Transit Mars Opposite Natal Pluto: Facing the Power Across the Table

Transit Mars opposite natal Pluto is a phase of a few days in which the struggle between a person's will and someone else's power intensifies. Mars faces natal Pluto from 180 degrees, so the power question is lived out through another person or an institution. It peaks in the two or three days surrounding the exact angle.

What happens when transit Mars opposes Pluto?

Typical scenes fall in the realm of relationships and partnerships: an argument with a partner about jealousy or control, a negotiation with a business partner over money that turns hard, pressure from an authority figure. The person may run into someone else's intense reaction, or project their own intensity onto the other side. The same energy can also be lived as a passionate coming together.

Whose power, whose fear?

An opposition works like a mirror: the stubbornness met outside is often the reflection of an inner fear or a suppressed strength. On the approach tension builds, at the exact opposition a confrontation or crisis point arrives, and on the way out the relationship's new balance shows. The aim here is not to win but to build equal footing in the relationship.

• Hold difficult conversations at a calm time, with a clear agenda.
• If you meet manipulation, threats or pressure, state your boundary plainly.
• Leave decisions about shared money and debt for a few days later.

During a Mars retrograde this opposition can come back over a few months. Matters of the house Pluto rules, the one with Scorpio on the cusp, are also activated through relationships.