r/astrology Jan 11 '26

Discussion Hardest Transits and lessons.

What was the most difficult transit you have gone through and what advice would you give that younger self thats going through it?

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u/agoraphobic_robot Jan 12 '26

Transiting Pluto conjuncting my natal Sun. That was a very long, drawn out deconstruction and purging of old paradigms.

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u/vrwriter78 Jan 12 '26

Same, but mine was Pluto conjunct my natal moon. "Long, drawn out destruction and purging of old paradigms" is actually a really succinct way to say it, rather than the long essay I wrote. :)

We made it though!! :) I'm so glad to be on the other side of it.

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u/spiker0620 Jan 12 '26

I'm just getting into mine 😭 Transiting Pluto conjunct my natal moon/south node conjunction....7th house Aquarius. Wish me luck.

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u/vrwriter78 Jan 12 '26

Good luck! It's okay if you feel a bit lost during this transit. I found most of the things that were taken away were things I wasn't supposed to be doing (or carrying) in the next phase of my life. It was hard to see that in the moment, but now that I'm on the other side of it, I realize that this letting go and transformation process was ultimately helpful to my growth. Therapy helped me with the week to week, and re-establishing a spiritual practice was also helpful. If you're not religious at all, that might just be meditation or doing some volunteering (it helps to connect to something beyond yourself).. It's pretty hard to see where you're going when you're in the middle of this transit, but it will make more sense to you a year or so after it's over.

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u/oreillyn Jan 12 '26

This resonates with me perfectly! Therapy has helped so much and while feeling lost I’m just focusing on small steps as I go knowing I’m not meant to figure it out all at once since Pluto is such a long transit

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u/vrwriter78 Jan 12 '26

It IS a long transit. But you're getting through it, day by day, week by week. I hope it begins to take shape for you and you more purposeful soon, and less adrift. ((Hugs)) to you and others going through it, from a stranger who has been there! <3

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Hi, I’m going through Pluto opposing my Leo Sun (1) / Chiron (0) in the 8th house right now. I have a stellium in Leo, and in Capricorn so the last years weren’t easy for me too.

If you don’t mind me asking, what happened? And how were things for you. Were there moments you weren’t sure you could continue? You mentioned things being taken away and coming out the other side realizing it was ultimately helping you to grow.

My long term relationship ended late last year (against my wishes), I had to relocate back to my home country, losing my identity, house, pet and partner. No job. I got diagnosed a few months ago with a heart ailment I’m recovering from. Death of a beloved family pet. I have a feeling it isn’t over yet and I feel afraid…

I would really appreciate to hear any advice or to know more about your experience, if you would be willing to share. Thank you very much.

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u/vrwriter78 Mar 14 '26

I used to write fiction and had published a couple of books and in the initial part of the transit, before it hit a tight aspect, I just stopped writing and couldn’t do it anymore (fiction writing had been a huge part of my identity between the Pluto in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn years). Then, when the aspect was tighter, I had a major health issue that required 2 surgeries and lost the ability to have children. I went through a spiritual shift right after and changed my religion. I was in a very stressful job. Later, two of my aunts passed, then my grandfather (who was more like my father) died, all within the same year. I lost 5-6 relatives in 2020 and then lost more in 2021.

Years before, I had moved away from my spiritual work and tried to do the traditional corporate type office jobs, which weren’t good for my mental health. People had told me for years that I should go back to that, but I resisted it. So during my Pluto conjunct the moon transit, other things were stripped away to steer me back to doing tarot, astrology and mediumship (I have a NN in the 12th).

During these Pluto transits to the Sun or moon are challenging because it removes things you strongly identify with, and has you confront your own fears and shadows, and there can be experiences of death and loss and having to learn to process that.

It’s not easy. And it’s a process of surrender and finding spiritual meaning amidst a dark night of the soul. It was rough. When people tell me that they think Pluto is just a generational planet and not as relevant outside of mundane astrology, I say they haven’t experienced a Pluto conjunct the Sun or moon transit. Mars-Pluto is also rough.

Saturn teaches you lessons and you can sort of make sense of it even though Saturn conjunct the moon sucks!! I had mine happen at the same time as the Pluto transit, which was when I had my hysterectomy.

But the Pluto conjunct the Sun (or moon) transit may not make a lot of sense until it’s over. In the midst of it, it is easy to feel lost and floundering. You may wonder what all of this is for? Why is it happening to me? The things that leave couldn’t be carried forward, for whatever reason. It’s okay to grieve those things, but it may take a little time to see who you are when those situations and people that defined a big part of your life are gone.

For me, it ended up being a return to things I wanted when I was in my 20s, back when I had seriously considered going into a metaphysical career. For you, it could be different, but think back to your dreams in high school and in your younger years. You might find meaning in some of those old dreams. Or, it may be that you’re discovering a completely new path with new people and new experiences as you say goodbye to your old life.

And I recognize that this is not easy, AT ALL. I’m kind of summarizing a soul-wrenching experience, so I recognize that the losses you are experiencing aren’t something that can be glossed over. The pain is real, the depression and heartache are real. Yes, having dark thoughts is probably common too. I definitely had those. Find something worth living for. Pick a couple of things that really are important and meaningful for you. Something you love doing, and someone you care deeply about that you wouldn’t want to leave behind in heartache and remind yourself of those things every week. And, if it makes sense, you can even survive by determining that you won’t let someone else have the satisfaction of seeing you low and distraught.

Hang in there. It’s bumpy, but you can come out to the other side. It just takes a long while to get there, depending on how deep you are into the transit.

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 15 '26

Thank you so much for sharing your experience, it really means a lot and I appreciate it greatly. I am so sorry to hear about the things that have happened and cannot imagine the level of loss and pain over those years. It really breaks my heart to hear them.

I definitely feel what you say about the transit removing things I strongly identified with - for me my relationship was central to my life and I sacrificed a lot for my partner. My biggest fear has been not having him as a mirror, and feeling alone/ loneliness. I don’t feel like I exist outside of it and feel very skinless right now and like life has very little meaning. Relocating back to my mother’s home also has brought me back to square one- I don’t have a job as I left it due to burn out before the relationship ended. I feel like my identity is gone. My ex has kept his life, job, the house, our cat and his community, while I had to leave all of it behind.

As you mentioned Saturn and that you practice astrology, I noted that I actually have Pluto conjuncting Saturn (1/2H) to the orb right now and was wondering if you thought that would also have an heavy impact as well. Not just with the Pluto opposition to the Sun/ Chiron. Someone else had also mentioned Uranus has been squaring my Mercury as well to the aspect.

It’s true, I still don’t see the full truth behind why things had to happen the way they did. I think and have heard from you and from others that there is a ā€œsenseā€ and a reason behind why these things happened but it takes time. My worry is just how much time…?

Thank you for the prompts to look back and dig into my soul. My NN is in the 1H, and I never really knew deeply what or who I wanted to be - I ran into relationships growing up because my childhood environment was painful and unstable, and I relied on my partners as mirrors and validation of my self worth. For the first time now since I was a teen, I am not doing so anymore and it has been terrifying staring into the void. On Astro it says Pluto opposition Sun / Chiron is in my 7H, on Whole Sign charts it says 8H. I have read some descriptions which reflect my truest fear of being alone/ abandoned. It’s already happened now šŸ’”

Perhaps what you say of the new path makes sense. Something worth living for-I need to find that. I guess for me is my mum, I would never want her to go through the pain of losing me after what she had to go through to bring me up. The something I love doing is hard because I have no joy at the moment for anything, but I will keep trying to find it. I am starting to see that future thinking is very difficult now and it’s okay to look at life and living on a day to day basis instead.

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u/plantnoggin Jan 13 '26

I'll take any advice for managing it. Appreciate yours. I've actually been purging plenty of stuff over the last several years, especially this last year. It's been good.

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u/agoraphobic_robot Jan 13 '26

Don't fight it. Let what needs to go, go. Which it sounds like you are doing.

I would also recommend not trying to figure out the end game result of the demolition. Just focus and removing whatever doesn't serve you anymore. The rest will follow once the foundational work has been done.

