Pluto – Part I

Pluto, the famous dwarf planet which is even smaller than the Earth’s Moon, of which ‘planet’ status has been taken from its hand in 2006. Why? Because “it hasn’t cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit of other objects.” And did you know that “The Disney cartoon character Pluto, Mickey’s faithful dog, made his debut in 1930, the same year Tombaugh discovered the dwarf planet.”? https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/dwarf-planets/pluto/overview/

Having said that, poor Pluto (although in mythology and in astrological terms you can be sure that it is not ‘poor’ at all, on the contrary it is quite powerful) could not even find a place in the famous ‘Planets’ orchestral suite by Gustav Holst because of its late discovery. And interestingly even though Holst was still alive during the discovery, he did not want to add a part for Pluto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=Isic2Z2e2xs

So, why did I decide to write about Pluto? The reason is simple. Both in astronomy and in astrology, although it is important, sometimes it feels like it is being put in secondary position because of its qualities. Also, last week while I was reading Pluto in astrological terms in the ‘The Secret Language of Astrology’ by Roy Gillett, I said ‘it is time to give its pride back to Pluto😊))’ (As a note, Gillett writes with a very naïve and positive approach that I also felt like giving Pluto the value it deserves)

Let’s look what mythology tells about Pluto: Pluto was the Roman God of the underworld. As I mentioned the secondary role above, after the death of Saturn Pluto was thought to have received an inferior inheritance, the underworld, compared to his brothers Jupiter and Neptune. However, this underworld was not really that bad since gold, silver, and crops were coming from beneath the earth. Pluto’s counterpart in Greek mythology ‘Hades’ which means ‘unseen one’ was the ruler of the invisible world, underworld where people went after they died. In both of the myths, even this God seemed to be dark and cold and even harsh, as you read it can be seen that there is an intriguing and softer part as well.
https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net/gods/pluto/
https://www.greekmythology.com/Olympians/Hades/hades.html

Coming to astrology, Pluto has been appointed as the co-ruler of zodiac sign Scorpio. Then what traits does Pluto represent in astrology? It represents power, determination, transformation, destruction and rebirth. In a way, if it can’t change or transform, it does destruct to regenerate. In this regard, as Gillett suggests, if we get prepared for what is coming, then it may be a chance for us to find a way out. In a way, it is like instead of denying it is better to use our energy to accept and deal with whatever is for our share. Fear is for us but no need to run away, let’s face it and find the path for the sunshine coming after the dark…

When I started writing this blog, I had thought that I could cover more about astrology and Tarot cards associated with Pluto and Scorpio. However, I have realised that there is so much content that I will make a second blog on Pluto.

So next week, are you ready to read more about Pluto? I am sure you all do.

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Stay well and keep safe until next week,
Teri