Heart to Heart with Ananfaye

Greetings and Happy New Year! I would like to start off the new year with sharing some astrology, which is one of my passions.  My idea is to each month or so share about the energies of a planet, sign or asteroid, etc. and how it may be influencing us at this time. (Please note that I do not believe we are at the mercy of astrology, we do have free will and there is a Source much greater)

From my perspective astrology, a language, an art and science, is a tool for opening the heart, assisting in the recovery of the lost and forgotten parts of our self.  It works because it is a form of tapping into a bigger connectedness than we normally relate to.  Like a giant treasure map it leads the way to the core of our blocked energy, our talent and expression.  We can then make wiser choices for our life.  The horoscope or birth chart is like a photograph of the solar system at the exact time of birth.  This celestial map, shaped as a circle, consists of 12 signs of the zodiac, planets and asteroids and 12 houses.  It literally tells our story in a wonderous way.  The planets and asteroids symbolize the type of energies to be expressed and aspects of the personality.  The signs show how these energies are expressed and the houses represent the area of life, for example, career or relationships.

I would like to start with PLUTO the planet of power and transformation, sometimes called the ruler of the four biggies: money, power, death and sex. Pluto in the birth chart indicates how and where one may undergo great change throughtout the life. Pluto is a light shining on those dark places within.  There is usually a death of the old, that which no longer serves us, then finally a rebirth , something new and more suited for us.  The process of transformation is not easy and we often want to control it, to stop it, to figure it all out, but it is organic and like the snake shedding it's skin we will be improved with this new skin.

In January of last year Pluto moved into the sign of Capricorn for a short time, then returned to Sagittarius where it had been for fifteen years, moving again into Capricorn November 26th where it will be for many years.  What does this mean? Well, as Pluto represents the principle of deep transformation and power and Capricorn rules all structures and systems we will see the light shining in all the nooks and crannies of political arena, economic, educational, corporate, etc. on the local, national and global level.  We certainly know about the economic shift over the past year.  Pluto's light is showing us what we haven't been able to see.  On a personal level, all areas of our life are affected, our basic foundation, the way we structure our life...not just physically, but mentally, emotionally and spiritually.  More and more of us is required to step up to the plate, to come into balance.  Like the snake shedding its skin we too are growing a new skin, methinks a new world while we are at it. We are being asked to be vulnerable to open our hearts and surrender, ask for help if you need it.  Is Pluto's light shining on your health, your relationship with someone you love or don't love, has your income been seriously reduced?  To fight the shift just means more suffering.  Remembering Pluto rules the capacity for self-transformation and self-renewal can remind us to be loyal to the light within that ignites our courage and faith and the joy that is our true nature!

So dear ones that is Pluto for now.  If you are curious how all of this affects you and your chart you may wish to schedule a reading it  can be fun to learn more about your wonderous story!

Blessed Be.

Ananfaye