Uranus Sextile Pluto: The Chance for Reform Is in Your Hands

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. This page starts from what Uranus governs (breakthrough, change and independence) and what Pluto governs (deep power, crisis and rebirth), then looks at how the sextile makes the two interact, how it tends to show up in everyday life, its strengths and blind spots, and some advice for it.

Uranus Sextile Pluto at a glance

Percentages are our own calculation from 8,401 charts of people born in Taipei between 1960 and 2005 with random birth times, using the same orbs as our chart calculator.

The core meaning of Uranus Sextile Pluto

Uranus brings new ideas and the courage to break with custom. Pluto brings the power to clear out the old and dig to the bottom of things. The sextile sets these two slow planets in compatible positions, so change can proceed in a fairly orderly way without violent collisions. In modern times two groups carry this aspect, one born in the forties and one born in the mid-nineties. It is a generational placement that nearly all your age-mates have, and how strongly an individual feels it has to be read from the chart.

The point of a sextile is that it must be actively used. Those born in the forties grew up amid postwar rebuilding, and those born in the mid-nineties grew up as the internet took off; both groups had a new world taking shape in front of them, with a place for anyone willing to reach out. Next to the must-change force of the conjunction generation, change for the sextile generation is milder and depends more on personal will. If the aspect connects to your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant, it is a skill you can develop: seeing what needs replacing and finding a way to do it.

How it feels inside

Inwardly, this generation takes a practical interest in change. You are not especially afraid of old things ending, and you do not think everything has to be overturned; at heart you trust that with the right method things can keep improving. This attitude is not conspicuous day to day and shows only at turning points. If one of the two planets aspects your Sun or Moon, then when life needs to turn a corner you find the next step a little faster than others do. You feel the panic too, yet underneath there is a confidence that “there is always a way.”

In love and relationships

In love and friendship, this generation is willing to renegotiate the rules of a relationship. The older group watched the family move from the large clan to the small household, and the younger group is used to meeting people and keeping up friendships online; neither treats the existing pattern as the only answer. On a personal level, if the sextile involves Venus or the Moon, you can face fairly deep subjects together with a partner and accept that a relationship changes over time. The ability works only when you speak first, so bring up what you want to talk about.

At work and in getting things done

At work, this generation often stands where old and new change hands. Those born in the forties took part in building industries from nothing, and those born in the mid-nineties walked into the workplace just as every field was going digital. If the sextile connects to your Sun, Ascendant, or Midheaven, you suit work that involves improving systems, bringing in new tools, or researching the root of a problem, and your proposals usually balance the ideal with the workable. It will not win you a stage automatically; when you see an opening, raise your own hand.

Strengths

• Orderly change: When you want to replace something that no longer works, you think through the steps and the alternative first, so there is less resistance and the results last.
• Resourceful at turning points: When life or work takes a turn, you sort out a new direction fairly quickly and do not easily stay stuck in what has already ended.
• An eye for openings: You have a feel for trends that are taking shape, know which new things are worth the investment, and are willing to learn them early.

Blind spots

• Not moving unless pushed: This ability has to be used on purpose. When nothing forces you, you live as before and start preparing only once change cannot be avoided.
• Changing too cautiously: You are used to going gradually. When a clean switch is called for you may linger over the old parts and stretch out the transition.
• Underrating your influence: You feel you only made the obvious adjustment, unaware that others could not have done it, and so you seldom ask for what you have earned.

Advice for Uranus Sextile Pluto

First see whether this sextile connects to your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant. Either way, its reminder is useful: change does not have to wait until you are forced. Each year pick one habit or working method you feel no longer serves you, look seriously into whether there is a better way, and then actually replace it. After several of these small renewals, you will be more and more sure that you can update your life on your own initiative.

What to keep in mind when reading this aspect

1. The tighter the orb, the more it matters. In our calculations, only 13.6% of all major aspects are within 1° of exact, and 41.2% are within 3°. If your Uranus sextile Pluto is tight, the traits on this page will be more noticeable; if it is close to the 5° limit, they will be much fainter.

2. Applying and separating. An aspect is applying when the two planets are moving toward the exact angle and separating once they have passed it. Tradition holds that an applying aspect is still taking shape and acts more strongly. Our chart calculator marks which one you have.

3. Watch for out-of-sign aspects. Two planets in sextile are usually two signs apart, in compatible elements (fire with air, earth with water), but an aspect is measured by actual distance. In our calculations, 9.5% of sextiles do not match the usual sign relationship (one planet late in a sign, the other early in another). The nature of the aspect is still there; it just shows up in a less typical way.

4. This aspect is shared by a whole group of people. Uranus and Pluto both move slowly, so everyone born around the same time has Uranus sextile Pluto; it describes the common backdrop of that period. How strongly it shows in you depends on which houses the two planets occupy (see Planets in the Houses) and whether they aspect your Sun, Moon or Ascendant.

5. Then look at each planet’s own placement. The signs Uranus and Pluto are in decide how each one expresses itself; see Planets in the Signs. If either planet has other aspects, read them together. For a complete reading, use the In-Depth Chart Reading.

Other aspects between Uranus and Pluto

Conjunction · Sextile · Square · Trine · Opposition (none in modern times)

The sextile with other planets

Uranus: Sun sextile Uranus, Moon sextile Uranus, Mercury sextile Uranus, Venus sextile Uranus, Mars sextile Uranus, Jupiter sextile Uranus, Saturn sextile Uranus, Uranus sextile Neptune.

Pluto: Sun sextile Pluto, Moon sextile Pluto, Mercury sextile Pluto, Venus sextile Pluto, Mars sextile Pluto, Jupiter sextile Pluto, Saturn sextile Pluto, Neptune sextile Pluto.

All Uranus aspects · All Pluto aspects · Planet aspects overview