♇Pluto
Pluto is a modern body, discovered in 1930, which contemporary astrology associates with power, depth, and regeneration. It takes no part in the traditional system of dignities.
Pluto was discovered in 1930, and in 2006 the International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf planet. Modern astrology went on using it; traditional astrology never incorporated it.
It rules no sign in the tradition: Scorpio is ruled by Mars, in its nocturnal domicile. The attribution of Pluto to Scorpio belongs to the twentieth century.
What is attributed to it
Power, depth, and regeneration: the processes that destroy in order to remake. Modern astrology associates it with the compulsive, the buried, and what returns transformed.
Its orbit is so irregular that it spends between twelve and thirty years in each sign. The position by sign is plainly generational; what is personal lies in the house and the aspects.
Frequently asked questions
Does Pluto rule Scorpio?
In modern astrology it does, but in the Hellenistic tradition Scorpio is ruled by Mars, in its nocturnal domicile. Pluto does not enter the system of dignities.
Is Pluto still a planet?
In astronomy it was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union. Modern astrology still uses it; traditional astrology never incorporated it.