I caught a glimpse of my aura this morning. It was a revelation. Saw it in the reflection of a shop window. There, around my head and how important it is to stand tall and not cower from challenge, which is your reflection.
Stand tall.
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Transiting Pluto (check your chart for where he is) will help you cleanse, purge, the shame of your natal Pluto and your feelings of self-disgust. Pluto’s retrograde motion compels this drive, this dive.
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I often talk about my 1st House Pluto and that people stare at me. I am not a flashy dresser or seek attention. It’s an energy emission. Pluto is a magnet. Attracts or repels. And how uneasy it feels when people look, stare.
Your Pluto is also a magnet. You are drawing in (and/or pushing away) the matters of that house and the house that opposes it.
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Find your natal Pluto. What are you ashamed of? What is not okay? What is not supposed to be here, supposedly, but IS here and is alive and perfectly fine.
10th House Pluto: what did your father do or not do?
11th House Pluto: is there anyone left in your life at all who can be trusted?
2nd House Pluto: why are you not allowed to make money?
3rd House Pluto: you wish those thoughts would stop, right?
8th House Pluto: no one is out to get you and that’s part of the problem as you see it if only you would SEE it
6th House Pluto: you will die again, you will live again. It’s not your fault
7th House Pluto: pride in how much you can take vs waking up alone
4th House Pluto: you come from loss. Also, not your fault
5th House Pluto: it’s not shit, it’s art that’s inside you and must come out
12th House Pluto: yes you really are that powerful
9th House Pluto: who said that you couldn’t lead? You must lead, teach others
1st House Pluto: everyone sees your sex
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So I decided to work with this energy rather than shrink, shirk, cower and to begin by standing tall because this Pluto is my 1st House, is my body, how I’m seen. Instead of getting angry or annoyed or saying “who me” or “why me” — I must stand tall and say “Yes, me” and no, I’m not a cop.
And it DOES have to do with shame, fear, feeling like a victim, being a victim, and these keywords, yes, they overlap with Saturn.
Pluto can feel like a bottomless pit of unsolvable.
An un-mastered Pluto is a victim of circumstance, of other people. You were a child then and you had no choice but now you’re grown.
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The transits that Pluto is currently making to your chart can turn all this around. “All this” meaning the Story of your natal Pluto — if you pay attention. It’s not magic although you can use magic to get there.
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I’ll share with you a key from my chart: transiting Pluto is entering my 5th House. Pleasure.
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What are you thinking?
xo
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13 thoughts on “Pluto Retrograde And The Inside Drive”
I have Pluto in the 2nd house for my solar year, [starts in March}, it’s retrograde in Capricorn. Aside from a few of the minor aspects {that I hardly know the names of}, there is a sextile from Saturn in the 12th house which I know is good, but there is a square from Uranus in the 5th house.
In my natal chart Pluto is in the 10th house.
Despite the horrendous square from Uranus in the solar chart, I am clinging to the “idea” that with Pluto in the 2nd my finances might improve. Am I crazy ? {ha, probably yes ?}
Hmm it’s notable for sure… lol but we are all having that Plu Ur square *somewhere* in our charts… 2nd/5th to me sounds like you need to give birth to… how you really want to make the money. Sounds like contractions 😉
You missed the 12th house Pluto, LOL. The 12th house being invisible, obviously.
I have natal 12th house Pluto and the planet is also my chart ruler. It is quite mysterious. It is like a hidden force, energy that I can’t consciously tap into. But when it is needed, it suddenly pops out. I feel like I can’t handle something, and then suddenly I can. I find some hidden strength somewhere and will carry through with whatever difficulty. That’s what it feels like to me, this Pluto of mine.
Obviously, I shouldn’t post before my morning coffee. I re-read the post and *I* was the one who missed the section about 12th house Pluto. LOL. Sorry about that Aliza!
lol no worries 🙂
Love your description of your Pluto 12th –
I also have Pluto in my first house conjunct Venus and Mercury in Virgo. But I have both Moon and Uranus conjunct my Ascendant in Leo, so I think that’s more what people see – the energy they get first. Maybe there’s an undercurrent of Pluto…?
It’s hard to find good positive info on Pluto anywhere. After 53 years, I feel like I already know all that crap they tell you to watch out for with Pluto. I get it. Now where’s the wisdom on using it positively?! You do find some here and there, but it’s sparse! I’ve been looking for it lately because Neptune is now transiting opposite my Pluto stellium. Guess Nep wants me to intuit it. 🙂
Pluto transiting trine my natal Pluto was very good – brought me the long-term relationship I’m in now.
Aliza, what did you mean at the 7th house Pluto?
Sometimes I forget my natal Pluto can be read for both my 8th and 9th houses…and your description of the 9th seems to fit much better at this time. and transiting Pluto in the 11th moving along my stellium has been uncovering my dreams to teach and lead. Great article! “Pay attention” that’s what I try to teach in my yoga classes 🙂 thanks for the reminder!
Pluto is on my brain this morning…
He’s right on the cusp of my 2nd house, at the base of a stellium of Libra planets in my 1st. Including my Moon and Venus.
I read it as first and second.
But I can’t shake these self/value (or just self value) themes;
Am I good enough?
Can I really do it?
I hold myself back. Every day.
I have to balance things first.
What is my Pluto telling me?
That’s my meditation for the day.
Because where Pluto is is where all the shit is.
Why do I self destruct?
Transiting Pluto is in my 4th, and in trine to my Sun in the 12th. All of the shit from my early years is playing out now. And I am feeling extra Plutonian as of late.
I have an urge to cut the bullshit off at the base, and cut people and situations out of my life. I’ve had enough. It’s like a survival mode…
But can I do it???
Be Virgo 🙂 Pick and choose
I’ll keep that in mind, (Pluto being a magnet) while trying to piece it together.
My oldest kids both have Pluto in 1st. My eldest has it conj Asc and was born emergency c-section. She had one pist off look the day after and I have the picture and memories for backup…lol
My 2nd born was more quiet and has Pluto in 1st. He has an aura that he’s this bad-ass tough guy – kinda quiet and reserved – I know the truth.
Thanks, Aliza have been truly enjoying your posts.
And….I was young when Pluto went into my 5th. I was a teen as he still journeyed through. That was one interesting time in my life. 😉
thank you !
Natal retrograde Pluto in the 5th, Libra. Currently in square with transiting 8th H Pluto. It’s been a revealing 2 years. LOL Anyway… well, before I had kids… I was that chick that was like.. “I am NEVER having kids… why would I do that to a young innocent person… expose them to (what I thought would be a terrible parent)? I’ve been told that my retro Pluto could have triggered those feelings. I have 2 young boys now… I can easily say that my greatest transformations have happened with dealing with my kids.. esp. my oldest. Also… I catch kids all the time just staring at me… is that kinda like your 1st H Pluto? lol