Gemini 2026: Festival of Humanity. Gemini Crop Circle. Mars in Taurus. Russia & Ukraine. Israel. The Maldives Tragedy.
The Gemini Twins of East and West: The Buddha and Christ.
Gemini Keynote
“I recognise my other self and in the waning of that self I grow and glow.”
(Full Moon: May 31, 2026. GMT: 08.45)
Gemini Full Moon May 31: The Festival of Humanity
Gemini Crop Circle (May 22)
Mars Square Pluto: Russia and Ukraine
Transiting Mars in Taurus: Israel
Maldives Diving Tragedy
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Venus Conjunct Jupiter in Cancer
Gemini Full Moon May 31: The Festival of Humanity
The last of the first three spiritual festivals of the year approaches – Aries, Taurus and Gemini. These festivals set the tone for the new year 2026-27 – and the Gemini full moon festival falls on May 31.
Note that esoterically it is known as the Gemini full moon, even though the moon is in the opposite sign Sagittarius. This is because it is a solar festival – as in soul-ar.
The moon is only receiving the reflected light of the Sun, so symbolically the Sun represents the soul – and the Moon represents the form through which the soul expresses.
When astrologers insist on calling any full moon period by the name of its moon position, even though that is technically correct – they are putting the emphasis upon the form nature and not the soul essence of the sign that the sun is passing through.
However, polarities are important as the six pairs of zodiac signs are used – conscisouly or unconciously, as tools to balance the pairs of opposites – particularly upon the astral and mental planes, the latter applying particularly to intellectual Gemini.
With knowledge of the quality of zodiac signs involved, emergence from duality into synthesis and unity can be achieved more consciously. For instance, the somewhat scattered nature of Gemini can find focus in the one-pointed archer of Sagittarius.
Gem-Sag!
On May 22 the Sun met Uranus in the so-called cazimi conjunction, meaning it is “in the heart of the Sun”. This alignment enhances the qualities of Uranus – revolution, radical departures from the norm, the innovation and the invocation of brilliant ideas.
This conjunction also supercharges Gemini full moon – known as the Festival of Humanity, or Goodwill. Gemini rules Humanity and through its esoteric ruler Venus,
“… awakens the sense of duality which is the basic factor in the conflict between desire and spiritual will.”1
Gemini was also prominent at the time of human Individualisation in Lemurian times; that Third Rootrace has a correspondence to the third zodiac sign, representing transformation from “animal man” into “god-man”.
The Festival of Goodwill is the spirit of humanity that aspires toward, and ultimately aligns itself with the Divine. Gemini is also dedicated to right human relations, the successful outcome of the often duelling relationship between the two brothers.
Venus is the planet of relationships and esoteric ruler of Gemini – it creates right relationship between the opposites upon the mental plane, the “brothers” of higher and lower mind.
Each year at this festival, The Christ preaches the Last Sermon of the Buddha before all those assembled – creating,
“… a festival of deep invocation and appeal, of a basic aspiration towards fellowship, of human and spiritual unity, and will represent the effect in the human consciousness of the work of the Buddha and of the Christ.” [The unification of East and West.] ((The Externalisation of the Hierarchy, Alice A. Bailey, p.421.))
As the third sign of the spiritual new year, Gemini completes the triumvirate of Aries, Taurus, Gemini. The seed ideas germinated in Aries, nurtured in Taurus are now ready to disperse in Gemini. The word dissemination is, “a scattering of seed, a sowing”, is also connected to semen, the male seed, symbolised by the twin brothers of Gemini.
The hermaphrodite is the symbol of consciousness that has blended intuition (Hermes-Mercury).and mind (Venus-Aphrodite).
Yet paradoxically, Gemini is an androgynous sign (Hermes-Aphrodite). Just before Lemurian Individualisation (the awakening of consciousness) – and the separation into two sexes – the race was hermaphrodite. (See The Hidden History of Humanity I: Mysteries of the Rootraces and Cycles)
The exoteric/esoteric rulers of Gemini – Mercury-Hermes and Venus-Aphrodite – were in a triangular formation with the star Sirius when Humanity was “seeded” with mind.
The Gemini Twins are Castor and Pollux – the mortal and immortal brothers respectively. The immortal brother’s light (Pollux) waxes stronger, indicating the increasing control of the soul, whilst the mortal brother’s light is fading, acquiescing to soul control.
