Mars conjunct Pluto in Capricorn ⚡♑

“We are not from today or yesterday, we are of an immense age” - Carl Jung

This aspect will be exact on March 3, and here I’ll talk about the possibilities of its influence on us.

Initially, we can say that the aspect of Mars conjunct with Pluto by itself means a union of forces between two planets that have a certain compatibility, given that the two rules a common sign (Scorpio), so the characteristics of the planets tend to become stronger because of this “union” that will occur between them.

So, Pluto’s characteristics converge with those of Mars, so we can go through a period of:

• greater intensity in some sector.
• decisions having a more extreme and/or authoritarian content.
• impulsiveness.
• deeper issues becoming known.
• desire to achieve goals
• willpower, a large amount of intensity towards a goal/objective.
• competitiveness and serious disputes coming to the fore
• devotion or redemption for an idea or someone.
• clashes that will emerge.

Thinking about the SIGN that is involving the two planets, we take a step forward in the interpretation. Capricornis the sign of practical things, but it is not the practicality of Virgo, it is an application of objective things in a denser way, which is present in goals, in long-term plans, in big things. Capricorn likes to calculate, plan, and achieve.

The sign of Capricorn also relates to more structural issues in our life, as well as to the structures of our society: social institutions, more fixed and traditional parts, what seems essential for our current life is present in the sign of Capricorn. Things like politics, internal relations, social control, institutions in general.

Therefore, the aspect of Mars conjunct Pluto in the sign of Capricorn unites Pluto’s intensitywith the impetus of Mars. Thus, eventual desires for transformation (social or for something more structural in life), the desire to see something change in a profound way, whether beneficial or not, healthy or not, is being mixed with the Martian capacity to go there and do it, without hesitating that much.

Once the plan and objective are outlined, things can (and will) be put into practice. It is difficult to expect changes in ideas and goals looking at this aspect: it represents the purest obstinacy and fixation on something. Either positively or negatively.

Pluto in Capricorn brings some influences that revolve around the meanings of the planet and the sign. As I said, Capricorn is a sign that is extremely focused on long-term things, big plans, things that have meaning for someone or for a society. Capricorn represents the urge for power, to control things, whether on an individual level (feeling that you control your life, especially your professional one) or on a collective level - the control of behavior, which occurs through moral and legal rules; the politics; the search for power; the goals; the structuring of things; the organization of society; think of the elders, among other things.

Pluto in Capricorn - like all placements - can be a wonderful thing or a bad thing. It all depends on us. We feel the influence even if unconsciously, we are responsible for giving a destination to that. After all, we are the ones who act here on this plane through our free will.

Pluto in Capricorn in general can signify a desire to profoundly transform politics. Deeper reflections on politics. Politics being treated as a more collective matterbut not in the sense of Uranus, of bringing to the social perspective something that was previously restricted to a certain group, for example.

In the energy of Pluto, a subject not touched before comes to the surface through discomfort, problems, scandals. For example: bad management, corruption in politics, deep flaws in the system we currently live in, unconscious patterns that exist in our society (such as structural racism, for example, the racism that unfortunately is so present that it is veiled in our society, sometimes even receiving a “legitimation” from the social institutions that are supposed to protect us).

All this has come to the fore more with Pluto in Capricorn, and we can’t deny it. It’s not like it just started happening now. No. The problems have surfaced with a Plutonian vibe in the sense of demonstrating all our limited psychological and behavioral patterns that need to be evolved.

Also, the other side of Pluto in Capricorn is redemption and devotion to certain forms of control. People desiring the return of certain types of authoritarian governments (here in Brazil this has been very present). Devotion to forms of social control that have extremes of thought; devotion to ways of living in society; devotion and fixation on political ideologies; very fixed search for power and domination; major conflicts between countries and societies.

All of this can also come with Pluto. Pluto is intense, extreme, and like Scorpio, “8 or 80”, all or nothing, a double-edged sword: it can be greatly beneficial for our transformation and evolution, or very harmful if people surrender to the instinct of control and domination, extreme thoughts of how we should dominate others.

Mars rules Aries and in classical astrology, Scorpio. Pluto rules Scorpio. Both planets talk to each other at some points, and when they are in conjunction, certainly the energies of compatibility increase, which brings out a need to bring out the result of this union of forces. Such forces are intense, extreme, because we are talking about two extremely intense and transformative planets - in any sense.

Two years ago, when Mars was in exact conjunction with Pluto, we were facing the moment of the peak of the pandemic (March 23, 2020), a situation that scared many and that required aggressive measures, impositions (questions involving Mars), restrictions, which came from governments (Capricorn). Mars also brings us the idea of ​​survival and of seeking to solve problems with a certain sense of urgency, the planet relates to our ability to react (or not), how we tend to face problems and deal with them. It relates to how we can solve issues that demand urgency.

In addition, Mars conjunct Pluto in Capricorn brought an intensity to the way of looking at illness. Mars is about aggression and speed, Pluto about losses, transformation, pain, death. It represents the 8th house, house of the Scorpio sign.

As I have said here, planets, signs, and houses tend to have different meanings, but those meanings revolve around a certain group of subjects. Mars can signify impulsiveness, survival instinct, sense of urgency, impetus, individualism, aggression. And it can also mean intense discussions, wars, defense, and the like.

Pluto in turn means deep things, obsessions, the search to reach a goal at all costs, facing problems from the past, potentials, transformation, intensity, extremes.

For those who may eventually ask: can this aspect have anything to do with what is happening in Ukraine?

The conjunction aspect between Mars and Pluto occurs every 2 years, if we were to always interpret it as a possibility of important things happening, we can become a little extreme or sensational in our interpretation. If the astrological aspect can be influencing? Yes, as it will be exact at the beginning of March 2022, which means that now it is applying, as if it were a plane taking off for a trip. And whenever an aspect approaches before it becomes exact, its influence begins to emerge. This aspect really has a strong influence on all of us, and it may be working as a fuel for intense things to happen more strongly.

However, it alone would not generate this. Other points are considered: positions we are currently dealing with and other aspects that may be relevant, as well as the conditions of those countries currently involved in the conflict - Ukraine and Russia. But yes, I personally believe it has to do something with it.

So, the influence of the aspect on us happens considering a range of possibilities, but also the context to which a particular society/person is inserted.