As i sit here feeling and reflecting on my Pluto transit conjunct my natal moon which is a 248 year cycle (so is extremely rare for a person to have to deal with in a single lifetime) I'm reminded that this is some serious shit, both on an inner and outer level. I'm going to share what you can expect if you are lucky enough to experience this transit too. Pluto is symbolic of a death and rebirth energy. It's the destroyer and reflects destruction with deeply powerful situations moving through your life that will rock you to the core. The moon is one of the most important points in your chart so when this powerful energy of death and destruction combines with this sensitive critical inner energy of self (the moon) you can literally expect a death to your inner nature and everything surrounding your home, family and domestic life; basically a death to all that which you hold fundamental to your emotional well being.
Since Pluto will be in Capricorn for many many years only those with a Capricorn moon will face the conjunction from Pluto anytime soon. Capricorn moon is already one of the most challenging moon signs there is because Capricorn is all about integrity and responsibility which makes a person have higher than average moral standards that they must live up to and will put a lot of pressure on self to always be and do the "right" thing. Capricorn is opposite of Cancer, the sensitive nurturing energy of feelings, therefore Capricorn moon people have a challenging time expressing their feelings for the most part and are also usually somewhat stable emotionally because of the grounded earth element of their inner nature which means they repress a lot of feelings. Cap moon people have a wise old soul with a lot of wisdom and emotional maturity. They "feel" old on the inside and sometimes can seem insensitive to other people's mundane frivolous problems because Capricorn knows what real problems feel like and that petty stupid shit others worry about just seems insignificant to a person that has faced so many hard knocks in life. Let's not forget Capricorn is ruled by Saturn, one of the toughest energies in your chart so Capricorn moon has to live with that toughness every single day of their life on an emotional level. Cap moon means the person was raised in a very authoritative manner where they didn't receive the kind of sensitive nurturing that most young children need. Perhaps the mother or main care provider was under heavy pressure of their own to take care of everyday business where the responsibilities were overwhelming and not allowing them the time to focus on the sensitivities and nurturing of the child as much. Capricorn is also about the structure and foundation of life so when the moon is placed here we are talking about the entire structure and foundation of the person's entire inner world and instinctive nature being deeply rooted.
Then transit Pluto comes along and completely destroys that foundation to the core up-rooting everything that they've known and held close. Pluto is such a slow transit that this process does not come fast at all, but rather, very very slowly over a few year period. Pluto will pass over each degree of Capricorn a total of three times (including retrograde), with each pass bringing a peak in transformative situations and circumstances. Come that third pass, you'll finally get it, that there is no way out of this unless you just completely surrender to what is happening and leaving your life, facing all the old deep karmic shit within. Speaking of leaving. When Pluto makes conjunction to your moon, everything that you held close and dear on an emotional level goes away. This is a rare time of extreme significant loss to what you need to feel safe and secure in the world. How can one cope with something like that? The only reason i share this with you now, is because there is no one left in my real life to share it with. Personally, I'm on my 3rd and final pass from Pluto so am finally understanding what this transit really means. The loss of everything i find important. The worst traits of the people around you come out and if they don't leave your life completely you will end up feeling like leaving them because you can no longer rely on anyone but yourself for any reason, especially emotional support and you might even have the feeling that superficial connections are not worthy of your high moral standards anymore. Pluto is going to make sure you're all alone on this one and it's a dirty fucking pill to swallow. The more you hang on to what wants to leave your life, the more suffering you will feel.
Some say that a Pluto transit to your moon means the universe wants to toughen you up, even make you ruthless like the rest of the world. Although Cap is already known for being tough plus i've had a hard time accepting that concept because i like to treat people with a lot of love, compassion and respect even when i don't get it in return but that's just because of my Neptune/Venus aspect which is not common traits for Capricorn. I don't want to become that ruthless, jaded or spiritually/emotionally immature person that the world already has so much of and yet after all this loss and seeing the dirty side of others and inn self i'm feeling a little jaded at the moment and wondering if in fact, it could be true. Will i lose my kind heart in this process, the very thing i love about myself the most? Why would the universe want that? The universe is really testing me on this one; to stop feeling so much responsibility to others and start to treat myself as good as i treat others. (moon 1st/2nd house) If others in my life fail to treat me with the respect i show them and the respect i deserve, then they might just have to go no matter who they are, or how much they mean to me. If you are under this transit, the same might be true for you too.
