Pluto - God of Death and Rebirth
Pluto Correspondences
Colours:
Black and Red combined (preferably deep, blood or wine reds)
Weekday:
Tuesday
Element:
Water
Stones and Metals:
Pluto is the Master of the Underworld and everything that is hidden beneath the surface, Metals and Gemstones that are covered with earth and stone are seen as Pluto's gift to humanity, so all ores, metals and gemstones found in nature correspond to Pluto
Zodiac Sign:
Scorpio
Currently in the Sign of:
Capricorn
Astrological:
Suffering, psychological transformation, beginnings and endings of life stages and historical eras and events...
Magical:
Power, malediction, (psychological) transformation, letting go, (spiritual) death and rebirth...
In this article I'm not going to focus on the Roman god Pluto or his Greek counterpart Hades as well as on more scientific detail, since the internet is already full with information about these topics.
Pluto in Astrology
In the case of Pluto he spends different amounts of time in different signs due to its elliptical orbit.
In the moment (meaning from 2008 to 2024) Pluto is in the sign of Capricorn.
These era made the discussion about privilege big and tries to hold up a mirror up to everyone in society aiming to stop oppression.
Pluto is a generational planet, meaning that he spends long periods of time in one sign resulting in ruling over the fate of an entire generation.
Pluto is the planet of hidden motivations, of things that drive us without most of us knowing why.
Societal issues are a thing Capricorn does not understand on a fundamental level and needs to be made aware of rather than a thing Capricorn does make people aware of.
But we must keep in mind that all Pluto in Capricorns are still very very young and therefore couldn't make themselves noticeable yet, so we will only see in the future what changes the Capricorn generation as people will bring with them.
On the other hand we have the two generations that made themselves more than just noticeable:
the loudest in our society today are the Scorpios (1983-1995) also known as millenials and the Sagittariuses (1995-2008) who brought a new era of transperant knowledge with them.
The loudest doesn't mean that they are the ones who hold the most power at the moment but they hold the future so they kinda do.
They shifted the collective consciousness dramatically and will continue to do so.
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The same book tells us this about Pluto in Capricorn:
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Which pretty much the opposite happend concerning the end of war and the stability of confederations of states.
But personally I think that either this time period or the Capricorn people themselves will bring a big reality check to the world. It is a Capricorn trait I appreciate and something that everyone needs from time to time, especially applies to the former two Pluto generations.
Scorpio is smart when it comes to resources, but this resourcefulness can easily reach dimensions of "just give some water and bread and I will stay in my room and live in my mind ", Sagittarius is very practical in nature, but can be extremely delusional when it comes to certain things.
No matter in what sign Pluto stands, it always brings huge historical events and of course destruction and downfall of old eras as well as the beginning of new ones, that correspond to the particular sign.
Now let's talk about Pluto in your birthchart, since all of the same age as you share the same Pluto sign, you all share some sort of spirit but the house in which your Pluto stands in plays an important role then it comes to how this spirit plays out and is a far more personal approach.
Most astrology books will tell you that Pluto will bring a great transformation into your live so that you will rise from the ashes and become greater than you were beforehand.
Well the transformation is true and stuff but where do you think the ashes come from?
Like Mars, Pluto is malefic in nature, he won't take your hand and lead you down the path of glory.
Just look at the sign Pluto is ruling:
Scorpio
-the sign of suffering if you will.
It is the sign that can go through the biggest transformations but also the one that oftentimes doesn't live up.to it's potential.
Scorpios (more precisely Scorpios who are more immature) easily go through many cycles of death and resurrection and they are a new person after every of those spiritual 'deaths',
an new person with the same fundamental problems as the person before.
Scorpios can easily play reaper and kill everything that is already dead to them but they are masters in holding on to their suffering, getting caught in a phase of dying that goes low but never hit the lowest point.
Scorpions like to hide beneath rocks, Scorpio people like to hide beneath suffering.
Some Scorpios will deal with the exact same problems, that may have been caused by outside circumstances at one point but long only exists within themselves, for their entire live, "living" like a silent martyr and secretly getting off from their painful holiness. It's a Jesus complex. They like to play this role, dying for the world, constantly carrying it's weight on their shoulders causing a deep emptiness within them. They like it but they never ever will get anywhere near being fulfilled if they continue to play it.
