Pluto Aspects: 40 Combinations with the Other Nine Planets
Pluto stands for power, obsession and thorough transformation. Its orbit is very eccentric, so it spends anywhere from a dozen to thirty years in a sign. When Pluto forms an aspect with another planet, the two forces have to be read together. Below, a table first lists Pluto’s aspects to the other nine planets with how often each occurs, followed by a one-line reading for every combination; each has its own detailed page.
Pluto aspects table
| Pluto and | Conjunction | Sextile | Square | Trine | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Conjunction 5.7% | Sextile 7.9% | Square 9.9% | Trine 9.8% | Opposition 5.3% |
| Moon | Conjunction 5.6% | Sextile 7.7% | Square 10% | Trine 10% | Opposition 5.6% |
| Mercury | Conjunction 4.8% | Sextile 6% | Square 7.6% | Trine 7.3% | Opposition 4% |
| Venus | Conjunction 4.3% | Sextile 5.6% | Square 7.6% | Trine 7.6% | Opposition 4.5% |
| Mars | Conjunction 5.1% | Sextile 5.4% | Square 7.1% | Trine 6.8% | Opposition 3.1% |
| Jupiter | Conjunction 3.1% | Sextile 3.6% | Square 6.3% | Trine 7.4% | Opposition 4.5% |
| Saturn | Conjunction 3.9% | Sextile 4.8% | Square 6% | Trine 6.7% | Opposition 6.7% |
| Uranus | Conjunction 13.5% | Sextile 13.8% | Square | Trine | — |
| Neptune | — | Sextile 73.1% | — | — | — |
Percentages are the share of 8,401 charts of people born in Taipei between 1960 and 2005 with random birth times that have the aspect, using this site’s orbs. A dash marks an aspect no one has been born under since 1930.
Pluto’s aspects to the slow planets are shared by a whole group
Pluto moves slowly, spending many years in each sign. Its aspects to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are in the charts of everyone born around the same time, and describe the common backdrop of that period. Pluto’s aspects to the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars are the ones that differ from person to person, and they come first when reading an individual chart. The table shows the years since 1930 in which Pluto formed each aspect with the other slow planets:
| Pluto and | Conjunction | Sextile | Square | Trine | Opposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | 1930–1931, 1943, 1955–1956, 1968–1969, 1981–1982, 1994–1995, 2007–2008, 2020, 2032–2033 | 1932–1933, 1941, 1945, 1953–1954, 1957–1958, 1966, 1970–1971, 1979, 1984, 1992, 1997, 2005, 2010, 2017–2018, 2022–2023, 2030–2031, 2034–2035 | 1933–1934, 1940–1941, 1946–1947, 1952–1953, 1959, 1965–1966, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1990–1991, 1998, 2003–2004, 2010–2011, 2016–2017, 2023–2024, 2029–2030, 2035 | 1935, 1939–1940, 1947–1948, 1951–1952, 1960–1961, 1964–1965, 1973, 1977, 1986, 1989–1990, 1999, 2002–2003, 2011–2012, 2015–2016, 2024, 2028 | 1937–1938, 1950, 1962–1963, 1975–1976, 1987–1988, 2000–2001, 2013–2014, 2025–2026 |
| Saturn | 1946–1948, 1981–1983, 2019–2021 | 1942–1943, 1952–1953, 1976–1977, 1989–1990, 2012–2014, 2025–2027 | 1939–1941, 1955–1956, 1973–1975, 1992–1994, 2009–2011, 2028–2029 | 1936–1938, 1958–1960, 1970–1972, 1995–1998, 2006–2008, 2030–2032 | 1930–1932, 1964–1967, 2001–2003, 2035 |
| Uranus | 1962–1969 | 1941–1946, 1992–2001 | 1930–1936, 2008–2018 | 2023–2031 | none in modern times |
| Neptune | none in modern times | 1942–2000, 2013–2035 | none in modern times | none in modern times | none in modern times |
Sampled every 3 days from 1900 to 2035 with this site’s orbs; only years from 1930 on are listed. In the first and last year of each span only people born in some months have the aspect, so check your chart.
When Pluto is unaspected
Now and then Pluto forms no major aspect with any of the other nine planets; it is then called unaspected. In our calculations, Pluto is unaspected in about 0.8% of charts. Tradition holds that an unaspected planet works more on its own: what it stands for may come and go, or only become obvious at a certain stage of life.
