Pluto Transits

Pluto Transits: Predictive Astrology - Techniques for Predicting the Future

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Overview:

Pluto in Transit Pluto takes approximately 248 years to come full circle. This slow-moving planet's transits are long-lasting, and each transit takes its time to unfold. As Pluto transits a point in our chart, retrogrades back over it, and then hits it again in direct motion, it imparts its own special wisdom upon the point in question—the areas of lives and parts of our psyches ruled by that point.

How Pluto affects our lives depends very much on whether we resist its influences or we try to work with the planet of rebirth and destiny.

Pluto Whatever part of our lives and of our psyches that Pluto touches, especially by hard transit, is an area that Pluto compels us to explore more deeply. Superficiality is not acceptable for Pluto. Pluto transits insist that we get in touch with our core purpose and our deep sense of power. New levels of intimacy, not only with others but also with ourselves, are discovered and uncovered.

Transiting Pluto brings intensity and focus to our lives. Pluto breaks through illusions, in search of the utter truth. These are not Saturn truths, when we see things for what they are in a mundane or material sense. Pluto probes much deeper, shining light on our darkness. Transiting Pluto offers us the chance to evolve and to rebirth. Pluto acts to strip away what is unnecessary or superficial in our lives. Pluto wants deep experience, of the transformational kind. Things that are not working for us, whether they are thought processes or lifestyles, undergo a transformation. Pluto transits bring about rebirths of sorts in the areas of life affected. Pluto transits are about letting go of things that are holding us back from deep and meaningful experience.

Fear—sometimes intense fear—can reveal itself at the beginning of a challenging Pluto transit. We confront our "dark" side—those parts of us that are raw, primal, and instinctive. Resisting this process can cause us to externalize or project these parts of ourselves. If we do this, Pluto's energy has to go somewhere, so we end up meeting Pluto in our lives in the guise of events and people. If we are attracting jealous, manipulative, and controlling people or situations, we can ask ourselves why this is happening. Is there something in ourselves that is provoking this kind of behavior or circumstance?

Although transiting Pluto is often associated with such things as separation and deaths, it is important to note that Pluto's action is to revolutionize parts of ourselves, and events that take place at this time can just as easily be new relationships, births, and new beginnings in general. For example, a woman who had decided she would never marry and have children developed a relationship under a heavy Pluto transit that changed her conviction completely. By transit's end, she recognized that her conviction to not "settle down" was actually based on her own fear that she would never find a deep and meaningful relationship.

Possible influences and experiences with transiting Pluto:

Emotionally and sexually rewarding relationships, intimacy.
Psychological healing.
Relationship problems, separation, manipulative behavior, jealousy and possessiveness.
Resistance to change and holding onto negative attachments.
Self-destructive behavior, obsessions.
Looking for truth and meaning.
Beginning new, intense relationships.
Psychological insight, intolerance for superficiality.
Soul-to-soul connections with partners.
Fateful encounters, timely new relationships and/or separations.
Discovering one's power.
Unloading burdens and obligations.
Increased focus, strength, and commitment.
Death and rebirth cycles.
Complex involvements.
Coming face to face with our deepest fears, and overcoming them.
A new interest in psychology and parapsychology.

The following are interpretations of Pluto's transits to planets and points. Note that alternate meanings are indicated by a * and +, and are offered here for the student of astrology wishing to expand his or her knowledge with different perspectives of each transit.

Pluto-Sun Transits

Pluto transits to the Sun challenge us to face up to unexpressed or poorly expressed traits of our Sun sign, house, and aspects. We discover our own power and strength, and we re-work our very sense of identity, which invariably affects our life path. How we have defined ourselves to date is now challenged. In some cases, women live this transit through key male figures in their lives. These transits force us to confront our will, power, assertion, and authority. Sometimes, the relationship with the father or other important male figures come into focus. We face the need to be more independent, assertive, and autonomous. Perhaps most importantly, Pluto transiting our Sun puts us face to face with exactly what it is that has been holding us back from living life more fully and meaningfully.

Look for Leo in your natal chart, as the Sun rules Leo, and this is an area of life that will be directly affected by the transit (in addition to the house where the transit actually takes place).

Pluto transits conjunct Sun

~During this time, you will have to face up to the real, inner you - the person you were meant to be and not the person you were taught to be. For years you may have avoided "gut" personal issues, ignored what you wanted and concentrated on what you thought others expected of you. But no more! Your strongest desire at this time might be to make a totally new start - change homes or even towns, divorce your marriage partner and in extreme cases refuse custody of your children. Conditions you have tolerated in the past, even though they may have caused you pain or unhappiness, are now swept aside. Realizing your potential will become your primary goal. Depending on how frustrating your life has been, the changes coming your way can undermine the very foundations of your security. Pluto brings about drastic, revolutionary changes, but ones which are necessary to halt the process of stagnation and instigate continued growth. These changes cannot be resisted entirely, although your tendency might be to desperately cling to the status quo. One of the lessons you will learn is that change is necessary - all things which have lapsed into a cult routine or become meaningless will be cleared away to make room for more progressive attitudes and creative activities.

