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It’s your second chance for Jupiter/Pluto magic!

By Dana Gerhardt


Jupiter/Pluto conjunctions, occurring every 12 years, are super transformative, often coinciding with major turning points: -technological breakthroughs, wild political shifts, viral pandemics, and their cures.  This aspect perfects on April 4, June 29, and November 12 this year—yet it’s active throughout 2020.

Shortly after I first wrote about this potent & explosive conjunction, someone emailed: “Do the three conjunctions mean the coronavirus will come in three waves?”

Good question!  Scholars & scribes—astrologers who base their predictions on time-honored techniques—would say, “Yes!  You can expect another wave in November.”

Magicians—astrologers who engage with the planets as vital & creative energies—would say, “It all depends on your magic.”

Clearly the United States used bad magic.  Within two weeks of the second J/P conjunction (June 29), the number of COVID-19 cases jumped 82%.  Forty-five out of 50 states have seen an alarming increase in numbers.  Yet around the world it’s apparent that other countries, many in fact, had much better magic. They’re not seeing the same out-of-control growth from Jupiter & Pluto that we’re seeing here.

Which is why astrology predictions often fail—they don’t account for free will.  No one lives passively under the planets’ control.  What you do–or don’t do–matters.

 

Making the Jupiter/Pluto conjunction work for you

I encourage you to use your free will to take advantage of this phenomenal aspect.  It will come again in 12 years—but not in such close connection with Saturn, as is happening now.  This year—personally and collectively—such big changes are possible!  You can feel this.  It’s an incredible time.

How to begin?  I recommend trying my 7-day Jupiter/Pluto ritual (in my “Superpowers” post here).  Within a month of my doing it,  my web traffic, readings and report sales–after holding steady for years–nearly doubled!  These were clear, measurable results.  Yet they were not exactly my intention.  The boost was a celestial gift, a nod that I was working in the right direction.

As I recommend in the post, instead of wishing for outer “things,” you’ll catch more energy if you first, follow a passion (Pluto), then surrender this desire to a loftier aim (Jupiter).

I have a passion for the authentically magical practice of astrology—the one with its roots in ancient Mesopotamian divination.  My wish was to effectively start sharing this view with a wider world.  Often in magic it’s cautioned: “Be careful what you ask for.”  I suddenly became obsessed with writing posts.  After writing few new ones for years, now I couldn’t stop.  And these were long posts–involving hours of research.  After a few weeks, I felt like the girl in The Red Shoes, Hans Christian Andersen’s cautionary fairy tale about desire.  This was magical possession for sure!

I love to do rituals. For an astrologer-magician, it’s a form of play. Ritual helps to develop and test the relationships I have with the gods.  Each is an experiment.  I learn something new every time. After I post a ritual, I sometimes receive a comment or email from a reader with this message: “I did it; but nothing happened.”

When that’s your experience, all it means is that you didn’t sufficiently interest the gods!   I spent nearly six weeks researching the conjunction and writing about these two planets.  That definitely caught their attention.  You don’t have to work as hard as that, but you should know something about the Divine Ones you’re appealing to.  This hooks them.  And it boosts your capacity to properly read their signs.

How to capture the mind of a god

A ritual is a pas-de-deux—it’s a dance with a nonhuman form of energy.  If you haven’t practiced this—and seen results—you tend to fall into “spiritual consumerism.”

With real magic, we use the invisible world to influence the visible world.  With spiritual consumerism, it’s the other way around. We hope that using the visible world (like stones or crystals or a special date on the calendar) will somehow influence the invisible world. 

We buy into the hope that something else will do the work for us.  Rarely does this succeed.  In the 70’s I bought lots of crystals, thinking each one held amazing powers that I didn’t have on my own. But over the years, as I carted them around, losing some, saving others, they became just rocks.

The details of any ritual are like those rocks–they’re dead, until we awaken them with our focus.   It’s what we imagine about the rocks that unlocks their connections to the invisible world.  Our mind is the magical instrument.  And it’s only when our mind is truly focused on the Gods for whom the ritual was designed that They will become interested in our cause.

The sacred objects & prayer in the 7-day ritual are designed to corral the mind in the right directions.  For seven days, starting on a Thursday, I recited the Jupiter/Pluto prayer in the morning.  This turned my thoughts their way—and at some point in every day, I received a new Jupiter/Pluto revelation—including, and I’m embarrassed to admit this, on one day I discovered I have a Jupiter/Pluto aspect in my birth chart!   If I had ever known this, I had long since forgotten it.  After thirty years, it was lovely to be reminded.

Around dusk, on the last day of my Jupiter & Pluto week, a strong scent of lilacs arose and settled around my altar for about two hours.  Lilacs were in season that week—among the early spring flowers ruled by Pluto.  Yet my windows were closed and there were no cut flowers in the house.  The scent was beautiful.

