How Pluto In Aquarius Will Change Your Life, Depending On Your Zodiac Sign

Pluto’s shift from Capricorn into Aquarius is arguably the most significant transit of 2024, if not the next decade. The last time Pluto transited Aquarius was between 1778 and 1798, so it’s safe to say that this is new territory for everyone currently living.

As the furthest planet from us in the solar system, Pluto exerts its influence over the collective more than individuals, although its placement in your birth chart—and any important aspects to it—will signify where destruction and chaos typically manifests in your life. Pluto rules the underworld and the shadows, so oftentimes it dredges up uncomfortable feelings, emotions, and experiences, but it also allows us to transform these dark nights of the soul into opportunities for immense healing.

Pluto first ingressed into Aquarius back in March 2023, and for the few months it lingered there, we were given a preview of what is likely to dominate the cultural landscape for the next twenty years.

Today, on January 20, Pluto enters Aquarius once again, where it will remain until September 1. After a brief retrograde back into Capricorn, it will station direct in Aquarius on November 19. There it will remain until March 8, 2043, a date some of you are probably struggling to even comprehend at this point in time.

What themes are likely to occupy our cultural conversation for the next two decades, under the influence of the water bearer? Wealth redistribution, equality, class and race conflicts, women’s rights, digital surveillance, space travel, transhumanism, robotics, AI, the potential harms of social media, and very possibly, a disillusion with celebrity culture as the power shifts into the hands of the everyman.

Depending on your rising sign, Pluto’s ingress will reflect dramatic changes to a specific sphere of your life. Read on to learn what you can expect.

Aries

With Pluto now entering your eleventh house, your social standing and experience with large groups of friends is about to be shaken up in a drastic and undeniable way. You may experience this as a profoundly positive change during which you find your soul group, or you might experience extreme loss and isolation. There will probably be periods of both. After all, this is an extremely long transit that will influence a large portion of your adult life. No matter what happens, you can be certain that your relationship to others will not be the same once it is over.

Taurus

Your public image is about to change more than you could ever have imagined, with the potential for fame on the horizon. Pluto is now in your tenth house of career and reputation, and there it will remain for the next two decades, providing opportunities to get noticed and elevate your position in society. However, this is unlikely to be easy all the time: Pluto’s dark side is destructive and paranoid, so you could learn through scandals, cancellations, sudden career changes, and public breakups. Even if you have always craved fame, under Pluto’s influence you might discover that it’s not everything you thought it would be. Take this chance to grow into the best version of yourself, regardless of the expectations being placed on you by others.

Gemini

Many of you will undergo extreme paradigm shifts in regard to your philosophical and religious beliefs with Pluto now transiting your ninth house. Those who have been devout their entire lives might depart from their childhood faith, losing friends and family in the process. Others will experience overnight conversions, shocking everyone around you by your sudden piety and passion. Each one of you will dive deeper into your contemplation of the physical and spiritual worlds, seeking truth. Your view of the world will inevitably broaden as you travel extensively, study new ideologies, and start learning more about different cultures. Some of you will live, work, or study abroad for a lengthy period of time. When you return home, you will be changed forever.

Cancer

Pluto is now stationed in your eighth house of death and taxes, meaning that your relationship to everything private and taboo is going to change. If you have spent the majority of your life avoiding the thought of your own mortality or ignoring your growing debts, you’ll be forced to deal with these subconscious fears. Sometimes this transit can bring about huge changes to your financial situation, so some of you will inherit a windfall or marry out of your tax bracket. However, Pluto can deliver the opposite at times too: big losses from risky investments, for instance. You’ll become acutely aware of your shadow self as you confront hard truths.

Leo

For the next twenty years, the focus is going to be heavily on your relationships, with Pluto in your seventh house causing major transformation and upheaval. Some of you will jump into karmic contracts—marriage, business, or both—that begin and end just as quickly, leaving a firestorm of chaos in their wake. But there’s no denying that you’ll learn important things about yourself during this process. If you are the type who always needs to be in a relationship, there might be long stretches of singleness ahead for you. On the other hand, those of you who have always felt doomed to be alone forever might suddenly fall in love with a magnetic and alluring person who completely turns your life upside down. Leave yourself open to possibility, as this transit is all about the reconfiguration of the familiar.