This transit of the Sun brings about the need to understand yourself on a deep, inner level, much deeper than the image you normally show to the world. There is also a need to get to root causes. Exactly why do I act in this way? Why am I afraid ? Who am I really? These questions, and more, must now be answered. During this time, you can put together the pieces of the puzzle of your life. Psycho-analysis, consciousness-raising groups, meditation and introspection can help you to achieve deeper self-understanding, which will lead to greater self control and greater utilization of your potentials. -- From the Heaven Knows What report.

*You are driven more by instinct than by reason now. You are gripped by an almost fanatical and compulsive need to make fundamental changes in your life. Your compulsive urges take many forms, but a particularly strong one is the need to rid yourself of limitations, restrictions, and obstacles.

+An ultra-intense time, during which you may eliminate a lot that is superficial and unessential in your life. A deep and lasting change in your ambition and life goals could evolve. A time of very hard work, cutting through appearances down to the quick.

Pluto transits sextile Sun

You could receive some help in the form of a real drive towards realizing your inner self and your life ambitions. You are able to cut through a lot that is unessential and get on with the real work. Also, a special relationship with an authority figure or teacher.

Subtle but profound changes within you will have a tremendous effect upon your relationships, quite possibly totally altering significant relationships in your life. A new spirit of self-respect, personal empowerment, and deeper honesty arises. It is a time of births and deaths, (literally as well as metaphorically), and these will have a powerful impact upon you and your decisions. Group work is very powerful and positive for you now, especially if the focus is on conscious awareness, deeper learning, healing, or combining energies to create positive changes in the collective (media, education system, etc.).

Positive Potentials:

A deepening of all your relationships, an "alchemical" relationship in which both parties are transformed by the blending and sharing of there energies, old habits and attitudes shed more readily which opens you to new life and more aliveness.

Negative Potentials:

If you are a very malleable and impressionable person, you could get overpowered or "swept away" by another person or group of stronger individuals. Even so, you are likely to learn much about your own strengths.

Remedies and Suggestions:

Pursue those dreams and ideas you have put on the back burner. Take creative risks, as well as personal ones. If you do not act upon the impulses for creative change and renewal that are open to you now, it may be harder or more urgent in the future. Even on a physical level, you may want to repair and rebuild before a crisis occurs.--From our Time Line Forecast Report.

*During this time period you change many personal habits. Your will power and determination are strong, and you have the courage to go to the root of any problem. Not satisfied with the "quick fix", you want to pull the weeds out by the roots.

+You could receive some help in the form of a real drive towards realizing your inner self and your life ambitions. You are able to cut through a lot that is unessential and get on with the real work. Also, a special relationship with an authority figure or teacher.

Pluto transits square Sun

A time when your basic life direction and sense of purpose may be tested by sensitive and very personal matters. Questions of vulnerability and insecurity may hound you, trying to force you off your slated path. You may have to tread with care.

This is an intensely challenging period during which you will have to reach down into the deepest stratum of your being for the answers and resources you need. You may be forced to reckon with something that has been underground, ignored, neglected, suppressed, or hidden from you or by you. Perhaps an issue you believed had been laid to rest comes back to haunt you. You encounter the darker side of people, of power, perhaps of yourself as well. You may be behaving in a compulsive, irrational way to protect yourself from what you perceive as dark threats from the outside.

This is a cycle of stripping away, of stripping away what is false, and death of those aspects of yourself or your way of life that no longer serve you. Your inner being is metamorphosizing on a deep level. Pluto transits to the Sun challenge us to face up to unexpressed or poorly expressed traits of our Sun sign, house, and aspects. We discover our own power and strength, and we re-work our very sense of identity, which invariably affects our life path. How we have defined ourselves to date is now challenged. In some cases, women live this transit through key male figures in their lives. These transits force us to confront our will, power, assertion, and authority. Sometimes, the relationship with the father or other important male figures come into focus. We face the need to be more independent, assertive, and autonomous. Perhaps most importantly, Pluto transiting our Sun puts us face to face with exactly what it is that has been holding us back from living life more fully and meaningfully.

Look for Leo in your natal chart, as the Sun rules Leo, and this is an area of life that will be directly affected by the transit (in addition to the house where the transit actually takes place).

Positive Potentials:

A renewed sense of life and power, as you clear away unresolved situations or attitudes of powerlessness, helplessness, victimization, or compulsiveness. A spiritual rebirth. An initiation into the "underside" of life that leaves you stronger, tougher, more resilient and potent.

Negative Potentials:

Power struggles and difficulties with an important male or males in your life. Excruciatingly painful decisions, ultimatums, or losses which you must make or endure to maintain your own integrity. The death of something central to you, perhaps a role or relationship you built your identity around.

Remedies and Suggestions:

Transformational methods such as some forms of psychotherapy, energy healing work, body work, or past life therapy can help you to access and release some of what may surface now. On the other hand, solitude and deep inner reflection may well be called for as you ultimately must come to your own reckoning of your life.

You are essentially undergoing a form of radical surgery (physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual) in which some part of you is removed or fundamentally altered. Be as patient and gentle with yourself as you would a recovering surgery patient. Allow yourself time to grieve and mourn and expect to heal.

Deep fears are often stirred up now, as well as very strong desires for power or recognition. Be very aware of not acting from a place of either fear or compulsive, selfish ambition, for if you are, you may well be sowing the seeds of devastating downfall somewhere in your future. --From our Time Line Forecast Report.

