Saturn Transits to Pluto

When Saturn transits natal Pluto the need for security and achievement influences how you use your inner power to evolve on a deep unconscious level. Saturn represents the structures and limitations of your life, and what you need to do in order to be true to yourself and build the life you want.

When Saturn transits natal Pluto it encourages you to learn more about your unconscious motivations and how you seek control and power. When you don’t have a healthy relationship to your own power it tends to come out in negative ways as manipulative behaviour and power games. Saturn helps you to become aware of the games you play with yourself and with others, and reveals how you undermine yourself or act out because of fear.

Saturn will force you to take responsibility for your motives by showing you what no longer works. It may feel as if the world is against you during the conjunction, square, and opposition but now is the time to learn how to let go and surrender to the flow of life. You don’t have to control everything that happens.

You may need to confront buried memories and old fears so you can let them go and move forward in your life. This may include becoming aware of your essential aloneness and the inner void can drive you into a compulsive obsession with something you can’t have. You may feel a loss of hope as you confront your mortality or go through a dark night of the soul.

But rather than giving into despair, this is an opportunity to explore the dark side of your psyche and to find the courage you need to face your shadow. It’s a chance to become whole by reclaiming what has become lost in the darkness, and this will help you to develop self-mastery rather than using your power to manipulate others to get what you want.

With the sextile and trine you may still feel obsessive and driven to achieve something but your goals are more likely to be attainable and realistic. You can work hard on projects that mean something to you as well as benefit others, and transform yourself and change the structures of your life.

This also applies to the challenging aspects but you’re likely to encounter more resistance to change from within and perhaps from others too. But if you’re willing to be honest with yourself and take responsibility, you can heal many old wounds and develop a sense of empowerment. Saturn helps you to build strength and resilience in the face of the inevitable and to accept the things you can’t change.

Possibilities with Saturn transiting Pluto:

Working hard to achieve long-standing goals
Increased productivity
Breaking compulsive habits
Passion for developing your life’s work
Working for social justice and change

Watch out for:

Irrevocable endings
Financial restrictions or problems
Violence or destructive behaviour
Depression

These transits can feel very intense but it won’t last forever; the longest will take about a year, so try to see it as an opportunity. Your confrontation with the shadow doesn’t have to be all grim darkness and scary monsters. It’s true that these transits can feel like you’ve entered your own personal version of hell. But it can also be a positive encounter.

Pluto is creative, but is usually experienced as destructive first because the old has to die before the new can be born. If you can accept and re-integrate the lost parts of your shadow, you can heal and transform your weaknesses into strengths. As you grow in wisdom and maturity, you may discover new or hidden talents that transmute death into a rebirth.

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