Moon-Pluto conjunction, Saturn-Rahu convergence

Image Ayse Nihan

Only the paradox comes anywhere near to comprehending the fullness of life.”— C.G. Jung

Today, the Moon moves into a secret chamber—conjunct Pluto, the archetype of the Underworld, in the early degrees of Capricorn. In Vedic astrology, the Moon falls in Shravana Nakshatra, ruled by Vishnu, the preserver, whose symbol is the ear. Listening becomes not just receptive but regenerative. And what are we asked to listen to when Pluto is so close to the Moon? Not birdsong —but the raw music of the unconscious, the buried voices of shame, grief, power, and possibly old fears.

This is not a casual day for introspection. This is the kind of sky that turns journaling into ritual and silence into medicine. With Saturn and Rahu stilL tightly bound in Purva Bhadrapada, we are in a rare corridor where restriction meets the chaotic and the erratic . Saturn, the guardian of boundaries, time, and consequence, is being infiltrated by Rahu, the insatiable head of the dragon, forever reaching but never filled. Together they form a complex teacher—not unlike a spiritual master who answers you with a mirror or a riddle.

The combination of Moon-Pluto and Saturn-Rahu pulls us into a deeper alchemical process—where listening becomes an act of shadow integration. The hierarchies we once obeyed (outer or inner) are collapsing, or mutating.

The inner critic, the superego, the Pope within—may be undergoing a symbolic death. The passing of Pope Francis, a global spiritual figure, underscores this theme. His death, coinciding with these potent astrological alignments, serves as a collective invitation to examine the structures and beliefs we hold sacred.

We are walking on the fault lines between duty and desire, longing and legacy. Old selves may crack under the pressure. We’re not here to preserve the ego’s throne—we're here to trace the thread through the chaos, through the labyrinth of this ongoing write it as we go confusion. In my Temple of the Muse Day 4, we traced the thread of our creative voices back to their origin. Here’s a little revised version of what we are doing in the Temple.