~Power is the central issue of this transit. On one level, you may try to gain more control over other people, or they may try to gain control over your actions. At work, your boss may either give you more work and responsibilities than you think you can handle or he may insist that you do what you have promised to do in the past, but have up to now successfully avoided. Don't be contentious, although this may be your initial reaction. First try to discover how you can realistically handle the new duties; some new method of working may be called for. The transit will test your ambitions: how well you have planned your course of action, how hard you have worked in the past, how efficient you have become. Your energy is high now and needs to be directed into constructive channels rather than expended in reckless rebellion. If you are in a position of authority, don't expect others to keep up with your fast pace. You may feel like driving yourself past the breaking point, but employees or co-workers will rebel if you push them. On another, deeper level, you can use this time to gain control over your own actions. The challenge here is to understand why you do something in a particular way, not to repress those traits you don't like. Buried in your subconscious, they may smolder and suddenly burst into flame. Bring hidden facets of your character to the surface, so you can examine and understand them, then make needed changes. An aggressive approach now is not the best; try for an assertive one instead. Treat people in authority (bosses, policemen, IRS people) with velvet gloves; belligerence only brings you more problems. -- From the Heaven Knows What report.

*Tremendous internal changes, intense effort, relentless determination, compulsive and irrational drives, and strong assertion of your will are the key issues during this time period. This is a difficult time period when you want to make intense changes.

+A time when your basic life direction and sense of purpose may be tested by sensitive and very personal matters. Questions of vulnerability and insecurity may hound you, trying to force you off your slated path. You may have to tread with care.

Pluto transits trine Sun

*Your concentration, dedication, and resolute determination to achieve your personal goals is never stronger than now. This is a time when you make major changes in yourself and your position in the world.

Pluto transits opposite Sun

+Power struggles, with authorities in particular, can be one sign of this aspect. Your need for constant inner change and growth may end up setting you back as much as it helps. Your ambitions and basic life direction could be challenged.

Pluto-Moon Transits

Pluto transits to the Moon directly affect the feelings, the public image, and personal popularity. Other people and things affected by Pluto are the mother, important women in the native's life, domestic life, and the home. Our early experiences often cause us to build a life "script" that incorporate our expectations from the world, and this process is ruled by the Moon. Pluto challenges this "script". In some cases, men live this transit through key female figures in their lives. Sometimes, the relationship with the mother or other important female figures come into focus.

What does the Moon rule in your chart? Look to the house(s) of your natal chart with Cancer on the cusp for areas of your life where Pluto is stimulating. Look to planets in Cancer in your chart to see other parts of your personality that Pluto is now infusing with intensity.

Pluto transits conjunct Moon

~The changes which take place in your life during this transit will primarily affect your feelings, your domestic life and your sense of security. You are emotionally super charged now. It isn't that you crave excitement but that you desire a certain intensity within your normally stable emotional life. An inner balance between your individualistic impulses and your need for deep, intense relationships is one of the potential fruits of this transit. To achieve this, however, you have to take a close look at your automatic reactions. Self-control is the key to success throughout this important period.

Both Pluto and the Moon are symbols for the mother figure and for your own mothering and nurturing abilities. At first, your relationship with your mother will appear to degenerate as hidden resentments come to the surface. Now is the time to "put away" the trappings of childhood and assume your position as an adult. Assuming responsibility for the course of your life will not only help you to relate to your mother on a more realistic, adult level, it will also put you in control of your life and, therefore, your achievements. As a parent yourself, your first reaction to your own children may be to become more protective. Make a conscious effort to let them make more of their own decisions. -- From the Heaven Knows What report.

*Emotional upheaval, and irrational, compulsive feelings are key issues during this time period. Feelings that have remained hidden or forgotten since childhood arise now. You also sometimes feel gripped by feelings and emotions that you never thought you were capable of having!

+A time of great change and evolution, in particular regarding your home life and surroundings -- your support system. You may draw a whole new environment around you after boiling down the current situation to the bare essentials.

Pluto transits sextile Moon

*During this time period relationships deepen and grow, and penetrate to a very personal level. This process is sometimes initiated by you and sometimes initiated by the other person, but in either case it leads to a much deeper understanding and bond between you.

+Your support system (family, home, those who give you nourishment) becomes more secure. You are able to dispense with some of the inessentials and develop what is most basic and true in your environment. You encourage better support.

Pluto transits square Moon

Pluto transits to the Moon directly affect the feelings, the public image, and personal popularity. People and things affected by Pluto are the mother, important women in your life, domestic life, and the home. Our early experiences often cause us to build a life "script" that incorporate our expectations from the world, and this process is ruled by the Moon. Pluto challenges this "script". In some cases, men live this transit through key female figures in their lives. Sometimes, the relationship with the mother or other important female figures come into focus.

Sensitive matters of extreme vulnerability may tend to intrude on your home life and environment. You could be unable to share all the changes you may be experiencing with those around you. Someone may be unable or unwilling to support your feelings.

This is a very intense period in your life during which old feelings, memories, and deep emotional patterns emerge with undeniable power, demanding to be reckoned with. Family relationships may become the arena in which much of this is played out. Family secrets or feelings about your mother or about mothering are especially volatile. Or you may become deeply involved with someone who resembles your mother and/or brings out the emotional, needy child in you.

