The planets

Pluto in astrology

What Pluto means in your birth chart: power and rebirth, and where it shows up.

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Pluto is the underworld: power, depth and transformation. It works slowly and thoroughly, marking where life breaks things down so something truer can be reborn.

What it governs

  • Role: Power & rebirth
  • Keywords: power, depth, transformation, what must be faced and reborn
  • Type: Outer planet

Pluto is an outer planet. It moves so slowly that it colours an entire generation at once, working on you in long, deep, gradual ways.

Wherever Pluto falls, its sign shows the style it acts in and its house shows the part of life it touches. Pluto in a bold fire sign plays out very differently from Pluto tucked away in the quiet twelfth house.

Meet the whole cast in The planets, and see how Pluto connects with the others in Aspects.

Common questions

What does Pluto mean in astrology?

In astrology, Pluto governs power and rebirth: power, depth, transformation, what must be faced and reborn.

Is Pluto a personal or outer planet?

Pluto is an outer planet: it moves so slowly that it colours a whole generation.

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