Another of my comments for 2011 regarding Obama’s Pluto transit:
Pluto was a great challenge to Obama in 2010, but what a difference a year makes. For 2011 and much of 2012 he will be under a most favorable trine of his Pluto by Pluto. And this at a time when the USA is undergoing the Pluto opposition to Jupiter could provide one of the means by which the US is able to make the most of that opposition.
Pluto rules the willpower, which is the true source of our ability to bring about self-change internally, and which also creates our ability to help bring about changes externally. While the US grapples with Pluto opposing its Jupiter, Obama will be able to harness his own will power, and by extension, the will power of the position his wields, the Presidency, to help bring about, what could be significant transformations in the socio-economic-political order within our nation, and externally with other nations. This is especially indicated by the fact that Obama’s Pluto is in his 7th House of relationships, and the transiting Pluto is moving through his 11th House of social ideals.
What this might indicate is that Obama’s ability to be a re-builder, re-newer, re-generator of our forms of relationship (Pluto in the 7th house), will play out and be seen in 11th house matters, which in a mundane analysis would be the nation’s ideals and dreams about the future as well as the Legislative branch of government.
With a “divided” government, Obama as chief executive should be able to help bring about some concrete actions to address some of the problems the US is faced with now. With his Pluto in Virgo, and the transiting Pluto in Capricorn, we are talking about real, practical workable solutions. Each side will have to sacrifice part of its “agenda” and dogma to get things done. Our constitution, after all, is so arranged that cooperation and mutual agreement are integral to the political process, perhaps this year we will see it at work.
Pluto/Jupiter for the USA — Pluto/Pluto for Obama
With the USA at the same time experiencing the Pluto opposition Jupiter, Obama’s transit of Pluto to Pluto takes on much greater significance. The USA is probably facing a great struggle over principles this year; the struggle is over our principles of relationship to one another internally and to other nations externally; it is those principles that end up being enshrined in our laws and our treaties. Obama’s transit can provide a counterpoint to the dichotomy and struggle in the USA chart by the practical and responsible exercise of his leadership role. He can be a bridge between opposing factions and steer them toward some compromise over our rules of conduct with one another, as he also helps to bring about new policies in our international relationships.
Will he be able to keep the opposing sides working towards consensus and concrete action? Pluto would say yes. But to know that fully we must look to the other influences moving through his chart this year to see what else is in play on our stage of history.