North (South) Node – Pluto Square – The Fire of Evolution

A person with this aspect is at the very peak of the soul’s transformational process. This is a difficult position, because Pluto, with squares to the karmic points of the horoscope, the Lunar Nodes, means that the native is forced to be torn between past and future problems.

Previous incarnations and ancestral programs are symbolized by the Descending South Node, Ketu. In this area, the experience of rises and falls has been accumulated, and only the best of it should be taken forward. The North Ascending Node, Rahu, is the zone of future experiments, but because of the square, it also marks problems that require immediate working through: the native did not cope with them in the past, which means they must be addressed first. Most often, these are themes of power and magic.

The Karma of Pluto’s Square to the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

Pluto is also called the lord of karma. It is connected with the dark side of the human subconscious, and if such an aspect appears in the horoscope, it means that many secrets, and sometimes crimes, have accumulated in the family line, burdening the person’s karma. It is better to open locked doors; otherwise, moving forward will be difficult.

In past incarnations, the native was a harsh representative of authority and punished dissent, or, on the contrary, was one of those who suffered from state repression because of oppositional political views. The interpretation depends on the position of Mars and the Sun in the horoscope. If they are strong, then the native was a tyrant; otherwise, they themselves suffered from violent actions.

Spiritual development and the proper distribution of Plutonian energies were hindered by egoism, the habit of resolving conflicts by force, and the practice of black magic. Presumably, in a past incarnation, the native was a ruler, clan leader, revolutionary politician, research scientist, or sorcerer. Sometimes these categories blended together, but always with a negative charge. The native either consciously chose the dark side or suffered from it, becoming angry and destructive in response instead of rethinking why painful events were happening specifically to them.

The person failed to solve the problems indicated in the chart by the North Node through tyranny and black magic, so now they need to think about how to resolve them through benevolent methods and by changing the beliefs in their mind.

It is quite possible that someone in the family line practiced magic, and now the native will have to pay the bills or work through ancestral karma in order to correct the evil that was done. In this case, any attempt to obtain personal benefits through black magic will be fatal for them. They should also protect themselves from curses and love spells cast by others.

In this incarnation, powerful and strong-willed people whom the native will be forced to obey will act as teachers. If the native does not accept the situation with humility and calmness, the problem will only worsen.

Problems of Pluto Square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes

Chart holders who suffered from someone else’s authoritarianism in a past incarnation strive in this life to become reformers and gain as much power as possible. This is an unconscious desire to obtain protection for themselves and their family, because in the past they may have been dispossessed and repressed.

If Pluto falls into the money Houses, the Second or Eighth sector, the person develops an insatiable desire for money, because of which they may abandon any other pursuits. It seems to them that wealth is a guarantee of safety. To preserve it, they will do anything, even commit a crime. If the planet of karma is in the Sixth or Tenth House, then work and career become this kind of fetish.

If the Nodes coincide with the Ascendant and Descendant axis, the person’s entire life will be connected with searching for answers to the questions: who is to blame and what should be done now? They will fall in love and make friends exclusively with people who provoke stormy emotions on the edge of stress: those who offend, devalue, or dominate them. This happens so that the native finally realizes their own worth and finds a balance between harsh domination and submission to the stronger one.

Characteristic signs of an unworked Pluto square the Ascending (Descending) Nodes include:

• constant rises and falls in social life: from wealth to poverty, from the height of fame into oblivion, and vice versa;
• being the black sheep in a group, always standing apart, having few friends, and being disliked by superiors;
• the gift of a healer and seer: good contact with tarot cards, the ability to charm pain away, and a tendency for whatever they say to come true.

A crowd presents particular danger. There is a possibility of suffering from its actions, so it is undesirable for the native to be at the center of mass events, and even more so to get into an argument with aggressors.

How to Work Through Pluto Square the Lunar Nodes

This aspect is a heavy burden and a sign that dark energy has accumulated in the family line for too long. Now there will either be an explosion or healing, if the native can transform evil into a driving force of progress in the Houses where the Nodes are located, using the Plutonian resource.

To do this, it is necessary to analyze the sign and sector where the planet is located.

Pluto’s strengths are the gift of leadership, wisdom, the ability to examine any problem from all sides without prejudice, and most importantly, the ability to transform evil and poverty into good and prosperity.

This work must begin with oneself, by uprooting negative emotions and behavioral patterns, and by responding calmly to people endowed with power and to the government as a whole.

The native should carry out only those reforms that bring renewal without first destroying old models. Most importantly, they must not be afraid to leave the comfort zone; otherwise, Pluto itself will throw the native into the thick of transformational events.  ✓