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[0:01] Hello. Welcome to everything is energy.
[0:03] Welcome to a special episode about Pluto
[0:07] stationing direct in the sign of
[0:08] Aquarius. This takes place on October
[0:11] 15th, 2026, and it begins a new phase of
[0:15] a much longer process of transformation.
[0:19] And I want to explore this turning point
[0:21] through a question that sits
[0:24] sort of at the heart of
[0:26] the everything is energy
[0:27] work that I do, and that's, you know,
[0:29] what changes
[0:31] when we become conscious of our power.
[0:34] We can talk about power
[0:36] in terms of institutions and governments
[0:39] and technology or money or influence,
[0:43] and those are absolutely important
[0:45] expressions of it, but
[0:48] as you probably
[0:50] might anticipate, you know, we also
[0:52] encounter power in very personal ways in
[0:55] in our relationships with ourselves and
[0:58] with each other,
[0:59] in what we believe is possible for
[1:02] ourselves and for our world, and in the
[1:05] stories that we tell
[1:07] about ourselves to ourselves, and the
[1:09] stories we tell about each other,
[1:12] in the choices we make, in the moments
[1:14] that maybe we even assume that we don't
[1:16] have a choice.
[1:18] And
[1:19] you know, sometimes we recognize our
[1:21] power through something we initiate,
[1:22] sometimes we discover it when
[1:25] an old way of living becomes difficult
[1:28] to sustain.
[1:30] And we begin to understand that we can
[1:32] absolutely we have the power to respond
[1:35] differently. And this is the territory I
[1:37] want to explore today.
[1:39] You know, Pluto's direct station is
[1:41] accompanied by a series of significant
[1:44] planetary contacts, which I'll cover in
[1:46] this podcast. Retrograde Venus is
[1:48] squaring Pluto in October. The Taurus
[1:51] full moon forms
[1:52] a really pretty tight T-square with
[1:54] Pluto later on in the month this month.
[1:56] And you know, in November, Uranus in
[1:58] Gemini makes another exact trying to
[2:00] Pluto in Aquarius.
[2:02] And together, these alignments really
[2:04] offer, I think, a lovely framework for
[2:07] exploring personal transformation
[2:10] within a a changing, transforming world.
[2:15] Uh you know, so
[2:17] how do we recognize the patterns that
[2:19] we've participated in? How do we work
[2:20] with the feelings that arise when these
[2:23] patterns become visible?
[2:26] And beyond that, how do we bring what
[2:27] we've learned into the future we are
[2:30] helping to create?
[2:33] So, let's begin
[2:34] at the beginning.
[2:36] On October 15th,
[2:38] or the beginning of the content for this
[2:40] podcast.
[2:42] It it Pluto stations direct and it's it
[2:45] happened at approximately 7:40 in the
[2:47] evening
[2:49] last night before I'm recording this on
[2:50] October 15th at 7:40 Pacific time.
[2:54] And it stationed direct at 3° and 4
[2:57] minutes of Aquarius.
[3:00] Let's remember that Pluto has been
[3:01] retrograde since May 6th,
[3:04] when it stationed at 5° and 30 minutes
[3:06] of Aquarius. And over those months,
[3:08] May until
[3:10] now, October, mid-October,
[3:13] its apparent movement has carried it
[3:15] backward through a little more than 2°
[3:18] of the zodiac. And that word apparent is
[3:20] important here because
[3:22] Pluto does not physically stop moving
[3:24] through space or reverse its orbit
[3:26] around the sun. The retrograde motion
[3:27] describes how its position appears to
[3:30] change to the human eye against the
[3:32] background of the stars when we're when
[3:33] we're viewing from Earth.
[3:38] And Earth travels around the sun, we can
[3:40] imagine, we know, much more quickly than
[3:43] Pluto does.
[3:44] And our viewing geometry
[3:47] changes as it's tra as we're traveling
[3:50] around the sun. And Pluto can appear,
[3:52] and does appear to slow, move backward,
[3:55] slow again, and then resume forward
[3:57] movement. And in the station that marks
[4:01] that happens yesterday, right after I'm
[4:04] recording this. It marks that sort of
[4:07] apparent change of direction, and I
[4:09] think this stationing energy is
[4:10] absolutely an exclamation point. It
[4:13] reminds me of
[4:14] steering a big, heavy ship in that
[4:16] moment when all the momentum that was
[4:18] carrying it forward or in one direction
[4:21] has ceased.
[4:23] That in and of itself is a huge moment
[4:26] of transition, and it's going to begin
[4:28] to create momentum in the other
[4:29] direction.
[4:32] And
[4:33] let's also remember that Pluto is
[4:36] now thought of as a dwarf planet.
[4:39] And it
[4:41] it has an orbit of roughly 248 years.
[4:46] Its orbit is elongated and tilted
[4:47] relative to the plane of Earth's orbit,
[4:49] so it spends unequal time moving through
[4:52] different portions of the zodiac.
[4:55] We're working here with the tropical
[4:56] zodiac, the the the seasonal coordinate
[4:59] system used in this podcast and the
[5:01] astrology that I I practice.
[5:04] And 3° describes Pluto's zodiacal
[5:08] longitude within that system.
