Hegemon Rising
Venezuela, Pluto, and the Hidden Architecture of Power
There’s a lot going on in the world right now. News cycles are jammed with stories about Greenland, Minnesota, the melting poles, and government gridlock. But today, I want to re-focus our attention on Venezuela and the wider astrological architecture that seems to be crystallizing around it.
If you’ve been following this series, you know I’ve been tracking the astro-signatures of regime change—how certain moments in history carry specific planetary configurations that repeat across decades and nations. The recent capture of Nicolás Maduro is one of those moments. It’s part of a larger pivot point, astrologically speaking, that has to do with Pluto, the archetype of hegemonic power, and its long-standing nodal axis through Capricorn and Cancer.
This isn’t just about Venezuela. It’s about the United States, China, Russia—and how Pluto’s slow, grinding arc across centuries reveals the machinery of global dominance.
Let’s unpack it.
Why Hawaii Still Matters
I want to start not with Venezuela, but with Hawaii. Why? Because the Kingdom of Hawaii offers a clean, almost textbook example of a peaceful, sovereign nation that was systematically overthrown, not through open war, but through legal manipulation, economic pressure, and silent force.
The chart I use for the Kingdom of Hawaii is set for June 1, 1795—the approximate consolidation of Kamehameha I’s victory in the Battle of Nuʻuanu. It was this moment that unified the islands into a recognized kingdom, internationally acknowledged and autonomous.
What’s fascinating is how Capricorn and Cancer show up in Hawaii’s chart. Capricorn sits in the 8th house (shared resources, death, others’ wealth), and Cancer in the 2nd house (resources, land, food, minerals). This axis becomes critical when we trace Pluto’s nodal path: the south node of Pluto entered Capricorn in 444 CE and will remain there until 2741 CE. That’s nearly 2,300 years of a slow, relentless power story moving across the Capricorn-Cancer line.
The 1893 overthrow of Hawaii happened during a Capricorn stellium—Sun, Moon, Mercury, and Venus all piled into Hawaii’s 8th house, right along Pluto’s south node. There were no bombs, no firefights. Just Marines walking up to the palace, taking over, and a queen who trusted that the U.S. President might reverse it.
He didn’t.
And the chart shows why: the alignment of Pluto’s nodal axis with both the Hawaiian and U.S. charts reveals a hidden machinery of power consolidation, baked deep into the timing.
Pluto: Archetype of the Hegemon
If you’ve studied Pluto in depth—not just as a body in space, but as an archetype—you know it doesn’t play around. Pluto represents the power that no one escapes: death, transformation, sovereignty. It is the archetype of the hegemon—the power that cannot be overthrown.
And when we trace Pluto’s nodal axis, especially through Capricorn (which exalts Mars and is ruled by Saturn), we see a pattern of events where control is seized not always through violence, but through timing, legality, and symbolic authority.
This is why Capricorn-Cancer keeps showing up in these moments of geopolitical shift. The U.S. Sibly chart, China’s founding chart, Russia’s post-Soviet chart—all carry this axis in crucial houses: 2nd/8th, 7th/1st, 9th/3rd.
These houses are not random. They correspond to resources, allies and enemies, philosophy and law, and control over public narratives.
And when a Pluto transit or Pluto nodal alignment hits those points? Something major tends to occur.
Venezuela: A Pivot Point
So let’s talk about Venezuela. The recent capture of Maduro is not just a regional shake-up. Astrologically, it connects deeply with the ongoing rise of global hegemonic restructuring.
In Venezuela’s chart, the Pluto nodal axis lands across the 9th and 3rd houses—a shift from the material focus we saw with Hawaii and the U.S. Instead, these houses deal with legal structures, media, ideology, education, and international philosophy.
In other words, Pluto is not just impacting Venezuela’s economy or leadership—it’s targeting the story Venezuela tells about itself, and how it relates ideologically to larger hegemonic forces.
The same Capricorn stellium shows up here again in the transits: Pluto conjunct Mars, Sun conjunct Mercury and Venus, all moving across the key points that tie into Venezuela’s foundation chart. And once again, this is happening in early January 2026, which also marks Pluto’s final degrees in Capricorn before its full entry into Aquarius.
China, Russia, and the U.S.: A Triad of Power
If you map this same transit onto the People’s Republic of China’s chart (January 1, 1949) and the Russian Federation’s constitution chart (December 25, 1993), the patterns are shocking.
In China’s chart, Pluto’s axis again runs across the 2nd and 8th houses—resources, debts, transformation. A Pluto-Mars conjunction is activated in the overthrow transit, along with a tight Saturn square to natal Venus in the 7th house (alliances and enemies).
In Russia’s chart, Pluto opposes Neptune and Uranus almost exactly, while Saturn forms a trine to natal Pluto in Scorpio—again showing the long-term consolidation of power and secrecy.
These are not minor influences. These are transformational alignments that seem to signal a realignment of global hegemonic power—away from unipolar control and toward a more multi-nodal structure.
And all of it, again, sits on this ancient Pluto nodal axis—a line of power that’s been active since the fall of the Roman Empire.
So What Now?
If this sounds like a lot—it is.
But what we’re watching isn’t chaos. It’s a pivot. Not a pivot caused by random events or one-off political moves, but by the deep rhythms of planetary time. These charts weren’t “elected” by astrologers, and yet the alignments are precise to the degree. The Pluto return of the United States, the final sweep of Pluto in Capricorn, and the rise of hegemonic archetypes all converge here—in early 2026.
And maybe, just maybe, what we’re seeing isn’t just the fall of Maduro or the rise of one power over another—but the end of the illusion of permanence. The shift from “this is how things have always been” to “this is how power actually works.”
A Personal Note
I’ve always carried a quiet wound about Hawaii. When I first learned about its overthrow, I was horrified. And I still am. But I also see the same patterns re-emerging now—in Venezuela, in the quiet maneuvers of power that don’t need tanks or bombs, just timing and paperwork.
Astrology doesn’t tell us what to do, but it does show us the hidden mechanics of history. And right now, those gears are turning fast.
We are in a critical inflection point. The choices made in 2026 won’t just affect this year—they’ll echo across decades. And if you’re a student of planetary archetypes, you can already feel it: the hegemon is rising again.
Stay Curious
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