They are the “quarrelling brothers” – the resistant personality struggling against the will of the soul. The Angel and the Dweller – personality must be relinquished so that the soul can prevail.
During the first three festivals of the year, some individuals and groups are impressed very specifically in relation to their service within the greater milieu.
Gemini is about the enunciation of a new idea via speech, word or some kind of creative expression. Gemini also offers the opportunity to re-define and re-affirm one’s purpose, with more refinement and understanding.
Gemini Crop Circle (May 22)
This fifth circle of the season is deceptively simple, yet deeply occult. There will be many interpretations of this one, so here is one perspective. There are 12 circles around a central circle or Sun.
The circles are the 12 zodiac signs, with four large circles as the four signs of the mutable cross – of which Gemini is part. The labyrinthine, mosaic nature of the design is very Geminian – seemingly scattered, going in all directions at once.
On the day this circle appeared on May 22 – the Sun met Uranus in an exact conjunction, hailing its transit through this sign for the next seven years. This crop circle has Uranus stamped all over it, appearing to repeat the glyph for Uranus around the sides of the cross.
Take any two opposites of outward-facing curved arcs, and you have something that closely resembles the Uranus glyph. Uranus is also conjunct the Sun at the full moon on May 31, bringing radical reform and innovation at one level – or revolution and chaos. Or both!
Uranus does not fit into convention easily, it is quirky and offbeat, the proverbial “curve ball from left field”.
Gemini is the chameleon and Donald Trump, with his Sun conjunct Uranus in Gemini – is a good example of the combination of the unexpected with the fickle. (Trump was born on the Gemini full moon of 1946.)
Uranus is ruler of the 7th ray of Ceremonial Magic or Organisation, bringing order to the brilliant ideas that fluid Gemini generates. Something like the sound-driven cymatic organisation of random sand into beautiful geometric forms – “God geometrises”!
Mars in Taurus square Pluto in Aquarius
Mars has just entered Taurus and will stay there until the end of June. Ttransiting Mars squared Pluto in Aquarius on May 25. Astrologers were saying that this is an explosive stress pattern, and not without good reason.
Mars rules the solar plexus centre, gateway to the astral body – in the sign of earthy Taurus, the bull of desire:
“Mars is in detriment in this sign. Its activity adds constantly to the naturally warlike nature of Taurus but the potency of the Taurean struggle is so great, esoterically speaking, that the effect of Mars is lost in the larger whole.
It “adds to the glamour and confusion and yet holds within itself hope for the struggling man.”2
The “warlike nature of Taurus” concerns the influence of the fourth ray of Harmony through Conflict which passes through this sign – and also its polar opposite, Scorpio. (The fourth ray also rules humanity as a whole.)
Although esoterically Pluto rules the base chakra, it also has an association with the solar plexus and hence Mars – the alter ego of Pluto, both co-rulers of Scorpio:
“Mars and Pluto—function in connection with the sacral [sexual] centre (Mars) and the solar plexus (Pluto). This latter planet becomes active in the life of the man who is “becoming alive in the higher sense, his lower nature passes into the smoke and darkness of Pluto, who governs the lesser burning ground, in order that the man may live in truth in the higher land of light.””3
Hence, for the conscious traveller – the best outcome for that approaching square (which occurs every two years) – was to consciously direct energies from the solar plexus – the “grand central station” of the lower centres, up into the fiery chalice of the heart.
Mars square Pluto then, provides an acceleration of the natural evolutionary journey – solar plexus to heart, sacral to throat, base to crown. (This is why the new symbol for Pluto is the up-pointing arrow.)
It is said that the forces of Pluto are first felt in the mental body and it is currently transiting through the intellectual sign of Aquarius:
“It [Pluto] governs the death or cessation of old ideas and emotions, and its influence is therefore largely cerebral and in that you have the clue to its late discovery [1930]. Mankind is only on the verge of becoming mental. [In this 5th rootrace.] Its effects are felt first in the mental body.”4
In the less conscious (to which we are all prone!), transiting Mars square the Lord of the Underworld can bring up conflicts, as the wilful personality clashes with collective expectations. Emotional reactivity can lead to confrontations or violence. A resumption of global conflicts might be one outcome from such a stressful pattern.
And this did occur, in terms of the use Oreshnik missiles usec by Russia, as part of a tough new policy on bringing the conflict to a close.
