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Working with Pluto
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by Basil Fearrington |
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Pluto aspects were confusing to me when I first started studying astrology. A great deal of the astrological literature back during those days linked Pluto specifically to the concepts of regeneration and renewal. For whatever reasons, I just could not seem to integrate those concepts into anything practical when I was analyzing a horoscope. It isn’t that Pluto does not symbolize anything having to do with regeneration. It’s just that I couldn’t utilize that concept practically in a discussion with someone about his or her horoscope.
I began to work more effectively with Pluto aspects after understanding what takes place with aspects in-general. In any two planet aspect, there is a key to understanding how to interpret it. The planet that is farthest from the Sun exerts its influence on the planet it is making aspect contact to. The aspected planet’s symbolism becomes modified. For example, we are accustomed to saying, “Venus square Saturn.” When we see this aspect, we know that the astrology suggests the potential of challenging factors in one’s relational life. Why? It is because Saturn, as the slowest moving planet of the two, modifies Venus in a challenging (the square) way. In effect, the aspect is Saturn square Venus, which says that Venus is being squared by Saturn. Saturn is the planet between the two that is actually making things happen. While everyone in astrology knows this, it is amazing how many experienced astrologers I have talked to whose response to this has been, “You know, I never looked at it that way.” I have always taught my students to use the outer planet first when naming an aspect in order to give a greater sense of which planet is making things happen and which planet will become modified. So, if the aspect is Jupiter making contact, you know that the symbolism of another planet is going to be expanded. If Uranus is making the contact, you know the other planet’s symbolism is going to be intensified.
Since Pluto is the farthest planet from the Sun that we recognize in our universe at this time, it has to be the heavy-hitter, right? That is, the Pluto influence has to be the most emphatic simply because of its distance from the Sun and the slowness of its movement. Because it is so emphatic, when it makes contact with other planets, it modifies the symbolism of that planet to its extreme. This is the key to beginning to understand Pluto contacts so that they can be used practically. If you understand what each planet symbolizes, applying a Pluto contact means that the extreme meaning of that contacted planet is in full force. You are not going to know in advance just to what extreme the person is using the energy but the idea is that you should expect it.
In the section below I give abbreviated attention to Pluto contacts but I have not included the sextile and trine because they are weak aspects that are not developmental.
Please remember that when you are considering an aspect, it will affect the Houses that the planets are in and the planets that they rule, especially the planet being aspected.
Pluto Contacts
Pluto’s contact to Mercury is going to emphasize the way a person needs to think and communicate to an extreme. This can run the gamut from genius to insanity. The way this person needs to think or communicate to be fulfilled has great potential of having quite a wonderful perspective or quite a twisted one.
Oprah Winfrey has this contact and it is obvious that she has made extremely good use of her communications abilities. No one in the field of communications in the world is bigger than Oprah Winfrey is.
Astrologer, Noel Tyl also has a Pluto-Mercury contact (opposition). If you have ever seen Noel speak, you know that no one in astrology has a more powerful public communications presentation. No astrologer in the history of astrology has written more texts than has he. The way he speaks, writes, and thinks are extremely emphasized in his presentation to the world both publicly and privately.
On the other extreme, we have the late Kurt Cobain, the enormously popular singer of the rock band, Nirvana. Kurt’s death has been legally documented as suicide. His drug-induced escapades are legend. In his case, the Pluto-Mercury contact was eventually used to an extreme in unproductive ways. Quite often, the negative manifestation of Pluto-Mercury is a mindset that is very slanted and even biased. The need symbolism suggested by Mercury in its Sign “goes off the deep end.” This was the case with Kobain.
In the movie, “A Beautiful Mind,” the life of John Nash was made into a screenplay. The movie depicted the story of a man whose mind was both brilliant and deeply schizophrenic at the same time. Nash’s birth data is, June 13, 1928 at 7:02 am in Bluefield, West Virginia. His horoscope shows a Pluto-Mercury conjunction. If you have not seen the movie, buy or rent it as it shows a perfect example of the Pluto-Mercury dynamic in both its positive and challenged manifestations.
Jeffrey Dahmer’s horoscope shows Pluto square Mercury. That says it all! And lastly, remember basketball player, Dennis Rodman? I was looking at an old NBA playoff game just the other day on an ESPN channel. Dennis’s hair was dyed blonde, blue, red, yellow, and pink! Whatever that says about his need to think in order to be fulfilled isn’t normal. Pluto is exactly square Mercury in Dennis’s horoscope.