Virgo

Your relationship to work and health is about to change on a large scale, due to Pluto’s presence in your sixth house. If you have always struggled to commit to a daily exercise regime or choose to Doordash food most nights rather than cooking, you’ll be forced to own up to your own laziness and gain some practical new life skills to carry you through the next two decades. As you age, you’ll grow more aware of your body’s limitations and work hard to maintain holistic health. You’ll commit to organization, cleanliness, and bettering yourself. The catalyst for this change may come through a lengthy period of illness or a health scare, but most of you will use these nerve-wracking experiences as wakeup calls. There is no downside to self-improvement.

Libra

Pluto is now in your fifth house of creativity and pleasure, which doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll lose your connection to those things. On the other hand, it might actually force you to prioritize them more, since they’ll feel further away from you. As life moves on and you find more and more responsibilities piling up over the years, you’ll have to intentionally carve out time for hobbies that brought you joy when you were younger. This is a crucial time during which you will have to learn how to integrate fun and artistic expression—whatever that means for you—into the lives of your children, too. Don’t lose sight of your inner child. Work hard to keep your imagination and joie de vivre alive.

Scorpio

Your familial roots are about to become crucially important, with Pluto in your fourth house. If you have spent most of your adult life running from where you came from, you’re likely to find yourself right back where you came from at some point over the next twenty years. It could be due to a death in the family, to be sure, since that’s an inevitability for everyone as they get older. But something more permanent might drive you back to your hometown, like a job offer. Building your own family, whatever that looks like, might have challenges you didn’t expect. The foundation of homes, metaphorically but sometimes literally, are rocked by Pluto in order to prove their integrity. Is yours built on solid ground?

Sagittarius

Your relationship with siblings, neighbors, and roommates will never be the same again, now that Pluto has found its way into your third house. If you’ve considered your sibling a built-in best friend for your entire life, you might suddenly have a falling out; if, on the other hand, you’ve never gotten along with them, you might grow more sentimental towards each other as you age. Sometimes time—and separation—helps love grow in surprising places. If you choose to move in with someone new, do a background check; they might turn out to be very different than you thought. The same advice rings true for homeowners, since this transit can bring about all sorts of hostile and aggressive neighbors, as well as a general feeling of displacement from your local community.

Capricorn

Big changes to your bank account are coming, with Pluto hanging out in your second house. Many of you will experience major wealth, some seemingly overnight, but economic loss can come just as quickly under this transit. Don’t gamble or invest in risky endeavors. Instead, steward your finances responsibly and gratefully, with the guidance of a financial advisor. Take stock of what you have, what you truly value, and what you can go without. Materialistic workaholics may become minimalists by the end of this twenty-year cycle, while impoverished entrepreneurs might be billionaires by the early 2040s.

Aquarius

With Pluto in your first house, your physical appearance is sure to undergo major changes, so don’t be surprised if you feel the urge to get a face tattoo or shave your head. The next two decades are going to be a time of intense experimentation with your outward presentation, and the world will see how you show up as a truly unique, albeit slightly eccentric, individual. You might even surprise yourself. Many of you will feel as though you’re experiencing increased scrutiny from the public, while others will go through a redemption era after a long, brutal period of exile. Use your platform wisely and be aware that all eyes are going to be on you for a very long time. With great power comes great responsibility.

Pisces

If you’ve been neglecting your mental health, it’s going to become significant now, with Pluto in your twelfth house of secrets and the subconscious. It’s likely that you’ll have a breakthrough and decide to get help for your struggles, perhaps motivating and inspiring others around you to do the same. It is a time to harness your unique willingness to share your vulnerabilities. As you grow older and more confident in your ability to handle hardships, you’ll become a force to be reckoned with. You may have to face your own pain head on before this is possible, though, and spend some time in solitude. Some of you with patterns of addiction or depression will spend time in rehabilitation or inpatient programs, but others will simply choose voluntary self-isolation in order to process heavy emotions.