Pluto and Neptune

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 PART 2:   PLUTONIAN STRUGGLES: Powerlessness and Projection  
                     

One of the negative manifestations of Pluto is the urge to dominate, which may also be experienced as the urge to manipulate, destroy or devour/. Pluto is about power.  On the scale of divine qualities, Uranus represents divine intellect, Neptune is divine heart, Pluto is divine will, the will to recreate what has been destroyed. Pluto works as a transformative power to heal, to mend what has been mercilessly injured, damaged. 

Part I of this article comes before Part II by natural sequence but when scrolled down here  Part 2 comes before Part 1.  Bear with this inverse order for my intent is to approach the reader in the Back and Forth, by reversing it, try to understand dear Readers that we are living on several levels of thought, simultaneously as spoken by the Pleiadians who are spirit beings that belong to our Guidance Realm. Some of us are already at the Back after going Forth assuming we are ahead of most of people, philosophically, while many of us are only in the Forth.  We hope to understand the logic of the stars.  See that marvelous example of ancient architecture above, called the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon"? It's one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World   We are surprised to witness a team of engineers, schooled in ancient schools of advanced learning, in the middle east, Iraq Babylon, the roots of our civilization, centuries, BC or before Birth of Christ.   Does it not strike you as Awesome? 

 The Present which is getting ultra modern is steeped in building towers or skyscrapers as shown in New York and other great cities of the world and now in our own backyard, Bonifacio global city.  We also see a scary drive to cut down trees to give way to more development of concrete jungles that suffocate us in the polluted air of upscale living. Look at modern day China, people have to wear masks to protect themselves. Facing the dangers of underground crimes  thriving underneath towering buildings will force us to simplify our life and return to the wisdom of the ancient Past.  Afflicted as we are by great imbalances, the poor are getting poorer while the rich are getting richer, we still cling to the status quo comfort zone.  By sticking to the old fashioned attitudes that we are the superior race.if we are white, or brown not black, extreme weather temperatures continue to drown us in great floodings on one side, while we are gasping for a drop of water in the unbearable heat of drought on  the other, as well as fleeing from fiery Plutonian attacks caused by hateful attitudes of contrasting beliefs, all dreadful happenings push us to change the climate inside us for the sake of the climate outside.  .  . 

 Afflicted Plutonian and Neptunian energies already are killing us with the darkness of evil if we don't go into the Light  The darkness is a path, a channel of energy, the void from the atoms within us which can be unlocked, released, to reaffirm rather than deny our beauty, our I Am light. Fight the darkness with light, they say. Yes, light. But light that can meet darkness, as dawn meets the night, contains the darkness and dissolves it in the Morning of the joy of a new day !
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 This Plutonian urge may seem to take us over when we feel powerless.in regard to what is happening inside us; or outside us.  Our ego is too small and too rigid to invite the influx of energy we are experiencing. And so we feel overwhelmed, at the mercy of the internal demons of our passions and desires.  Because we don’t feel in possession of ourselves, we may try to possess others or objects outside of ourselves. In the rush to own possessions, we lust after owning properties for example, or we go to buy and sell real estate condos at a rate that overwhelms us for the profit, we are no longer content with a mere salary to go by if we are in positions of power, we want the most we can grab (Sun conjunct Pluto) . This entails corruption in government, as so many millions are pocketed, shelved, devoured, sadly unaccounted for by the COA.  The Pope calls it the gangrene of the soul. All over the world, particularly in the middle east, oil fields are seen as the strategic advantage by doing violent assaults on towns, cities to carve a place of voided properties, changing demographic lines of countries by rampaging rebel terrorist groups.      
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   Pluto, like Neptune, is linked to the Moon in terms of its relationship to our subconscious processes.  In the Philippine independence chart of June 12, Pluto and Neptune form a delectable metaphysical sandwich with the diversely individualistic Gemini Sun in the 7^th house of partners, indicating that we Filipinos are rarely alone, for we love company with regards to who they are in social stature, better to rub elbows with those in power, as money is power, rather than the have nots. Yet the more rooted we are in the instincts, feelings of our Aries Moon, the more likely we are to ineffectively handle intense Plutonian energies, lacking the education or ability to discriminate right from wrong owing to an ill-aspected Pluto and Neptune to the Midheaven of Phil. national chart/ The Midheaven is the peak of the chart conveying honors, achievements attained, and it’s open to public recognition. One’s sins cannot be hidden by wearing masks as in a costume or halloween party. 

