Major Aspects for May
  • May 2 - Mercury enters Gemini
  • May 2 - Saturn turns direct - 2° Virgo
  • May 5 - Sun conjunct Moon - New Moon 15° Taurus
  • May 9 - Jupiter turns retrograde - 22° Capricorn
  • May 9 - Mars enters Leo
  • May 19 - Sun opposition Moon - Full Moon - 29° Taurus/29° Scorpio
  • May 26 - Mercury retrograde - 21° Gemini
  • May 26 - Neptune retrograde 24° Aquarius

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Pluto in Sagittarius transitioning to Pluto in Capricorn

Pluto in Sagittarius
November 11, 1995 to January 25, 2008

  • Pluto moves into Capricorn at 7:44 pm PST/10:44 pm EST - January 25, 2008
  • Pluto retrograde moves back into Sagittarius 8:46 pm PST - June 13, 2008
  • Pluto re-enters Capricorn at 6:05 pm PST - November 26, 2008

Pluto in Capricorn
January 25, 2008 to March 23, 2023


Updated January 30, 2008;

In 2008, Jupiter will be in Capricorn all year long. However, Pluto will move into Capricorn on January 25, 2008. Pluto will reach 1° 09' and then turns retrograde on April 2, 2008 to head back into Sagittarius for a final uncovering of important power issues beginning on June 14, 2008. Pluto continues to be retrograde until September 8, 2008, when Pluto turns direct at 28° 29' Sagittarius, to make a b-line toward Capricorn and actually enters Capricorn on November 26, 2008 where it will stay until 2023.

Pluto rules power and mis-use of power. Pluto is also the energy, the motives, the integrity of the purpose of using Pluto's power. Pluto is also the issues of the motives that are hidden within the person wielding power. Words can easily be used as a front, but it is Pluto's energy and motives that point to the real purpose, the real goals for utilizing energy. These deep motives, even if they are unseen, will at certain times explode similar to the volcanic explosion that reveals the elements deep within.

Pluto often brings us situations that contain issues of power, in which we fear power greater than ourselves and thus we have to rise to the occasion to make the inner power greater than the outer powers. An example of this is the fear of outer authority and we must respond to situations in which outer authority comes into our life and our inner confidence or inner strength has to be stronger than the outer situations. This response to situations becomes the trial by fire methods in which Pluto works.

This outer authority, outer power can be a positive source of competition or a person in a position of power who is misusing their position to wield their power in inappropriate ways to cause harm to others. The purpose for this outer power and the motives for this outer power becomes the Pluto issue. The motives, ethics, integrity and values that come with the use or mis-use of power are hidden from view, however they are known by the person and ultimately become visible as the intention is continued over time, setting a precedence that speaks of it's own accord.

Our response to power greater than ourselves, whether real or perceived, becomes our intention as well. We can respond to situations with equal harmful ways or choose to grow inner qualities and outer expressions greater than those expressed by those in power positions. An athlete can respond to the marathon of hills by bringing more strength and more endurance to meet the challenges, or veer from the race with intention to not continue or to cheat in some way or another. Similarly a person in positions of power can wield this power to fulfil responsibilities in the highest order, or become mesmerized by their own self-proclaimed position and take aim at others they feel jealous or hateful toward, and skew the game board of life to their own advantage.

Pluto has been in Sagittarius since November 1995. Sagittarius represents honesty, integrity, philosophy, beliefs, religion, higher education, teaching and knowledge, laws both inner and outer, goals, plans and aspirations. Thus the issues that we had been dealing with since 1995 have entailed the religious power or mis-use of religious beliefs of the fanatic Islamics, Christians, Catholics, Hindus and others that have met with real or perceived power by fueling their own hatred, jealousies with a response of greater power that is harmful to others. The wars in which we have today, as Pluto is in the last several degrees of Sagittarius represent the problematic issues of Sagittarius in which the use and mis-use of power is taking precedence over our headlines.

