Pluto, Fear & Initiation With Christine Rothwell

For the V.A.A October 17 2015

This Power Point available as a PDF to download at www.christine-rothwell.com

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Liz Greene’s 3 levels of Transits

1.Meaning [Teleology] … alchemical perspective • the ultimate purpose in terms of the evolution of the personality or soul • what we can learn from an encounter with a planet

2. Emotional – feeling - level • our response to events [and transits] • can be very challenging and quite irrational • my main focus here today 3. Material Level - Events

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Pluto & its Moons …from Hubble

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NASA’s New Horizons Hal Weaver, a project scientist working on New Horizons spacecraft

‘New Horizons is on a journey to a new class of planets we’ve never seen before. ….. For decades we thought Pluto was this odd little body on the planetary outskirts; now we know it’s really a gateway to an entire region of new worlds in the Kuiper Belt, and New Horizons is going to provide the first close-up look at them’ [The Age, Melbourne, January 6, 2015]

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Pluto & Charon …from New Horizons

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Pluto & the Kuiper Belt

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Pluto and Neptune’s Orbits There is fascinating 3:2 resonance in their orbits - Pluto completes 2 orbits for every 3 of Neptune

Pluto = 2 X 248 = 496 Neptune = 3 X 164.8 = 494.5

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The Cycles of Neptune & Pluto

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Neptune: The Descent of the Soul into Matter

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The Spiritual Journey & Fear

…and the path of consciousness - involves coming to know fear, perhaps even finding a way to befriend our fear, or at least not let it control us … not totally!

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The Pluto Complex /Configuration • Sign of our Pluto • House where Pluto resides • Planets and points that form aspects to Pluto • House with Scorpio on the cusp • Any planets in Scorpio • House where Pluto is currently transiting • Any planets that Pluto is currently aspecting by transit or

solar arc

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Synonyms for Fear •anxiety, panic, paranoia •scared, dread, terror •foreboding, horror •despair, angst, trepidation

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Two Types of Fear Natural [healthy] fear – natural response to real danger Conditioned fear –often a response that is no longer based in reality.

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A Third Response to Fear …neither fight nor flight …but stand and observe …and move towards …with gentleness Inspiration comes from Buddhist philosophy Turn towards the fear and ask ourselves • Why am I so fearful? • Where does it come from? • What can I do to restore a sense of safety and trust?

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Plutonic Transformation / Magic …is the shift in consciousness that can happen when we realize that we have CHOICES …what happens when we can ‘let go’ our fear and associated complexes and start to feel differently

About • EMPOWERMENT • MASTERY • INITIATION

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4 Considerations / Strategies 1. Finding and sitting in our Centre 2. Awareness: Becoming conscious of our fear based patterns 3. Curiosity: Becoming curious about fear… moving towards it 4. Making peace with our fear

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1. Sitting in our Centre Developing •Safety and trust •Self respect and respect for the fear •Compassion for our self •Patience •Embracing fear as a teacher

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2. Becoming Conscious Recognizing fear based responses and stories and • Developing awareness • Stop running and turn towards

Being willing to let go our ‘stories’ and attachment to being the victim

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3. Becoming Curious Bringing together the GENTLENESS & COMPASSION of the first phase with the AWARENESS of the second • Observing our reactions without judgement • Letting go judgement … blame, self-blame, shame

etc. The Buddhists talk of loving detachment…

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4. Making Peace Bring acceptance, compassion and patience to the situation How can I work with the fear? •Understand it •May decide to step back and not go any further

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Fear as a Rite of Passage Not an easy process. It requires • Curiosity • Courage • Patience • Commitment • Compassion • Respect / self-respect • Connection with our Centre …we may need to work on all these before we start to work with our fear.

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Useful texts Anything by Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart • Places That Scare You • Taking the Leap

William Bloom • Feeling Safe • The Endorphin Effect

• Transforming Anxiety by Doc Childre • Descent to the Goddess by Sylvia Brinton Perera

Download this PDF at www.christine-rothwell.com

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The Pluto Configuration • Sign • House • Planets and points that form aspects • House with Scorpio on the cusp • Any planets in Scorpio • House where Pluto is currently transiting • Any planets that Pluto is currently aspecting

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The Ploutonium at Eleusis

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Ploutonium A PLOUTONIUM was a place – or sanctuary - dedicated to the God Pluto. It was usually located near a temple and was often a cave [like the one at Eleusis] They were considered entrances to the Underworld …to the realm of Hades /Pluto.

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Useful texts Anything by Pema Chodron • When Things Fall Apart • Places That Scare You • Taking the Leap

William Bloom • Feeling Safe • The Endorphin Effect

• Transforming Anxiety by Doc Childre • Descent to the Goddess by Sylvia Brinton Perera

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