When the Sun squares Pluto in the Natal Chart
Sun square Pluto, from the article, When the Sun squares Pluto
Sun square Pluto
With your Sun square to Pluto in your birth chart, you are prone to inner tension and, sometimes, self-destructive behavior. When things are going well, you might be on high alert that something will come along to change that! This feeling of doom might seriously undermine your happiness. Constantly worrying that the rug will be pulled from under your feet might even become a self-fulfilling prophecy in some cases.
Despite the challenges, you possess immense power and strength. The key lies in harnessing this potential effectively. With dedication and time, you can transform your inner tension into a source of empowerment, largely through accepting your power rather than fearing it. You have the capacity to become a beacon of insight, help, and healing, making a significant impact on those around you.
With the Sun, your light, challenged by Pluto, watch for the tendency to be intensely dissatisfied with your personal accomplishments and expressions of self. Early experiences can lead to you putting enormous pressure on yourself and your endeavors, and you should aim to resist feeling you’re not doing or accomplishing enough. Certainly, you can feel the urge to hide yourself and your pursuits or self-expressions until you think you’ve perfected things. This is largely due to a perceived inability to express or reveal your true personality to others. In fact, you can experience a simultaneous urge to express and hide yourself. The struggle is about control.
You can be sensitive to criticism and often feel the need to “redo” yourself or things, in general. Early experiences may have been crisis-ridden, hidden, or emotionally-charged in general, which can lead you to worry about keeping control of what others see of you. It can also lead to a fear of being exposed or invaded.
You can be intensely fearful of, or threatened by, change. One way you might attempt to control your life is through managing your fear of being taken off guard. You might, for example, jump to the worst-case scenario to prepare yourself for the worst. However, this keeps you in an almost perpetual state of stress and worry. This “need to know” might lead to hunting for dark truths rather than unbiased truths, which is fear-based behavior that doesn’t do you any favors.
Watch for attracting manipulative, possessive, or jealous people or upsetting situations into your life.
If you find yourself frequently entangled in a complex path towards your goals, resorting to manipulative tactics, or attempting to control others through subversive means, it’s a sign that you’re grappling with Pluto’s energies. However, it’s important to remember that these struggles are not insurmountable. By resisting these temptations, you can reclaim your effectiveness and strengthen your self-image, thereby retaining your light and power. In truth, if you too often give in to the temptation to take indirect, complicated routes to achieve your goals, you end up “teaching” yourself that you’re ineffective. In the long run, you undermine your self-image.
Embracing self-acceptance is crucial in navigating the complexities of the Sun-Pluto aspect in your birth chart. It’s a journey of understanding and accepting your unique strengths and challenges. Redirecting Pluto’s energy into constructive channels is also a significant part of this transformative work. Using your powers to deduce, understand, and analyze for good can be most rewarding.
Notes on the square aspect:
The square, semi-square, sesquiquadrate, and opposition are also called “hard,” “challenging”, or “inharmonious” aspects.
The square aspect is 90 degrees. In other words, if two planets or points are 90 degrees away from each other in a chart, they are said to be “square” one another. They are also said to “form a square.”
However, it’s rare that points are precisely 90 degrees apart. Astrologers allow orbs that help determine if an aspect should be counted. For example, if we allow a 7-degree orb for a square, any two points falling in the range of 83 to 97 degrees away from one another would be considered a square. The closer they come to 90 degrees, the stronger the square, and the further apart they are from 90 degrees, the weaker the square.
The square indicates great tension between the planets or points involved. Tension can stimulate action but can also translate into stress.
The planets involved in a square are acting at cross purposes. In this case, when pursuing the goals and expressing traits of the Sun, Pluto energies and objectives can clash or disagree.
With squares, we may overdo it and run into countless obstacles before we “get it right.” However, squares force us out of complacency and get the ball rolling. Squares are often more problematic when we are young, as these aspects force us to grow and learn our lessons.
The Sun rules all that is “light” – the rational, conscious mind. The Sun is noble and righteous by nature. Aligned with Pluto, it can have a hard time accepting the darker, intense, and often irrational Pluto energies into one cohesive whole. This is the challenge that people with the Sun square Pluto face.