In our own lives, we experience the issues of Pluto in Sagittarius by way of using our own honesty, integrity, philosophy, beliefs as a response to the different powers in our life. The issues we meet with are not as important as what our response to these power issues. With an inundation of powers used against us for no reason or as an unfairness that has come into our life, we can be assured that this is the hill that we have to climb to become stronger and more powerful than the outer elements. Each person has had their own custom made issues since Pluto came into Sagittarius, November 1995, and now that it is on it's last few degrees, these issues must somehow come to a resolution.

Our response to these custom-made Pluto in Sagittarius events shows our honesty, integrity, philosophy, beliefs and intentions. There are responses to situations that cover the spectrum. Important is the individuals that during this time have picked up positions of power and have wielded these positions against others and have not build any inner qualities except to enlarge their hate, anger and enjoyment of others pain and anguish. Whatever we have created during this Pluto in Sagittarius will become the road that we will find as Pluto moves into Capricorn January 25, 2008. For many who have misused their power, their road will end, similar to their inner plank that others were pushed off of in order to rid their world of others they did not favor. For many who were at the end of the callous and cruel swords of power who have fought valiantly against such mis-use of power by growing inner qualities greater than the fear of the sharp sword, the ground will swell with heightening values to find a different advantage.

In 2008, Jupiter will be in Capricorn all year long. However, Pluto will move into Capricorn on January 25, 2008. Pluto will reach 1° 09' and then turns retrograde on April 2, 2008 to head back into Sagittarius for another uncovering of important power issues on June 14, 2008. Again on September 8, 2008, Pluto turns direct at 28° 29' Sagittarius to make a b-line toward Capricorn and actually enters Capricorn on November 26, 2008 where it will stay until 2023.

Typically about two weeks before Pluto turns direct (September 8, 2008) a massive amount of scandals become visible as Pluto begins to rumble and spew forth the hidden motives, ethics and values used while Pluto has been in Sagittarius. This rumbling starts as Pluto transitions from Sagittarius into Capricorn and then the closer we get to September 8, 2008, this rumbling will again begin. This time, because we are completing the last several degrees of Sagittarius with endings and closures are required, the rumbling will become strong and very powerful to begin the spewing process to get everything out into the open. Several weeks before September 8th, we will begin to recognize the magnitude of the magma that will have reached it's capacity to remain hidden and begin to bubble to the surface.

Once Pluto turns direct, September 8, 2008, we will watch many events expose the hidden elements as they come to the surface of the integrity, honesty, beliefs, intentions and the use or mis-use of philosophy, religion and power. This showing of the deep ethics will continue until November 26, 2008, when Pluto moves into Capricorn and causes explosive transitions in outer situations, which bring all hidden elements out into the open. This revealing process creates huge issues of scandals, mis-use of power, corruption of any Sagittarius dealings within industries, such as churches or religious groups, higher education and colleges, judicial courts and committees, laws and legal groups, and the like. Once this explosion takes place the magma of ethics, integrity, motives and intentions will come spewing out to create our new pathway according to the qualities we have used within this Pluto in Sagittarius time frame.

Jupiter turns retrograde in Capricorn on May 9, 2008, which takes all the events that have occurred while Jupiter has been in Capricorn (since December 17, 2007) and begins to resolve, heal and fix the issues that have been expanding since that time. While Jupiter has taken us into unfamiliar territory, we have had to expand our concepts and discoveries of our new career and business pathways. As Jupiter expands and takes us through this unfamiliar territory, we will be glad to finally reach May 9, 2008 and the expansion process has reached the end of this phase. From May 9, 2d008 through September 8, 2008, we can begin to fix and resolve the many problems and issues that have been brought to the table to complete. The months from May through September become very important and will also contain the shift of Pluto back into Sagittarius to assist the resolution process. This resolution process is kicked off by Jupiter turning retrograde May 9th, but also by Mercury retrograding back into the information-oriented sign of Gemini, to uncover additional information needed in this process. The SEVEN month of June (in numerology) contains most of the Mercury retrograde and will also provide a great deal of insight as SEVEN brings all that is hidden, to the surface. This changes the complexion and the texture of the process of Pluto moving through and completing the Sagittarius process. Many situations will change and shift in June to prepare for the major transitions coming in the remainder of the year.

