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> but about people stepping into positions of power who have open hearts, know suffering, and want to make sure Everyone is taken care of...

Yes, I agree with you here, but can't it be anyone who posesses those qualities, regardless of their gender/sex/race? Why is it that you think "mostly women, and also feminine men, transgenders, and POC" are best qualified for that? Why only those groups/identities and not any others (white/masculine males/cis)? Certainly we need more people with open hearts, who know suffering, and want to make sure everyone is taken care of. I think it's a bit misguided to think that only those groups would be capable of being empathic, caring, kind people.

I can tell you're well-intentioned and good hearted, and I hope you don't take my disagreement as anything more than a difference in perspective, I don't mean to be contentious. I just see things very differently.

I would personally put the focus on specific attributes like "people with awareness" or "people with open hearts who know suffering" and drop the focus on traditional identity altogether. I know there are plenty of women, feminine men, transgenders and POC who have those qualities, but there are plenty who don't as well. I think it's important to get to the foundation of things when it comes to what we want - do we want "Transgenders and POC in power" or do we want "open hearted, kind, empathic people in power" ?

To be completely honest with you, I think a lot of these identity politics concepts have been pushed as a way of dividing us, not as any reasonable way forward.

Also, I don't know that "positions of power" is something worth keeping and carrying into the future. There is a place for everyone to step into their own inner power, and that's something that anyone and everyone can do. And there is a place for leaders, certainly, and being a good leader has its own kind of power to it.

In terms of "power structures" or "positions of power" though? I think those would be going away in a more evolved world. I think those things are part of the problem of why things are so messed up. "Power corrupts" as they say..... we would probably do better with a more decentralized world, with an entirely different way of making decisions at a large scale. If you're interested in hearing how that might work, I recommend the section in this book called Governance. Actually.... I recommend that entire book!

>(north node in cancer during the paradigm shift)

Interesting. My view is that things are always shifting. Paradigms are in constant flux. The energies all have their meaning, with periods of larger change here and there, but evolution is always occurring. I do see 2020 as being a time of greater change though, yes! and all of the 2020s... Maybe not all positive either. We may have to endure quite a lot of difficulty before certain things really begin to improve, but I do believe a golden age will come.

One of the biggest misconceptions about modern forms of astrology is that the process behind ascertaining the meanings of new planets is somehow scientific and observation based when there's actually very little historical evidence to suggest this. Usually things are attributed to these new bodies either on a "because-I-said-so" or a "this-was-happening-at-the-time-so-it-must-be-important" assumption. Neither of which have any real consistent logic behind it that would function is a meaningful system. Essentially, most attributions of new planets are cherry-picked and unfounded, but then subsequently adopted when someone rushes out some book about it. (Case in point; Eris, discovered in 2006 book about Eris published in 2012 )

We saw something similar happen at the discovery of the four main asteroids Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta. They were discovered almost one after another, but they were it for a good period of time. Astronomers and astrologers alike referred to them as planets, but afterwards more and more were discovered and it was clear that they were something, but they weren't planets and they mostly dropped off from astrology as there was no clear line of reasoning that would allow their inclusion while still excluding the other dozens of bodies that were and would continue to be found.

The idea of astronomical designation having no foundation on astrological thought (e.g. just because astronomers say something is or isn't a planet doesn't make it so) is so off base. Most modern astrologers will attempt to delve into the mythology of whatever planet to determine what it means (this is not the historical basis for planetary meaning, but a modern idea that popped up a while after the discovery of Neptune), this makes the name that astronomers designate the object of paramount importance to modern astrology which has literally nothing else to go on other than that name.

Astrologers tend to hold on to Pluto very dearly, even if its re-classification makes a lot of sense. This likely just comes from growing up learning it and attributing an unnecessary and (sometimes) unrealistic amount of power to it. Pluto was all the rage in the 70s and 80s when most psychological astrologers we know of today were starting to get their chops. Interestingly, even though Ceres, Pallas, Juno, and Vesta were considered planets for 49 years, you never really hear about them being very important today and astrologers of the past seemed much more content to let them go than we are today.

Honestly, I don't expect much to change as far as astrology goes in regards to this new planet, much the same way that the discoveries of Eris, Sedna, and whoever else out there hasn't made much of an impact. People may jibber-jabber about it and there may be web pages up and I'm sure one or two enterprising astrologers will attempt to make a quick buck off a book about it. However, as someone who has attended and presented at several national astrological conferences, I cannot recall anyone ever lecturing about this kind of topic (though sometimes Lilith manages to sneak in).

At this point in time we haven't even found it yet, we just strongly suspect it may be there, so that'll take some time at least. We'll see, though.

Keep looking. Head, heart and body all have to agree. If you let just one side of you make the decision and drag the rest of you along with it, you'll end up miserable.

Also, I suggest reading books by Pluto experts to start telling yourself a new story about that Pluto in/Scorpio on the descendant. You're right that magnetic, sexy guys with a troubled past are one manifestation of Pluto/Scorpio. But they're not the only one. Learn more about Pluto so you can start creating a mental image of the type or wavelength of Scorpio that you would actually be happy with.

Here are some good books on astrological Pluto:

Jeff Green - https://www.amazon.com/Pluto-Evolutionary-Journey-Llewellyn-Astrology/dp/0875422969

Jeff Green - https://www.amazon.com/Pluto-Souls-Evolution-Through-Relationships/dp/1567183336

The chapters on Scorpio and Pluto in Steven J. Forrest's The Inner Sky - https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Sky-Wiser-Choices-Fulfilling/dp/0979067715

And if you're a reader of novels, look for Plutonian men in books. Characters that fit that description can help you know what you're looking for and not looking for. A really nasty version of a Plutonian man is Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. No woman could be with him and be happy. On the other hand, Matthew Clairmont in Deborah Harkness's massively entertaining and interesting A Discovery of Witches trilogy is also a very Plutonian man--he's a vampire, a geneticist, incredibly wealthy, and has a deep trauma in his past--but he's also a strong person who can and does make his woman very happy.

