Pluto in Aries in the BirthChart

It's interesting how the concept of generation we have used all through the 20th century has some parallels with Pluto's positionings. People born in generations where Pluto has already reached a different sign could have very distinct challenges, inner possibilities, concepts of power and ways to deal with societal changes and transitions compared to others.

 

Latest period of Pluto in Aries: 1821 to 1852

Suggests competition, willpower, and a drive to lead. 

 

Pluto in Aries intensified the principles of willpower manifested through a pioneering spirit, initiative, courage, and forcing one's way into things, brusque and more impulsive, by pushing – to the "all or nothing" extreme – the impetus to impose the leadership of a generation. Aries evokes the individual values of freedom to transform and destroy obstacles without recognizing one's limits.

 

In 1848, Europe witnessed revolutionary uprisings, such as the Communist Manifesto: it was a watershed of ideologies, at times social, at times liberal. In these years, there was also a greater propagation of spiritualism and psychology as areas of scientific knowledge. The use of psychography (aka automatic writing) became public in the USA, and Allan Kardec made the first contact with the spirits. Also, in 1848, Wilhelm Wundt created Scientific Psychology. Already a relevant, symbolic and revealing fact of the less luminous side of Aries in the context of world transformation is the emergence of the modern handgun, the revolver, in 1836. This symbolically reveals an extreme aspect of Pluto in Aries regarding obstinacy and compulsion to impose one's own will while serving one's ends. Even if it means taking someone's life.

 

Pluto governs the collective subconscious and the overflow of questions in the society of our time. This occurs in view of the need to eliminate, transform and transmute previous periods' ideas, rules and impositions. But not everyone is a channel of expression of this planet's powerful and disturbing energies. Some iconic personalities will live through the extreme challenges of the desires of their time firsthand. The intense and cathartic events in the lives of these personalities will provoke deep reflections as they influence the next generations, often in a transcendent and illuminating way. Historical works and extraordinary deeds may arise from this.

 

Some exciting personalities born during Pluto in Aries:

 

Helena Blavatsky

Rene Descartes

Thomas Edison

Jules Verne

Claude Monet

Lewis Carroll

Princess Isabel

Machado de Assis

Friedrich Nietzsche

 

In the field of ideas, the incisive spirit of Pluto in Aries is revealed as an example in the historical work of one of the most radical personalities in literature and philosophy – Friedrich Nietzsche. As an extraordinary proponent of the transformative energies of his generation, the Prussian philosopher, critic, poet and composer revealed a part of the dissatisfied and revolutionary spirit of that time through his masterpieces. He was critical of his time's religion, morals, and culture. His works have the Will to Power, the Death of God, and the Eternal Return as central themes. He is an example of the most radical in contributing to the destruction of paradigms of his century.

 

Birth Chart Interactions

 

People born during Pluto in Aries have to deal at some point with the impulse and compulsive obstinacy to assert self-affirmation in a rebellious and impulsive way. The Pluto-in-Aries generation has revealed deeply inspired and skilled leaders in competitive situations. Characteristics of this generation are excess power, strong willpower, and a relentless willingness to break down obstacles. Pluto will awaken challenges in transcending individualism and selfishness. These energies can be channeled into a pioneering spirit of leadership.

Learn more about the meaning of Pluto in Astrology.