In Pisces, Uranus is somewhat subdued. Pisces rules over the hidden forces that work behind the scenes. Therefore, things like mental health, secrets, self-destruction, addictions, spiritual mysteries, bureaucracies, and “fogginess” are ruled by Pisces. Therefore, we now have gambling, porn, and other self-destructive activities available online. We also have government bureaucracies trying to legislate for or against Net Neutrality and spam. We have all kinds of spiritual, mental health, self-help, and “positive attitude” information readily available as well. Is it any wonder that people are becoming addicted to the Internet? On the other hand, Uranus’ time in Pisces has helped us to befriend people from all over the world that we otherwise would not have gotten to know. Global brotherhood is much easier to encompass. Pisces believes in sacrificing for the greater good and Uranus is a huge fan of humanitarianism. Together, they bring us websites that work to educate and promote helping those less fortunate in other countries. Uranus may not have the razzamatazz in Pisces that he has in some other zodiac signs, but he is not without his charms within this area of our lives.

For Aquarius, this has been occurring in your second house of personal wealth and self-worth. Hosting Uranus in this area of your life can be exhilarating. Uranus offers genius, teamwork, computers, the Internet, friends, and committees as tools to help you boost your financial standing. Uranus has been in this area of your life for quite some time. When things are good, he creates incredible brainstorming and enthusiasm to help you build your net worth. However, when things are not going too well, Uranus can add stubbornness and chaos to your financial plans. You could find happy surprises help you to succeed at your financial and professional goals. You could brainstorm bright new ideas or it could be a simple matter of being in the right place at the right time, but either way, it will probably hit you out of left field when things suddenly just click into place. And of course, having your ruling planet in your self-worth sector always boosts self-confidence and self-respect.

Once Uranus moves into Aries, he can have some fun. Aries is innovative, entrepreneurial, competitive, and loves being the first one to come up with a new idea. Uranus is in love with new technology, teamwork, being unique while being part of something bigger than one’s self, and a brainstorming genius. Both are extroverted, social, and stubborn. Both are clever, fast, and pride themselves on their uniqueness. At first, Uranus will enjoy a lovely summer visit into Aries and then later next year, he will formally move into Aries for the next few years. He reminds me of a teenager visiting a college campus before moving there permanently during the college years. This first visit will be exhilarating and then going back into Pisces will feel stiff and too confining before he makes the official move to Aries. Globally, we will probably see the Internet and new technology take off like crazy. It will be interesting to see how the planet of teamwork and brotherly love affects the world while in the zodiac sign of warriors and “me first!” Does “me” or “we” prevail?

For Aquarius, Uranus is in your third house of communications, commerce, and community. Your extended family, community relationships, and commercial activities are likely to explode with innovation, teamwork, computers, the Internet, and scientific breakthroughs. These areas of your life can also suffer from chaos, stubbornness, and eccentricities at times, but overall Uranus is doing his best to invigorate your interpersonal communications, commercial activities, and local community.

Neptune tries to bring emotional well-being, spirituality, and a touch of magic to whatever he touches. Unfortunately, he also has a tendency to bring self-destruction, bureaucracies, and gullibility too. He usually spends about 14 years in each zodiac sign. Neptune rules over mental health, attitudes, intuition, secrets, spiritual mysteries, paranormal activities, charities, bureaucracies, and other hidden forces that work behind the scenes. If things are good, he brings compassion and a touch of magic. If things are bad, he brings delusions and fogginess.

As 2010 begins, Neptune is still in Aquarius and your first house. He will stay here until January 2012.

In Aquarius, Neptune is behaving in sort of a yin-yang energy to Uranus. Uranus is in Neptune’s zodiac sign and Neptune is in Uranus’ zodiac sign. They are each doing their thing, but focusing on the other’s topics. While Uranus is creating brotherhood online, Neptune is trying to make mental health, spirituality, and bureaucracies work for everyone. One brings teamwork to humanitarian causes; the other brings humanitarian causes to teamwork. One says, “I am mentally healthy and self-assured so that I can be a great team player.” The other says, “I am a great team player so that I can feel mentally healthy and self-assured.” Is it any wonder that “Yes we can” became the global motto in 2008? To some, it is a delusional concept full of lollypop dreams and gullible “kool-aid” drinking. To others, it is the logical and necessary blending of global teamwork and universal compassion.

