Pluto, the Galactic Center
and Enlightenment
(published December 1, 2005)
"This era exceeds, for physical, symbolic and enlightenment purposes,
the significance of the expiration of the Mayan Calendar."
- Philip Sedgwick
In 2006 and 2007, Pluto will align with the Galactic Center three times,
ushering in an unprecedented period of cosmic awareness and healing.
This passage will also be marked by chaos and turmoil.
Pluto’s conjunction with the Galactic Center occurs only once every 248 years. While some astrologers report Pluto as conjunct the exact center of our galaxy earlier in the year, the alignments are actually in late December 2006 and again in July and October of 2007.
Because of Pluto’s proximity to the degree of the Galactic Center (26'55" Sagittarius) throughout 2006, we will feel the effects all year.
How each of us experiences this transit will depend on our consciousness.
Pluto is the spiritual plunger of the solar system, forcing us to face issues submerged in the unconscious that hold us back from our highest expression of divinity. The Galactic Center is a black hole around which our Sun and other planetary systems revolve.
The nature of black holes, and Pluto, is annihilation.
Pluto’s passage over the Galactic Center will accelerate the natural process the Hopi refer to as the Great Purification. As a transpersonal planet, Pluto influences the collective consciousness as well as the individual. Watch for political upheaval, revolution and chaos, as well as Earth changes that restore balance to human systems and the natural world.
In December 2005, we’re put on notice. This is the time for Lightworkers to heal spiritual, mental, emotional and physical imbalances in preparation for the changes to come in 2006 and beyond.
A crescendo of emotional release and fulfillment culminates in the Gemini Full Moon on December 15. Between now and then, our priority is to acknowledge and release patterns from our past that will not be carried into the new cycle.
Key issues for Lightworkers during this phase include:
- Self-esteem not cultivated in childhood must be nurtured now in order to achieve greater expressions of creativity and leadership.
- Ego imbalances will be corrected. As you recognize and heal issues of low self-esteem and create a unique, individuated identity, check in often to be sure you’re operating from essence, not ego.
- Patterns of codependency must be released. Healing codependent patterns requires periods of solitude to develop right relationship with self and Source, which eventually leads to healthy relationships with others.
- Addictions of all kinds - to substances, relationships, activities, even feelings - are obstacles to soul growth and need to be released.
- Recognize and rewrite thoughts and beliefs that hinder your experience of yourself as Infinite Divine Light.
- Heal the illusion of separation that stems from “original separation” when your soul individuated and descended from Source to experience growth through human experience.
On the path of healing these karmic issues, we encounter many forms of resistance. Emotional outbursts, rage, hysteria, anxiety, depression, illness, accidents, body aches, digestive problems, allergies, acute pain and injuries, chemical and other dependencies are some of the experiences we create as we begin to break away from past patterns.
As we grow in awareness, we begin to welcome these challenges as confirmation that we’re making progress!
Meanwhile, strategies that will help you through the changes include…
- Daily meditation. Twice a day, at least 15 minutes each time, will help you ground, center, reconnect with Source, and integrate the changes on all levels.
- Develop a support network with others on the path of mastery. Release non-supportive relationships that attempt to hold you in past patterns.
- Set clear intentions and express them in ceremony, prayer, poem, dance, song and/or art.
- Explore transformational healing tools including energy and bodywork, essential oils, flower essences and sacred sound.
Many astrologers have been writing and speaking about Pluto’s alignment with the Galactic Center in 2006-2007. Some presentations are fear-based, some hopeful. While the effects of these conjunctions will be dramatic and far-reaching, they’ll serve to strengthen and unify us as the shift to higher consciousness intensifies.
We’ll explore various aspects of this important passage throughout the coming year in the Alignments Newsletter.
As the World Shifts
(published
December 1, 2005)
If you thought the past few years were exhilarating,
exhausting and exuberant, wait till you see what’s ahead.
The countdown to the Golden Age is on. As vast cycles of cosmic time come to a close, new and wondrous cycles are beginning. We live in the transition period, the Shift of the Ages.
The Mayan calendar teaches that the evolution of consciousness is accelerating. There’s a 25-year window from the Harmonic Convergence in August 1987 through the end of the Mayan Calendar in 2012. During this period, special planetary alignments guide us in an accelerated learning lab.
The Grand Fixed Cross Solar Eclipse on August 11, 1999, catalyzed a mass spiritual awakening. This signpost in the heavens was a turning point, a wake-up call for Lightworkers to move more fully into their path of service.
In 2001 and 2002, Saturn and Pluto faced off with three exact oppositions that reshaped our world. Most memorably, the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., occurred between the dates of the first two oppositions in 2001.