When Pluto conjuncts your Capricorn moon you will be surrounded by powerful forces outside of your control and in fact the people in and around your home and domestic life will be Pluto type personalities (not all, but a few)which are very controlling and manipulative and will assert their will upon you. Capricorn is related to the traditional structures of society and so you might have to deal with very old fashion authoritative beliefs coming at you and powerful, controlling situations from others in high places trying to make you feel wrong for feeling the way you do. These powerful people will try to control and manipulate how you think and feel while judging you but is a reflection of their own darkside, and maybe yours too. These control freaks are a part of the Pluto process to help you understand where you give yourself the short end of the stick and bring awareness to what it is you need emotionally from others which they will fail to give you. It will be ruthless and the more you try to get others to understand how you feel the worst it will be. Based on my experience, the best thing you can do is cut off unhealthy emotional needs of any kind including the emotional need for support from others. Everything that you have relied upon thus far is no longer available to you. Most Cap moon people work way too much as this is what brings emotional contentment; keeping up with commitments and responsibilities but if you are one of those people you could end up losing work altogether as whatever you are emotionally attached to will be treating you like shit before it finally leaves your life for good. The only control you have under a Pluto transit to your moon (feelings, home, family and domestic life) is your own reaction to what is coming at you, or leaving and how you react to how you feel. You have the inner power not to be affected by outside circumstances when it come down to it, but good luck with that one as it's not easy to be that emotionally mature and objective which you might lack under this transit despite your mature wise Cap soul. Sometimes this transit can correlate to loss by literal death of those close to you but either way losing them on any level will feel like death regardless and will be very emotionally painful. Any kind of unhealthy emotional behavior or emotional instinctive reactions you've held onto all your life will start to be negatively reflected back at you by those control freaks in your life. This Pluto transit is asking for you to get hold of all that and restructure your deepest emotional foundation.
Cap moon people under Pluto conjunction will have a very big change to their home and family life. You could live in a entirely different place or way after this and you might even have to face being homeless if you've relied upon a roof over your head to bring you emotional safety and security, which most people do in fact need in order to feel safe. Like i've said whatever emotional attachments you've held onto all your life will be severely tested under this transit if not totally taken from you altogether. Sounds like fun huh. Remember, Capricorn is like Saturn which means asshole Pluto and his goons in your life will be digging up all your emotional fears and insecurities along with any feelings of inadequacy so you can finally understand those things and heal. Although based on my experience with this, healing them might be way down the road as the energy is so strong while in transit that the pains are at their strongest and will take time to pass, if they ever do depending on how buried these feelings have been for you. Those controlling people in your life representing your Pluto transit will just reinforce all your deepest wounds. Like i said, this transit is rare and most people won't even have to face it in life so the fact that you and i are facing this now means we are ready to move forward out of this emotionally debilitating state but will end up being the hardest and most significant experience of our life which i'm sad to say, not everyone will make it through. Some attachments go so deep that pulling the roots will lead to physical death one way or another(rarely) but if you are under this transit you have no choice but to try and conquer these demons within even if it leads to loss and or death. This transit is karmic and all your little human free-will decisions are being taken away from you at this time. Hey, sorry to say but i'm not like some other astrologers that like to sugarcoat shit, too afraid to be completely honest with you. This is the way it is and anyone who says different is ignorant and obviously never had a Pluto transit to their moon. Capricorn doesn't escape reality, it deals with it. So face your fucking fears already.
When Pluto transit's conjunct your moon you will face the most intense time of your life with all the dark garbage coming up from you and others around you in order for you to change and remove these negative attachments to your soul which can include significant women in your life as well as those deepest fears you've repressed because all that you're paranoid about usually has a way of coming true under this energy so you can face it and release it. Time to face those fears, it's karmic and meant to be. Only the strong will survive this and if you happen to die before it's resolved you will just bring that attachment into your next life so acceptance and dealing with is the only way. Speaking of death, you will FEEL like death regardless if you are facing physical death or not but i should warn you, if physical death is one of your biggest fears then you just might have to face that thru others or yourself. You have to face it all, whatever it is personally for you with courage and be willing to do it alone as my experience has shown others won't give a fuck about how you feel and will just project their own darkside upon you. But it's easy to project your own darkside now as well so the more you can be in acceptance of all this the better. It doesn't mean you have to forgive others for their nasty behavior but it does mean that they are just reflecting apart of yourself deep within that you repress. Perhaps you should get rid of the people that treat you like shit as long as you remove the core attachment that brought them into your life otherwise you will just attract another one until your negative emotional attachments are healed and released.
