From Molly Hall,
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by Eileen Grimes

After 12+ years in Sagittarius, Pluto will be moving into the sign of Capricorn.on January 25th, at about 8:35 pm PST. I am sure many astrologers, myself included, will be watching this upcoming event with great interest.

A Bit about Pluto.

Although Pluto has been demoted to dwarf status, astrologically its energy still packs a punch that is tough to deal with. Although considered a collective energy, on a personal level the house placement of Pluto in our astrological chart shows in the area where we need to experience the greatest growth -- where we seem to have intense resistance to something that will ultimately further our evolutionary process. Pluto problems are usually rooted deep in the soul, and take time to get to, at a core level. When someone is about about to embark on a Plutonian transit event, they will never be the same again.

Collectively speaking, looking at Pluto in any given sign -- and there are millions born under each particular sign, hence the “generational” application here -- will show us what types of issues the human race will have to deal with. When Pluto went through the sign of Scorpio, the issues pertinent to that sign, such as The AIDS virus, as well as domestic violence, forced us collectively deal with death, dying, sexuality and abuse.

Pluto was at the last degree/minutes of Scorpio when the world witnessed the cataclysmic damage done to Kobe, Japan from that massive earthquake on January 17, 1995 - only twelve hours before Pluto went into Sagittarius. Pluto in Scorpio managed to get one last kick, before showing us the coming attractions for Pluto in Sagittarius. Sagittarius is about natural law, as well as the legal system, and during the last 14 years, we’ve had to come to terms with how we’ve misused our natural resources, as well as judicial power.

Our legal system soon entered the spotlight, with the first day of the O.J. Simpson trial only a few days later, on January 24. 1995 (O.J’s south node, by the way, is at 00 Sagittarius). He was the poster child for the Pluto in Sagittarius experience. During this trial, our legal system got a full Plutonian examination, up close and personal. And we also saw what a lot of money could buy. In the face of a lot of evidence of O.J’s guilt, he was set free.

Capricorn is pretty pragmatic and goal-oriented. Structures that are formed to serve the many, and the power at the top of those structures are great Capricornian images. There are some signs that Pluto’s arrival in Capricorn is upon us already. Because Capricorn is opposite to Cancer and Cancer is the home, the first big entry into the Pluto in Capricorn arena are the emerging problems in the U.S. mortgage market, which in turn is having, and will continue to have a major impact on the global economy.

Sometimes the structures must fail, before they are rebuilt.

Like what happened with Kobe, there may be a major world event just before Pluto’s move into Capricorn. And perhaps to complicate matters, Pluto will reach the opposition to America's Venus in about one year’s time. This will likely cause a secondary impact in the financial sectors. Venus rules our money, and how we as individuals handle it. To me, it's also money that is for pleasure, i.e., money that one can affordably lose. This will be of major significance to the retail industry. Expendable income for extras will likely be curtailed during that transit.

The US chart has its Sun placement at 12 degrees of Cancer, which is the opposite sign to Capricorn. Even though Pluto’s opposition to America's Sun doesn’t come until 2014, there will be a noticeable shift in the wind for this country. I am sure we will have to deal with our use/abuse of power in other countries.

We will require new leadership.to build those new structures that will endure. With our country about to elect a new leader, seeing this election through Pluto in Capricorn eyes will very likely constitute a massive shift in leadership for this country. The potential of electing an African-American, or a woman looms in the distance -- a completely new type of president. As Pluto gets its feet wet in Capricorn, this election will take on added significance in the total framework of American history.

The next 14 years will be of major signficance to the role the U.S. takes in the world -- whether or not it is positive or negative will be up to the new powers that be. Lets hope they take an inclusive stance, rather than exclusive one, with the rest of our world. Steven Forrest said in his Book of Pluto that Pluto in Capricorn will demand that we, as a species, make a commitment to building something that will endure. It starts with Pluto into Capricorn.