“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.”
–Sigmund Freud
Pluto transits are hard to talk about without scaring people. Pluto regenerates. It is deep and dark can seem ominous. Pluto also represents death. If you’ve ever dealt with death you know that the death of someone close takes you apart. Some are devastated and don’t come “back” as easily as others, but some seem to roll with it pretty well. Those are usually the people who have Pluto prominent in their charts, already have an innate understanding for the energy in some way.
It takes you apart. A death or a Pluto transit takes you apart and the feeling that goes with that is a strange one. I’m sure it’s different for everyone but the experience of having things torn down and put back together in a new order is common. That’s why when someone has a death in their close circle it’s important to say SOMETHING, even though what you say is not particularly important. It’s a human touchstone, that their disorder is acknowledged. It comforts, just the shared humanity of it. The same is true of a Pluto transit. You become disordered and eventually are putting yourself back together.
Pluto transits don’t necessarily bring death, or even negativity. They bring transformation and transformation is disconcerting. It helps to accept other people’s well meaning contact. It’s like hanging onto something solid when you’re dizzy. It helps.
Even if Pluto is not transiting your planets it is transiting one of your houses and affecting that area of your life. Where is Pluto transiting YOUR chart?
Pluto is currently (for the past 6-12 months) transiting my natal Neptune, which happens to be on my DSC, which happens to be my sun/moon midpoint.
I’m not introspective. I feel nothing. But this seems like a big deal, I just don’t know how it’s being played out this past year. Does anybody have any thoughts? 🙁
My 10th. It has gone back and forth, back and forth, over my cap deg mc. Nice. Thinking of going to school for nursing. I could work, as a nurse, and go to school for something else. I don’t think I’ll be finished carving out a career for some time.
My mc is 4deg Capricorn. 🙂
When I say something else, I mean continuing in the scientific health related field. Majoring in biology and going for higher education. In what, left to be decided. Don’t they say life begins at 40? All those people with their degrees that they got in their 20’s, only to do something else later on in life. 🙂
Hello Satori,
Great post – thank you. Pluto is currently transiting my 5th house and it only dawned on me recently that the past couple of years have seen me acknowledge the fact that it is too late for me to have children now (I am 43). The funny thing is that I have never really wanted children, or so I thought, but sometimes lately I ache for the fact that I didn’t, especially as I spend more and more time with my nieces and nephews. I have the Sun, Venus and Mars in Cancer so am great at mothering – just never realised that all those I mother are the children I never had. The death of a tribal instinct I suppose and one which I keep close to my heart. My mother guessed it last year and said it to me but I denied ever having the urge, I just could not come out and admit it.
Thank you.
Right now it is exactly opposite my Venus, having retrograded back to this degree; over the past two years it has crossed my IC and squared my ASC/DC axis, as well as oppose Venus. No physical deaths (yet), but I am definitely transforming(ed?), and it’s been difficult to express to others…I feel like a broken record sometimes. Here’s a fairly easy-to-express aspect of it: I moved just as it approached my IC and squared my ASC/DC, and I realized how much I personally identified (ASC) with the city that was my home. Not that it was tragic to move, but it has been an arduous process to become more mySELF, less my identity. If that makes sense.
9th house.
mars/asc/1st square uranus & ceres & chiron – I don’t think I’m going to be put back together. :/
Pluto is transiting my Saturn in Capricorn 6H. It’s almost exact.
By sign, I have a Grand Trine in Earth involving my Sun, Saturn, and Pluto. This gives me depth and inner resources and it’s one of my more positive chart aspects. I currently have no problems with Pluto.
Pluto transits my 12 H where my Moon is natally. The transformations are deep rooted and ‘familiar’ fits, though death and rebirth are different every time. It helps to see the Natural cycles as I do where I live in the forest; I’m not unique, just one of the squirrels, sorta:)
It’s in my 7th house opposite my Jupiter in Cancer.
I’m ok with the 7th house part, but it has been a total drain on my Jupiter. Talk about a buzz kill!
No idea but wish I could learn this transit thing so I could follow these great posts. 🙁 My own brain limitations or something.
pluto squaring sun/saturn/chiron/AC and opposing MC @ 9.46 degrees. It must be in my 12th house b/c i feel deep transformation. i cannot wait until this over, i’ve been feeling pluto strong since last Nov. I’m ready to move on.
also, my 7 house is being affected as well.
My 4th… 4º to reach 5th… i think Pluto is a bit shy of going there.
