Emotional Cleansing as Pluto Retrogrades in Capricorn

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Pluto, the planet of deep emotional cleansing, is now imparting another round of retrograde teachings in the sign of Capricorn. Between now and September, you'll be called to further delve into your own shadow issues surrounding power, authority, and control, assessing how these elements may still lurk in your psyche in potentially destructive ways.

These dark themes began scratching their way to the surface once Pluto first entered Capricorn in 2008. Pluto works like the classic psychoanalytic metaphor of peeling an onion, revealing layers circuitously until the deepest core of an issue is reached. It takes time and repetitive emotional experience to excavate an issue in your psyche, so sometimes it's easy to forget that major change is no overnight fix.

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This transit also holds the potential to scapegoat others and project your unresolved psychological baggage onto any target who happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Look to where Capricorn falls in your birth chart to see where you may have to work out any displaced-anger problems.

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It's no surprise that this particular Pluto retrograde is especially potent. Firstly, it began on a date (April 14) preceding a colossal full Moon lunar eclipse; secondly, it's involved in the Grand Cardinal Cross energy of April 24, an event that's sure to set off all kinds of revolutionary change.

As you attempt to break any damaging patterns involving unhealthy partnering, family traditions, and relationships to authority, you'll find that the best way to work with Pluto's current retrograde phase is to have the courage to turn inward and embrace your darkest demons of fear, guilt, and shame.

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