Mars and Pluto aspects
Mars and Pluto in aspect describe how powerful, intense and relentless your drive is. Together, in step or at odds, they set how you use force, face conflict and change through struggle.
Once you decide something matters, you do not stop. People have learned this the hard way.
Mars is drive and action; Pluto is power and transformation. An aspect between them gives your will enormous force, and how they meet says whether you master that force or it masters you.
Mars conjunct Pluto
You are intense, determined and almost impossible to defeat. You work with total focus and rise to every crisis. A conjunction like this makes you formidable, and gives your anger a weight you have to learn to carry.
Mars trine or sextile Pluto
Your strength is concentrated and lasting. You recover from setbacks, face hard truths and achieve what others give up on. Power comes naturally with a trine; a sextile lets you aim it.
Mars square or opposite Pluto
Power struggles and rage: you fight to win at any cost, or you meet people who do. The square makes you push too hard; the opposition brings ruthless opponents. Put into a mission, that intensity becomes the strength that rebuilds what others thought was finished.
How common is each?
Over the years the two meet in all five, some more often than others.
| Aspect | How common |
|---|---|
| Mars conjunct Pluto | about one birth in 25 |
| Mars sextile Pluto | about one birth in nineteen |
| Mars square Pluto | about one birth in thirteen |
| Mars trine Pluto | about one birth in thirteen |
| Mars opposite Pluto | about one birth in 25 |
Measured every six hours from 1920 to 2030: the share of births whose chart shows each aspect between them, within the orbs every chart here is cast with.
Find your own aspects
Your chart is free and takes a moment: the wheel, your Sun, Moon and rising sign, and every aspect between your planets, with how close each one is.