[5:10] Because Pluto moves so slowly
[5:12] its station actually unfolds over time.
[5:16] It remains close to this degree for
[5:18] weeks, which is why
[5:20] I felt the need to
[5:22] produce a podcast.
[5:25] Compare that to the faster-moving inner
[5:27] planets. They can make contacts to
[5:30] nearly the same position,
[5:32] and
[5:33] and that station happens more quickly.
[5:36] And I think this is pretty relevant for
[5:38] October.
[5:40] Because astrologically Pluto is, as we
[5:42] know, associated with transformation,
[5:45] with going beneath the surface, with
[5:48] power and regeneration and and you know,
[5:50] the things that that live beneath the
[5:53] surface of our awareness.
[5:56] And that can include our fears, our
[5:59] attachments, if we've got any kind of
[6:01] patterning that we might be running on
[6:04] autopilot. It can also include include
[6:08] capacities that we might not have fully
[6:10] accessed or recognized.
[6:12] And maybe there's more
[6:14] resilience and intelligence and depth
[6:17] and
[6:19] ability within us than we've realized.
[6:23] And during a retrograde, we often work
[6:24] with these themes reflectively. Review,
[6:27] revise. We may become more aware of
[6:30] something as if it's an internal pattern
[6:32] or we might return to an experience that
[6:34] we understand differently now. And as
[6:36] Pluto is stationing and turning direct,
[6:39] we're we're going to
[6:40] feel the energy shift.
[6:43] And we're going to be invited
[6:46] energetically
[6:48] to begin considering how
[6:51] that in that awareness of our internal
[6:53] world
[6:54] informs our participation in the
[6:57] external world.
[7:00] And now, I mentioned the station energy
[7:02] is operational for a couple weeks.
[7:05] And Pluto moves super slow, and this is
[7:07] all metaphorical
[7:09] uh astrologic astrological wisdom. So,
[7:14] there's no requirement that, you know,
[7:16] on a specific day at a specific time we
[7:18] achieve clarity, for example.
[7:21] You know, a station is really just a
[7:22] useful time to pause and notice. To look
[7:26] around and to see what's been
[7:28] developing.
[7:30] And if we want to really consider this
[7:32] station, we might even go back to early
[7:34] May when Pluto stationed retrograde
[7:39] and in the beginning. So, so since May
[7:42] till now,
[7:44] you might consider if there if there's
[7:45] anything that's occupied your attention,
[7:48] or if there's
[7:50] some way that you've become conscious
[7:52] about a dynamic involving potentially
[7:54] themes around authority or control or
[7:57] belonging or trust.
[8:00] And
[8:01] maybe there's even an old response that
[8:05] that once protected you, but now limits
[8:07] your choices.
[8:10] And maybe there's something that you've
[8:12] been considering a role you occupy in
[8:14] the community. Maybe there's a discovery
[8:17] about how much your energy goes into
[8:20] anticipating other people's reactions.
[8:22] These are just examples.
[8:24] But the idea here is that we're
[8:26] reflecting on our internal world here
[8:28] from May to till now.
[8:31] And these are all really meaningful
[8:32] places to begin.
[8:35] And at the heart of my work here is this
[8:37] understanding that, you know, my belief,
[8:40] take it or leave it, is that we're
[8:41] powerful creators. We're powerful beyond
[8:45] measure, beyond our current
[8:47] comprehension.
[8:48] And we're not just
[8:50] powerful creators, we're active
[8:53] participants in creating our reality.
[8:56] And for me, this makes this awareness,
[8:58] this activity of Pluto, this stationing
[9:00] retrograde back in May, this stationing
[9:02] direct right now, it makes this this
[9:05] energy, this this
[9:07] this energy of Pluto really
[9:09] really of the moment.
[9:11] Because when we when we consider if
[9:13] there's a pattern or just something
[9:15] that's outside of our awareness, we may
[9:18] even participate in it repeatedly
[9:21] without recognizing what we're doing.
[9:24] And once we begin to see it, I'm sure
[9:27] we've all had that moment when you can
[9:29] begin to see a pattern. If it's with a
[9:31] person or with an organization or
[9:35] with a collective, once you start to see
[9:38] the pattern,
[9:41] you know, we we get information. We can
[9:43] get curious about it.
[9:46] Curious about the the choices and the
[9:48] expectations and the beliefs that might
[9:50] sustain it.
[9:52] And we can begin experimenting with
[9:55] another response.
[9:58] We also live among a collective, right?
[10:02] Other people with their own agency. And
[10:06] you know, we live within circumstances
[10:08] that have that affect what's available
[10:09] to us. And so, becoming conscious of our
[10:11] power includes both
[10:15] our understanding of our influence as
[10:17] well as Pluto would have it be our
[10:19] understanding of of our
[10:22] our limits. And I don't mean limits as
[10:24] in permanent limits, but in a Saturnian
[10:27] sense even.
[10:28] What's present now? The practical
[10:31] question would be like, where do I have
[10:33] a choice now?
[10:36] And let's remember that Aquarius
[10:38] Aquarius is fixed masculine air ruled by
[10:41] Uranus.
[10:43] And it it really brings this inquiry
[10:47] into our relationship with the
[10:49] collective.
