather than rehashing the same old tired ones that have previously scored their paths through our grey matter. The ability to think differently is a huge bonus now, especially with the Full Moon in Gemini on 6th December highlighting old mental habits which need to be released. It’s tempting to consider habits in terms of behaviour, but most behaviours arise from some kind of thought process and it is there we need to implement change before we can truly release behaviours which hold us back. This Full Moon, which forms a T Square to Chiron, the planet of both woundedness and healing, urges us to honestly appraise how we contribute to our own suffering by allowing our mind to run away with us down old and familiar paths which fail to serve us in the long run. It could be anything from dwelling on the past to anxious anticipation of the future to negative self-talk. Whatever our unhelpful mental habits, this is a great time to see them for what they are and resolve to let them fade away without our constantly rekindling their fire. It takes discipline and commitment to do this, but when we can we will be so glad we stuck at it and made the effort. The freedom to choose our mind-state lives the other side of this effort and if we can develop just such new habits as we prepare for 2015, we won’t be disappointed by the outcome!


On 8th December Jupiter begins a four month retrograde journey through Leo which, together with Saturn’s entry into Sagittarius (the sign ruled by Jupiter) on 23rd December, marks the beginning of a formative time, especially for those with planets in Sagittarius. The natural exuberance that comes on the Sagittarian vibration may be tempered here by a need to develop depth of perception alongside breadth of experience and a willingness to delay satisfaction in favour of more enduring rewards once certain qualities have been developed. Jupiter retrograde in Leo brings us face to face with our ego and what we do with it. It poses questions about how we interact with others, our willingness to question ourselves, our motives, our behaviour and whether we use our personality to forward our own interests or promote a better quality of life for everyone, ourselves included. Saturn in the sign of the archer demands that we now live the truth that we have sweated to unearth during the past two years while it traversed Scorpio. Whatever we discovered during this time, about ourselves, other people, how life really works as opposed to how we think it should, our task in the next three years is to live that truth on a daily basis. To allow it to take root in our consciousness and stand by it no matter what, come hell or high water. And yes, if those truths begin to shape-shift into something new, to shape-shift with them, in constant pursuit of guileless authenticity.


The Uranus/Pluto square, exact on 15th December GMT raises the issue of spiritual illusion and the guises in which it may continue to trip us up even now. Evolution takes time, be it physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. We may want it done and dusted but the cosmos has other ideas. Whilst some individual shifts happen in the blink of an eye, rendering the past something to which we can never return, for those shifts to be fully grounded, lived through and out the other side takes time, commitment and a willingness to see all sides of what they reveal. We do not know the true nature of change by its moment of occurrence but by the consequences of it taking root in our lives. Whilst a new road discovered may look beautiful we cannot know this for sure until we have walked its length and seen for ourselves. Nor can we claim to know it better than others. Judging it on the first few yards tells us nothing about what lies around the first corner. If we have been too quick to embrace transformation and proclaim ourselves renewed without having lived the change into its fullness before doing so, this alignment reminds us that the universe is not here for our benefit to deliver whatever we happen to desire when we demand it. Instead we are part of a collective organism, forever moving into wholeness, evolving in each moment. As such we do not arrive at ‘transformed’, we pass through it, over and over again as we are more deeply refined and revealed by life. This alignment keeps us humble and warns us to keep a check on our ego. We’re not in a race to the finish and no one, except all of us, needs to win.


When the Sun shifts into Capricorn on 21st December (GMT), followed closely by the Capricorn New Moon on 22nd, Uranus completes five months retrograde in Aries. It’s time to get down to business and walk our talk! In days gone by the outer planets such as Uranus and Pluto were deemed purely generational and unavailable to us as individuals, but all that is changing now. Uranus can be as personal as we make it right now, which means that we can become the power of innovative change, up-ending all that we have assumed in favour of the liberation of something altogether fresh and new. We can make 2015 a year like no other and this turnabout of Uranus encourages us to do so. If we’ve been saying we need to implement change in our lives now is the time to commit and begin to follow through. Uranus is on our side. The inner process of discovery is over for now. It’s time for the outer world to catch up and it is we who need to make that happen, not waiting for a miracle to deliver us where we want to be, but resolving to be that miracle for ourselves and each other, unleashing change and transformation on the world like never before, the more radical the better! As mentioned previously, Saturn enters Sagittarius on 23rd, heralding the very beginning of a ‘stand by your truth no matter what’ cycle to complete the cosmic message to get off our backsides and start doing what we’ve been saying we would!!


