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♂︎ ☍︎ ♇︎ Mars opposition Pluto
Mars opposite Pluto sets the will to act across the wheel from the force of transformation: two half-truths looking for a balance.
In this pairing Mars carries drive, courage, and appetite, while Pluto carries power, depth, and rebirth. The aspect describes how those two departments of a life meet.
The opposition places them on one axis, so Mars tends to show up in the people and situations Pluto attracts. The task is to own both ends instead of casting one of them onto someone else.
Pushed in a good direction, it yields courage that is well aimed sharpened by the power to remake yourself from the root. Pushed badly, it hardens into force for its own sake set against a grip that cannot let go.
Timing matters. When Mars forms this opposition to Pluto in the sky, it is a temporary weather system that comes and goes. Held in a natal chart, it describes something the person carries for life.
Here the opposition joins Mars (drive and desire) with Pluto (power and transformation), held 180° apart.
Right now
Mars and Pluto currently stand about 162.6° apart, 17.4° away from an exact opposition. Watch it move on the live clock.
When: past and next exact oppositions
| 27 April 2025 | most recent |
| 3 October 2026 | upcoming |
Computed from the ephemeris (UTC), not copied from a table.
Where these two stand today
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In traditional astrology this is interpretation, not fate. More: about oppositions · all aspects.