A Mars, Jupiter, Pluto T-Square: One of the Year’s Biggest Transits

Hey everyone, this is Adam Elenbaas from Nightlight Astrology, and today we are going to take a look at arguably one of the year's most powerful transits, and that is a T square that is forming between Mars in the sign of Leo, Jupiter in the sign of Taurus and Pluto in the sign of Aquarius. Now, this is not a perfect T square, but it is close enough. I'm going to walk you through the timeline. And we're going to talk about five themes to watch for, given the archetypal combination of Mars, Pluto, and Jupiter. We're going to be looking at this in a few different ways.

Last week, I started looking at this through the lens of the Jupiter-Pluto dynamic. We're also going to look at it through the lens of the Jupiter-Mars dynamic and the Pluto-Mars dynamic. So I'll be breaking, in order to understand a T square, it's really important to understand the interaction of the parts with one another. Today, we're going to kind of zoom out and look at five themes that encapsulate all of these energies working together at the same time. But then we're going to break it down into parts again. So we already started doing that with Jupiter and Pluto now today, combining all of them, and then again, we'll break it into parts. So that is our agenda for today.

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So that being said, let's take a look at this transit and the five themes that we're going to watch for today given the transit; this is a really, you know, it's a big exciting transit for sure. Here is what it looks like. So we're going to take this just the date here; you can see that the first part of the transit happens when Jupiter squares Pluto. Now Jupiter is in Taurus as of Wednesday of this week, and it is squaring Pluto in Aquarius, so that's part one.

The next part is going to happen as the week progresses, and we see Mars moving into the sign of Leo. So Mars moves into Leo early, Saturday, May 20 In the morning, then that transit is going to progress, and we're going to see that Mars first opposes Pluto, and that happens by the evening of May 20. So we get a Pluto-Mars opposition and Jupiter still at the zero-degree mark in Taurus. So this is the T square; they're all at zero degrees, you're going to be feeling that, but then the interaction continues as the weekend goes on. So let's go forward a day, and then you'll see that the next piece is that between May 21, Sunday, and May 22, Monday, Mars also hits a square to Jupiter. And that's the big one, right? That's the one where then we've kind of completed the circuit.

So if you take this back and rewind it, that means that we are looking at a series of transits that really begins when Jupiter enters Taurus Tuesday, May 16, and perfects the square to Pluto Wednesday, May 17, and then Mars enters Leo and hits the opposition to Pluto on May 20, and then on the 21st, into the 22nd, Mars squares Jupiter. So that's the T square energy; it lasts almost a week. You know, it's almost a full week, and we're in it now. So what I want to do today, given that combination, the three planet combination, you could go back, like I said, you could go back last week and take a look at what we said about Jupiter and Pluto alone.

Today what we want to do is talk about what you get when you combine Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto. Ancient astrology is more about planet to planet combinations than planet to sign combinations. So what we're going to do is talk about Mars, Jupiter, and Pluto as an energetic dynamic between three planets.

Here are five themes to watch for, given this combination. The first one is forceful enthusiasm. Some of these, by the way, were generated through I want to just pitch my colleague's book, The Archetypal Universe, by Renn Butler. He has a nice section on the individual combinations of planets that I drew on for this talk. And you guys have often heard me read passages from his book before too, but I just want to shout him out because this phrase, in particular forceful enthusiasm, comes from him.

Forceful enthusiasm is such a great way of describing Mars-Jupiter, and Pluto, and the reason for that is that when you have Mars-Jupiter, you have that kind of, you know, that that? The gallantry, the chivalry, it's like the knightly code. It's enthusiastic, and it is martial, right? So you think, like a knightly code. And then it becomes nuclear when you add Pluto to it. And so there's this kind of, like, forceful, it could be an enthusiasm. You could also call it a machismo or a, bravado or a cocksure quality.

