The Cosmic Highlighter Pen

Even after studying and practicing astrology for almost 20 years, I still feel awe and wonder when I see the planetary energies reflected in world events and in the lives of individuals. I know astrology works, it has proved itself over and again, yet still there is something magical about noticing the correspondences between the cosmic cycles and what manifests on our planet.

Yesterday, the phrase cosmic highlighter pen came to me. Thank you, universe, this analogy perfectly encapsulates how astrology works and what it’s trying to show us. Everything in astrology has a set of symbolic meanings and to interpret these meanings we must apply them to the context of our own life circumstances, our individuality, our culture etc. and the times we live in. And this is the beauty of astrology. It remains eternally relevant, flexible and useful. And as the planets, points, asteroids and so on continually process across our skies, like cosmic messengers they highlight issues and situations to be aware of and to work on.

Here are a couple of examples of this cosmic highlighter pen.

Is Saturn in Pisces Everywhere All At Once? (AKA there's plenty more fish in the sea and many more yous in the universe)

On March 7, Saturn moved into Pisces. Five days later, on March 12, the movie Everyone, Everything, All At Once swept the board at the Oscars. As a sign, Pisces can be summed up by the title of this movie. In its purest sense Pisces knows no boundaries. It doesn’t recognise time or space and knows no limits.

The movie is about a woman living a very Saturnian life of limitation and regret, in debt to the Inland Revenue Service and struggling to navigate difficult family dynamics, including a disappointing marriage and the burden of caring about what her father thinks which gets in the way of accepting her daughter’s sexuality. It is this life of drudgery and perceived failure that sets her on the path to experiencing multiple parallel lives in alternative dimensions and in the end, to seeing and accepting the love and joy within her mundane reality.

By winning so many Oscars (as well as many other awards) this brilliant movie has been brought into mass consciousness. So what is this trying to tell us?

There has been much written about what this film means. Many have said it encapsulates nihilism; the meaningless of life and its struggles and endeavours. By this analysis, the movie, like life, means nothing and indeed the film, is, on the surface, non-sensical. And nihilism is a plausible Piscean quality. That point of surrender to nothingness amidst the chaos. But Pisces can be anything. Expand your awareness and this film and indeed life can mean anything you want it to mean. Anything and everything is possible is what I think this film is saying and surrendering to this notion can bring joy and satisfaction in unexpected ways. If you’ve seen the film, you will have your own thoughts.

But we are still talking about Saturn here. We are still operating within the time boundaries and other constraints of our physical existence and of the superego. But perhaps with Saturn in Pisces we might remind ourselves that we are in fact spiritual beings experiencing a temporary physical life. We might also remind ourselves to ground into our bodies and into the earth regularly, so as to better experience freedom of spirit without dissolving into chaos. We might also seek a way to reconcile the time constraints of Saturn with the timelessness of Pisces. How? Perhaps by remembering that while we focus so much on the past and the future, in reality (reality is a great Saturnian word) there really only is the eternal present. And in our present, we can experience the gift of meaningful surrender to what is.

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Final Memos from Pluto in Capricorn

So now to Pluto in Capricorn. I know most of the attention is on Pluto’s ingress into Aquarius in a few days, but it’s not done with Capricorn yet. It retrogrades back into Capricorn twice before settling into Aquarius for the long haul in November 2024.

So what is Pluto in Capricorn highlighting for us, right now? Remember the banking crisis of 2008, when Pluto first moved into Capricorn? Now it’s in the last degree of the sign of the goat the world is being reminded that there is still work to be done in the banking sector and perhaps in the financial sector in general. In the last week or so, two banks have reached crisis point. It seems that these banks, unlike the larger retail banking sector, have a more niche clientele, so we can hope with some optimism that this trend will not spread.

However, we are reminded that Pluto highlights where (collectively and individually) we need to seize the opportunity for restructure, renewal and rebirth. Pluto drags deep toxicity to the surface and purges so it can cleanse and transform. In our personal lives, if Pluto is making connections with your chart, if there is a repeat of earlier themes it highlights where we may need to complete the work of Pluto in Capricorn so we can move on.

With love and Blessings, 

Mandi xxx