[10:52] We explore communities and networks and
[10:54] technology and shared ideals when we're
[10:56] in the sign of Aquarius. Aquarius, its
[11:00] energy is is a radical energy. It wants
[11:03] its freedom to express
[11:06] its views, however outlandish they might
[11:09] seem to the entrenched collective.
[11:14] And the energy of Aquarius absolutely is
[11:17] also about fighting for a cause.
[11:22] And if we if we really think about, you
[11:25] know,
[11:26] considering the relationship between our
[11:28] individuality
[11:29] and our belonging, that is that is also
[11:32] the ilk of Aquarius. Most of us want to
[11:34] belong somewhere. We want connection. We
[11:36] want recognition. We want
[11:38] the experience of participating in
[11:40] something meaningful.
[11:43] But belonging as we might have already
[11:47] lived can become complicated when it
[11:49] depends on us suppressing our own
[11:52] perception.
[11:56] You know, if you've ever
[11:57] remained quiet in a group because
[12:00] you knew
[12:02] that you were expected to stay that way.
[12:05] Or maybe you agreed outwardly while
[12:07] privately felt that something important
[12:09] was being overlooked.
[12:11] That experience can happen within
[12:13] families, within workplaces, within
[12:15] spiritual communities, within a
[12:16] political movement.
[12:18] Pluto and Aquarius offers us a really
[12:21] symbolic lens at this juncture in time
[12:26] through which we can examine the power
[12:29] operating inside our shared collective
[12:33] ideals.
[12:35] And I hope that you can sense that this
[12:36] is especially
[12:38] this is really good medicine for us
[12:40] right now. And this station direct is
[12:44] really inviting us to we're shifting
[12:46] from that internal
[12:48] internal look from May to October, let's
[12:50] remember. And and around this time, this
[12:52] next couple week period and then
[12:54] on into the future, Pluto's going to
[12:56] spend the next 20 years in this sign.
[13:01] We are absolutely at a birthing time and
[13:03] this is a birthing time of
[13:05] for the collective around these themes.
[13:10] You know,
[13:12] if we think about some examples, there
[13:14] might be a community that speaks about
[13:15] freedom while totally discourages
[13:18] disagreement. There might be an
[13:20] organization that celebrates cooperation
[13:22] while leaving the decisions in the hands
[13:24] of a select few people.
[13:27] There might be a group that says they
[13:29] value inclusion and then they overlook
[13:31] the experiences of some of its members.
[13:33] You know, these contradictions just they
[13:35] become useful information when we're
[13:37] willing to examine them.
[13:39] And we can look at how decisions are
[13:41] made, how disagreement is handled, and
[13:44] whether people can participate without
[13:46] surrendering their individuality.
[13:49] And I want to make a note here because
[13:51] this is also relevant that this these
[13:53] questions also apply to technology
[13:56] because
[13:58] technology is another thing that is of
[14:00] the moment. I will be I'm so grateful
[14:03] that I'm going to have a couple podcast
[14:04] guests coming up and we're going to be
[14:05] talking about
[14:07] structures and technology and astrology
[14:10] and things. But, you know, our our our
[14:12] technology, our tools, influence how we
[14:14] communicate, how we find our
[14:16] information,
[14:17] what receives our attention,
[14:19] and
[14:21] whether it's social platforms or
[14:22] artificial intelligence or digital
[14:24] networks, they they they open
[14:26] extraordinary possibilities for learning
[14:28] and collaboration.
[14:30] They also
[14:32] invite us to really remain
[14:35] aware of our power and of the power
[14:39] structures
[14:40] because they can
[14:42] they they they they simultaneously raise
[14:44] questions about influence and access and
[14:46] ownership and dependence.
[14:50] And I find this really relevant
[14:52] to this this theme of becoming conscious
[14:54] of our power.
[14:56] Our attention has consequences.
[15:00] Our consciousness is what creates our
[15:03] world. Everything that is in our world
[15:05] today is here because we have
[15:08] creatively, co-creatively, collectively
[15:13] consciously brought it into being. We
[15:15] are creating tomorrow today.
[15:18] And
[15:20] you know, there's
[15:22] there's creative participation available
[15:24] as we're becoming aware of our power,
[15:26] which is what I think is is really
[15:28] potent and really special and really
[15:30] magical.
[15:32] Because we can we can thoughtfully
[15:36] harness the power of our consciousness.
[15:40] We can choose what we want to help
[15:41] strengthen. We can choose who we want to
[15:44] collaborate with. Those choices matter.
[15:49] And this brings us to Venus. I want to
[15:51] shift now to a a transit that's
[15:54] happening.
[15:55] Uh
[15:56] in my recent episode on on Venus
[15:59] retrograde in Scorpio and Libra, I spoke
[16:00] about revisiting our relationship
[16:03] stories and and looking again at all
[16:06] sorts of relationships. Romantic ones
[16:09] for sure, but friendships, family, our
[16:11] relationship with ourselves, our
[16:12] relationship with communities, and
[16:16] when we consider that we have uh Venus
[16:19] squaring Pluto
[16:22] on October 20th,
[16:24] this is really close to the stationing
[16:27] energy.