It is supremely confident and enthusiastic, can-do optimism, with a sense of like, I will push the boulder up the hill, I will perform the heroic feat, I will use, you know, force and vigor and energy and dynamism to get something powerful done or to transform something. So this is very, like, super packed ball of energy and can do Marsy big effective, can do positivity. Now that's what's one of its best qualities. It's just the quality of I will kick ass at this, and I will do it. You know, so, and it does it actually does it. Of course, the same exact qualities could tip us over the edge, and we'll talk about some of those in a minute. But that's the first one forceful enthusiasm, heroic enthusiasm, knightly, chivalrous, and heroic can do positivity.

Number two is effective, resourceful, powerful, and impressive. Imagine that you want to start a business, and suddenly you meet someone who has started many businesses. Imagine, like, what's that show? Shark Tank because ever seen that show? I think it's Mark Cuban. He's like the owner of the Dallas Mavericks if I remember correctly. Imagine that you walk into a room with your idea, and you're sitting in front of the Shark Tank, and people like you know Mark Cuban. You come in, and suddenly before you are people who are effective, they have lots of resources. They're powerful. They are impressive. They know what to do, and they know how to do it and where to do it. They know how to apply energy in the right spaces and places to get something done.

This is the combination of Jupiter, Mars, and Pluto coming together in a T square. At its best, it is heroically enthusiastic, and it will kick the shit out of the challenges it faces. Excuse my language, right? Just trying to give you a feeling for it. It is also a combination that boasts of being effective, resourceful, powerful, and impressive. So think about that energy in that quality. These are the good things, right? These are the positive things that you can feel from it. It gets that because Pluto means the word means riches. And it's very deep, and Jupiter is very expansive and abundant. Then Mars is very effective and action oriented. So you just get this like an executive pool of deep, powerful, rich resources that tend towards success and abundance. That's an amazing combination of planets. I mean, some people are really going to, you know, take off because of this transit; their business is going to take off, or they're going to find success in doing or developing something.

Now, three, we're getting into some heavier territory. Explore explosive displays of anger, violence, rage, and self-righteousness. So Mars-Jupiter, you think of the zealot, you think of the terrorist who will strap a bomb to their vest and run into a subway and blow people up. I'm sorry, that's really graphic, but you get what I'm saying. Mars Jupiter is like, the missionary or the Crusader who will die for a cause, and then Pluto makes it nuclear and sort of evil. Evil, I mean, that relatively speaking, I'm not talking about I don't, I don't know anything. So explosive displays of anger, violence, rage, and self-righteousness, you're talking about people who have strapped the metaphorical bomb of self-confidence and certainty to their chest and are willing to be destructive on behalf of what they believe or what they want.

So you have the potential for very explosive displays of idealism, belief, whether it's religious or political, involved with acts of terror or violence or harm. And that's one of the darkest shadows of this transit; frankly, I'm not looking forward to seeing it pop up in the news if it does, and I kind of feel like it will, but you know, we'll see. So, that would be like the shadow.
One of the major shadows, obviously.

Number four would be Titanic breakthroughs and victories. Remember that one of the things that Pluto represents is the upsurge or the like volcanic release of pent-up energies. And so you know, when you pop a life pimple, it's very Plutonian, you know, because you get the gunk out. It's a release, and it's cleansing, and it's healing, and you know, trapped energy has been, you know, it's like that popping a life pimple. So imagine that you're popping a life pimple with a heroic Mars and with a supportive, abundant Jupiter.

This is not just any breakthrough; then, this is a major life victory, right? That's why it can feel like this is a major step in a positive direction; having been released from demons in the past, it has that kind of feeling to it. That's pretty impressive.

So the other thing that it can bring along, in addition to the feeling of breakthroughs and victories, is the feeling of overcoming something that you've been wrestling with for a long time. Mars-Pluto burns, and sort of, it's like something that's really hot, and it's been melted and cooked on a burner for a really long time. That's Mars-Pluto; it's just, you know, roasting in it.