Click photo for the post with the ritual:

 

Filed under: Chart Play Tutorials, Home Full Moon Featured Article

About Dana Gerhardt

A popular columnist with The Mountain Astrologer since 1991, Dana Gerhardt is an internationally respected astrologer. She has lectured extensively and written for astrology publications on several continents. Her ongoing passions are the moon and living the intuitive life. Dana worked for many years in the corporate sector, where she observed the undeniable influence of natural cycles. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles and did graduate work in literature at Columbia University and CSULA. Dana can be contacted by email.

Comments

  1. Ivan says

    Jul 5, 2020 at 6:09 am

    Woooooawww SPECTACULAR

    Reply
  2. Debby Coates says

    Jul 4, 2020 at 7:17 pm

    Dana,

    Thank you for your extensive research on Jupiter and Pluto, and I have taken notes and have set up my altar and am ready to start my ritual after the next New Moon on a Thursday. I can already feel new energies in my body arising due to my excitement and enthusiasm about this new magic! And I always enjoy learning new things!

    I’m happy your business was blessed by your ritual! Happy upcoming Lunar Eclipse.

    Debby Coates

    Reply
  3. jacquie donahue says

    Jul 3, 2020 at 7:17 am

    Another great read Dana! I love your tried and true recipes for how to break out of the modern spiritual consumerism rut and actively engage our connection to the unseen. Your rituals give me the template I need to get over my own awkwardness. and be active in my devotion to “greater”. Thank you for sharing. P.S. I found a studio space the day after we spoke… you can bet I’ll build it with the spirit of ritual, honoring and devotion. Xo!!!

    Reply
    • Dana Gerhardt says

      Jul 3, 2020 at 11:46 am

      Woo hoo! Thanks for the lovely feedback … and I’m not surprised about the space showing up so quickly!

      Reply
  4. Wendy says

    Jul 3, 2020 at 12:36 am

    Thank you Dana for your posts
    I look forward to them every new and full moon.

    Reply
  5. Dana Gerhardt says

    Jul 2, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    I just fixed the link; here it is: link to mooncircles.com

    Reply
  6. Mary says

    Jul 2, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    Lovely post but did not see the link to the 7-day ritual (?)

    Reply

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Astrologers use a variety of house systems, or methods of dividing up the sky into twelve sections. I use the Porphyry house system; another popular house system is Placidus (this is the default on https://astro.com). If the chart I send you looks different from what you are used to seeing, then likely a system other than Porphyry was used. Whole signs, Equal House, Regiomantus, and Campanus are examples of other systems. If you find all of this confusing, do not worry. It is likely not critical to your report.

m  Conjunction:  Like peas in a pod, planets in conjunction tend to come from the same place. They act together, but it’s also hard to tell them apart. This aspect can increase talent, focus, and intensity (“two are better than one”). Or one planet can disappear as the other dominates. Their connection feels so natural, it’s easy to think everyone blends these planetary energies just as you do—but mostly, they don’t!.

p  Sextile:  Planets in sextile are compatible, though without any fireworks. This aspect doesn’t demand your attention. It quietly presents an opportunity. You can join these archetypal forces. Donna Cunningham has called this the “Oh, that!” aspect, because that’s generally what her clients say when she describes their benefits.  To get the most from sextiles you need to actively work them.

q  Square:  Squares are wild and wonderful—but difficult too. The power struggle between these planets was likely defined in your youth, when they were impossibly challenging. People are usually aware of their squares. They force the issues that make you to grow. And that’s their gift. They ensure you learn your lessons. When you rise to the occasion, they bless you with energy, action, and success.

r  Trine:  Michael Munkasey has dubbed this the “goddess aspect” because it’s so lovely. Identifying talents you may have perfected in a previous life, trines can bring you joy. There’s a nice flow of energy between planets in trine. They support and reinforce each another. But without any struggle, you might take them for granted—neither using nor developing their gifts. An unattended trine can sometimes trick you into negative behaviors.

t  Inconjunct/Quincunx:  Your quincunx planets are innately incompatible. Bringing them into harmonious expression requires constant adjustments. This can be stressful, also motivating. You’ve got to keep changing your process, opinions or attitude—which promotes highly creative solutions.

u  Opposition:  They say opposites attract—and planets in opposition are never far from each other, though they’re constantly bickering. You may be triggered into awareness of this aspect by other people who seem to resist or undermine you.  An opposition can make you feel uncertain, insecure, or discontent, until you can accept and see yourself in both energies. Typically people find it easier to identify with one side and project the other onto unsuspecting others in the outer world.

First House: Personality, physical body, beginnings. Includes the Ascendant and rules physical appearance, the image you project to others, your general outlook on life, how you start things; may describe your role in your family system, often guides your first impression of immediate environment.

Second House: Money and personal finances, sense of self-worth and basic values, personal possessions, talents.

Third House: Communication, thoughts, language skills like writing and speaking, early schooling, siblings and neighbors, short trips, coming and going around town.

