Kee said
During my last Solar Return, I had Pluto less than a degree away form my Ascendant.

As the year has progressed, I have come to envision Pluto's transit through Capricorn (my natal fifth house) like a masonry worker that has to put a brick structure together piece by piece, in the dark with no instructions... just a promise that the foreman will show up with a light and I had better have things sufficiently along in progress.

Pluto, is conjunct Vertex... trine Mars-Venus midpoint (five degree separation) and square north node
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Just wondering if anyone has had any similar experiences with Pluto.  

Love your description!  My natal Pluto is conjunct Vertex in 7th house, with ASC at 15 Cap, so Pluto has been transiting it.  In my last SR, the SR Pluto was in 12th house 3 degrees shy of my SR ASC at 20 Cap.  This year has been one of building a new life and new friendships in a new state, very slowly pulling the pieces of my household together, discarding some of old structure, learning and exploring new interests.