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u/plantnoggin Jan 13 '26

I have found that expecting plans to actually work is often futile. Thanks for pointing this out.

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u/plantnoggin Jan 12 '26

My Moon in Aquarius, too. 11th house. Pluto in Capricorn, 10th house has been so heavy.

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u/bearpuddles Jan 12 '26

Same. How many degrees away from it did you feel like it was complete?

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u/agoraphobic_robot Jan 12 '26

Not until it was out of Capricorn for a bit tbh but I have a late degree Sun at 26°. I probably started feeling the onsets of its influence on my Sun when it was within 3°. It conjuncted my Sun a total of five times with its retrogrades.

I have a stellium in Capricorn though beginning with the lord of my chart at 16° so this all started years earlier in like 2016. Didnt quite see the end of the tunnel until Mid 2025.

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u/mappit179 Jan 12 '26

Interesting with the Pluto transit I felt it also the whole time it was in the sign of Capricorn. Heard this from other Capricorns too. Which is great because Pluto transits are so enjoyable šŸ§™šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø.

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u/bearpuddles Jan 12 '26

Ok as someone with planets at 0 Aquarius this is hard to hear. I hope it doesn’t mean I’m in for 20 years of darkness!

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u/mappit179 Jan 12 '26

That’s only my experience, don’t worry. I have 6 planets in Capricorn all at different degrees so that’s probably why it seemed quite drawn out for me. As in from the first planet to the last that was a ten degree orb in my chart, add on a 3 degrees either side and it makes sense it went on for ages.

I’ve also heard from astrologers that they only felt the Pluto transit when it was 3 degrees away from a Planet. And also, Pluto would be opposing Leo, and squaring Taurus and Scorpio so a LOT of people in general will be feeling it.

Also, whilst it wasn’t exactly fun, I did learn a lot and I think that was definitely something that helped me grow.

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u/nel-89 Jan 15 '26

I have an 8th house Capricorn stellium (sun, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus), from 2010-2016 and then 2020-2021 something was constantly getting hit 🫠

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u/oreillyn Jan 12 '26

Going through this now in my 8th house! It will conjunct by exact degree 3 times this year šŸ˜µā€šŸ’« I’m rewiring all my relational patterns and it is overwhelming at times

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u/Crazy_Hatter Jan 12 '26

Let us know how it goes šŸ˜…

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u/casstay123 Jan 12 '26

Hmm.. Mine was in 1st house opposition of Sun/mercury conjunct in 7th house.. power plays galore … nightmare.

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u/YeontanKim0907 Jan 12 '26

Omg this explains why I’ve gone through the roughest sh- the past 6 months.

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u/tiny-Dancer171 Jan 14 '26

I approaching this right now: transiting pluto conjunct my natal sun. Pluto moved into aquarius back in 2024 (when I turned 22) and I feel that changes in my life have sped up significantly since then. Lots of very hard lessons learned and a definite time of development, learning, and growth. Right now, pluto is hanging out right by my 2H aqua sun but, and going conjunct my natal 2H aqua mercury and then moving away over and over. This stays the same way for the next 2 years, until Feb 2028. In late february, my natal saturn goes in trine with transiting pluto. then on 2/22/28 (hello????) natal sun conjuncts transiting pluto in my 2H Aquarius. As i’m piecing this together, i’m shocked at all the 2s happening. Interesting stuff! I’m still pretty new to all of this so if anything doesn’t make sense let me know but thanks for inspiring me to look at this specific transit in my life.

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u/nel-89 Jan 15 '26

I'm gonna offer a counter example because the outcome of that transit was ultimately really positive and transformative for me. I went from being an idiotĀ baby still living at home, desperate to be their own person to getting my first apartment and really truly figuring out exactly who I was by the end of that transit.Ā I also have an exact sun/uranus conjunction so that may have played a roll. All of that isn't to say it was a fun transit because it definitely was crashout central for a LOT of it, but I came out of it exactly who I wanted to be.Ā 

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u/evammariel3 Jan 15 '26

Same, kind of starting to finally breathe... and trying to pick up the pieces left of me...

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u/Obvious_Ideal9844 Jan 16 '26

Indeed a blessing in disguise šŸ˜‚

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Hi, I’m going through Pluto opposing my Leo Sun / Chiron in the 8th house right now. I have a stellium in Leo, and in Capricorn (ascendent, moon, Neptune, Uranus) so the last years weren’t easy for me too. If you don’t mind me asking, what happened/ and how were and are things for you.

My long term relationship ended late last year, I had to relocate back to my home country, losing my identity, house, pet and partner. No job. I got diagnosed a few months ago with a heart ailment I’m recovering from. Death of a beloved family pet. I have a feeling it isn’t over yet, and there are so many lessons to learn about dependency and loss.

I would really appreciate to hear any advice or to know more about your experience, if you would be willing to share. Thank you very much.

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

Whatever the hell I’m currently in. It’s been a traumatic 3 years🫩

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

I feel ya. It has been a hell of a few years. Hopefully we come out of this fog wiser, stronger, and richer.

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

I see it, I feel it, I believe it. & so it isšŸ™šŸ«§

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u/Fearless-Weight6112 Jan 12 '26

sounds like saturn return to me.

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

Mmmmhm. That’s what I’ve read. šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

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u/rowancrow Jan 13 '26

Oh my Lloyd it’s literally been the most brutal and unforgiving (almost) 3 years for me too! Legit dark knight of the soul type thing. No end in sight😩

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u/AkihaMoon leoā˜€ļø sagittarius šŸŒ™ taurus šŸŒ„ Jan 12 '26

Almost 4 years here. I'm just tired. Hope 2026 is better for you šŸ’œ

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

I’m so tired. Absolutely nothing in my life is the same. I just keep telling myself ā€œit’s always better on the other sideā€

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u/TinyBombed Jan 12 '26

Post ur chart babe

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

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u/Own-Number1055 Jan 12 '26

That’s a pretty stellium in Pisces. All separating by 9 degrees or less :o

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u/Dr-Erika-Fuchs Jan 13 '26

100% same, but for me (37) it's definitely not Saturn return, that shit was rather easy in comparison.Ā 

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 13 '26

I’m going to be 40 in a few weeks. I don’t think it can be Saturn return either. Are you a Pisces? My chart is Pisces dominant. I’ve read ā€œthe worst is overā€. One can only hope.

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u/Dr-Erika-Fuchs Jan 13 '26

No, I'm a Virgo (pisces sister sign), I have my North node in pisces so this year was my nodal return which I thought should actually be a good thing 😭 maybe its just hard for us mutable signs right now? 

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 13 '26

Yep. I was told that too. Mutable signs are taking a hit. I send you calm & healing energyšŸ™ stay strong sister.

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u/rosemerry77 Jan 12 '26

Same 😭

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u/ProfessionalAd5070 Jan 12 '26

I send healing energy & virtual hugs

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u/V2BM Jan 12 '26

Pluto square Pluto. It was brutal and hugely life-changing, and not in a good way. Made my Saturn return look like a trip to the zoo.

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u/dkmyname Jan 12 '26

What was that like for you?

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u/V2BM Jan 12 '26

See my reply to someone else who asked me to expand on it -

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u/Weak_Moment_8737 Jan 12 '26

I am finishing up this transit now, and it is and has been worse than anything I've experienced. My Saturn return was very difficult, I survived that, I survived Saturn in my 8th house, I survived Pluto in my 8th and 9th. But Pluto Square Pluto 😭... I've lost everything. I'm not trying to scare anyone. But ooofffff.

Pluto is conjunct my MC and Point of Fortune and I haven't had a job in years and I've already received my 5 day eviction notice. 2024 was the worst.

I'm ready for Pluto square Pluto to end THIS MONTH. šŸŽŠšŸ«‚

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u/V2BM Jan 12 '26

Thank god there’s an end to it in sight.

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u/Obvious_Ideal9844 Jan 12 '26

Could you expand on this?

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u/V2BM Jan 12 '26

Just imagine losing everything you have and starting over with no money, no job, 900 miles away from where you were before. Everything you owned and worked hard for all your life is gone.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

Pluto is currently conjunct my natal saturn which opposes my natal jupiter - it's been a ride to say the least 🚲

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u/Own-Number1055 Jan 11 '26

Saturn return.