This can be a time of great emotional and psychological healing, as well. As you face and make peace with or integrate the aspects of yourself that have gone underground, been "lost", buried, or suppressed, all of that energy which you have been using to keep these feelings at bay can be liberated. Pay attention to your dreams now. Images of basements, subterranean passages, or explosives may be coming up along with ones of buried treasure. A lot of your inner treasure - your energy and resources - is down there amidst the "junk" you are now having to deal with.

Positive Potentials:

Emotional and psychological cleansing, liberation and rebirth. Skeletons in the family or personal "closet" come out. Deep ancestral patterns and cycles can be healed. Being rid of "emotional vampires".

Negative Potentials:

Overwhelming or disturbing emotions; deep-seated resentments, jealousies, anger, or fears, if not addressed, can lead to digestive or other physical ailments. Compulsiveness or possessive tendencies may be triggered.

Remedies and Suggestions:

This is an excellent time to do any personal healing work, including psychotherapy or other in-depth processes that focus on releasing old patterns, "inner child", work and past-life therapy may be especially useful now. Beware of projecting your feelings onto "innocent" people. This is a time to look in the mirror and not to blame others who may only remind you of your pain, not be the cause of it. --From our Time Line Forecast Report.

*Sensitive matters of extreme vulnerability may tend to intrude on your home life and environment. You could be unable to share all the changes you may be experiencing with those around you. Someone may be unable or unwilling to support your feelings.

+Emotional upheaval, and irrational, compulsive feelings are key issues during this time period. Obsessive and compulsive behavior can arise now. Handling these feelings in the best way is an art that requires delicate sensitivity. It is good to release the feelings, but not wallow in them.

Pluto transits trine Moon

*Emotional intensity appeals to you now. Relationships deepen and grow, and penetrate to a very personal level. This process is sometimes initiated by you and sometimes initiated by the other person, but in either case it leads to a much deeper understanding and bond between you.

*Emotional upheaval, turmoil and change in personal relationships, and irrational, compulsive feelings are key issues during this time period. Feelings that have remained hidden or forgotten since childhood arise now. You also sometimes feel gripped by feelings and emotions that you never thought you were capable of having!

+Your tendency to analyze, to probe, and generally to get at the heart of things finds itself at loggerheads with your living and support system. Others may resent your persistent prying and digging, and confrontations can be expected.

Pluto-Mercury Transits

Pluto transits to Mercury directly affect your curiosity, learning, communication skills, self-promotion, the formulation of ideas, and your ability to rationalize and think logically.

What does Mercury rule in your chart? Look to the houses of your natal chart with Gemini and Virgo on the cusp for areas of your life where Pluto is stimulating. Look to planets in Gemini and Virgo in your chart to see other parts of your personality that Pluto is now infusing with intensity.

Pluto transits conjunct Mercury

If you think that you might lose your mind under the current mental pressure, probably not. However, you will be intensely examining ideas, thoughts, and concepts with an eye to getting rid of unwanted dross. Searching, research, detective work, and such.

During this time period, you are thinking about and learning about something that may previously have been taboo, unseen, unspoken about, or in the dark. You mentally or intellectually explore territory that has been hidden. You are interested in discovering the deep truth, what's beneath the surface. If there are secrets or shadowy dealings of your own that you've been unwilling to share, you are likely to begin talking about them now - whether you want to or not. Or, you may become privy to other people's secrets and hidden lives.

Studies you undertake now are compelling, deeply fascinating, and may well transform your ordinary way of thinking about and perceiving the world. You may have to see and consciously acknowledge something you perhaps would have preferred not to know, however. For instance, political intrigues, abuses of power, and the darker side of some person or system you are involved with may come to light.

Positive Potentials:

All in-depth research is favored now. The urge to go to the core in your studies or communications, to excavate, to dig deep. Learning through intensive, transformational studies or experiences.

Negative Potentials:

There is a tendency to become narrowly focused, fixated, one-sided, compulsive or fanatical about your ideas. Conspiracy theories, paranoid thinking. Concentrating solely on how people are being mentally manipulated and controlled by the media, the governments or other forces can lead to negativism and seeing only the darker side.

Remedies and Suggestions:

Strive for balance, tolerance, and gentleness in your way of communicating your insights to others. Avoid any urge to force your understanding or awareness or beliefs upon others; avoid mental power games and extremism in thought or verbal expression. Give yourself time to assimilate what you are learning, and balance your intense mental focus with pleasant, nourishing, simple activities. --From our Time Line Forecast Report.

*Research and penetrating study are highlighted now. You become involved in studies that probe to a deep, hidden level that you previously have not been aware of. The nature of the studies varies according to your personal interests, but whatever area you become involved in, you pursue with intensity and a great desire to uncover the underlying motivations and causes behind the appearances.

+If you think that you might lose your mind under the current mental pressure, probably not. However, you will be intensely examining ideas, thoughts, and concepts with an eye to getting rid of unwanted dross. Searching, research, detective work, and such.

Pluto transits sextile Mercury

*Your communications with others take on a new level of depth and intensity at this time. Secrets come out into the open, and conversations have a greater sincerity and depth than usual. If there is someone with whom you feel that communication has been too superficial, this is the time to dig further beneath the surface.

