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Pluto in Sagittarius (1995 throughout 2007)08 Seeing Through the Lies The astrological archetype of Sagittarius and its native Ninth House bears many attributes, all of which emerge from the core experience of human faith and those experiences that elicit faith, as well as those which dispel that faith for the experience of still 'greater truths'. In other words, Sagittarius represents the quest for direct knowledge of truth no matter what one must do to experience it. "Truth at all costs" is very Sagittarian, as is the readiness to release one set of beliefs for another in the face of 'a greater truth'. The Sagittarian quest for truth is never-ending, infusing this archetype with a restless wanderlust. Anyone with a preponderance of natal Sagittarius and/or Ninth House forces lives with that restlessness and must give form to its inherent quest, lest fall prey to the fundamentalist dilemma of misdirecting security needs to the winged realms of perception, i.e., seeing only that which supports one's set beliefs and that which is known and familiar to oneself. As Pluto's X-ray sweeps through Sagittarius, it begins exposing society's outdated beliefs and assumptions about the basis of all learning: direct perception and the will to see things as they are. Expect the next ten years or so to bring more disclosure of corruption and obsolete dogmas buried deep in the public education systems, the mass media and the world's religious institutions, all of which require tremendous faith from the public-at-large—the collective—to survive. Pluto in Sagittarius represents a collective crisis in faith and a duration where people are more ready to see through what has been taken for granted as 'the truth'. Brace yourselves. Pluto in Sagittarius exposes the extent society has been living a lie on the most rudimentary levels of human cultural experience. Unlike Pluto in Scorpio with its relentless onslaught of bad news, bad karma and bad debts, the ultimate aim of Pluto in Sagittarius is freedom from the very lies that made that ignorance possible. This freedom does not come without its costs, however. To determine your own losses, make a list of all the things you were told (by parents, teachers, clergy, government, mass media) you could have or secure that you have since lost or had to give up or never attained in the first place. Make another list of promises offered by the "American Dream" as you see it. Make a third list of all the things you have faith in because you believe they are true. Draw this third list up with a pencil and an eraser.Sagittarius calls us to a higher vision of truth, moral values and understanding, while Pluto guides us through a process of transforming shadow into light through uncompromising acknowledgement of what we see in those shadows. What is the highest truth that YOU can see? What obstacles block your path toward making that higher vision a reality? What keeps you from truly living that higher understanding of life? How can you aspire, like the archer's arrow, and stretch yourself beyond those obstacles to touch your spirit's vision? It is said that achievement is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Faith (the territory of Sagittarius) shows us the pinnacle of the shining mountain beyond the dark forest, and promises there is something better that is worth striving for. Ultimately, it is the courage and endurance of actually travelling through that shadowy forest (the process of Pluto) that gets us from where we are to where we want or need to go. Pluto's message in Sagittarius is: Keep the faith, do the work, and trust the process