[16:28] And I think this really, you know,
[16:29] Pluto's going to come in and and and add
[16:32] another question to that that theme,
[16:34] those themes that we were exploring
[16:35] around Venus, which is how
[16:38] was power operating within those
[16:40] stories, our relationship stories.
[16:44] And so this is happening on
[16:46] Oh, actually it's October 9th. Well, it
[16:48] depends on it whether or not you're
[16:49] Pacific time or other times. It happens
[16:51] on October 19th late in the evening.
[16:54] Venus is squaring Pluto Pluto. My my my
[16:57] bad, but it for Eastern time it's
[16:58] October 20th.
[17:00] And
[17:02] that contact occurs with both planets
[17:04] near 3° of their respective signs. Venus
[17:06] and Pluto
[17:08] Venus and Scorpio, excuse me, Pluto and
[17:10] Aquarius.
[17:12] And let's remember that a square is a
[17:13] 90° angle. It's a 90° relationship
[17:17] between the planets.
[17:19] And astrologically it's considered a
[17:21] challenging aspect because
[17:25] it can
[17:27] bring friction. It can bring competing
[17:29] needs, for example, or a situation that
[17:31] might ask for some adjustment.
[17:35] When we add this this notion that there
[17:37] might be some some
[17:39] need for adjustment, adjustment between
[17:42] what? Well, Venus is about our values,
[17:44] reciprocity, affection, resources,
[17:47] justice, beauty.
[17:50] Pluto is about transformation.
[17:52] Pluto's also about control and
[17:53] attachment. Pluto's absolutely about
[17:56] things beneath the surface.
[17:59] So, perhaps we learn to feel valuable,
[18:01] for example, by by being indispensable
[18:03] or maybe we became skilled at managing
[18:05] everybody else's feelings.
[18:07] Whatever the patterns are, we're talking
[18:08] about relationship patterns here with
[18:10] this this square.
[18:12] Around October 19th and 20th,
[18:15] they
[18:16] they often began, the patterns that we
[18:18] might be recognizing, that might come to
[18:21] enter our awareness through friction.
[18:23] They probably began for an
[18:24] understandable reason.
[18:26] Maybe something happened when we were
[18:28] younger and it was a self-preservation
[18:29] mechanism, for example.
[18:32] And they may have helped us find
[18:33] connection or navigate circumstances
[18:35] with the resources that we had at the
[18:37] time. And And so, we don't have to judge
[18:40] them, but I think what we're being
[18:42] invited to do is see them clearly.
[18:46] And if we see them clearly, then we're
[18:47] able to consider what we want in this
[18:49] moment in time.
[18:51] And this is where I find the idea of
[18:52] co-creation really empowering because we
[18:55] can explore our own part
[18:58] in exchange
[19:02] in an exchange, excuse me,
[19:04] in in a compassionate way.
[19:07] If we're looking at any kind of
[19:08] relationship, was there was there
[19:09] something that we assumed? Was it Was
[19:11] there something that we did or did not
[19:13] communicate?
[19:15] You know,
[19:17] maybe what were we
[19:19] hoping would happen if we kept,
[19:22] for example, giving or waiting or
[19:24] accommodating or remaining silent? Was
[19:26] there a tacit, unspoken agreement or was
[19:29] there just an expectation or an old
[19:31] pattern?
[19:32] And
[19:35] I also just want to know that
[19:36] recognizing our participation doesn't
[19:38] make us responsible for someone else's
[19:39] harmful behavior. It can It can help us
[19:41] identify where a different agreement,
[19:43] response, or boundary is available to us
[19:45] in this moment in time today.
[19:48] Let's also remember [clears throat]
[19:50] that we're talking about relationships,
[19:51] but financial matters are also of the
[19:53] moment when Venus is in play.
[19:56] And
[19:57] Venus being in Scorpio, that brings the
[19:59] notion of shared resources into the
[20:01] conversation that we're we're having
[20:03] right now.
[20:04] So,
[20:05] for example, money can carry
[20:07] expectations with it. Those expectations
[20:10] might be loyalty. It might be
[20:11] obligation. There might be some sort of
[20:13] authority.
[20:15] But maybe also money brings us freedom.
[20:18] And so, a really practical consideration
[20:21] about our contributions or
[20:24] decision-making is it also potentially
[20:27] a foot around this time in October. And
[20:31] the idea here is that it's not that
[20:34] we're going to judge ourselves or judge
[20:36] judge others, excuse me. This is about
[20:38] having a revelation, having a new
[20:40] understanding, getting clarity,
[20:42] potentially on a pattern that is
[20:44] previously
[20:46] gone unnoticed.
[20:49] And
[20:50] clarity can absolutely support trust.
[20:54] Right? Naming an arrangement gives
[20:56] people a chance to participate more
[20:58] consciously within it.
