Pluto’s Historic Move to Aquarius: How This 20-Year Shift Will Transform Each Zodiac Sign
This celestial event begins and ends on November 19 and it’s guaranteed to shake up your life
From moon phases to planetary clashes, it’s possible to feel the effects of astrological events on a day-to-day basis. But sometimes, celestial shifts take some time to build momentum and, in turn, can be felt in a far more subtle, global way. You might not even notice how dramatically they’ve shaped your life — and the world around you — for months or years (depending on how closely a planet is interacting with your birth chart). That is often true of the movements of Pluto, the planet of power, control, death and rebirth, which takes about 248 years to move through the zodiac. But Tuesday, November 19 serves as a turning point for the planet of regeneration as Pluto begins a nearly 20-year stay in Aquarius, the humanitarian, contrarian, science-minded fixed air sign. Here’s what you need to know about this major transit and how it will affect you, based on your sign.
What it means for Pluto to move into Aquarius
Pluto, the smallest planet in our solar system that also sits the furthest from the sun, is quite a power player in astrology. Named for the god of the underworld, Pluto oversees heavy themes, such as control, death and rebirth, transformation, power and the shadow or underbelly side of life. On a personal level, you will often feel its effects psychologically. For example, when you go through your Pluto square in your late 30s or early 40s, you’re tested by power struggles, control issues and challenges that require you to acknowledge and address toxic patterns or behaviors to transform your perspective and path. Pluto’s transits also affect us on a cultural level, shedding light on skeletons in the closet, hidden truths and other underlying dark, problematic aspects of how we’re functioning as a society.
Since 2008, Pluto has been in Capricorn, the industrious cardinal earth sign. Although it has dipped into Aquarius a couple of times since March 2023, Pluto is about to enter the rebellious fixed air sign for good — well, at least until 2043. In turn, expect it to expose and transform aspects of society that aren’t in line with egalitarian, tech-fueled Aquarian ideals. For a sense of how Pluto in the sign of the Water Bearer functions, look no further than the last time it moved through the future-minded, innovative and community-minded sign, which was a period encompassing both the American and French Revolutions: 1778 to 1798.
Pluto in Aquarius could also encourage you to note and weed out toxic, harmful behaviors within your platonic bonds, team efforts and relationship to science and technology.
When Pluto will move into Aquarius
Pluto will enter Aquarius on Tuesday, November 19 at 3:29 p.m. ET/12:29 p.m. PT and move forward through the quirky, inventive air sign until its retrograde there on May 4, 2025.
What Pluto in Aquarius means for you, based on your sign
Here, how Pluto’s time in Aquarius will affect you, based on your sign. (Be sure to read your rising sign, if you know it. If you don’t, you can find it in your birth chart or by using this CafeAstrology calculator.)
Aries
As Pluto makes its way through Aquarius, it will move through your networking zone, urging you to address underlying patterns that aren’t serving you in your friendships and relationships with colleagues and teammates. You could realize that your own attitude toward platonic bonds is in need of a major shift or that there are toxic dynamics it’s time to address and move away from. Being even more open to innovation while taking a stand on your beliefs, especially when working as part of a group, could lead to making your mark.
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Taurus
Moving into your career and public image zone, Pluto will shine a spotlight on how you’ve been managing power, control, authority and strategizing to gain status and bolster your reputation. Your goals could shift in an intense way over the course of this transit, and you might find that you’re even more driven to earn recognition. Any challenges you face now related to interacting with higher-ups and claiming a leadership position could ultimately nurture your confidence related to your professional path.
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Gemini
As it makes its way through Aquarius, Pluto will move through your higher learning sector, spurring transformations around your personal philosophies, belief systems and worldview. You could face trials and tests that encourage you to get even more adept at tuning into and following your gut impulses. This is the zone that oversees adventure, so for this nearly two-decades-long transit, everyday, mundane routines could feel even more of a snoozefest than usual to you, which whips up your appetite to find more ways to get out of your comfort zone.
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Cancer
Pluto’s long-term trip through your intimacy and joint resources sector will throw a spotlight on challenging, tough-to-swallow emotions and dynamics that underlie your closest bonds. This is also the sector that oversees financial undertakings that you pursue alongside family members or other loved ones, so you could experience deep transformation around how you’re managing that aspect of your life. Over the next two decades, you’ll mold a new way of fostering security and connection with your nearest and dearest.
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Leo
As Pluto enters your partnership zone, it’ll begin a two-decades-long process of uncovering any problematic behaviors within your one-on-one relationships. You might face greater power struggles and control issues within a bond with a dear friend, significant other, family member or business partner. As uncomfortable or daunting as this may be, it may ultimately be occurring for the greater purpose of standing even more strongly in your sense of self and better understanding your fears and needs within your connections.
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Virgo
Over the next nearly 20 years, Pluto will make its way through your wellness and routine zone, urging you to look at the shadow side of how you put your nose to the grindstone, care for your health and go about your everyday hustle. You could have breakthroughs related to how to manage your well-being and pursue self-improvement. Just know that as much as you want to — and will find you are capable of — controlling these day-to-day game plans, recognizing the value of going with the flow at times will be beneficial as well.
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Libra
As it moves through Aquarius, Pluto will be in your romance and self-expression zone, firing you up to step into your creative power. If you’ve been wanting to pursue an artistic endeavor or bring more imaginative energy into your work, the next 20 years will serve as a clear runway for doing so. You’ll also feel more empowered to invite more pleasure and playfulness into your day-to-day. At the same time, Pluto’s effect here will intensify your romantic bonds, nudging you to crave cinematic-level intimacy.
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Scorpio
Pluto will be in your family zone as it moves through Aquarius, which compels you to be more honest with yourself about the dynamics within your closest familial bonds. You may also need to face emotional wounds that you may have avoided addressing until now. You’ll do well to care for your psychological well-being even more than usual throughout this transit. You could commit to self-work that allows you to better understand how your past, your childhood, and your family life has helped shape your present and your sense of security.
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Sagittarius
In Aquarius, Pluto moves ahead in your communication sector, ratcheting up your desire to pour more energy into learning opportunities and thrilling opportunities to connect and brainstorm with friends or colleagues. You’ll crave more mental stimulation and want to get into deep, meaningful conversations with others, dive into research projects and soak up new knowledge from every corner of your life. And doing this could set the stage for you to be even more ambitious and capable of bold moves that transform even your wildest ideas into a concrete reality.
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Capricorn
As it moves through Aquarius, Pluto will be in your income zone, offering up a nearly two-decades-long lesson on noting and incinerating self-destructive behaviors or perspectives affecting how you earn, invest and save money. This is also the sector of values and self-worth, so those themes could also be truly prominent now. Overall, the planet of power could fuel your drive to pursue financial gains harder than ever.
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Aquarius
As it moves through your sign and self-image zone for nearly 20 years, Pluto requires that you make peace with what you can and cannot control when it comes to your self-image, identity, confidence, motivations and personal brand. Being open to the tide turning as it will can be liberating and empowering, setting you up to transform how you’re presenting yourself out in the world — and being perceived by others.
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Pisces
For nearly 20 years, Pluto will be in your spirituality sector, encouraging you to finally deal with deep-rooted emotional wounds that might be holding you back from reaching your full potential. As challenging as it may feel at times, caring for your mental and spiritual well-being in a more intense, focused way now can be incredibly empowering and healing. You could find this transit equips you with a stunning amount of self-awareness and inner peace.
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