Survival Tips for the Pluto Transit
- When you are feeling out of control, it is too easy to hide and to allow your life to become unmanageable. And, the only thing that you can control is yourself and your immediate environment. Pluto manifests through the physical so that being physically active and doing something is essential to regulating and releasing its energies. I find myself sitting up late at night working on correspondence and projects that my Neptune transit left in a disorganized pile.
- In taking control, clean up your environment, throw out what you do not need and take care of tasks that you have long procrastinated over. If I lay in bed, I feel the over-stimulation of Pluto and I cannot sleep. Just going out does not solve the problem or release the energy. While walking to the Mall and shopping were easy and satisfying solutions under Neptune, Pluto only triggers meaningless and compulsive spending…another step in being out of control. Having meaningful discussions, mental activity and purposeful actions seem to work the best.
- Pluto transits occur when one is about to make a great new leap forward, to leave the past behind and embrace a new beginning. This is what Pluto wants us to do— empower ourselves by letting go of the past and taking a transformative leap forward in our lives.
- Physical Activity— Exercise is a great release for Plutonian energy, although the winter weather does not provide much of an opportunity for me to get out and walk. I joined a local gym and this always makes me feel better. With Pluto, there is a lot of intense energy and intense physical activity (very long walks) worked very well for me.
- In this “out-of-control” mode, my work makes me feel out of control. Sagittarius likes hierarchies so I must organize my priorities and I cannot over-load myself. I can easily feel over-whelmed. I organize my calendar and make a list of ”What to do.” I must stick to the schedule so that I do not feel out of control. I have also discovered another key to working with Pluto— KEEP YOUR LIFE SIMPLE. Avoid all complications. Learn to say NO to everything that is not absolutely essential. Your psychological survival depends upon it!
- I have observed that the transits of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto affect us through hormonal imbalances. For younger woman, there are 2 herbs that restore the hormones to a normal balance. If you are having menstrual problems, it is hormonal. I take Wild Yam and Chaste Tree, one capsule of each once or twice a day. For helpful Amino Acids, read THE DIET CURE by Julia Ross.
- Anxiety, especially at night, can cause night binging and insomnia. Around 7 PM, I make a big cup of a “Extra Strength Sleepy Time” tea. There are supplements at any good vitamin store that can help with sleep, such as Melatonin.
- The adrenals are severely stressed under the Pluto transit. I experienced acute lower back pain which is always adrenal exhaustion. My suggestion now is to take ADRENALCAPS by Solaray or Natural Sources Adrenal Caps which can be obtained at most health food stores. Take 2 capsules upon arising and 2 more at 11am. This prescription was recommended by a medical doctor. Do this in waves— 3 weeks on and 1 week off.
- Having to deal with the surfacing long-repressed emotions, the fears and especially the anger, can be very difficult! Give yourself permission to feel angry!
- Some Pluto transits can compromise our immune system, leaving us vulnerable to viruses and infections. A good protection is Wild Oregano and Olive Leaf (Nature’s Way is the strongest). These anti-viral and anti-bacterial need to be taken daily and they build up in the system.
NOTE: If you are taking other medications, please talk with your pharmacist about how these herbs and supplements interact with your medications.
- Pluto can make you feel like the situation will last forever but it does not. You can easily lose your vision and hope for the future. It is essential to expand your consciousness in order to rise above the darkness. I found reading spiritual and consciousness expanding books and meditation to provide incredible relief! “The higher you go (in consciousness) the smaller things look below!”
- EMPOWERMENT— this is the most important lesson that you will learn under the Pluto transit but it does not come immediately or easily. When Pluto made its retrograde square to my Sun, I realized that I had given my power away to a powerless person who could only criticize and find fault with everything that I did; I had given my power away to negative thinking, to absorbing the criticisms of others and to the tyranny of self-recrimination!
A friend gave me the “life saving” definition of empowerment— “Empowerment is recognizing what you need to do for yourself and doing it even when others say that you are being selfish. Your first priority is to TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! When a situation is bad, your first responsibility is to get yourself OUT, to remove yourself from any negative, hostile or contentious situation, whether this is a job, a relationship or an environment. You empower yourself by protecting yourself! I finally felt empowered when I developed an attitude— that I would not put up with any crap from anyone… no ifs, ands or buts! The journey from feeling over-whelmed to “not taking crap” seemed like an eternity.
Astrologer, Mary Shea, in a lecture for the Baltimore NCGR, listed some POTHOLES that we may encounter while under the influence of a Pluto transit:
1) Power struggles, control issues, complications and the rubber-band booby traps. Often, people who are out of control are the most controlling and manipulative people that we encounter. The rubber band effect was my favorite: Two people spot a rubber band. They both want it and they crab it at the same time. The theory behind “possession is 9/10ths of the law” is that whoever holds on the longest will win.
With Pluto, they are holding a rubber band and whoever releases first, zaps the other! Whoever holds on the longest, gets zapped by Pluto…and the rubber band. The guideline here is to let go before you get zapped!! Let go before something complicates your life!
2) Escalation and getting caught blind-sided. I had a friend who was experiencing Pluto squaring her Ascendant. She started to play a game, a subconscious game, to learn how much power and control she had in a relationship. Once the game got started, she soon realized that she could not win the game. She was going to lose and she was going to lose the relationship. However, a Plutonian friend in Berlin assured me that, when a Plutonian person starts to play that game, they cannot let go, they cannot stop, even if it blows up in their face. KNOW when you are about to lose through persistent hard-headedness and LET GO!
3) Black or White polarized situations. Everything under Pluto seems black or white…but there are no black or white situations. Disengage your perspective, de-personalize the situation and work on the win-win compromise.
4) Reactionary responses, emotional overload, fear and anger and can all lead to the situation becoming stuck, frozen, mentally unbalanced and unconscious. Pluto applies pressure upon our astral body via the solar plexus and this forces long repressed emotional issues and feelings to the surface. The more unaware and disconnected we are from the feelings the more they take on a life of their own, blind-siding us and catching us unaware. Rage can explode uncontrollably, we can obsess or we can become emotionally paralyzed by what we are feeling. It is essential that we talk about it with someone and to honor the feelings that we do have. They are not facts; they are feelings.
A good example was a young woman who experienced Pluto opposing her 1st House Sun. Pluto is natally found in her 5th House of creative self-expression. Indeed, during the final phase of the Pluto transit, a pregnancy was her form of personal empowerment.
Pluto does not respect age. This woman is young, beautiful and extremely sweet and thoughtful. At the time that the transit started, she dropped out of my astrology classes because she felt that she just could not cope with the emotions that were surfacing in her life. She felt vulnerable, over-whelmed and she was extremely sensitive to criticism, by everyone. The opinion of others became too important. She felt that others could see right through her, that she could not say what she wanted and she felt great uncertainty in all of her communications and personal thoughts. Her fears became a block to the truth and these fears were over-whelming.
She saw a therapist for a few months, thinking that the therapist would solve her problems, give her the answers and figure her life out for her. Soon, she realized that she was the only one who would solve her problems, not the therapist.
Self-worth was non-existent. She felt incompetent and she could no longer do her job. She was not ready to deal with new people, make job changes, and anything new was too much to handle. She vowed not to allow her fears to dominate. She threw herself in the face of her fears and this was just too much. She searched inside for something strong but she could not find it.
The healing process began when she withdrew from life in order to regain her strength and RECONSTRUCT HERSELF INTERNALLY. Pushing too hard to face everything was the worse thing that she ever did. At this time, she became pregnant, becoming confined to the bed, and this experience allowed her to withdraw, giving her time to reconstruct her inner self. Her advice was to be gentle with yourself and slowly allow your strength to return — only then do you attempt to face your fears.
NOTE for 2008 & 2009-10: In 2008, Pluto was transiting late degrees of Sagittarius. Planets transiting the late degrees of a sign always indicates an ending cycle. It is a time in our lives wherein we must draw some life situation to a conclusion.
In 2009-10, Pluto will be in the early degrees of Capricorn. This always brings something new into our lives when Pluto aspects an early degree planet. With a conjunction, square or opposition, the stress does not mean that the situation is bad but it is the stress of doing something that we have never done before. It is a totally new cycle for us!
When Pluto makes a hard aspect to your natal planet, it is attempting to redefine how you use the sign energy in which that natal planet is placed:
In my own chart, Pluto is squaring my Jupiter-Neptune in the 2nd House of Finances in the early degrees of Libra. As this aspect approached, I began teaching a Medical Curriculum for the Online Astrology College. Indeed, with the square from Pluto, this has been very stressful but I knew that this is a great opportunity for me professionally to actually learn more about medical astrology through teaching it and organizing my years of research. I was also voted as Director for the National Council for Geocosmic Research. Working at the National level is something very new for me but something that I feel I can handle. It has always been easier for me to be the Big Fish in the Little Pond. Being in the Big Pond is very stressful. When Pluto is at early degrees of Capricorn, even if it is making a difficult transit, the opportunity will not be doomed to failure because of the nature of the aspect (Conjunction-Square-Opposition). It notes the stress that one feels in starting something totally new. In new degrees, that which is totally new is favored.
PLUTO to ARIES: In the early degrees, Pluto will eventually be aspecting Eris in Aries. This is a signature that the individual is bringing forth something totally new and something that may initially shock or disrupt the thinking of others. If expressed effectively, the new ideas and concepts will be assimilated and life will completely change. Pluto in Capricorn wants us to be organized, efficient and effective. It wants us to build a supportive foundation for our plans. Aries wants action without thought to consequences. When these two perspectives collide, the individual can feel overwhelmed and out of control with the changes that are occurring. When starting something new, a good foundation and structure must be established.
PLUTO to CANCER: Cancer is often very fearful of new changes, especially if these could impact security. Great caution must be exercised in making decisions and changes that would affect one’s material, emotional and financial security. Do not take on responsibilities that would overwhelm or dis-empower. Even if an enterprise could be successful, fear and worrying about the outcome can sabotage one’s efforts. If you establish a solid, ordered “Capricornian” structure, you will be successful. Since this is an opposition transit, the individual may be reacting to events totally beyond one’s control. Always prepare with some type of safety net for one’s self if you observe this aspect looming on the horizon. If you see this opposition coming up, make sure that your investments are secure and that you have the resources on hand that can protect you during a time of transition. In President Obama’s horoscope, Pluto is opposing his Venus at 1 degree of Cancer. He is struggling to appease the fears of a nation, a nation that has lived in fear, a nation that has been manipulated by fear, since 9/11. In the US chart, Pluto will be opposing our Cancer planets. It makes a cycle wherein the government must reorganize and restructure our political and corporate structures so that they will be supportive rather than disempowering.
PLUTO to LIBRA: Libra seeks to coordinate its efforts with others. It seeks balance and cooperation with others. It works with the Big Picture, Gestalts and coordinating the parts into a successful whole. I wrote about my experience with Pluto squaring my Libra planets. With the election to the National Board of an astrological organization, I must learn to work cooperatively with others. I am accustomed to being in charge and doing everything my way. I am also coordinating the research materials for teaching. This must be done in a very professional manner as these courses are for a diploma. Stress can come when we find ourselves having to coordinate a balancing act, getting all of the parts to work as an effective whole and to see the Big Picture, even when others do not.
PLUTO to CAPRICORN: Pluto will be crossing any planets in Capricorn. This marks a cycle for a total transformation and restructuring of the House area affected and ruled by Capricorn. When structures become outmoded, they must be changed. The Corporate World will be affected by this transit and, if CEO and government ways are not changed, there will be a global rebellion in 2012-14. In the 1980s, Neptune in Capricorn dissolved old corporate structures such as Bell Atlantic telephone services. Reagan, trusting too much the integrity of corporate management, thought somehow that the rich would not hold onto their money but allow it to “trickle down.” And, trickle it did. The gulf between the rich and the poor widened and it continues to do so. Blatant deregulation allows corporations to act without any limitation. Pluto in Capricorn must clean up the mess generated by Neptune in Capricorn. Pluto in Capricorn is now affecting the rich, people who have lost millions. Pluto in Capricorn is indiscriminate. Pluto is the great leveler.
Jan 13, 08:12 PM
Hi Lynn, The advice you gave me about pluto inconjunct my natal sun was very helpful. I almost got involved with something that would have taxed my immune system greatly, so thank you! My paternal aunt has cancer and had pneumonia and she needed help in another state. I almost volunteered because her children werent stepping up, but after reading your advice to me about pluto
inconjunct the sun in the 11th and coming down with a severe Staph infection myself, I excused myself.
Jan 15, 08:26 PM
Dawn, the situation with your aunt and how you handled it is an excellent example of how to handle an inconjunct. When you turn away from the problems presented by the inconjunct, nothing bad happens. However, if you had taken on a problem that was not directly yours, you would have felt overwhelmed, out of control, you would have been blamed for anything that did not go well and you would have made yourself ill as a result. You made a wise decision!
Dawn, we have a lot of similiar placements in our charts. My Venus is at 29 Cancer and I have 2 Virgo on the ASC. We will be experiencing similar events with the Pluto transits. After all, it will trine your ASC this spring. If transiting your 4th House and Pluto is natally in your 12th, this will be a very empowering year for you – transforming your life through changes in your home or the place in which you work. In 2009, it will again trine the Asc and Jupiter! You willcome to terms with events from your past and feel more in control of your life.
The Pluto inconjuncts can be distractions and “brush fires” that get in the way, distracting you from empowering yourself. The inconjunct to the Sun and Mercury have the same interpretation, generally, and you must not allow yourself to be distracted by responsibilities and out-of-control situations that are not truly yours.
With Pluto 150 the late degree Sun, this marks an Ending Cycle in your life. Do not allow problems, problems not truly yours, tie you to the past and keep you from making important changes this year. Health can be affected when you are afraid to move forward into the New Cycle.
Mercury at 0 Leo is your Beginning Planet, as well as Uranus. You will begin a new cycle, something new, a new idea or learning situation. The Pluto aspect will make you feel insecure and a bit overwhelmed so DO NOT encumber yourself with distractions and problems that are not truly your own. You will have enough on your plate.
The inconjunct to Uranus is a minor influence but it often indicates that those in authority around you or the “system” in which you find yourself working is rigid and outmoded. These conservative types will NEVER change so just accept this and work around them.
About the eclipses, I do not use an eclipse on the Part of Fortune. The Lunar Eclipse lines up on your ASC-DESC axis. This will trigger changes in your relationships with others. Taking on too much will cause Jupiter to stress the liver and blood sugar levels (watch fats and sugars this year). Virgoans can make themselves ill being too helpful and wearing themselves out. I am a Virgo Sun-Asc so I know how it is — I come alive when I feel useful.
When used positively, you can engage in new studies, possibly associated with holistic health. Saturn crossing your ASC can be stressful as you adjust to a new cycle of living. Look to the natal House position of Saturn to see where the changes will originate. I always feel that I work very, very hard when Saturn is in the 1st quadrant but I gain a lot from all of this hard work.
Towards the end of Saturn’s transit in your 12th House, you may have started something that will manifest fully when it is completely in the 1st House after June 2008. Erin Sullivan has an excellent book on these Saturn transits.
I normally do not give personal readings on my website so this is a rare event but I feel that your question is one that will help others who are studying astrology and how you handled the Inconjunct from Pluto was exactly how it should be handled. Congratulations! ~ Lynn Koiner
Feb 8, 03:02 PM
In looking at your chart, you have a Cardinal T-Square with Jupiter in Capricorn in the 3rd House. What is key to understanding the Pluto square Pluto (0 Libra) is that it is a BEGINNING aspect. Since Pluto is your Beginning Planet natally, you tend to feel overwhelmed and out of control when starting something new. You may seek assistance from a powerful person to help you. They may find this annoying. Feeling overwhelmed is something that you always do when starting something totally new, something that you have never done before. So, in 2008-09, you will embark upon a new Mental Project (3rd House) that will feel like a “mental crisis” (Cardinal in Cadent) for you only because it is totally new and you feel unskilled with the endeavor. Eventually, you will feel more in control and it will be fine…but not so in the beginning. I have Jupiter at 1 Libra in the 2nd House so Pluto will be squaring my BEGINNING Planet as well. I know that I will be doing something that I have never done before and Jupiter has a poor sense of moderation and timing. Indeed, I have no clue as to the practical organization of my classes for the Online Astrology College. They have put me in charge of the entire Track so that, in the end, students will have a diploma in Medical Astrology. Fortunately, the college has people to help me but, so typical of an aflicted natal Jupiter, I do not know how much is required. I usually have too much to teach or show up too early because I am unsure as to how long it will take to drive.
Hope this helps. The new can take you to the Big Time so do not worry about it but be tolerant of your feelings.
~ Lynn Koiner
Jul 22, 08:46 AM
Hi!
I understand you do not do personal readings so I am appealing for all of your Capricorn readers for a better understanding how this will affect us and when :)
I have just come across this Pluto in Saturn transit (you will why in just a sec, I have been busy) and personally am Sun—2Cap49, Moon—23Cap49, MC—0Cap07 with Pluto at 18 Vir28 and in my sixth house.
Now, on Jan 29, 2008 I was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with stage IIIa colon cancer.
Jul 25, 08:35 AM
This is obviously the worst of a Pluto transit but the disease of cancer is triggered by Pluto transits and it often occurs at the time of shifting energies — progressed ASC or Progressed planets or transiting outer planets changing signs.
It is very difficult to visualize your chart with just a few planetary positions. I would not concern yourself with the 3rd hit from Pluto. Many times, once you have dealt with the first two transits and made your changes, the 3rd passes easily. I have many planets in Mutable signs. By the time an transiting outer planet reaches my late degree Mars in Gemini, nothing happens.
With any Pluto transit, especially the difficult ones, the more you can empower yourself (by letting go of something that is disempowering your life) the easier the influence.
Pluto does not only rule cancer but it rules viruses. Under my Pluto transit, I contracted the Epstein-Barr Virus on an airplane flight to New Mexico (EBV is like Mono, flu-like symptoms, but it lasts for a minimum of 120 days).
As Pluto crosses your Sun in the 6th House in 2009, this is a time when you need to start some new work activity — it may be initially stressful but it can empower you in the long run.
Jul 31, 08:02 AM
When a planet is at 0-5 degrees of a sign, it is considered a Beginning Planet. This means that you will be starting something new that can be very, very stressful, especially for someone like yourself with many squares to your Sun, indicative of stressful issues with authority figures. You work better alone and without interference.
When you start something very new, it can stressful because you have not done this work before. By the time Pluto approaches your Moon, it will be trining your Virgo planets and sextiling your Pisces planets….changes will be much easier.
I see in your earlier post that you are recovering from colon cancer. I do know that Pluto transits to Beginning Planets can affect the health. It is very difficult. When I think of my friends who developed cancer (all still living!) as a Progressed or Transiting planet was changing signs, the disease forced them to make important changes in their lives.
If you are having a difficult time with the Pluto transit, I take a Transiting Pluto Essence from an astrologer in Edgewater Maryland — www.soulsign.com I was having severe depression with Pluto and I tried this essence. It takes several days to work and I do not have to take it every day but it makes me feel like “I can do it.” Nothing seems that hard — I can tell when I have not taken it for a week or more. The depression returns from feeling overwhelmed with all of the work I must do (I will be teaching an Online Curriculum in September).
I am not financially connected with this website but it just works for me. The Transiting Uranus essence makes you feel free when you would normally feel trapped.
I cannot guarantee that the essences work for everyone but they have helped me make an attitude shift. If ordering, you may not see the Transiting Essences so you must ask for them.
