Friends, let’s head to the underworld – we’re talking about Pluto.
Named after the maiden-snatching, shadow-dwelling god of the underworld, the small but mighty planet Pluto is associated with destruction, destruction, depth, intensity, primal urges, taboo, criminal, underground, subconscious forces and darkness. And the dangerous heart that beats beneath the cover of civilization and the crust of the earth.
Sunny thing, it’s not like that.
planet pluto in astrology
Small but mighty Pluto was discovered in 1930.
As the last planet in our solar system, Pluto is appropriately associated with endings and decline. As master of death rituals, Pluto teaches us that destruction is the wheel of creation.
Correspondingly, Pluto is the planetary ruler of still waters. scorpioA sign associated with transformative trauma, shadow work, mind control, power struggles, and other people’s resources.
As the farthest planet from the Sun, Pluto has an extremely long orbit, changing zodiac sign once every 12 to 30 years. For this reason, Pluto is considered an outer planet whose signature applies the ideals and energies of an entire generation through the zodiac signs.
meaning of pluto
The discovery of Pluto coincided with the planet’s move through its mother zodiac sign Cancer and with it, the birth of nuclear energy, fascism, and prohibition – all forces that expressed a kind of civic “caring” that was ultimately a dark form of control. Is.
Prohibition in particular ushered in a new type of criminal norm and an illegal underworld that continues to color our country, catering to our illicit needs. This era also gave rise to psychology, and especially psychoanalysis, as a means of accessing the subconscious.
Thematically, Pluto is similar to the Hindu deity Kali, goddess of nature and destruction, and this crossover is never more evident than in the sign of Cancer.
pluto transit
In the context of Pluto as a generational sign, and as a genius astrologer david watch odyssey“The Boomers were born with Pluto in Leo (1939-1958), which saw the rise of eminent world leaders and a lofty ideal of so-called American “greatness.”
Pluto in Virgo from 1958 to 1971 is the sign of early Gen Xers. Virgo symbolizes ritual purification, and thus, this generation values authenticity while recognizing and condemning the concept of “selling out.” Virgo is associated with agriculture, and this era saw the rise of overkill, factory farming, and tabletop microwaves, creating a general culture of convenience and profit over substance.
“Pluto in Libra (1971 to 1983) gave birth to Gen The Millennial generation came alive during Pluto’s transit through Scorpio (1983 to 1995), a period in which AIDS gave rise to conservative brutality and worker revolution, VHS pornography changed gender forever, and nuclear terror. Melted new possibilities of liberation,” the Odysseus continues. “Of course, Gen Z may have only been born with Pluto in Sagittarius (1995 to 2009), and will be reckoning with the sign’s extreme ideals, spiritual curiosity, and conspiratorial thinking for years to come.”
planet pluto
If lucky duck planet Jupiter expands everything it touches, Pluto empowers, intensifies, and takes it to shocking extremes. If Jupiter is Midas, then Pluto is the grim reaper coming right for his pound of flesh.
Think of the Khaleesi at funeral pyres and other ordeals of fire, feeling alive through death, revolution, upheaval, and the cultural catharsis born of religious, karmic retribution.
And just because Pluto is destructive doesn’t mean it’s nefarious. When it comes to Pluto, destruction is done only in the name of evolution, and often, the planet is “testing” the ability of its children to overcome what hinders them.
Through Pluto, what dies becomes the necessary fertilizer for the new, and what has been exiled will be exhumed.
In terms of cinematic ideals, Pluto is Professor Snape, whose Cruel methods defeat altruistic intentions,
How to find your Pluto sign
Use horoscope calculator like This one To find your Pluto sign. Once you add your details, your Pluto sign will fall within the zodiac.
Pluto’s symbol is a circle above a crescent moon and a cross; according to Cafe AstrologyThe symbol represents the rise of the psyche over the material: “This glyph suggests spiritual receptivity … or the superconscious, placed above the material world.”
Due to the planet’s slow motion, the signal of Pluto’s fall will be shared by others of the same generation. On a more personal level, Pluto’s house position within the natal chart indicates areas of life where deeper meaning will be sought.
Pluto’s position may also reflect where change, power struggles, control, passion, mystery and turmoil abound – or are bound to bubble up.
Pluto direct in Capricorn in 2024
Pluto has spent the last 15 years in a hardscrabble sign CapricornWhere he engages in the dark arts, showing the shadow side of financial systems, patriarchal structures, capitalism, racial inequality, abusive power dynamics and authority figures.
It is no coincidence that during this transit both the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements came to light and power and HRH Britney Spears broke free from her paternalistic overlords.
This final push, which will last over the next few weeks, marks the end of an era for Pluto.
At 29 degrees Capricorn, Pluto will be at the final or anarchic degree of the zodiac, which is the point of final expression of its energy. At this stage, Pluto can’t help but press buttons, scream the truth, force confessions on the death bed and strike matches, thereby igniting the powder keg.
Interestingly, Capricorn is represented by the Devil card in the Major Arcana of the Tarot, and of course, Pluto is named after the overlord of the underworld.
Together, we can view transit as a highway to hell for those who deserve transit.
When does Pluto enter Aquarius?
By November 19, 2024, Pluto will set up shop in Aquarius, where it will remain until March 8, 2043.
The last time the planet Pluto moved through Aquarius was from March 1778 to 1798, a period that saw the French, American, Haitian, and Industrial Revolutions, as well as the Age of Enlightenment, which, in true Aquarius form, brought reaction and abstraction. But he was in favor of logic. Too closeness.
Inventions of this era include the hot air balloon, the sewing machine, the smallpox vaccine, and the parachute.
The final phase of Pluto in Aquarius involved the dismantling of social hierarchies, resistance to existing powers, reevaluation of labor, violent reactions to economic inequality, and the wild application of imagination to technological whims.
These themes will undoubtedly come up again when Pluto returns to the visionary vapors of Aquarius.
Old structures and elites will be viewed with renewed contempt and the “good for some of us” approach to capitalism will no longer suffice.
Pluto’s final lesson? It’s painful to let go but impossible to hold on to.
Change is near, friends, and rebirth is as miraculous as it is violent and unsettling, and the moments before it are deep, dark, and terrifying.
Here are the ashes – and then.
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