Pluto – MC (Midheaven) Square – The Rebirth of the Phoenix

A square does not deny the presence of talents along the line of influence of the planets forming the aspect; it only means that the ascent to the summit comes through obstacles and through cultivating the best qualities of the sign where the participants in the connection are located. This can be difficult, especially when an outer planet is involved, symbolizing the karmic debts of the ancestral line that the native will have to resolve.

Pluto already signifies rebirth through the destruction of stereotypes that slow the development of relationships and attachments of any kind. When it is in a square with the Midheaven, which shows the place of fame and professional success, it attracts conflicts with the powerful. Even if the native wants to change the world for the better, they will face resistance from parents, teachers, and superiors, and will have to choose between their calling and indulging other people’s beliefs.

The Dangers of the Pluto – MC Square

Aspect holders can easily manipulate people with a weak Mars. Quarrels and confrontations arise with those who have a strong Pluto or a similar aspect. Accordingly, it is difficult for them to get along with peers who achieved a high position earlier than they did, and even more difficult to work under their authority.

Beginning in adolescence, the person unconsciously chooses a destructive model of behavior, driven by sensual instincts and early-awakened sexuality. The temptation of permissiveness and the understanding that one only needs to break the law for desires to be fulfilled easily stir the Plutonian nature, but this can destroy the native’s reputation at the root with the slightest miscalculation. With additional negative connections to the Eighth and Twelfth Houses, there is a high probability of suffering from connections with crime and from imprisonment.

Natives with the Pluto – MC square believe they know everything in the world and strive to control others. Even if their expertise is beyond doubt, superiors do not like feeling dependent on an intelligent subordinate. When the native themselves leads a project, heads often roll. Friendship at work usually does not arise, except when Pluto and the MC are in Air signs.

The person will have to rise from the ashes many times like the Phoenix, so it is important to know the main dangers of the aspect:

• hot temper, irritability, and a tendency to destroy the lives of dissenters at the root;
• hatred of competitors and envy of successful rivals in work and love;
• toxicity, a desire to devalue the achievements of other people, even close family members, and to be the only star in the sky;
• the path to the goal passes through the thorns of failures, obstacles, and disappointments;
• career success is possible only after a period of trials, suffering, and a reassessment of priorities, along with a change in behavior toward a more peaceful direction;
• using people’s kind feelings for selfish personal purposes, exceeding authority, and ruling through fear instead of discipline;
• a need for power and control, with concentration on career as the most important thing in life.

Natives with this aspect are incredibly sexual and often use personal charm to obtain the desired position. This happens especially often with representatives of creative professions. The only criterion that distinguishes the native from competitors is sex appeal, and it moves them toward the heights.

Personal Relationships

It is more than likely that in childhood the native faced violence against their personality, desires, and goals from one of the parents. Most often, the mother worked for a secret or law enforcement organization, or was connected with dark magic, which left an imprint on her worldview and methods of raising children. Owners of the Pluto – Midheaven square believe in the need to be stronger than those they love in order to subordinate them, rather than suffer from a lack of control over the feelings and actions of loved ones. The only path they know is to cause pain in order to keep others obedient. If Venus, the Ascendant, and Mars are in Water and Fire signs, these are aggressors and manipulators who skillfully draw others into their web. Then two possible scenarios unfold: either they do not know what to do with love and business partnership, pulling the blanket over themselves, or they suffer from jealousy and an inability to act as a worthy partner. The native’s personality opens up most effectively and easily if the companion has a sexual interest in them.

Working Through the Pluto – MC Square

A person with this aspect will have to devote a great deal of time to studying psychology in order to understand their predisposition toward violence and find ways to interact with others. The profession is most often connected with this need as well: psychotherapists, astrologers, surgeons, neurologists, investigators, forensic pathologists, actors, writers, directors, and detectives.

The native is drawn to law, but here there are two sides of the same coin: either the person resolves issues of powerlessness and helps the oppressed, or, conversely, serves as the devil’s advocate and successfully gets criminals released. In this case, Pluto’s accumulated karma is formed and may later strike the chart owner through imprisonment, especially if Mars is in the Twelfth House.

In general, court proceedings and scandals are frequent companions of this square, and a legal education will help the native emerge from them with honor. Happiness is felt only from the heights of high social and financial status, so from youth onward, the person should make every effort to attain them. Talismans made of natural stones can help protect against adversity: rauchtopaz, obsidian, jet, black onyx, and tourmaline.  ✓