Pluto, Uranus & the supercharged Aquarius New Moon: Resolving Karma and the need for emotional clearing
February promises to be a month of rapid movement and preparing to move out of your comfort zone in a very direct way.
All 3 personal planets Mercury, Venus & Mars complete their stint in Capricorn and enter Aquarius, each conjuncting Pluto one after the other, then squaring Jupiter and Uranus in Taurus.
The Aquarius new moon is square Uranus.
This combination of personal planets in Aquarius conjunct Pluto, then square Jupiter and then Uranus in Taurus, may show up as an unrelenting desire to break free out of your current mold and move into a higher octave and allow an authenticity to be expressed that is just so true to you.
This is a massive amount of energy to integrate in the next 1 month and the body will feel it even as Aquarius activates the mental realm big time, but Jupiter and Uranus demand that the body integrate this energy.
Its key to take care of your physical body in the coming months as well as pay attention to how your body is changing and its needs at this time may be different than ever before.
Major Transits this week
Feb 5: Mercury enters Aquarius, conjuncts Pluto
Feb 9: New Moon in Aquarius square Uranus
Feb 13: Mars enters Aquarius, conjuncts Pluto
Feb 16: Venus enters Aquarius, conjuncts Pluto
Feb 19th: North Node conjunct Chiron in Aries!
Feb 22nd Venus/Mars conjunct 6.57 Aquarius!
Aquarius
Aquarius, air sign, representing the mental realm, is all about expansion of consciousness beyond the current norms.
It is non-traditional, unconventional, has access to a bigger picture that allows it to go beyond the limits set up traditional structures.
Of all signs, its the one that is most excited about exiting the wheel of karmic patterns that keep us trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth.
This is an aspect of Aquarius that most resonated with me when I first started studying astrology.
I ‘woke’ up in 2015 when Pluto started to approach my Mercury in Capricorn.
When I learned that Pluto brings up karmic patterns to compost once and for all, it resonated, because I was seeing the sabotaging patterns come up and looking for a way to resolve them.
The idea that we come back lifetime after lifetime to learn lessons of love and dissolve karmic patterns, seemed like insanity to me.
I made a commitment; I’m going to clear my karma in this lifetime.
But this idea was the opposite of what I had come to learn through what I was exposed to at the time.
Then I started to study Astrology in earnest and learned that Aquarius is all about exiting the wheel of karma.
Being Aquarius Sun and Rising, this spoke directly to my heart and I knew that my inner guidance was right. I was meant to do this.
But how?
Pluto taught me how..
Pluto
What I learned along the way was that ‘karma’ was nothing but unresolved mental, emotional, physical patterns not resonating with a 100% love.
Whatever triggers us, whatever we judge, eventually becomes lessons to learn and neutralize.
When we die, what emotions are unresolved, are carried forward as lessons to be learned in the next incarnation.
And of course, Pluto will dig out of the deep, all the emotions that are suppressed that need to be neutralized.
So emotional clearing became a regular practice.
This is what I want to share in this installment of Sacred timings with Swati.
Facing the shadow
We talk a lot about the higher essence of Aquarius - visionary, futuristic view, technology, Age of Aquarius etc etc
But Pluto here will first bring up the shadow of Aquarius and there is no bypassing the need for emotional clearing around this energy otherwise we risk focusing on the mental & intellectual side of things at the cost of the body, heart and higher heart.
Which is what the squares to Jupiter/Uranus in Taurus teach us.
The shadow of Aquarius is that it has such a good ability to rise above the mundane that it risks bypassing what is real and what is heartfelt.
This includes emotions and it includes the genuine pleasure & delight of living life in a physical body that is healthy and thriving.
Without cleaning up the emotions, there is no reaching the true higher essence of Aquarius, one of which is about allowing our unique qualities to be expressed freely.
For our uniqueness to truly be expressed without inhibition, we have to value what is unique about us, and allow that to come through without fear.