Good luck with your endeavors. I do know that these health issues just take a big chunk out of your life BUT you seem to be doing remarkably well under the circumstances…Lynn
Sep 18, 02:58 PM
Gemma – You do not have any Pluto transit, major or inconjunct. Neptune is 45 degrees from your Mars, a semi-square, and this can cause someone to discourage you, to talk you out of changing. You must establish boundaries for your self and say NO.
Uranus is making a favorable aspect to your Sun in the 4th House. This aspect encourages you to change the place in which you live and it favors work activities.
Your chronic fatigue is a mental reaction to being around your family. In suppressing Will, your adrenal/thyroid will not work properly. If you have low body temperature, then it is the thyroid…but blood tests may not tell you this.
I believe that you have severe food allergies because of the severe aspects to your Moon. At least, avoid the nightshade family (potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers). If you can be tested, this would greatly help. If you have a gluten reaction, this can be determined by testing. These food allergies sap your energies as well.
Sep 24, 08:10 AM
I just wanted to say you are spot on about the thyroid. I have hypothyroid atm but is controlled well with medication.
Sep 28, 08:46 AM
About the hypothyroidism, always check your body temperature (although it will vary during the day) to make sure it is around 98.6. The highest mine goes is 98.4 and this is just fine. If it is still low, you are not taking enough. Do not look at the blood tests!!! Only the Hormone Saliva Test is accurate, next to body temperature.
Since the Adrenals always impact the thyroid, I take Solaray ADRENAL CAPS to support the adrenals so that they do not “pull” on the thyroid. Adrenal supplements must be taken in waves — 10 days on/5 days off. If you take them every day all the time, they stop working. Actually, any adrenal supplement will work.
Poor Assimilation and Absorption:
1. Take a good, all-inclusive digestive supplement with each meal to digest all food properly. I use Solaray Super Digestaway. It contains all of the digestive enzymes that digest all types of food – carbs, protein, fats etc. AVOID ANTI-ACIDS … people who take anti-acids are highly prone to Macular Degeneration of the Eyes due to malabsorption!
If you cannot find such a digestive supplement, hydrochloric acid is the next best thing.
If you can find Suzanne Somers, BREAKTHROUGH, this book has great information with the interview with Dr. Jonathan Wright.
2. Make sure your vitamins are highly absorbable — they will cost more but you absorb more and take them with the digestive supplement.
3. Allergy tests are expensive. The worst offender is the Nightshade family — potatoes, tomatoes, the pepper family and eggplant. These are the main ones. You can Google Nightshade for more.
4. If you need a calming supplement, I take 5-HTP … but you need more than 50-100 mgs! Dr. Oz and a local bariatric doctor (weight issues) say that 200mgs to 900 mgs are acceptable. You are small so 900mgs would be too much. I take 200-300 mgs 2 to 3 times a day. It increases Serotonin, associated with the Water element, which is deficient in your chart.
Start working with these suggestions and let me know how it goes.
~ Lynn Koiner
Oct 16, 07:28 AM
Neptune is your beginning planet. Even though there are no transits to Neptune at 0 degrees, it is going to be hitting planets in your chart through 2010. To effect changes and bring new beginnings, Neptune seems to put a brown paper bag over your head so that you dissolve what you have outgrown and move (in a cloud of confusion) into a new direction.
Read my Neptune Transit article.
I have a manual on Beginning and Ending Planets. This is my Beginning Neptune notes:
BEGINNING NEPTUNE: These individuals often do not know how to incorporate creative imagination, psychic receptivity and even the influence of spirit guides into their life. Since they do not recognize such influences, they often begin new situations in a state of confusion. They need to learn to allow themselves to be guided by faith in a High Power when making such transitions.
They may want change and the future to be well planned out but this is NOT their lesson! Their lesson is to learn to trust, to have faith and to truly believe that there is a Higher Power or the Higher Self in their lives who has their best interest at heart, who will guide and influence if the individual will only listen and follow the directing intuition. They need to learn to “float” and to allow things to happen without knowing how it will all turn out. If they learn to follow their Inner Guidance, it will all turn out well, although maybe not exactly as they planned.
✮ One student commented that, during a new transition in her life, she simply tunes out until everything falls into place.
✮ “When I feel that I am beginning a new cycle, I feel in a void, daydreaming and floating, sensing that something is going on but I do not know what.”
In starting new cycles, the Beginning Neptune person seems confused. Others may not understand what is happening in their lives. Friends and family need to learn to exercise faith as well.
So, you can see, that this state of confusion is a signal that you are embarking upon a great personal change and you will remain confused until the change is in place. I must tell you that this one will take a long time.
You have many planets in the 7th House. With Saturn transiting there, others will not be available for you because of their own personal issues — it is not about you. You must try to focus upon YOU and not others.
Nov 22, 01:02 PM
This is from my Manual on Beginning and Ending Planets. This is helpful in understanding your Beginning Moon and how it operates.
Pluto crossing the 10th House Moon, I feel, is a good aspect for a new career position but, because it is a Beginning Planet, you will be doing something very new that will be very stressful until you feel in control of the situation. You must allow yourself this adjustment time and not worry about it. Ultimately, it will prove quite empowering.
I do not place any important upon a Jupiter transit. It can provide some assistance from friends or associations but you have to ASK for the help.
BEGINNING MOON: This Moon is indicative of an individual who is learning in this lifetime how to harness the energy of Emotions or Instincts. One’s Instincts need to be seen as an ally, a support system, assisting the individual in making assessments and evaluations. I have observed that these people “lead with their emotions.” That is, they do not act or make any changes until they are emotionally ready, until the feel right about the new situation. In such an assessment process, these instincts/emotions are indeed an ally. Once harnessed, they ultimately allow the individual to respond intuitively with confidence. But, if they do not feel secure, they withdraw.
I feel that there is much insecurity around the Beginning Moon individual, especially in their early years. They may not have felt protected in the early environment. This is what they did not receive from their parents; what they must teach and learn for themselves. Hence, they need to rely upon their own instincts and their need to “feel right” about what their instincts are telling them before they can move forward. With this type of insecurity, some individuals may experience a difficulty with or a slowness to make a commitment. They need to fully evaluate the other person or situation before they can give themselves permission to go ahead and move forward. This can evolve into spontaneous intuition!
Another important lesson is that they are learning to feel secure from within so that they will eventually learn to feel comfortable anywhere. The Beginning Moon, you see, relies heavily upon external stimuli for information that would affect their feelings – Do I feel secure? Do I feel threatened? Do I feel trusting? In some cases, I have observed a need to check out how other people feel on a matter before they themselves make a commitment. Ultimately, the individual will need to establish an internal base for feeling secure.
The Moon sign will give some clue as to the sensitivity issues. The Moon in Taurus needs material stability. One friend with this position stated that she is always very quiet in the beginning as Taurus has trouble adapting to chaos. She is more comfortable with work but not people. The Moon in Cancer needs the familiar or something with which they can emotionally identify when confronted with new situations. The Moon in Leo needs attention and respect. The Moon in Scorpio may be sensitive to the threat of attack or being out of control. A student with a Beginning Moon in Aquarius commented that she prefers the company of groups. Within a group, she can be inconspicuous until she gets a feel for the situation. If it does not feel right, she can leave without being noticed. Again, she is relying upon external stimuli rather than carrying the inner security with her. However, a man with his Beginning Moon in Aquarius stated that he never knows how he feels. He stays in an “aloof” mode until he feels secure…but he never feels secure. A woman with the Moon in Capricorn said, “I sit, I listen…and then I take over!”
These people are learning to feel internal security, to trust their instincts, so that they can act with spontaneity and confidence.
Jan 3, 09:51 AM
CNN: I have Pluto transiting across all my angles. My AC and IC are both 1 deg. In cardinal signs ( AC 1 libra, IC 1 capr, DC 1 aries, MC 1 cancer). Basically the equinox and solstice points of the chart. Pluto will move across the IC early Jan 09.
And I’d love to hear insights on that in particular.
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LYNN: I never give personal readings on this website. However, some questions are of interest to many people who read this site. In this case, I do give answers.
ANSWER: Since I do not have your chart, my answer is general but I felt that it would be of interest to my readers.
First, I would always make sure the birth time is accurate with some rectification. However, if it is off, it is usually a few minutes earlier. 0 degrees would be even more powerful.
The 0-1 degree of Cardinals is considered the World Point. When activated, one is drawn into world activities. An astrologer in Austria told me a story of a client who, when her progressed Mars entered 0 Aries, she started a job with the world bank. So, this interpretation can be very general.
The 0-1 degree of Cardinals is a Critical area in the zodiac. As Pluto has entered 0-1 degree of Capricorn, many crises are occurring around the world, even in my area near Washington DC. This area always triggers crises.
You say that Pluto is entering your 4th House. The natal House position can sometimes tell “from where the energy of change is coming.” Look to the natal position.
Pluto will stay in your 4th House for many years. During this time, it will trigger many, many events.
Pluto is at the end of my 4th House now. It entered my 4th around 1995. At this time, my aunt’s husband died. I had not been close to my dad’s family but this death triggered a very close relationship with my dad’s oldest sister. She had no children and she reached out to me. She became like a mother to me. She died in 2008 when Pluto squared my Jupiter (a co-ruler of my 8th).
I have talked with others about Pluto entering the 4th. Often, there is a crisis or a death that seems to draw the family closer together. This is especially true if Pluto is natally in the 12th House.
Pluto and other outer planets transiting the 4th bring major changes in the personal environment — this is the place in which you live, family relationships and the place in which you work. The 4th House rules our extended family so it rules the workplace. I noticed this rulership back in the 1970s.
During its long transit through my 4th House, there have been many changes in my home (which is also where I work). When Pluto opposed my Moon, my mother passed away. There are been many changes in my local community of Silver Spring MD. Big changes have occurred with new development. This town looks totally different. There is a Borders and Whole Foods within walking distance. Sometimes these changes can be a good thing…sometimes not, especially if your neighborhood became over developed.
Since the 4th House rules the workplace as well, there is can transformations here as well. When Pluto first crossed my 4th House, I made major renovations to my work area.