It is opposing my 11th Sun
square with 1st Ceres & Pluto
trine AC/1st Pallas
sextile 2nd Uranus
trine 8th Chiron
I <3 Pluto, i hope he shares this love.
It’s transiting my 11th, currently conjucting my Jupiter, sextiling my moon and squaring natal Pluto and pissing me off in general..to be honest.
Morgan, it’s right on my MC too ick.. Soon as it hit it late March I got made redundant in the ‘cuts’ after an almost desperate struggle to cling on as jobs are scarce and 5 months on Im still unemployed and just a bit scared
I *know* it’s only Pluto doing his transforming thing and ok, I wasn’t exactly happy there but come on, Ive applied for loads of jobs now and my cupboards getting bare! Cheers Pluto!
as a matter of fact, Ox and I are both in our second pass of Pluto square Pluto waiting for it to go direct and get this crap over with already
Pluto is transiting conjunct my sun in the 8th/7th in Capricorn….retrograding over it and then going straight some time now over and over again…I can attest to the transformations.
“That’s why when someone has a death in their close circle it’s important to say SOMETHING, even though what you say is not particularly important. It’s a human touchstone, that their disorder is acknowledged.”
Well said: i used to hate to say “my condolences”, but nowadays i think the acknowledgement is much more important than saying the right words.
Pluto has been transiting my 6th house forever.
Ugh 7th house here. About to go conjunct over my Venus/Jupiter… prob in another year or so. I will confess I am feeling totally exhausted of reforming that area, even though I know it’s for my own good.
It’s been trining my Sun/Chiron conjunction in the early degrees, mostly.
Pluto is transiting my 6th house and opposing my natal Moon/Jupiter conjunction in the 12th. There’s been a lot of upheaval. Things broken down and the process of putting life back together. There are days when I don’t recognize myself. The spiritual aspect of my Pluto transit can’t be denied. The 6th and the 12th are spiritual houses and I have Pluto in the 4th natally, conjunct my NN.
There’s a lot I don’t understand, but what I do know is that everyone’s reality is different and I’m trying to align myself spiritually with it as I experience this transit.
Thanks for this post. Pluto transits are scary because they are fundamentally mysterious, and it’s hard to let go and trust the transit because you don’t know what’s coming. I think the best thing you can do is align yourself spiritually.
Just came out of Pluto squaring my Sun – it’s still 3 degrees in orb. Not fun at all…
I would liken the aspect to gaining new insight on Life – a different kind of maturing.
Left me more confident of myself, and easier to pick out where to send my energy – on the important things in Life. Hmmmm, not bad once you’re on the other side.
Oh, transiting my 2nd house. Still looking for that income train to come in!
@Siddiya and @Pholusnine, what happened/has been hapepening while Pluto was on your descendant or transiting your 7th? My pluto is going over my DSC now and I don’t know how to deal with it, ahh.
Pluto is just finishing up in my fifth. I feel as though I have loved enough, and am at the end of my rope with no love left to give. I had a pluto transit to my sun 10 years ago that is just now affecting me. Who says aquarius likes change? Hah. I’m so fixed!
Debdeb, with Neptune I would imagine it’s foggy. Hard to discern? So your concussion maybe associated with that? This may be veiled. I would ask this question on the boards and post your chart it will give people more to work with. If you do let me know I will look to and see if I can remember anything from when it was on my 7th with neptune
Pluto is my chart ruler and so I’m very familiar with transformation and regeneration. I’m also confident that what doesn’t kill me will make me stronger!
It’s currently transitting my 2nd House and squaring my Aries Sun. So, I’m revamping that that I value and who I am. Heck, I’ll be turning 50 in the Spring, so this isn’t all that surprising or unexpected. Just ‘moving into another phase’ which has sort of been the slogan of my life.
Yup, Super Pluto is right here with natal Mars and Venus. During transiting Pluto right on my Mars, I “happened” to be in a war zone where there were a lot of bombings and killings. So many deaths occurred around me for a couple of years. Almost got killed myself.
Now, transiting Pluto is also in conjunction with my natal Venus, it’s taking away what I value and my valuables — things I worked hard for (in Capricorn). No more prestige career, first-class travel, a six-figure salary,a nice house with staff (chefs, housekeepers, gardeners, drivers, etc.) in a posh neighborhood, all fringe benefits, etc.
When Pluto strips off worldly possessions in this fashion, there’s only one way to go, transformation. I have to learn to accept it and start detaching self from all the impermanence.
