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Generational placement · Power, depth, transformation

Pluto in Scorpio

Pluto in Scorpio, its modern sign: a generation that faces questions of power, intimacy, death and new beginnings.

Domicile Water · Fixed Stays twelve to thirty years

In a birth chart

What Pluto in Scorpio means for you

Modern astrology makes Pluto the ruler of Scorpio, so it works at full strength here.

Pluto was in Scorpio from about 1984 to 1995. This generation was born during the AIDS crisis, sharp rises and falls in the economy, and a new openness about sexuality and psychology.

If Pluto is close to your personal planets, you have great emotional depth and resilience. You are attracted to what is hidden.

Watch for a tendency to go to extremes and to control outcomes. The strength is the power to change yourself and others at a very deep level.

Scorpio is one of Pluto’s own signs. Pluto works at full strength here.

Love

You give everything in love, and you look for complete intimacy and loyalty. For you, trust is everything.

Work & money

You do well in psychology, medicine, research, finance and investigation. You change things at their source.

Strengths

  • Deep resilience
  • Emotional depth
  • Power to change things

Watch for

  • Obsession
  • Need for control
  • Secrecy

Transit

When Pluto is in Scorpio

Pluto's last visit to Scorpio, from 1984 to 1995, changed attitudes to sexuality, death, power and money.

  1. Last time Nov 1983 → Nov 1995 3 separate visits, because retrograde motion takes it back into the previous sign
  2. Next Dec 2229 → Oct 2242 3 separate visits, because retrograde motion takes it back into the previous sign

Dates calculated from astronomical tables (tropical zodiac), shown in UTC, to the month or the day.

Pluto through the zodiac

Pluto in the other signs

Pluto in Scorpio, quickly

Is Pluto strong in Scorpio?

Yes. Modern astrology makes Pluto the ruler of Scorpio, so it works at full strength there. It is deep, intense and brings change.

When was Pluto in Scorpio?

From November 1983, and permanently from August 1984, to January 1995. It made a last visit until November 1995.

When is Pluto in Scorpio?

Pluto next enters Scorpio in December 2229. It was last there from November 1983 to November 1995. Pluto spends twelve to thirty years in each sign.