+Your mental energies (ideas, thoughts, and so on) may undergo some transformation or change, a natural sense of growth and development. Concentrating and getting down to really essential ideas are facilitated during this time period.

Pluto transits square Mercury

*During this time period your thinking is intense and penetrating. You tend to become impassioned about your ideas, and you are inclined to feel very strongly about your ideas. You tend to have a one-track mind now, and you talk to others about your interests whether they are interested or not!

+A crazy time when you may feel under a lot of mental pressure. You may be unable to put some of your insecurity and sense of change into words, to communicate them. A tendency to probe and analyze may not fit in with your normal way of thinking.

Pluto transits trine Mercury

*This time period is excellent for any kind of research or in-depth study. You are motivated and interested in probing beneath the surface and learning the underlying causes behind any event or behavior. The nature of your studies depends on your personal interests, but whatever area you pursue, you pursue with intensity.

Pluto transits opposite Mercury

*You pursue ideas with intensity now. You have a questioning, almost cynical attitude now, that probes beneath the surface of any issue. This is an excellent time for any kind of research or in-depth study.

+A time when your inner and personal thoughts and experiences cannot be put into words, or had best not be. Ideas and communication in general may tend to be superficial, deliberately avoiding anything of substance or controversy.

Pluto-Venus Transits

Pluto transits to Venus stimulate your desires to share pleasures with significant others and with friends in perhaps unusual or especially sensitive ways. They urge you to find new meaning in your life through leisure activities and/or romance. These transits also affect your urge to acquire new material goods and your finances in general.

What does Venus rule in your chart? Look to the houses of your natal chart with Taurus and Libra on the cusp for areas of your life where Pluto is stimulating. Look to planets in Taurus and Libra in your chart to see other parts of your personality that Pluto is now infusing with intensity.

Pluto transits conjunct Venus

~Your relationships in general will become more intense, but especially those involving love and sex. You will experience emotional extremes and, if a relationship is in a rut, you are likely to decide to break it off. "All or nothing" may become your motto, and the "all" includes a depth and intensity of emotional response. You want to feel your love to the very core of your being, and you want to play an important part in someone else's life. Obviously, any relationship which only stirs lukewarm responses won't be able to stand up under the demands that you make of it now. Keep your eyes open; someone you meet now may teach you some important lessons about love. You may have a love relationship with this person, or he/she could be someone who plays the role of teacher or guru. Your sex drive is strong and may find an outlet in either a new or existing relationship or through a creative medium such as writing or painting.

*Romance and sexuality are the key issues now. Your sexual drive is particularly strong now, and you are driven by a strong need to achieve a deeper level of fulfillment in your love relationships. At times during this time period you are not able to constrain your compulsive feelings, and you are prone to dispense with reason, logic, rational judgment, ethics, and taboos.

+Stand by to cut loose a lot of dead wood, in particular as regards what you appreciate and value -- your value system. This could be a permanent change that leaves you appreciating only the essential and lasting things.

Pluto transits sextile Venus

*Your romantic and sexual feelings are very strong now. If you are married or involved in a love relationship, then this relationship will deepen now. You feel really in tune with your partner and the bonds of love between you become stronger.

+A natural transformation of your values (the way you appreciate and love yourself and others) is taking place. You may cease to waste time (and money) acquiring that which is worthless, and may develop an eye for that which is lasting and worthwhile.

Pluto transits square Venus This major transit challenges you to find meaning in your life through romantic connections and partnerships. You now must uncover a new layer or level to your life -- one that goes more deeply than you have heretofore experienced. Sometimes this transit is associated with divorce or separation, and sometimes new relationships begin. Other times, the attitude towards partnership undergoes a major transformation. You may become quite obsessed with your commitments and partner during this time, or you may experience Pluto through your partner. Especially males with this transit may encounter Pluto themes through a female. Manipulative and controlling behaviors may be displayed or experienced through partners. You must be especially wary of resisting change and holding onto negative attachments. This transit may be a signal that it is time to let go of destructive attachments and connections, and resisting this process is likely to do more harm than good. Relationships begun at this time may be very complicated and ultimately challenging, so be careful to think before making drastic changes in your relationships at this time. There may be some problems with money during this transit. Poor spending decisions made to date may come to a head and you may need to face up to their reality. By the end of the transit, you should have a renewed sense of worth, although getting to that point may not be entirely pleasant.

~Your desire for love and its physical expression is strong, but you may not find it easy to express this need. A more compulsive or obsessive quality marks your relationships and, instead of looking for someone whose values are similar to or compatible with your own, you may attract someone whose values clash with yours. There is the possibility of attracting a member of the underworld set, someone who is already attached or someone who is looking only for sex, rather than a person capable of making both the sacrifices and the commitment you deem necessary. Keep your standards high now, so you can come upon a love which fulfills alt your needs. If you aren't already in love, you may be tempted to start a relationship with anyone just so you won't be alone. Avoid this; aim for an attachment based on love, trust, and a genuine relationship which will deepen, not disintegrate, with time.

+An intense time, during which your need for inner growth and change may not agree with how you feel, your current value system. You may not appreciate all of the intensely personal stuff that is boiling up, coming to your attention.

