2020 begins with a jolt from pressures of the times when Saturn and Pluto conjoin at 22° Capricorn on January 12th. It will be a wake up call that echoes throughout the year and beyond. Listen up.

Three times each century Saturn and Pluto will align with symbolic synergy as we reset our collective agenda, read on to learn how this will affect us...

The previous 1982–83 Saturn/Pluto cycle in Libra brought some sobering realities: a retreat into nostalgia and narcissism; catalyzing global terrorism; the unencumbered rise of the uber rich; economic instability; the Internet of Things; and a resurgence of nationalism in a post-truth world. These are some of the nested dilemmas setting the stage for this next transformative cycle, lasting until 2045.

In Capricorn, Saturn and Pluto represent the karmic forces that will expose ethical abuses by authoritarians in power, precipitating economic insecurities and moral outrage.

The entrenched interests of the moneyed class, the plutocrats, hold many hostage in a predatory capitalism resulting in mass indebtedness. The industrial age has run aground, breeching the limits of our climate’s capacities and our own conscience. We have altered the nature of Nature by the indiscriminate overconsumption of Earth’s resources, and with the wastelands of our leavings.

Time throws no lifelines to generations now emerging in peril of traumatic ill health. Undermined by the effects of electromagnetic radiation, chemical toxicants, living in cyber-centric cultures and alienated from nature, how many are sabotaged at birth?

March into April, Mars activates our survival drive when it joins with Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto, and our voices grow louder with urgency for government accountability and human rights. On April 4th, June 29th and November 12th, Jupiter, planet of social justice, conjoins Pluto while dire climate changes and global weaponization displace millions of people into migration, and we face the snares of scapegoating. Rulings from the high courts tip the scales of our tolerances. The US presidential election may fuel paranoia and polarization with the fervor of an un-civil political war. On Winter Solstice, December 21st, Jupiter and Saturn conjoin at 0° Aquarius. This 20 year cycle offers shifts in dynamics for social participation and group identity. Realign reactivity.

The Cauldron of Our Better Angels

During transit periods adapt this ceremonial offering for personal or community use. Call forth the image of a wondrous bowl that transmutes the alchemical brew of our dysfunctions with grace.