Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius: Where are you reclaiming your power?

Plus, insight for all the rising signs.

Pluto begins its annual retrograde this Sunday, and this time it will be moving through the revolutionary sign of Aquarius, where it will backtrack until early October.

Pluto retrogrades aren’t rare, but they are powerful.

As the planet of transformation, death and rebirth, power, and the unconscious, Pluto’s retrograde phase signals a time to turn inward and examine how we’re relating to control, evolution, and truth—especially in areas of life where change is long overdue.

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What Does Pluto Retrograde in Aquarius Mean?

Aquarius is the sign of the future—innovation, technology, systems, and collective progress. With Pluto here, we’re being asked to transform the way we engage with society at large, including:

• How we hold and wield power as a collective

• The impact of digital systems, AI, and surveillance

• Decolonization, liberation, and systemic reform

• Community-building outside traditional structures

• Radical shifts in identity, individuality, and belonging

When Pluto goes retrograde, it’s like an excavation. Secrets surface. Shadows are revealed. What was ignored or suppressed demands attention.

Expect to see cracks in systems that no longer serve you or the collective.

Individually, this is a chance to confront deep patterns around control, fear, isolation, and even technophobia or over-reliance on digital validation. Collectively, it’s a preview of the long-term shifts Pluto in Aquarius will demand until 2044.

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Themes to Reflect On During This Transit:

• Where are you resisting the changes your soul has been asking for?

• What is your relationship to power—personal, social, or systemic?

• What role does technology play in your emotional well-being or spiritual path?

• How do you show up in community? Are you seeking connection or control?

• What outdated structures in your life are ready to be dismantled?

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Pluto’s retrograde is not a punishment. It’s an invitation to dig deep and reclaim your power in a more aligned, soul-rooted way.

Things may leave. Truths may sting. But everything Pluto takes, it replaces with something more authentic, more evolved, and more you.

Use this retrograde to reflect, journal, detox, and create distance from disempowering cycles — especially those tied to groupthink, old belief systems, or social conditioning.

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If you’re craving guidance during this time, this is a powerful window to book a:

• An Intuitive Birth Chart Analysis (for long-term transformation themes)

• Birthday Reading (if you're a Taurus or have one coming up)

• Relationship Alchemy Session (to explore power dynamics in love)

• A Tarot Reading to see what this Pluto transit has in store for you specifically

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Here’s how this retrograde may highlight specific areas for each rising sign: