PLUTO-ASCENDANT ASPECTS IN THE NATAL CHART
when pluto makes contact with an individuals rising sign, the nature of the rising darkens and changes. pluto caressing the ascendant gives depth to even the more bubbly, vivacious air ascendants. pluto intensifies the nature of the chart ruler. this post will be on major aspects
pluto trine/sextile ascendant: darkly charming
individuals with the easy flow of pluto energy can be some of the luckiest people around. i don’t mean luck in the jupiter sort of way, i mean luck as in they’re strong, complex, able souls. while pluto inherently can add conflict for the purpose of growth, these people deal with what life throws at them with a grounded, strong energy. ready and able to tackle the conflicts that are spat at them. something about the way these people come off is entrancing and magnetic. they come off as less intense than the harder aspects, most likely to come off as a charming person with some depth. if mercury is also aspecting pluto the individual may love to get to the bottom of things, do investigative work and connect things in everyday life that are just below the surface. even if mercury isn’t aspecting pluto, the native will possibly still have an interest in the underground, cold cases, hidden worlds. the eyes of these individuals will have a more notable pierce to them, masters of the side glance. these people will not trust easy, even bubbly rising signs will be put on edge meeting people for the first time. they can also have loner tendencies, due to the inclination to not trust many people. the personal power these people possess is most likely to be used in a balanced way that is easier to handle. they will likely be quite inquisitive, wanting to know the why to everything, and less about the how.
these people may tire easily from small talk, after all when are we going to get the heart of it all?
all pluto-ascendant have the urge to experience life at very intense level. the easy aspects are able to chase these experiences with dedication and perseverance (unless saturn/uranus is negatively aspected ooops sorry yall)
pluto conjunct/square/opposition ascendant: ambitious phoenix
people born with the hard pluto-ascendant aspects are big personalities, but how much of that big personality they show to the world depends. they’re not going to light up a room like positive sun-ascendant, or be unapologetically loud and proud like mars-ascendant. these are the people in the background having eye sex with everyone and reading you like an open book from afar. these people do not trust easily, while even the easy aspects can have issues trusting, the hard aspects can be quite paranoid. these are people that very much like privacy. they can be quite paranoid about other people’s intentions, and they’re likely to think of people as the monster under the bed.
a traumatic birth/early experience is very common with the hard aspects. either as an infant or while the mother was pregnant, this typically takes the form of a car accident but it can be any life threatening event. the individual may have had to fight to survive at a young age and this will resonate strongly in the personality. these people may not feel like they’re really living unless they’re fighting for something. which can make them strong political leaders, public speakers and lawyers. these are people who are fighters, and are not afraid to get their hands dirty. (all pluto-asc can throw hands but especially the hard aspects watch out 👀)
since they do not trust people, other people also have trouble trusting them. people may always think they’re “up to” something and be the scapegoat for many situations, and possibly unjustifiably blamed for things they did not do. this is a black sheep indicator, especially if pluto is in the 4th house. ocd and bouts of depression are not uncommon as the individual will enjoy being able to control something. these people love to overcome challenges and adversity, and may build their reputation on proving other people wrong (check MC aspects!)
a possible downside these people may really struggle with will be the obsessive tendencies they possess. when pluto-asc get interested in something they’re very interested and if the object is a challenge it’s all the better. if combined with negative venus-pluto, they scream potential restraining orders.
with the conjunct, the individual will be intense especially at first meeting. quite like negative sun-asc aspects they can feel like they don’t come off how they are inside. strong indicator of natural rbf that can be off putting. the truest thing i ever read about this aspect is that people will either love you or they will hate you with very little room for grey space. (especially if you have natal lilith-asc, lilith 1st/10th) with pluto being so close to the ascendant the native is quite likely to have more “pluto” features like a crooked nose, darker hair/eyebrows. eyes will be on the darker side or very light quite like the paradoxical energy of the conjunct, but easy to get lost in. they may get a lot of compliments about their eyes specifically.
everything with them is all or nothing. depending on if pluto is in the 12th house shows how aware of the energy they are. 12th housers may find themselves confused very often by the reactions they get from other people. people with the conjunct feel things intensely, but pull toward a pessimistic view as they’re deeply afraid to get excited or to be happy. when things do begin to go right for these individuals, the paranoia can set in and the thoughts of “when is this happiness going to be taken away from me?” set in. Kurt Cobain had pluto conjunct the ascendant and welll…. explains a lot right?
near death experiences are also common with the hard aspects but specifically the conjunct. the individual may have a lot of moments in life they “barely” made it, and from those moments they are reborn. rebirth is a common theme with pluto-ascendants, with some events in life causing them to change drastically for better or worse.
