Pluto 2: Scorpio medicine
Fassbinder's Fear of Fear, a medicated society, secrets, poisons
I’m teaching a monthly online workshop beginning in January called Psycho-Cosmos, an exploration of astrology and psychoanalysis. You can get it at a serious discount through October 31st.
This is the second post in an ongoing series on PLUTO, astrological planet and lord of the underworld, in culture and the cosmos. For full access:
“Thus, Pluto, as a symbol of retributive fate, rules the place where the will no longer avails. Therapies and meditations and diets and encounters do not reach here; and the decision is no longer whether I should do right or wrong, but whether I should sacrifice my left arm or my right.” — Liz Greene, The Astrology of Fate
We are officially in Scorpio season: the fixed middle of autumn, sun in the house of a Scorpion. Apparent stillness….