Fourth House: Your home, psychological foundations and roots, family, parents, domestic life, instinctive behavior, ancestry, your connection with the past, sense of security, domestic life, real estate. conditions at the end of life.

Fifth House: Children, creativity, romance; pleasure, entertainment, self-expression; all forms of “play”, speculation, gambling, and attitude towards taking risks; hobbies, attitude towards romance, lovers as opposed to partners, attitude towards having fun.

Sixth House: Work and job (as opposed to career), daily life, attitude towards service and coworkers, helpfulness, pets, attitude towards routine and organization, how you refine and perfect your skills.

Seventh House: Partnerships, one-to-one relationships, marriage, the first marriage, the “significant other”, business partnerships, competitors, open enemies, lawyers, mediators, counselors, contracts, negotiations, agreements. clients/the public.

Eighth House: Transformations and crisis, your ability to meet and rebound from crisis and change, sexuality; sex, death and rebirth, rituals and personal growth, your partner’s resources, addictions, psychology, other people’s money, taxes, divorce/alimony, inheritance.

Ninth House: Attitude toward expanding horizons, religious beliefs and personal philosophy, higher education, long-distance travel, morals, foreign languages and cultures, personal truths, publishing, commerce, advertising, your sense of adventure.

Tenth House: Career and profession, your contribution to society, social status, public reputation, material success, how you carve out a public identity for yourself; attitude toward authority figures, parents, caregivers, bosses, governments, attitude towards responsibility, desire for achievement.

Eleventh House: Friends, groups, organizations; hopes, wishes, aspirations, personal goals; your philanthropic attitude, concern for the collective, humanity; like tenth, can bring recognition and honors for fulfilling hopes and dreams.

Twelfth House: What’s hidden beneath the surface, karmic dustbin, limiting childhood/past-life messages, self-undoing, hidden enemies, hidden weaknesses, dreams, secret affairs, lost items, hospitals and prisons, hidden strengths, spiritual studies and soul growth.

A  Sun: Our vitality and magnetism; self-identity, ego.
Roles: The Self, the Hero, the Performer, the King.

B  Moon: Intuition, emotion, nurture.
Roles: The Mother, the High Priestess, the Child.

C  Mercury: Mind; physical dexterity and mental agility.
Roles: The Thinker, the Communicator, the Student, the Trickster, the Merchant, the Thief.

D  Venus: Our capacity for pleasure, receptivity, creativity, and social connection. Also indicates our relationships, self esteem, and financial abundance.
Roles: The Lover, the Seductress, the Artist.

E  Mars: Desire, initiative, anger.
Roles: The Protector, the Athlete, the Warrior.

F  Jupiter: Luck, opportunity, expansion, higher learning, religion.
Roles: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Traveler, the Monk, the Professor.

G  Saturn: Hard work, commitment, focus, inadequacy, leadership, suffering, loss.
Roles: The Task Master, the Grim Reaper, the Wise Old Man, the Builder, the Cynic, the Boss.

H  Uranus: Change, breakthroughs, upsets, discoveries.
Roles: The Revolutionary, the Humanitarian, the Visionary, the Snob.

I  Neptune: Imagination, spirituality, idealism, addictions, deception, compassion.
Roles: The Artist, the Romantic, the Guru, the Addict, the Martyr, the Victim.

J  Pluto: Transformation, power, psychological dynamics, helplessness.
Roles: The Terrorist, the Detective, the Psychotherapist, the Dictator, shady people.

a  Aries: Pioneering, competitive, selfish, impatient, courageous, reckless, independent, dynamic, domineering, “Me first!”

b  Taurus: Patient, stable, lazy, dependable, practical, sensual, stubborn, artistic, possessive, greedy, gentle, loyal.

c  Gemini: Intelligent, curious, adaptable, quick-witted, restless, clever, scatterbrained, lacking follow-through.

d  Cancer: Nourishing, intuitive, protective, moody, sensitive, maternal, domestic, childish, cautious, creative.

e  Leo: Proud, dignified, vain, expressive, romantic, generous, childish, overbearing, self-assured, creative.

f  Virgo: Perfection-seeking, practical, methodical, petty, critical, studious, discriminating, cautious, never satisfied.

g  Libra: Charming, sociable, peace-loving, refined, diplomatic, artistic, indecisive, apathetic, easily deterred.

h  Scorpio: Passionate, secretive, penetrating, resourceful, suspicious, manipulative, jealous, sarcastic, intolerant, determined, aware.

i  Sagittarius: Freedom-loving, philosophical, optimistic, enthusiastic, careless, impatient, talkative, a know-it-all, broadminded, athletic, honest.

j  Capricorn: Serious, responsible, practical, hardworking, stubborn, brooding, inhibited, status-conscious, domineering, unforgiving.

k  Aquarius: Progressive, individualistic, unpredictable, cold, intellectual, artistic, eccentric, shy, impersonal, scientific.

l  Pisces: Compassionate, intuitive, ungrounded, romantic, impractical, self-sacrificing, seductive, musical, artistic.