Mars square pluto

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Mars in Aries square Pluto Rx in Capricorn at 27⁰ 47'

This aspect has been brewing since Mars entered Aries in late May

Exact Saturday 2nd July 12:13pm AEST and 2:13am UTC, 3:13 BST

July starts off with a BANG!

Mars is full power in Aries charging ahead with a bee in it’s bonnet.

Pluto is smoldering and intense, staring down the barrel as they square off against each other, as something that can no longer be suppressed comes to a head!
Beware of things that you have kept buried inside that have been generating hidden rage for you, these could come to boiling point now. Shame, rage, fury, abuse, subservience, injustice can no longer be silenced.

Photograph by Mika Baumeister

The energy of this transit has been reflected in global events recently, with abortion becoming illegal again in many American states. Perhaps you are also feeling growing tension within you, or maybe you have noticed you have a shorter fuse.

The root of this uncomfortable pressure can be generated from the outside -in, penetrating the structure of society, or in your relationship dynamics with others.

Or it can be occurring from the inside- out, created by your unacknowledged insecurities, compulsions and toxicity. The sum result regardless is, feelings of subjugation, manipulation and oppression. Either coming at you or coming from you.

The purpose of this transit is to understand what is triggering your fury and then confront it. Starting with yourself, your choices and behaviour first.

Who is most likely to experience this transit?

People with planets or their ascendant in late degrees of cardinal signs: Capricorn, Aries, Libra & Cancer. 20-29 degrees.

This can look like sharp truths that penetrate lies, or further corruption that battles to cover it up. In our society we will continue to see stark revelations of the dark underbelly of humanity. If you find your inner world feeling unsettled too, do your best to show yourself and those around you some compassion.

Photograph by Fikry Anshor

Personally this can feel like a powerful need to let something that is no longer serving you die once and for all. Which is scary as you often don’t know what comes next or you can feel a sense of emptiness after the release.
But what this aspect does is forces something to shift which has reached the end of the line and must be thrown into the fire. The further things are pushed down, disowned, the more unconscious they are, and the more ugly they look when they come out.

But remember, that such explosive change can bring the opportunity to make room for something new to be constructed, after a period recovery.

Be honest, take action and please remember to breathe and count to five, before flying off the handle! Or remove yourself from a heated situation until things cool down.

In this scene, Mars, god of war wants something from Pluto, god of the underworld. He has some shares on the land on which Pluto stands in Capricorn and is trying to manage this dispute. But Mars is faster and somewhat immature, so remember to not let your ego, pride, or your arrogance get the better of you this time.

This aspect has been building slowly over recent weeks and after it reaches the crescendo on July 2nd it will start to lose heat as Mars moves into Taurus on the 5th July. However, Mars will have then entered the sign where we find Uranus, planet of disruption and awakening (but more on that next time!).

Photograph by Mick Truyts

Moon Square Uranus

On the same day as the Mars/Pluto exact square (July 2nd), the Moon applies to square Uranus in Taurus with reception. Which could add even greater desire to revolt or forge a new way.

So stay aware across the weekend!

What areas of life will these planetary transits affect for you?

Check the houses in your chart ruled by Capricorn and Aries to see the topics that this Mars/Pluto interplay of planets will activate. Then, to see what might be inciting the impulse for things to shift or get a shake up, check the houses ruled by Taurus and Leo.

Remember everyone is going to experience this differently. However, if you are going through a tough time at the moment and want to go deeper with your chart, book in for a consult.

Photograph by Sven Mieke

During the first week of July, ask yourself what way of being, what habit, or relationship has reached the end of the road and NEEDS to change once and for all?

Honestly, observe your responses to the world around you and the worlds responses to you.

How can you liberate yourself from the DRAMA of all this?!

Be fearless, it all starts with you.