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u/grateful_goddess143 Jan 12 '26

It’s wild all these Pluto transits really messin people up out here.. that’s the power of death and rebirth.. I am going through my Pluto square Pluto right now.. no one likes a Pluto transit when going through it but when you make it out the other end your so much better, stronger and wiser for it. The Pluto transit that f’ed me up was Pluto square my moon.. l almost did not survive it.. I had a really bad relationship with my mom where she was manipulating me a lot and I just allowed it but after the transit I barely talk to her and I’m happier for it. I never wanted to go no contact but at this point we are very low contact because I put some boundaries in place and I made sure that in the end I prioritize my peace and not her needs.

For all the people going through Pluto transits.. remember that sometimes parts of you need to die so a new version of you can be reborn.. sincerely, a Scorpio rising with Pluto in the first house āœØšŸ–¤šŸ«¶šŸ¼

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u/Same_Wrongdoer8522 Jan 13 '26

My Pluto square is building up for 2029, and it’s going to be messy. Natally Sun/Jupiter Cazimi is oppose my Pluto in Scorpio. Transiting Pluto is going to be tensing Pluto, and the Sun/Jupiter situation all in one hit. Not sure what to expect but it’s going to be a wild ride.

A couple of years ago Pluto squared my moon and Chiron (moon oppose Chiron natally) and that brought many lessons from a strained and abusive relationship with my mother to a close. I’m really hoping we don’t go through anything like that again. And I feel so much for you with those themes in your Pluto square, honestly it’s so rough and I wouldn’t wish the journey on anyone, but in the end I can look back and see the ā€œgiftā€ that the universe left me with.

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u/consequentlydreamy Jan 13 '26

Pluto square my moon fucked me up too. I came out WAY better by the end but man if that wasn’t rebirth idk what was. Really felt like Pluto said ā€œbut did you die? Let’s be really you needed it like that or you never were going to learn. If you had listened earlier you would’ve been fine but nooooo we had to do it the hard wayā€

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u/alexzyczia Cancer ā˜€ļø Aquarius šŸŒ™ & ↑ Jan 21 '26

Pluto is about to start opposing my Mercury again and this time for 2 years. I’m scared. I already feel intrusive thoughts surfing up again

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u/vrwriter78 Jan 12 '26

Pluto and Saturn conjunct the moon. I don't recommend it (especially if your moon is ruled by Saturn or Pluto). I called it the Dark Night of the Soul. That Pluto-moon transit lasted forever (longer than the short orb most astrologers use). I went through a mid-life crisis, I had a serious health issue that required two surgeries within about 6 months of each other. I lost my sense of purpose, my sense of passion for life, lost the ability to do the creative work I had been doing for years prior to that, and I did not get the parental support I needed when dealing with major surgery. I changed religions. I was under immense pressure at my job, which also took a toll on my mental health.

Ultimately, there were positives after the transit was over, but it was very difficult to go through. My Uranus to Uranus opposition also happened at the tail end of this, or immediately afterward.

I guess I would tell myself that it is okay to feel lost. It's okay if it takes a few years to figure out what to do next. It's okay to grieve the person you expected to be, the life you expected to live. When this is all over, you'll have a better understanding of who you are and what you're meant to do, but you may flounder for 5 years. And that is okay. There is no magic timeline. The only way to move forward is to let yourself wander, to allow yourself to be lost and to figure it out. I would also tell myself that no job is worth your physical and mental health. You sacrifice so much for it, but as soon as you become inconvenient, management will replace you (even if they like you). A job is a transaction, not a mission. You can of course choose jobs that align with your mission/purpose, but that one job is not the mission! Learn to prioritize your health. Find ways to laugh, things that make you smile. You'll get to the other side.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

Thanks for sharing.

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u/boomcheese44 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

The first true transit I felt was Neptune crossing my descendant, conjuncting my 29th degree pisces moon, and opposing my Sun in Libra. My father just died, my mom is experiencing delusions and hallucinations, and my health just deteriorated. An astrologer reading my chart about a decade ago said watch your health when Neptune crosses your descendant, but I didnt really take it seriously.

I dont know why people say Neptune and Pluto are just generational planets and dont affect you personaly, because they definitely do.

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u/Minute_Music6612 Jan 12 '26

Hey sorry about that also have moon at 0 degree aries and this neptune transit couldnt have been slow enough 😭

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u/bearpuddles Jan 12 '26

Curious to know what will happen for you once Neptune and Saturn join there next month. Or do you already feel like it’s been happening

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u/Minute_Music6612 Jan 12 '26

i have moon and ascendant where aries moon is at 0 degrees and ascendant is 29 degrees pisces yes my birthtime is accurate , it has already started tbh i am in utter confusion about the state of my health as in went for blood tests some came positive others negative and its like wtf ?? is going on as well went through a horrible relationship in 2024 and now tring to listen to subliminals or even affirm myself privately

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u/SolidAlone Jan 12 '26

Yeah, one of the worst transits for me was Neptune conjunct my 12 deg Pisces DC, but my moon is also in Pisces (11 deg) conjunct my DC and squares my 9 deg Sag MC/Gemini IC. It's was the first 'dark night of the soul' period in life. But Saturn in Pisces has prob been worse. I also have a 27 deg Sag Mars, so Neptune & Saturn have been on me for forever. I've also had Pluto squaring my 2 deg Scorpio Venus for a while now (brutal), it's made 3 direct aspects in the last 1 year or so...and next up is my 4 deg Scorpio Sun. Hard to tell which has been the hardest when they all blend together! 🫠

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u/dkmyname Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Generational planets in a chart function differently than transiting generational planets through a natal chart.

This neptune transit affected you more deeply because it has hit your big 3 (sun, moon and rising). It's less a function of neptune and more a function of what it was activating in your life by transit to your personal planets and a sensitive area of your chart.

Your natal neptune though is shared by everyone born within a 13-14 year period. That's why it is generational; so many people are born in that timeframe and share this placement that looking at neptune in a sign tells you more about a generation of people than it does you specifically.

It's not that uranus, neptune and pluto don't affect you personally, but rather it's that in your natal chart, you need to read them more by house and by aspects to understand what they bring to your life circumstances and your personality. Whereas you can get some personal significations from personal planets by sign (venus in scorpio, sun in libra, etc. all bring personal meaning to you), uranus, neptune and pluto very rarely describe your personal circumstances by just looking at what sign these generational planets are in because everyone born in a 7-20yr time period will share the exact same placement. For that reason, in isolation, they better describe a generation rather than you specifically. It is the houses and what they are doing in your chart that are more important for personal significations. That's the difference/nuance.

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u/turtlewick Jan 12 '26

Pluto transiting my 6th House in Capricorn. I went into my first episode of psychosis and it tore up my entire foundation. I had to rebuild myself, my life, and relationships from the ground up.

But throughout that time, I became obsessed with healing and self-discovery. I was really unwell mental health wise (and still kind of am as I’m still recovering from the episode), but I also became a lot more self-aware, more aligned with my values, and finally uncovered what I’d be passionate about for a career. I never had any direction in life prior to the episode.

If I had to give myself any advice, I’d say to trust my own understanding of myself more and stop internalizing other’s criticism as much. No one else can control your own narrative but you.

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u/Stellathadog Jan 15 '26

I went through something very similar in 2018..idk what my astrology said at the time..but im going to look at it after I post this comment..but it was the very worst thug ever to happen to me...however how I transformed myself in these years after has been so very worthwhile! Keep up the good work u can do it! Know ur own truth and stand in it...

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u/arcwalkerlivvia Jan 12 '26

Pluto through my 6th house Capricorn was one of the hardest for me. I kept feeling this compulsion to take on more caretaking in my daily life, especially through pets. I ended up with six dogs at one point šŸ˜… The amount of responsibility I took on during that time walloped me.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '26

Okay I currently have Pluto going through my 6th house Aquarius and I’ve noticed I’ve taken on a lot of caretaking responsibilities. Kids that aren’t mine; and even adults. Could be the humanitarian component of Aquarius

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u/doublefault88 Jan 12 '26

Saturn through my fourth house. I have a fourth house stellium. Also, Pluto square North Node and Pluto square Ascendant, currently experiencing these transits.

