A Dark Hour Passed: The Abuse of Power During the USA Pluto Return 2022 - 2023

A Dark Hour Passed:

The Abuse of Power During the USA Pluto Return 2022 - 2023

Astrologer Maureen Richmond, Ph.D.

The USA Pluto

Raw power ready to be used either for good or for ill is the undisputed domain of the astrological Pluto. Such power is writ large in the birth astrology of the USA, in which Pluto is prominent. Opposed tightly by retrograde Mercury and in retrograde motion itself in the final degrees of Capricorn, Pluto stands out like a sore thumb in the geniture of the American nation.

When the American Declaration of Independence was signed by the founders of the American nation over the course of the day on July 4, 1776, Pluto stood at 28 degrees of strategic Capricorn, in retrograde motion. Mercury stood at 24 degrees of homeland security Cancer, also in retrograde motion. Obviously, the two bodies stood in tight opposition to one another in the zodiac, with one planet to the inside of the solar system and the other diametrically opposed, the Earth in between. Both Pluto and Mercury were retrograde and both in cardinal signs known for their leadership propensities. The Mercury-Pluto aspect in the USA birth moment is a fundamental dynamic accenting two of the destiny-making signs in the zodiac.

The resulting opposition matters. Beyond exact by a mere 3 ½ degrees, this Mercury-Pluto opposition packs considerable astrological power and sets a dominating tone for the American nation. Somber, dark, and brooding, it gestures at the presence of a profoundly hidden agenda, backroom negotiations, and the deliberate manipulation of information. There it sits in the geniture of the American nation, just waiting for the right transit to activate all that it connotes.

Pluto in Action

Such was the case from February 2020 through December 2023, when transiting Pluto passed through 24 – 28 degrees of Capricorn, activating the Mercury-Pluto opposition of the USA and signaling the Pluto return of the American nation. These were dark and perilous times by any measure, a passage in time when the world was sternly told that a deadly virus stalked the planet, necessitating extreme measures limiting the liberties of all. Anyone who questioned that assessment suffered stiff censure, immediate ostracization, and relentless vilification. In the USA, this belief resulted in a snowballing concatenation of repressive policies which viscerally cut into Constitutional rights and turned the American nation upside down and inside out.

The terror-mongering which would result in a breath-taking incursion on Constitutional liberties began with transiting Pluto opposite the USA natal Mercury in 2020 and continued through 2021, but the core of the action came with the USA Pluto return, which took place in three episodes.

1. February 2022 – July 2022

2. December 2022 – January 2023

3. August 2023 – December 2023

As is apparent, the bulk of the recent Pluto activation to the planetary placements of the USA birth moment took place during the Biden Administration. In fact, the entirety of the USA Pluto return occurred while Joe Biden was the sitting president. This fact can be verified by anyone with ephemeris material compiled for the relevant periods of time. Admitting this is so has been unappealing to some astrologers who advocate for the Democrat platform, but it’s simply a matter of reading transits out of the ephemeris to discern that indeed, it is true that Joe Biden presided over the Pluto return of the July 4, 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence, an historical moment recognized widely as the birth of the American nation.

If astrology is to be understood as a science of correlations, then it is impossible to ignore the obvious, evident, and overwhelming nature of public experience at the hands of a political administration in power and making decisions for the nation during the period of the USA Pluto return.

Deliberate Censorship

Perhaps one of the most notable features of the Biden Administration was its implementation of concerted censorship of social media. That the Biden Administration practiced aggressive control of public discussion is not in doubt. In sworn testimony before Congress, Facebook originator and CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg divulged that indeed, during the Biden Administration, persons from the Biden White House staff exerted pressure on Facebook/Meta to disallow dissenting discussion of covid, its origins, the injections, lockdowns, or anything related to covid policies favored by the Administration. The same policies were enforced across the internet, including Google, YouTube, and other social media platforms.