By 2003, planetary servers had expanded their base of experience, and on November 8/9, 2003, solidified their commitment as six planets created an elegant Star of David/Merkabah pattern in the sky. This alignment, known as the Harmonic Concordance, opened a portal of divine consciousness and called us to a deeper level of union and service.
Last year, Venus danced with Pluto and crossed the face of the Sun in the historic Transit of Venus, transforming our ideals of love and abundance.
At the end of 2005, we stand at the threshold of a major new passage, the conjunction of Pluto, God of the Underworld, with the very center of our galaxy. The Galactic Center is a place of mystery and awe. From the black hole at its center, entire worlds are obliterated, or formed.
Pluto’s conjunction with the Galactic Center in 2006-2007 is at least as important as the ending of the Mayan Calendar just seven years from now. Pluto roots out spiritual sludge and brings to light issues held deep within the subconscious. The effects of this transit will be felt individually, collectively and throughout the cosmos.
The Pluto alignment offers a gift of profound healing, potential enlightenment, new levels of service. On this Sagittarius New Moon, may we aim like the archer for the stars as we prepare for the next round of transformation.
Pluto and the Galactic Center, 2006-2007
(published January 14, 2006)
I am rebirth
Let me dance you to death
Let me dance you to life
Will you walk through your fears to dance with me?
- The Goddess Kali
Over the next 18 months, the transformation of consciousness on planet
Earth will take a quantum leap. As we stand at the threshold of this
cosmic opportunity, we have a simple choice – to be guided and
empowered by love, or to allow fear to squelch our divine, creative
potential.
Pluto’s alignment with the Galactic Center in 2006-2007 will have profound effects on our individual and collective consciousness, on institutions, governments, corporations, the structure of our communities and nations, and on our beautiful planet.
This period of accelerated growth won’t be comfortable. It will be challenging, exhilarating and rewarding.
Earth changes will accelerate in a natural process of purification. Many souls will awaken during this time. Many souls will depart the Earth plane.
Whatever our path, each of us will embark on a journey of discovery through the depths of the subconscious, re-emerging to begin anew at a higher level of consciousness. We will be called to serve in news ways, at a higher level.
Pluto brings us many messages and meanings. We’ll
explore these in the Alignments Newsletter throughout this year as the
Transformer moves into alignment with the Galactic Center.
Skimming the Edge (published January 14, 2006)
To experience the Void, the no-beingness at
the heart of all Creation, is an act of extreme courage. Nothing less
is asked of you at this time.
We’ve just experienced a major planetary passage with two eclipses in March, the Spring Equinox and Pluto’s station near an exact conjunction with the center of our galaxy.
What has been held in the subconscious is now illuminated, known, ripe for release, healing. We’ll have that opportunity as Pluto travels back through the late degrees of Sagittarius before stationing direct in early September.
Pluto, out there on the edge of our solar system, connects us with our cosmic heritage. During his conjunction with the Galactic Center in 2006-2007, our cellular memory is activated as intense radiation and Divine Source energy and information are transmitted through this transpersonal portal.
Earth changes
Cleansing by wind and water continues as the Earth adjusts to changes in the electromagnetic grid. Those affected by the devastating cyclones in Australia and killer tornadoes in the U.S. are in our prayers. Further effects of these changes will be felt throughout the coming year.
Miracles surface alongside disaster. This is the nature of the transition we’re experiencing as the Earth is reborn.
Imagine the elation of the family and friends of Randal McCloy Jr., the sole survivor of the Sago Mine explosion in January in West Virginia, whose miraculous recovery from carbon monoxide poisoning and early return home last week surprised the world.
We have only skimmed the edge of what’s possible during this remarkable transition period as the Earth becomes a sacred star.
And yet...the coal mining community, not just in West Virginia, has endured a series of excruciating losses this year that shine light on the dangers of our dependence on fossil fuels. We are asked to change our ways.
Moving forward
Saturn returns to forward motion today as he continues his transit of Leo, encouraging us to release our fears, step into the unknown, and live from our hearts as fully realized beings.
With Pluto’s transit near the Galactic Center, we have the opportunity to venture closer and closer to the nothingness at the heart of all creation as we descend into the Void and quicken the seed of God-consciousness within us.
The process is beautiful in its simplicity. Release the illusion of control. Meditate. Surrender. Let go. Embrace change. Release the need to know.
Remember in the third Matrix movie when Neo stopped bullets with his mind? Neo means new. In the movie, he was the new human, the “One” who came to open new possibilities in human consciousness. So are you.
Namaste.
