I definitely agree that the outer planets drag in the collective big time; but just as the collective and things of it, such as culture, really affect the individual down to the core, I also totally feel a personalization of them. I think this is readily apparent to me with Leo Sun conjunct Pluto in the 12th.

Yes, it definitely brings in the collective unconscious. Such things as myths, fairy tales, archetypes, and the like are fascinating to me, and I just love to take my 12H Virgo Jupiter and go to it as much as I can in all sorts of ways. One thing that I have enjoyed doing lately is looking at transiting Pluto in Capricorn and noting how that is playing out globally and how what I am doing is mirroring certain aspects of those global effects. I am finding the the more I look at that, the more I see alternatives on both levels ~ personal and transpersonal ~ that are requiring a paradigm shift in creative thinking. I have to say that I am loving that, even though the areas of life in question make risks particularly scary.

To a similar degree, I am also experiencing the same sort of thing in interpreting Saturn, Uranus and Neptune as well. I sort of think that Pluto has primed the ground to do that, at least for me.

LOL ~ As for appearing psychotic, Raymond, I know what you mean. I pretty much stay silent, too, in most venues. Of course, here we are among friends, so appearing psychotic is not a cause for anxiety. LOL!