We’re going to dig in an see what we can find about this particular aspect: Mars trine Pluto.
Fiery Leo is the sign most associated with ego, performance, and show-stopping (or showboating, if the ego goes unchecked).
This sign goes all in (especially in love and relationships), but it can be difficult to always manage an all-or-nothing approach. When Pluto's transformative vibe connects with this sign, it's most important to seek out balance from others as you progress. Because Leo thrives in creativity, the best way to find the enlightenment that Pluto loves is to seek out self-expression through the arts.
Pluto in Leo: Significance & Meaning
Element And Modality: Fire & Fixed
Positive keywords for Pluto in Leo:
Enthusiastic
Honorable
Proud
Resilient
Vigorous
Negative keywords for Pluto in Leo:
Dismissive
Dogmatic
Dramatic
Overpowering
Testy
Pluto in Leo Personality
Pluto in Leo must feel large and in charge. The Lion meets Pluto to spawn a passionate and motivated individual with a burning desire to create—film, art, and even a new world. Is it any wonder that they gave us the very best of rock and pop music?
Despite the fixed nature of Leo, people with their Pluto sign can "take a lickin' and keep on tickin'." Sure, they may pitch a fit when things don't do their way—dramatics are characteristic of all Leo placements, after all—but they'll still get the job done. Those with this placement hate to be perceived as weak or otherwise incapable.
Positive Traits
The Pluto in Leo generation is a strong bunch, having lived through multiple wars during the planet's 17-year reign. In this way, they don't quite understand the word "can't." Not reaching the goals they set for themselves is a rarity for Pluto in Leo. Much like other Leo placements, they boast big characters and even bigger resolves.
Often, these dreams include showcasing their talents (and themselves) to the world, as Leo Pluto does nothing in small doses. Given this astrological era's overlap with the golden era of cinema, these individuals' theatrics are to be expected.
Negative Traits
Due to their preternatural drive, Pluto in Leo can be intolerant of weakness in others. Leo in Pluto cannot see beyond their own experiences despite their creativity and innovations to comprehend how others may struggle to do what they've done. Their more domineering nature makes it difficult for others to speak their truth.
As is the case with all Leo placements, Pluto in Leo can make for an egoistic cohort. Their convictions are strong, so dealing with these individuals can be very much my-way-or-the-highway. Naturally, others may have very little patience for this overbearing behavior.
Conclusion
Pluto in Leo overlaps with the much-discussed Baby Boomer generation. So, much of what has been said of this group rings true for this astrological placement. They consider themselves the (former—this isn't exactly a young generation) kings of the jungle, and their approach to life generally reflects this innate sense of authority. Their presence is a powerful one. Roadblocks? Those are for lesser souls with lesser goals.
However, this unyielding energy is such that it can be difficult for them to "play" well with others. As a result, the following Pluto generations may find them a bit domineering or difficult. This isn't Leo in Pluto's intention, of course. They simply have a bit of tunnel vision when it comes to their will.
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Pluto Conjunct Sun Natal
Being born with Pluto in conjunction with the sun gives you a strong sense of personal destiny. You have an empowered capacity to bring your destiny about through the force of your personality and personal drive. You can penetrate to the depths of whatever fascinates you, becoming consumed with learning the skills needed for the vocational path you feel called to. You will also be drawn toward forming intense relationships with powerful figures. This could manifest in your personal life or through historical study, who represents whatever role or field of knowledge you are interested in. You have an ability to manipulate situations toward your own advantage, and so need to be careful of not becoming overly controlling and manipulative in your personal relationships. One of your parents, in particular a father figure, may have played a larger than life role in your development leading to a need for you to transform your relationship to their influence as you age. As part of your growth and development, you will enter periods of intense catharsis and upheaval that lead to important regeneration and self-realization.
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Pluto Conjunct Mercury Natal
Being born with Pluto forming a conjunction with Mercury, you have a probing and penetrative perception that cuts through to the underlying dynamics of any matter you focus on. You can be obsessive in your pursuit of knowledge, traveling great distances, and spending long hours in order to obtain the information you seek. As a result, you can become strongly attached to the intellectual framework you develop to organize the knowledge you gather. This can lead you to disregard alternative viewpoints at times, and at other times force a confrontation in which you must regenerate and reframe your perspective. Within relationships, you are drawn toward having intimate interactions of depth and intensity. This is a powerful gift to handle with care. Not only can you empower others with your words, you can also be deeply wounding. You have the potential to become a powerful mentor who is able to listen to the underlying feelings of others and support them.
