Pluto conjunct Ascendant natal makes you an intense and complex person. Power and control issues are a constant theme in your close relationships and can cause problems if you get too bossy. Even if you are not overbearing, you could be dominated and not handle that. Extreme is another keyword for this aspect. Learning moderation in all areas of life is one of your soul’s essential missions.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder can control your life if you cannot relax and learn to let things ride. Obsessions with being in control or making everything perfect are more negative side effects of this challenging aspect. The more intense your compulsions become, the more trouble you will have in your relationships. Rejection or depression would be felt intensely, and you could easily slip into destructive behavior and habits. Crime, addiction, prostitution, and violence are manifestations of the dark side of Pluto. Threats, intimidation, near-death experiences, and suicide attempts can result from total loss of control.

Too much control and friends will desert you. Not enough, and you’re engulfed by dark forces. The answer is accepting and moderating your intense powers. You have a significant influence on other people and events in your life. Coercion and manipulation are easy ways to get what you want, but you must avoid this temptation. Let your loved ones live their own lives and control their destiny. One particular grandmother may significantly influence your early life, which would cause complications with the other side of the family.

The best influence you can have on your loved ones is to succeed in life. No matter how bad things get or how hopeless you feel, your powers of regeneration and transformation are formidable. When you become too intense or lose control, some drama will bring things to a head. The self-analysis and change that follows will result in an evolutionary leap. You will transcend your obsession or destructive behavior, and soul growth will occur. When this aspect is working optimally, there is no limit to your progress and achievements.

Pluto Conjunct Ascendant Celebrities

Agnetha Fältskog 0°00′, Nevin Markwart 0°07′, Gavin Newsom 0°09′, Freddie Prinze Jr. 0°11′, Nero 0°17′, Stephen Fry 0°20′, Steven Seagal 0°31′, Jaclyn Taylor 0°32′, Nigel Farage 0°43′, Tim Robbins 0°48′, Justin Bieber 0°57′, Sarah Jane Morris 0°59′, James Madison 1°02′, Peter Gabriel 1°02′, Jim Jarmusch 1°32′, Clay Marzo 1°37′, Edward Gein 1°49′, Eric Stanton 1°49′, Judy Garland 1°51′, William Cowper 1°51′, Otto Dietrich 1°51′, Steve Martin 2°06′, Nikola Tesla 2°09′.

Pluto Conjunct Ascendant Transit

Pluto conjunct Ascendant transit represents a couple of years of intense soul-searching. Like other transits to the Ascendant, your close relationships are affected, but the main focus is on you. Other aspects to your Ascendant plus and fixed star conjunctions make the results of this transit quite variable.

As you transform, so may your relationships. As your soul evolves, you may leave some people behind. A personal crisis may occur that forces you to face your demons. Any area of life that is out of control will be the focus of any drama.

You may gain power and control and take a leadership role depending on previous actions and behavior. If you have abused your position in the past, you may have any authority stripped from you.

Pluto Conjunct Ascendant Transit Celebrities

Richard Nixon had Pluto conjunct Ascendant transit between 1965-67. For him, these were years of introspection. He had lost the 1960 presidential election to JFK, and after campaigning for colleagues in 1966, he took off for an extended holiday to South America and the Middle East in 1967. “Toward the end of 1967, Nixon was experiencing a crisis of indecision about whether to run for president the following year. He consulted with a long-time friend, the Reverend Billy Graham, who urged him to run. He later held a dinner with friends at home, and all except his wife supported a presidential bid”. He went on to win the 1968 presidential election.

Margaret Thatcher had Pluto conjunct Ascendant transit from 1989-90. The Iron Lady had already ruled Britain as prime minister for a decade, and her combative personality and ruthless disregard for the opinions of her colleagues were wearing thin inside her party and with the electorate. In November 1990, her deputy resigned, and the next day she faced a challenge from Michael Heseltine. Thatcher narrowly won the first ballot and stated she “intended to “fight on and fight to win” the second ballot, but consultation with her Cabinet persuaded her to withdraw. After seeing the Queen, calling other world leaders, and making one last Commons speech, she left Downing Street in tears. She regarded her ousting as a betrayal.”

Nicholas Cage (2006) decided it was time to get out of movies and try something different, stating, “I feel I’ve made a lot of movies already, and I want to start exploring other opportunities that I can apply myself to, whether it’s writing or other interests that I may develop.” He was back on the big screen in 2008.

Jamie Lee Curtis also had Pluto conjunct Ascendant transit in 2006 and told Access Hollywood that she had “closed the book on her acting career to focus on her family.” She returned to the big screen the following year.

Prince William experienced this transit in 2007 when it was announced he had split with his girlfriend, Kate Middleton. Yet, after that announcement, he was seen with her in public several times in 2007, including on a holiday to Seychelles.