Since the advent of the Industrial Age the archetype of oil has become darker, more dangerous, more compulsive—in a word, more Plutonian– and the modern model of societal organization would die overnight without oil. In this NCGR lecture Jessica discusses the symbolism and implications of the world’s dependence on ancient dinosaur slime.

In this lecture Jessica proposes assigning a Pluto rulership to the archetype of crude oil, considering the symbolism of each, in accordance with the ancient law As Above So Below. She discusses the profound meaning shifts oil has undergone since the Uranus-Neptune conjunction gave rise to the industrial revolution. Crude oil is a unique status symbol of the contemporary world; no other substance so poignantly sums up what we have become. Jessica looks at what this archetype can tell us about the karma of the USA under the Uranus-Pluto square, the economic and geopolitical flux indicated, and how the world must transform itself as the oil wells run dry.