In the 1970s, when Uranus entered my 4th House, I changed the energies in my home so that I began teaching in my home for the first time. You mentioned that you lost you job so that there will be an obvious change in this environment — and this could eventually be a very empowering change for you.
The 4th House can bring changes such as much needed renovations – in your home or in your work place.
Pluto is more active when it aspects other planets in your natal chart. Hard aspects are not always back. When my mother passed, it was emotionally difficult but it was also a positive event that allowed me to get closer to my dad. I also found it very empowering.
Jan 3, 01:56 PM
I received an e-mail from Azela about Pluto squaring her 10th House Saturn at 1 degree Libra, while crossing her 2 degree Capricorn Mercury and sextile Jupiter at 0 Pisces in the 3rd House and the Moon at 2 Scorpio in the 11th….later it will oppose Uranus in the 7th and Eris in the 4th. So, Pluto has started to transit through her Cardinal Cross.
I have actually answered this type of question in several posts here – 5, 6 and 16 plus others about transits to BEGINNING Planets.
As I have stated, when any planet aspects a natal planet in early degrees, it describes a new situation that makes us feel anxious and, with Pluto, feeling out of control while we are in the starting phase. One must be very patient during this Beginning Phase. And, because Pluto is transiting Cardinal Planets, the situation seems to be “in crisis.”
If Pluto is crossing Mercury and squaring Saturn, these 2 planets square each other natally. So, behind this anxiety is a “fear of being dumb or stupid.” Mercury-Saturn tries very hard to avoid criticism or appearing dumb or stupid. Actually, these people are very bright but there is that fear that plagues them.
Pluto is coming from the 9th House and favoring a 3rd House Jupiter. So, there may be changes involving education, communications or some time of change in the environment. The favorable aspects portend a positive outcome but the squares indicate fear when starting out.
Azela said that she felt alone and isolated and this is typical of Pluto and, since she will be starting something new, this compounds such feelings at the beginning. There are favorable aspects that portend support from groups and friendships but she must ask!
Someone who is not tall, heavy set with dark hair and eyes has confidence that Azela lacks but this person can be very helpful and supportive. Just ask or reach out.
I never give personal readings on the website but I felt that this answer can help other astrologers to learn how to make interpretations.
Feb 20, 10:43 AM
Hi Lynn, You seem exceptionally knowledgeable. I’ve been trying to study astrology for over 10 years now and I’m still at a loss over so many things. For instance, Pluto will be conjuncting my 5+ degree natal Jupiter soon. Jupiter is in my first house, but Capricorn rules my second house. So is Pluto going to affect my first house or my second?
Feb 20, 10:59 AM
Toni, you asked a very good question – the House rulership of a planet close to the 2nd cusp. In my experience, I find that a planet that is 5-6 degrees from the 2nd House cusp but actually in the 1st House will rule Financial Affairs. Pluto is still at 5 degrees of Capricorn so it will indicate a Beginning event, a new situation that might be stressful but it can still be successful.
Mar 10, 09:59 AM
A difficult Pluto transit can overwhelm the body through stress and the immune system just cannot handle food intolerances and resist infections.
Cardinal signs rule the adrenal/thyroid system. If your body temperature is low, you need a thyroid supplement (you can do muscle testing for this on your own). A gynocologist can provide a Hormone Saliva Test, the only true test for adrenal/thyroid (blood tests are a waste of money). If you choose to work on your own, Natural Sources has a very good raw thyroid supplement. It should be taken on an empty stomach. I also recommend the adrenal supplement but these should be taken in waves — a week on and a week off.
I need to tell everyone that you should discuss this with a health practitioner.
As we get older, leaky gut is more common. Dr. John Pagano has a fantastic book on this topic — basically, avoid the Nightshade family. He has cured psoriasis with the LG protocol.
Food intolerances are shown by the Moon and difficult aspects. Your Moon has very difficult aspects. Yes, Ceres can affect food through defective nurturing in the early environment but the Moon’s aspects really tell me the whole story.
I like going to my Ceres line in Astro-Carto-Graphy as I feel as home and very nurtured there. The Chiron line is often where we can find a good doctor.
With Virgo in the chart, LG can be a problem and digestion is always a problem as we age. I suggest reading Suzanne Somers’ BREAKTHROUGH. I am now taking Sources Naturals digestive enzymes (a different company from Natural Sources) with everything I eat (1 pill only) and with my vitamins.
I have a lot of information on my Common Cures I-II-III articles on this website. I will update III now.
You also have a Mutable T-Square and this rules the respiratory system and the lympathic system. Elaine Hruska has a great book on this but google for lymphatic stimulation exercises.
Apr 6, 02:55 PM
Hi Lynn,
During its transit through Capricorn, Pluto will conjunct my natal Saturn in the 6th house (I was born 18/03/60, 2:01 pm, Montreal, Canada). Last year, debilitating migraines forced me to leave my job and I was subsequently diagnosed with lymphoma, so it’s not hard to imagine that my health and work situation will be challenged during Pluto’s transit (although it should be quite a few years before the conjunct is exact).
Since Pluto’s energies can be both destructive and empowering, can you suggest ways of dealing with Pluto transits to the 6th house and/or Pluto-Saturn conjuncts that enhance Pluto’s regenerative capacities?
Many thanks,
Deborah
Apr 7, 10:14 AM
DEBORAH – I know from personal experience that health problems just take your life away — until you get well.
The lymph is ruled by the Mutable signs (you have a Mutable T-Square that was hit by Saturn in 2008) and Neptune (you have a Fixed t-square with Neptune as apex). Lymph health is going to be very important, especially if some of your lymph has been removed. Lymph massage and drainage really helps this. I will post lymph information on Common Cures III later. Pluto crossing your 5th House Jupiter with the Fixed elements in your chart shows liver stress. Liver detox is helpful — liver gall bladder cleanse on Medical Forum and herbs such as Milk Thistle. You need to ask an herbalist for this information or Google (Life Extensions is a good source).
There are also food intolerances shown here. Avoid the Nightshade family and Gluten for starters. Muscle testing might help and it costs nothing.
Pluto crossing a 2 degree Jupiter and sextile Venus at 3 degrees and Pluto at 4 degrees offers an opportunity to start a new enterprise. This could involve some type of healing activity, education and working with young people.
The biggie is in 2010 when the Great Jupiter-Uranus conjunction sits on your 9th House Sun! This is very expansive in terms of travel and especially education.
Apr 7, 11:02 AM
JULIE – Pluto crossing Saturn at 2 degrees and then trining Mars and sextiling Neptune denote a new enterprise this year, something totally new, although using your current skills. The progressed Moon will cross the progressed Mars in Gemini in the progressed 3rd House around the 3rd week of April 2009 so this can bring a shift for you (possible training). The Progressed MC is also conjunct Saturn so this is an important aspect for you.
12th House people cannot be ON 24/7 and they work best behind the scenes. 12th House people are often guinea pigs — using their own experiences to help others. My own ruler is in the 12th and this is very true for me.
Your 1-7 House opposition shows an ability for counseling and mediation. The 12th rules people who are disadvantaged, covert activities and investigations and investigative work.
Saturn in the 12th and at 2 degrees indicates that you need to work with your own structuring system and establish structures for others.
I am not good at career counseling and I cannot give readings on this website. Hope this helps a bit.
A career as an astrologer will not be very profitable, sadly to say. Unless you are famous, there is not a lot of money unless you combine astrology with another career – finance, counseling etc. The astrologers who do the best are those who have columns in big magazines. But, there is one well-known astrologer who does very well who has Saturn in the 12th House.
Jun 5, 09:31 AM Melessa:
BIBSI – ...You have a Kite Pattern in your chart — a Grand Water Trine but Pluto opposes Venus in Pisces. Briefly, there are many “control issues” from your childhood, many of these issues actually started just before you were born. Being an Empath (and I will publish Empath information on this website but I need to get the author’s permission first), you are extremely sensitive and vulnerable. Emotional reactions can cause difficulty in your relationships. You feel that protection comes from control…but this cannot work for long.
Mars in Cancer fears the unknown and, at 2 degrees, you are beginning something new that makes you afraid. It is not bad but it is new…and “how it will turn out” is scarey.
The good news is that Pluto is well aspected in your chart to the sign of Capricorn. This can mark a cycle for renewed creativity, once you overcome the initial fears. I have Saturn in Cancer so I know how this feels.
Yes, Cardinal signs rule the adrenal/thyroid and the stress that you feel can cause low back pain. I do not know what is available in Denmark but, in the US, 2 raw adrenal supplements can improve this within 30 minutes. Adrenal supplements must be taken in “waves” — 2 weeks taken and 2 weeks not taken.
Jul 4, 01:18 PM
While Pluto is transiting the 12th House, you become an observer of power, power plays and the mis-use of power all in others. It will be a “power-behind-the-scenes” transit. Then, when Pluto crosses the ASC, you become more empowered. If you are prepared for this and comfortable now with power, it will be a very empowering time for you.
One friend finally had to courage to dump her cheating, deadbeat husband after this occurred. It may not happen immediately but it will grow. She just became very strong and drew the line. She was no longer influenced by his manipulations.
Look to the natal House position of Pluto to see from where the changes will be coming.
Sometimes, any planet crossing the ASC can affect the health due to the stress of the changes that are occurring…going from disempowered to empowered…but this is not always the case. Just be good to yourself when the crossing occurs. You will feel more comfortable with Pluto after it gets into the 1st House.
Much depends upon your natal chart but this is just a quick and easy answer.
Jul 9, 08:07 AM
KAMELIA: Pluto square Pluto, even in the early degrees, describes a cycle for letting go of all that we have outgrown and no longer need in our lives. People often start this cycle by throwing out stuff and things, cleaning out our closets, our inner space.
Afflictions to Cardinals in Cadent Houses causes the individual to have a lot of “mental crises” — not a breakdown but thinking about and thinking about but not really taking any action. Cadent signs cause us to think but there is little inclination to act. It is important to organize a plan and then take action. Otherwise, these Crises in one’s thinking stress the adrenals and then the thyroid. In early degrees, they are trying to compel the individual to start something new.
