Traveling with Pluto turning direct
Flowing in intense transformation
Personally, I have always valued intensity. I love quite easy moments too, but I have always had a pull to intensity. I have natal Pluto conjunct my north node, and south node in the 8th house. I trust profound transformation, and delight when i dive deep into things.
I’m currently going through a nodal reversal - the north node in the sky is in the sign of my south node. Mixed with a Saturn opposition over my ascendant - descendant axis. All of this not long after my Uranus opposition. Those hardcore midlife transits.
Much has changed in the last years. All with the background of Pluto in my sun sign of Capricorn since 2008, where I also have my natal Venus. In many ways, I became a new person.
Then of course, we’re in eclipse season. More opportunities for change. More navigating the unexpected.
So why travel right now? Because there’s more transformation wanting to happen, and some things need this deep energy. One way to go through metamorphose is to expose ourselves to high currents. What would be the point of hiding under such transits?
Running away from intensity won’t make it go away
It may be like a big wave, that would crash you if you tried to escape it, but will pull you up and up and down and down in an intense movement that may even be joyful, if you willingly flow.
So I left for a trip with Pluto turning direct in Capricorn. Every single thing needed extra steps to get sorted. Any of the things that usually go smoothly had some degree of unexpected change or extra attention needed. At the very last minute my flight risked being canceled. On my last stopover we risked getting stuck yet again.
The intensity of the moment also got several travelers to bond and generated a beautiful support between people who couldn’t reach Kathmandu when planned. There were tears and laughter and fighting and companionship. It was intense. As a result, we get there in the dark. That feels plutonian, and I’m embracing its gift.
Along with that I’ve been grieving a dear friend & love who died when Saturn was in my 12th near my ascendant. It took over half a Saturn cycle, and for Saturn to reach my 7th house, for full grievance to happen.
In the process, I learned that grief has that characteristic of deep trauma - when we keep things out of our memory, until we are able to address them. It’s so non linear. Only when I was ready, all the feelings came. I could feel them and integrate, and could accept and understand so much more. Literally as Pluto stationed to turn direct, I started to feel a deeper realness of grief, and life and death gained deeper presence and became more conscious.
When everything goes smoothly in life, you see a side of relationships. With Pluto stationing direct in Capricorn, it’s about seeing which relationships stand the test of time, who’s there when things are intense and challenging. Those people who know your shadow side and can love all of you.
Look for where you have Pluto transiting your chart, and where Saturn currently sits in transit too. This will be affecting this areas of you life. Dive deep, embrace intense transformation.