i thought i would share some of the highlights during the time that transiting pluto was on/conjunct/dancing with my 21 degree sag sun that sits in my 10th house...

1. as pluto was approaching my sun in the summer of 2003, i moved with a boyfriend (BF) from philly, where i'd spent the first 25 years of my life, to new orleans, one of the most plutonic places i've been to yet. the purpose of the move for me was to get away from family/actvist drama...to relax, get in touch with myself and find more fulfilliing work.

2. in the fall and early winter of 2003, there were heavy disagreements between the BF and myself over how he turned our living space basically into an office for off-site media work for the FTAA protests in miami. i was full of jealousy and bitterness because a) i wanted the time in new orleans to be relaxing and peaceful. leaving activist circle drama was one of the mutal reason for leaving philly. and b) i was jealous as hell of his REPUTATION as a kickass social justice activist. i was also having trouble finding meaningful employment for myslef.

3. in january 2004, when transiting pluto conjunct my sun for the first time exactly, i started a parttime job as a project assistant at a drop-in center for homeless youth. lots of youth in major crisis. the job was hella challenging on many different levels, but i felt good about the work that i was doing.

4. in march 2004, BF got a full-time job offer in berkeley, ca that was basically his dream job and location. i wasn't happy about the prospect of moving. and i was insanely jealous of his *luck* (but what is years of hardwork). again, he got this job through his REPUTATION as a kickass activist. at this point, i felt like i'd got finally started to get my groove on in new orleans. after thinking about it a lot, i felt like wanted to stay in new orleans, and i was thinking i wanted out of the relationship. but after a short discussion that involved heavy guilt-tripping, i caved and agreed to move to berkelely, ca with BF.

5. in april 2004, moved to berkeley, ca and commenced fuckin' resenting BF and being here in the cold-ass bay area. after about 3 weeks, i got a office job at a small fundraising for non-profits company.

6. in may-early july 2004, i researched remotely and wrote a report on the sexual violence in darfur which was presented at the international AIDS conference in bangkok by the director of the organization that i wrote it for.

7. in early june 2004, our landlord/upstairs neighor familiy's middle son commits suicide. the extended family from all over, including ethiopia, come to stay and mourn with the family for the month of june and into july. the extended family invades our (me and BF) space - sharing our bathroom, kitchen and back bedroom.

(pluto is again exactly conjunct my sun when i get the job, start researching the SV situation in darfur, and the suicide happened)

8. in august 2004, feeling insecure, full of resentment, lonely and depressed, i reach a point where i decided to go into therapy.

9. at the end of august- early september 2004, i participate in global AIDS actions at the republican national convention which lead to my two stints of 15 minutes of fame and two very differnent experiences in the nyc jails.

10. in november 2004, i make the first of many breakthroughs in therapy. transiting pluto was again exactly conjunct my sun at this time.

11. in april 2005, i start taking an astrology class. i feel like a deeper understanding of life is cracking open...

12. in july 2005, finally break up with BF and move with a (heavily plutonic) friend. this same friend is the guy who owns the house in new orleans that i subletted.

13. in september 2005, transiting pluto exactly conjuncts my sun for the last time - moving on down into the further degrees of sag.