26th December sees the North Node, Uranus, Chiron and Pluto join forces in an alignment which continues until the middle of January. As such they form the bridge from the old year into the new across which we can choose what we carry and what we discard over the side into the abyss of ‘no longer needed on the journey’. But a warning is in order here. We run the risk of making unnecessary hard work out of life at this point. There may be a tendency to ratchet up the stress simply to motivate ourselves to make a stand, declare enough is enough and decide to live differently in 2015. Fair enough, if that’s what’s needed to make us change tack so be it. But we could decide not to make such a personal drama out of things and realise that this planet and all of her inhabitants are in a process of deep and powerful renewal right now. There is much to be let go – old habits and ways of living that are wounding Mother Earth and those who live upon her; tired beliefs which pit us against each other and nature itself; lifestyles which place personal satisfaction above collective well-being. There is plentiful evidence of the need for deep change everywhere: socially, politically, environmentally and spiritually. We don’t need to rely on a personal drama to wake us up. This collective journey should be enough to garner our commitment to be the transformation required and live more peacefully, making fewer demands upon the earth and her inhabitants.


As this month comes to a close and 2014 with it, we have an opportunity to look back upon a year which has seen phenomenal shifts for so many and times of extreme stress and challenge as a result. But it has also shown us who we need to be to thrive in this evolving world, and how to align our desires with those of the collective in order for a win/win situation to prevail. As Uranus & Pluto have reminded us this month, there is no destination, only an on-going process of change. The question is one of the direction and depth of that change and whether it orients us towards awakening or a deeper slumber as the planet continues in the pains of birthing a new age. This past year has offered us plentiful opportunity to align with our authentic rather than false self and to discover who we are beyond the trappings of ego and identification. In the coming year we can apply what this process has taught us to the task of daily living and pull out all the stops to move our collective evolution of consciousness in the direction of wholeness and deep, refreshing renewal.

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Tagged as: Chiron in Pisces, collective shadow, commitment to a spiritual path, embracing the shadow, Full Moon in Gemini, healthy ego development, Jupiter In Leo, Jupiter Retrograde, managing change, managing the mind, Mars, Mars in Aquarius, Moon cycles, New Moon in Capricorn, North Node in Libra, personal truth, planetary healing, Pluto in Capricorn, Sun, Sun in Capricorn, Uranus in Aries, Uranus Pluto Square, working with the shadow

14th April – 22nd September 2014: Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn: Spotting False Selves by Sarah Varcas

14th April – 22nd September 2014: Pluto Retrograde in Capricorn: Spotting False Selvesby Sarah Varcas


During all that intensity last month Pluto quietly stationed in the 14th degree of Capricorn to begin its current retrograde passage. Most people know Pluto to be a planet of immense transformation alongside deep suffering, and in its on-going square to Pluto it reminds us that it is often the change we most resist which liberates us the most once done and dusted! The trouble is, oftentimes we don’t actually want to be liberated, preferring, instead, our familiar and cosy, narrow life which is both predictable and controllable, even if the prediction is misery and the control is over factors which, ultimately, we would be better off without.

When retrograde, a planet turns us inward towards our core self, to identify its components and discover what we’re actually made of. This retrograde passage of Pluto asks us to examine those aspects of self and experience with which we identify most readily but which are in fact merely convenient hooks for a tired-out and battle-worn identity. Put another way, Pluto exhorts us to spot our false selves, created through fearful adaptation and a need to be safe rather than authentic, for in doing so we can more readily know our true self when it emerges into the light.