Like i said, iv'e lost everything and everyone over the last few years, walking a very fine line these days and it's time i stop letting others disrespect me or take advantage of my kind heart. I'm so forgiving and never hold a grudge which i like about myself but doesn't mean i should allow those unhealthy people into my life anymore. I want nothing to do with superficial relationships so i would rather be completely alone then be around fakes and flakes. Only deep meaningful relationships work for me now; all the rest can take a hike elsewhere. Without loyalty, maturity and integrity, i will have little value for you as Cap moon's need others around that have the same values which is also about being mature and real with feelings! One of the hardest things about this transit for me is being treated negatively by people in a way that i would never treat them or others which just doesn't work for a Libra sun like myself that needs fairness and equality. Yet the more i hang onto that attachment the more these insensitive fucks around me act like cruel human beings. Therefore, i will just accept all the loss right now rather than accepting being treated with disrespect by anyone. I demand full respect by those around me just like i give to them. If they can't step up and be mature and respectful i'll say....seee ya, don't want nothing to do with them. I'll face this alone like i always have. So there you go, what it looks like to be under a death transit from deep dark grueling Pluto to your Capricorn moon. It will manifest a little different for everyone depending on your own emotional fears and attachments which can be seen by looking at the house of your Cap moon along with the aspects off of it as well as your Saturn placement and aspects. If you survive, in hindsight you will see this was the most significant turning point of your life and you will be a completely new person from the inside out, after a few years have passed.
Thanks for reading and keep the faith if you are under this death energy as well.
Rik.
I have Pluto approaching my natal Capricorn Moon at 23 degrees. Is it possible that I have been feeling this for the past 4 years or more? I have had some really cruel and narcissistic people in my life for some time who have dropped one by one lke flies. (either by death or because I shut them out) I also have natal Saturn at 24 degrees, so I am going through my 2nd Saturn return too. I will be so glad when these transits are over. I have had a great year or two and hope Pluto does not take this happiness away. Blessings tp you.
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing this experience. This is so helpful.
ReplyDeletePluto is now 22 degress and 48 seconds. My natal Moon is 22 degrees 54 seconds and holy cow, I can feel it! Along with that conjunct Saturn, woo wee! Thanks for your insight.
ReplyDeleteSame going through it as well as sat return mum died on first conjunct . My sister same degree if moon
ReplyDeleteI had over a hundred comments the past few years from other ppl with Cap noon that could relate and shared thier stories, but all the comments disapeared recently. Sorry about that! Yall hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI am an astrologer going through this transit with T Pluto soon approaching not only my Moon but South Node too which means it will oppose my North Node which I fully understand why. Your article was incredibly relatable and right up my reality alley, (scorp sun, cap moon) so shit is always real for me. You expressed in words so well written, the exact emotions most of us going through this trsnsit are feeling; so thank you and those who leave your life only make room for those who belong.
ReplyDeleteGreat article!:) libra sun, cap moon AND ascendant here. So over this pluto saturn vibe this year. Looking forward to seeing the fruit of these transits as lately I feel like I'm just mucking through it. Thanks again!
ReplyDeleteomg I went through the same thing. My Moon is 5º ♑︎with Saturn at 13º. every person I held dear left my life, I felt so much abandoned, broken, unwanted, cheated, I cried for months at the horrible things they did to me when I had been the best I could and given the best I had. Some people can be cruel to us because we allow them, that's true. When one is kind, they think one is stupid. Such a harsh lesson. I don't want to harden my heart, but I need to protect myself now. The eclipse of April 15, 2014 almost killed me of emotional pain. I can say I am a 'survivor'. I still believe in real love tho, not everybody is rotten. But I needed to learn the discernment I didn't have before. Saturn in Cap's lesson is boundaries, among other disciplinary lessons. Astrology is still saving my life tho. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteReading this tour years after it was written. It is ringing so true. So very helpful to know what is going on. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteMy natal 25 degree Moon is in my 2nd house, trine Venus and Mars and sextile Mercury so it should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteHow do you feel now? Think your own predictions are quite you thought when you wrote the article? (by the way,thanks for sharing!)
ReplyDeleteSolange
Cannot thank you enough! You have no idea how totally you described me. 19 Libra rising, 20 Cap moon. HELP!!!
