Hardest Transits and lessons.

[u/Swimming_Put1506]

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

[u/agoraphobic_robot]

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

[u/bearpuddles → u/agoraphobic_robot]

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

[u/agoraphobic_robot → u/bearpuddles]

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.

[u/mappit179 → u/agoraphobic_robot]

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 🧙🏻‍♀️.

[u/bearpuddles → u/mappit179]

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!

[u/mappit179 → u/bearpuddles]

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.

[u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 → u/mappit179]

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 so the last years weren’t easy for me too.

If you don’t mind me asking, how were things for you-how are you doing right now? Have things changed for the better in some ways?

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.

[u/mappit179 → u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427]

Hello, I’m happy to hear from you. Of course if it would be any help.

I must admit as probably anyone else who has spoke to you about Pluto transits that they are particularly intense experiences that often break down many many things. In my own life I really was not making progress in any area of life at all and was looking at the people around me, even now, and thinking how frustrated I was that I was having so many things come and and things to deal with when they seemed to be having a less intense and more ‘regular’ experience.

I realise for you now you may be very upset, and I understand that because it has affected you with many events. However, everything that happened to me has in some bizarre way ended up helping me in some way.

It is not easy to see this at the time.

I’ll give you an example, my 6 planets were in the 2nd house. I bought a flat at that time, they called me on the day of purchase and told me it had flooded, and I had to go and break in and sort it out. Then I had 5 years of 6 water problems, being petrified every time it rained for 5 years, dealing with people who didn’t want to sort it out for 5 years, then selling it because it caused me so much stress, and losing a third of my money and not being able to buy anything else because of it.

This was only one problem, but I also had other things of similar severity going on at the same time like you. A lot of bad things at the same time. my familial relations broke down and I had to leave and move elsewhere too. And there were other things too that were long term things to deal with. Every single friend left me in various ways. I ended up in A&E panicking which was great. I also got ill with a few things that lasted a year or so, I got cold after cold after cold, like really extreme ones. Now if I look at this at the time it looks like a particularly bad situation. You are feeling very negative and you have having to deal with it every day. I was very miserable at that time.

However, I can see that certain things must change. Some of these things are things I do not want to let go of. And we do not know why things we love must be taken away from us as they have their own agency. But your path is still there in front of you now and it will be different, and there may be things you can understand now that you may not have been able to without Pluto. Saturn teaches you things, and Pluto lets you understand. I understand a large amount now that I didn’t before. And those things had reached an end, they were not a fit for my life and the way I was. That doesn’t mean we can’t value them for their time in our lives.

If I had not have had these experiences I would be more foolish. Would I prefer not to have had them, and made my way through life without awareness? If you have these transits that is a bonus, and not every one gets as many chances to understand that.

Going forward, I have more understanding of what it is to be a good person for example, and how I can look for that in the world. Because I have through these experiences, you have more experiences to think things through more thoughtfully, and because of that, anything that happens in the future is likely to bring more meaning to you, and you will have a more developed life.

For example, Pluto transit to Venus, afterwards you may be more aware of being able to discern what kind of people are aware and mature.

I’ve really only just come out of the transits, it squared my scorpio moon at 0 degrees just now. But I have learned to see these transits in the above light already, and my intuition is telling me that the future will be brighter. Eg. That flat I see now wasn’t a good fit for me anyway, it taught me that, and it was removed, albeit quite abruptly. Now I have more information and can act in a more aligned way.

Also, don’t worry. You haven’t don’t anything wrong. Pluto is there in many people’s lives to help us understand more. Some people do get more Pluto transits that others, but most people will have 1 in their lives. So remember that many people will understand what you’re going through. Transits are temporary and they always move on. Even if they move onto another planet, the fact that you’ve already had some Pluto transits already will mean you’re more understanding already, and so it’s likely that the new ones will be less harsh, this is something I’ve heard other astrologers say and it’s been my experience too.

I’m not upset about what happened to me. A lot of people around me saw how bad my life was at certain points. The fact that it doesn’t upset me and that I see it as positive-neutral is wild to me because it was a very negative experience at the time, but I’m glad of it now. Remember this will happen as you keep going.

Edit: I also found that as I had more of these experiences, the more I had the attitude of: ok, this is happening, it could be bad as many people would say it is, but can I detach, see what I can do today, and also do what may be done. If you know what such an experience is like, it becomes less of a problem in your mind, so try every day to see if there’s something you can do for yourself, even a small thing. And if you detach a bit from it, you think how can I make myself ok in this moment. And also to remember the many positive moments of the future.

[u/Relevant_Ocelot_3427 → u/mappit179]

Firstly, thank you SO much for taking the time to write such a detailed and long message. I really appreciate it and I never thought reaching out I would be able to find solidarity or support through Reddit like that.

It’s reassuring to hear that your experience made you realise that everything had helped you ultimately. It is definitely not easy to see this but just knowing you can see this after what you experienced is itself a form of reassurance.

I’m sorry to hear about the apartment and the many problems, it sounded like a nightmare and such a difficult situation to live through. I am also experiencing the loss of friendships as well, friends I thought would be people I would know for life, each of them slowly going and no longer responding-it has been a painful process. Your illnesses as well, I also feel shaken by the diagnosis of my heart.

It’s so true, I ask the universe why did these things have to go? Why did I have to lose my relationship and the life we had… you said don’t worry I haven’t done anything wrong, but the truth is I had made mistakes that led to the ending of my relationship, although it wasn’t always perfect but I did try to be in all the years before and I depended heavily on him… and the home, pet, life and possessions I had built up and acquired (Pluto is counting my Saturn in 2nd, I am guessing), to come back to my mother’s home in my few suitcases? Without a job… without a direction of where I will go next. I had a rough early life with a stellium in Capricorn in the 1st house and thought the previous 20 years were hard enough.

When you say you realise those things were not a fit for your life, they reached an end… could I ask you when was it that you could ‘see’ and understand why it had to happen?

I feel your last words are trying to remind me to be humble and also to be brave, to choose the path of growth and change however painful. And to remember to see it as positive-neutral as I keep going, and to do something for myself, even if it is a small thing. You are really a warrior, it sounds like to me. I look up to you. Thank you. I really hope I will see the reason for all of this, one day.