Then you have Jupiter, and you have also the combined idea that this alchemical process reaches a point where you reach a breakthrough point, a point of healing, a point of integration of a catharsis of some kind, and it constitutes like a transition in your life. I feel more confident; I feel happier; I feel stronger; I faced a demon; I faced something; I stood up for something. Something reached a boiling point. That's very Mars-Jupiter, Pluto, with probably a positive ending, even though there may be a tremendous difficulty.

Number five, dominance, power, ambition, and the shadows of success. Any of these things alone are not necessarily bad; they exist in nature. So, for example, if you walk out in the world, you're going to see that, you know, whether it's plant life or animal life, there is a tendency, for one thing, to grow higher than another to get to the sunlight or there's you know, dominance is like a part of life, and there's a weird way in which Mars-Jupiter-Pluto will force us into situations where we have to, we have to give or show a display of dominance.

Right, like, sometimes it's uncomfortable to talk about these things because I don't think anyone likes to go out and feel proud of being a dominant, a dominator, you know, like, have you ever been in a situation where you just had to be a dominant presence so that you didn't get pushed around or bullied or so that something bad didn't happen? You know, I'll never forget, you know, when we were living in DC, and there were some kids that were about to get in a fight on the street not far from our house, and I was out walking the dog. I remember having to show a display of, like, I will kick everyone's ass because these were little kids, right? I'm not gonna kick anyone's ass. These are like, you know, little kids that are about to really hurt each other and get into it. And I just show a display of like, you know, like, I'm the adult here, and I am dominant over the situation in order to calm it down and, like, send people home.

It didn't feel comfortable for me, but it was necessary. That's a very Mars-Pluto, Jupiter kind of dynamic. It's not comfortable that we need or that there are, you know, armed forces or security guards or police. We know that any of those kinds of structures can be there are major shadows, right? You know, there are major problems with people who have authority or power to uphold law or peace abusing it.

So that's exactly what Mars, Pluto, and Jupiter are all about abuses of power through things like military or police, but also the need for healthy displays of strength, dominance, or assertiveness. You can't push me around. Right? If I don't act in a dominant way, something bad could happen; I have to assert something over the situation sort of dominated and take control of it. It's uncomfortable. It's uncomfortable for me to even talk about this. But that's part of life, and that's the Mars-Pluto-Jupiter dynamic.

Power also exists. Power is, you know, it's like physics; it's just power can be about greed. And it can be about squashing other people, and it can also just be about, you know, maybe another word would be strength. But the reality of power that we are creatures that thrive off from power, the power of the sun, for example, that life is powerful and that we have to have a healthy relationship with what power is and what it feels like.

Now, take the word power now is so complicated because when we think of power, we think of power over one another, or disproportionate amounts of power, you know, because of all sorts of problems that we have. I'm not talking about any of that. With Pluto and Mars, it's more libidinal. It's more instinctual. It's more like if you've ever been caught up in the fever of dancing. It's powerful. It's like like Shakti type of power.

So getting in touch with the feeling of power and what is the right relationship with the power coursing through us, the power, the Shakti coursing through life? What does that look like? That's a Mars-Pluto, Jupiter dynamic ambition. We aspire toward things, we want things, and we desire things; how far will we get? How ruthless should we be? When should we compromise? When should we set down our own agenda because it's destructive? It's not good for us. It's not good for other people. These are the complicated kinds of questions that come up around Jupiter, Pluto, and Mars.

Success. This is a transit that can bestow a powerful degree of success. It is also a transit that can force us to look at the shadows of the successes that we've had; at what cost have they come? How do we grow and evolve? How do we handle success when it comes? How do we stay humble and not feel entitled to more because we've been successful? Those are questions that are ongoing; they become amplified, and they get right in our face when this combination comes through.

So five things to think about, five things to start us turning the jewel of these three planets. We'll continue looking at this some more. I think we're going to do Mars-Pluto, as well. So I think that'll probably be next Mars-Pluto.

Alright, that's it for today. I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments in the comment section. As always, if you want to find a transcript of today's talk, it's on the website nightlightastrology.com. Check out the new course coming up on June 11. We'd love to see some of you there. And we will see you again soon. Bye.