I would be remiss in pointing out that President George W. Bush has a Pluto-Mercury conjunction in quite a strong position in his horoscope! And I suppose there are always real life examples that defy our astrology!
Pluto-Venus contacts suggest extremes of the relational, romantic, sexual side of one’s life. Paul Newman, Denzel Washington, Cary Grant and Sean Connery have been universally seen as being extremely attractive to masses of women the world over. This is one example of how Pluto-Venus contacts run to an extreme. One becomes very appealing to the opposite sex.
Between them, Barbara Hutton, Richard Pryor, and Elizabeth Taylor were married approximately 21 times!!! All had hard Pluto-Venus contacts in their horoscopes. This shows the relational nature taken to an extreme.
Woody Allen and Jimmy Swaggart both show in their lives how the sexual/relational natures have been taken to an extreme. Allen’s very controversial relationship with an adopted daughter made major headlines years ago. Swaggart, of course, was the minister whose obsession with pornography and prostitution brought a lot of trouble to his life.
One’s relational perspective is always subject to being extreme somehow in the hard aspect Pluto-Venus contacts. It all depends on how the person chooses to manifest the energy. Here is a short list of names that should drive the point home: Kobe Bryant, Naomi Campbell, Tammy Baker, Larry Flynt, Mahatma Gandhi, Howard Hughes, Elvis Presley, Condoleeza Rice (ever seen or heard of her having anything to do with a personal relationship?), Britney Spears.
Pluto-Mars hard aspect contacts bring out all of the energy and assertion of Mars that can be. Three picture perfect examples of this contact can be seen in the lives of Wilt Chamberlain, the most powerful basketball player in history; Bruce Lee, one of the best martial artists in modern times; and Kobe Bryant, who might be the best basketball player in the world today. All have made positive use of Mars energies to build a place in sports history for themselves.
Quite obviously, the negative manifestations of the hard aspect Pluto-Mars contact can manifest as extreme assertion to a point of being violent and uncontrollable (Sean Penn, Rasheed Wallace, Naomi Campbell, Todd Bridges, Ernest Hemingway) to the opposite end of the spectrum where there the perspective of energy application in the world is almost non-existent.
Pluto-Jupiter contacts are a good marriage. Jupiter’s symbolism of expansion is magnified to the nth degree (please see my essay in the archives of this web site on The Signatures of Success and Prominence in the Horoscope). This is an extremely fortunate coupling that appears in one form or the other (more often with the Jupiter/Pluto midpoint) in the horoscopes of successful people. Bill Gates, with the conjunction in his 2nd House, is the best example of this potential that there is.
Pluto-Saturn contacts tend to be difficult because Saturn’s more austere symbolisms of discipline, difficulties, frustration, delays, obstacles, etc. are taken to an extreme. In transit and Solar Arc work, the contact between these two frequently corresponds with a period of major difficulty and loss. When configured as a conjunction, square, or opposition in the natal horoscope, the House that Saturn rules becomes very important in terms of all of this.
Pluto-Uranus contacts are generational in a natal horoscope. By transit or arcing measurements, we get the sense of the super revolutionary, super innovative and super individualistic.
Pluto contacts to Neptune are generational, of course, in a natal horoscope. In transit, arc, and midpoint work, Neptune’s idealism is taken to an extreme. The manifestation of idealism takes many forms from the artistic to the spiritual, to the mystical. You will frequently notice that the Neptune/Pluto midpoint is active natally in the horoscopes of psychics and mediums. Edgar Cayce’s horoscope has Moon=Neptune/Pluto; Sylvia Browne’s horoscope has Venus=Neptune/Pluto; James Van Praagh’s horoscope has ASC=Neptune/Pluto.
Pluto-Sun hard aspect contacts bring to light two distinct possibilities. Both have the desire for power but in one example, it will tend to manifest itself in an overwhelming fashion and in the other it is difficult to express itself, usually because of a parental or environmental issue in the upbringing that mutes it.
Examples of the muting of this power can be seen in the lives of Michael Jackson (by his father); Prince Charles (by his mother); JFK Jr. (by his position); Brooke Shields (mother); Ron Reagan Jr; Jeffrey Dahmer; Eric Harris (one of the two kids that engineered the Columbine massacre).
