Today I'm going to take a look at the upcoming conjunction between Mars and Pluto.
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Hi everyone this is Acyuta-bhava from Nightlight Astrology. And today we're going to take a look at the upcoming conjunction between Mars and Pluto. I wasn't planning on taking a look at this until next week, but then Russia had to go ahead and invade, invade the Ukraine. It's not funny at all. I'm just like, you do astrology for a long time and you know, you, you get a sense of what the possibilities are, they still sort of take you by surprise.
My mother is here right now helping me with my kids while my wife is on a yoga retreat. And my mom follows the news quite closely. And as most of you know, who watch my channel, I sort of deliberately don't really follow the news. But with the important stuff, of course, I'll end up catching wind of and I might survey the news maybe once or twice a week for five minutes. And that's changed for me over the past couple of years. And I totally respect people who pay a lot of attention to the news and support different approaches that people take to watching the news. But this one stood out to me as worthy of our you know, taking a look astrologically in light of the upcoming transit of Mars and Pluto. So I'm not going to say anything political about the situation or try to pretend like I know what the answer is. But I will say that it's always devastating to see news of war, wherever it may be. But of course, the very first thing I thought of is interesting, there were two things that I thought of right away, and one of them is that it is quite fitting that this declaration of war would come as Mercury is squaring Uranus.
First of all, if you watched my video yesterday, when I spoke about Mercury's square with Uranus, I said, you might have those big proclamations being made declarations being made. People saying things that are provocative or making big declarations or a declaration of war would be one of them. Especially considering that this also falls in line with the idea of taking something that doesn't belong to you, which is also part of Mercury, Uranus, that I'm entitled to steal something intellectual property, land territory, because I feel that I have a right to and I'm willing to defy rules or ethics or bend them because I'm justified in doing so it's very Mercury Uranus as a potential to justify things like that twist, or to twist the rules to meet the purpose that we feel is radical and revolutionary, and so forth. And clearly, you know, something like that, I think you can easily say is that work in what's unfolding right now. So, mercury, Uranus, but also let's be real, Pluto. Mars is about to conjoined Pluto. And that's also a huge part of what's going on right now. I do have some hope about all of this. I mean, not a lot. I'm not generally I'm a joyful person, but not always a hopeful one. Maybe that's not even the right distinction. But I don't carry a lot of hope that the material energy will change dramatically some time in the future when you know, a utopia is realised it's not personally the the view that attracts me. But still, I believe in joy and I believe in leaving the place better than it was when we found it kind of like that. Were when I was a kid we used to go camping and there was this rule and camping the boys left a campsite better than it was when you found it and try to try to not wreck the natural environment. And I guess I could say that I feel that way about my human lifetime and try to leave the leave the world a little better than I found it as much as I'm able to within my sphere of influence. All that is just a big digression here let's put up the real time clock.
So here we have it. You can see that today right as this has happened. Mercury is moving into the square with Uranus. At the same time we're seeing Mars coming into the conjunction with Pluto. Now, on the one hand, this is not great news. It probably means that things are going to get worse before they get better. For example, if I push the timeline forward one week from now, Mars will just pass over Pluto by next Thursday, March 3. If I take it one day at a time, you can see that Mars will pass over Pluto between March 2 and March 3. And then right on the heels of Venus will pass over Pluto. And then Mars and Venus will conjoined with Venus conjoining Mars in Aquarius in an Air sign by March 6. So what could this development mean? Well, first of all, again, I don't think the news is particularly good here when it comes to the potential for you know, an escalation of conflict and violence and the explosiveness of Mars and Pluto. I've talked about Mars Pluto many times before on my channel. But one thing that Mars Pluto tends to bring about is the release of Titanic force, potential violent, purgatorial discharges, the need to win or dominate. The God of War meets Hades, god of the underworld, the depths and darkness. So it's a quite quite an explosive combination and the potential for there to be an escalation of conflict and tension in relationships and negotiations. For there to be moments of breakdown and break through catharsis, I was, you know, thinking mostly in terms of sexuality, love relationships, that there is a potential for these things to be, you know, like the arena in which the energies are expressing themselves.
