combatting conditioning | pluto in gate 60 | through april 11th, 2024
Welcome to Combatting Conditioning, a brand new series from me, Jaclyn Michelle of interior creature.
Periodically, I'll be popping onto the blog to zoom in on a major gate transit and sharing some journal prompts for effective shadow work & deep de-conditioning.
Off and on since March of 2021, Pluto has been moving in and out of Gate 60, The Gate of Acceptance, which is ruled by Capricorn & Aquarius and lives in the Root. This gate asks us to get honest about our conditioned habits, patterns, beliefs, and behaviors around how we choose to navigate challenge & change.
Shadow Work/De-conditioning Questions to consider:
Which end of the fear frequency spectrum to you more frequently tend toward: destructive or defeatist? Does this vary depending on the situation or relationship (in romantic relationships versus in familial relationships versus in friendships versus in professional settings)?
Pluto, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Change: Pluto, the planet of death and rebirth (and of truth and transformation) has been dancing between Capricorn & Aquarius all year (and will continue to do so until November of 2024), and this dance has mostly taken place in Gate 60, the Gate of Acceptance. This gate wants us to consider how we respond to obstacles: when we meet challenge, do we throw our hands in the air and give up? do we fight until there's no more fight left? or do we aim to turn obstacles into opportunities?
Capricorn & Aquarius have VASTLY different answers to these questions. Capricorn is the energy of order, structure, systems, and precedents, and wants us to consider TRADITION and PRECEDENT. Aquarius is a community/heart-centered energy, and wants us to consider INNOVATION and IMPACT.
And this, my friends, is the crossroads at which we currently find ourselves as a human race. This generational transit will usher in 19-ish years of Aquarian energy, and the Capricorn vibes are not going quietly into the night. We're being asked to decide: what are we bringing with us into this new era? what are we leaving behind? what needs to fundamentally change so that we can turn what we previously saw as only as obstacles into divine opportunities?
Destruction & Defeat: Read the quote above from Charles Swindoll. How does the above quote land with you? Think back to your childhood or teen years. How was navigating change & challenge modeled for you? Were you supported in looking for opportunities when confronted by an obstacle? Or were you encouraged to either abandon your path forward or to tear down all that you had previously built? How did this modeling and messaging around navigating challenge impact your connection with your own inner wisdom & your own sense of path & purpose? Or were healthy strategies for handling challenges modeled at all? How did these early experiences shape your attitudes & behavior today?
Are you finding this Combatting Conditioning series supportive? If so, watch this space! The first volume of my book The Rebuilding Year is dropping so soon and I cannot wait to tell you all about it!
Also, you can grab your 2024 Human Design Planetary Transit Guide here.
Do you have Gate 60 activated in your chart? How has this LONG Pluto activation been impacting you? Let me know in the comments!