PLUTO IN AQUARIUS
On November 19th, 2024, Pluto finally entered Aquarius permanently, and it will stay there until 2043. A little over two weeks later, we saw its effects with the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO. Now, everyone everywhere in America is talking about the greed of the “healthcare” companies, and the words “deny, defend, depose” are being spouted by copycats. From a bird’s eye view, these events are absolutely typical for Pluto in Aquarius.
Pluto in Aquarius means revolution, change, and innovation. Humanitarian themes. Themes pertaining to technology. Themes pertaining to the power of the people, the collective. The last time Pluto was in Aquarius, the world saw the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the Age of Enlightenment.
Pluto has actually gone back-and-forth between Capricorn and Aquarius from 2023 through 2024 due to retrogrades, although now it’s permanently in Aquarius. Curiously, I started writing my series close to the first time Pluto entered Aquarius in 2023, and my series incorporates these same themes. This was before I was really aware of the effects of Pluto in Aquarius; I simply felt inspired and started writing.
Fast forward to now—it’s January 26th, and Trump is in office. This entire week I am hearing everyone on social media discuss organizing and collective action. There’s no going back now. With Pluto in Aquarius, we are on a rollercoaster ride that we won’t be getting off of for almost two decades. Fun times we live in. That one ancient Chinese curse comes to mind: “May he live in interesting times.”
I know this post is titled “Pluto in Aquarius,” but there’s more, though, and it’s not good, so I need to digress here. An astrological event that has overseen every single major war in American history will occur this year, on 7/7/25, Uranus in Gemini. Uranus, another generational planet that changes signs very slowly, was in Gemini during the American Revolution, the American Civil War, and World War II. Every 84 years, Uranus enters Gemini and America sees a massive war that causes significant changes in our society. It will stay in Gemini until 2033. Now, I’m not an astrologer, and I can’t tell you why Uranus in Gemini specifically means major war for America. That’s a bit beyond my level of expertise. But when a pattern occurs, I like to pay attention.
Uranus is the planet that is associated with Aquarius—uncanny, right? Uranus pertains to rebellion, innovation, huge changes, the power of the collective, and independence, all Aquarian themes. When it’s in Gemini, it will impact themes pertaining to Mercury, the planet associated with Gemini, like technology, communication, business, and education. It can also impact the publishing industry.
Time to digress again. At this point in time, I am still on my journey seeking traditional publishing and the timing feels worrisome, so naturally I’m paying close attention to what’s going on. I don’t know what’s going to happen, and whatever does happen, it will hardly be comfortable. I absolutely adore comfort and routine and familiarity—I don’t want this. I don’t want war or for our futures to feel uncertain. But the world has a way of cleaning up its own messes, and this can make a mess of the lives of regular people.
After the November election, I wondered if censorship would become more widespread in America, especially in publishing, and so I asked a question about this in a group that contained publishing industry professionals. There were two responses that stood out to me. One response came from an editor at a Big Five publishing house, and that response was a “no,” although I can’t remember if that “no” was tentative or assertive. According to that editor, the reason for that “no” was in part due to the personal politics of most in the publishing industry. But the next response was a bit less assured. A smaller publisher responded that yes, they will become more choosey about which titles they acquire, and the word they were hearing in the industry is that publishers are becoming more cautious.
These are certainly interesting times we live in. I will continue to pray for a better world for everyone and do my best to remain hopeful. We won’t have a better world if we don’t believe things can be better. With Pluto entering Aquarius and Uranus entering Gemini, perhaps things will go in the opposite direction of censorship and we’ll start seeing more writing focused on Aquarian themes. Or maybe instead, censorship will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back. There is nothing we can do but wait and see.