Pluto transits trine Venus Love transforms you through the course of this transit. You may meet someone who challenges your previously-held view of love and relationships, or an existing relationship may become more intense. New levels of passion, intimacy, and sharing are aroused and experienced. Release from past negative attachments is possible at this time, and if this is the case, the "letting go" comes naturally and relatively easily. New relationships formed now seem fateful and, at the very least, timely. New psychological insight regarding relationships and love affairs is learned, and you may discover either a growth beyond a superficial attitude towards people and love, or a stronger intolerance for superficiality. New attitudes towards spending are possible at this time. Cutting off some of the frivolous expenditures may be easier than ever during this transit.

Pluto transits opposition Venus

+You may not appreciate how others insist on getting personal, or your own prying and inner diggings may not be enjoyed. The intensely sensitive psychological material you are coming up with rubs the wrong way, upsetting your own value system.

Pluto-Mars Transits

Pluto transits to Mars affect your drive and desire nature, strength, as well as your ability to assert yourself.

What does Mars rule in your chart? Look to the houses of your natal chart with Aries (and Scorpio) on the cusp for areas of your life where Pluto is stimulating. Look to planets in Aries (and Scorpio) in your chart to see other parts of your personality that Pluto is now infusing with intensity.

Pluto transits conjunct Mars

~Your energy now is focused on and directed toward achievement with a drive that will either sweep away all obstacles or get you over them, making you something of a steamroller. One problem is that you are inclined now to push yourself too hard, not stopping even when you are tired. This undisciplined approach may exhaust you to the point where you are forced by troublesome circumstances or failing health to stop. A more disciplined approach will help you conserve your energy and accomplish much. At both work and home, 1ook for new and more efficient methods of getting the job done. By stressing expedience now, you can set up a routine that continues this focused use of energy into the future.

*Your ambition and drive to succeed are incredibly strong now. You will go to any lengths to achieve your goals, and you have the energy to do it. You are driven by a compulsive need to achieve, and you often find it difficult to stop.

+Be careful that you don't become some sort of speed demon, for intense (passionate) feelings and drive will be at your command for a good long time. You could find yourself driven to dig and search deep within the human passions, deep in the psyche.

Pluto transits sextile Mars

*Your vitality and energy level are at a high point. You are in an ambitious and dynamic phase of your life. You have an especially good ability to motivate others. You have little patience with bureaucratic obstacles, inefficiency and evasiveness, and you boldly challenge these inadequacies.

+A time when you may feel very passionate, or during which your feelings, emotions, and basic life urges undergo change and possibly transformation. You feel more personal and direct and find that you waste less time with hurt feelings than before.

Pluto transits square Mars

*Your ambition and drive to succeed are incredibly strong now. You will go to any lengths to achieve your goals, and you have the energy to do it now. You are driven by a compulsive need to achieve, and you often find it difficult to stop.

+Power struggle may well be the keyword here. You could find yourself pushing against a need for greater sensitivity and inner growth. Push could come to shove, and you may end up driving against your own inadequacies and vulnerability.

Pluto transits trine Mars

*Your vitality and energy level are at a high point. You are in an ambitious and dynamic phase of your life. Your recuperative powers are excellent and your health is robust. Many people are inspired to build up their physical strength during this astrological influence, and this is a good idea; you can develop greater endurance and vitality now, which will rejuvenate your body.

Pluto transits opposite Mars

+A very emotional time during which you can find your basic drive and energy ramming up against questions of security, power, and deep insecurity. You don't feel like dealing with some of the very hot psychological issues that keep springing up.

Pluto-Jupiter Transits

Pluto Transits Conjunct Jupiter
~Your perspective on what you want from life, what you are willing to do to get it and the values that you want to express undergoes a change. If you have been working in a direction that is compatible with your standards and your philosophical or religious views, you are likely to be effective. This thus becomes a time when your past faith and hard work are rewarded, bolstering your confidence and helping you to make even bigger plans for your future - plans that are based on a realistic and solid foundation.

If you have been working along lines that are in conflict with your religious and philosophical views, this could be a time of tension. A change either in the direction of your life or in your values will thus be necessary to deal with your growing sense of frustration. This can lead to a religious rebirth, a time when a particular church or cult seems to express what you feel you really need from life. Whether this religious growth is along institutional or personal lines depends on what you feel is missing from your life. Your main effort now should be in trying to live up to the best in you, rather than lowering your standards to achieve a more transient worldly success.

*The need to expand your horizons and break free from the limitations of your present life style is the major theme during this time period. At this point in your life your current situation seems too restrictive and confining. You feel hemmed in by surroundings and people that are too simplistic, narrowly focused, and petty.

+Intense focus on your career can find you mercilessly cutting back and getting down to the bare essentials regarding the path or direction you are taking with your life. You will have a sense of being almost driven to pursue your course and succeed.

Pluto Transits Sextile Jupiter
*This time period is a positive one of broadening horizons and expansion. This expansion can take many forms. You are likely to travel more now, and have more exposure to other cultures, life styles, and ethnic groups than usual.

Pluto Transits Square Jupiter
~Your perspective on what you want from life, what you are willing to do to get it and the values that you want to express undergoes a change. If you have been working in a direction that is compatible with your standards and your philosophical or religious views, you are likely to be effective. This thus becomes a time when your past faith and hard work are rewarded, bolstering your confidence and helping you to make even bigger plans for your future - plans that are based on a realistic and solid foundation.