As far as websites, I'm not sure why you're averse to astro.com. Check out their intro.

I don't know too much astrology, but my greatest resources come from Robert Hand books (I know, not a website):

Planets in Transit - covers relationships between transiting planets
Horoscope Symbols - In depth analysis of the meaning behind planet symbols. I don't know what /r/astrology thinks of this one but it helped me develop an intuition for understanding chart symbols.
Planets in Aspect - Explains relationships between planets; sextile, square, opposition, etc...
Planets in Houses - Relationship between houses and what it means when a planet is in one.

I'd say I've only really read through the Horoscope Symbols one and use the others as references while examining charts. Unfortunately I haven't found a parallel resource online.

Best of luck!

I don't know what astrology aspects could trigger that, but I got a nice book about dreams I can recommend. The important thing is that everything in the dream like animals, elements, people and so on are parts of the brain symbolizing things. So the book suggests finding out what the brain wants to tell and simply change it in reality, then the dream would disappear. If there is no change it can repeat or become a more nightmarelike dream. So this is more random in reality I guess, since most people don't remember any dreams. I think this would be especially important for childs. https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Public-Dream-Symbols-Revealed/dp/1886940495/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1542316570&sr=8-3

I think astrology is one of the best ways to understand yourself, so you are on the right track! Astrologik is probably one of the best books I recommend to beginners (although you can probably find it cheaper if you look around... hot damn Amazon! I know I didn't pay that much for it! Maybe it's out of print right now or something.) I would suggest learning to read your whole chart as the other planets placements and their relation to each other (known as the aspects) can shed a ton of insight (best book to learn with is this Chart Interpretation Handbook by Stephen Arroyo). Astrology is like most things in life... you will only get out of it, what you put into it. So read some books and learn to make your own interpretations. Strangers on the internet can look at your chart and tell you some stuff, but nobody has the potential to know YOU better than yourself!

I recommend checking out Bill Tierney's "All Around the Zodiac" to help you deepen your understanding of your Sun, Moon, and Ascendant placements.

Astro.com also has really amazing resources for beginners!

TIME is determined by planetary motion in outer space. Is it so crazy to think we could be affected by the planets as well?

The Beautifully Rational Philosophy of Astrology by Vic DiCara fleshes this argument out. https://www.amazon.com/Beautifully-Rational-Philosophy-Astrology-ebook/dp/B00ZF5O358/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+beautifully+rational+philosophy&qid=1567305827&s=gateway&sr=8-1

(You can click on where it says "look inside" and get a general sense)

Additionally:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_effect

If you're reading books from the 900s, you're reading THE resources (depending on who you're reading). However, they're not all that easy to read, for sure.

I highly recommend picking up a couple books on the history of astrology, such as A History of Western Astrology by Nicholas Campion. Also, a recent release by Chris Brennan is basically a huge Hellenistic astrology handbook, and it also covers some history and philosophy. If you're looking for something smaller or more introductory, there's a small intro to traditional astrology book by Ben Dykes that's excellent.

Anything titled "All you need to know about..." + I recommend starting out with the Arab, Greek and Roman classics...no one can take the basics away from you then :) Here's a list of books I'd recommend for starters - it's not everything but definitely something:

http://www.amazon.com/Astrology-Ancient-Babylon-P-G-Maxwell-Stuart-ebook/dp/B00AY1Z8Y8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1418994883&sr=8-3&keywords=history+of+astrology

http://www.amazon.com/Manilius-Astronomica-Classical-Library-English/dp/0674995163/ref=sr_1_19?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418994991&sr=1-19&keywords=classics

http://www.amazon.com/Christian-Astrology-Books-1-2/dp/1933303026/ref=sr_1_26?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418995025&sr=1-26&keywords=classics

http://www.amazon.com/Carmen-Astrologicum-Dorotheus-Sidon/dp/193330314X/ref=sr_1_88?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418995154&sr=1-88&keywords=classics

http://www.amazon.com/Ptolemys-Tetrabiblos-Quadripartite-Vol-Influence/dp/B008742OMS/ref=sr_1_100?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418995188&sr=1-100&keywords=classics

http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Astrological-Terms-Explanations-Partridge/dp/1434470148/ref=sr_1_23?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418995936&sr=1-23&keywords=dictionary

http://www.amazon.com/Introductions-Traditional-Astrology-Mashar-al-Qabisi-ebook/dp/B00AUXSIEC/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418996163&sr=1-2&keywords=introduction

www.amazon.com/Twelve-Houses-Howard-Sasportas/dp/1903353041/ref=sr_1_9?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418996299&sr=1-9&keywords=liz+greene

http://www.amazon.com/Insights-Modern-Astrology-Stephen-Arroyo/dp/0916360474/ref=sr_1_22?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418996341&sr=1-22&keywords=liz+greene

http://www.amazon.com/Planets-Transit-Life-Cycles-Living/dp/0924608269/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1418996416&sr=1-1&keywords=transits

Look at the ruler of that house. For instance, let's say 9th house. Mine is Gemini, so look at Mercury and its aspects. That will tell you more about 9th house activities

I highly recommend Howard Sasportas and his book about the houses. Let me go dig up a link. The Twelve Houses, that's what it's called

https://www.amazon.com/Twelve-Houses-Howard-Sasportas/dp/1903353041