Some Famous People with Sun Square Pluto:
Squares – Leonardo da Vinci, Megan Thee Stallion, Juliette Lewis, Doris Day, Coco Chanel, Jack Nicholson, Priyanka Chopra, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Jeon Jungkook, Vanessa Paradis, Cara Delevingne, Pedro Alonso, Lenny Kravitz, Emma Roberts, Ricky Martin, Tia Mowry, Jennifer Coolidge, David Byrne, Christopher Lloyd, Amerie, Sugar Ray Leonard, Teresa May (partile), Mari Yaguchi (partile), Philip Bailey (partile), Barbra Streisand (partile), Seth Meyers (partile), Kevin Hart, Tiger Woods, Sinead O’Connor, Brooke Shields, Kat Bjelland, Justin Trudeau, Dave Navarro, Milo Ventimiglia, Teri Hatcher, Dido, Leah Remini, Kaia Gerber, Barron Trump, Avan Jogia, Freddie Highmore, Daryl Hannah, Steffi Graf, and Greta Garbo.
General discussion of Sun-Pluto aspects.
Alternate interpretations:
Sun square Pluto: You may feel that if you annihilate the power of control men have over your life, then you will own yourself. With your Sun square Pluto, you’ve always struggled to be in control, and much of the time, you’ve struggled against yourself. What you are seeking is transformation, not destruction. If you felt that you faced strong survival tests in the past, you may believe that your identity and will are damaged.
You have the most amazing ability to regenerate yourself, and you can do it consciously. That means you can determine whom you want to become during your rebirth, and that is truly phenomenal. You’re also challenged to be aware of the manner in which you handle positions of influence, since your own misuse of control or judgment of others can easily backfire.
— Interpretation from the Profile for Women report.
Sun square Pluto: You have a very strong will that can lead to altercations in your life. People may find you a little hard to understand. You may vacillate between times of total control in times of crisis to times of freaking out over minor problems. This may confuse and alienate all but the best of friends.
You are afraid to form close friendships for fear of being hurt. This fear of failing could also extend to your career and prevent you from attempting anything other than what you know you are capable of.
One lesson for you with this aspect is to swallow your pride and take advice from those who can help you. Don’t be defensive and cold toward others who appear to know more than you in some area. Learn to adopt an attitude of compromise. Sometimes others can see more clearly mentally what is cloudy to you emotionally.
Others may perceive you to have a lofty ego that should be toppled. They may feel they have to defend themselves against your power trips. This can bring out the worst in others around you.
A more positive side of this aspect is that it gives you incredible managerial skills. You are quite ambitious and seek a career that allows you to exercise a certain degree of power. Just don’t forget the ones who helped you after you get to the top.
It’s not easy for you to maintain a calm, stable love relationship. This is often due to your insistence that you be the dominant partner in the relationship (at some level). Just remember, some people do not like being dominated. If you are not careful to act out the energies of this aspect in more positive ways in your life (such as through your career), they will manifest as crises in the home or at work. No matter where these energies are directed, remember “everything in moderation.”
— Interpretation from the Personal Path Report.
Sun square Pluto: Your will can be relentless and you have a keen eye for the imperfections in your fellow man. Remember though, that they may not take kindly to your efforts to overhaul them, even if it is for their own good. Instead, work to make whatever changes are necessary within yourself so that you can lead by example rather than force.
You have charisma and magnetism working for you. You might get into the habit of toning yourself down so that other less courageous souls can “handle” you. Fine, but try not to lose yourself completely in the process.
— Interpretation from the Life Path Report.
Sun square Pluto: The Sun aspecting Pluto indicates great emotional intensity, the courage of your convictions, and the determination to succeed or assume a position of authority.
Pluto is lord of the underworld, and the life becomes a series of deaths and rebirths, at least on a psychological level. Your sense of identity is closely linked to a need for power and control.
This is a powerful aspect because it links your sense of self, represented by the Sun, with Pluto’s capacity for both radical transformation and massive destruction. Your work may involve you with matters related to birth, death, sex, power, control, elimination, or rejuvenation. You have a unique capacity to get to the root of things. An interest in medicine or healing is common. Psychic ability is sometimes indicated.
In the work arena, you must come to terms with a tendency to get into power struggles or angry confrontations with co-workers or with those in authority. If you assume a supervisory position, you must learn to relate to others without being excessively demanding, jealous, biased, or dictatorial. Many with this aspect are drawn to working with crisis situations that bring them into contact with the darker, sinister, or violent side of human nature (e.g., police work, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, etc.).
A talent for managing other people’s money or resources is common. You could also do well in work that involves any type of in-depth investigation. There is often an interest in science and in understanding atomic power and the workings of the universe. In afflicted charts, this can indicate an almost fanatical desire to have others do your bidding. It can also represent an over-reliance on symbolic or actual sexual prowess to shore up your self-esteem. This aspect sometimes reflects emotional vulnerability and childhood insecurities that result in aggressive, paranoid, or antisocial behavior. — Interpretation from the Career report.
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Interpretations written by Annie unless otherwise noted.
