Aquarius is also associated with big-picture thinking; Elenbaas states, “the ideas that shape history.” An example of this would be the last time Pluto was in Aquarius, from 1778 to 1798. The era included the French Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.

All too often, the word “retrograde” spurs immediately worry that whatever celestial body is moving backward is going to throw a wrench in your day-to-day life. But every planet takes its turn going retrograde,

Pluto, our power planet of seismic change, is stationing direct in the sign of the sea goat for the final time in our lifetimes. On Friday, Oct. 11, Pluto will go direct at a fateful 29 degrees of Capricorn,