Pluto retrograde in Aquarius 2025: 4 signs transformed by this transit

Gather round — we’re talking death and renewal and the backspin of the petite but potent planet Pluto, which will begin its retrograde in the fixed air of Aquarius on May 4th and continue its backpedaling through October 13th.Our power planet of destruction and creation, Pluto, reminds us that we can’t grow without letting go.

During this retrograde cycle, we’re summoned to assess the ways we hold and share power, resist change and obsess over or attempt to control resources, sexuality and even death itself.While all among us will be affected by Pluto’s backspinning, four signs will feel the effects most acutely.Read for your sun and rising sign.

Pluto retrograde in Aquarius is slashing, burning and birthing in your tenth house of legacy, career, daddy issues and authority figures, Taurus.You may encounter challenging situations that test whether you are ready to lead and grow, or satisfied to follow and grovel.If you’re the brave b—ch we know you are under that genteel veneer of athleisure wear, you could find yourself striking out on your own and building the kind of career that gives you both financial stability and creative flexibility.Glad tidings to the lion pride.Pluto Rx is getting close to the bone in your seventh house of partnerships and trusted alliances, Leo.Deep changes could be coming to your one-on-one relationships.Remember, big cats, what is comfortable is not always beneficial.

If an ending, shift, or separation presents itself, trust that it was time for the energy of that relationship to transmute and make room for something more in line with your beautiful, imminent becoming.Pluto, your planetary ruler, is turning over the soil in your fourth house of ancestry and apron strings, home and roots.How do you keep yourself safe, Scorpio? Is it possible that these behaviors are maladaptive, born from a need to protect a younger, more vulnerable version of yourself?A therapist I spoke to said the difference between surviving and livi...