Years of waiting, months of announcing it, here it is. On March 23, for the first time in two hundred and forty-eight years, Pluto, the slowest and most distant planet in the solar system, entered the constellation Aquarius after fifteen years in Capricorn. Nothing new around the Sun: the planets rotate, pass from constellation to constellation, each at its own pace.
If this transit in no way disturbs the scientific community, which moreover withdrew its planetary status from Pluto in 2006 (the star was downgraded to a dwarf planet), for the world of astrology, we are facing a extremely rare historical event, full of symbols and harbinger of the ” the begining of the end “. “The last time Pluto was in Aquarius was during the French Revolution! »enthuses Parisian astrologer Fabrice Pascaud.
In his video entitled “An air of French Revolution”, viewed 36,000 times on YouTube, François Barthomeuf, like many of his peers, had predicted a wind of revolt from the end of February as processions paraded all over France. Nothing could be more normal according to the astrologer, since Pluto represents “purification by fire, destruction before construction”. “Pluto’s move into Aquarius is literally power to the people”, in turn wrote the Plutonian Twitter account on March 26.
The finest hour of modern-day Nostradamus
In the parallel world of astrology, whose observations, it should be remembered, are not based on any scientific basis, this new era has been fueling many of the most sophisticated political analyzes for several weeks. These topical videos with abstruse jargon allow these modern-day Nostradamus to show the extent of their knowledge to a new audience. According to an IFOP study from December 2020belief in astrology thus reached 41%, ie 8 points more than in 2000. According to another IFOP poll from December 202249% of 18-24 year olds think astrology is a science, compared to 43% in 1999.
“Posts on astrology in general don’t do very well, but when I analyze a public figure or political news, I can get several thousand views. » Fabrice Pascaud, astrologer
Astrologers themselves observe a rejuvenation of their clientele. “Since confinement, I have been receiving more and more people in their twenties with very high levels of knowledge in astrology”, says astrologer Kristina Mossessyants. François Barthomeuf says he has welcomed a larger clientele of all ages since the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017. This former air force officer converted to astrology in 2010 even notes a consecutive acceleration to Covid-19, and believes he perceives a desire “other solutions in a society that makes little sense”.
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