Pluto rules the sign of Scorpio and the eighth house.  Death and rebirth, inheritance, medicine, and all forms of healing have their influences ruled by Pluto and this energy’s lighter side, Minerva.  In the mythology we fall into the pit of Hades, the domain of the god of the underworld, Pluto, and learn a particular lesson, and then rising through the wisdom of Minerva we are reborn.  Having gone through a degeneration we then regenerate our lives.  The idea of transformation is a deep process, often needing years of study and meditation to duly realize the goal.

     War, and the destruction of war is also a Pluto area.  The greed and power that drive human beings to devised violence and control over another person is a Pluto area.  The use of Nuclear Energy has left the planet with much Plutonium that is killing the environment, products of which have a half-life of twenty-four thousand years, and the government would like to store it near your drinking water streams.  We call political figures who dictate degenerate power Plutocrats.

    In the area of personal development Pluto and Minerva signal the end of stagnant relationships, unregenerate areas with work, family, and health, and letting go of habitual patterns that entrench us in the past and lay the foundation for the success of the future.

     The Scorpio/Pluto story is one of constant death and rebirth.  From the scorpion stinging itself and others, the perspective of the eagle in flight, to the Phoenix rising from the ashes, this is the story of transformation.   In looking at the Horoscope you can understand your ability to transmute to the higher vibration of healing, and leave the wound and the wounding behind.  For each individual in the yearly cycle there is a month for dying to the old pattern, which then ushers in your sixty-day reward period.

    Our process of understanding death and rebirth is an ongoing situation. Our challenges have a lot to do with our psychological well being, our psychological understanding of things.