[21:02] Let's move on now to October 25th, since
[21:05] we're still talking about Pluto and it's
[21:09] sort of stationing direct energy. This
[21:12] I'm I'm mentioning all this right now in
[21:14] this particular podcast about Pluto
[21:16] because
[21:18] it's been my experience that we've been
[21:19] we've been if we think about things in
[21:21] our collective that have gone unnoticed,
[21:23] we've been conditioned away from subtle
[21:25] energy. We've been taught to discount it
[21:27] if we can't see it with our own eyes and
[21:29] it doesn't happen quickly, well, it
[21:30] might not come at all. And I find the
[21:32] outer planets super fascinating because
[21:35] they always seem to win and even though
[21:37] it's subtle energy and it goes below the
[21:39] radar of the bulk of the population, the
[21:42] energy is visible and recognizable. And
[21:46] so I wanted to do this podcast to really
[21:48] help us hone in on as Pluto is
[21:51] stationing direct roundabout this time
[21:53] in this few weeks, that means that
[21:55] Pluto's power is amplified. And it's
[21:58] stationing direct forward after a time
[22:00] of review. And so this means that all
[22:03] the aspects that Pluto's going to be
[22:04] making as it's direct energy is is
[22:09] causing it to have an exclamation point
[22:11] about itself are worth
[22:14] considering. So this brings us to the
[22:16] Taurus full moon. I will have a separate
[22:18] podcast all about that and you will hear
[22:21] me mention this aspect, but I want us to
[22:22] consider it here.
[22:24] Because we have this full moon.
[22:27] It's on October 25th. It's about 9:00 in
[22:31] the evening Pacific Daylight Time if
[22:33] memory serves and it's in
[22:37] the early sign of Taurus.
[22:40] Let's also say that some calendar
[22:43] October 26th because
[22:49] 9:00 which is Eastern Time midnight. So
[22:51] it might be 25th or 26th. But this moon
[22:54] in Taurus is going to oppose the sun as
[22:56] full moons do
[22:58] the same degree of Scorpio.
[23:13] >> And because all of these signs are fixed
[23:16] energy, this is a fixed T-square.
[23:19] And it is a fixed T-square if you've
[23:21] heard me talk about when there's
[23:24] energy in a
[23:25] in a configuration in a chart, sometimes
[23:28] there will be a a focal planet, a a
[23:30] through point for the energy. And here
[23:32] in this T-square, the through point, the
[23:34] focal point is Pluto.
[23:37] And
[23:39] you know, let's let's also remember that
[23:40] fixed signs, we have cardinal, fixed,
[23:43] and mutable signs in astrology. And the
[23:45] fixed signs,
[23:47] as it sounds, they bring commitment and
[23:50] persistence and the capacity to sustain
[23:52] something over time.
[23:55] They can also,
[23:58] you know, describe the difficulty of
[24:00] changing an arrangement we've really
[24:02] invested ourselves in it.
[24:05] Let's remember that Taurus doesn't
[24:06] really like change. The moon is in
[24:08] Taurus. Taurus invites us to consider
[24:10] what sustains life, also.
[24:13] Taurus wants us to do this consideration
[24:15] in tangible ways. Taurus is is
[24:16] interested in things like food and
[24:18] shelter and the body and the earth and
[24:20] our resources and the rhythms that help
[24:23] us feel steady.
[24:25] Scorpio,
[24:26] Scorpio's very comfortable with change.
[24:29] Scorpio's going to bring some emotional
[24:30] complexity here. And, you know, themes
[24:33] again of shared resources
[24:35] and
[24:36] the changes that can occur when our
[24:38] lives become intertwined.
[24:40] And with Pluto in Aquarius forming the
[24:42] focal point between that Sun-Moon
[24:44] opposition,
[24:46] our own personal questions of security
[24:49] potentially also meet the larger systems
[24:53] and the communities
[24:55] in our world that we participate in.
[24:58] So, we might ask
[25:01] whether around about this time the
[25:03] question might become palpable, whether
[25:05] the structures supporting us
[25:08] or surrounding us
[25:11] are truly able to evolve with us.
[25:16] If we think about what Pluto was doing
[25:18] in Capricorn, it was shaking down the
[25:19] top-down structures of power, right?
[25:22] And that is on the one hand we can clap
[25:25] our hands and say yay progress. On the
[25:27] other hand, humans are creatures of
[25:29] habit and that can feel really
[25:31] unsettling, right?
[25:32] Sometimes familiarity feels reassuring
[25:34] even when an arrangement has become
[25:37] super inefficient.
[25:39] We know how to function within it. We
[25:41] know what's expected. Changing it
[25:43] introduces uncertainty.
[25:46] And so this full moon is a really cool
[25:48] one. It's going to offer us an
[25:50] opportunity to really
[25:52] take a look carefully
[25:55] to that particular tension.
[25:58] And it's potentially going to help lift
[26:00] us up and out of any
[26:03] human patterning that
[26:06] would have kept us stuck in an old
[26:08] pattern.
[26:10] And so some of the questions are what
[26:11] really is nourishing for us
[26:14] versus what are we doing just cuz it's
[26:16] familiar.
[26:19] And
[26:20] I would also make room for our physical
[26:22] body in this inquiry. You might notice I
[26:25] love noticing the beginning, the middle,
[26:27] and the end of an interaction, of a
[26:29] conversation, of a commitment, or just
[26:32] the time spent in a particular
[26:33] environment. And if you notice the
[26:35] beginning, the middle, and the end
[26:39] those sensations kind of tell you
[26:42] how the energy is flowing. Do you feel
[26:45] uplifted at the end of it?
