Midlife Coaching - Pluto square Pluto
When you reach your late 30s you approach another turning point in life where you are given the opportunity to release the past and evolve further into your own authentic self. Having completed your Saturn Return, you are now looking at your midlife transits. Mid-life is hallmarked by four major transits of the outer planets.
Because the orbit of each planet differs, these aspects will occur at different times or each person. Some generations did not experience them until they were more solidly into their 40s, but as of the writing of this article, they are occuring as early as age 36. To discover when these aspects are in effect you should sit down with an astrologer or intuitive coach.
The four transits will take you through approximately ages 36-45. They are:
Transiting Pluto square natal Pluto
Transiting Uranus opposite natal Uranus
Transiting Neptune square natal Neptune
Transiting Saturn opposite natal Saturn
To summarize the nature of the planets and their midlife transit effects:
Uranus is the planet of surprise, bringing sudden shocks, changes, upsetting issues situations, eccentricity and the unusual. Where Uranus sits natally, is transiting and rules is where you need to exercise more individuality and independence.
Neptune's nature is to confuse and obscure reality. You can end up feeling as though your existence and accomplishments up to now are worth nothing. You are faced with questioning yourself and working through things an emerging with a new spiritual connection - or you could escape reality buy delving into obsessions and addictions with sex, drugs, alcohol or lying.
The nature of Pluto is transformation, destruction and control in order to create something authentic. Where you have been playing around and not being serious, you will get serious now because everything will come to ashes around you and you will need to rebuild.
When these three outer planets have finished their wild ride with you, serious Saturn joins the fray for the final lesson around the age of 44/45. The nature of Saturn is limitations, restrictions, structures, discipline, reality and resistance. These are challenging, difficult and often painful situations in our lives. We may suffer from depression, repressed anger, physical illnesses (especially bones and teeth) due to the heavy responsibilities we are carrying in life - family relationships, work situations or attempts to pursue an authentic life. Mental illness is possible if a stable base cannot be formed in life. This is where astrology works! By being conscious and knowing where Saturn is in your chart you can make beneficial changes.
Mid-life is a time when you are called to take on power while being conscious of your issues and ideas about power.
In this article we focus on the Pluto square Pluto transit. Pluto is the planet that is concerned with power, death, rebirth, and transformation. For most people, the mid-life transit that occurs first is usually Pluto square Pluto.
Here you are faced with power plays from other people and situations where your power is being challenged. This is no ordinary challenge, this is strong-willed in-your-face provocation. The house where Pluto is transiting is the area of life where the challenges will arise. Those challenges will affect the issues governed by the house where Pluto sits in your natal chart. For example, say your natal Pluto is in your second house of security, values, and earned income. Your Pluto square will come from your fifth house of creativity, love affairs, children and risk-taking. This could mean that problems with your children cause you to lose your job; or taking too many risks on the stock market could cause your income to make dramatic changes; or people you supervise may criticize you so much at work that you become insecure about what you thought was your calling in life and your leadership abilities. You may deal with real situations of sabotage from people, who may go to extreme (Pluto!!) ends to try to shake you from your position.
The lesson here is to learn how and when to use your power in the areas in question. You are also faced with the fact that you DO have enemies, as we all do, whether or not we deserve them. Are you willing to admit you have enemies and to accept that some people want to oppose you out of jealousy. In their opposition of you, they will most likely criticize you and highlight your weaknesses. Can you compassionately listen, honestly assess any truths in the criticism and be wiling to trandform yourself? You are not required to be what someone else wants you to be; the issue is sifting through the mire and discerning what you can use. In some way, the people and situations that arise during Pluto square Pluto are ones for which you can be quite thankful. If you have this mid-life transit first, you will actually have an easier time of your Uranus opposite Uranus transit.
Pluto square Pluto can take you to emotional and spiritual depths. You may even feel your life and purpose is dying. You may have a hard time imagining that anything in your life could be good after this period of time. Your Pluto square Pluto transit involves three "hits" to your natal Pluto so there are thre times when you will most strongly feel the emotions and actions of this transit. When it is over, if you choose to transform and face yourself, you will be even stronger and much wiser in the areas affected. If you steel yourself against it and resist making changes, you will feel physically and spiritually worn. It will be even harder to face the other mid-life transits.
If you are interested in doing some short-term mid-life transition coaching to impove your life, please send an email to me here at Keen, with the subject "Mid-life Coaching. The cost is $600 for one month or $1500 for 3 months...PLUS I wil give you an extra 6 months of coaching support if you sign up in November 2007!
I will be glad to assist you with a personalized program and to support you through this time of life.
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