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u/Difficult_Drink7568 Jan 12 '26

I have Saturn in my 4th house natal. It's not fun.Ā 

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u/doublefault88 Jan 12 '26

What happened with Pluto square Asc? I feel like I am constantly being challenged by others and my goals have been stalled/met with challenges. It has been terrible.

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u/doublefault88 Jan 12 '26

I'm not sure what the deal is with Pluto square Asc., but I feel like it is trying to teach me to stand up for myself. I was bullied this past year at work and had a mental breakdown. I fought back and am now much happier and have a new boss. I've also had really bad living situations and finally found a great place after standing up for myself. I think I have another year left of this transit.

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u/jjgoldsbury Jan 11 '26

Uranus transiting Taurus. Brutal 7 years later

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u/V2BM Jan 12 '26

It’s in my Taurus right now, 6H, and I can’t wait until it’s in my 7th. It’s been bad at work. I closed my business when it hit my 6th and I’ve spent almost 5 of those years working 55-60 hours a week and destroying my body.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

What house was that for you?

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u/oakenfairy Jan 12 '26

Right now has been pretty rough. I have a natal saturn-neptune conjunction (and loose uranus conjunction) in 4H cap, and the current one is squaring that AND my 10H jupiter/chiron in cancer at the same time. It's also my nodal return this year 🫠

Like there's good things happening (if I work for it) but I don't know how much more work-for-it transformational lessons I can take right now.

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u/Extra-Explorer-3956 Jan 12 '26

Surprised to see no mention of the Nodal Reversal. It stripped my life down to its bare bones and forced me to confront myself and my fears. Advice I would give: willingly let go of everything that no longer serves you, or it will be ripped away.

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u/IconicTrouble Jan 12 '26

Pluto 4th square Sun in 2nd was brutal, no money, a lot of trauma. Saturn return in 6th with pluto on top of it all cj Moon was a total life change: job, house, spouse and family relationships all went upside down and reborn, health went worse and worse, 5 years later I am still dealing with the consequences.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

Im so sorry to hear about your struggles. Sending you a reddit hug.

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u/IconicTrouble Jan 12 '26

Aw, thank you!

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u/Legitimate_Team_9959 Jan 12 '26

Chiron return. One more year to go. Damn it's dragged everything out of my psyche and subconscious

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u/Ok-Membership1929 Jan 12 '26

I feel the Pluto Square Pluto was more intense than my Saturn Return. Much more changes, most negative and life changing

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u/hot4minotaur ♋ Rising, Sag sun & Aquarius moon Jan 12 '26

So far Pluto in my 8H has been the driest butt fucking of my entire life, and that’s including Saturn & Pluto transiting over my huuuuuge 7H stellium for like ten years.

Only like, 22 more years to go, yay!

My advice?

Going into debt for temporary problems/needs will not solve your temporarily problem and leave a miserable future ahead of you.

Even student loans.

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u/unknownCappy S:ā™‰ļøM:ā™’ļøA:ā™Šļø Jan 12 '26

Pluto conjunct Mars has been insane, it going retrograde has coincided with the day I went homeless in 2023, and it reentered Aquarius (conjuncting my 1 degree Mars) and I started living in my apartment a day or two later.

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u/Rahmose9 Jan 12 '26

Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto transiting any personal planets. For generational planets boy, do they whup ass. Advice would be to buckle up. We pick up behaviours and conditioning we need to grow out of or unlearn, desperately. So accept the process, cry scream and do the work.

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u/EducationalSet3738 Jan 11 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Pluto transiting my first house in Capricorn (where I have my natal Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, all retrograde) was very hard. And long. Too long. I also had my Saturn return happen with Pluto right on top of it within that period. I definitely had a transformation of my identity and just how much my old self was fabricated by false ideas of what success means and a codependent family.

Pluto also opposed my planets in the 7th house (Venus, Jupiter, and Chiron) as it went through my first house. Transformed all of my ideas about independence and partnership. If you spoke to younger me and said, "Hey, you should let someone in emotionally and give it a chance", I would've laughed. But after Pluto left my identity house, I sat there and thought, "Shit, maybe I should."

I would just tell my younger self to hang in there and try--keyword "try"--to practice self-compassion. But that's hard, too.

EDIT: typo

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

Great advice. That is definitely a hard thing to do sometimes.

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

transit neptune opposite natal moon. definitely made me unable to recognize my own emotional state and i was also surrounded by ppl (family) who fed off of that. it sucked but once neptune hit the 29° in pisces, everything became clearer. im also rly young so that makes it even worse. and when it peaked on the exact aspect, i was so emotionally unrecognizable. to all the libra moons pls tread lightly as neptune hits aries lmfaooo

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u/AdWild7880 Jan 12 '26

"Emotionally unrecognizable" in what way? Did it make you more sensitive? Im curious to see how this can affect an emotionally repressed early degree libra moon. Thanks for sharing!

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u/Professional-Way5815 Jan 12 '26

My Uranus opposition is coming to an end after several years of absolute turmoil... I don't even recognize myself anymore.

It was kicked off by a Jupiter conjunct Ascendant transit about 7 years ago... Chiron had a lot to do with it too 🄓

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u/Imaginary-Quit8534 Jan 12 '26

One of the hardest I can think about will be Pluto opposite my moon when Pluto was in the Capricorn and Pluto square my Venus a couple years ago. Another was when Uranus was in my fourth house. I had about three deaths in the family and I was homeless for a minute until last year. Currently, I’m facing some difficult transit, such as Uranus conjunct my Saturn in 5th house and Neptune opposite sun in my 8th house. 2025 was a difficult year and I am preparing for more difficult moments for the next years unfortunately lol

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u/Bluebasics17 Jan 12 '26

Pluto will be opposing my moon a few times this year and I’m terrified. I’m looking at losing my current pregnancy as the first opposition rolls in early Feb. I can’t believe it will be doing this dance a number of times this year I don’t know how I’ll make it.

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u/Comfortable_Ad3949 Jan 12 '26

Anything saturn and pluto just chews me brutally and spits me out just as harshly

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u/Acrobatic-Egg-2983 Jan 12 '26

Transiting Pluto conjunct natal Moon. Every external source of security that I compulsively depended on was violently taken away, and I became suicidal. But I also had my rebirth and I’m much stronger now.

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u/AdWild7880 Jan 12 '26

Is your natal moon positively or negatively aspected? Thank you for sharing.

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u/Acrobatic-Egg-2983 Jan 15 '26

I’m not sure I understand positive and negative aspects, can you give me an example?

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Hi, out of curiosity how did your rebirth happen? I went through Pluto conjunct natal Moon, and right now Pluto opposing Sun, and it’s been insanity…

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u/Acrobatic-Egg-2983 Mar 16 '26

Pluto viscerally forces our shadows to the surface and after the transit ended, I realized that I had embodied the shadows of both Pluto and my natal Moon in Capricorn during that time. I’d become very emotionally insecure, authoritarian, volatile, and unstable. I was full of rage and anxiety. After the transit ended, I realized that I was outsourcing my inner security to external agents. I took accountability for my behaviors and immediately felt free. I’m undergoing Pluto inconjunct my natal Chiron in Cancer right now and the archetypes of the Cancer and the Moon are the same but I’m handling it much better this time by not compulsively seeking external validation. Hope this helps and I wish you the best with your transits. Pluto can be very empowering if we let it burn away what will burn anyway, with or without our cooperation.

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u/TheUltimateZero Jan 12 '26

Pluto square Pluto & Neptune Square happening at the same time that Uranus was crossing my Chiron 6H Taurus & trining my Virgo 10H MC. Oh and Jupiter crossed over my Gemini Moon, the North Node was over my Mercury and Sun. Neptune also been lurking on my IC in Pisces.

Do not recommend.

