Pluto in Aquarius disrupts traditional systems of labor, wealth creation, and power distribution, creating new industries & destabilizing old ones.
This epoch sparks transformative shifts in technology and reshapes how we connect within new rational systems.
The last Pluto in Aquarius cycle birthed the Age of Enlightenment and the steam-powered Industrial Age, which transformed the landscape of physical labor.
This time around, it’s AI, biotech, and quantum code. Today’s technological revolution is radically shifting the landscape of intellectual and creative thought.
Behind the circuitry is the same burning question:
“What is the soul’s place in a mechanized world?
Pluto in Aquarius demands we wield powerful new technologies without losing our soul. We also navigate new ethical concerns admidst these societal changes. Each period also seems to be a pre-cursor to a new golden age of art. Where after a period of extreme rationalization, the pendulum swings back into the tone of emotion and sentimentality.
After the Industrial revolution, the Romantic period followed and summoned humans back to themes of nature, spirituality and nostalgia. Today machines dream—but it’s the human artists, mystics, & visionaries who will code the soul back into the system.
Both periods beg the question of what it is to be human and give rise to powerful resurgence of creativity in response to mechanized modalities taking over. I personally believe AI is a powerful tool that enhances human imagination rather than competes with it. In the face of fear of being outmoded by artificial intelligence, people dig deeper into their inherent soul knowing. We also come to understand, being human is not measured by sheer productivity.
To be human is not just to do, it is to feel, imagine, make meaning, love and grow through emotions.
Machines can generate poems, but they don’t cry when reading them. They can paint beauty, but they don’t ache with longing or joy. They can simulate empathy, but they don’t grow from heartbreak.