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Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory and is the ninth planet of our solar system. There is actually some debate as to whether Pluto should really be labeled a planet, as it is extremely small (about 2,360 km or 1,475 mi in diameter) and similar to many other small trans-Neptunian bodies recently discovered. However, Pluto retains its designation as planet, and there are no current plans to change that. Pluto's surface is icy and its composition is unknown. Its density indicates that it is probably a mixture of 70% rock and 30% ice much like Triton. The atmosphere probably consists primarily of nitrogen with some carbon monoxide and methane. Pluto revolves around the Sun once in 247.7 Earth years at an average distance of 5.91 billion km (3.67 billion mi). Its orbit is very eccentric and occassionaly moves inside the orbital path of the planet Neptune. It also rotates in the opposite direction from other planets. Pluto has at least one satellite, Charon, which is about 1200km in diameter, about half the size of the planet it orbits. In May of 2005, two more satellites were discovered, which had been given the temporary designations S/2005 P 1 and S/2005 P 2 but are now named Nix and Hydra.

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Mythology

Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld (his Greek name was Hades). Though he kidnapped Proserpina (Persephone in Greek), he was not perceived in Roman times as evil. In fact, he was initially more closely associated with wealth, which was mined from the earth; this connection to the physical 'underworld' soon grew into a connection with the spiritual underworld.

Astrology

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To some modern Western astrologers, Pluto is the ruling planet of Scorpio. Called "the great renewer", Pluto is considered to represent the part of a person that destroys in order to renew. A commonly used keyword for Pluto is "transformation." Many (traditional and modern) astrologers do not use Pluto as a ruling planet but do use the planet for chart interpretation and predictive work. Pluto is also associated with extreme power and corruption and the discovery of Pluto in 1930 coincided with the rise of Fascism in Europe and the major proliferation of organized crime in the USA. It is also associated with nuclear armament which had its genesis in the research of that decade.
Modern Dignities of Pluto
DignityModernAncient
DomicileScorpion/a
ExaltationSagittarius (23 degrees)n/a
DetrimentTaurusn/a
FallGemini (23 degress)n/a


Rulerships

General rulerships

  • Abduction
  • Abysses
  • Corruption
  • Creativity
  • Criminology
  • Cruelty
  • Discharges
  • Eruptions
  • Jealousy
  • Lava
  • Libido
  • Mines
  • Nuclear energy
  • Nuclear plants
  • Organized crime
  • Petroleum
  • Pipes and discharge pipes
  • Police investigators
  • Politics
  • Possessiveness
  • Power
  • Sadomasochism
  • Sewers and sewage
  • Spies
  • Suspicion
  • Theater and stage performances
  • Torture
  • Violence
  • Volcanoes


Nature: hot. According to Stephen Arroyo Pluto is a bisexual planet.

Places: mines, volcanoes, secret prisons and generally all places which are hidden or located under the surface of the earth.

Professions: criminologist, politician, police investigator, researcher.


If debilitated, Pluto will normally manifest the following qualitites: manipulation, cruelty, coercition, violence, mercilessness, deceit. The native may be fond of power plays, or be attracted by intrigues and plots. As Pluto's action is one of hiding and concealment, its worst attributes wil not be immediately apparent in the native's behavior. The same holds also for the cases in which Pluto is dignified and well aspected.

The native will be exceptionally strong and/or energetic, creative and endowed with acute discernment. These qualitites will either be carefully dissimulated by the native, or literally buried underneath his dull, uncouth appearance.

Physical appearance, organs and parts of the body

  • Anus
  • Gonads (testes in the male and ovaries in the female)
  • Seminal liquid


There does not seem to be a consensus on how Pluto may relate to the native's physical apperance. Generally speaking if Pluto is rising, culminating or strongly placed (for instance, conjunct a personal planet or placed in the fourth and "mirroring" its influence on the Midheaven) the native may be surrounded by an aura of magnetism. His looks may be very intense and he may gave the idea of being very strong. Normally Plutonians are very personable, soft-spoken and kind.

Diseases

  • Anal fissures
  • Anal fistula
  • Cancer
  • Hemorroids

Synastric symbolism

  • Differences in power, status, ethnicity and wealth
  • Magnetic attraction
  • Sexual magnetism


The analysis of Pluto can give information on the ways in which:

  • one of the partners will obsess over the other
  • one of the partners will try to control and manipulate the other one
  • one of the partners will spy on the other, violate his privacy etc.
  • one of the partners will brutalize, patronize, dominate the other
  • one of the partners will help the other overcome his traumas and fears, and fully develop his potential


Pluto in the Signs

Pluto in the Houses

Aspects

Transit Interpretations

Pluto transits tranform things, brings them to the surface in sudden and shocking ways, that revolutionize the native's life. This planet can have a destructive influence, and result in the need to reconstruct, to start things anew.


During a Pluto transit, the native may experience one or more of the following effects:


  • sudden, radical and traumatic change. The sector where this will occur is normally indicated by the house where the transit takes place and by the cusps that receive an aspect from transiting Pluto. The event that will concretely be involved in these changes - either as their cause or as their object - can be indicated by the planet in aspect to Pluto.
  • Sudden awareness of all that was being hidden from the native, as machinations, intrigues, power plays and so on.
  • Consciousness of situations that are old and stagnant, and need to undergo a radical transformation.


References

  • Arroyo, Stephen. Relationships & Vital Cicles. Modern Dimensions of Astrology. Reno: CRCS Publications, 1979.
  • Bills, Rex E. The Rulerships Book. Temple: AFA, 1999.
  • Morpurgo, Lisa. La natura dei pianeti (The nature of planets). Milano: TEA, 2000.
  • Morpurgo, Lisa. La natura dei transiti (The nature of transits). Milano: TEA, 2001.
  • Sementovsky-Kurilo, Nikolai. Astrologia, trattato teorico-pratico (Astrology, complete guide to theory and practice). Milano: Hoepli, 1955.
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