Venus is in Aries this Valentine’s Day, so you need to do something brave and a little bit selfish. Whatever you want, make it happen, don’t wait for someone to do it for you, not today.  So that’s going to be exciting, but what’s even more exciting is that Venus is also square Pluto, so whatever it is that you are going to do for yourself, it’s not going to work out exactly how you thought it should and you may be intensely pissed about it. This doesn’t let you off the hook for going for what you want, because you are going to be disappointed either way, and it’s way better to be disappointed because something you did misfired then something you didn’t but wish you did. Don’t worry too much about your heartache, Venus is a fast moving planet and by the beginning of next week you will be better then ever.

 

Venus and Pluto are conjunct in Capricorn at the moment, an opportunity for intense transformation, emphasis on INTENSE. Meaning you may want to do bad things to your significant other, but instead you can channel that energy to learn more about yourself and become a truer, more honest, happier version of yourself. It’s also a great time to let go of any weird co-dependent behaviors you might still have hanging around. I gave this some thought and I have written down some of my insights below:

• Suffering is not noble, there is no medal for it. Although there totally should be, at the moment it’s a pointless, miserable activity, give it up.
• Choose to be happy, and things get better. Choose otherwise and see just how fast they can blow up in your face.
• No one remembers correctly, so it’s pointless to say, “but you said…” as it will inevitably be followed by, “no I most certainly did NOT.”
• No gratification comes from changing someone else, only yourself, counter-intuitive as this may seem at the time.

OK, now it’s your turn, send me your best relationship rules, insights, etc.

It may not totally feel like it, but we have about a week of mad productivity happening right now with Mars in Virgo, Jupiter in Taurus, and Pluto in Capricorn making a happy earth trine. Sure you might feel aggressively bitchy, or hopelessly depressed, but Jupiter is here to cheer you up and that should be enough that you can hang tough through the rest of the bullshit and get some stuff done. Although Mars will move on at the end of the week, perhaps ending the productivity, I don’t know, not so with Jupiter!!! This awesomely benevolent planet has taken pity on us all, extending its trine to Pluto by going backwards and forwards and will be keeping us out of the suicide zone through the dreaded holidays and all the way to March 2012. Yeah Jupiter!

I predict decisions will be easier to make, or they will at least be made for you, which is, actually, even easier.  I predict we will all be feeling more Capricornian, as Pluto is in Capricorn, meaning goal oriented, focused, and working hard.  Since it’s Pluto, it won’t be a traditional, self serving goal, but at least it will be a direction, and it should benefit all parties involved, which is even better. Let me know if what I am making up here comes true. It might take about a week or two to feel it, as it stops for a moment first before making any headway.

I was going to write this post yesterday, but I was too busy being emo. The Moon was conjunct Pluto in Capricorn and for those of you enlightened enough to use this energy constructively I’m sure it was an amazing day.  For me, not so much.  I spent part of the day mad at others, part of the day mad at myself, and the rest of the day in extreme frustration. Thankfully the Moon moves quickly and by the end of the day and two pints of ice cream later, I was staring at the actual full moon in the beautiful night sky with my overstimulated baby and starting to mellow out.

Saturn has been transiting my first house since September 2009, and according to cafe Astrology and others this is a great time to deal with one’s physical body, ie get in shape, be healthy, quit eating chocolate covered butter, etc.  And so it was.  I just got a job at a horse barn in Los Angeles, where everyone was super healthy.  In addition to riding and working, I studied Pilates three times a week, and not just any Pilates, but Fletcher Pilates, which is super Saturnian.  I felt strong and solid (although still shaky in the self esteem area) and then Saturn hit the land mine in my first house, Pluto.

Naively I had predicted that Saturn would whip my Pluto into shape, who has always worked a bit like a bull in a china shop, as in, “Hi, what about me, isn’t this awkward?”  Saturn was going to put an end to all that, he was going to put a bow on Pluto and make her socially presentable.

No, of course it didn’t happen. Instead I got pregnant that day and was immediately infused with the I don’t give a fuck hormone that took me off the horse and onto the couch. By the end of it I think I gained over 65 pounds. I have a beautiful amazing baby now, which is awesome, but I have absolutely no healthy relationship to my body.

Now, I don’t want to go back to working out just to please society and attempt to gain some superficial self esteem, but can we get Saturn and Pluto working together somehow and develop some sort of solid, healthy physical routine and attitude before Saturn leaves my first house?  Please? Any ideas?

Transiting Pluto is sitting smack dab on my natal Sun and my progressed Mars.  I have been waiting for this moment all my life, wondering what it would be like, how crazy it would be, how much I would change, how amazing I would be after and  I didn’t even know that progressed Mars would be joining them. I should be in the midst of one of our crazy war zones, or natural disasters, or at least meditating on some mountaintop.  Instead I am at home, sitting on the couch and writing a blog.  It’s raining outside, the cat is curled up on the rocking chair, and I had brownies for dinner.  Really?  This is my great moment of transformation???  Any one else having a Pluto transit out there? What’s yours like?