What Pluto means
Pluto is a zone of transformation: where life is rebuilt through crisis, where the will to power lives and the ability to go through the hard and come out stronger. In Pluto's sphere it is hard to stay halfway: here it's all or nothing.
Pluto was discovered in 1930, and modern astrology gave it Scorpio; classical leaves this sign to Mars. In 2006 astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet, but astrology keeps counting it: for astrology what matters is position, not mass.
Pluto in the signs
Pluto's sign is the same for everyone born within the same twelve to over twenty years — it is a mark of a generation, not a trait of character:
In detail — Pluto in each sign, with a “not about you” sign and a check on yourself:
Pluto in the houses
What is personal in Pluto is the house: the sphere where control matters most to a person and where the deepest crises were. In the 8th — shared money, debts, inheritance, in the 4th — heavy changes in the family, in the 10th — a struggle for power at work, in the 7th — a struggle for power in the couple. Pluto sounds stronger in conjunction with the Sun, Moon or Ascendant.
Pluto retrograde
Pluto goes backward every year, for 156–164 days, and on your birthday that was the case for 43.0% of people. The mark is too common to draw a conclusion about character from it, so we don't draw one.
When Pluto goes backward — station dates, Moscow time →
How to check it on yourself
Each statement below may turn out to be false about you — that’s how it’s written. Check it against your past, and write your answer down before you compare it with the chart. The first item checks the calculation itself, the rest — the interpretation.
If your birth year is in the table above
What should match. For years in the right column — “on any day of the year” — Pluto's sign in your calculation must match the table. In the other years of the period the sign depends on the month of birth.
When it’s not about you. A year from the right column, but Pluto's sign in the calculation is different — the wrong date went into the calculation. This is a check of the calculation, not of the interpretation.
If the birth time is known and Pluto's house is calculated
What should match. Before looking at the chart, write down the sphere where you least tolerate other people's control and where the deepest crisis was. Pluto's house is the same sphere or directly connected with it.
When it’s not about you. In the sphere of Pluto's house you had neither crises nor struggles for control — this isn't about you.
If your Pluto is in conjunction with the Sun, Mars or the Ascendant (within 8°)
What should match. In the last three serious conflicts you don't give in until you get your way or until the relationship breaks off.
When it’s not about you. In at least two of the three you give in for the sake of peace — this isn't about you.
What retrograde motion is and where in the sky it happens for each planet — on the page of all planets. How we check the rest — the site’s method.