Pluto Retrograde 🐐 2021

Artist: Loretta Egan

Apr 27 – Oct 6, 2021

Planets in retrograde are not actually spinning backwards – it is an optical illusion as seen from Earth. Backwards motion appears to happen when Earth passes slower moving planets in the outer solar system. In astrology, this illusion manifests as a “backwards” functioning of the planetary roles. Click here to learn more about retrograde.

When we make life-altering decisions, Pluto is present. Pluto represents irreversible shift. Through Pluto, the psyche is symbolically demolished and renewed. Pluto transforms fear into power & divine trust.

Since November 2008, Pluto has been in Capricorn. The sea goat rules all things structural, institutional, and societal. The purpose of Pluto in Capricorn is to reorganize society so that we may once again live in harmony with the natural cycles of our planet and the greater Universe. This means complete overhaul of global politics and economics. Pluto in Capricorn exposes hypocrisy, corruption, and greed rotting the framework of our failing systems. The media reports so regularly on global cabals and scandals that we have become largely desensitized. Above all, Pluto in Capricorn examines the great imbalance between masculine and feminine energy on our planet.

Pluto turns retrograde 5 months out of the year. When retrograde, Pluto brings subtle change to our interior lives. This next journey comes from deep within the soul, and you already know it very well. Pluto Retrograde advances from the inside out, pressurizing the ego until a new you bursts forth. This transit brings us closer, year after year, to who we must become.

Pluto Retrograde is the ultimate evolutionary. This transit purges the psychic underworld, extracting grief and fear embedded in unconscious memories. By the end of this cycle, you will have a new level of understanding regarding your deepest, most challenging work. The destination has already been set in motion; what is more important (but less obvious) is how we react along the way. Do not expect anything outwardly dramatic to happen; think of this retrograde as a slow burn.

I was born with Pluto retrograde in Scorpio. To find your Pluto sign and whether this planet was direct or retrograde when you were born, click here.