Pluto square Neptune transit comes when you reach your late sixties or later. As we move through the twenty-first century, this transit occurs progressively later in people’s lives (see table below). This is because Neptune sextile Pluto last into the 2030’s.
You belong to a generation that is handing down power to a new one. It can feel like your ideals are no longer recognized, and your dreams are no longer significant. The things that meant so much to you may be slipping away, but try not to get caught up in regret.
This is a turning point where you can start feeling sorry for yourself or try to keep up with the times. If you are stubborn or resistant to change, you may experience significant disappointments. This is a time for acceptance and surrender.
During this transit, you will have to cope with powerful outside forces that seem to take no regard for your individual ego. Your individuality will not be challenged so much as ignored, unless you stand in the way of these forces, in which case you may have some extremely discouraging experiences.Â
Elements in your life that you have always counted on may begin to pass away in ways that are extremely difficult to understand. There will be no dramatic signs of social struggle and change, but the old order is passing away. What may be most challenging to accept is that there seems to be nothing that you can fight directly.
It is as if many circumstances, relationships, possessions and various other conditions of your life have lost their right to be and are withering away. You can waste your time regretting this situation, thereby putting yourself in the same position, or you can come to terms with the new world and become part of it. That is one of the decisions you will have to make; however, your internal conditioning will likely determine your decision in advance.
Another aspect of this transit is that hidden aspects of your unconscious mind may emerge and begin to influence your life now. Elements of your personality that you prefer to keep hidden from others may become so evident that you can no longer avoid them. Dark secrets from your past may resurface in your subconscious. Painful experiences, guilt or shame you have repressed can materialize through dreams, visions and memories.
The only solution, therefore, is to deal with them. They are probably not as bad as you think, anyway. It is not their intrinsic nature but repression that makes them seem bad. Now, you must discard the past conditioning that causes you to reject these perfectly valid aspects of yourself.
One response to the above situation may be an increased concern with subjects that reveal the deep, inner, hidden nature of the world, such as psychology, scientific research, the occult, spiritualism or mystical philosophy. The insights you gain from these disciplines can help you acknowledge and accept your faults and mistakes. They can also be the basis of a transformation, regeneration, and transcendence of your ego. This is in many ways the most positive response to this transit.
Pluto Square Neptune Transit Dates
Pluto square Neptune transit lasts between 12 and 18 months. The age at which it happens varies depending on your birth year. The table below gives a rough guide to when you can expect this transit.
Birth Year | Age |
1940 | 66 |
1950 | 67 |
1960 | 69 |
1970 | 73 |
1975 | 76 |
1980 | 80 |
1985 | 84 |
1990 | 89 |
1995 | 94 |
2000 | 100 |
2005 | 106 |
2010 | 112 |
Some of this interpretation is based on Planets in Transit by Robert Hand (2001), pp. 515-516.