Understanding Pluto
Pluto is the Transformer, representing the higher octave of Mars - willpower transformed into soul-power. It is the force of death, rebirth, and atomic change, governing the cycle of destruction and regeneration.
What Pluto Governs
Pluto governs all things hidden: the underworld, mining, psychology, taboo subjects (sex, death), taxes, and atomic energy. It is the principle of purgation - the necessary destruction that precedes renewal.
About Transpersonal Planets
Transpersonal planets act upon the collective unconscious and force evolution through disruption.
Pluto Expression
Positive Expression
Regeneration, psychological healing, empowerment, resilience, and the ability to survive trauma. The Phoenix rises from the ashes, transformed and more powerful. Pluto grants the courage to face darkness and emerge renewed.
Shadow Expression
Manipulation, abuse of power, obsession, paranoia, cruelty, and compulsion. The Dictator or Sorcerer seeks to control others out of fear of being destroyed. Pluto's shadow is the will to dominate rather than transform.
Pluto & Tarot
Primary Correspondence
JudgementJudgement (XX) depicts the dead rising from graves, symbolizing resurrection, the call to a new life, and total transformation of the self. It represents Pluto's power of rebirth after the death of the old self.
Secondary Correspondence
DeathDeath (XIII) corresponds to Scorpio, representing the necessary end of cycles - the shedding of what no longer serves to make way for regeneration.
Pluto Retrograde
Annually for about 5-6 months
What It Means
Power struggles go underground. Societal corruption is exposed. It is a time for deep shadow work and confronting inner demons.
Advice
Confront compulsions and traumas. Examine why you desire control. Release what is dead and decaying within the psyche. Allow transformation to happen from within.
Body Rulership
In medical astrology, Pluto rules the Reproductive system, colon/elimination organs, cellular regeneration (DNA).
Mythology of Pluto
Hades (Greek) or Pluto (Roman) was the Lord of the Dead, but also the keeper of hidden treasures. "Pluto" means "Wealth" (underground riches), while "Hades" means "The Unseen." The myth of Persephone's descent symbolizes the sudden drop into the unconscious required for psychological maturity.
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