  STRONG AND  INDEPENDENT

   But because our Moon is in Aries, we Filipinos are likely to have counter-dependent tendencies, often denying our needs for closeness and intimacy and attempting to be emotionally self-sufficient, which is somewhat a hard position for the Moon. Most likely, an Arian parent   was quick to respond to our wants and desires, and allowed us to pursue our own interests.  Such a parent encouraged our independent nature, possibly because he or she was independent and/or self-absorbed and did not wish to be burdened with responsibility for our welfare. Or we were simply in a family of many mouths to feed so there must be one of us who should venture forth overseas to earn more for the sake of the others. 

The Aries Moon has imparted attitudes of Mars its ruler, to “be strong” and “be tough.”  Having Moon in Aries also suggests that we need to become rooted in our physical and instinctive natures, experienced profoundly “I exist” and therefore “I am” in a manner which gives us reality and substance. With Uranus conjoined Saturn in Sagittarius Retrograde, 12^th house, in flowing trines to Moon in Aries in 4^th house of Phil. chart rootedness and groundedness are essential if we are to make constructive use of Plutonian energy rather than be overcome by it. 

FILIPINOS 
ARE LIKE THE TREE OF LIFE  TO THE WORLD
  

Like a tree which stretches its branches high and wide and develops a root system extending as far and as deep as its branches, we must make contact with our Plutonian nature that embraces a universal scope, which explains why we Filipinos are driven to expand in work and residence overseas despite hard challenges to overcome in economically advanced countries of the world. 

Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are called higher octaves of the planets in that they are universal in scope, not limited to national boundaries. Yet while we may be international in nature, we are still bound by national needs and instincts. “There are great obstacles to growth both in the material and spiritual levels which show the way to the recognition of dynamic inner forces that drive the Filipino people to be the way they are.   As the keenly perceptive writer Senator Blas Ople suggests Filipinos must now set out as the Columbuses of Asia. Indeed they have already been doing so. There’s a world out there that can no longer be ignored, but more than that, it is a world that poses challenges to the talent of the Filipinos, which now needs focus.  This viewpoint is shared by other well-known Filipino leaders like President Fidel V. Ramos (quotes are taken from the book The Filipino and the World, by Georgina and Romeo Solina, 1995) 
  

Fatednesss at the root of Pluto and Neptune energies emerges, as both Pluto and Neptune are empowering us to move to be warriors in a world of great challenges to our humanity by transits in our natal and national charts.  If we are not yet clearly illumined in our range of vision and awareness, we are “fated” in our ignorance, unaware of “tourist traps” in the unexpected form of trafficking, getting into drugs or illicit activities, corrupt practices in government, involvement in  grave abuse of human rights, sex slavery, as we travel along the highways. of life, pay close attention to the young ones.   . Pluto is linked to the Moon in terms of its relationship to our subconscious processes, our instincts, feelings and needs of our Aries Moon.  If we do not choose to rest from physical, mental and emotional involvement on a daily basis, the demands of Pluto to transform our environment can drive us to succeed in grounded reality, to rise to the next level of our becoming. 
   

 Neptune on the other side of our Sun (individuality) may steal our attention by leading us to become absentminded when we need to pay attention to problems confronting us, instead we tend to vibrate higher, to soar to meditate in mystical isolation, or become compulsively addicted to a group in drugs, tobacco or alcohol, or lustfulness, as a form of evasion or escape from burdensome responsibilities. By force of circumstances, however, we find ourselves, channeling intense Plutonian energies combined with compassionate, idealistic Neptune through service to the widows, children, handicapped, gravely ill, or sickly elderly, in the outside world, like the now famous “doctors without borders” for doctors along side with those who volunteer to aid the victims of war in Syria, bring basic food and medical supplies, who risk life and limb to serve hapless refugees underUN support.  Filipinos working overseas as construction workers, domestics, caregivers, and healers are inclined to become unearthly, supernatural to a degree in healing  service to others, owing to their Neptunian compassion, and Plutonian courage, as higher consciousness energies seem to be better defined when encountering grave difficulties in countries far from our birthplace (Uranus conjunct Saturn retrograde in Sagittarius, sign of foreign lands, in 12^th house).    
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 Later generations of souls that are born under transiting Pluto in positive flowing trines to Mercury or Jupiter occurring in 2015 or earlier may exhibit enhanced qualities of advancing creativity and soul growth, such that peace, born of kindness for brutally battered humanity the peace we have so long prayed for, will at last manifest.

