Pluto Retrograde May 1, 2023 − Ruthless

Pluto Retrograde 2023

Pluto retrograde 2023 begins on May 1 at 0° Aquarius and ends on October 10 at 27° Capricorn.

Generally, Pluto retrograde is a time of reflection about power and control issues in your life. Pluto retrograde 2023 is especially powerful because it squares the April 20 total solar eclipse. Jupiter square Pluto will reveal the consequences of ruthlessness, greed and corruption.

More detail about Pluto retrograde 2023 follows some general information on Pluto retrograde in transit. Information about Pluto retrograde in the natal chart can be found at the end of this article.

Pluto Retrograde Meaning

Pluto retrograde in transit is a regular cycle lasting five months yearly during the opposition to the Sun. As with all outer planets, it causes less concern than the rarer inner planet retrogrades. Transiting Pluto retrograde is a time of reflection about power and control issues in your life.

If people have controlled or manipulated you, then now is the time to let them go. It is time to let go if you have been too controlling of others or situations. This is not a time for power-tripping but a time for elimination. Fated events and repeating themes will reinforce which of your controlling habits, compulsions, addictions, or prejudices must be eliminated.

You may be forced to let go if you have been too smothering and controlling in a relationship or holding on too tight. If obsessive or compulsive behavior involving food or drugs has taken hold of your life, then events may cause a turnaround. The more intense your destructive behavior, the more extreme the detoxification or withdrawal stage, such as going cold turkey.

Perhaps suspicion, secrecy, racism, gambling, or pornography are taking control and holding you back from spiritual evolution. Trust in your spirit guides, and think of the extremes your ancestors endured to have their genes expressed in you. Destroying things that have control over you will increase your spiritual power and lead to personal mastery.

Pluto Retrograde 2023

Pluto stations retrograde on Monday, May 1, 2023, at 00°21′ Aquarius. Jupiter square Pluto has a relatively wide orb of 3°16′, but it is applying (approaching exactness). That gives it a more powerful influence.

The April 20 solar eclipse at 29♈50 makes Pluto retrograde 2023 more powerful. It is square Pluto, and Jupiter will be on the eclipse degree when it is exactly square Pluto.

Pluto Retrograde May 2023

Pluto Retrograde 2023 [Solar Fire]

Jupiter Square Pluto

Jupiter square Pluto exact on May 17, 2023, gives intense desires to become rich, successful or famous. But obsessive and compulsive behavior will bring relationship problems and powerful enemies. Excessive pride, overestimating your resources, or greed may lead to losses, scandal or embarrassment. So you must maintain high moral standards to ensure success.

Ruthless behavior will have consequences. Pluto will try to eliminate greed, corruption, immorality and other negative manifestations of Jupiter. The combined influence of Pluto retrograde 2023, the square to Jupiter, and the eclipse mean bankruptcies, foreclosures, recession, falls in share prices, job losses and other repercussions of corporate greed.

There is a heightened risk of crises affecting large portions of the global population. There may be volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, storms and flooding, epidemics, famine, wars, mass killings, genocide and financial or political crises.

The Eagle

Pluto Retrograde May 2023

Pluto Retrograde 2023 [Stellarium]

Pluto station retrograde conjunct fixed star Altair at 02â™’06 in the constellation Aquila the Eagle. It gives a bold, confident, courageous, unyielding, ambitious and liberal nature, great and sudden but temporary wealth, and a position of command. It makes its natives guilty of bloodshed and gives danger from reptiles.

Constellation Aquila gives great imagination, strong passions, indomitable will, a dominating character, influence over others, clairvoyance, a keen, penetrating mind and an ability for chemical research. [1] It rules the U.S.A., space exploration, bombs and missiles.

Pluto retrograde 2023 ends on October 10, 2023, at 27°53′ Capricorn [see chart]

Pluto Retrograde Dates

  • 2022, April 29 to October 8 – 28°35′ to 26°06′ Capricorn
  • 2023, May 1 to October 10 – 00°21′ Aquarius to 27°53′ Capricorn
  • 2024, May 2 to October 11 – 02°06′ Aquarius to 29°38′ Capricorn

Natal Pluto Retrograde

Pluto retrograde natal is more common than inner planet retrogrades such as Mercury and Venus. About 40% of people have Pluto retrograde in their birth chart, so it’s less feared and less harmful than having an inner planet retrograde. That said, natal Pluto retrograde still has karmic repercussions and a noticeable influence.

With natal Pluto retrograde, you may have difficulty transforming your life due to fear of letting go. The internalization process of retrogrades can slow you bringing your intense drives and needs to the surface. You will probably have difficulty expressing your power and influence.

Fear of being controlled or taking control can stem from past experiences involving power abuse or manipulation. Which side of the ledger, whether victim or abuser, is shown through aspects to your Pluto and any fixed star conjunctions.

Depending on past life conditions, you may fear death, poverty, manipulation, torture, imprisonment, being committed to a mental institution, exile, or betrayal. Power and control issues may involve psychic realms, sex, and inheritance.

For such reasons, you can be very intense on the inside, secretive, or a control freak. Past life conditioning can repeat, especially while young, in the form of compulsions, phobias, isolation, or mistrust of family. You may develop strong psychic power due to internalizing your powerful drives and wish for power and success. Hiding your genuine desire for power and influence can lead to suspicion.

Pluto retrograde in your natal chart subjects you to many fated events to bring your deepest and darkest fears to the surface. A repeating theme of particular experiences will continue until you learn to express your inner power and intensity safely.

References

  1. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.29, 135.

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