Scorpios need to learn to let go and not only let go but to also move on and act on the physical plane and not only in their minds, they need to kill their old ego completely in order to truly live .
In whatever house Pluto is he will cause trouble.
The transformation part does not mean that you will start out hating everything that house stands for and later on become the perfect embodiment of the house.
Most likely you will grow up with various problems in that areas of your life resulting in traumas you will have to solve later on, on yourself.
Again Pluto is malefic he won't lead you to transformation he will limit you.
A position that is considered standard and easy to achieve for you might be covered with barbed wire and laced with landmines, you might be drawn to that situation because it's so easy to get there or be forced to be in it for some time.
That limitation can make you free later on because you know that the easy path is just pain for you so have to go down your own.
It's up to you to leave the easy way behind and rise above the suffering so you can pursue whatever greatness you're up to.
Pluto in Magic
The existence of the planet was first proven in 1930, so for obvious reasons he isn't mentioned in old works about planetary magic, but nevertheless the motives of death and resurrection always played a big role in former day magic as they still do today.
Nowadays a lot of practitioners chose to work with Pluto's energy. But that all tends to be more personal in the approach since there isn't much knowledge out there so far, so there is a lot left to discover.
His properties are very versatile even though they are often times reduced to the death/rebirth aspect.
Apart from the ones I mentioned at the very beginning for instance he is also good for establishing obsessions as well as getting rid of obsessions....
He also shares a lot of aspects with the planets Mars (especially his warrior energy) and Saturn and can be used instead of those , it just puts another tone on the energy.
When you wanna include something like candles in your workings it's best to combine both colours black for death and red for life.
But keep in mind that Pluto is only used for big workings never for small petty shit, it isn't worth it.
Where Pluto works a massive change takes place.
It's no force you would like to work with everyday.
Again Pluto is everything but benevolent.
And nevertheless the planet of actual physical death.
If you ask Pluto to throw a small jinx at your boss, it will be your luck if he doesn't care and does nothing or he let's the situation end up to be a fatal car accident.
Even without seeking Pluto out actively, his energy is always present when you (need to) go through a massive transformation or shift in consciousness, when you realise that you can go with the flow or in this case the under water current and therefore manifest things more easily into physical reality.
Pluto's Death Philosophy
-The Phoenix Death
Earlier I was speaking about immature and mature Scorpios, Scorpio in fact is the only sign that has seven symbols to it which are:
The spider, the scorpion, the lizard, the serpent, the wolf, the eagle
and THE PHOENIX
in that order, each of them represents a maturity level
The Pluto death is the death of the Phoenix, a being that is oftentimes depicted as bird that can burn itself anytime it wants and rises from its ashes to grow to the same it was before which would rather be the behavior of immature Scorpios.Myths of the Phoenix exist in almost every culture around the globe and their significance never died, however they can get misinterpreted.The Phoenix only burns itself at the end of a lifetime, when there is nothing left for it. He leaves his life behind, everything it was it can be never again, it won't be the same.The bird itself is immortal but its ego dies. It goes up in flames and produces ashes that will be its nurturing ground as it hatches out of its egg again, starting out with nothing.When most people find themselves in a situation there they think a transformation is necessary, they already know what bridge they have to take. They stand at the brick of it knowing what they would leave behind, knowing that they have to leave it behind to get what they want, to become who they want. It's also quite handy to know what you want to become in the first place.But they are scared to walk over the bridge.If you ask Pluto to help you evolve he will do that in his way. He will set everything on fire, including everything behind you and the bridge, but also the side you're wanna get to so you aren't blinded by false expectations.You have to get other the burning bridge and it's your thing to survive, Pluto doesn't care if you live or die he did his job he'll wait for you on the other side once you're done with yours.Spiritual rebirth in real life isn't done with a quick meditation it's process, you have to work for it, you have to get rid of everything you used to be at least for a little while, to start a new life.If you're a Phoenix (I'm referring to everyone not only Scorpios ) you can just stand behind a waterfall safe and sound and watch how your ego struggles and goes up in flames, enjoying its death, but for most people this isn't the case.For most it's a painful journey and no matter what way you go, you will burn.And once you made to the other side of bridge you'll have nothing but ashes.Ash is the purest thing there is.It is a new beginning.Pluto already planted his seeds deep down in the ground, you earned his respect, and if you look closely you can see how they are breaking through the surface.If you nurture them Pluto will help you to grow whatever trees you want.
