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Killer Instincts: Mars and Pluto in Aspect

This article explores Mars-Pluto aspects in astrology.
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eople with Mars-Pluto aspects have a reputation for being ruthless and desiring to control others. Outsiders would be surprised to learn just how much self-control Mars-Pluto can have. It takes self-control to cope with the powerful impulses that Mars-Pluto creates. Mars-Pluto people, who aren’t punching walls, throwing things, yelling, stewing in their juices or running someone off the road, know a thing or two about how to handle the beast within. They’ve mastered (at least somewhat) their instinctual nature. Their instincts no longer control them, they control their instincts.

Photo by Pieter Hugo from The Hyena & Other Men series
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Pressure release

With Mars-Pluto the heat builds up inside like a pressure cooker. Mars-Pluto people need a way to release pressure on a regular basis or they will explode. The cause can be buried rage or unaddressed anger (popular choices) but really, anything can trigger this aspect. Mars, planet of physical action, has to do something with energy and it doesn’t care what that something is. Pluto wants that something to be consuming. The best solution would be something like a controlled burn.

Controlled force

Some Mars-Pluto people are unaware that they have this energy. They are oblivious to how overpowering, smothering, and overbearing, bullying or just plain rude they can be. They need to control their energy by choosing when, and how, to apply exactly the right amount of pressure and force to any given situation or activity: never overdoing it and never under-doing it. There is power in taking action: applying energy and force makes things happen. Bruce Lee had a Mars-Pluto square; he exemplifies using controlled force.

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Mars

  • Ares
  • God of War
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  • Agitator
  • Aggravator
  • Aggressor
  • Attack Dog
  • Combatant
  • Conqueror
  • Defender
  • Enforcer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Fighter
  • Guard
  • Independent Contractor
  • Instigator (they started it!)
  • Leader
  • Protector
  • Ranger (probably with Jupiter)
  • Solo Artist
  • Warrior
  • Mars spends approximately 2 months in each sign
  • Mars turns retrograde every 2 years

Pluto

  • Hades
  • Pluton
  • "The Rich One"
  • Dispater
  • Abducted Persephone
  • All the gems and precious metals under the Earth belong to him, but he owns no property above ground except a few temples
  • His most prized possession is the Helmet of Invisibility
  • Alchemy
  • Area of life where you crave intense experiences
  • Buried Treasure (How Dirty Do Your Hands Have to Get?)
  • Cleansing & Renewal
  • Corruption & Annihilation
  • Descent
  • How much are you willing to change to get the power you want?
  • How power transforms you (for better or worse)
  • Indefatigable
  • Magic & Sorcery
  • Manipulation & Power Struggles
  • Passion & Consumption
  • Pluto *wasn't* a nice guy!!!
  • Rebirth
  • Relentless
  • Soul retrieval
  • The thing that's taking a toll on your life (the thing that's killing you right now)
  • "Transformation" and its synonyms: conversion, metamorphosis, alteration, modification, reformation, revision, transition, shift, transfiguration, adjustment, deformation, transmutation, distortion, mutation, disfigurement, supplantation, transmogrification (TRANSFORMATION Synonyms: 30 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus)
  • Trash
  • Underbelly & the Seedy Side of Life
  • Underground & Mining
  • Underworld & Criminal Activity
  • What level of corruption will you stoop to in order to achieve the power you crave?
  • You can transform only so much before you become unrecognizable (do the people you loved still know you?)
  • Captive
  • Conspiracy theorist
  • Criminal
  • Detective
  • Dis-empowered person
  • Garbage collector
  • Hostage
  • Kidnapper
  • Paranoid person (in Aquarius = Paranoid Android)
  • Powerful person
  • Psychologist
  • Rehabilitator
  • Researcher
  • Saboteur
  • Shaman
  • Spy
  • Svengali
  • Therapist
  • Transformer
  • Up-cycler
  • Usurper
  • Villain
  • Jupiter / Pluto make a conjunction every 12.46 years
  • Saturn / Pluto make a conjunction every 33.42 years
  • Uranus / Pluto conjunction varies between 126.95 to 170+ years
  • Neptune / Pluto make a conjunction every 492.328 years

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eople with Mars-Pluto aspects have a reputation for being ruthless and desiring to control others. Outsiders would be surprised to learn just how much self-control Mars-Pluto can have. It takes self-control to cope with the powerful impulses that Mars-Pluto creates. Mars-Pluto people, who aren’t punching walls, throwing things, yelling, stewing in their juices or running someone off the road, know a thing or two about how to handle the beast within. They’ve mastered (at least somewhat) their instinctual nature. Their instincts no longer control them, they control their instincts.