ReplyDeleteI have Pluto and Saturn in my 4th house where my Capricorn moon resides. I think I've resigned myself to not ever getting married or having children although I'm with someone, I have never felt so alone. I'm learning to depend on myself however. And as for authority, it's constantly on my back even though I have Saturn in my first house and always accept blame if it's due. I took a cognitive behavioral psychology course which really helped me a lot in managing how I respond to others opinions, but it's hard. It's so hard.
ReplyDeleteSorry first line should be Pluto and Saturn transiting my fourth house.
DeleteHi, Alina! Forgive me giving you an opinion: You have Saturn over your moon! That is really difficult. But you can trust this ordeal will feel much better and give good fruits when Saturn leaves your Moon alone. It is a long transit, seems forever, but this feeling will go away. Being the ruler of your fourth house, the good qualities of Saturn will prevail (discipline, planning, hard work, etc) over the bad results. Hang on there! Exercise looking at the bright side (yes, it's hard with this transit AND moon in Capricor!) and try to focus on 3d and 11 house things, because they are ruled by happy signs. Again, sorry, I'm not a professional astrologer, I do not have lots of studies on this, nor I would like to have the karma of saying stuff to people. But I cannot help.
ReplyDeleteRx going for my third pass. Boundaries for me. Learned that people pleasing is actually selfish. Burdening myself for others approval I shorted myself. I could of saved a whole lot of trouble if I could of just learned to said no and not be so fuckin hard on myself. Noone to blame but self. So when I tell people to fuck off I mean it. I learned financially I am my own psychologist. I had a therapist head spinning. And everyone else's. I am learning slowly but surely. I too enjoy the niceness touch of my heart. Willingness to help and serve, but I will use discernment. Because truth is not everyone is on the same team.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, I love this, thankyou.
DeleteGoing through it since 2018, now I understande better. Also having Pluto square my natal chiron, AND chiron opposing my natal 8 house Pluto! I almost loose my right eye this year. Litterally. Saving this article in my archive. Thanks!!!
ReplyDeleteI’m now in my 3rd paas Pluto to my Moon in 21 Cap. My Moon is additionaly conjuct my descendent. For me, now it is like a horror in my job and relation with others. I feel totaly isloated and think that I cant take it any more. I feel that I’m not in the right płace and that this job makes me deppresed, but in the same time I feel totaly lost . Like evertyhing stop working, every trying to make change did not work, like God leave me. I feel like dark side pulls me, and I cant stop to think negative. It is the hardest time in my life. Now Im trying to work with psychotherphist and Im trying to survive it. I dont know if it is connected with this transit, I interest only a little in astrology, but it seems that there can be something in it.
ReplyDeleteHaving it in a few months...scared...cause l already lost my step dad, mom, best friend to cancer. Best friend to fights. Wife seperated but shes better now. If she leaves me when pluto-moon l am screwed! Freakin out...
ReplyDeleteRik. I have Pluto and Saturn simultaneously conjuncting my natal moon 18° capricorn😭
ReplyDeleteThank you for your article 💖
In my 4th House, I must add.
DeleteAnd my IC is 11° cap.
And South Node 13° cap.
I'm ALL cardinal, save for my Merc & Venus in Gem.
Pls pray for me lol
I must've been quite the mamma-jamma in a previous life.
Great post, Rik. Thanks for the humor, too. It's "laugh or cry" time. My natal moon is 24 Cap in the 1st house, close to 2nd house cusp, like your own, Rik. But having had Pluto transiting through my 1st House, it seems manyyyy relationships went bye-bye already. What's NEXT?! Hey, what's the flavor of your 2nd House Pluto transit?
ReplyDeleteOMG! You are so right on Rik! This ones going to be intense! My Cap moon is 02:36 deg in my third house to very intense want to be T square to asc. Scorpio SATURN/ @ 28:08 and then a Leo / Sun @ 23:53 / Pluto @ 28:08 in my 10 shall we go on lol
ReplyDeleteMy N/N is in my 2 no house in Sagittarius and the S/N is in Gemini @ 04:56 . This has been a chart straight out of hell ! I was very poor to start , then we moved every year sometimes 2-3 times a year a real vagabon lifestyle, so this transit started early for me,I left home @ the age of 13 I spent 5 years on the streets,my Cap energy kept me out of real harms way as I was in some very dark places,I was surrounded by the real mofiesoa im from Vegas,I was kidnaped by a gangster but lucky for me �� He went on a drug run and never came back! I have had many experiences that you would only see in the movies lol but death seemed to always allude me ! I even tried killing myself often i.e.: being on the streets for so long,but my spirit had other shit in mind lmfao ! I have seen many paranormal things,I have pastlife memories,I'm an Rh- lol the list goes on and on , so yes I'm an very old soul trying to relocate myself lol . This is what it took for me to remember it all! So I guess if there is a lot to remember you're going for a ride. The powers that be know who we are and do everything that they can to keep us asleep , because with great knowledge comes great responsibility and that is Capricorn energy!