*You feel claustrophobic now. Your situation seems too limiting and confining and you want to break free from the obstacles and responsibilities that keep you tied to your current life style. You certainly need to spread your wings now, but be wary of taking major risks and gambling on a venture that promises you prosperity, freedom, and adventure.

+Your career can end up at right angles to your own inner sensitivities and need for growth and change. Emotional material welling up from within you may challenge and threaten the current path you travel, causing you to stop and consider it with care.

Pluto Transits Trine Jupiter
*This time period is a positive one of broadening horizons and expansion. This expansion can take many forms. You are likely to travel more now, and have more exposure to other cultures, life styles, and ethnic groups than usual.

+A time during which your career (life path) undergoes a certain amount of change and transformation. You find yourself uninterested in sidetracks -- what is not essential. You can really home in on how to solve problems and get where you want to go.

Pluto Transits Opposition Jupiter
~Your perspective on what you want from life, what you are willing to do to get it and the values that you want to express undergoes a change. If you have been working in a direction that is compatible with your standards and your philosophical or religious views, you are likely to be effective. This thus becomes a time when your past faith and hard work are rewarded, bolstering your confidence and helping you to make even bigger plans for your future - plans that are based on a realistic and solid foundation.

*You are less cautious, more adventurous and confident, and more willing to spread your wings to explore new possibilities than usual. You are attracted to power and wealth, and may engage in a power struggle or go out on a limb to achieve your goals.

+Career opportunities and choices go dead against what you feel in your gut to be right. Your own sense of honesty and sensitivity squares off with some possible moves that could lead you nowhere or, worse, lead you astray.

Pluto-Saturn Transits

Pluto Transits Conjunct Saturn
~Your first reaction to any changes coming into your life is to hold onto those things which once symbolized security for you and which now seem to be under attack. But your perspective is narrowed now, so you aren't able to look at changes as opportunities. The high premium you place on security may prove detrimental to your growth, since you tend to equate what you have with what you are. Try not to react automatically when something you've cherished seems to be threatened. Look closely to see if you really do need that object or person or idea to be happy and satisfied. Such things may have more symbolic than actual value and could be holding you back from working toward what is really important to you. Introspection will help you better understand your ambitions. Ask yourself why you identify with a particular object, position or person and how you feel you would become less yourself if you lost it. This is not the time to take your attitudes toward work or lifetime goals for granted; really search for the rationale behind them so that you will be able to get your life on a course that is satisfying at all levels.

You will have to watch out for a tendency to become so wrapped up in your personal goals that you forget your responsibilities to others. Instead of retreating into yourself, try to broaden your understanding of your need for other people and of their need for you. Don't lose sight of yourself as a social creature with societal obligations.

*This is a difficult time period when unexpected demands and responsibilities arise. It seems as if every weak link in your life decides to break now! New obligations are likely to arise both in your personal life and your work.

+A time when you are intensely concerned with matters of personal security and responsibility. Any project or enterprise will be examined in minute detail to determine if it is sound and well put together. A sense of being driven to find the facts.

Pluto Transits Sextile Saturn
*Discipline, concentration, and determination are the key issues now. You are likely to adopt a rather austere and intense routine during this time period. You stubbornly pursue your interests, and you are willing to work long hours without complaint.

Pluto Transits Square Saturn
*New obstacles arise and increasing responsibilities make it difficult for you to expand and grow. New obligations are likely to arise both in your personal life and your work.

+Your sense of responsibility and sheer determination may not allow you to admit any feelings of vulnerability and sensitivity that may be coming to your attention. A power struggle could result, and a careful compromise may have to be found.

Pluto Transits Trine Saturn
*Discipline, concentration, and determination are the key issues now. You are likely to adopt a rather austere and intense routine during this time period. You stubbornly pursue your interests, and you are willing to work long hours without complaint. This is an excellent time for any form of training or laborious and painstaking work.

+A time of change that finds you examining your foundations, responsibilities, and basic security. You can dispense with all that is unsound or superficial, leaving only that which has been properly determined or solid. Get down to the nitty-gritty.

Pluto Transits Opposition Saturn
*This is a difficult time period when unexpected demands and responsibilities arise. It seems as if every weak link in your life decides to break now! New obligations are likely to arise both in your personal life and your work.

+Inner searching and a sense of being vulnerable and exposed could tempt you to drop your responsibilities and spend more time on personal growth. It may be difficult to concentrate on your duties during this time of psychological sensitivity.

Pluto-Ascendant Transits

Pluto Transits Conjunct Ascendant
*This is a time of great personal change. You become tired of your role in life, and you are very sensitive to habits, customs, and social requirements that hide the "real you". You feel as though you have been drifting along with the tide and following the crowd for too long, and your inner needs and motivations must assert themselves more strongly.

+You may find yourself becoming intensely personal and passionate in the way you appear or come on to others. You will develop a more direct method of communication, getting to the very heart of things.

Pluto Transits Sextile Ascendant
*This is a positive time when you express your deepest feelings openly and intensely. You seek intensity in your life and in your relationships, and you become more aware of hidden sides of your personality, untapped talents and interests, and also emotional blocks or confusions. Underlying motives come to the surface and relationships become deeper and more meaningful.

