Pluto in Capricorn: Discovering Assumptions
Capricorn is the sign of structures and the glue that holds social and political groups together.
I’m listening to political reporting on the radio more than ever these days. What struck me today is the assumptions of some random citizens interviewed for some piece about some of the candidates. From their statements, these are the questions that some of us might not be asking themselves:
Does Hillary Clinton’s gender mean that she would bring heart & compassion to the office?
Does Barak Obama’s skin color mean that he would look out for minorities?
Does John McCain’s military history mean that he would work to defend this country?
Any general assumptions that we may have about what the members of any group would do because of their identification with it need to be reviewed.
The focus on the collective that Capricorn represents naturally calls up questions about the realities of the individuals making up that collective, as deeply entering any of the archetypes will naturally call up its axis partner, the opposing sign. Membership is more of an issue for the sign of Cancer (belongingness), but as Pluto begins its trek through Capricorn, assumptions about the structure of any group - and the realities of the people associated with it - might come up.
Or, perhaps, should.
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February 2, 2008 By Tom Jacobs
February 16th, 2008 at 5:59 am
Hi - the interesting thing for me about Pluto in Capricorn is that Pluto’s natural home is in Scorpio. Pluto is about transformation and regeneration, as well as about karmic guilt, so in Capricorn, we will have an opportunity to revise our structures. This has been said… and I’m saying it again. Ha ha?
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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