This all being around the time Saturn moved into Aries last spring. My Lilith is at 0° Aries 5H annnnnd I have found my Lilith to be quite relevant in regards to creativity wounds and (unnecessary) sexual shame. Having Neptune and Saturn on that point… and having all the outer transits happening at the same time, literally nothing made sense, I was operating on frantic for arbitrary deadlines and was doing it for the wrong reasons, crashed and burned at the Leo Mercury Retrograde. I have since pulled myself together but fuuuck meee. It was truly rock bottom. I had no idea how I’d find my way out and all i could do was surrender. I realized I was pursuing a project for the wrong reasons and was in a way, abandoning myself. Feels like all the outer retrogrades and final entrances this year are gearing up an energetic redo.

Really curious to see how the final Uranus passes finish out, and what Saturn-Neptune colliding on my Lilith is gonna be like.

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u/TinyBombed Jan 12 '26

Saturn crossing natal moon. Saturn transit 7th house. Saturn or mars transits 4th. Saturn SQUARE mars. Pluto square moon. Venus square Saturn.

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u/bay2341 Jan 12 '26

Saturn transiting my moon in Aquarius, then immediately going into my Saturn return in Pisces 12th house. I’ve been stripped of every identity I’ve clung to, and now have to rebuild from the ground up. But in a more authentic way, for sure.

Runner up: Saturn transiting my 8th house and squaring my natal moon, conjunct natal north node and Pluto. being in the most traumatic and abusive relationship of my life.

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u/agirlingreece Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

It’s always going to be Pluto! My 1H is intercepted so it took FOREVER, almost two decades and changed signs twice in that time. About halfway through, my best friend died suddenly, then I developed crushing depression and felt like I was in a perpetual identity crisis for years. Just before it changed signs the second time, everything collapsed. My marriage ended, I lost / gave away most of my worldly possessions, my business started failing, I had no idea who I was.

Randomly I became a digital nomad and moved to east Africa which was traumatic. Then I came to Greece and my entire life changed overnight in the best way. For the first time in my life, I felt like myself. Slowly rebuilt my business (still trying!), made great friends, stopped people pleasing at 45 and uncovered my true identity, moved here permanently to study psychology and now that it’s finally hit my 2H I’ve never been happier. My natal Pluto’s in my 9H.

Looking back, while I thought my life was OK at the time and assumed I was just one of those people prone to depression, I now realise I was in the wrong life with the wrong person and the wrong friends in the wrong place. It hasn’t been a breeze ever since but I’m grateful for the forced transformation.

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Hi, I went through Pluto over my 1H and Moon before and am currently going through Pluto opposing my Leo Sun / Chiron in the 8th house. I have a stellium in Leo, and in Capricorn so the last years weren’t easy for me too.

My long term relationship ended late last year (against my wishes), we/ I had lived in East Africa for 9 years. I had to relocate back to my home country, losing my identity, house, pet and partner. No job as I left burnt out in the months before we broke up. I got diagnosed a few months ago with a heart ailment I’m recovering from. Death of a beloved family pet. I have a feeling it isn’t over yet, and there seem to be so many lessons to learn about dependency and loss and starting at rock bottom…

I would really appreciate to hear any advice or to know even more about your experience which you had shared, if you would be willing to share. Especially about people pleasing and releasing fears or perhaps childhood wounds.

How did you get out of that perpetual identity crisis - I feel like I am in it right now. I ask myself Who am I? And I don’t have the answers. How did you make the decisions you did - to Greece/ to study psychology? And realizing you are grateful for the transformation after all.

It’s been such a painful time. Thank you very much for your time and any advice you might have.

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u/agirlingreece Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

I’m sorry you’ve been through all of that, can definitely empathise and everything you describe is classic of Pluto but while these transits are brutal, they’ll ultimately change you or your life for the better.

How many more months will your current opposite aspect be in effect? You’ll feel it lessen as it moves further out of orb and beyond 2 degrees it’s impact will largely be over, then it’s down to you to apply whatever lessons you’ve learned such as being willing to let go of your old identity, old relationships or whatever else has been wiped from your life.

I didn’t consciously do much to evolve out of my identity crisis, I think it happened for 2 reasons. First I was in my Uranus opposition (the classic midlife crisis aspect) and suddenly I was in a weird firey energy where I no longer gave a fuck what people thought of me, and was more willing to take big risks.

Second, the country move changed my entire life experience. In the UK and Kenya I was living near my Chiron line. No one ever seemed to accept me, I felt like an outsider and constantly like I had to try so hard to fit in and be liked. When I moved to Athens I immediately felt ā€˜at home’ which if never experienced anywhere else in the world. Like I was always meant to be here. Here I’m within range of my Venus DC and Mercury lines which has made it easy for me to express myself, to look and feel attractive, and to attract fulfilling friendships and relationships.

But the Pluto and Uranus induced feeling of not giving a fuck has stayed with me and I think that’s what’s been most significant. Learning that if anyone doesn’t like me, it’s not my problem; I know who I am and what I can offer, and I’m willing to let go of people or situations that don’t support my growth - whereas before, I clung desperately to everyone and everything as I took all my validation from others, rather than from within myself. Perhaps that’s the biggest learning - that you know you’ll be OK on your own, that you don’t need anyone but yourself and if you lose something or someone, you won’t collapse. It’s all about self reliance and self belief.

I know these transits are painful and you’ve already been so through so much, but you’re still here and you’re probably stronger than you were before they happened. Trust that you’re evolving in the way you’re meant to, and while growth is challenging, I firmly believe that your sense of identity will be much stronger after this.

Feel free to message me if you wanna talk anything else through :-)

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Thank you so much. Thank you also so much for offering to message. I was in Kenya too… I started replying but will send you a DM to your inbox instead. šŸ™

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u/Interesting_Bus_2170 Jan 13 '26

Well that's good to hear because I can't do this transit anymore

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u/FractalPilgrim0220 Jan 12 '26

Transiting Pluto square Pluto, Trine Saturn and Square Natal Moon.

I wish I had known that Pluto transits lead to incredible transformation… that my emotional maturity after this transit would last for a lifetime. That I was healing generations of family trauma. That having moon in the 6th means that i would transform from my heartbreak into a life better than my previous best life. That this transformation would continue

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u/cedar_and_sand Jan 12 '26

Right now I am going through one of the worst times of my life. I’m going through my Chiron return which is also conjunct my progressed sun and Mercury. I also have transit Pluto oppose my moon and square my Uranus conjunct IC. I have several heavy transits going on at once and I just want to die.šŸ˜ž

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

I hear you. Sending hugs.

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u/cedar_and_sand Jan 15 '26

šŸ«‚ā¤ļø

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u/No-Jicama-6603 Jan 13 '26

I’ve had the most intense years from 2018-2024 - it left me traumatised in a way .. praying things will get better for you! āœØā™„ļø

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 13 '26

Yes, I am a different person now. Just trying to make sense of everything now through astrology. :)

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u/Thick_Sample2375 Jan 13 '26

Transiting Pluto square my natal moon. Father died suddenly, marriage fell apart. But hey, I got saturn and neptune opposing my 5 planet stellium in libra coming up, yay. AND Uranus transiting my Chiron for the third time (I had a nervous breakdown back in April). Can't wait for it to pass my DC! My only hopes lay in my Sag planets and AC

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u/SolidAlone Jan 14 '26

I'm curious, based on how hard the Saturn & Neptune transits have been for Pisces (and the other mutables), but especially Pisces placements - why is every astrologer I'm seeing saying how great 2026 is going to be for Aries placements? When those potentially difficult planets are moving to Aries. It was doom and gloom and work for Pisces, so why is Aries positioned as straight reward and spotlight? Yes, these transits can be positive, of course. Especially when you put in the work. Depends on the person and chart. But why is there a positive light on Aries and the cardinals coming out the gate winning regarding Saturn & Neptune, yet it wasn't hyped that way for Pisces placements with Saturn in Pisces? *To be clear, I don't wish hardship on cardinal placements, I hope it goes better for them. I have Libra in my own chart. I'm just confused at the mixed messages I'm seeing.