Mars Square Pluto: Russia and Ukraine
“Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered his military to “prepare options” to retaliate against Ukraine after he accused Kyiv of carrying out a deadly drone attack on a student dorm that killed 21 and wounded dozens of young people, with 15 still unaccounted for.”
The outrage in Russia was the same as when the Minab girls’ school in Iran was bombed in February 2026. Now Putin’s “options” have been exercised, as Russia has unleashed for only the third time, its Oreshnik missiles on targets in and around Kiev.
In the Esoteric Astrology doctrine, Moscow is given as a Taurus soul with an Aquarian personality.5 Hence the transit of Mars in Taurus square Pluto in Aquarius on May 26, saw Russia respond with all the intensity and resolvd that these two planets carry.
The Kremlin has warned all foreign nations, Europeans, NATO, intelligence agencies and defence ministry personnel – to get their people out. Growing dissatisfaction within Russia in the past few years has been calling to go in much harder and wrap up the war once and for all.
Western interests continue to finance and use Ukraine as a proxy against Russia.Kiev has been mainly spared thus far because it is regarded as a brother, close to the heart/foundation of Russia.
But now the gloves are off and the Oreshnik launch on military targets (May 24) occurred close to the exact applying square of Mars to Pluto. Plan: Russian intends to destroy the Ukraine government in Kiev.
Pluto in Aquarius has been transiting over Russia’s Saturn recently, and will continue to do so until the end of 2027. Aquarius is the soul of Russia, hence this potent combination of Pluto and Saturn will strengthen Russia’s resolve to follow through on its intention.
The USA is also an Aquarian soul and its destiny is to work in close co-operation with Russia – as global leaders into the Aquarian Age – not withstanding the materialistic forces that have been doing everything they can to prevent that collaboration from occurring.
But there will be a breakthrough eventually and the Planetary Plan will prevail! We cannot allow the fog of war to obscure that outcome!
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Transiting Mars in Taurus: Israel
Since its square to Pluto in Aquarius, transiting Mars continues its sojourn through Taurus until the end of June. A reminder that Mars in Taurus is a very difficult placement:
“Mars is in detriment in this sign. Its activity adds constantly to the naturally warlike nature of Taurus but the potency of the Taurian struggle is so great, esoterically speaking, that the effect of Mars is lost in the larger whole. It “adds to the glamour and confusion and yet holds within itself hope for the struggling man.””6
Israel has the Sun in Taurus square to Mars in Leo, a deeply antagonistic and unintegrated personality pattern; it reflects a continuous quest to aquire more territory and mete out aggression on its neighbours – and of course Gaza, since 1948.
Soon, transiting Mars will square all of Israel’s planets in Leo, coming into an exact square with Israel’s “lion of Judah” Leo moon – exact on the Gemini full moon, May 31. Then Mars continues to square Pluto in Leo by June 5 – and Saturn in Leo, June 10. Mars in Leo by June 26.
Yet already, when Mars recently entered Taurus, the world witnessed the appalling treatment upon the latest Palestine flotilla – 420 individuals on 41 boats intercepted last week.
There are many first hand allegations on social media of kidnapping in international waters, beatings, broken bones, sleep deprivation and sexual assault that occurred over two days on the prison ship. (Flotilla activists describe beatings, tasers and mistreatment by Israeli forces.)
Israel has reached a total desperation point now – sustaining heavy military and civilian losses, not reported in the MSM because major Western nations and media are in support.
Hence, anytime from now through to early June represents a major danger period – either through devastating attacks from Iran or in desperation from losses, resorting to the use of its nuclear arsenal.
Leo is a sign of great potency, as the first ray of will or power passes through this sign, potent at the first atom bomb attack on Hiroshima in 1945. In terms of retrospective symbolism, Pluto, co-ruler of the first ray, was in the same 10th degree of Leo as Israel’s moon, and the Hiroshima Sun in Leo falls on Israel’s Pluto-Saturn.
Similarly, at the Nagasaki attack a few days later, the Moon was in Leo, conjunct Israel’s troublesome Mars – in the exact same degree. (Also Trumpanyahu’s respective Mars positions.)
Transiting Mars will eventually square Israel’s Leo moon by June 26, and this will close the five-week window of danger.
On the nuclear issue, we have been informed that “nuclear war will not be allowed”, that any attempt to launch by any nation will be mysteriously thwarted by Those who subjectively guide Humanity. We watch and pray.