North node is in the 8th house…
Pluto’s in my 6th right now, and just beginning to square my Libra nonsense.
I’m still picking up from Pluto squaring my IC in late Virgo, though. You’d think that with natal Pluto in the 4th and, overall, three moon-Pluto exchanges, this would be something I’d be familiar with — but this square rocked me HARDCORE. I finally feel like I’m re-building, three years later.
Using equal house system, transiting Pluto is conjunct my MC in the 9th house/Capricorn and square my AC/Aries. Three years ago I went back to school for my teaching and MA degree. Then the recession hit. I haven’t been able to find a full-time position. I’ve also had lots of depression and doubts about myself and my path in life.
I can’t decide whether that means I need to move on to something else or wait until Pluto stops retrograding and travels the last 7 degrees to my 10th house. Thoughts anyone?
Transit Pluto in the 2nd. I have become aware of my “inherited” self esteem…or lack thereof. In process of transforming my finances (loss of income/trying to create new income).
As I’ve mentioned before, transit Pluto is conjunct my progressed Ascendant and anti-vertex. My health/body has fallen apart, I have crashed in a grand manner. I hope I can transform it. (Funny, I didn’t notice when transit Pluto conj natal Asc, must not have retrograded back over then.)
Getting worried because as Pluto moves forward he will oppose my Sun and then 5 degrees later will square my natal Mars opposite Jupiter. Yikes!
Pluto is squaring my Asc/Dec right now, and then soon after cross my IC and oppose Midheaven.
All of this is after Pluto squaring 4(!!) planets in the 12th house. (Jupiter, NN, Mars, Saturn) Pretty much, it’s like being thrown into the Abyss for 12 years which I’m only now just beginning to emerge…I’ve been battling my weight now for most of my life and now I’m at the point where I’ve lost 80 lbs and look somewhat…normal.
8th House. Filling in two of the t-squares to make a grand cross. Oh and squaring natal pluto.
Pluto currently conjunct my Venus! I seem to be fulfilling the cookbook expectation of having a completely unexpected obsession with someone, with such stong feelings as I haven’t felt for anyone in fifteen years. It is quite challenging.
I’m currently in a relationship, and it is certainly making me realize things that are missing, that I realize I do wish to have, for a fulfilling relationship in the future with someone.
Too much, really. Nine aspects, that I can see… From my 6th.
I think some are not so bad. Dredging up stuff I need to deal with. I’m not handling it all that well… But there are other aspects that are starting to lift me again, I think.
It’s not an easy time. But I’m all for transformation. If I could stop fighting myself, that would be good.
I’m facing the last forward-retro-forward square again of Pluto on my Sun shortly. The first time, I faced an internet stalker in court. He was found incompetent to stand trial. The second, I faced my ex in court on a restraining order. I settled with him simply to not have to deal with him again. I don’t have anything like that coming up that I know of, but one never knows… Perhaps I’ve learned something? Pluto’s due to do his number square my Moon shortly, and I cannot WAIT to see what drama this is going to turn up. My north node is in Taurus conjunct my Venus, for God’s sake. I just want to buy some nice olive wood spoons and cook some good food and mind my own business.
I find the use of the word transformation with regards to Pluto transits is way too general of a term. I can say this as I have just completed a Pluto on Saturn conjunction last year and I’m still not ‘transformed’ so to speak. A Pluto transit is a major crisis situation for two long years and you only ‘transform’ after. Sometimes it takes 3-5 years after the transit ends to feel like your feet are on the ground again.
‘That’s why when someone has a death in their close circle it’s important to say SOMETHING, even though what you say is not particularly important. It’s a human touchstone, that their disorder is acknowledged.’ Being Ms Proper and Do The Correct Thing, I always send card of condolence or otherwise make formal acknowledgement of death. It’s the ‘other’ deaths that we so often choose to slide our glances over – separation, divorce, loss of children or grandchildren due to same, or loss of pets. I think these losses are often just as integral to our transformation and so often go unacknowledged by others.
Pluto’s coming up to cj my Mars/NN cjn in Cap 4th next year. Over the IC lost my mother and more besides, including my mind and health there for a while. I know my father will not survive Pluto through Cap either. Got some Scorp/Pluto opp Taurus Moon 8th: been down in a few of Pluto’s digs.
Nice work, Satori. Thanx.
@arshambow – I think your right! The best way I’ve found to deal with Pluto is to learn to live without your feet touching ground… and to just wait it out and not fight it.