Dec 3, 06:43 AM
Francesca – Pluto, esp. aspecting planets in early degrees, is extremely stressful and stress affects the immune system and the health in general.
Joint pains are inflammations. Anti-inflammatory supplements (you can find these in Common Cures I-II-III-IV but start with CC IV first and go backwards) are essential. More essential is an antiflammatory diet. Identify food allergies as these are definite culperits. In Europe, the test is ImuPro300 for Food Intolerances.
Avoid sugar and the Nightshare family (tomaotes, potatoes, peppers and eggplant). There may be others but only testing can tell you for sure. It takes at least 2 weeks to notices any improvement.
Eat an alkaline diet. When the body is more acidic, it pulls water that lubricates the joints into the blood to alkalize it. It is helpful to just eat alkaline foods (Google for this).
Delores – You need to read my posts about Pluto aspecting planets in early degrees. I do not want to keep repeating this but, aspecting your own planets in early degrees, Pluto causes much stress with new situations that make you feel overwhelmed.
Fear is natural (and very unwelcomed) with the Moon in Cancer in early degrees. You need to be patient with yourself as these changes portent new situations. An early degree Moon needs time to feel connected and cultivate a new sense of family in the new situation.
Neptune has been opposing your Leo planets so that disappointment takes you away from a bad situation. Read my Neptune article.
Dec 13, 10:06 AM
It is difficult to give a generic interpretation of Pluto transiting over Chiron. It is important to look at everything that is going on in the chart but, generally speaking, Pluto (or any outer planet) aspecting Chiron marks a time when we need to follow our heart in making some decision. Others may not always understand the decision but Inner Guidance should be followed.
One woman decided to sell her successful business so that she could spend a year with her daughter who had just graduated from college. She would never have this opportunity to travel with her daughter again.
I made a decision to end some friendships. I was very confused but my intuition said, Let them go! I never regretted this.
Mar 3, 05:32 PM
I have a manual on Beginning and Ending Planets. This is an exerpt that may help.
BEGINNING VENUS: When I think of the Beginning Venus, the phase, “Born yesterday,” comes to mind. If there is one common trait with Beginning Venus individuals it is that they are very naive in relationships. The lesson for this Venus is to learn the difference between Friend and Friendly. They are not the same! Just because someone acts friendly, it does not mean that they are your friend. They need to learn responsibility in relating, social skills and to acquire an accurate definition of love.
There is an inclination toward inappropriate behavior in relating and a tendency to blunder into relationships with people with whom the individual has no real connection – yet they believe that there is a connection! In relationships, they need to learn to analyze what people are really saying to them. When they do not, which is generally the case, they do not know what is really going on, what the other person is really saying and then they interpret love when it does not exist. This is a very common pattern. They need to ask close friends or family members to help them make evaluations of any new relationship – is it true love or just someone acting nice to them.
Dec 29, 07:45 PM
Dear Lynn,
Another very interesting website. I have read that some astrologers believe that a person shall experience a revelation at the time Pluto changes house in their personal horoscope? What’s your view on this? Pluto will move into my 2nd House as of the 5 January.
Jan 1, 12:51 AM
PETER: I do not completely agree with this as I have not really noticed this, especially that something will happen on the day of the crossing. You can look at previous crossings, to the day, to see what happened in your life.
Yet, I will qualify this. For example, I find that Mars crossing some cusps can trigger on the day of the crossing but not always the outer planets. I remember an example with Mars crossing the Ascendant (physical attack) and the 6th cusp (flu).
I cannot think of an example of an outer planet acting this way that can be predictable; however, I cannot say that it never happens.
I definitely do not feel that this works with the 2nd House. In my years of experience, I find that the 2nd House influence actually starts about 6 degrees into the 1st House. The 2nd House is the only House that works this way. It is the only House cusp that is very blurry.
An astrologer in Sweden, who studied with me years ago, observed with progressed planets that they improve in their effects when they leave the 1st House and enter the 2nd. That is to say, they become more beneficial.
Yes, when a transiting outer planet changes Houses, it does mark a real shift in the issues of the planet and the House. But, I do not see the effects on an exact day. They are more triggered when the planet aspects a natal planet.
Then, you have the issue of what House system should you use for this prediction.
In Europe, the standard belief is that Koch cusps work better with transits but Pacidius works better with 2ndary progressiions.
I have definitely observed that Placidius works better with 2ndary progressions. A German friend uses Placidius but inserts the Koch cusps and then observes transits.
Jan 3, 03:16 PM
Thanks for the great post! I feel I have undergone a Pluto conjunction to every single planet on my chart since I was 10 or so, and the last one is going to happen fairly soon – conjunct my 7Cap Mars.
In 2008 it conjuncted (and left) my natal sun in 29Sag.
My life has been very stupid, disempowered and disempowering. I’ve dealt with mental illness, isolation, lack of employment, debt, assault, what have you. And always castrating fear. My health has been good, though.
I will take the above consideration re. upcoming Mars. I don’t know if I took ‘full advantage’ of Sun Pluto conjunction, but at least it led me to see/face a HUGE BLIND SPOT in my life – the fact I care about stability/financial well-being. Now I am coming to the MarsPluto with no real good way to act on that – and certain things/relationships as well as bad habits that are making that desire seem very out of reach.
My question is, what can a person expect once Pluto’s done with them? Once that final Pluto conjunction is over and done with, can I expect to have an easier time? More favourable opportunities, etc? Everything’s just always been really disgusting and hard – you have no idea. I feel like my whole life’s just been lived under some lead weight.
Jan 4, 07:23 AM
MEME: The bad news is that we are never through with Pluto. I get a hit – some good, some bad – every couple of years. It only goes away for a little while and then it returns. But, often Pluto makes good aspects.
Once the Pluto transit is over, you have to move onto the next set of transits.
It sounds as if you are having problems empowering yourself in general. When this is true, then Pluto serves to remind us how disempowered we are. Eventually, we learn to take charge, take control and then Pluto becomes our ally.
When I give readings, I look at a 3-year period so that I can see when the good news is coming, astrologically. One client was going through a 7-year difficult Pluto cycle through her T-Square Configuration. She knew when it would be over and it gave her hope. It did end and her life got much better — for that 7-year period, she was in a war zone (literally).
Jan 7, 01:02 PM
I experienced Tr Pluto square my 00 Aries Sun earlier and, I must say, did pretty good. My relationship is still undergoing some fundamental shifts with Saturn moving through our respective 2nd Houses — are angles are basically the same (20 Leo and 23 Leo Ascendants), so our houses are the same as well — , so how we look at money and, more importantly, spend it has RADICALLY changed. (I also had Tr Saturn opposing my Sun and conjunct my natal Jupiter/Uranus as well, so it’s been quite a few years)
But my partner — a 7 Libra Sun — will have Pluto square and stationing retrograde square his Sun by the end of February. As Saturn has already done a number on us via our attitudes about money, I’m beginning to think that Pluto will afford my partner the opportunity to move into a position of authority at his work.
Interestingly, one of the jobs he’s interviewing for would be a Director at a Zurich-based company (we’re currently in NYC). This would be something unlike anything he’s ever done and he’s VERY excited at the prospect. Also, with Pluto ruling his 4th House, it would make sense that there would be a life-changing shift in our home. But, being a square, it’s not only a challenge we face, but an energy we invite and work with.
I think you believe as I do, Lynn, that Pluto doesn’t have to be “bad”. He can often help us achieve our aims if we do so with authenticity and brutal honesty.
May 16, 04:24 AM
Hi Lynn,
I am experiencing a big change I guess, having Pluto transiting my Mars in 2 and opposing Mercury in 8, which is part of a stellium in Cancer.
Is it up or down, a struggle or a conquer, like Robert Hand predicts ?
A very deep and special relation with a karmic bond, which I never had so strong muatually…having a lot on each others moonnodes is stopped (pause?), at least she withdrew to her work at the moment P transited Mars.
As an artist I probably lose my position with some earnings…Art is not selling at all…Should I go into astrlogy more and more ? Old beliefs and illusions are over…
I do not know to go left or right…
Do you have some advice ?
I am born in Haarlem, Netherlands, 05 june 1954, 18.45 hours.
Thank You,
Kind Regards.
May 16, 08:05 AM
PIMM and all: Because I receive 1500 nits each day, it is impossible to give personal interpretations. I will only answer questions that are connected to the article, of interest to all.
Astrology tells us when the bad aspects are coming and they also tell us when they are over.
In this chart, the bad aspects continue through 2012 but 2013 has good aspects.
So, when we see a difficult period, we can see how long it lasts. We can brace ourselves, make the changes that Pluto wants us to change — when something no longer works, we HAVE TO CHANGE. It is not easy but we have to grow.
Jun 2, 10:52 AM
I am worried about a future transit of Pluto which will conjunct my Natal Mars-Saturn conjunction in Aquarius 3rd house. With Scorpio rising and Pluto conjunct my MC and Dark Moon Lilith I have a fear that something bad will happen – maybe a heart attack of nasty violent attack or accident. I am looking for a way to express this transit in a positive way to minimise any risk of these fears becoming reality…
Jun 2, 11:07 AM
DAVID: Since this conjunction to your Mars-Saturn in Aquarius will not happen for another 15-20 years, write back then…if I am still alive to answer!
Jul 9, 03:45 PM
Hi Lynn,
I’m undergoing an intense Pluto square Mercury transit (Mercury is lord of my first house), and I have found that it created a host of a paranoid emotions and thoughts. Pluto is currently transiting my 10th house.
I am entering the fourth of five hits, and am curious how you see the different “hits” of such a long transit and what one can expect with the fourth and fifth hits. The third was, by far, the worst, but I’m a little worried about these final two. Let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks!
Jul 10, 07:34 AM
PATRICK (7-2011): First, I am not sure what you mean by “Lord” — if Pluto is transiting the 10th House, it would be impossible for Gemini or Virgo to be on the Ascendant.