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Maldives Diving Tragedy
The mystery of the deaths of five Italian academics and one military rescue diver who lost their lives while exploring a cave in the Maldives, continues to haunt. Condolences to family and friends of those lost in this event. The dive commenced “in the morning”, with some accounts stating that they failed to resurface by midday – eventually reported at 1.45 pm local time.
As a “long, deep dive” is between 35’ to 60’, the dive may have commenced around 10.37, a speculative time for the mundane horoscope of this event. This time gives late Cancer rising, favoured over a later time of Leo rising.
Cancer the Crab is most appropriate for this horoscope, particularly as it is ruled esoterically by God of the Waters – Neptune. Neptune is also the ruler of the moon’s north node in Pisces the Fishes – opposite south node in Virgo.
Maldives Diving Tragedy
This nodal axis is in a T-square formation to transiting Uranus, recently entered Gemini. Virgo rules over the caves or “wombs” of the earth – and Gemini rules circuitous pathways. But more especially, the Sun and Mercury are in cazimi conjunction in Taurus, ruler of the labyrinth – the proverbial Minotaur’s Maze:
“The Minotaur’s maze reflects the tortuous twists, turns and complexities of the ramifying mind. The Minotaur represents the shadow or “dweller in the labyrinth”, the untamed mind combined with desire of the bull – becomes a “monster”.
Minotaur (Pablo Picasso)
The Minotaur’s maze is a labyrinth of intellectual circuits and knowledge – in which seekers can become lost, devoured or dominated by their own thoughtforms.” (See author’s article, The Minotaur in the Labyrinth)
Both Cancer rising’s rulers – Moon and Neptune, are in Aries the adventurer, explorer and pioneer – keeping company with Saturn, Mars and Chiron. This Aries stellium is placed in the ninth house of foreign lands, travel and exploration.
The Moon is approaching a conjunction with Mars and making an applying square to Jupiter in Cancer, in the 12th (Piscean) house. That combination can create a certain impulsiveness, over-confidence and even recklessness.
The group leader – Monica Montefalcone, a distinguished scientist and professor, had the Sun in pragmatic Capricorn; her husband said that she was one of the best scuba divers that he knew, and would never take unecessary risks.
Dec. 27, 1974.
Montefalcone had Mars-Neptune-Node in Sagittarius, also a sign of exploration and questing – in a T-square formation with Moon in Gemini to Jupiter in Pisces. This pattern can be subject to impulsive decisions or having a somewhat cavalier approach. Yet that pattern may have manifested mainly as her husband stated, “Monica, the idealist”.
At this point, nobody knows what happened 164 ft down (50 m), and even if any blame is to be apportioned to anyone. But certainly a terrible blow of fate.
Whether it was taking a wrong turn, visibility issues or a technical crisis – it must have been a terrifying experience for all involved, lost in a cave network, running out of oxygen with panic setting in.
The Maldives is an ancient remnant of Lemuria: Tamil Nadu or Kumari Kandam in the Hindu tradition. This was a continent which extended at one time from southern India and Sri Lanka – to Madagascar in the west and Australia in the east. (The greater Lemurian continent extended from Australia across the Pacific Ocean to South America.)
Devana Kandu is the name of the three caves which has several interpretations, one of which is “divine itch”.
Meanwhile, another cave drama is unfolding in Laos, as rescuers were trying to reach and free seven people trapped inside a cave in central Laos. The miners entered the cave in search of gold on May 20 but became stuck inside after heavy rain flooded the exit. Daring rescuers recently reached five of the seven, as seen in this moving article/video – and are still working on the precarious process of extracting them.
On May 20, the moon was conjunct Jupiter in water-sign Cancer, a potent symbol for flooding – or “Jupiter Pluvius” – “giver of rain”. The Sun was in the last degree of Taurus conjunct the star Alcyone and Mars had just entered the first degree of Taurus, hence the cave maze theme again:
“The cave system … extends deep underground, with multiple levels and some passages reaching more than 100 metres from the entrance”.7
Some of the rescuers came from Thailand and were involved in the rescue of school boys in 2018. The chart for that event was Scorpio rising with Moon and Jupiter straddling the ascendant. (See author’s 2018 article here: Thai Boys Cave Rescue: Rites of Passage in the Underworld.)