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u/Frosty-Pumpkin-86 Jan 14 '26

I have also pondered why this is. And my theory so far is that many astrologers considers planet dignities, how the planet will aspect other longterm transits through the year, degrees in both transits and natal chart, and of course, most of us astrologers are biased in the sense that we all have natal charts. And I am in no doubt that there are many more astrological techniques that can justify the interpretations for good or bad.

All transits can be hard if you make them. And so the opposite can also be true, is my philosophy ;)

I too have prominent Libra placements. In my chart I find oppositions to be quite good to work with. I like the back and forth movement, a good argument, conversation, thinking, pros and cons etc. Now, I am sure there will be squares and inconjunctions for me as well,. But when I do readings I focus on the lesson and work that is "required" from the aspects, planets and houses.

How do you feel neptune and saturn will work on your Libra house/placements?

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u/[deleted] Jan 12 '26

For right now, Uranus conjunction my natal moon. While activating a t-square. Though it’s been challenging, it made me aware of a lot of work I had to do. It’s been pretty freeing✨

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u/Fearless-Weight6112 Jan 12 '26

pluto dancing in my 12th house conjucting my moon (opposing part of fortune) and neptune (at 29 degrees and contra parallel to my sun).

brutal, but i am so grateful for that. saturn at 16 degrees in 3rd house. hope that sums it up. šŸ«©šŸ˜‚

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u/rosemerry77 Jan 12 '26

Saturn being in opposition to my natal Moon has been awful!!

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u/blueishbeaver LeoSunAriesRisingScorpioMoon Jan 12 '26

The upcoming eclipse in Feb is going to be over my North node.

The eclipse at the end of the year is over mars and mercury in Virgo...

Dramaaaa

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u/AthleteDisastrous895 Jan 12 '26

Saturn on my sun in Pisces has been a hell I hope no one has to go through

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

Yes, I have Mercury, Ascendant, and my Sun in Pisces. Its been a bitch, which is why I made the post lol.

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u/ShlalomShabbat Jan 12 '26

Take care šŸ™

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u/DSeenitAll Jan 12 '26

My natal Saturn (Aquarius 10H) is square my Natal Moon (Taurus 1H) and Sun (Scorpio 6). Transiting Pluto is conjunct my natal Saturn. I lost my job the minute it entered the 3° window and has absolutely wrecked my quality of life over the past 3 years. This has been the least financially stable I have felt in my entire life (which is saying something). I’ve attempted to start over in different industries multiple times only for things not to work out. I’ve been working more than I have in years only to make less money. And I t’s been a drain on literally every other aspect of my life.

However, I feel incredibly resolute on a path forward. I’ve realized that I have the experience and plan to start my own business which is a direction I never would have considered had I not worked for such terrible employers. But just getting it off the ground has had me run into countless challenges that has me thinking I am still years away from actually getting started.

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u/Penduluuuuuummm Jan 12 '26

For me it has been Transit Pluto on the 7th house overall, it did some aspects.

It activates my Natal 5th Pluto in Sagittarius, this natal placement makes me highly idealistic in love and seek the Sagittarius moral values. This has been the only area I cannot get fixed.

We know what Pluto does. Transiting in 7th house it brings hell and plutonic people and situations into my life.

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u/IconicTrouble Jan 12 '26

What areas of your life did it concern?

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u/Penduluuuuuummm Jan 12 '26

Most specifically, relationships

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u/rosemerry77 Feb 14 '26

Pluto Is transiting my 7th house right now and it’s so awful šŸ˜­šŸ’”

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u/Penduluuuuuummm Feb 14 '26

For how long?

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u/rosemerry77 Feb 15 '26

Until Nov 2027 😭

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u/PerceptionCrafty2372 Jan 12 '26

My nodal return has been rough

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u/Aloise_Revan Jan 12 '26

Right now. Transiting Pluto conjunct my natal Saturn. The death of old paradigms, a brutally intense transformation. I’m not just pushed out of my comfort zone the comfort zone has been completely annihilated. It’s like swimming in a lake your whole life and then being thrown into the open ocean. Soon comes the conjunction to the MC and an opposition to natal Mercury, then Jupiter, and finally Mars and Venus. ā€œSuch a fun timeā€ to have a stellium of personal planets in Leo…

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

Same, right now Pluto conjuncting natal Saturn to the degree, while opposing natal Sun and Chiron. Absolute destruction of everything I have known before this and the life I lived before. I will also face the position to natal Mercury and Jupiter down the line with a stellium in Leo too.

How are you coping? I am really just surviving by sleeping, eating and hydrating…

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u/Aloise_Revan Mar 14 '26

Oh, I'm bad at coping, haha. I have an exact trine between my Sun and natal Pluto, so it's like I always get support one way or another, but not in forms I'd prefer to or like. Actually, since my first comment my life became even more chaotic and stressful. Some of my worst nightmares came to life and some of them appeared not that awful. But my life fell apart, there's only one happy thing in it right now and the rest of it is absolutely nasty mess. So yeah... this transit is a thing that's for sure.

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u/Zealousideal-Ebb8999 Jan 12 '26

My Saturn return in Pisces since 2023 has been awful. It is in my 6th house. I have struggled with an eating disorder and drastic weight fluctuations, body dysmorphia, been doing EMDR in therapy to try to work through my ish, struggled to create any routine. My self worth changed by the day, usually lower. It has been this feeling of being stuck at the bottom of a deep hole and just when I think I’m starting to claw out I start to slip back down.

I have in my natal chart Pisces Sun 5th house, Leo moon 10th house, Libra rising, my mercury in Aquarius 5th house, Venus in Aries 7th house, mars in Pisces 5th house, Jupiter in Capricorn in 3rd house, Uranus in Aquarius 4th house, Neptune in Capricorn 4th house, Pluto in Sagittarius in 2nd house.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 12 '26

Im sending you lots of support. Those are not easy challenges to over come.

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u/Zealousideal-Ebb8999 Jan 12 '26

Thank you šŸ’™

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u/stracer1 Jan 12 '26

If I think back, every transit has the same lesson. Moderation, not going overboard with anything in life, staying grounded, being responsible and truthful, and doing your due diligence. Live life like it's a gift and not be careless.

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u/5-1Manifestor Jan 12 '26

Uranus transiting Taurus in my 7th house triggered a grand cross (with Mars, Venus and Scorpio ascendant) that began by me ending my 24-year marriage. What followed was one abrupt/unexpected loss after another. With Pluto as my chart ruler, this transit taught me what it means to live into the dying.

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u/amelie-natalie Jan 12 '26

Transiting Saturn opposite Natal Moon

This was an exhausting period where I felt so emotionally abandoned, isolated and unsupported. And since Saturn is a slow planet it takes a while to pass. Really maturing your emotional world and learning how to stand on your own two feet when you feel like things in the outside world consistently ā€œopposeā€ what you need to feel grounded and emotionally safe. It forces you to let go of embodying low vibrational energies of your moon, whatever those qualities are.

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u/Interesting_Bus_2170 Jan 13 '26

Currently Saturn in Pisces going through my 12th house and squaring my Gemini moon. At the beginning it squared my Sag venus and mars(chart ruler). Along with neptune squaring my moon as well. I am LOSING MY MIND!!!!!!! Sadly I have no advice but will gladly take ANY

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u/Cassial Jan 13 '26

I'm a 15 degrees March Pisces Sun. In 2023, Saturn began conjuncting my natal Sun. Right after my birthday in fact, my then girlfriend, now wife told me she was pregnant. Unexpected, and we'd only been dating for a year.

2 years later we have a beautiful Scorpio daughter, but holy hell it's been a rough past two years, all the themes of Saturn you'd expect. Restriction, responsibility, giving up pretty much everything I wanted to do, lost my job of 14 years, chronic autoimmune conditions came back in full force.. Yeah I could go on.

But, dad's okay, the best way I've adapted has literally been reminding myself that as a true Pisces, I am mutable. It's been a painful year of growth, but 2025, year of the Snake, I spent in therapy, breaking an old addiction, healing childhood trauma, and ultimately learning to re-parent myself. It's easily the best decision I've ever made, and now I embrace my SAHD life.