[26:48] Or do you feel drained?
[26:51] And I think there's a real interesting
[26:54] difference between
[26:57] safety
[26:59] versus
[27:02] fear of change and our energetic
[27:07] coffers, so to speak.
[27:11] And since we're talking about this being
[27:12] subtle energy, this might be an internal
[27:15] realization.
[27:17] This might be a quiet breakthrough.
[27:20] It might be a recognition that we simply
[27:22] need a different schedule or a clearer
[27:23] agreement or
[27:25] it's time to have a conversation that we
[27:27] may have postponed.
[27:30] And
[27:32] I think the change begins to take form
[27:34] through what we do with the recognition.
[27:37] I don't think it's ever really about at
[27:39] this juncture
[27:41] rushing ahead because time is running
[27:44] out. We're not trying to rush through
[27:46] this. We're really trying to stay rooted
[27:49] and open-hearted and to receive and
[27:51] expand in this process of
[27:54] transformation.
[27:56] And this brings me to the next aspect.
[27:58] This happens on October 26th. We have
[28:00] the sun squaring Pluto.
[28:04] And this is going to give us an
[28:05] opportunity to see ourselves more
[28:07] clearly.
[28:09] The full moon and the solar square
[28:11] belong to the same kind of unfolding
[28:12] pattern that I was
[28:14] I mentioned it a little bit. I'll talk
[28:16] about it in the podcast for the full
[28:17] moon, but
[28:19] I think that
[28:23] there's the sun's going to bring our
[28:24] identity, our purpose, our vitality, or
[28:26] our conscious sense of our self into
[28:29] an inquiry. And we might become aware of
[28:31] how strongly we have been identified
[28:34] with, for example, a particular role.
[28:38] So, if we think about a squaring
[28:41] energy,
[28:43] it's it's it's a it's a friction. It's a
[28:45] friction for an awareness, for a real
[28:48] realization, right? And And we're
[28:50] talking about
[28:52] our own existence, our own ego, our own
[28:55] identity, our role. Are we the
[28:57] dependable one, or are we the person and
[28:59] that never asks for help? Are we the one
[29:01] who keeps everybody together?
[29:03] Are we the person who's always right,
[29:04] who's always capable, who's always
[29:06] willing to adapt?
[29:09] And all of those things, those roles
[29:11] have real strength. So do all roles in
[29:13] theory, right? But they can also
[29:16] become too narrow to hold the whole
[29:18] person.
[29:20] What happens when the dependable person
[29:22] needs support?
[29:24] What happens when the peacemaker has a
[29:25] disagreement?
[29:28] What happens when the person who's the
[29:29] expert encounters something they don't
[29:31] know?
[29:33] And I think there's a sense of
[29:34] vulnerability that's kind of
[29:38] blossoming
[29:39] in the collective. And I don't mean it
[29:42] that we need to be scared of it. I think
[29:43] there's a real healing opportunity here.
[29:46] Because
[29:48] we we're we're being invited to
[29:51] invite and allow a more complete version
[29:55] of ourselves
[29:58] into this moment to become visible.
[30:01] And that can feel new, and it can feel
[30:03] scary.
[30:05] And that's okay. It can also bring
[30:07] immense freedom.
[30:10] And it can also bring
[30:12] we all have a role to play. We all have
[30:15] a medicine that we bring to our families
[30:18] and our communities and the collective.
[30:20] And the Sun square Pluto really offers a
[30:23] useful symbolic
[30:25] moment in time
[30:27] around about that time. It does it may
[30:29] doesn't need to absolutely happen on
[30:31] October 26th, but toward the end of
[30:33] October, you know, to consider where our
[30:35] identity has become organized around a
[30:38] particular role.
[30:40] And maybe that role is somehow involving
[30:43] maintaining some control because Pluto's
[30:46] involved, which is why I'm saying that.
[30:49] And maybe the
[30:52] medicine is
[30:54] inviting a more flexible understanding
[30:56] of ourselves.
[30:59] Maybe we can remain committed without
[31:01] knowing every outcome. Maybe we can be
[31:03] valued while expressing limit.
[31:06] Maybe we can contribute meaningfully
[31:08] while also
[31:10] continuing to to learn.
[31:15] And you know, the next major alignment I
[31:17] want to discuss,
[31:19] it takes us into November. It takes us a
[31:21] little bit beyond the the the stationing
[31:23] energy, but it's we're talking about
[31:25] Pluto here and Pluto I wanted to bring
[31:28] this in because it's
[31:30] it's a really lovely one. And this is on
[31:32] November 29th. And this is a
[31:35] a really blessed it's a trine. Uranus is
[31:37] going to
[31:39] be in Gemini and it's going to form an
[31:40] exact trine to Pluto in Aquarius.
[31:44] And a trine
[31:46] is an angle of 120°. In astrology, it's
[31:49] it's it describes the relationship in
[31:50] which
[31:51] the planets have this really wonderful
[31:53] flow of energy. There's this ease
[31:55] between them. I say when I talk about
[31:56] the outer planets in that
[31:58] series of trines and sextiles, they're
[32:01] they're they're all the elders are at
[32:03] the the dinner table and they're just
[32:04] having this wonderful free-flowing
[32:06] conversation. So, that's been happening
[32:09] throughout this year and it just so
[32:11] happens at the end of November that one
[32:13] of those aspects is to the degree, to
[32:17] the minute exact.