As in the Maldives incident, transiting Uranus was still squaring the nodes in Pisces-Virgo, continuing to exactitude by mid-June.Also, the Sun-Uranus astro-cartography lines run through Laos.
In both incidents, the theme of being lost or trapped in the underworld may be a vivid metaphor for humanity as a whole, as it faces the planetary Dweller on the Threshold – prior to the downflow of light and revelation.
Venus-Jupiter Conjunct in Cancer
At the moment, the two “lights” – Venus and Jupiter, are in a spectacular display in the night sky, moving to an exact conjunction by June 9. At the May 31 full moon, Venus is exactly conjunct Sirius, the “higher self” to our solar system.
Venus is regarded as one of the main transmitters of Sirian force in this solar system, and formed a triangle with Mercury and Sirius at human individualisation in Lemuria 21.6 million years ago.
“The sun Sirius, is the source of … mind (manas) … and Venus was responsible for the coming of mind to the Earth.”8
Venus is both love and mind – and in Cancer, makes the mind the servant of the personality, aided by the third Ray of Active Intelligence which pass through this sign.
When an individual has exhausted the many incarnations of the mutable cross and is ready to mount the Fixed Cross of initiation, Venus brings about that transition through the transmutation of intellect into wisdom, via the medium of love. A large portion of Humanity are at this point now and Cancer is a sign of mass consciousness.
Although in the tropical zodiac Sirius is in the sign Cancer, the previous sign Gemini – ruled by Venus esoterically, forms a point of entrance for cosmic energy from Sirius.
Exoterically, Venus conjunct Jupiter in Cancer is an highly auspicious alignment that enhances the expression of romance, love and beauty, artistic projects, family and tribal nurturing, optimism and generosity – with the possibility of considerable material gains.
Yet, due to the expansive nature of Jupiter, this conjunction can also be about unrealistic expectations, greed or overindulgence. As a sign of manifestation, Cancer the mother can birth all of the above!
Jupiter is exalted in Cancer, a very generous position for this ruler of the 2nd ray of Love-Wisdom. As Cancer is a sign of rebirth, Jupiter contributes to,
“… the successful development and eventual use of the form aspect – and the development of psychic sensitivity both in the higher and the lower senses. These are important developments for the soul who has chosen to incarnate.
The building of adequate forms and the use and control of form are essential if there is to be wise and right cooperation with the Plan of God.
Jupiter guarantees this in Cancer from the very initial stage of birth. Love as relationship to divinity and wisdom as relationship to form lie behind the soul’s intent. In space and time, for long aeons, form controls and hides the soul. This is equally true in regard to the fluid psychic nature. [Neptune is esoteric ruler of Cancer.]
These (the form aspect and the psychic nature) reach an eventual concrete perfection in [polar opposite] Capricorn, to become again in Cancer the perfect instrument of service – which the initiate wields as he seeks to render mass service instead of being involved and lost in the mass.”9
As the esoteric ruler of Gemini, Venus harmonises the “warring brothers”, the pairs of opposites upon the mental plane – creating harmony and beauty. This achievement precipitates onto the astral plane, where Venus is the ruler of the Law of Attraction/sex and relationships.
Venus and Jupiter rule over the vegetable kingdom and here is where we can experience the beauty and harmony of nature – the magnificence of great forests, the many species of colourful flowers and plants. Cancer is Mother Earth – for which Humanity must take much more loving care.
Phillip Lindsay © 2026.
