It’s been a long time coming, over the last two years in fact, as Pluto danced between Capricorn and Aquarius, but Pluto finally moves into Aquarius for good on Wed 20 Nov at 6.30am Qld time (AEST).

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Pluto moving into a new sign is absolutely momentous, bringing seismic shifts in society.  You may remember the last time Pluto changed signs, in 2008, when it moved into the establishment sign of Capricorn.  This saw the Global Financial Crisis, the first black man elected President of the US, and here in Australia, the Government’s apology to the Stolen Generations.

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Pluto can unearth secrets, and show us the dark side of whatever sign it’s moving through.  In Capricorn, the dark secrets of many establishments have been brought to light, the Catholic Church being just one example, the unchecked power of global corporations being another.

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So what does it mean for us as Pluto moves through Aquarius?  It’s likely it will expose the darker side of science, the abuses that are possible through technology – we’ve had a glimpse of that already with the Cambridge Analytica saga and the Russian interference in international elections –  but my feeling is, things are only just getting started.  We now have AI developing at an exponential rate, and the potential for AI developing beyond human intelligence seems all too probable.  The abuses of power that can come about through the use of AI, such as AI being used to locate targets for bombing in Palestine, seem all too real.

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Cryptocurrency is already becoming more mainstream as an alternative to traditional financial systems as more and more investors wake up to the benefits of crypto and jump on the bandwagon.  Yet at the same time, Governments want to hang onto power, so Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are being introduced in many countries (and in the pipeline in others) as governments try to maintain power over people and currency.  The system that exists in China should be an object lesson to us all, in the way that their social credit system is tracked digitally and a person’s access to their bank accounts can be immediately suspended for any perceived misdemeanour.

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Pluto in Aquarius could also manifest as the power of communities, another example of decentralised power, whether these are online communities in the metaverse, social media like Bluesky which is a decentralised network, or communities of real people coming together in real life.  There’s certainly scope for whole new movements to grow, around whatever causes – environmental, humanitarian, scientific – that concern that community most, and may no longer be subject to centralised control.  There’s also the potential for these communities to find solutions to the problems that humanity is currently facing.  As usual I’m an optimist!  But in my defence I will say that the Saturn-Neptune conjunction coming in 2026 is associated with socialism and egalitarianism, so I remain optimistic that a better future is possible!

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Pluto will stay in Aquarius till 2043-44.