The Jupiter-Saturn conjunction on the winter solstice of 2020 ushered in a new era as the planetary pair moved into Aquarius. The conjunctions set the stage for 20+ year developments, and have a long history with the U.S. government and presidency, as I wrote about in my book Tecumseh’s Curse.
Since early 2023, Pluto has likewise been moving back and forth between the last degrees of Capricorn and the first degrees of Aquarius, bringing its own momentous changes, at a much slower pace. But this is especially so as it’s been crossing the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction degree over a 2-year period.
These transits have provoked contentious issues and some extremism in government and elsewhere. We might metaphysically see it as growing pains, but there are many challenges ahead. We are at a turning point with the presidential elections now less than a year away.
Many events are developing which resonate with Pluto changing signs and the Capricorn old guard transforming into something new and different. We seem to be turning a page, as old authorities, organizations and associations face a changing landscape, and the past falls away. Some of these notable events include:
Rosalyn Carter’s death on November 19, 2023 and her husband Jimmy, 99, in hospice care, symbolic of a generation passing.
Court Voting Rights Act decisions are set to empower Black and Native American minorities in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and North Dakota, with other redistricting suits developing elsewhere. The slim minorities in both the House and Senate could easily be reversed in 2024.
Various court rulings have been made in Colorado, Minnesota and Michigan as judges consider removing former president Trump from 2024 ballots in violation of the Insurrection clause of the Constitution. Some will certainly progress to the Supreme Court. Trump of course also has several ongoing legal battles, with trial dates set for the spring and summer of 2024 (see my overview forecast from August 2022)
As many question the age and wisdom of leading presidential candidates Biden and Trump, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is polling with greater support than any independent candidate before. And the No Labels party of more moderate values may put Joe Manchin or another forward as a 2024 presidential candidate.
These are striking developments taken individually, but altogether show a major transition. Things will change and move forward. Pluto will station within half a degree of its return to the U.S. July 4, 1776 chart in October, moving into Aquarius for the final time in mid-November of 2024.
It’s no coincidence that this occurs right at the time of the next presidential election cycle. We can expect a re-set somehow, with the U.S.A. in a very different place by 2025. Unfortunately, it looks like the transition will be slow and messy. But that’s the nature of Pluto, who drags things out before moving on.