posted August 20, 2008 04:32 AM         

I don't know anything about this transit, but I don't like the sound of it.

Anyone willing to share experiences/knowledge?

posted August 20, 2008 04:52 AM         

It sounds bad, but it wasn't. At this time of my life I left home and went to live in another country.

I am Scorpio Rising, and Mars is Square Venus on my natal chart. I don't think I need to go into details about how Pluto brought about an awakening of another sort, getting some of the more negative energies of the Mars Square Venus aspect out of my system.

posted August 20, 2008 10:58 AM         

Keep in mind he has neptune and mars cojunct his acendant as well so it didnt do him any favours.

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ASC: Virgo

posted August 21, 2008 02:52 AM         

Blue Moon, good advice about looking at the whole chart – thank you. My Saturn won’t be affected, but having said that, I’ve always felt Mercury is my chart ruler rather than Saturn. Is it a hard-and-fast rule that the sign governing the ascendant is your chart ruler?

posted August 21, 2008 08:57 AM         

But of course other planets can be very important, too.

Did you check your Draco-chart? Maybe you have a Gemini or Virgo-ASC there, or Draco chartruler in Gemini or Virgo.

I also had that Transit a few years ago.
It was a hard time, and I think it was the beginning of me really growing up (Pluto was hitting Neptune only 2 years later), which started with some very difficult external events and inner realizations, that felt like a part of me was dying and could never be gotten back. Well, what died, were my illusions. Pluto really burned away everything that was unreal, and only the true important things remained. #
I even had to realize that some of my illusions (or what I thought were illusions) were illusions. lol
But of course it was a hard process.

But there were also very beautiful, deep and intense things happening, and I wouldn`t want to miss the memory.

I just have found my diary and what I wrote there feels rather Plutonic, don`t you think?

"It doesn`t matter, what I do or say. It doesn`t matter what I try to be. I always find myself back where everything began. I will never be the way others are. Will never be able to understand how they can be happy living their superficial lives. The faces have changed, but the souls have stayed the same."

And after having seen "Romeo and Juliet" (with Leonardo di Caprio, and i didn`t even like him at that time, and it was the first encounter with Romeo and Juliet for me) I wrote:
"There`s no worse death than if the soul is dying yet the body survives. If your faith gets buried under the ashes and the flowers of your heart turn grey. If magic is dying and every dream is fading. There`s no worse death than that."

During that time I also started having all these vampire-dreams, actually I had these so long, until I finally got a clear grasp on this symbol in my life.
And I stumbled over various musicals that made a great impression on me, the most prominent being "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and "Dance of the vampires".
That is so PLUTO, unbelievable. And the singer who introduced me to the JEkyll-and Hyde-thing actually has a Stellium in Scorpio. lol

posted August 21, 2008 09:08 AM         

It was a very difficult transit but I reaped a lot of rewards.
Pluto in Sag going over the ascendant into my 1st made me realise that I had been focusing on other too much & giving my power away to people. Events forced me to spend time on my own & look inward for answers & strength. Prior to the transit, I was EXTREMELY extroverted & loud. Im now introverted & reflective.
I also lost a great deal of weight during the transit & kept it off for the duration of the transit.

It was a death & rebirth of my personality, image & the way others perceived me. Its been in my 2nd house for a few months - Im beginning to appreciate the effects of the changes made & recognised how its changed my values.....& I'm watching the pounds (not money) come rolling back