Among those who have had no problem expressing their need for power are: Larry Flynt, Merv Griffin, Hugh Hefner, L. Ron Hubbard, Arnold Schwarzenneger, Martha Stewart, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, and Donald Rumsfeld.
The idea in Pluto-Sun contacts is that the basic fuel of a person’s life has been well endowed and modified with the Pluto symbolism of extremism and this frequently manifests in the need to express power.
Pluto-Moon contacts, in the main, address the concept of one’s emotional perspective. At the root of whatever this perspective might be, we always have to expect that there is a link between its expression and something having to do with the relationship with the mother.
As is the case with all Pluto contacts, the potential manifestations here run the gamut of two extremes: one’s emotions easily get totally out of control or there is the other extreme where it can appear as though no emotions exist. If you do research on the lives of the following, you will get a good sense of all of this: Jimmy Swaggart, Marlon Brando, Steven Spielberg, Mahatma Gandhi, Diana Ross, Xavier Hollander, Prince, Howard Hughes, Lisa Marie Presley, Lauren Hutton, John Lennon, Lauren Hutton, and Angelina Jolie.
Pluto Contacts to Angles
The Angles are the most powerful, most sensitive areas of the horoscope. As we have seen, Pluto represents a huge, extreme influence when it makes contact to other planets or positions. In the case of the Angles, Pluto’s conjunction, square, or quindecile to the Angles suggests a grand potential for prominence in one’s life at whatever level one is on. In fact, Pluto contacts, in-general, suggests the potential for prominence in terms of what it contacts (Oprah Winfrey in communications; Denzel Washington in appeal; Bruce Lee in sports, etc.).
Pluto contacts to Angles are so all-encompassing in the horoscopes of prominent people that it was hard to stop listing them! Here is a short list: George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Muhammad Ali, Lee Iacocca, Tyra Banks, Halle Berry, Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Cosby, Jerry Falwell, Al Sharpton, Michael Moore, Brad Pitt.
In many cases, the fact that Pluto is placed in an Angular House can suggest the sense of prominence potential in one’s life.
Pluto’s House Position
Whether it is aspected or not, Pluto’s House position is a very important anchor in the horoscope since its symbolism is so emphatic. By House position, Pluto is going to say a lot about what occupies (or needs to occupy) your overall perspective in life. For example, in my horoscope, Pluto is in the 7th House and I cannot begin to tell you how important personal relationships have been, both personally and professionally. I learn a great deal about myself and life through 7th House experiences. Others with Pluto in the 7th House include Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell, Ruby Dee, Heidi Fleiss, Whitney Houston, Ted Kennedy. You are always going to learn a lot about yourself and grow tremendously through Pluto’s House position in the horoscope.
All of the examples used in this essay are extreme examples. You must apply them to the reality of a person’s life as it exists. I know of two personal examples regarding Pluto-Venus. These are people who lead very regular lives. The man is someone who has been a lifelong friend. Even when we were young kids, he had an amazing appeal with the girls and could not ever say, “no.” As a result, he has 11 kids and two failed marriages behind him. His Venus has been on the “hot seat” his entire life and he has paid the price for it dearly. Now, as a middle-aged man, he looks back on the relational aspect of his life and has learned a great deal about himself. He has been regenerated through his failed relational experiences and the numerous sexual encounters.
The other example is a woman 49 years of age. Her horoscope has a conjunction of Saturn and Venus, both squared by Pluto!!!!! Saturn rules V in her horoscope. Unbelievably, she says that she has still never experienced an orgasm! It has never happened in sexual relations and she has not been motivated to private stimulation. Her relationships suffer because of this. Through the Venus function in her life, she has much to learn.
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Basil Fearrington,
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Basil Fearrington is the author of "The New Way To Learn Astrology." He has been a professional astrologer for 22 years.
Basil's articles have appeared in the leading astrological publications around the world. He was the Inaugural Chairman for the MilleyDome project in Johannesburg, South Africa and taught astrology there for one year.
Basil has twice been a faculty member of UAC and spoke at Astro 2000. In addition to his work in astrology, Basil is a professional musician who has toured with and/or recorded for artists such as Stevie Wonder and George Benson.
He was on a team of composers who did the music for a network show called "New York Undercover." The same team won a Grammy award in 1980.
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