[32:20] So, we're going to start to feel this
[32:22] already
[32:23] because these planets move so slow.
[32:25] They're getting closer and closer and
[32:26] closer and closer.
[32:28] And
[32:30] you know, let's also take the big
[32:32] picture. This November context is the
[32:34] second trine in the longer series. The
[32:36] first one
[32:37] started
[32:39] this this summer, excuse me, in July
[32:41] 2026.
[32:43] And this
[32:45] contact is going to continue between
[32:48] Uranus and Pluto through 2028.
[32:52] So, this energy is around us. We're
[32:54] breathing it in, but there are these
[32:56] times where the aspects become exact
[32:59] where, again, just like Pluto stationing
[33:01] retrograde, there's probably more like
[33:03] an exclamation point on the energy.
[33:05] There's an intensity because
[33:07] of the exactitude.
[33:11] And
[33:13] if we think about this being operational
[33:16] throughout 2026, even into 2028, this is
[33:21] this is a really wonderful
[33:24] background energy to have during this
[33:26] time of transformation.
[33:30] So, symbolically, Uranus reminds us that
[33:32] we are the high technology we seek.
[33:34] Uranus is the lightning bolt of change.
[33:36] It brings awakening and disruption,
[33:39] experimentation, and and really the
[33:41] possibility of seeing beyond an
[33:43] established approach.
[33:47] Pluto's going to give that depth,
[33:49] that that transformation,
[33:51] and that that concentration of power.
[33:55] Uranus being in Gemini is going to add
[33:57] the energy of communication and exchange
[33:59] of ideas and learning. Pluto being in
[34:02] Aquarius is going to add this notion of
[34:04] networks and collective organization,
[34:07] and the relationship between our
[34:08] individual freedom and shared collective
[34:11] systems.
[34:13] Together, they're going to give us a
[34:14] really wonderful framework for exploring
[34:16] how a new idea can become a way of
[34:19] living.
[34:22] And when this trine is exact, or maybe,
[34:25] you know, I I'm mentioning it now
[34:26] because I do feel like it's operational
[34:28] even in October because these planets
[34:30] move so slowly. So, we might start to
[34:32] see some type of possibility that may
[34:35] have been difficult to understand or
[34:37] imagine. Or maybe there was something
[34:39] that wasn't so popular as a possibility,
[34:42] but more and more people are going to
[34:43] start to see that it is possible.
[34:47] We might even start to find
[34:48] collaborators in our world, or we might
[34:50] discover a useful tool, or just
[34:52] encounter information that changes
[34:55] the nature of the questions that we were
[34:57] even asking.
[35:00] And when we take this theme to the
[35:01] collective level, we can explore
[35:05] the restructuring of networks and
[35:07] technological development.
[35:10] And at a personal level, I I think we're
[35:12] being again reminded that we are the
[35:15] change, to get back to the theme of this
[35:17] podcast. We are the high technology. Our
[35:20] consciousness creates reality.
[35:23] And now a trying can absolutely
[35:25] facilitate movement.
[35:28] The direction depends on how the
[35:31] capacities that are available to us are
[35:34] implemented.
[35:37] So, if we think about a network, it can
[35:39] support really thoughtful exchange,
[35:41] and it can give us this
[35:44] sense of community and collaboration,
[35:47] or it can also rapidly reinforce some
[35:49] kind of false or unexamined assumption,
[35:52] right? And this is where I think
[35:55] consciousness, our consciousness,
[35:57] conscious engagement engagement, excuse
[35:59] me, is is the medicine.
[36:02] And this notion of how we're feeling
[36:05] energetically, are we feeling excited
[36:07] and fulfilled by this? What are we
[36:08] building? Whose life does it support?
[36:12] Also, what assumptions are carried into
[36:14] the design of what we're building?
[36:18] And maybe even on a personal level, if
[36:19] we're not thinking about big meta
[36:22] projects, you know, what small
[36:24] experiment could help
[36:26] me practice the change I want to make.
[36:29] There's There's tons of ways that we all
[36:31] want to shift and grow and expand in our
[36:33] own lives. Is there some kind of
[36:35] small shift or step?
[36:39] And if we think about
[36:41] an experiment, I I I like this word
[36:44] because it takes the loadedness of
[36:47] commitment to change. It's just a
[36:49] a willingness to shift and look at
[36:51] something differently. A willingness to
[36:54] act differently and as an experiment
[36:57] to notice, to see what happens, to take
[37:00] in the information, to notice.
[37:05] And
[37:06] so let's also notice. I I mentioned that
[37:08] Pluto's going to be in Aquarius for 20
[37:10] years, but the longer arc of this
[37:12] integration,
[37:14] Pluto's going to remain direct through
[37:15] 2027.
[37:17] And then it's going to reach another
[37:19] milestone.