For Aquarius, Neptune has been blessing your first house of “me”. His goal is to add intuition, spirituality, compassion, creativity, and a sense of oneness with the rest of the world into your life. Most of the time, he is succeeding at that goal. However, when other planets clash with Neptune, then he can bring dishonesty, flakiness, addictions, self-destruction, and/or bureaucracy into your life. You are the one who is coming across as an irresponsible flake even though everyone knows that you are smart and that you are by nature a wonderful team player. Hosting Neptune in your “me” sector has been tough on a lot of Aquarians. A couple of years ago, Saturn was in your partnerships sector opposing Neptune. During that time, most of you suffered quite a bit. Now that the other planets are mostly leaving Neptune alone, you should be feeling some relief. And Neptune should be able to focus on bestowing his gifts upon you rather than causing you to come across as unreliable and flaky.

Pluto psychoanalyzes, empowers, and/or heals whatever he touches. He has an uneven pattern and can spend as little as 13 years or as much as 32 years in any given zodiac sign. His job is to uncover the hidden truths within our lives and to either empower us with passion and self-righteousness, or to heal us by forcing us to go through a Phoenix Rising type of experience. It can be painful to endure Pluto’s scrutiny, but it can ultimately prove to be incredibly uplifting. Personal rebirth is often the result of Pluto’s passage through certain areas of our life. Pluto rules over trust and sharing. It is often through hidden motivations, hidden assets, hidden agendas, hidden resources, and/or through loyalty and fidelity matters that we find out what we are really made of and we find out what our partners are really made of. Pluto can reveal gifts, assets, stamina, and psychological resources that we had no idea existed within ourselves. And Pluto can reveal the selfish, greedy, and emotionally crippling aspects of ourselves too. All too often, he uses our need for sexual intimacy and financial teamwork (trust and sharing) to teach us these lessons. The reason that Scorpios are known to be so revengeful is because Scorpio co-rules over the trust and sharing concepts with Pluto. Breaking trust is the worst thing you can do to a Scorpio. From Scorpio’s perspective, nothing could possibly be more important that the ability to trust others.

As 2010 begins, Pluto is still in Capricorn and your twelfth house. He moved into this area of your life in 2008 and will stay here until January 2024.

In Capricorn, Pluto focuses on doing the right thing because it is the thing to do. Capricorn rules over professionalism, leadership, goals and aspirations, success, civic duty, public recognition, and earning the respect of our peers. Remember earlier when we talked about Saturn and how he teaches us about karma, cause and effect, and “tough love” style life lessons. Saturn rules Capricorn and so Capricorn embraces the concepts of “tough love”, doing one’s civic duty, and ideas like “If I don’t take care of this, who will?” When in Sagittarius, Pluto promoted exploring the world and all of the various cultures, peoples, religions, etc. Sagittarius promoted freedom to explore and to dabble in various religious and cultural teachings. The idea that all religions are more alike than different and therefore we can pick and chose bits and pieces of which ones we like is a very Sagittarian approach to religion and spirituality. We focused on global travel, politics, and mass media. Pluto had a good time digging deep down into the truth about our political beliefs, our religious practices, our international diplomacy, and such. Now, he is focusing on the business systems, ethics, integrity, and professionalism of our world. Do the large corporations follow ethical business practices? Do we have integrity in our government agencies? Do we as individuals, as communities, as states, as countries… do we take on a parental role and look out for those in need or do we focus on our own personal agendas? It may not feel like a lot of fun, but this is the perfect energy for fixing the economic system, the environmental policies, the human rights violations, the health care system, welfare programs, voting fraud, etc. Big systems that are broken can be fixed, healed, restructured, and/or demolished in a smart and tenacious manner. We have the planet of passion, truth, and rebirth focused on the zodiac sign of responsibility, integrity, and leadership.

For Aquarius, Pluto is in your twelfth house of mental health, addictions, self-destruction, gullibility, intuition, paranormal activities, spiritual mysteries, secrets, bureaucracies, and “hidden forces that work behind the scenes”. Pluto rules over trust and sharing, sexual unions, fidelity, joint finances, inheritances, commissions, royalties, stock options, insurances, taxes, lotteries, and other forms of profit sharing. Pluto also rules over Scorpios, passion, psychological secrets, uncovering hidden truths, personal rebirth, the Phoenix Rising, and trusting that tomorrow can be better than today. You have the planet in charge of profit sharing, fidelity, psychological forces, and hidden truths in the house of mental health, secrets, and hidden forces. Look for commissions, royalties, stock options, spousal income, business partnership income, and profit sharing to materialize seemingly out of nowhere. You seem to just “know” where the profits are to be found. This is also an excellent time for psychological, spiritual, and romantic healing, growing, and exploring. The energy promotes digging beneath the surface and finding the truth – good or bad over the next few years.