Injection Mandates

Subsequently, the Biden Administration declared mandates for the highly experimental and not yet fully tested covid injections for certain segments of the population, including federal employees, the military, companies with a certain number of workers, and certain health care workers. Airlines and other companies complied with the lead of the Biden Administration without being forced.

Americans across the nation resisted, concerned about the nature of the injection, which was highly experimental. Many pro-life Catholics refused the injection because cell lines from aborted fetuses had been used in research and manufacture. The Biden Administration responded with scathing denunciations of the “unvaccinated,” placing blame for the continuation of covid squarely on their shoulders. Catholics and others were identified by the government as dangerously radicalized, to be viewed with derision and suspicion.

The seriousness of the situation was revealed only recently, when current Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified and released to the public a December 2021 policy paper originated by the Biden Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security which stated that persons who questioned the covid mandates were to be considered “Domestic Violent Extremists,” likely to commit kidnapping and other acts of violence against government officials. The qualification for such a status involved nothing more than voicing dissent. The Constitutionally guaranteed freedom of speech had been thrown to the wind.

Economic and Social Disruption

Clearly, the Biden Administration had turned with a vengeance against its very own American citizens. The combined mandates and lockdowns served to put many out of work, driving millions into poverty, while others were excluded from family connections. Careers, educational plans, and treasured family relationships were destroyed. Here is the power of Pluto run amok. When Pluto is activated, it raises the question of power, who has it, and how it shall be used. Tragically, the Biden Administration opted to utilize power to force persons into questionable medical treatments, a violation of the Nuremberg Code and a wild disregard for the principle of informed consent. Then it further used power to ostracize and demonize anyone who did not bow to its dictates.

A Diminished Presidential Figure Concealed

At the same time, the Biden Administration undertook to conceal from the American public the fact that Joe Biden’s state of mind did not comport with the requirements of leading a major world nation. As has been revealed in recent releases of videos and audios, Biden was mentally impaired due to serious physical problems throughout his presidency. In his place, a group of unelected advisors ran the country, apparently to the point of using an automatic signing pen, issuing executive orders and pardons in keeping with their own priorities.

Here is yet another angle on power and its uses, all transpiring during the USA Pluto return. Instead of using Constitutional provisions for situations in which a president is incapacitated, a small group of unelected individuals took it upon themselves to decree policy for the American nation unbeknownst to the people. The dark side of Pluto had reared its head right during the USA Pluto return, for the Constitution was ignored. Instead, a privileged private network seized the reins of power and had its way with the country. These are the hard truths about the Pluto return of the USA.

Lessons Learned About Plutonian Power

Symbolized by Pluto, the power of the collective as expressed through government is available at all times. In the USA birth moment, Pluto was in Capricorn, a sign inherently connected with government, regulation, and executive power. Pluto in that sign gives enormous clout to whomever rises to control in American government. The temptation to use such power ruthlessly is as ever present as is the possibility to utilize power for the good of the nation through adherence to Constitutional principles. The choice will ever be upon the nation and its representatives.

What happened during the Pluto return of the USA should sober every American citizen. It shows us what our nation could become if we do not remain ever vigilant and ever committed to the right use of the considerable power written into our national psyche through Pluto in Capricorn, opposed by Mercury in Cancer. This configuration proclaims from the heavens that the American nation will forever be tested to govern itself in an above-board manner and not in a surreptitious, under-handed, ruthless manner. During the USA Pluto return, that test was not successfully met by the Biden Administration, which fell into coercive, intimidating, and devious behaviors, all of which are well-known negative Pluto characteristics, while pursuing practices which went directly against the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Fortunately, the time of the Pluto return of the USA has now passed. Such will not come again for another nearly 250 years. The Pluto return this time around packed a punch. It took the nation to its knees, destroying trust in government and the medical establishment. But, since Pluto is not only death but resurrection, the nation now has the possibility to rise from the egregious mistakes made during 2022 – 2023. We can turn to the rebuilding of the economy, the promotion of good governance, and the restoration of honest human relations.

The USA Pluto return is finished and a dark hour has been passed.