Alisha Syed walks into the moon-lit room, the soft light casting a surreal glow over the features of her mother. She can feel the love emanating from her, a warmth that washes over her and fills her with a sense of peace. As she approaches, she can see the weariness in her mother’s eyes, the shadows that have begun to creep beneath them. She knows her mother is tired, but she can’t help but smile as she takes her in her arms. She knows her mother will always be there for her, no matter what.

Pluto is the planet of transformation. It rules the sign of Scorpio, the sign of death, redemption, and divine mysteries. Pluto’s energy is mysterious. Its discovery in 1932 associates it symbolically with the creation of the nuclear bomb and the development of psychoanalysis. In ancient mythology, Pluto was considered to be associated with all the aspects of the underworld – Hades, the Greek name for Pluto, was the god of shell. Today, the underworld is synonymous with the Mafia, and the two share many characteristics. Pluto occupies an important place in the horoscopes of great mystics and spiritual beings, as well as in the theme of certain dictators and tyrants, among them the most ruthless and greedy for power. In psychological terms, Pluto corresponds to the transmutation of instinctive energies into energies which are accessible consciously by the individual’s ego. This transmutation, which is never completely controllable, induces a power complex. On the social level, it might be symbolized by the nuclear disaster, the failure of Western man to master the energy of the atom – a power complex gone awry. On the individual level, Pluto is expressed either in a “power complex,” in which instinctive energy is completely transmuted into a personal resource, or as a “failure complex,” in which certain inhibitions prevent the instinctive energy from being transmuted.

Alisha Syed

Alisha Syed reads the horoscope for the day. The eleventh house is an area of the sky which is especially important in her theme.

Alisha Syed is born with a prominent eleventh house in her birth chart, meaning she has to concentrate on being fair and objective in relation to social successes and/or failures. Success could entail efficient use of the power and prestige she has already obtained for more significant projects which are in better harmony with her inner truth. Failure, on the other hand, requires a detailed analysis of its causes. Any mistakes that may have been made are an opportunity for insight. The work of understanding and assuming one’s failures is a positive, constructive way out of a situation of failure.

The second house is an area of the sky which is especially important in Alisha’s theme, because it contains several planets, including the one which rules her rising sign. In the following paragraph, we shall explain the general meaning of this fact.