The Effects of the Uranus/Pluto Square of 2012 - 2015

Since September 2012 and lasting until March 16, 2015, six Uranus-Pluto squares have been taking place. This means that the Uranus/Pluto squares have shadowed at this past entire two and a half years.

Squares are motivators – they compel you to resolve the issues related to the planets involved in the square. 

Just as in the 1960’s, this has been a time of revolution worldwide. People who have been oppressed have risen up to overthrow corrupt leaders, and corruption has been exposed almost daily worldwide since 2012.

From this point forward, the old paradigms that we have so long been accustomed to (and longed to escape from) will begin to change. The people whose charts contain the Uranus-Pluto conjunction of the mid-to-late 1960’s are given opportunities to be forerunners in this change, pulling the rest of us along with them.

And, if any of the Uranus-Pluto squares hit a planet in our charts, we are also given an opportunity (whether it feels like one or not!) to change things on a personal level, to have our own personal revolution. 

It means that we can feel compelled to make a new start by letting go of any time-consuming and energy-draining people/situations that have been holding us back, or by totally rethinking the way we deal with them. It’s the ‘I’ve had enough, and I’m not taking this any more’ aspect, and in that respect, it’s a positive thing.

The exact dates and degrees of the Uranus/Pluto squares are:

Sept. 19, 2012             Uranus at Aries 6º57     Pluto at Capricorn 6º57

May 20, 2013              Uranus at Aries 11º14    Pluto at Capricorn 11º14

November 1, 2013      Uranus at Aries 9º25    Pluto at Capricorn 9º25

April 21, 2014            Uranus at Aries 13º34    Pluto at Capricorn 13º34

December 14, 2014    Uranus at Aries 12º35    Pluto at Capricorn 12º35

March 16, 2015          Uranus at Aries 15º17    Pluto at Capricorn 15º17

If you have planets, or any important points such as the Ascendant or the Midheaven in Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn in any of the above degrees in your birth chart, then you will be affected by the Uranus/Pluto squares.

Houses Involved:

The house that holds the Aries, Cancer, Libra, or Capricorn planets in the above degrees will show you the areas of your life that you are being asked to change now.

If you should also have the Uranus/Pluto conjunction in your chart, the house that holds that conjunction will be affected. 

In general, the houses and the areas of life that they govern are:

1^st house - your physical body, your personality, your identity, the way you appear to others, self-awareness, new beginnings, initiating new projects. 

2^nd house - your own personal resources - financial ones and the skills and knowledge you possess,  feelings of self-worth, personal beauty, the things that make you feel physically secure, your personal values, the Earth and things having to do with the Earth such as plants, gardening, forests, and a love of music.

3^rd house - your communications with others, the way you think and express yourself, writing, teaching, lecturing, using your mind to create, your immediate neighborhood and community, your relationship with your siblings. 

4^th house - your physical home, the land itself, your mother, your family of origin, the way you mother or take care of others, your roots - your past, history, or traditions, extended family, clans or tribes, the things that make you feel emotionally secure,

5^th house - children, your own personal ability to create, love and romance, acting and actors, the theatre, movies, and the entertainment industry, the ability to play and have fun, feelings of self-esteem, taking risks or chances, big-hearted generosity toward others. 

6^th house - work, health, service to others, healing and all types of healers - doctors, nurses, veterinarians or alternative healers - nutrition, food as medicine, the analytical mind and the need for perfection, animals, including pets, the military, and those who seek to reform corrupt people or institutions.

7^th house - relationships in which you share resources, such as in a marriage or a business partnership, harmony, diplomacy and peacekeeping, the need for balance and equality in relationships, justice, social groups, awareness of others as opposed to an awareness of the self (1^st house), beautiful things, including those in the arts - paintings, sculptures, photography, and the artists who create them.

8^th house (the Pluto house) - the death of an old way and birth of a new one, in-depth research, inheritances or debts (because both have to do with other people’s money), the continuing existence of life after death, the near-death experience, things that are hidden, things going on below the surface of public knowledge, the study of the ‘occult,’ the business world.

9^th house - philosophy, higher wisdom, colleges and universities, long distance travel to other countries, exploration, sports, religion and the clergy, the need for freedom, including the freedom to explore other cultures and other belief systems, books and publishing. 

10^th house - your work in the world (which may or may not be your actual career), your reputation, how others see you as a force in the world, your achievements in the outer world, your father, serving as a mentor to others.

11^th house (the Uranus house) humanitarian efforts to make the world a better place, groups of like-minded individuals who are trying to do just that, your dreams and hopes for the future, an inclination towards the future rather than the past, friendships, social media, television and the Internet, aviation, astrology.

12^th house - mysticism, dreams, illusions, fantasy, other dimensions of reality, visions of other worlds, past lives, places of retreat such as monasteries or temples, spirituality, any of the arts, including films, that provide an escape from ordinary reality, self-sacrifice, addictions, deceit and deception, compassion for others.