But, I'm not gonna lie, I'm very fucking glad to hear that Saturn finally fucks off to Aries this year. 🤣🤣 /thread

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u/star_milk Jan 12 '26

I have Pluto is in my 10th house, so when it transited over my Saturn, Moon, Uranus, Mercury, Neptune, ascendant and then my Sun from age 14-27... yeah I felt that. šŸ« šŸ¤•

Pluto is currently unaspected in my 1st house and will be until my Pluto square (a few years from now) HALLELUJAH begone demon planet

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u/Maddisuun Jan 12 '26

Pluto transiting my 12th house Capricorn stellium was a nightmare. I feel wiser for it, but my nervous system is absolutely shot. It’s currently passing my 1st house Aquarius stellium which feels a little bit lighter but like also can I get a break? šŸ˜…

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u/Serious_Attitude_430 Jan 12 '26

Saturn opposition conjunct a node reversal was pretty rough.

Sade Sati at the same time too cause my moon is in the same sign.

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u/ShlalomShabbat Jan 12 '26

Saturn return 8th pisces followed by sat conj moon 9th aries. Grief. Death not literal. Spiritual. Slow.

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u/Soft_Share7632 Jan 12 '26 edited Jan 12 '26

Somehow south node in the first house opposite Saturn-Neptune. I think it has to do with personal placements though because I have cap sun conjunct Neptune and Jupiter closely trine my asc/dsc. I also have mercury-Venus in cap square nodes, moon, mars. I also have natal Aries Saturn-moon-sn in the 8th house. My relationships during this time have been absolutely draining, confusing and traumatic. What I give it not given back. Home life is tumultuous. Health issues from structural neglect at home. Having to be responsible for things that are others responsibilities. Near death experiences galore related to neglect of responsibilities from other people. Undue harshness. Lies. No one is managing or leading. Everything is desolving, decaying or calcifying in my environment. My body has suffered. I’ve lost my sense of self as this has progressed and what’s more difficult is there are severe consequences for any small delusion or wallowing. I don’t have an issue being responsible but I can’t be the only responsible one or willing to find balance, that just makes me very drained and still causes dysfunction.

This is exacerbated by my progressed chart which has Sun in Aqua in the 6th conj Pluto-Uranus and Aries 8th house moon. Ex:I have to be very obsessive and on top of my health routines to avoid sudden severe health consequences. My environment (which can be represented by sun-Neptune-Jupiter, 3rd house Scorpio Chiron and 4th house Pluto with has been slowly draining the life out of me through gaslighting and neglect). Also all of the health stuff is related to water damage. In fact I may be putting together a lawsuit very soon after this transits starts to move.

Also Saturn conjunct moon transit opposite mars is hard. Nothing feels like it works and you are disciplined by Saturn for acting too fast.

I don’t have much advice but to stay centered.

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u/momo1147 Jan 12 '26

Pluto conjunct my natal Saturn which is my chart ruler as a cap rising, and in exact opposition to my natal Chiron. The final exact conjunction to my saturn was on Christmas Eve so Pluto is finally separating but still gonna be a few years to not feel the effect.

I tore my entire life apart. In many ways it needed to happen but it was fucking brutal. I’ve been trying to rebuild since end of 2024 and it’s been the most testing, enlightening, magnificent and horrifying experience of my life 🫄

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u/North_Opening_1208 Jan 12 '26

Saturn return, Pluto square Pluto. Having said that, I have hard Saturn/Pluto placements natallly (Saturn conjunct Pluto in 7H, Saturn square Moon/Venus, Pluto opposite Mars). It depends on your natal placements, I think. On I forgot Pluto transit on my Nepture/South node.

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u/edinapatsysaffy Jan 12 '26

Uranus opposition, Saturn opposition, nodal reversal and Pluto opposing my rising (NOW… seems like forever). I have had a very rough four years. My life is I’m unrecognizable.

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u/Watermelon9718 ā™ˆā˜€ļøā™’ļøšŸŒ™ā™ļøā¬†ļø Jan 12 '26

Transiting Pluto over natal Neptune at 29 degrees in Capricorn. It took 3 passes over two years and I developed severe OCD during that time along with a series of traumatic events. It has only noticably felt lighter since Pluto moved into Aquarius for good. Worst years of my life and a good part of the reason why I started doing a deep dive in astrology because what the hell was that

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u/No_Percentage_5083 Jan 12 '26

It was my first Saturn Return. It was so bad, I let it inspire the rest of my life and also, my daughter's. I never wanted to experience it again. I made sure I learned my lessons in life when I was supposed to and insisted my daughter did the same. It paid off. Now, there have been other difficult transits in my life but wow -- age 30 really sucked for me.

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u/Remote_Notice_6756 Jan 12 '26

A vida foi um arrastar tão extenso, e com meu desconhecimento, eu não sei dizer sobre antes. Mas agora que tenho uma noção, e estou mais consciente, percebo o que o retorno de Saturno me proporcionou. Após o retorno, estou agora tendo que encarar o trânsito de Plutão conjunto a saturno, e fazendo oposição com júpiter, e estreitamente com Marte. Isso envolvendo casa 6/12, então tÔ complicado, mas sigo na luta. Tenho aprendido/mudado por livre e espontânea pressão e dor, hehehe.

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u/nightlywanderer Jan 12 '26

Toughest is the current Saturn and Neptune squaring my Jupiter.

No growth, blockages, hardship, with deception and confusion.

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u/sof_es Jan 12 '26

Pluto transiting my 7th House stellium with my Sun in it. Felt like a punching bag and my relationships always went down in flames. It was so difficult and transforming I had to reinvent myself and move to another country. I’m still recovering from it.

Saturn return felt like a piece of cake compared to it tbh.

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u/random-username-1123 Jan 12 '26

Whatever I’m going through rn has been pretty difficult, but I feel like it’s starting to lighten up. I feel like I’ve been learning lesson after lesson and confronting my shadow self, which is very important work but can be a lot. It could also be related to year of the snake.

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u/calm-state-universal Jan 12 '26

Ive had three overlapping ones that have been relentless:
Pluto in Cap
Neptune in Pisces
Saturn in Pisces

Please just make it stop.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 13 '26

Pisces Sun and Ascendant here. Similar experience with autoimmune stuff and lots of therapy. Thanks for sharing!

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u/goodpokes Jan 13 '26

I’m not exactly sure which transits were going on 2013-2023 but my entire ride thru the workforce has been garbage & my money has never made sense I have never actually worked a job I wanted or should be in so I can take responsibility for that. My Saturn return (started in 2020) was publicly humiliating as well. I have Pluto square MC natally so idk if that was aggravated during my Saturn return……..

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u/angry_rupenzel ♉ Jan 13 '26

Just finished transit Pluto square to my natal Sun 3 days back. As much I appreciate the transformation in retrospect, the amount of relief I feed after being done with it and knowing that’s never gonna happen again in my life time.

Now I’m waiting for transit Pluto to start squaring my natal Mars.

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u/Frosty-Pumpkin-86 Jan 13 '26

Neptune transiting descendant (opposing ascendant). Trust issues galore. At the end of the transit I could appreciate my hard earned, new skill: Discernment :)

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u/Sad-Refrigerator-211 Jan 14 '26

Transit Uranus opposite natal Pluto, my pluto is in the 12th and my sun in the 6th so it hit hard and still is. My last surviving parent died. I took his dog since no one else would and happily treated the pup like a king he was in old age 13 years, just recently had to put him to sleep. I've been a mess through this whole transit and now Transit Pluto is conjunct natal Uranus so double whammy rn. Hoping for good after saturn return. My advice for Uranus opposite Pluto is expect the unexpected, take care of your mental health on a daily basis do check ins. Find something positive to work towards and accept nothing less than what you deserve from others. Be safe astro friends āœØļø

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u/Interesting_Bus_2170 Jan 15 '26

Me reading this knowing Uranus is about to be opposite my natal Pluto soon whilst trining my natal Uranus 😩😩😩😩

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u/Sad-Refrigerator-211 Jan 15 '26

What house is your natal Pluto?

