Pluto in Aquarius

Everything to gain and nothing left to lose.

A hundred seasons. Come Aquarius season 2025, I will have been pulling cards and doing readings for the collective for one hundred seasons. Each season evolving and changing, each season challenging myself to share and channel more. At first, this was just through the cards and then more specifically talking about the themes and archetypes of each of the signs of that season. Each year building on the one before. Each year connecting the signs and archetypes.

The Sun entered Sagittarius last night, and it sextiled my Sun as it does every year. But unlike every year, it also sextiled Pluto. Two words came to mind: ‘new perspectives’. Have you ever been promoted so your co-workers become your underlings? Or have you experienced this happening to a friend or colleague? With more power come different perspectives and responsibilities. You get a promotion, you don't get a bigger office or a higher salary for doing what you did before. Your role changes, your responsibilities change. And so it is with Pluto moving into Aquarius. Nothing changes unless we do.

Now, this example I'm using is a nod to Capricorn, because hierarchies are not the Aquarian way. Let's stick with Capricorn for a moment, because I have a feeling come Capricorn season we will see the changes without Pluto there. I don’t know if you remember, but right at the beginning of 2020 - literally the first of January - there were a whole bunch of posts on social media about how we were entering the roaring 20s. People were so hopeful, saying this was going to be our decade, filled with excitement and anticipation for what was to come. I see the same kinds of posts now about Pluto in Aquarius.

I think back to that now, and it wasn’t the optimism itself that stood out - it was how we were all stepping into the unknown, expecting that a new decade would somehow change everything. But a change in the calendar didn’t fix anything, and neither does Pluto moving into Aquarius. Optimism is vital - it’s Sagittarius season, after all, and Sag thrives on curiosity and hope. You can take that from this Sag rising. But just like in 2020, we’re facing an unknown. The difference is how we show up this time. It’s not about everything magically being better because Pluto shifted signs; it’s about recognising that nothing changes unless we change. The unknown is still here, but this time, we have an opportunity to meet it with awareness, both as individuals and as part of a collective.

And yet, the unknown is about to become even more unknown. Yes, Pluto is in Aquarius, but added to that, next year we will have Uranus moving into Gemini, Neptune and Saturn moving briefly into Aries, and the nodes shifting into Pisces and Virgo. Along with ‘unknown,’ I think of the words ‘escalation,’ ‘illusions,’ ‘instincts,’ and ‘responsibility’. We see the rapid evolution of AI and tech, the political and economic upheavals in the world, the climate changes, and the shifting emotions of humanity. We are stepping into a true change of era. This isn’t just about what’s next - it’s about navigating a landscape we’ve never seen before, with no clear map to guide us.

But we know where we’ve been and what we have become. I told you that everything would become clear in why your life has taken the turns it did, and I believe that. But not because of the traditional standards and values that were held by society, but because of what made you feel different. Aquarius is the outsider, and if nothing else, we all now have an invitation to show up from that very place, that feeling, that knowledge of what we have always felt made us the alien. Yeah, the same way that Pluto entering Capricorn revealed the shadow of Capricorn-themed institutions, Pluto entering Aquarius, the sign of the people, will reveal our shadow. Hopefully, we’ll recognise there is no-one left to blame. And rather than cutting out the cancerous elements of society - because they do exist - we will take a more holistic approach and realise the role that each of us plays has enabled the worst, but also makes possible the best of humanity.

I wrote and created a song called ‘The Way Trees Grow,’ which I will add to the bottom of this post with the lyrics. It says more about Pluto in Aquarius in less than 4 minutes than I could talk about in 4 hours. But for now, let me speak from who and where I am.

If I know who I am, even if I don’t...
If I know what I value, even when it feels like I have none...
If I know my mind and my thoughts, whether they are friend or foe...
If I know my feelings always help me find my way, even when I feel lost...
If I know my heart, and that it is the only thing I can truly offer the world...
If I know I can discern what is real, even when it’s not...
If I know where I end and another begins, even as that other mirrors me...
If I will never turn away from my own darkness, even when it frightens me more than anything outside...
If I know this desire to seek will never be sated, and no answers will ever be found...
If I know there will always be mountains to climb, and sometimes I’ll think it’s for the view, but it might really be to be seen...
If I have never been understood and know that I don’t understand...
If I know what I know is all an illusion - because it’s what I need to see to justify my reality...
If no-one listens, and I do not hear...
If it is all madness because I can’t make sense of it...
If all this is predetermined in a way I will never understand, so free will is the only choice...
If I know only I have the power, and that power is change...
If I know no-one is coming to save me, because I don’t need saving...
If I know time is an illusion, but it still runs out...
If I know chaos is creation’s first language...
If I know destruction and rebirth are the same breath...
If I know sanity is overrated and certainty is for cowards...
If I know even the gods are winging it...
If I know that even all this I will one day unknow...

Then there is everything to gain and nothing left to lose.

The Way Trees Grow

I came from the shadows, fists up, lone fight,
Walked through the fire, no end in sight.
Every scar on my skin is a badge I earned,
Every bridge that I crossed is a lesson learned.
Had to hustle, out the rubble, just me, no team,
Carving out a path in a world so mean.
But the cracks in my armour, they were trying to say,
Ain’t no king who can rule without the people’s sway.

We’ve been walking alone, trying to make it through,
But the weight of the world needs more than just you.
If we build from the ground, let the roots intertwine,
We can rise from the hurt, let the whole world shine.

See, the world don’t break - it bends, it folds,
Taught me lessons through the winters, left me in the cold.
But the truth hit me hard, like a shot to the chest,
A man can’t lead if he’s lost in his quest.
I watched my people struggle, eyes turned blind,
Feeding on the lies we were sold by the grind.
If we just held hands, looked our demons in the face,
We could turn this broken block into a sacred space.

We’ve been walking alone, trying to make it through,
But the weight of the world needs more than just you.
If we build from the ground, let the roots intertwine,
We can rise from the hurt, let the whole world shine.

We all carry the weight, every loss, every scar,
But together, those burdens don’t feel so far.
I’ve seen hope in a stranger’s hand stretched wide,
A reflection of the strength I’d been trying to hide.
It’s the smallest acts that can spark the flame,
Not for glory or riches, not for chasing fame.
Just a chance to rebuild, to plant what’s true,
’Cause the change in my world starts with me and you.

We’ve been walking alone, trying to make it through,
But the weight of the world needs more than just you.
If we build from the ground, let the roots intertwine,
We can rise from the hurt, let the whole world shine.

It ain’t the world you change; it’s the ties you bind,
The way you lean on love, leave the fear behind.
When we stand together, we can heal the cracks,
Build the kind of strength no storm can tax.
It’s the quiet revolutions in our day-to-day,
That shape the world in ways no words can say.

We’ve been walking alone, trying to make it through,
But the weight of the world needs more than just you.
If we build from the ground, let the roots intertwine,
We can rise from the hurt, let the whole world shine.

So now I walk with my people, shoulders wide, head high,
No more lone wolf running blind through lies.
It ain’t about the crowns, it’s the way trees grow,
’Cause no forest ever thrived when seeds stood alone.