But because I tend to the audience that I serve, we're talking mostly about individuals and their lives. I don't spend a lot of time admittedly on my channel, looking at how these energies may express themselves in terms of nations and the political ups and downs of the moment. But clearly, this is an example. I mean, just a very large example of the potential for an escalation of violence and conflict and warfare over the next week, especially if there's anything to be potentially, like, you know, I think that there's also some relief in the stars, so to speak, if there's anything to be excited by or maybe reassured by as a better word, it's the fact that as Venus and Mars pass over Pluto, which could be, you know, that can just, you know, quite Titanic in terms of the force it releases. The good news is look at what Venus and Mars are doing. Mars is exalted, by the way, so it's kind of a super macho Mars. And then Venus and Mars by March 6, are going to meet in an Air sign, while Mercury is in the air sign with Saturn. And you get the feeling especially with Venus, catching Mars and then changing the two planets changing signs out of the exultation of Mars into the airy domicile with mercury and Saturn, you would think that cooler heads would prevail, you would think the potential for some negotiation that here are the here are the terms and here's the ceasefire. And and I think that's the probably the most reassuring thing in the sky right now, when it comes to the potential for escalating conflict. The release of pent up potentially sort of violent energies in our personal lives or you know, in the collective theatre.
Because Venus and Mars when they enter Aquarius seem capable of conflict resolution. It's funny because I was looking if you guys remember talking about Venus and Mars in their conjunction recently on my channel, I talked a lot about the potential for conflicts to be sorted out. And what I find, you know, again, at the least very reassuring, especially when I'm just thinking about it, personally, not in terms of the big collective, which is sort of like standing and looking up at a huge mountain. You feel little, you know, in comparison to such a big, challenging event and circumstances. But what I feel so good about is the potential for there to be agreement and resolution of conflict. For there to be peace and for there to be a, a willingness to work things out. That's the hope. You know, that's the hope I'm not like I said, usually a hopeful person I'm, I consider myself a joyful person. But not always. I don't sit around hoping for things a lot.
But I am hopeful right now, because I think that air sign gives some objectivity and distance I think that Venus Mars by March 6, coming together suggests that even if there's a pretty extreme escalation of tension in relationships between people or nations, or whatever, that there's a look and feel of agreement and harmony that I think, is there. As soon as March 6, right around that time when you see Venus and Mars entering Aquarius. In the meantime, it is sort of shocking, isn't it? I mean, it's so in line with what we talked about yesterday with Mercury's square to Uranus. I mean, last night, I just happened to check a few news outlets because I do that a few times a week because for usually a very couple of short couple of minutes. And the headline was, like Russia in you know, invades Ukraine or something like that. I'm just like, whoa, there's Putin declares, you know, this this war and, and I just immediately thought, Oh, this is so so Mercury Uranus, that that that shocking news that would of course appear in my feed that's being declared you know, in the world. Imagine if you're in one of those cities that's got got troops rolling in or whatever, missiles coming down. So my prayer today is for peace and and I find myself hoping that this upcoming Venus Mars conjunction might mean that some arrangement of peace could be reached.
But it's like we live it from the yogic standpoint, live in the Kali Yuga. So ages in this world cycle, and we're in a dark one, there'll be a light one again, but what is the definition of the Kali Yuga, an age of hypocrisy and quarrel, where the rather than the most spiritual and enlightened people, leading society, we have more of the business class, and financial consumer interest in greed as the leadership and that's just a broad, you know, sort of something that you find in these ancient scriptures talking about what defines this age as several 1000 years ago, isn't that much different today? That's probably why I am not particularly like hopeful, but joyful. And I still deeply believe in having the best impact I can within my immediate sphere, the sphere of influence that I have, hopefully to point people to the importance of spiritual health and well being seems to me that so many good things flow forth from that that can't otherwise. But again, my opinions are, you know, probably not too important on a day like today honestly. That's heavy news. A release of Titanic force the need to win or dominate a release of pent up energy that feels frustrated and needs to get out but when it does, so may do so violently. A God of War meets the God of shadows shade the underworld, evil darkness, the demonic, but also that which is repressed, misunderstood, hidden, secretive.
