Pluto in astrology
Pluto is in Aquarius today. Its next retrograde begins on 8 May 2027.
- Cycle
- About 248 years round the Sun
- Time in a sign
- From about 12 to about 31 years
- Rules
- Scorpio, in modern practice
- Turns retrograde
- Yes
Pluto was found in 1930 and counted as the ninth planet until 2006, when the International Astronomical Union classed it as a dwarf planet. Astrology kept it in the chart. It circles the Sun in about 248 years on an elongated orbit, so the time it spends in a sign varies from about 12 to about 31 years.
In tradition Pluto stands for depth, power and the processes of ending and renewal. The traditional keywords are intensity, change at the roots and what is hidden. Many modern astrologers give it the rulership of Scorpio. Pluto turns retrograde once a year for about five and a half months.
Pluto is calculated like every other body, and its position is checked against JPL Horizons for the first day of every month from 1900 to 2100; the details are on the method page.
Its elongated orbit sometimes brings it closer to the Sun than Neptune; it did so from 1979 to 1999.
Pluto through the signs
- Pluto in Aries
- Pluto in Aries is read as a generation that transforms through assertion; personally it is read as a will that remakes itself in struggle.
- Pluto in Taurus
- Pluto in Taurus is read as a generation that transforms values and ownership; personally it is read as deep attachments and an unyielding core.
- Pluto in Gemini
- Pluto in Gemini is read as a generation that transforms language and learning; personally it is read as a penetrating, persuasive mind.
- Pluto in Cancer
- Pluto in Cancer is read as a generation that transforms family and nation; personally it is read as fierce protectiveness and deep emotional roots.
- Pluto in Leo
- Pluto in Leo is read as a generation that transforms self-expression and leadership; personally it is read as a powerful need to create and to be recognised.
- Pluto in Virgo
- Pluto in Virgo is read as a generation that transforms work, service and method; personally it is read as an intense drive to improve and to be useful.
- Pluto in Libra
- Pluto in Libra is read as a generation that transforms partnership; personally it is read as intensity in relationships and a deep need for fairness.
- Pluto in Scorpio
- Pluto in Scorpio, its modern sign, is read as a generation at home with depth and crisis; personally it is read as a transformative nature that does nothing by halves.
- Pluto in Sagittarius
- Pluto in Sagittarius is read as a generation that transforms belief and travel; personally it is read as a conviction that runs deep and a search for truth.
- Pluto in Capricorn
- Pluto in Capricorn is read as a generation that transforms institutions and authority; personally it is read as ambition with staying power.
- Pluto in Aquarius
- Pluto in Aquarius is read as a generation that transforms society through ideas and networks; personally it is read as a reforming, independent will.
- Pluto in Pisces
- Pluto in Pisces is read as a generation that transforms faith and compassion; personally it is read as a profound imagination and a dissolving of old selves.
Pluto through the houses
- Pluto in the first house
- Pluto in the first house is read as intensity in person: a powerful presence, a will to transform oneself, and a guardedness others feel.
- Pluto in the second house
- Pluto in the second house is read as power through resources: deep attachment to what is owned, and transformation in how value is held.
- Pluto in the third house
- Pluto in the third house is read as a penetrating mind: words with weight, research as instinct, and intense bonds with siblings or neighbours.
- Pluto in the fourth house
- Pluto in the fourth house is read as deep roots and buried history: a powerful tie to family, and transformation that begins at home.
- Pluto in the fifth house
- Pluto in the fifth house is read as intensity in play: all-consuming romances, creative work that transforms, and pleasure taken seriously.
- Pluto in the sixth house
- Pluto in the sixth house is read as transformation through work: an intense drive to improve, and power in service and method.
- Pluto in the seventh house
- Pluto in the seventh house is read as intensity in partnership: powerful, transforming bonds, and questions of control between two people.
- Pluto in the eighth house
- Pluto in the eighth house, its modern home, is read as depth at depth: intimacy, shared resources and renewal as the places of greatest power.
- Pluto in the ninth house
- Pluto in the ninth house is read as conviction that transforms: belief held with intensity, and a search for truth that changes the searcher.
- Pluto in the tenth house
- Pluto in the tenth house is read as power in public: ambition with intensity, a transforming career, and a reputation of weight.
- Pluto in the eleventh house
- Pluto in the eleventh house is read as power among friends: intense loyalties, transforming causes, and influence within the group.
- Pluto in the twelfth house
- Pluto in the twelfth house is read as hidden power: transformation in solitude, buried intensity, and strength drawn from the unconscious.
Astrology is a tradition of interpretation. What is written here is traditional, offered for reflection and entertainment, not advice and not a prediction.