Pluto transits will bring up all the ways fear has suppressed our expression, all the past wounds around our expression and the distorted ways we cope with the fears.
If scared to go into the emotions, we risk living a half-life, which will of course affect the physical body and dim our highest possible expression.
Karmic patterns include all those that reveal separation, the ego, the negative emotions, the mind creating drama and body patterns which don't align with health.
These all hide behind our triggers so its necessary to face what triggers us.
What is emotional clearing?
Simply put, it is honoring emotions in a safe way whenever they come up.
Without judgement, without dumping on others, in private if necessary, creating a safe container for yourself to face all of it with courage.
When triggered, different emotions may come up:
Anger, sadness/grief are felt most viscerally felt and can be addressed most directly compared to other emotions.
Guilt, judgement, criticism….are more mental but have an emotional component
Shame is felt deeply and can be sneaky but is often hidden under the sadness and sometimes even anger. Its necessary to give voice to those first which then gives an access to clearing shame.
How to do it?
Here is a simple practice to do whenever you feel triggered.
Notice when anger or sadness come up.
The sadness is easy to feel in privacy. Let yourself cry. Let it all out. Don’t try to look for a reason as to why you are sad.
Don’t try to intellectualize it, justify why you shouldn't feel that why, make yourself feel guilty for why you should not cry (there are others who are suffering more etc etc..watch out for the mind trying to intellectualize this emotion. This is exactly what shadow Aquarius will try to do, it will try to bypass or gloss over the emotion - all these are ways of bypassing the emotions).
If not given expression, guess what? They will get triggered by some other situation, by some other person at some other point in time.
This is how we accumulate 'karma' or patterns that remain unresolved over time. Because we bypass the emotions, never truly feeling it, never getting to a neutral place.
So it is necessary to give voice to this emotion when it comes up, each time it comes up.
As a way to express other emotions, like anger, or judgement, tapping, or writing it down or painting it out, can help.
The key always is to make it a practice to express everything you feel in a safe non-judgmental space.
Give yourself this space and time to do it, consistently. Its worth it.
Results of consistent emotional clearing
When you clear yourself of negative emotions consistently, you will reach a point where not much triggers you anymore.
You are no longer bypassing the emotions or numbing yourself out, but rather, able to access the higher picture, be neutral and hold compassionate space for all expressions.
Why? Because you have held space for your own big emotions, hence developing the compassion & capacity to hold space for other's emotions.
This is a higher aspect of Aquarius as well, the capacity to see the bigger picture, the wisdom of all paths, the non-judgement that allows others to express and resolve their karma.
Not rising above from a space of bypassing or escaping the heaviness of physical reality, but truly holding a large space for all expressions.
Personally, you start to experience the following:
- Ego dissolves, separation starts to dissolve as a result of ego dissolving. Unity consciousness starts to be possible.
- Blame game & victim mentality starts to dissolve big time as empowerment gets stronger
- Consistent peace & joy because the fear has dissolved—ego dissolution helps with this and building trust in yourself.
- Unshakeable self-love, you accept yourself no matter what, because you know you can hold big space for yourself and your growth!
- Massive heart expansion occurs which is what allows consciousness to expand in a sustainable way, not just mind expansion.
- Neutrality is accessible, which allows for examining of highest path for all concerned, rather than making decisions out of fear
- Your Presence starts having an effect on others, giving them permission to dissolve separation.
So this week and month, we are again given multiple opportunities, to keep clearing the old and boldly march towards the new.
A resource I recommend working with is the 12 Paths to Impeccable Personal Power.
Take a look at the different paths being activated by the transits this week: Aquarius & Taurus.
The picture above is a snippet of the Aquarius Path of Honoring your Unique essence.
The journaling prompts can help you clarify your path and give you insights into the next step.
And keep you focused on what matters most for you to activate your highest expression.
May you have the courage to face all that you need to dissolve in order to move into your highest expression!
Warm Regards,
Swati