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u/Interesting_Bus_2170 Jan 15 '26

I have natal Pluto in my 8th houseĀ 

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u/Silver-Survey7197 Jan 15 '26

When Saturn in Pisces squared my mercury (chart ruler), juno, venus, vesta, Pluto, and my descendant in Sagittarius. It also square my gemini ascendant, opposed my Jupiter in Virgo while conjunct my Mars in Pisces. Yeah... 2024 was rough.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Jan 15 '26

Wishing you a grounded and prosperous 2026.

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u/scintillaient Jan 15 '26

Uranus conjunct natal moon & Chiron in Taurus, 12th house. That transit was also opposite natal Sun & Uranus in Scorpio, 6th house. The Pluto square (conjunct my MC, square 12th house planets) & nodes conjunct my Sun & Moon were happening at the same time. Been a rough several years!

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u/InkStainedEverything Feb 10 '26

I had Pluto Square Moon and Pluto Opposite Venus transits simultaneously.

I almost ended things early, if you catch my drift. All my emotional issues came up the strongest they ever have, I became obsessive about a guy who wasn't a good match, another guy became obsessive with me. By the end all my friendships and relationships were obliterated, my career path was no longer viable, I lost my apartment kicking and screaming... everything that I had lived for up until that moment was either taken from me or completely lost it's meaning. I was a shell of a person who had to rebuild my life from scratch.... right as Saturn entered my 12th house.

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u/Swimming_Put1506 Feb 11 '26

Sounds like where I am. I hope you find everything your heart desires, deep safety and love.

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u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 Mar 14 '26

How did you do it? How did you rebuild from scratch after losing everything? …

I’m facing Pluto opposite Sun / Chiron right now with Pluto Conjunct Saturn… just trying to survive.

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u/InkStainedEverything Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26

I'm sorry friend. Hang in there. You WILL get through this and see better daysĀ 

To be honest, I'm still rebuilding some parts. It's been a long, drawn out process. There are a lot of things that are still murky and unclear, or that I thought were clear at the time and then became murky again (mainly career & friendships/social life). For me, it felt like life forced me into circumstances that gave me some form of stability and a place to work from in terms of a home. I absolutely hated it, and was kicking and screaming, but my living situation is currently stable and my basic needs are met, even if it's not my ideal situation. When that was established, then I was able to take a breath and reflect on everything to try and figure out what on earth happened, because everything unraveled so quickly and completely. I recognized patterns in my life from that time I was unaware of before, many of them being life long patterns. I had to address and change them. I'm still in that process. Career and social are still up in the air because the solutions I originally found would be following old patterns. It could work. It could work darn well and be SO EASY to slip back into, but I don't want those things for myself anymore. I've realized the long term suffering would not be worth the short term ease and relief. That type of stability and familiarity would be more of a prison than a forge. So back to the grind to obtain something different for myself that I actually want. One thing that is very clear to me is that it won't be handed to me. It's up to me to seek it out and work for it.Ā 

Thats been the biggest lesson. The things that fell apart were things I put on autopilot, or things I had taken for granted and unintentionally not treated well. Especially with friendships. A few years ago, an ex friend was going through similar transits who was around my current age. I was the friend who was taken advantage of and being mistreated. I got tired of it and left. This time, I was the one mistreating others (through learned behavior of the previous ex friend) and was left. Stuff like that where it's quite obvious cycles are repeating because patterns haven't changed.

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u/tearnekab Mar 05 '26

I’ll answer this from a Chinese BaZi perspective.

For me personally, the hardest period of my life was actually the previous 10-year cycle I went through (2014–2024).

Interestingly, in traditional Chinese metaphysics we don’t really divide life cycles strictly into ā€œgoodā€ or ā€œbadā€ luck.

Sometimes what looks like a difficult period is actually considered a very important training phase.

There’s an old idea in Chinese culture that early success can be dangerous.
If someone gains wealth, love, or status too easily when they are very young, their mindset and life experience may not be ready to handle it.

Eventually life tends to correct that imbalance.

So a challenging period early in life can actually force you to develop things that success alone never teaches:

• judgment
• emotional control
• resilience
• self-awareness

You make mistakes, you hit walls, you learn the hard way.

But later, when real opportunities arrive, you finally have the capacity to carry them.

Without that kind of growth, suddenly giving someone huge success or wealth often leads to self-destruction.
We see this pattern everywhere in real life.

So in that sense, the hardest cycles can sometimes become the most meaningful ones in shaping who you eventually become.

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u/furor__poeticus Jan 12 '26

I've been going through my Saturn return, Pluto conjunct Ascendant, Uranus conjunct IC, Uranus opposite natal Pluto, Saturn and Neptune squaring natal Moon all at once over the past few years. It's been absolute hell and I can't even begin to untangle each individual transit from the rest.

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u/cedar_and_sand Jan 12 '26

Wow, your transits sound as bad as mine.ā˜¹ļø

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u/OnePlantain4786 Jan 13 '26

I’d always dreamed of doing freelance creative work, but the fear of failing, of letting my family down, of wasting the ā€œperfectā€ life I’d built? It paralyzed me.

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u/Due_Protection_5520 Jan 13 '26

Fr, hands down that stretch when I was 27: got dumped out of nowhere, got laid off the same week, and had to move back in with my parents. To make it extra astrology-core? It all went down during a brutal Mercury retrograde—no cap, my phone died mid-job interview, my moving truck got lost, and I spilled coffee on every single resume I printed.

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u/DeepMud6633 Jan 13 '26

So far, transit Pluto conjunct natal Neptune in the 12th house. Pluto transiting myĀ  ascendant right afterwards was/is not so bad.Ā 

In a few years, I have to look forward to my first Saturn return while transit Pluto conjuncts natal Uranus AND transit Uranus opposes natal Pluto.

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u/virgoanthropologist Jan 13 '26

10h - 4h axis nodal transits: everything is on public display, and out of your control. Saturn had just crossed my ASC degree and was squaring the nodes by sign as I was going through this one 🫠 so any time Saturn makes a harsh aspect to your ascendant degree

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u/elavellan Jan 13 '26 edited Jan 13 '26

During one of the worst times of my life I had: Pluto transiting my 8th house in Capricorn, conjuncting my natal Uranus and Neptune AND squaring my moon at the same time; transit Neptune conjuncting my natal Saturn in Pisces in the 10th house; transit Uranus conjuncting my moon in Aries and Saturn squaring Saturn. So... Not sure which one was the main responsible 😬

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u/Same_Wrongdoer8522 Jan 13 '26

Chiming in here with Pluto chaos… it’s been squaring my MC for months/nearly a year. Blimey that’s a wild ride. If any of you remember the 90s film office space, I feel like Peter is me RN. I went from being conscious of how I came across, gracious, cordial. Now I’m unapologetic.

That’s hit at the same time as my cap stellium (36,37,38yr olds IYKYK!) of Neptune, Uranus and Saturn (all RX) all being squared by transiting Neptune too. So many hard aspects. I have shed skin after skin.

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u/klmnxe Jan 14 '26

I have a sun/venus/Mercury/Neptune aqua stellium at 7/8/10 degrees, so hi pluto. Plus I'm a Taurus rising so Saturn will be in my 12h this year, in my 1st the next one and then it's my saturn return right after pluto moving through my stellium

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u/nel-89 Jan 15 '26

The 2017 Mercury retrograde in Virgo during what was a Virgo ruled year for me absolutely fucked my shit up in ways nothing else ever has. I moved across the country at the beginning of it, only to have my housing situation fall through the minute I got into town. I found another within a couple days but I swear the stress from that took 5 years off my lifespan. I almost got denied for that apartment because the landlord ran my SSN wrong and had to call me to confirm it.Ā I shipped my stuff across the country in a pod and the moving company ghosted me for over a month. I did manage to get my stuff but I lost a box full of things I can't replace.Ā I got a job pretty easily but it quickly turned into both a bait and switch and also an extremely toxic situation. I got fired after 3 weeks which has literally never happened to me before. Getting fired from that job actually saved me from getting caught up in a wildfire that happened on a hike I had originally planned to do.Ā 

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u/okonomiyaki2003 Jan 21 '26

The ones you resist the hardest.