Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet in 2016.

Think of everything that’s happened since then. Seriously! Trump, global pandemic, 100+ days of riots in Portland, category four hurricanes, insurrection….

Much is made of the stark political and social divisions within the US. Is it any wonder? With just eight planets, there is no longer a middle. When you take Jupiter, with its mass more than twice that of the other planets combined, and move it from the middle, to a side of four, the previous balance tips precariously in a new direction.

Pluto was downgraded because it does not meet one of three criteria. It does not, by its gravitational pull, clear its orbit of debris. Well, so what? Maybe it’s okay sharing its path with others. Maybe it’s okay to not influence others, to the point of knocking them out of their own paths, in one’s trip around the sun. Maybe Pluto likes swapping stories with celestial companions and is cool with them maintaining their own identities.

Pluto has a heart-shaped nitrogen field. (See above.) Does that mean when Pluto was demoted, love was also demoted in our galaxy? Did we say, we know you’re stamped by love, but we have our standards? Did we repel love because it did not compel others to join it?

People say they don’t understand why everything seems so chaotic these days. I can explain why. It’s Pluto’s revenge.