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Dear Phillip, I was wondering if you know that Bolivia is going through a very tough and dangerous time. For more than twenty years we have been governed by Evo Morales, who is now being investigated for drug dealings and for child molesting. He is hiding in Chapare, protected by his followers. Now, we have a new democratic president who wants to put Bolivia back on its feet again, for we have been living with no rights, great corruption, and totally bankrupt. But Evo Morales has sent hords of indiginous people, minners, farmers, so forth, to La Paz, and now, we are all surrounded and with blocked roads throughout all of Bolivia, and especially La Paz, which is with no food to eat and no way to escape. They are continously attacked by these hords, which break and tear everything they see, scare people, attack them, and so forth. While blocking all roads, they don’t even let ambulances pass by, and people have died because of that. Oxigen tanks can’t reach hospitals. They are thousands and thousands. Our current president thinks that talking with them, explaining them what should be done to help Bolivia, and so forth is the best way to pacify them. They don’t even listen. And things are getting very scary. The people that lead these hords, whick are paid and also forced to go out and attack civilians, had before, great incomes out of bribery and from the drug traffikers, and they don’t want to loose that. We are in a crucial moment of two sides (Gemini): the ones that want a better Bolivia, to be free, to clean up corruption, live in peace, enabling people to work, study and be part of the community of nations… (USA, the EU, UN, many South American nations, are all backing up Bolivia. They even sent some help with food). And the other side of ignorant, hating people, that don’t want changes, they prefer the past and the status quo. And they are very strong, and getting help from the Socialists of the 21 Century group and from drug cartels. Meanwhile, our president keeps on trying to speak to different groups, and nothing comes out of it. If even one of their men gets killed, it would be very dangerous. I don’t know if I have been clear. Please look it up, Phillip. I would like to know about what is going on in our Bolivia chart. We are working with meditations, the GI, etc. Thank you for reading my letter. Thank you for so much you give us. Much love to you, dear friend. Nila (from Cochabamba)
I can only comment on so much Nila, so I take your word for it! It is a shame what is happening in Bolivia and there are many other countries in a similar situation.
I resonated with the discussion on esoteric Gemini and the qualities of Uranus, as my rising sign is Gemini, conjunct Uranus and Venus. I recently shared with the prime minister of Australia – “Imagine if our shared humanity was taught in schools. Imagine if people all over the world regularly came together to laugh, to sing, to dance. Imagine if governments treated each other as brothers, encouraging each other to give their people a truly fulfilling and happy life. Imagine if war was a distant memory, where we are amazed and saddened that we once brought such misery to each other.”
Hello Phillip, first of all, happy Gemini, the duality that allows us to achieve Unity.
Today, upon reading your statement “Mars – the alter ego of Pluto,” a question arises. It’s not the first time I’ve asked myself this question, because I believe I read this same statement in one of DK’s books, but I’ve never answered it.
However difficult it may be for a scientist to accept, DK tells us that: “the names of the planets are not the result of an arbitrary selection, but rather the planets name themselves” (Treatise on White Magic).
If we look at the etymological root of Pluto, we see that it means: “the rich one,” “the giver of wealth.”
It’s paradoxical that the name of “the dreaded” Pluto means “the giver of wealth.” Of course, the riches of the Soul, not the personality; hence its connection to the Scorpion’s transformation into a Phoenix, the regenerative power of death, the freedom that comes from the costly destruction of personal attachments.
What makes me think is when you state that Pluto is Mars’s alter ego.
We know that neither is sacred, but based on that statement, am I to think that Mars’s role is superior to Pluto’s? However, given Pluto’s function of destroying the thoughts or emotions that motivate martial action (often aggressive and destructive), we might think it’s the other way around.
In other words, if an alter ego is the higher image of what one aspires to be, I don’t quite understand what Pluto aspires to in Mars.
I tend to agree with you David, perhaps the interpretation of what alter ego actually means, as it can be quite ambiguous: “Another side of oneself; a second self”. Hence Mars-Pluto might be interchangeable in this respect. Yet Pluto is referred to elsewhere as an “esoteric planet”. To give context, here is the whole passage about Pluto and Mars:
“You will note that Pluto and not Mars is here mentioned by me as a non-sacred Planet, ruling Scorpio. The reason for this is that there is a relation between Mars and Pluto analogous to that between Venus and the Earth. Esoterically speaking, Mars is the alter ego of Pluto; the activity of Pluto at this time and in this lesser world cycle is very important on account of its esoteric approach to the Earth, impelled thereto by the vivification of its life by a display of Martian energy.
The Earth, Mars and Pluto [Page 508] form an interesting triangle with Venus behind the scene acting as the impelling soul acts towards a rapidly integrating personality. This triangle should not be forgotten when casting the horoscope, because it indicates a relation and a possibility which can be (though it often is not) a major determining factor, prior to passing on to the Probationary Path.” (EA)
Perhaps what Pluto longs for in Mars is the quality that Mars is capable of demonstrating as the hierarchical ruler of Sagittarius.
Pluto in Pisces, as a hierarchical ruler, also has a fundamental role, but it remains a role of “death”—a destroyer guided by the soul, but destructive nonetheless. Mars, through Sagittarius, is no longer the warrior in Scorpio forced to fight and destroy to prove the truth of the soul, but rather its proactive and constructive expression.