This transit brings up for us the shadows of heroism. It brings up for us that it's like behind every hero, there's often a someone who believes that I'm not worth anything unless I prove myself or take something or when something or demonstrate my ability or something like that. There's a sometimes there's a deep level of insecurity behind the need to dominate others. And it may seem oftentimes, like we're doing something heroic, but one of the things that I've found most challenging in my life that I've learned from the yoga tradition is that, you know, especially when I feel the need to really stand for something, you know, and assert and win and convince, and persuade, and it gets really like, maybe evangelical, maybe there's a time in place for those things. I'm not saying, season for everything, right. But I, the yoga tradition has really taught me to examine what's at stake here.
Do you make the wind blow? You know, do I sanction the blades of grass to move? What power is really mine? What do I really understand of power? Was I here when the foundations of the earth came to be, you know what I mean? And you get that you just kind of step back into that space. And oftentimes, if I, if I catch myself, when I'm getting really heroic, and I do quite regularly, if I'm honest, I think we all do, and like I said, there's a season for it. But if I catch myself, a lot of the time, I realise I'm, I am feeling inferior, or I'm I'm feeling a lack of worth, or the need for attention or respect, or something like that. And if I can just call myself down, sometimes there's still something that needs to be done or said, or an action that needs to be taken. But I catch myself and I just turn down the volume on the self righteous heroism, and it's amazing how much more effectively I get things done. And oftentimes, it's just that shift in mood of humble service and love. And turning down the need to be great. Can we be heroic without needing to be great?
These are Mars Pluto questions in general that I plan to talk about next week. I had only like some loose notes. I was like, well, we're talking about Mars, Pluto this morning. So I apologise that this talk is a little rambling today. It's kind of all over the place. But it was kind of like switching on the fly. I had planned to probably talk more about mercury and Uranus, or do another installation of my doubt a Ching series. I think we'll probably do that tomorrow. In the meantime, you know, let's let's just be mindful, knowing that there's a force and a pressure building, you know, and when you feel that force and pressure building, at least for me, one of the temptations I have is to sort of try to meet it, manage it, do something with it alleviated use it, you know, all of which tend to put me in a reactionary space. And Mars Pluto doesn't honestly does not do well with reactionary thinking or activity. Mars, Pluto tends to detonate and serve up trouble tends to serve up trouble. When we get into react mode, heroic reactions, solving problems facing mounting pressures, coming up with a heroic solution. It's like Mars, Pluto finds all of it somewhat annoying. And then we'll just sort of leg sweep you if you go into that mode too much. Whereas if you stay curious, with Mars, Pluto, and you ask the question, How can I be of service? How can I be of use? What is trying to come through right now? And how can I be a steward of that and just stay in that mindset, whatever language you might use. And I then I find that there's often something strategic that emerges like a strategic, careful, ennobled sense of action.
Oftentimes, we have to grapple a little bit with the shadows of our intentions or the heroic shadows that I mentioned earlier. Before we get there. So anyway, my prayers and a little bit of hope today in my heart for everything that's happening in the world. And yeah, we will be back tomorrow. I'd love to hear your comments and thoughts on what's happening in the world. And as you're maybe noticing Mercury Uranus or Mars Pluto, use the hashtag grab tell me your story. Remember we use that hashtag because the planets were called gras Hawes in Indian astrology which means grab to grab seat to seize. And it's interesting to see the way that they show up in our lives and often sees us and I think we can move from being moving around like puppets on these strings to interacting more consciously with the unfolding of these archetypal fields in our life. So that's what that's why we share these stories use the hashtag grab, tell me which transit Mercury Uranus Mars Pluto, whatever it may be, share a little story if you want to you can email if you don't want to leave your story in the comment section. Email us I grabbed at nightlight astrology.com. Alright, that's what I've got for today. I hope you guys have a great day and we will be back again tomorrow.
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