International records and reports have shown over the years that Filipinos in their work overseas,  tend to excel in their work overseas as in a symbolic manner of speaking, they tend to negotiate with the cosmic Law of abundance not out of fear but negotiate with it out of strength and principle, the principle of love and devotion of family back home, so their children could go to good schools, go home to a beautiful house built on sweat, blood and tears. Fearless to a degree, they risk life and limb to seek their fortune overseas, trusting in God, bahala na ang Diyos, and smiling through their struggles. God, through their adventurous Aries Moon provides ample reward for them through remittances earned for their needy families back home, and our country’s economy over the years of world economic turbulence has been seen to remain afloat, incredible as it may seem. 

  It’s the Gemini barkada feeling of nebulous Neptunian loyalty that seems to nurture us like the metaphorical milk and honey but when this psychological sense of sentimental Neptune is  modified to being simply a fondness for Gemini happy get-togethers of family and friends with feasting on tables groaning of overladen food the Gemini-Sagittarius tandem of camaraderie here and abroad becomes the defining Filipino’s ultimate passion.  Pluto, whether natally or by transit, usually leads us to experience an intense release of energy, which most often occurs on the emotional and physical or sexual level, but which may also occur intellectually or spiritually.  

The level of the release depends upon the planet Pluto is aspecting and the houses which it influences. Often the Plutonian experience of Pluto energy release from the core of the subconscious feels like an eruption of poisons from some unknown source within ourselves much like the eruption of a geyser or of a boil or pimple which is a natural cleansing reaction of our bodies to frustrated passion, twisted fury, all-consuming jealousy or greed which may threaten to overwhelm us. For a person who holds a high position in government entailing handling of huge funds, there could be real temptation to enrich oneself many times over, the tentacles of political greed for power can be so open and uninhibited that a Plutonian powerlessness begins to emerge among our people. 

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 The fire of Pluto is psychological, primal fire, a burning water or the blending of fire and water as a kind of internal steam, which if not released may lead us to explode in a powerful way.  However, as Filipinos (understanding more than most other humans probably) we become more in touch with the core of our being which is Neptunian, called the essence of divinity enhanced by no less than purity of intent, childlike enthusiasm, and deep compassion when we are advancing in soul evolution and as we Filipinos are more willing to allow Pluto’s energy to flow through us, we may realize that we are being cleansed and freed of all that is harmful or useless in our lives. We become more capable of contacting what is really essential within ourselves. 

 Many of us Pinoys may have to battle against the Neptunian fog which is the other side of our nature, as we fight to gain increase clarity and discover firmer Plutonian foundations.  We may splash in the cosmic waters of our emotional Neptunian confusion and enjoy it, writing essays with a message or dabbling in poetry of some sort or creating tantalizing art works, at other times melting our minds in diverse philosophies leading us to some distant, undefinable shores of sometimes perverted ideologies or travel to some costly destinations and then panic because we fear we will go down in the whirlpool we are creating. 

Those of us who have always been goal-oriented may become disoriented by Neptune’s tendency to obscure, particularly if we have Pisces in the 4^th house of the soul, which happens to be so with the country’s chart formation of double-bodied signs: ascendant in Sagittarius, the nadir or house of the soul in Pisces, midheaven in Virgo, talented in multi-tasking jobs, gaining world-renown as servant of servants, and such talents come from Sun aligned with higher octave planets, Neptune and Pluto in Gemini, a mutable sign.
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 Mutability or lack of Fixity in the flow of these universal energies help in bringing sudden Uranian bolts of intuitive flashes during times of uncertainty and peril, and aid in clearing the confusion of foggy, deceptive ill-aspected Neptunian thinking and compulsive, corrupt Plutonian political practices, thereby averting disasters.  Inadvertently justice is attained through our miraculous liberation from experiencing  the consequences of risk-taking recklessness.