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Mars in Capricorn Ambition
When you are born under Mars in Capricorn, you tend to be very ambitious to be the best possible version of yourself. But what you imagine to be the best possibility is usually ten times more difficult than most people can imagine.
But despite how high you set the bar for yourself, you are often successful on your path to success because you are just so determined. You have the determination to do what it takes whether that means waking up at 4am every day for a year and never eating another carb for the rest of your life!
You don’t get exhausted working towards your goals, no matter how distant, because you enjoy the process as well. Tracking progress and seeing incremental steps towards success help you along the way.
You also have an innate understanding that apparent setbacks are also part of the process. You know that plateaus or even backward slides often come before a big breakthrough.
Mars in Capricorn Assertiveness
People born under Mars in Capricorn do have a pretty hot temper, but others rarely see it. You don’t tend to waste your time arguing with other people. You are one of the few people who really doesn’t care that much what other people think and do things for yourself. There is no need to waste your energy on conflict.
Instead, you use the hot energy that might flare up as a result of conflict or competition to drive yourself further forward towards your goals. You aren’t the type to brag or “publish” your successes. Your preference is to keep your head down and focus on you. Because it is true that very few people are happy for others when they succeed.
Mars in Capricorn Sexuality
Mars in Capricorn might seem like they are all business on the outside, but they are passionate people and intense lovers. They also have a lot of stamina, so entire nights of sleep lost to sex are not uncommon. But it is amazing how sex replaces the need for sleep.
You also tend to understand better than most how to keep the passion burning in the relationship after the honeymoon period is over. You know that maintaining passion stops being about spontaneity, and starts being about planning and making time for it.
Mars in Capricorn Compatibility
When you are born under Mars in Capricorn, you make a good match with Mars in Virgo or Mars in Cancer. They also have deep running emotions and sexual intensity, and are also willing to work on intimacy in the long term.
Mars in Virgo matches you in that they work to please themselves and tend to keep themselves self-contained. This gives them a similar understated emotional and sexual intensity. Plus, the two of you can be meticulously organized together.
Mars in Cancer has emotions that run close to the surface, which can be intriguing to you. And your more grounded nature can help them find more level ground.
Mars in Capricorn Man
Men born under Mars in Capricorn are those people who appear on the list of most successful people but that you have never heard of. They are too busy seeking real success and happiness to worry about advertising themselves to the world.
He doesn’t have time to waste on things that aren’t important, so he’ll only go after someone for whom he feels an intense attraction. He tends to trust his gut in terms of attraction, and then work hard to determine whether there is also true compatibility there.
These men can find it difficult to start new relationships as they don’t like to make changes in their lives to accommodate a partner. But he will choose to do these naturally over time as long as his partner doesn’t push too hard too soon.
Mars Trine Pluto Natal
You're a natural turbine encased in flesh and bone. You are able to transmute pain and trauma into the best of motivations for excellence and success. You also have a doggedness to press on amidst turbulence with grace and class. You trust your ability to power through most things, perhaps even taking that for granted when you shouldn't. You perhaps have trouble knowing when you should pause and recuperate rather than soldier on. You might also have trouble surrendering because you feel others depend on your strength and stamina. If you yield, then maybe you fear that the lights will go out with all the people and projects that you power. On some level, this is hubris. You must stay connected to your own source of energy and vitality. Life also has as much persistence as you, and people will adjust to your absences.
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Mars Aspects
Mars represents our ambition, energy, action and desire. It rules our basic instincts of aggression, anger and survival. There is often no contemplation before action when it comes to this primal energy. All our sexual desires come under Mars. This is the raw physical energy as opposed to the creative energy of the sun. With good Mars placement we are assertive, directed and forthright with bad placement we an be impulsive, rash and aggressive. In your chart, Mars shows your basic animal nature, how you express anger and what gets you angry and more importantly what makes you act.
Mars Trine Pluto
The energy and qualities released through the trine aspect can be quite beneficial and socially constructive. In many ways, you should find this an uncomplicated and straightforward aspect to live and work with.
You will feel at ease in applying your potent willpower to ensure the success of any aims that you clearly decide to achieve, and which are realistically within your scope. You are likely to observe over time that, when necessary, the self-discipline required to direct your will consistently in the chosen direction also stimulates an inner change to occur, whereby your qualities and talents seem to be remixed or rebalanced according to the needs of your objectives.