Pluto’s aspects to each planet, in one line
Pluto and the Sun
- Sun Conjunct Pluto: With the Sun conjunct Pluto, being yourself carries unusual weight. Your will is strong and your insight runs deep, and you don’t readily let anyone else have a hand in running your life.
- Sun Sextile Pluto: With the Sun sextile Pluto, two signs apart, you have a steady resilience that keeps its cool. It doesn’t show most days, and when you choose to use it, you can take things very deep.
- Sun Square Pluto: With the Sun square Pluto, you often feel some force trying to overpower you, so you push back with an even stronger will, and along the way you build uncommon resilience.
- Sun Trine Pluto: With the Sun trine Pluto, in signs of the same element, you’re born with a steady inner strength. When life shifts you can get back on your feet by yourself, and you often forget that strength is there.
- Sun Opposite Pluto: With the Sun opposite Pluto, you often meet forceful energy in a partner, boss, or rival, and through the back-and-forth you learn to take back charge of your own life.
Pluto and the Moon
- Moon Conjunct Pluto: With the Moon conjunct Pluto, you feel things intensely and deeply. You love and hate all the way, you let few people in, and once you commit, you give your whole heart.
- Moon Sextile Pluto: With the Moon sextile Pluto, two signs apart, you can face deep feelings without being swamped by them. When you choose to look inward, you turn setbacks into growth.
- Moon Square Pluto: With the Moon square Pluto, your emotions carry a pressure and insecurity that are hard to name. You tend to grip too tightly or hold it in until you blow, and that also gives you the chance to transform completely.
- Moon Trine Pluto: With the Moon trine Pluto, in signs of the same element, deep feeling flows through you smoothly. You can weather heavy storms, and you often underestimate this strength of yours.
- Moon Opposite Pluto: With the Moon opposite Pluto, you often meet forceful or hard-to-pin-down people in close relationships. The emotional tug-of-war is fierce, and the lesson is taking back your own power.
Pluto and Mercury
- Mercury Conjunct Pluto: With Mercury and Pluto side by side, your thinking is focused and deep. You dig to the root of people and situations, your words carry weight, and views you have settled on are hard to let go.
- Mercury Sextile Pluto: With Mercury and Pluto two signs apart, your everyday thinking is practical, yet you can press deeper when necessary. Use that analytical power often and it becomes your signature skill.
- Mercury Square Pluto: With Mercury and Pluto locked in a contest, your opinions are intense and your words sharp. You fall into must-win arguments and looping thoughts, and with seasoning you become a powerful persuader.
- Mercury Trine Pluto: With Mercury and Pluto in signs of the same element, insight and concentration are inborn. You reach the root of a problem at once, yet often forget this ability could be used for something big.
- Mercury Opposite Pluto: With Mercury and Pluto facing off, part of you wants easy conversation and part wants to control the exchange. You often meet forceful opinions and probing questions in other people.
Pluto and Venus
- Venus Conjunct Pluto: With Venus and Pluto side by side, when you like someone you want all of them. Your feelings are intense and focused, you have a strong pull on people, and you easily tie love and control together.
- Venus Sextile Pluto: With Venus and Pluto two signs apart, you are able to take a relationship deep and to see what things are truly worth. It is there to use as long as you are willing to invest yourself.
- Venus Square Pluto: With Venus and Pluto at odds, the more you care the more you fear losing. Love often brings jealousy, power struggles, and big swings, and it forces you to face your deepest insecurity.
- Venus Trine Pluto: With Venus and Pluto in signs of the same element, your feelings are deep and steady. You have a natural pull on people and an instinct for value, yet you tend to treat that influence as nothing special.
- Venus Opposite Pluto: With Venus and Pluto facing each other, you often meet people who are forceful, possessive, or impossible to get over, and in the back-and-forth you learn to take your own power back.
Pluto and Mars
- Mars Conjunct Pluto: With Mars and Pluto pressed together, your willpower and staying power are both formidable. You see what you want through to the end, and you also have to learn to tell when it is time to let go.
- Mars Sextile Pluto: Mars and Pluto sit at a compatible angle. You do not seem forceful day to day, but when something is worth it you can summon deeper focus and persistence than usual and do the job thoroughly.
- Mars Square Pluto: Mars and Pluto butt heads. What you want to do keeps meeting heavy resistance or pressure from those in power, and you hold a fierce energy inside. Once tempered, it becomes exceptional endurance.
- Mars Trine Pluto: Mars and Pluto answer each other in the same element. Your actions naturally carry deep power, lasting and efficient. Because it comes so readily, you may not put it where it most deserves to go.