When Pluto afflicts Mercury, there is a warning not to allow yourself to be pressured into making any major decisions as this will work against you. You may feel that you can not control over this matter and then just flow with the changes that are forced upon you.
There is more to analyzing a chart and its transits but this is a general definition of Pluto-Mercury.
Jul 11, 01:49 PM
To follow up, unfortunately, this transit coincided with the need to make some critical decisions regarding career, and some changes were forced upon me. I ended up going in a different direction than originally planned. I suppose I am just letting the changes flow. But I found that this transit was accompanied by very strong emotional feelings, lots of fears and anxiety, hence my question about the multiple passes by Pluto and what each might bring.
Jul 12, 08:13 AM
PATRICK (7-2011): Thank you for posting with your experiences. Yes, sometimes we are pressured and there is little that we can do about it under Pluto.
Pluto can take 2 years to pass but, if the issues are addressed during the first year, the second year is not so difficult.
This is different if it is part of a series of transits, such as Pluto aspecting a Stellium (4 or more planets in a sign) or transiting a (Cardinal) Cross or T-Square. Then, the stress can continue at different levels until it leaves the last planet in the pattern.
It is most interesting in that almost ALL of the people who call me for readings are experiencing Saturn-Uranus-Pluto aspecting their Cardinal signs.
Cardinals compel us into action. Cardinals always want us to organize our priorities or crises will get out of hand.
Pluto (and the other outer planets) in early degrees always tell us that we are starting something totally new and this will be very stressful.
Thank you for your intelligent comments….Lynn
Jul 21, 09:02 AM
Hi Lynn,
22.01.1960 , 3.40pm , Te Awamutu, New Zealand.
This was a brilliant read and thankyou.:) I have a PLuto transit to my Mars 5 Capricorn, its already done its bit on me with the transit to Venus/Jupiter in Sagg 23 , past 7 years.
But so much appreciation for the Early degree planets.. I have this conjunction till about December.. but physically its very challenging to the old health issues.. cant basically eat what i used to eat.. and found a book called THE PERFECT GENE DIET. , Have just had a APO E GENEOTYPE test done last week.. my north node is in Virgo at 26 in my 4th house.
I love your analytical and precise abilities with PLUTO , very interesting indeed.
Thankyou , Desiree.
Jul 21, 09:35 AM
DESIREE (7-2011): Pluto can bring difficult health issues, often by conpromising our immune system through stress.
As we get older, after years of taking antibiotics and alike, many develop food intolerances.
In your country, there is the best food intolerance test — ImuPro300.
Can you tell us something about the Perfect Gene Diet?
Sep 1, 11:45 PM
Hi there,
Very interesting reading. In my natal chart, my 5th house is ruled by Capricorn, and I understand that Pluto is transiting Capricorn until 2020. This is affecting me greatly— I have been trying to get pregnant for almost 2 years, and nothing. Also diagnosed with adrenal fatigue (interesting that you mentioned it as related to a pluto transit!), hormone imbalance. The situation does feel very polarized, and hopeless. Wondering: what is the best way to handle this? We are going to be looking this fall into fertility treatments as one potential option…but is there a “pluto-approved” thing I should be doing?
Additionally, I am artist, so experiencing big highs and lows with my creativity…but that’s another story!
Thanks for any thoughts you have—
best, C
Sep 4, 12:38 PM
CECELIA (9-2011): First, which is important to all, Adrenal Fatigue is very common. It is strongest for those who have Cardinal signs strong in their horoscope. A hormone saliva test is best for determining these levels.
At this time, Solaray is the only company still making Raw Adrenal that is really Raw Adrenal. Natural Sources changed their formulas and now they are a waste of money.
Usually, for adrenal exhaustion, 2 caps in the morning — but taken in waves — will help. In waves means that you take these 2 weeks and then off for 10 days. They lose their effectiveness if you take them every day forever. I disucss this in my Common Cures articles.
For fertility, the Jonas Fertility Cycles can be helpful (most fertile when the Moon forms the same angle it had at birth) and, since Pluto is transiting your 5th House, look to favorable transits from Pluto. This could be helpful.
Sep 5, 12:45 PM
I have a question,
I have transiting pluto in capricorn in 7th house squaring my natal mars in 11th house in aries.
I’m a bit scared what this might bring, especially since the 11th house has to do with my hopes and wishes. Will my expextations be shattered ?
A bit of help would be greatly appreciated,
Thank you.
Sep 6, 09:23 AM
APPOLLONIA (9-2011): When planets transit the 7th House, the changes always come through your interaction with others. This is my interpretation of the 11th House which I give to my students…
ELEVENTH HOUSE: This House shows our attitude towards friendships and group interaction. How we feel about feeling in a group. Our attitude can determine whether our friends help us or hold us back in life. It rules the “King’s Court.” It can provide perks and benefits that come through our social circle. It rules people who share our common vision. It indicates the 10th House parent’s attitude toward finances. Does this conflict with the attitude towards finances shown by the 2nd House? Did we have friends with people our own age or did we grow up in a world of adults, as with Saturn in the 11th House? Planets in the 11th House squaring Planets in the 2nd House denote one who cannot socialize for career gains.
ESOTERIC: The 11th House rules heart-centered groups in service to humanity – New Group of World Servers who share the same vision for humanity.
This House is associated the Heart Chakra or the opening of the Heart Chakra. The Fixed Stars Betelgeuze at 26 Gemini and Sirius at 13 Cancer are connected with this Chakra.
MEDICAL: I have not observed this House to be associated with medical or health issues. If afflicted, loneliness and social isolation can contribute to depression that leads to illness.
Sep 10, 10:54 PM
I could use a little advice regarding my Pluto transits. Pluto has been jumping up and down on my 5 degrees of Capricorn Moon, and will in due course transit opposition an 11th House stellium in Cancer, Mercury (9 degrees)-Jupiter (11 degrees)-South Node (14 degrees)-Sun (21 degrees)-Uranus (23 degrees)
Sep 13, 08:12 AM
How can we manage changes caused by Pluto ? if we have pluto in our charts does it mean that we will take to pluto changes far better than those who are non plutonians ?
i kind of enjoy the transits of pluto to my life as a form of house clearing since i am forever house clearing
However i realise that people might not take kindly to the changes that i go through – things get accelerated and things that are meant to last are just a memory now
So really ……..
Sep 13, 10:54 AM
GREAT (9-2011): We ALL have Pluto in our charts so it is unclear what you mean.
The more in control we are, the more we feel that we have choices in our lives, the easier the Pluto transit will be.
This is the most important factor with a difficult Pluto Transit.
Pluto transiting early degrees denotes the stress of starting something totally new (this phase is about over).
I presume that you are talking about the conjunction-square-opposition from Pluto to a natal planet.
Pluto wants us to let go and you can get this energy going, as you say, by first cleaning house, cleaning your office and throwing non-essential away.
Sep 26, 02:49 AM
Hi Lynn,
Very interesting web-blog.
I bumped into your blog through searching for information about Pluto transits to Sun and Moon at same time.
I have natal moon in 8th capricon and sun in 5th Libra and pluto is about to conjunct my natal moon and square my natal sun.
What do you suggest I should concentrate on more to deal with these heavy aspects of pluto. Also, I am plutonian as I have 8th house moon, sun conjuncts pluto, venus in scorpio, uranus in scorpio etc. Is it any easier to deal with these aspects being a plutonian?
Recently I have seen my drive and energies are increased and my focus is spot on and do work very well. Which is a great thing as my superiors appreciate it. But, I wonder if I spread myself too thin in the process and may not be able to complete all that assigned.
Your comments are appreciated.
Thanks
Shank
Sep 26, 03:02 PM
I am in for triple trouble! Pluto will conjunct my Moon/Mars at 9 capricorn, to be followed by its conjunction to my Saturn at 12 Capriocrn. They all sit in my 2nd house. The only up-side is, Neptune is exactly sextile at 9 scorpio in the 12th, & trine my midheaven at 10 Virgo. I am afraid with Pluto sitting on this heavy steillium of planets is going to kill me.
Sep 27, 09:40 AM
FOLKS (Pamela and Shank 9-2011): Since I receive 1500 hits each day, it is impossible to give personal interpretations on this website.
You need to have an astrologer look at the entire chart, not sketchy parts of the chart.
SHANK: Since you are interested in the 8th House and its influence, this is from my class notes on the Houses. This may give you some clues as to how to work with this House:
EIGHTH HOUSE: This House rules all things beyond our control and our attitude towards these things. It is the most obsessive house – all planets here act obsessively. Bowing to the Sun helps direct the energy outward. Cultures, as in the orient, that practice bowing do not experience psychological obsessiveness. It rules the resources of others, mass resources, how the partner handles money, our attitude towards sharing. There are strong control issues indicated here. It is essential that these individual learn when to release to others. They cannot always control. They need to learn to just let it go. When these people change, when the transform themselves, they do it in an instant. This could be giving up smoking, losing weight or major lifestyles changes. Once they make up their minds, they do it completely and immediately.
ESOTERIC: This is a Healing House – healing those who are totally out of control. But, healing can be physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, economic and even technological. It has great power for transformation and rejuvenation. Neptune here rules a spiritual guide of someone we knew in our youth. With the 4th and 12th, it rules our connection with our Soul Group. When there are strong afflictions between the 4th and 12th Houses, this often indicates a violent death in the past life. This can be part of the trauma. It rules psychic dreams, out of body experiences, life after life studies, near death experiences (inconjunct to ruler) and a connection with spirit guides. It can help others make transitions.
It is our attitude towards death – do we fear God? Saturn in the 8th is often afraid of God. But, studies in reincarnation and life after death are transformational for these individuals, liberating them from the fear. It is also a House of Inventions. Spiritually, it is associated with finding money for those in need. A lesson is found in learning acceptance through studies in reincarnation.
NOTE: Liberating and change can come with the death. A friend with Virgo rising and the Moon in the 8th helped others cross over.
