Pluto signifies both the soul and personal power in an astrology chart. Its goal is to trigger both personal and collective evolution in often intense and dramatic fashion: death, birth, rebirth, transformation, sex, and merging with others to cause change.

Pluto is the Lord of the Underworld - the unconscious, the hidden realms, the unseen depths of the soul. It rules over our drives, obsessions, desires, and gnawing needs. It pushes us to evolve through sometimes seemingly destructive means, and the more we resist the changes, the more painful these evolutionary crises can be. Clarity and growth is the reward. We level up in life through Pluto.

We have some very unique and disruptive - and massively transformative - transits coming up!

Pluto, the planet of profound transformation, is about to go out of bounds – a complete game changer – on August 31, 2025 in Aquarius, which is ruled by Uranus.
Uranus, the planet of awakening, unexpected change, innovation, and revolution, is stationing in preparation to go retrograde in Gemini, in exact trine aspect to Pluto, also on August 31, 2025.
What the heck does this mean? You may ask. I’m glad you asked. Keep reading.

The Fall Eclipse Season officially kicks off with the New Moon in Virgo on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 2:07am EST. This New Moon is not an eclipse, but because the nodal axis is currently in Virgo (South Node) and Pisces (North Node), this New Moon still rings the bell to bring in the energy of what is to unfold for us in the coming weeks.

On September 7, 2025, we have a Lunar (Full Moon) Eclipse in Pisces, and on September 21, 2025, we have a Solar (New Moon #2) Eclipse in Virgo.

Uranus is changing signs on Monday, July 7, 2025, an event that occurs only once about every 7 years. In fact, this planet is often blamed for the infamous “7-year itch,” when people get the urge to completely change their lives or disrupt their relationships because they suddenly just feel completely different than they felt before. Uranus is leaving earthy, practical Taurus and entering Gemini, the sign of intellectual curiosity, communication, adaptability, and versatility.

When a planet goes “out of bounds” it means that planet’s declination – its angular distance north or south of the celestial equator – travels temporarily beyond the bounds of our solar system’s anchor, the Sun. When planets do this, they take on the qualities of being untethered from the bounds of their traditional role (Moon = emotions, Mercury = communication, Venus = love and beauty, etc.) and tend to behave in an exaggerated, wild, off-the-chain manner. When the Moon is out of bounds (OOB) in a natal chart, that native will have heightened emotional qualities and needs based on the sign and house their Moon resides in. When the Moon, our closest neighboring planet or body in space and thus the most influential on our personal experiences, transits out of bounds, we can all feel extreme emotional states - and those who have this position natally will feel it most of all.
Additionally, on a collective level, we are now in the midst of a highly active period of out of bounds Moon transits. The Moon is out of bounds as I write this and will continue on a roller coaster of extremes throughout the next year. If you are wondering why the news feels extraordinarily traumatic recently, this may be why!

Ceres is a dwarf planet (officially designated as 1 Ceres in the asteroid classification system) and is the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as well as the only dwarf planet within our inner solar system. It was initially classified as an asteroid but was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 due to its ellipsoidal (geometrically round) shape. 

In astrology, Ceres represents nurturing, our love language, and our parenting style. It is our basic handling instructions. This planet is incredibly important in understanding the emotional needs of an individual and is especially important when considering their synastry with another.

Neptune rules Pisces (along with Jupiter). It has a 165-year orbit around the sun, spending 12-14 years in each sign. The last time Neptune was in Aries was from 1861 until 1875.

It was an incredibly eventful time period. Multiple wars occurred, including the American Civil War, social structures changed dramatically worldwide, and leaps in technology and art abounded. Including, for purposes of this writing, the legendary book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. (The story was first told by Lewis Carroll [Charles Dodgson] to Alice Liddell on July 4, 1862; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published with illustrations by John Tenniel in 1865.) He had an unaspected Neptune in Capricorn in his birth chart (born January 27, 1832), signifying an exceptionally vivid imagination, offering the potential to bring visionary ideas to life, yet it can also amplify the shadow side of this planet if not grounded and tethered to reality.

There are lots of planetary shifts happening in the next several weeks that will be affecting us that we should be aware of. The basic information is in the calendar below, and I will explain each transit in bullet form after that. All times are in EST.

Happy New Moon in Sagittarius!

Sagittarius, the sign of wisdom, enlightenment, and experience-seeking, is also known just as much for its tendency to go overboard, to be loquacious, grandstanding, self-righteous, irresponsible, impulsive, and reckless. Such is the nature of the higher and lower expression of signs and planets in astrology. This New Moon (exact December 1, 2024, at 1:20am EST) is conjunct fixed star Antares, the Watcher of the West…

On September 17, 2024, at 10:33 pm EDT, we will experience a partial lunar eclipse that takes place at 25°40’ Pisces opposite the Sun at 25°40’ Virgo. 

Eclipses only occur when the Moon is near the Nodes of the Moon, the North Node (indicating the direction of soul growth) or the South Node (indicating what needs to be left behind or integrated for the evolution of the soul). The closer the lunation is to the nodes, the more complete the eclipse is. This one is 10°57’ away from the nodes, so it is only a partial eclipse.

As with any chart we study, be it a natal, synastry, mundane, etc., we have to take into account the full picture of the placements and aspects involved to get the whole story.

As I often write about difficult transits or natal chart aspects, I realize that having assistance in working through difficult feelings and traumas these situations unearth would be beneficial. The following are some tips for transmuting painful energy into loving, productive energy that helps us grow and become more authentic, healed, and whole, offered in loving kindness.

From June 2 – 6, 2024 (exact on June 4), we will experience what is known as Venus’ Superior Conjunction to the Sun, an important part of the Venus Synodic Cycle and completion of one of the points of the 5-pointed star that Venus’ path makes in our skies from our viewpoint on Earth. If you are a Venus-dominant person – if you are a Taurus or Libra Sun, Moon, Rising, Venus, or Signature Sign person, or if your natal Venus is conjunct your Sun or Ascendant – these Venus transits will be very important to your activities and development.

On Monday, March 25, 2024, at exactly 3:00 am Eastern Daylight Time, we will experience the first eclipse of 2024 – a penumbral lunar eclipse – which will occur at 5° 07’ Libra, opposing the Sun at 5° 07’ Aries. Eclipses are full moons (lunar eclipses) or new moons (solar eclipses) that are conjunct the Nodes of the Moon, also known as the Nodes of Destiny or Fate. Eclipses mark endings and beginnings, with the lunar eclipses being more focused on endings and the solar eclipses focused more on beginnings – just like full and new moons are – but they are extra. Whatever is not aligned with our destiny, future, or higher self will be sometimes ripped out from under us, ready or not, and our better direction shoved in our faces.

Squares to the Nodes in the natal chart often indicates something we need to heal within ourselves, and perhaps even within our ancestral lineage, and sometimes these lessons and experiences can be harsh, even traumatic.

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