Pluto is currently in my sixth house, within orb of my Saturn at 4 Cap (the sixth house cusp is at 3 Cap).
Pluto was on my Mars when my mother died, and opposing my Moon in 2009 when my father died. There’s no family left, now.
I’ve had to reduce my work hours recently due to chronic pain, and anticipate having to retire earlier than most; it has been a battle between medicating the pain enough for me to have some degree of functioning, and coping with the horrible medication side effects. There has also been someone targeting me at work, a former friend whose stated intention it is to get me fired. Office politics at its worst — it’s like high school.
I’ve concluded that it’s best to settle my father’s estate as quickly as possible, then move far away to a place I’ve wanted to live in since 1988, finish my degree which was interrupted by my father’s illness, and work in a different field than my current one. Plans are being made now to make this happen.
Pluto is smack on my Descendant right now! I
had a tough Grand Cross period and definitely experienced loss. I decide to change my career path and m going back to school! I haven’t experienced anything so far relationship-wise (7th house area) but I’m definitely transforming my image which will probably affect the way people relate to me. (I’ve lost 55 pounds so far and am aiming for 80 pounds total!) By transforming myself to a better and improved me, I’ll probably be able to attract something better than what I had before. I take care of myself better, I know myself better and it’s a beautiful thing 🙂
I have a lot of mutable influences and a strong Pluto in my chart (8th house Sun, Sun trine Pluto, Saturn in Scorpio, Saturn conjunct Pluto) so I’ve learned very early that it’s better to let things die if this is what is happening. It probably wasn’t worth it!
((JillY))
Pluto in first, roaming right in between my Asc and Moon. Now its conj my Asc (in Sag) and the transformation I’m undergoing is changing my wardrobe/look to be more “mature.” Not really devastating but a change non the less.. I guess what I’m really afraid of is having to take myself more seriously..
also feeling pressure to grow from Saturn square Moon and Venus, plus Saturn Return in a few months.
::I’m Only Happy When It Rains::
By transit its in my ninth house….
I’m wondering about my solar return chart this year since the moon was in capricorn…conjunct pluto….will this turn out to be significant as the year progresses?
About 5/8 through my 4th house.
During this transit it’s claimed: both grandfathers (same year) , 1-sibling , my marriage , and a few pets.
Apearently it’s also claimed my love life.
It’s in my 12th for a very long time to come. If I didn’t have a Scorpio Sun stellium in the 9th with my Moon holding me down in Taurus, I don’t know if I could have handled it so far. Horrible when it’s incessant in there but when I come through I feel truly blessed. Looking very forward to it ending retrograde!
This last week was/is Moon/Venus/Sun conjunct my natal Pluto and Uranus in the 7th. Just said goodbye to a long relationship that was so not good for me. Some grieving, but the RELIEF is indescribable. Closure is a truly wonderful thing. Feeling reborn and shiny? You betcha!
in a black hole of weirdness. Pluto is squaring Venus and sextiling natal Pluto. Definitely grieving, but it should finish soon so everything can reboot.
Hey Caribou! I can understand your frustration, I remember when I was just learning. This site is where I started out – It will give you your daily major alignments emailed to you. At the bottom of the email, it has a ‘log in to see your daily forecast’ link – this will take you to the membership page below. Once you create your membership and log in you will see the stuff that was emailed to you plus more. If you click on the top where it says ‘Extended Forecast’ it will tell you ALL your alignments (and length of them and what they may mean). If you click on the small chart circle top right, it will take you to a pic of your birth chart along with the current planet positions (the inside circle is your birth chart, the outside the present positions). The link I provided is the log in page, I’m not sure if you can create a membership from there (they have a help button but it never seems to work), it’s been years since I signed up for this and don’t remember how I got there – just click around on that page, I’m sure it will get you somewhere.
The entire pluto in sag era was damn tough. At the end when it was entered my 6th house, I lost a brother and sister. So I am fine with this pluto in capricorn. It is still in my 6th house and it will eventually be conj with my natal mars. Which is a little concerning since people see me as a badass scary type most of the time any how.
thanks for this lovely article! i am still trying to see how pluto is playing out, but i think i will personally be dealing with it for a long time. it’s currently conjunct my moon, and will go back over it when it’s direct. that is in the 12th house. then it will be squaring my sun soon after, then it will square my natal pluto. i am very cardinal, so all this pluto stuff is going to touch many things in my chart. same with uranus.