Transit Pluto Opposite Venus: Testing the Balance of Power in Love

Transit Pluto opposite Venus is the period when Pluto passes opposite the natal Venus, and the balance of power in love and partnerships is tested. The short answer: the person meets an intense, sometimes overbearing relationship dynamic and learns the difference between love and control. Pluto stays opposite Venus for one to three years and in that time often reaches the exact aspect three times.

What happens when transit Pluto opposes Venus?

An opposition lets the themes of Venus play out through other people. A very intense, attractive but controlling person may enter the native's life, or hidden jealousy and possessiveness may surface in an existing relationship. Shared money, inheritance, division of property during a divorce, or profit sharing in a business partnership may become tense. Some relationships come out of this test stronger; others reach completion.

As it approaches, tension builds in relationships; at the exact passes confrontations happen; as it separates, a new balance is established.

Passion in the mirror

The lesson of this period is that some of the power seen in the other person belongs to the native. Whoever hands control entirely to someone else, and whoever wants to hold it entirely, are seeking the same balance. However strong the attraction, not giving up one's own values is the central test of this opposition.

• Drawing clear emotional and financial boundaries
• Making written agreements on shared assets, consulting an expert if needed
• Honestly recognizing one's own desires

The houses ruled by natal Venus, those with Taurus and Libra on their cusps, are also affected by this opposition.