by Robert Wilkinson
At 12:48 am PST February 17, Venus conjuncts Pluto at the first degree of Aquarius, beginning a new Venus/Pluto cycle on the exact degree of the Grand Mutation! This begins a new activation of the theme of “coordinated activity in building an ideal.” This is the third and final inner planet conjunction on this degree this month.
In 2024, we had the Sun conjunct Pluto at 30 Capricorn. That’s the last Sun/Pluto conjunction for hundreds of years to come. Since then Pluto slipped back into Aquarius, and we’ve had Mercury, then Mars, and now Venus conjunct Pluto at 1 Aquarius, the same degree as the world-changing Jupiter conjunct Saturn Grand Mutation of December 2020 at that same degree.
That event ushered in a 20 year Aquarian era, as well as a 200 year Air era. When Jupiter conjuncted Saturn in December 2020 the initial Saturn pulse began its process of expansion. That energy is renewed every year by the Sun, Mercury, and Venus, and every two years by Mars. Each of these sets a new iteration of the “building toward a collective ideal” into motion.
As each year brings new transits over 1 Aquarius, they give more shape and momentum to the emerging Aquarian forms and attitudes of the new era. So this year we’ve gotten the light and power of the Sun, the information and connections of Mercury, the initiatives and power of Mars, and now the value and pleasing form of this year’s iteration of the themes of 1 Aquarius.
These Aquarian cycles will transform our lives in countless ways, from our assumptions to how we work together to achieve common ideals. While many things won’t be perfect initially, mainly due to our inexperience in this new energy field coupled with the resistance to the evolutionary pulse from Uranus in Taurus, we’ll get beyond this conflict as the global consciousness moves out of the selfish density of Earth attitudes and embraces emerging synthesized Air understanding.
This makes for more complex experiences, because besides the inner planet energies expressing Aquarius, we also have Pluto’s intensity! This conjunction is Venus dancing with the Lord of the Underworld adds Her qualities to Mercury and Mars’ already moving the energies into the world for the year. As these are the first inner planet conjunctions with Pluto in Aquarius since 1798, they’re setting “seed forms” into motion which will become more powerful over time.
So at this time, Venus expresses the larger Plutonic spiritual field force and we can ride the initiatives of “the “spiritual beauty of Pluto.” This is a time to face the future as we continue to say goodbye to old ways and views due to the realities at the core of what’s going on. We’ve already seen the “spiritual mind of Pluto” at the Mercury/Pluto conjunction, as well as “the spiritual power of Pluto” at the Mars/Pluto conjunction. So we’ve begun a year of emerging ideas, ways to act, and now purified relationships helping us see our Aquarian ideal more clearly.
This period is particularly good for planets we have in the early degrees of the Fire and Air signs, as well as the latter part of Scorpio and the middle part of Aries. Even now, with Venus chasing Mars toward their coming conjunction at 7 Aquarius, they’re making septiles to Neptune and biseptiles to Uranus, setting major “forks in the road of destiny” into motion for those with planets or points near 1-6 Aquarius, 23-28 Pisces, 15-20 Taurus, 6-11 Cancer, 27 Leo-2 Virgo, 19-25 Libra, and 10-15 Sagittarius.
If you want to know about Pluto in Aquarius and the widespread revolutionary change we’ve begun, please take a new look at Pluto in Aquarius – 20 Years of Revolutionary Change Pt 1 and Pluto in Aquarius – 20 Years of Revolutionary Change Pt. 2 These two articles outline what we can expect during this radical collective renewal and the sprouting of seeds of collective progress, preparing us for the revolutionary expansion coming after Jupiter conjuncts Pluto at the Angel Point in 2033 almost exactly 9 years from now!
Ultimately, we’re all opening to new ways of contributing to a better world, each according to where these conjunctions at 1 Aquarius fall in our chart. Wherever you have 1 Aquarius is going to be the focus of your spiritual work through Halloween 2040 with the next Jupiter/Saturn conjunction at 18 Libra. So while this 20 year period opens us to building a great ideal which can serve as a “spiritual touchstone” for others to admire or participate in, 2040-2060 will bring consequences for the human race as a whole, even as the blessings of 15 Aquarius dominate the Jupiter/Pluto cycle of 2033-2045.
See the great vision you’ve already begun to participate in, with significant turning points coming in late April, early May, mid-May, and the second week of June. Enjoy the Aquarian groundswell happening now, since it’s a huge wave lifting us all into the future!
© Copyright 2024 Robert Wilkinson
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