This can be very useful as a regeneration of the inner life to reflect a pattern of internal harmony, in which conflicting energies and tendencies are no longer competing for expression and diverting your attention away from your purpose. However, this process should only occur during phases where you need to be intensely one-pointed and concentrated enough to make your decisive active step, and should not be encouraged to continue, as the result may be a repression of aspects of your personality and a pushing them down into the unconscious mind. See it as a temporary 'selective tightening' necessary for a short time, and then allow a relaxation and a release of these temporarily unexpressed aspects to be free again in your personality.
You tend to have insight into people and situations, and the capacity for direct, realistic analysis. You prefer to allow space for others to be themselves, being quite tolerant of most people - providing they are not causing deliberate harm or taking advantage of others. In addition, you have a clear sense of interrelationship with society, and feel that you have a natural responsibility to use your energies in a socially constructive way.
In particular, you take a certain pleasure in attempting to resolve social problems by becoming involved with social pressure groups which indicate directions to follow which they believe would be socially beneficial. You can become very committed to supporting causes that you have faith in, devoting time and energy to furthering the cause, and in being true to yourself and your personal beliefs. The only point to bear in mind with such a tendency is the need for an ongoing evaluation of belief and self, to determine your current standpoint and to allow it to change and evolve naturally, as you develop through time and greater life experience; belief should not be an unquestioning, static position.
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Pluto Trine Mars Natal
Being born with Pluto in a trine aspect with Mars, you are not only ambitious but have access to an inner talent. You can cultivate and share your talents with the world around you. You need to maintain belief in your capacity for manifesting your deepest desires. Even if your desires are unconventional and seem difficult to develop within the norms of societal structures, you must have faith in yourself. When you put your heart and full focus behind your goals, you are able to catalyze necessary growth and draw needed resources to you. The more you can align your aspirations with the needs of a community you are serving, the more you will be able to attract the support you need to be successful. You tend to form friendships with people who are able to help advance your plans. You can become consumed and fascinated by people who represent the qualities you aspire to develop within yourself. Be careful of not becoming so driven by fulfilling your worldly ambitions that you neglect the needs of your significant personal relationships.
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Mars and Pluto are both rulers of the sign Scorpio – Mars is the traditional ruler, Pluto the modern one, since the discovery of Pluto in 1930.
A trine is considered a positive aspect, and indicates ease and flow in the relationship between planets, no effort is needed to manifest the energies involved. A sextile is also quite harmonious, it encourages and brings the opportunity to manifest the energies, but they require more work to produce results.
Mars is strong-willed, assertive and competitive, he illustrates our own motivations – what ignites us and how we take action. Mars along with co-ruling Scorpio, rules the sign Aries, where action, energy, drive and enthusiasm are illustrated. Aries however can lack depth and staying power, but both are Scorpion strengths. Mars expressed through Scorpio (trine/sextile Pluto) combines personal will together with – power, emotional intensity, obsession and fierce survival instincts that can concoct a force to be reckoned with, for good or ill.
Pluto, lord of the underworld depicts what is invisible, hidden beneath the surface. The mysteries of life, death and re-birth. Pluto correlates with immense power, a greater force and the wealth of wisdom that can be achieved through experience and self-awareness.
Mars trine or sextile Pluto makes for natives who have formidable inner strength, will-power and faith. They possess an ability to dig deep and overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Individuals who seek to survive no matter what it takes, and have the capacity to use traumatic experiences to transform and grow personally – the phoenix rising from the ashes.
Pluto, as lord of the underworld brings a desire to, and ease with, exploring dark, concealed, mysterious realms that others shy away from – death, psychology and the occult. Natives are likely to look to increase their self-knowledge, and to find the hidden meaning – the why and how – in what manner things connect and function.
Relationships and sex are likely to be areas that feature powerful impulses and emotions. This could potentially lead to hot, intense, romantic attachments, that may feature hints of obsession and glimpses of possessiveness.
Mars-Pluto natives likely have oodles of confidence and courage, along with excellent instincts and intuition. Undoubtedly, they are liable to have abundant potential, combined with potent energy, to accomplish their goals – no matter how much work or struggle it takes.
All in all, Mars and Pluto reveal the complex relationship between fate and free will, we can’t control everything, only our reactions to it – our approach can be destructive or productive.