Pluto-North Node Aspects in Synastry
“Trees shed their leaves in autumn not to mourn their loss, but to celebrate that spring will bring new life.”
Wise Cultivator
Disclaimer: This article represents a few interpretations among countless interpretations of synastry. I have 900+ synastry aspects in total, so you should check your whole synastry chart instead of one aspect within it.
Pluto Conjunct North Node Synastry
With Pluto conjunct North Node synastry, Pluto can become North Node’s life coach from hell. They’re a loyal ally of North Node during tough times, teaching North Node the lesson of giving up attachments.
By giving up, North Node is not losing, but they are trading something that no longer aligns with their life purpose for something better. Pluto can teach North Node that to let go is to gain, to surrender is to win, and to end is to begin anew.
Meanwhile, North Node’s life mission can be a positive hope for Pluto, encouraging Pluto to use their power for the benefit of others. North Node’s childhood stories can also activate Pluto’s inner phoenix – the ability to rise from the ashes of past traumas. North Node empowers Pluto to either “change or die”.
Pluto Sextile North Node Synastry
With Pluto sextile North Node synastry, Pluto can provide financial knowledge that supports North Node’s life path. The knowledge could be about passive income, investment, tax, and business management.
Learning from their own failures, Pluto can pass on the secrets of success to North Node. Pluto urges North Node to contemplate: “If the point of achieving goals is counted as success, then do you count all your trying times as failures?”
North Node learns to see success as failure and failure as success. If North Node reaches the first success and becomes complacent, that’s a failure.
Pluto can show North Node that success isn’t about massive effort all at once and then relaxation; it’s about showing up consistently. Small, daily habits compound over time. The tortoise wins the race, not because it’s fast, but because it keeps moving.
Pluto Square North Node Synastry
Pluto square North Node synastry can bring tension that’s tighter than Hercules’ abs. You may have unfinished karmic debts from previous incarnations.
Pluto may represent an intimidating presence that challenges North Node’s life direction. Pluto may completely destroy North Node’s hopes just to show where North Node has stayed in their comfort zone.
North Node’s easy decisions may have led them to a difficult life. Pluto empowers North Node to make difficult decisions that lead to an easy life instead. Pluto reminds North Node that the cave they fear to enter holds the treasure they seek.1 The snake has to shed its skin or it has to die.
But North Node’s unwillingness to change can trigger Pluto’s power complexes. Pluto may force North Node to follow their direction. If North Node exhibits stubbornness, this can trigger Pluto’s wrath and violence.
Pluto Trine North Node Synastry
With Pluto trine North Node synastry, Pluto can strengthen North Node’s determination to persevere until the end. Pluto can empower North Node to do what needs to be done, even when they don’t feel like doing it.
Self-discipline separates those who dream from those who achieve. Pluto motivates North Node to embrace self-discipline as self-care, to value self-mastery as the highest form of self-respect.
In turn, North Node can bring a higher purpose to Pluto’s lower nature. North Node’s vision of the future encourages Pluto to trust in the long-term process of self-transformation.
North Node inspires Pluto to gain more control over their life. Blaming others or circumstances only backfires. North Node shows Pluto that the only way to change their fate is to change themselves.
Pluto Opposite North Node Synastry
Pluto opposite North Node synastry is a karmic relationship that teaches important lessons about letting go. Pluto can show North Node that letting go is not a loss; it’s about making space for something greater.
A cup full of toxins has to be emptied to be filled with vitamins. If North Node changes nothing, nothing will change. The snake has to cast its skin, or it will die. This is the law of nature.
North Node can challenge Pluto to gain more control over their life. The goal is for Pluto to realize their strength does not lie in anger, but in the ability to conquer anger. If Pluto can’t control a situation, North Node encourages Pluto to control themselves instead.
- Quote from Joseph Campbell ↩︎