MEDICAL: This is a powerful healing and medical House. These people have an ability to intensely investigate what seems like unsolvable problems, especially medical problems. This House is not necessarily associated with health issues but rather with healing abilities on the part of the 8th House person. Psychologically, there is a pattern of obsessiveness that can lead to health issues.
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PAMELA: Reading this article should help you with handling Pluto transits. All outer planet transits want us to change, to let go or transform some area of our life — 2nd House would be finances. Since this lasts for 3 years, it would be best to get you financial situation in order so that you are more in control.
In the past, when I saw a strong Pluto transit, I anticipated what it might do and I made the changes so that Pluto would pass me by unharmed.
It can favor assuming a new professional situation that is more empowering. The conjunction is not always bad.
Oct 4, 12:32 AM
Hello Lynn,
Such an informative, fabulous inspiring site. i read a lot of the posts around ‘pluto transist’ especially your knowledgeable responses thank you:-) , as I have an approaching transit.. (My sun 12 capricorn) & have been dreading it somewhat; so looking for any positive information to support my journey.. After reading your responses about Pluto, I feel a lot better as I have recently completed a 6 week anti-candida diet & have lost weight & bloatedness. For the 1st time in about 7 years, it feels like I’m treating my body like a temple & strong enough to only choose nourishing foods . Prior to this I just havent been able to break this unhealthy eating cycle & the despondency& low self esteem that ocurred with it.. I’ve now commenced walking again after years of demotivation & lack of exercise, combined with poor health, It seems the recent transit of Saturn over my Ascendant 14 degree Libra might have provided a trigger for the total breaking down of the old me & now the pluto energies have started to kick in.. Do you think its possible for outward, physical aspects to show up so soon before the transit is conjunct? My dob 3.1.56 @11.45pm sydney. australia. Thank you for such a solid based & informative site.. I have appreciated all the reading..
Isabella
Oct 6, 03:23 PM
Your articles are amazing! Thanks so much for what you have written here!
I have a synastry question about hard pluto transits – the man I’m in a relationship with (we just met about 6 mo ago) has pluto transiting his ascendant, and I currently have pluto transiting my descendant. We are both experiencing major upheavals in our lives; my husband died 2 years ago of cancer, and I just changed my job, and he has a lot of things going on as well, also with his career and ex-relationships. Does this combination have something to do with why we are together? What is the effect of such a combo?
Thanks! Sarah
Oct 19, 06:11 PM
ISABELLA (10-2011): Do not worry about Pluto crossing your Sun. This is a great aspect for losing weight and transforming self at a core level. Do read my Weight Loss article. It is probably the most important article that I have ever written.
SARAH: Yes, it is common for people to meet under complimentary aspects. With Pluto crossing yur 7th cusp, change will come into your life through other people. It is not about you initiating the changes but changes that come through your relaitonship with others.
In the 7th, you will need to change HOW you relate and your relationships in general. Controlling and out of control people may not work out so well. But, in the long run, it serves to empower you.
Nov 2, 12:55 PM
Hello Lynn.
I read the Answer from Above and i got interested in the Subject of Pluto transit entering the 7th Cusp.
If the Software i am Using is correct.. Pluto will be entering for the Second time my 7th House and oppose my Ascendant on December 30, 2011 And at the Same time Pluto will be Squaring my Natal Venus on Libra in the 4th house. It did it for the First time on March 2011 but Pluto went Rx, and it got Back to the 6th House, Just last week i got enroll in the Gym and start thinking about healthier Habits. But once again Pluto is going to enter my 7th house. How should i prepared for this ?
The first Pluto transit on the 7th House i had on March 2011, i was not aware of it. What should i prepared when entering my 7th House and sqaring my Natal Venus.
thanks
Nathan
September 08 1984
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Nov 6, 09:24 AM
NATHAN (11-2011): I want to make it clear to all of my readers that I do not give personal readings at my columns. This is ONLY for asking questions about the articles, even as they pertain to the natal chart.
First, Pluto crossing an Angle (7th House here) does not always produce (or rarely) an event. The event occurs when Pluto makes an aspect to a natal planet, which will happen in 2012 when Pluto squares Venus in the 4th House.
In answer #53, I gave the answer for Pluto transiting the 7th.
With Pluto crossing your 7th cusp, change will come into your life through other people. It is not about you initiating the changes but changes that come through your relationship with others.
In the 7th, you will need to change HOW you relate and your relationships in general. Controlling and out of control people may not work out so well. But, in the long run, it serves to empower you.
Pluto square Venus brings changes through another in your work environment or a personal or family relationship. Libra indicates poor cooperation coming from that person in 2012.
Interestingly, your Progressed Mars has changed signs and it will favor your Mercury at 0 degrees and the progressed Mercury is very well aspected through 2012.
I am mentioning this because I have discussed this many times in my posts — aspects to planets in early degrees always describe a new situation. You have a tendency to be erratic and contrary in your working relationships.
You can gain good lessons in changing your behavior and being more cooperative.
Nov 26, 07:07 PM
Hello Lynn,
I just surfed this page searching for PLUTO TRANSIT and for the first time I’m really so impressed by answers – your answers – that I would really like to meet you personally and learn. For now the internet must do it;) Especially impressed I#m by the remedies and medical advice you give.
I have Pluto conjuncting my natal Jupiter at 3°CP in the 5th house, while building a square to Pluto natal in the 2nd house in Libra. I would say that there is also my sun in the third house at 3° SC involved and also Neptun at 3° in the 4th in Sagittarius.
Gorund is shaking beneath my feet since a year. In the last weeks Saturn was conjuncting a natal Uranus/Mars conjunction in the second house, also Libra, that is in trine with a Saturn/Moon conjunction in the 10th/ Gemini.
My marriage is in serious danger after seven years together, we have a child three years old. I had a lover for over a year, tolerated by my husband. They like each other – they were out for a beer yesterday evening again. At the beginning of October my husband confessed about a love affair with another woman. I immediately was showered by anger, fear and jealousy. A trip of tears and terror that endured several days, we were so exhausted in every way. I feel resignation and depression or anger in turn.
Now I wish my life would calm down so I could start working again, after almost four years of childcare. I’m a psychologist, and I wish I had a peaceful and stable relationship, and my family, so that I can concentrate on work and earning. Financially I was dependent all the years and now we are broke.
Will this desaster ever end again? I don’t trust my husband. I suffer and cannot accept his other lover. I’m not able to make a decision for him, or for my lover who acts very calming on both of us. There is great existential fear. It’s a chaos. What was my question?
I’m a scorpio with ASC in Leo. And my husband is a Leo with ASC in Scorpio. Beside the harmony, my Uranus/Mars conjunction conjuncts his Pluto/Mars conjunction in synastry.
My power level is so lálá but at least my colitis ulcerosa stays stunningly calm in these times.
Nov 27, 01:02 AM
Hi Lynn
Maybe you can shed some light. Pluto is now transiting my 2nd house. At the beginning of next year, it will oppose my Cancer Sun which is in the 8th house natally. I don’t know how to interpret the opposition with regarding to the houses involved. Also, at what pluto degree would the transit start to have an impact and what degree would it appear as over?
thank you for your help and advice,
Nov 30, 03:38 PM
Hi Lynn,
Thank you for a wonderful site with wonderful tips on how to cope with plutonian power.. :-) It actually made me a little calmer, but not calm enough, knowing that if I use those tips I will get through the horrible mess I’m about to go through with much more ease, and less complications..!
I have by the way, sun and venus conjunct by four degrees in capricorn in the 8th house square pluto in libra in the 5th house. In addition I have moon in scorpio which sextiles my venus. These days pluto in transit has entered my 8th house and is soon to conjunct my natal venus and will at the same time sextile my natal moon in scorpio.. Then after that I will be waiting for pluto to conjunct my sun…!
I figured out that Pluto will be finished with my 8th house somewhere around 2016, and I am already drained for energy..
How can best cope with these enormous changes without going under…?
Of course I will stay strong, but still, it’s already hard…
If you could give me any insights and tips I would be very happy and thankful… :-)
Sincerely Linn
Dec 9, 01:04 PM
Hi there
I am really really worried about the coming pluto(6th) opposition my natal mars (12th)in february 2014,
I allready have health problems , and my life is allready a bit of a mess, a lot of aspectarians interpret this as a violent aspect , what should I do , gemini , leo rising
Mary
Dec 13, 02:58 PM
Great article. I’ve found it very helpful in understanding a bit of the great transformation I seem to be in the middle of. Pluto is in the last quadrant of my 5th house, square my natal sun and mars in Aries, and opposed my natal moon in Cancer.
I am also experiencing the last remnants of a long winded Neptune transit through my 7th, with hard aspects to natal venus (Aquarius) and natal Neptune (Scorp.).
For the past couple of years I’ve been obsessed with relocating back to the part of the US where I grew up. I am feeling a very strong “pull” back to my roots, and a strong desire to find some way to contribute to the world in a more positive way, or something that involves the public.
The last decade of my life has been extremely challenging, but understanding the role that Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto are playing in my chart now – it really looks like these 3 “old man” planets have turned me inside out.
However, one thing I can say about the influence of Pluto square sun (in Aries no less) is that it really does make you “grow up”, kicking and screaming the whole way.
Dec 15, 11:26 AM
Hi Lynn….I have been reading about Pluto a lot lately. I am a cancer sun; 13 degrees; with virgo rising at 23 degrees. I am trying to understand how the approaching opposition to my sun is going to affect my life. I turned 55 on July 5 of this year; and; frankly, life has been extremely challenging for me up to this point. I am an introspective person, and always seem to look inside for answers. However, this approaching opposition has gotten me a bit unnerved. I am hopeful that the approachng pluto opposition will trigger in me an ability to better show others how to treat me. I am not a fighter, and as such, retreat a lot. Are these unrealistic expectations with a pluto/sun opposition??? Antoinette
Dec 18, 11:08 AM
MARY (12-2011): You have made choices that, ruled by Pluto, have made your life very complicated.
