This is war:Fresh hell awaits during this weeks Mars-Pluto opposition

Buckle up, my babies; this week, we have a powerful opposition between Pluto, the planet of death and destruction, and Mars, the planet of conflict, action, and aggression.If it sounds yikes, that’s because it is.

The opposition is exact on November 3rd, but we will feel the effects and the heady fallout of this face-off for several days before and after the main event — including but not limited to Election Day.In cahoots with one another, Mars and Pluto are combative, but they also invite us to find and stand in our power, overcome our base instincts, and fight the proverbial good fight.

Mars in Cancer directly opposes Pluto in Capricorn at a fateful and anaretic 29 degrees.Both are mere days away from shifting signs, and this precipice amplifies the energy of antagonism.

Mars is the planet of war, while Cancer is the sign of maternal care and memory.In this way, this transit asks us to consider what memories and past pains continue to cause conflict in our consciousness, what triggers keep triggering — and what roles we insist on resurrecting.

Mars in Cancer craves stasis, the toxic familiar over the eerie unknown, and tends to react more than respond.During this opposition, emotional resistance, all-out outbursts, and hypersensitivity are predicted.

Conflict may arise to test whether we operate from a place of brave empowerment or shadowy instigation and patterned victimhood.While there’s no stopping the divine machine of fate, there are ways to observe and integrate its lessons.Pluto is the planet of karmic retribution, and Capricorn is the sign of paternal power, authority, and structure.

Since Pluto began its tour in Capricorn in 2008, the dark lord has been at work revealing and destroying traditional structures and oppressive power dynamics.See the financial crisis, the #MeToo movement, and the takedown of accused predators and power wielders like Weinstein, Epstein, and Diddy.

At its highest expression, Pluto in Cap shifts and overturns th...