Jupiter turns direct in Capricorn on the same day as Pluto turns direct, September 8, 2008, and continues to pave the way by expanding our magma of ethics and motive into our new path created during 2008. Capricorn rules business, career, government and all of the positions of power in the outside world. Those individuals who have been in positions of power while Pluto has been in Sagittarius will have the opportunity to move up in position, however if the mis-use of power occurred, then the fall from power will begin at this time. From the time that Jupiter turns direct in Capricorn, September 8, 2008, to pave our new path with this ethics magma and when Pluto turns direct (September 8, 2008) and finally moves into Capricorn, November 26, 2008, we will see roads end because of the lack of ethics, but we will also see huge scandals occur as our motives and actions become the very road we are standing on and thus the visibility of our response to situations is seen.

This shifting process all during 2008 will cause a great deal of chaos and crisis in the Sagittarius sectors of churches or religious groups, higher education and colleges, judicial courts and committees, laws and legal groups, and the like. The Capricorn sector will also come under a great deal of scrutiny because of Pluto's scandalous activities of mis-using power in the Capricorn arenas of big business, government, government agencies, international government, finances, global economy, international business and government agencies. This exposure that begins in December 2007 and continues all through 2008 will set the precedence with the crisis that will ensue because of the mis-use of power that will become prolific in it's exposure.

Jupiter will be in Capricorn all year long. However, Pluto will shift and makes transitions back and forth, which begins as Pluto moves into Caprricorn on January 25, 2008. Pluto will reach 1° 09' and then turns retrograde on April 2, 2008 to head back into Sagittarius for another uncovering of important power issues on June 14, 2008. Again on September 8, 2008, Pluto turns direct at 28° 29' Sagittarius to make a b-line toward Capricorn and actually enters Capricorn on November 26, 2008 where it will stay until 2023.

This long, extended stay of Pluto in Capricorn (2008 - 2023) will completely revise the power issues and issues of authority. The last time Pluto was in Capricorn was from 1762 to 1779, which included the founding of our country to gain the freedom against the oppression from the King of England. Now our power issues will once again reveal similar issues that were addressed with "taxation without representation", the War of Regulation from 1764 to 1771 against corrupt colonial officials, The Stamp and Sugar Act which tried violators in Admiralty court where the defendants were considered guilty until they could prove their innocence. The Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights and Articles of the Constitution built from the Magma Carter written to set the parameters and rules of freedom and independence. We will find ourselves in the same boat of addressing the oppressive and corrupt power issues that have been used against people and to revolutionize the checks and balances required for the rightful use of power.

The Capricorn States (when the specific State entered into the U.S. Union) will become the focus and subject of the most changes, transitions, potential scandals and ultimate revisions. They are;

Iowa - December 28, 1846
Texas - December 29, 1845
Georgia - January 2, 1788
Alaska - January 3, 1959
Utah - January 4, 1896
New Mexico - January 6, 1912
Connecticut - January 9, 1788

To understand the effect of the Jupiter and Pluto moving into Capricorn and transitioning through 2008 according to your Sun Sign, click onto the link below. Also review the location in your natal chart of late Sagittarius early Capricorn. As Jupiter opens up new avenues and new options, our efforts during Pluto's time in Sagittarius assist us to understand the issues that will become your primary focus while Jupiter expands the Capricorn focus that Pluto will activate and animate during 2008. It is time to look for those doors that are emerging and the avenues that are becoming visible. Jupiter lights our way to move into through 2008 as the ONE year sets a new pace, carry a new attitude and prompts us to create our new life. All things are possible!!

Pluto in Capricorn - according to your Sun Sign

Pluto in Capricorn - according to the placement in your natal chart

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Written by Karyl Jackson
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The month of May is universally a SIX month (in numerology), bringing us into a time of resolution. Many changes occured in April that must now be integrated into May's events. There are a great amount of issues that will increase in emerging. Mercury Retrograde in Gemini occurs May 26th, whaich opens the door for additional information to come streaming into the picture. Many pieces of information will be the missing elements that need to be found to complete the Pluto in Sagittarius phase. This will be a key point to aim for resolution during May's events.