When Neptune transits natal Pluto your need for transcendence and imagination influences how you use your power to evolve on a deep unconscious level. Neptune inspires new dreams and dissolves old structures and represents your need to spiritualise and refine this area of your life.

When Neptune transits natal Pluto you may experience inspiration and confusion with how you use your instinctual power and inner resources to transform yourself and evolve by overcoming your emotional complexes and compulsive behaviour patterns. This is a generational transit that affects whole groups of people at the same time but you’ll also experience it on a personal level based on the placement of your natal Pluto.

Neptune reveals the parts of your life that are ready for deep change and renewal which may involve a process of death and rebirth. You may need to sacrifice or let go of something that no longer serves who you are and this will clear the way for inspiration and new possibilities. Some of this may be triggered by events beyond your control, such as social changes that force you to adapt.

Hard aspects to Pluto may be more challenging and although nobody alive will experience the conjunction, the square will happen in your early teens and the opposition in your 50s. If you resist change during these times, you may be more likely to experience severe disruption that could be destructive and painful.

Anything that you’ve repressed, including unconscious emotional complexes, could burst back into your awareness demanding attention and healing. You may struggle with compulsive behaviour or obsessions driven by fears and wounds from childhood. This is an opportunity to confront your shadow and reintegrate lost parts of yourself so that you can heal and let go of the past.

Neptune could also awaken issues with your sexuality, including confusion over your gender and how you present yourself to the world. This is especially likely during the square when you’re a teenager and your hormones trigger feelings you find hard to understand. During the opposition, you may need to deal with the challenges of menopause.

Regardless of what happens, this transit is about letting go of one stage of your life and opening yourself to the next stage, whatever that may be. You might not know what comes next and may have to surrender without having a clear idea of where you’re going. This provides an opportunity to develop greater faith in the unfolding of life and you may need to spend time grieving for what you’ve lost and dealing with other feelings that come up, including anger, resentment and guilt.

You may become more interested in exploring psychology or esoteric subjects such as metaphysics, the occult and magic. It would also be a good time to have therapy or spend time turning inwards to explore your own psyche and the emotional complexes that control your behaviour. This will allow you to heal old wounds and free yourself from the past and become more whole. You could also discover hidden talents and inner resources that help you to become stronger and empower you to grow into the person you’re meant to be.

Possibilities with Neptune transiting Pluto:

• Embracing deep change and renewal
• Healing emotional wounds of the past
• Undergoing psychotherapy or depth analysis
• Exploring esoteric or occult subjects
• Discovering hidden gifts and talents
• Exploring your sexuality

Watch out for:

• Resisting necessary change
• Disillusionment and failures that require sacrifice
• Compulsive behaviour and obsession
• Revelation of secrets
• Death of a loved one
• Difficulties with your sexuality

My Notes:

Neptune transited square my natal Pluto in 1982-83, from age 11 to 13, when Neptune was in Sagittarius in my 11th house. This coincided with when I was at high school and playing lots of music on the flute and piano. There isn’t much to say about this time except that I often practiced the flute almost obsessively, playing for hours until my fingers ached and my hands were cramped.

Music was a sanctuary for me away from the loneliness and unhappiness that I felt at home and at school. My parents weren’t shouting at me when I was practising music. Plus it was the only thing I was any good at and it made me feel good. Music empowered and protected me but also allowed me to repress my painful feelings.

Neptune transited trine my natal Pluto in 1996-97, from age 25 to 26, when Neptune was in Capricorn in my 12th house. This coincided with my final year on the music production course and then the start of my time at a studio recording local bands. It empowered me to learn the skills I needed in order to work as a sound engineer and make my dreams come true.

I also met the man I would form a long-term relationship with when he came to the studio to record a demo with his band. This period covered the early stage of the relationship when it was fresh and exciting and filled with potential – a healing time for me that renewed my faith in relationships and love.

Neptune transited opposite my natal Pluto in 2023-24, from age 52 to 53, when Neptune was in Pisces in my 2nd house. This transit is now fading out although Neptune is still in orb and I’m still processing what happened. It coincided with Neptune opposing my Mercury which doesn’t end until next year.

This transit started slowly and it took a while for me to realise that something was being eroded deep inside my being. As described in the Mercury post, I’d been working too hard and eating the wrong things which made me ill and forced me to stop and rethink what I was doing.

But as I was trying to heal, I was plunged into extreme distress by insane levels of anti-social noise coming from my neighbours. This went on for months with loud music playing non-stop for days and into the night. I ended up deranged from lack of sleep and felt trapped and defeated, overwhelmed by grief and loss, like everything was ending.

The internal pressure was immense and it forced me to face the wounds I’ve been running from for years – namely my death wish and how that aborted my dark night process. Neptune also revealed my Pluto in the 8th house blind spot which is to always expect the worst and to focus too much on the darkness and what has been lost.

Obviously, the external situation with the purgatorial noise was a reflection of my inner state: that I’m at war with myself and reality. Without the pressure from the noise I would still be in denial and lying to myself and working myself into exhaustion for nothing. So I should really thank the little bastards for driving me insane! 🤪

More Neptune Transits: Sun / Moon / Mercury / Venus / Mars / Jupiter / Saturn / Uranus / Neptune / Pluto / Chiron / Houses

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