+You express great intensity and passion in the way you appear and express yourself to others. You almost transfix those who meet you with your fixedness and sense of power.

Pluto Transits Square Ascendant
*During this time period you reach a critical point in your life and relationships. You want greater intensity and intimacy in your relationships, and you are also inclined to have power struggles with others. You want closeness but you do not want to be dominated or restricted by the other person.

+Home and job come under intense scrutiny and pressure as you find yourself digging into everything that is most personal and private about yourself. A time to get down to basics and strip away all that is nonessential. Not much of a social time.

Pluto Transits Trine Ascendant
*This is a positive time when you express your deepest feelings openly and intensely. You seek intensity in your life and in your relationships, and you become more aware of hidden sides of your personality, untapped talents and interests, and also emotional blocks or confusions. Underlying motives come to the surface and relationships become deeper and more meaningful.

+You express great intensity and passion in the way you appear and express yourself to others. You almost transfix those who meet you with your fixedness and sense of power.

Pluto Transits Opposition Ascendant
*Very important people come into your life now. You meet someone who becomes a strong influence on you. This other person may be a kind of idol, a teacher, or a friend.

+Your relationships (partnerships, lovers) are now very intense and ever so personal. In fact, they are capable of transforming you at the most basic level. A time of real inner growth through other people, the social life.

Pluto-Midheaven Transits

Pluto Transits Conjunct Midheaven
*There are major changes and developments in your career now. You are driven by a compulsive need to be successful in the things that you really enjoy and feel drawn to, even if these areas are not in high demand or provide marketable products or services.

+A deep inner change affecting your career goals and the way you set about fulfilling them. A time of intense mental and psychological change, during which you see how your inner self works. A mental transformation.

Pluto Transits Sextile Midheaven
*This is a positive time for your career. There will definitely be changes: you may change jobs, receive additional training or education that will help you reach your goals, or develop a fresh, new approach to your work. You are likely to receive some benefits, raises, promotions, or increased stature and recognition in your work.

+Your career is aided via a burst of intense concentration. You focus right through what is unessential and settle on the heart of the matter. Vocational decisions are furthered.

Pluto Transits Square Midheaven
*Your career and overall direction in life reach a critical turning point now. You feel the need to pursue the things that you love and instinctively find appealing rather than do what is practical, marketable, secure, and logically correct.

+Your relationships (partnerships, lovers) are now very intense and ever-so-personal. In fact, they are capable of transforming you at the most basic level. A time of real inner growth through other people, the social life. Job and family may suffer.

Pluto Transits Trine Midheaven
*This is a positive time for your career. There will definitely be changes: you may change jobs, receive additional training or education that will help you reach your goals, or develop a fresh, new approach to your work. You are likely to receive some benefits, raises, promotions, or increased stature and recognition in your work.

+Your career is aided via a burst of intense concentration. You focus right through what is unessential and settle on the heart of the matter. Vocational decisions are furthered.

Pluto Transits Opposition Midheaven
*There is an activation of your subconscious energies now that can result in a number of possible consequences. You certainly will encounter many events and situations that bring old, buried memories to the surface. A great deal of nostalgia, love, and perhaps anger or jealousy, are activated now.

+Home and family come under intense scrutiny and pressure as you find yourself digging into everything that is most personal and private about yourself. A time to get down to basics and strip away all that is nonessential. Not much of a social time.

A general description of transiting Pluto - excerpt from the Sky Log report:

"The planet Pluto is shading the spirit of your life nowadays, and in a nutshell that means that you are being challenged to heal. Pluto, as you probably know, is the lord of the underworld...or to put it more succinctly, the God of Hell. And it is disquieting, to say the least, to imagine that this deity is currently dining at your table. But take heart! The "hell" inside you needs airing out, and that is essentially what this transit is about. You've been hurt. You've been used, abused, rejected, exploited, lied to...the whole sad litany. And, like the rest of us, you've sometimes had to keep the proverbial stiff upper lip and simply get on with your life. But where does all that hurt go? Down deep into the unconscious mind, where it stays until you're clear enough and strong enough to handle resurrecting it and really going beyond it. Pluto's action is to bring up buried emotions. Its tone is intense. It often feels moody and confrontative. It can destabilize and disrupt the areas of your life that it's touching. The best course is to resolve to go deeper and deeper, truth above kindness and resolution over comfort. It's not easy, but in the end the energizing and empowering of the psyche make the process worthwhile."

Interpretations are written by Cafe Astrology's Annie Heese, except those marked with *, which are from the Kepler program, with a ~ from the Heaven Knows What report, and those marked with a +.

References & suggested further reading:

How to Predict Your Future: Secrets of Eastern and Western Astrology by James Braha. This is an excellent resource for outer planet transits: Jupiter through Pluto.

Planets in Transits: Life Cycles for Living by Robert Hand. A classic transit "bible".

Alive and Well With Pluto: Transits of Power and Renewal by Bil Tierney. A common-sense book dedicated to Pluto transits. Very realistic interpretations.

The Book of Pluto by Steven Forrest. This book is an exploration of Pluto both in the natal chart and in transits and progressions.

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