Photo by Pieter Hugo from The Hyena & Other Men series
Photo by Pieter Hugo from The Hyena & Other Men series

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Pressure release

With Mars-Pluto the heat builds up inside like a pressure cooker. Mars-Pluto people need a way to release pressure on a regular basis or they will explode. The cause can be buried rage or unaddressed anger (popular choices) but really, anything can trigger this aspect. Mars, planet of physical action, has to do something with energy and it doesn’t care what that something is. Pluto wants that something to be consuming. The best solution would be something like a controlled burn.

Controlled force

Some Mars-Pluto people are unaware that they have this energy. They are oblivious to how overpowering, smothering, and overbearing, bullying or just plain rude they can be. They need to control their energy by choosing when, and how, to apply exactly the right amount of pressure and force to any given situation or activity: never overdoing it and never under-doing it. There is power in taking action: applying energy and force makes things happen. Bruce Lee had a Mars-Pluto square; he exemplifies using controlled force.

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Mars

  • Ares
  • God of War
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  • Agitator
  • Aggravator
  • Aggressor
  • Attack Dog
  • Combatant
  • Conqueror
  • Defender
  • Enforcer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Fighter
  • Guard
  • Independent Contractor
  • Instigator (they started it!)
  • Leader
  • Protector
  • Ranger (probably with Jupiter)
  • Solo Artist
  • Warrior
  • Mars spends approximately 2 months in each sign
  • Mars turns retrograde every 2 years

Pluto

  • Hades
  • Pluton
  • "The Rich One"
  • Dispater
  • Abducted Persephone
  • All the gems and precious metals under the Earth belong to him, but he owns no property above ground except a few temples
  • His most prized possession is the Helmet of Invisibility
  • Alchemy
  • Area of life where you crave intense experiences
  • Buried Treasure (How Dirty Do Your Hands Have to Get?)
  • Cleansing & Renewal
  • Corruption & Annihilation
  • Descent
  • How much are you willing to change to get the power you want?
  • How power transforms you (for better or worse)
  • Indefatigable
  • Magic & Sorcery
  • Manipulation & Power Struggles
  • Passion & Consumption
  • Pluto *wasn't* a nice guy!!!
  • Rebirth
  • Relentless
  • Soul retrieval
  • The thing that's taking a toll on your life (the thing that's killing you right now)
  • "Transformation" and its synonyms: conversion, metamorphosis, alteration, modification, reformation, revision, transition, shift, transfiguration, adjustment, deformation, transmutation, distortion, mutation, disfigurement, supplantation, transmogrification (TRANSFORMATION Synonyms: 30 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus)
  • Trash
  • Underbelly & the Seedy Side of Life
  • Underground & Mining
  • Underworld & Criminal Activity
  • What level of corruption will you stoop to in order to achieve the power you crave?
  • You can transform only so much before you become unrecognizable (do the people you loved still know you?)
  • Captive
  • Conspiracy theorist
  • Criminal
  • Detective
  • Dis-empowered person
  • Garbage collector
  • Hostage
  • Kidnapper
  • Paranoid person (in Aquarius = Paranoid Android)
  • Powerful person
  • Psychologist
  • Rehabilitator
  • Researcher
  • Saboteur
  • Shaman
  • Spy
  • Svengali
  • Therapist
  • Transformer
  • Up-cycler
  • Usurper
  • Villain
  • Jupiter / Pluto make a conjunction every 12.46 years
  • Saturn / Pluto make a conjunction every 33.42 years
  • Uranus / Pluto conjunction varies between 126.95 to 170+ years
  • Neptune / Pluto make a conjunction every 492.328 years

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