[37:21] And it's going to
[37:23] retrograde once again. I'm probably
[37:25] going to stop talking about that now
[37:26] because I find that we talk too much
[37:28] about way far out in the future, it's a
[37:31] little bit nebulous for us. So,
[37:35] I think I just want to kind of
[37:38] start to bring to
[37:40] a close
[37:42] this notion of becoming conscious of our
[37:44] power.
[37:47] And I invite you to return to your own
[37:48] experience.
[37:50] Let's think back to May.
[37:52] Is there anything that has become more
[37:54] clear for you
[37:56] within this time frame?
[37:59] Or is there a place where maybe you
[38:00] recognized a pattern that you're ready
[38:03] to approach differently?
[38:08] Or maybe even
[38:09] within since May till now you are
[38:11] starting to
[38:14] understand that you have power and
[38:16] influence that maybe you haven't fully
[38:18] acknowledged.
[38:22] And if you're thinking about themes,
[38:24] I also like to instruct folks when we do
[38:27] astrology readings or I teach astrology
[38:30] to look at your own birth chart and to
[38:32] look at the house in which Aquarius sits
[38:36] or occupies within your birth chart.
[38:39] That house is going to be an area of
[38:42] life and that's going to kind of offer a
[38:44] personal context for Pluto's work here.
[38:48] It doesn't mean it's only about themes
[38:49] in that house, but it's really uncanny
[38:51] when we look and help us kind of see
[38:53] what themes might be
[38:55] floating to the surface.
[38:57] So, you just in general, you don't have
[38:59] to have planets, just wherever Aquarius
[39:01] is, what house is Aquarius sitting in?
[39:04] If there are planets or angles,
[39:07] we can also consider that.
[39:10] But I think really just give yourself
[39:11] time with whatever you notice in terms
[39:14] of what has become clearer since May.
[39:18] And I think since Pluto's involved, it's
[39:20] really important for us to give
[39:22] ourselves
[39:24] a little bit of grace here
[39:26] because we're speaking about
[39:28] we're living through times of
[39:29] transformation
[39:31] and I'm speaking about
[39:33] you know,
[39:35] things coming into our awareness,
[39:36] stories that we've been telling that
[39:39] maybe the awareness can feel a little
[39:41] bit uncomfortable cuz it it's the story
[39:43] we've been telling ourselves for a long
[39:45] time.
[39:46] And the things that Pluto can bring up
[39:48] can be grief or frustration
[39:51] or even just the the recognition that we
[39:53] want something different in our lives
[39:55] and in our world.
[39:57] And
[39:59] you know, I think grace is a good word
[40:00] because grace also
[40:02] gives us space for shifting and inviting
[40:08] energies beyond ourselves in. We can we
[40:10] can look back at how much we've learned.
[40:12] We can
[40:14] meet our lives with more experience,
[40:15] with more wisdom than we've had before,
[40:18] we can bring
[40:20] our wisdom into our choices with greater
[40:22] care.
[40:23] And, you know, for me becoming conscious
[40:26] of our power really means recognizing
[40:29] that our participation matters. Our
[40:32] consciousness matters.
[40:35] We're not just one little drop in the
[40:36] bucket.
[40:38] I'm going to lose the quote, but I know
[40:40] that in somewhere in Buddhism the Buddha
[40:42] says that a thousand people a thousand
[40:44] conscious people gather are more
[40:45] powerful than thousands and millions who
[40:49] aren't.
[40:50] Our consciousness matters.
[40:54] And
[40:55] Pluto's direct station really offers us
[40:58] a moment in time to consider how we want
[41:01] to use that power, that influence.
[41:06] Is there something that you want to
[41:08] strengthen in your life?
[41:10] What kind of relationships do you want
[41:12] to participate in?
[41:15] What kind of future do you want your
[41:17] everyday choices to support? These are
[41:19] really living questions. I don't mean to
[41:20] should on anybody by any stretch. I
[41:22] think that these are empowering
[41:26] co-creative questions that I consider
[41:28] myself. And I don't think that we need
[41:30] to strive for perfection here.
[41:33] We're seeking to hone in,
[41:36] to claim more of our power, to realize
[41:38] that our choices and our consciousness
[41:41] and our conversations
[41:42] matter.
[41:45] And
[41:47] you know,
[41:49] since these questions are absolutely
[41:51] alive, we live them for through practice
[41:53] and reflection and and and also just the
[41:55] willingness to keep on learning.
[41:59] With that, I'm going to stop. I'm going
[42:01] to close. And I will say that if you
[42:04] want any support exploring these themes
[42:05] in your chart,
[42:07] you can find info about my astrology
[42:09] readings on my website. I'll put a link.
[42:11] And and if you want a companion for
[42:13] following the lunar cycles and major
[42:15] movements in the year ahead in 2027, I
[42:18] have my Lunar Herbal Alchemy calendar
[42:20] and journal available.
[42:22] And there's space for intentions and
[42:24] reflections and the small changes that
[42:26] are
[42:27] that are unfolding in your life. You can
[42:28] find it as well as the apothecary year,
[42:31] which is a it's companion book on my
[42:33] website. I'll put a link to that as
[42:35] well.
[42:36] Have a blessed week. Have a blessed
[42:39] Pluto station direct. I'm grateful for
[42:41] you. I'm grateful for this community.
[42:44] Bright blessings and tons of love.