You have a lover but, when your husband gets one, you get angry…and you are a psychologist and cannot figure this one out! But, Scorpios love complications.
No astrologer can give an interpretation (and I do not give personal readings on my website, as I have said over and over again) with the sketchy information that you have given. But, Pluto in Cardinal signs can bring your life to a critical point so that you are forced to re-organize and simplify your life. You need to take the steps to empower yourself and simplify your life.
LANA: It is difficult to say how an aspect will affect anyone, out of context of the other transits and progressions.
Pluto in the 2nd wants you to take control of your personal finances and not get your financial life entangled with others.
LINN: Under any Pluto transit, you need to take care of yourself physically. I need to change one post about adrenal supplements. I now use Nutri-Meds raw adrenal, ordered online. This supports the adrenal glands during stressful time.
You MUST take these in waves — on and off, as the body can become too accustomed to the supplement so that it no longer works.
Again, you need a professional to look at the chart as no astrologer can give an interpretation out of context with the other progressions and transits.
MARY: If you have health issues, you must post these (onset and what was going on in your life when the health issue arose) on the medical forum.
Pluto always wants one to transform the life in some way, simplifying your life. Unresolved anger issues may impact the adrenal-thyroid (only the hormone saliva test can help here).
ANY: Thank you for your insights. Going back to one’s past and connecting with people from the past or studies in geneology are ruled by the asteroid Cruithne.
I have an article on this on this site which I need to update but I have just returned from Europe, Pluto crossing my dad’s 4th House Venus caused his living area to be burglarized and I have allergies from the stress and eating bad foods.
ANTOINETTE: That opposition will not occur until 2014-15. Do not worry about Pluto. I offer suggestions in my article. Under Pluto square my 2nd House Jupiter, a relative left me an inheritance. Do not expect the worst!
Dec 19, 04:38 PM
Lynn,
Very good article on Pluto transits – have found all of this to be true in my own experience (another astrologer here, and in the midst of a transiting Pluto square Mercury in Libra), particularly the parts on ‘Pluto can make you feel like the situation will last forever’ and about ‘keeping your life simple’ to avoid feeling overwhelmed. Have been seeing these transits in virtually all of my clients recently and agree with the ‘giant leap forward’. Good information here.
Craig Thomas
Dec 24, 07:56 PM
I read your Pluto article with great interest. Thanks for sharing your information with us.Pluto is going through my second house and started squaring my moon at 5th house in Aries. My natal moon already has difficult aspects with Pluto,Jupiter,mercury. It has no support from other planets. I have late stage chronic fatigue syndrome and adrenal exhaustion. I am in life and death struggle. I am having really difficult time with this Pluto transit.It is mainly about my friends who do not understand my health problems and give no help. They stubbornly treat me as if I am crazy. So I started to let them go. This could not solve the problem as I feel very alone now. I do not have close relatives either. I had a pet and I also lost her this year. I feel totally alone in this world. I have no one to share my problems. I am very disappointed,hurt,angry and even hateful from time to time. I am cancer and you would imagine how feeling alone would effect me. My illness is progressing because of these negative feelings.Could you give me some tips on how to handle this transit? I am getting some energy and massage therapies,taking trips for rest from time to time but I can not handle the transit. I am in pain and feel like I will go crazy because of loneliness. Thanks so much.
Dec 28, 09:56 AM
CINDI (12-2011): One would have to look at your entire chart (which I never do here as I get over 1500 hits each day) to give you specific suggestions.
There is one suggestion for adrenal fatigue in the article that I do need to change. I do recommend Solaray Adrenal Caps as these still contain raw adrenal but Natural Sources no longer contains Raw Adrenal so it is useless as far as I am concerned.
I now recommend a product that I now use — Nutri-Meds Raw Adrenal. You can select from cow or pig as the source — pig being more efficiently utilized but some may have objections to a pork source. These can only be obtained online.
Fatigue and lower back pain can be caused by adrenal fatigue. The supplement must be taken in waves — 2 weeks on and 10 days off.
Jan 3, 06:55 PM
Thanks so much Lynn..Wish you the best.
Jan 5, 02:59 AM
Hi Lynn, Your site is no less than amazing. I was particularly thrilled to read your interpretations of beginning planets and also your study of Pluto and the 8th house.
I am such a beginner here in the astro world, but my life has taken a huge turn away from a 10 year relationship that fails to fulfill my basic needs, as my partner has sexual repression issues and I do not wish to maintain this celebite lifestyle on the hopes that he promises to change! Argh!
I realize that I am very naive in relationships — I love everybody who is nice to me and I think the world is my family, yet I live a hermits life because I don’t fit anywhere. How delusional is that?
My solar return shows a grand earth trine/kite with a Pluto-Moon-Venus stellium in the 8th in Capricorn (with Venus at a cardinal world point of 01 41’23”?), trined by Jupiter in retrograde in the 12th house (taurus), and Mars in the 4th (virgo). The head of the kite is Chiron (pisces) conjunct Neptune (aquarius) in the 10th house. The only harsh transit comes from outside the kite from the 11th house — Uranus in retrograde (also at 0 degrees — another cardinal world point?) is squaring my 8th house stellium (Pluto/Moon/Venus). I hope I said this right.
I found another site that said that Venus in my 8th house would give me a peaceful death. Well isn’t that comforting….?
I have literally run away from home to get away from this guy. And, I also feel like I’m at the threshold of a life so new and extraordinary that I can almost taste it, but I have no idea where its taking me. Just trying to break out of that mold and shake off the dust — clueless, but optomistically in the process of rebooting my life for the best.
Any thoughts?
Jan 5, 09:00 AM
MEGA (1-2012): I do not give personal readings on my website since I receive 1500 hits each day — an impossible task. I can make no sense when people list everything in their charts. I need to see a chart.
You need to ask a question about the article and then I will gladly answer….but that said…
There is a major configuration occurring in the skies that is making all feel that they are at a crossroad…
There is a transiting opposition in the skies, operating since fall 2010 and into 2012, that is causing people to want to end a pattern in their lives.
Many find themselves saying: “I am tired of being a Good Girl/Boy, I am tired of care-taking, I am tired of menial tasks, I am tired of seeking the approval of others, I am tired of being a perfectionist, I am tired of micro-managing…I want to let go of it all but I do not know what will take its place, especially after years of maintaining the pattern of behavior!”
This is a great ending cycle.
If you are feeling this way, then you are in tune with the planets.
Neptune is in late Aquarius and Transpluto is at 29 Leo.
This Leo transit occurs at the same time as Regulus is at 29 Leo. Both are entering Virgo, the sign of the common man and the working classes.
As I posted on my Tidbits, Solar Fire software calculates that Regulus entered Virgo on September 16 2011 — the Wall Street Rebellion commenced on September 17!
There is an interesting article by Michael Lutin. Google Michael Lutin Regulus.
Jan 10, 01:30 PM
Hi Lynn, thanks for this page! I’m at the beginning of a Pluto inconjunct Uranus and you’ve relieved some anxiety with what you said. It makes perfect sense … I’m an RMT and I’ve recently come to believe my trade doesn’t necessarily help people as much as it would seem. But that’s a long conversation….
Since about 2002, I’ve had Pluto conj. ASC (20sag), Pluto conj. n. rx Sat (25sag), Pluto sextile Jupiter (26Lib) & Mars (26 Aq), Pluto trine Sun (1Tau) and, most recently, I’ve survived Pluto inconj. Moon (5Gem) (incredible Mom/daughter stuff). All those happened while I was experiencing some juicy Chiron/Uranus/Neptune transits. Really, I feel like I’m the outer-planet transit queen, it’s almost ridiculous. When Pluto hit my ASC, my Kundalini blew; that was retriggered with the latest transits, over the last year and a half.
I guess this post is more about just wanting a learned astrologer to see what I have been dealing with. I just needed to tell someone, I guess. I don’t know anybody personally who understands and I’ve long learned not to start going on about my Pluto transits … there’s nothing like a pair of rolling eyes to stop me talking! It’s been such a rollercoaster ride for me over the last decade.
It hasn’t been without it’s lows, obviously. I saw it all coming, fortunately, and I’ve done everything I could to work with the energies. I’ve developed three therapies — all stuff a person can do on their own. I’ve learned that what I’ve always said is true: we can each of us heal ourselves and it’s not that hard. It’s not as much fun, of course. I’ve used the therapies — one uses EFT — to heal myself of everything from long-running PTSD with severe clinical depression w/ anxiety/panic … to gout.
For the last few years, I’ve been working on empathy … that went over the top, of course, what with Pluto dredging through my first house (I did a good amount of psychotherapy while it was still in my 12th) Now, if I spend any time with a very intuitive person, I can actually pick up skills from them. It’s how I learned to tap dance. Really. As crazy as that sounds. :^)
Anyways, if you’ve taken the time to read this, thank you. Maybe I’m not so different from everyone else although sometimes it feels like the universe picked me as a test subject. ;^)
Thanks and take care,
Jude
Jan 10, 01:34 PM
Hi again … just fyi, my birthdata — Apr.21/58, 10:58pm, Montreal, Canada. :^)
Again, thanks for being out here, your words and wisdom are incredibly helpful!
Thanks,
Jude
Jan 19, 10:52 PM
Hi Lynn, I have Pluto transiting my third house which is conjunct Venus and square natal Saturn in my 6th house now. I also had lower backpain but then I got the Solaray adrenal caps and they really help. Thank you for posting this. The past year was pretty intense as I had Saturn transiting my 12th house and just went over the Ascendant in December. Anyway, I had other major transits too many too list. My sister in law was diagnosed with lung and liver cancer in October last year and she passed away two days ago – she was only 55 and only 11 years older than me. I haven’t had the healthiest life style the past years. Work and school and not eating right, no excercise. I was always tired and had no energy. I knew I had to change my lifestyle but I somehow could not get myself to change it. In December I finally started excercising again and eating healthier. Thank you for this great article.