The challenge of last month’s Cardinal Cross and the eclipses either side of it presented us with a stark choice: change or sink deeper into the morass of emotion, beliefs, thoughts and behaviours which have become our familiar burden.  Many felt intimidated by the choice or the demands that making it placed upon them. It wasn’t an easy time, that’s for sure. But even the tiniest effort to let go an old and outworn perspective, behaviour or belief is now planted in the soil of our future and is taking root as we speak. Change doesn’t have to be huge and life-changing in a single moment. In the modern world where food is fast, the internet connects us all in real time and even the ‘spiritual marketplace’ is full of exhortations to get-rich-quick and fulfil your dreams in an instant, it’s easy to assume that if we can’t transform our life overnight we must be missing something. But this isn’t true, and in the coming months Pluto encourages us to recognise just how deep transformation needs to go for lasting change to occur, and how much time it can take for that to happen.

Habits of mind and emotion are powerful forces in our lives. When the present triggers the past we are all too easily caught up in a whirlwind of energy which sucks us into unconsciousness before we know it. And because we’ve been there so many times before it all feels so real and true: here we are in that same old situation feeling the same emotions which bring us down just when we really need to stay resilient and focused. As much as we may hate it, we also know it so well and in a funny way it’s almost reassuring that, just as we predicted, life has apparently served up another bowl of lemons. So off we trot to bemoan how we’re in the same old situation again and then we receive the same old sympathy again and so it goes on. Whilst all the time another part of us just wants to change and move on.

Or does it? Because if we really want to change and move on surely we’d just stop doing the same old thing over and over? We’d react differently, not get sucked in, not run for support like we have a million times before, or refuse to ask for help when we know we really need it, but instead find a new way to be within the situation… surely?! You would think so, yes, and yet so often we don’t. Human beings are creatures of habit and no more so than when it comes to emotional patterns. Managing our emotional landscape with insight and wisdom is one of the greatest challenges and achievements of the human condition.

Which is why we are lucky to have Pluto as an ally right now, because it strips away all the red-herrings to reveal the real issue behind all these problematic patterns: we identify with them so we have energy invested in them. Hence, to discard them is to discard a part of ourselves and who in their right mind would do that? In effect, we need our problems to tell us who we are. Without them we would be lost. They feed our ego and, despite the pain, they give us an identity which we can use to navigate our way through the world around us.

Have you ever received criticism from someone who matters to you? Hurts, doesn’t it? Because you have energy invested in that person having a particular opinion of you, when that opinion changes it shakes something inside. Compare that with criticism from someone who’s of no importance whatsoever – somehow it lacks the intensity of the previous scenario. It’s easier to shrug off or disregard, because their opinion is largely irrelevant to our sense of self. Our problems are a lot like this. We can be faced with what, to one person, may be a huge challenge but to us is just a minor blip because we don’t have our energy invested in that bit of our experience. Likewise a minor upset can occur which many would shrug off, but which to us is the end of the world because it touched a place in our own psyche where we have energy invested in things being a certain way.

In the coming months Pluto will reveal where we turn minor blips into major disasters by thrashing around, desperately trying to wrest back control. Thankfully it will also reveal a wiser way of handling things, in which we do not invest our energy and identity in our pain but instead make more empowered choices to rise above the petty concerns of the ego and embrace the greater motivation at the very heart of all that is: to be fully alive and fully awake no matter what. As we do so the pain itself can begin to fade and we can begin to live, more free, more authentic and more…well… alive, than ever before. Yes it takes time and it’s a process, but change can happen in every moment, and with Pluto beside us every moment is ripe for transformation if we can let it be so.

Sarah Varcas



   


Tagged as: Cardinal Grand Cross April 2014, Conscious Evolution, Conscious Relationships, Coping with emotions, Deep Truth, managing change, managing the mind, Personal healing, Pluto in Capricorn, Pluto Retrograde, Spiritual development, Uranus Pluto Square