- Mars Opposite Pluto: Mars and Pluto stand at opposite ends, and your will keeps coming up against forceful people or situations. Through one power struggle after another, you learn to reclaim the strength you handed away.
Pluto and Jupiter
- Jupiter Conjunct Pluto: When Jupiter and Pluto come together, the wish to expand joins a will that digs to the root. People born in that window tend to have deep ambition, and once they fix on a goal they do not let go easily.
- Jupiter Sextile Pluto: With Jupiter and Pluto two signs apart, the will to grow and a deep resolve lend each other a hand, and those who commit themselves can build real influence one step at a time.
- Jupiter Square Pluto: Jupiter and Pluto push against each other here, the belief in expansion slamming into the fixation on control. This group easily clashes with power, and builds real strength through one contest after another.
- Jupiter Trine Pluto: With Jupiter and Pluto in signs of the same element, chances to grow and deep strength connect naturally. This group bounces back fast and carries weight in what they do, yet does not always give it everything.
- Jupiter Opposite Pluto: Jupiter and Pluto stand on opposite sides, your own convictions pulling against someone else’s control. In a boss, a partner, or a rival, this group often meets a power they have not yet claimed as their own.
Pluto and Saturn
- Saturn Conjunct Pluto: When Saturn and Pluto meet, discipline and willpower are bound into one thing, and people born in those couple of years often have deep endurance and a habit of taking pressure onto their own shoulders.
- Saturn Sextile Pluto: With Saturn and Pluto two signs apart, discipline and deep will are on speaking terms, and people born in this period can make their work both deep and steady when they are willing to put in the effort.
- Saturn Square Pluto: Saturn and Pluto push against each other here, the weight of duty meeting a will that refuses to bow, and people born in this period often forge real resilience under heavy pressure.
- Saturn Trine Pluto: With Saturn and Pluto in signs of the same element, discipline and willpower get along by nature, and people born in this period meet big events with calm strength, often unaware they have it.
- Saturn Opposite Pluto: Saturn and Pluto face each other across the zodiac, rules and deep power locked in a standoff, and people born in this period often come to know their own strength through contests with other people.
Pluto and Uranus
- Uranus Conjunct Pluto: When Uranus and Pluto travel together, the urge for change and the power of total replacement become one, a deep drive shared by people born in the mid-sixties.
- Uranus Sextile Pluto: With Uranus and Pluto two signs apart, innovation and deep change can help each other, and people born in the forties and in the mid-nineties both have this aspect.
- Uranus Square Pluto: Uranus and Pluto collide here, the urge for change running into the collapse and rebuilding of deep structures, an aspect shared by people born in the early thirties and in the twenty-tens.
- Uranus Trine Pluto: With Uranus and Pluto in signs of the same element, reform and deep change flow along together, an aspect shared by people born in the nineteen-twenties and in the late twenty-twenties.
Pluto and Neptune
- Neptune Sextile Pluto: Neptune and Pluto have held a sextile for decades, the longing for ideals and deep transformation supporting each other, and nearly everyone born since the middle of the twentieth century has it.
Other planets: Sun aspects, Moon aspects, Mercury aspects, Venus aspects, Mars aspects, Jupiter aspects, Saturn aspects, Uranus aspects, Neptune aspects · Planet aspects overview
A straight word: read an aspect as part of the whole chart
A single aspect describes the relationship between two planets. A chart has well over a dozen aspects on average, and they reinforce and offset one another. The same aspect in different signs and houses, with a tight orb or a loose one, can look very different in real life. Planetary positions are astronomical facts and can be calculated precisely; what an aspect means is astrological tradition, not scientific law. Everything on this site is for reference and entertainment only; for health, investment or legal matters, please consult a professional.
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Pluto aspects FAQ
Which Pluto aspect is the best?
None of them is best. Trines and sextiles come easily; squares and oppositions bring pressure and also drive; a conjunction depends on which planet Pluto is joined to. Start with the aspect that has the smallest orb, since that is Pluto’s most noticeable interaction in your chart.
How do I find out which aspects my Pluto has?
Cast a birth chart with your birth date, time and place. Our birth chart calculator lists the aspects from the tightest orb to the widest. Pluto’s aspects can mostly be worked out from the birthday alone.
What does it mean if Pluto has no aspects?
It means Pluto forms none of the five major aspects with the other nine planets, which happens in about 0.8% of charts in our calculations. The traditional reading is that the planet works more on its own: what it stands for is less tied in with the rest of the chart, standing out strongly at some times and seeming disconnected at others.