Sorry I ment that my Saturn was @ 26:24 Scorpio
DeleteLol looking at this comment I must of been in some outrageous pain lol
DeleteLet's try this again.
Asc. Scorpio@26:24
Sun in Leo@23:53
Moon in Capricorn@02:36
Mars in Pisces@23:24
Mercury in Virgo@17:25
Jupiter in Virgo@08:01
Venus in Cancer@09:03
Saturn in Scorpio@26:24
Uranus in Leo@03:58
Neptune in Libra@28:02
Pluto in Leo@28:08
Rahu in Sagittarius@04:56
Ketu in Gemini@04:56
Lol their I think this is not so confusing.
08/16/56 Casper,Wyoming
1:05 pm void moon ?
I do not often come across people that have walked a walk as I have , now I know why ! As always rick thank you for all you do, I'm moving off a 8000 ft Mt in Colorado so I can breath better my Pluto/Saturn lately has come so close to taking me out that I have no choice but to leave the pristine simi off grid to try and find a place NOT directly in the city lol , hard to do I must have trees ! Anyway after I move I would be paying for a reading from you mostly because I think that your lens is just what I need to get me through this shit show lol 🤦♀️ Ok then I'm going to stop typing now.
Sending Blessings of Peace,Love and Prosperity!
Big Hugzzzzz Shanti
Moon and Neptune in Capricorn on 11th house here, together with Saturn and Uranus in Sagittarius. Also, i have a Cancer Sun on 5th. I got disillusioned with basically all society , politics and my political science career after my city/ country (Brazil) voted in an authoritharian Clown, including religious nuts, Crazy gun apologists and the worst of conservative thinking. I ignored a narcisistic libra friend of years and an quit the friendship of an abusive scorpio one, both hypocrytes and stagnant; a painful but necessary riddance. I feel some people otherwise friendly to me suddenly provokes myself as If possessed by some cosmic force. But i also know i'm guilty of not letting go some things, being dependent of toxic friendships and even closing my heart to some good causes and people. Perhaps my Pluto in Scorpio in Midheaven is also learning the paradox of Power and powerlessness in politics, and that there are forces that we can't Control. Death of career. But I'm making new friends, and beginning a new college in IT, and being more optimistic and surrendering what i can to Pluto. Hope I survive till 2023.. - Brazilian guy
ReplyDeleteI have my Capricorn Moon in my 4th house, squaring Venus in 1st (my chart ruler). This transit has literally destroyed my whole life, like I have to start from the scratch. I think I've simply died a few times deep inside and the pain is horrible.
ReplyDeleteI've lost everyone I truly loved and suddenly some family members that had left me in my childhood (causing enormous trauma) appeared from nowhere, so I had to deal with those old wounds once again. It's like the craziest nightmare.
But I don't fight it any more, I rarely talk to people, but I need this silence, to digest this whole process and build my new strength. I know that I need to be my own rock now.
You can survive this and find wisdom and peace at the end. Good luck everyone!
I have moon 25 Cap - Saturn's joining my party for the next couple of years! Pluto retrogrades at 25, so I'm just starting this Pluto transit. I am highly sensitive and think I've been under the influence of this since 2018 when I left my job of 15 years ('bullied' out by a corporate scorp CEO) and left my hometown, my secure rental property and my adult (beloved) daughter to move to a small town far away to start again with my closest significant soul-sister and her family. Got to say it's been tough. Such tender emotions are surfacing in this loving environment - the neglect of the past and harsh self-reliance are being dismantled. When the feelings arise I do feel like I'm going to die! But instead I add it all to the alembic so I can more fearlessly help others. I'm grateful to be writing this, probably to the void! I don't mind if it is never read, I just needed to share that I am doing this without trying to medicate my way out of it (17 years clean now).
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