These are global energies of Pluto in Virgo or in the 6th House which must be nuanced according to your birth chart, see the article Pluto in birth chart; see also the article on the general interpretation of Pluto.
The planet Pluto is one of the attributes of the Shadow in the chart, as such it can indicate a Projection of this one, especially intellectual projections on “social entities” (political party, club, syndicate, nation, church, etc.), everything that concerns more directly the psychological quest, the depth of spirit, the intensity of primary instincts.
It can materialize a place of upheavals, fear, destruction, fatality, losses, betrayals, darkness, submission, as it is also a vector of passion, domination, power, self-control, creation of purity.
It is often referred to the higher octave of Mars and is directly related to Scorpio.
As Pluto remains from 12 to 30 years per sign (due to the irregularity of its orbit), its position in houses is more meaningful for the personality. The energy of the sign especially gives a common elemental background coloring to a whole generation, which will apply more personally to the life sector signified by the house. Therefore, focus first on the house affected, the sign giving a background tone.
Refining the personality
This is a fairly complicated position for this planet, where it may lead to a very significant personal crisis with the mixture between Earth’s crystallization and the phases of volcanic eruptions which are powerful but largely under the surface.
When we talk about the “personal crisis” that is inherent to this sector of the heavens, it is very important to understand the nature of this crisis. In this position, we are at the last stage of the hemisphere of personal development, just before the beginning of the hemisphere of social development, and there may be a very large task of summarizing in this sector where these people need to determine what is truly useful for their personality and what should be left behind, and Pluto directly applies the alchemical process of “Calcinatio” to these things, asking these people to refine the “qualities” that are retained.
The Virgo archetype is naturally rather timorous: it has an introverted, restrained, careful, suspicious, and secretive side, and this Plutonian positioning tends not only to activate these things in people but also to deepen them.
This is a sector of the heavens that we often link to “work” and even more so to the notion of “social utility,” and these Plutonian forces may be applied here, bringing their intensity, force, magnetism, and depth to the table, as well as a certain sharpness or darkness and a hidden side.
The notion of being “subordinate” and the different potential hierarchical relationships with authority are not necessarily easy to manage here; there may be some degree of “trauma” that is linked to these things, and there may be a need for social confrontation and a need to create power struggles (or to be subjected to power struggles), perhaps involving inferiority or superiority complexes, depending on which side of these things these people find themselves on psychologically, emotionally, and physically.
There may be a karmic burden here in terms of “duties” that these people have towards society and others (a sense of responsibility and instinctual guilt), and they may feel the need to purge these things in various ways (by devoting themselves to something or sacrificing themselves); for example, they may feel as though they are being “subjected” to things instead of being in command.
It should be noted that the notion of sacrifice here is not in the Neptunian sense, where people put things in the hands of something greater than themselves, but rather along the lines of finishing the task of purging one’s liabilities or debt.
This may lead to some mixed feelings between, on the one hand, feeling the need to achieve certain things for other people and for society, and, on the other hand, being held back by certain strict barriers that prevent these people from being truly, fully integrated into the collective and opening up to it, perhaps because they are afraid of being abused and taken advantage of, afraid of others taking credit for their work, afraid of having to confront losses or sacrifices, etc.
You may notice that the notion of a “duty,” as well as these people’s sense of responsibility, may be very important here and represent a burden and a load in their connections with others.
Pluto in the 6th house or Virgo may give these people excellent skills when it comes to searching, studying things in depth, analyzing, and investigating. These energies are very useful psychologically and in terms of personal development (not only for oneself but also for helping others); they may bring out these people’s practical, pragmatic, and perfectionistic (and likely obsessive) side, and they can be linked to various different analogies, such as mysterious or secret jobs (spies, jobs in various branches of the government, soldiers, or jobs related to secret plans), for example, or occupations that are linked to sexuality, death, taboo subjects, destruction, waste, poison, transformation, atoms, biology, nutrition and absorption, the intestines, the study of microcosms, speleology, etc. The number of disciplines included here is truly extremely vast, and the rest of these people’s birth chart will have to be looked at to refine our understanding of the forces involved here (the other planets in this sector, in the 10th house, or in the 2nd house, the Aspects involved here, etc.).
As it is in the house of “day-to-day health,” this planet may have mixed effects, on the one hand leading to various crises, for example having to do with anxiety, food, or psychosomatic issues, and activating various destructive mechanisms (including diseases or accidents that are related to work or stress, for example), but it may also improve these people’s ability to regenerate. Here again, much will depend on this planet’s aspects and the rest of the birth chart, especially transpersonal and social forces, for sublimating things.
In terms of negatives, with this positioning the various “Plutonian flaws” may be found more frequently in the context of work: flaws such as jealousy, possessiveness, relationships involving large power differentials, power struggles, manipulation, or some degree of violence, with these people either exercising these practices or being subjected to them. These people will have to be careful with these things and try to set up healthy boundaries ahead of time (both for themselves and for others).
Pluto retrograde in the 6th house and Virgo
Retrograde motion tends to accentuate this planet’s introverted, secretive side.
Retrograde motion of Pluto in a birth chart is much less important than for other dominant features of a birth chart, since, as it is a very slow, transpersonal planet, it is retrograde for much of the year.
Nevertheless, it is helpful to monitor the evolution of this retrograde motion through Progressions; a change of state here will not necessarily lead to a specific, noteworthy event, but it may still be an indication of a non-negligible psychological change in how this planet’s energies are used.
Celebrities with Pluto in 6th House
Dane Rudhyar, Sigmund Freud, Rudolf Steiner, Immanuel Kant, Michael Jackson, Lenin, George Clooney, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles Aznavour, Jeff Bezos, Conor McGregor, Pablo Escobar, Ronald Reagan, Yves Saint Laurent…
Celebrities with Pluto in Virgo
Nicolas Copernicus, Kevin Spacey, Barack Obama, Ayrton Senna, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Lady Di, Kurt Cobain, Jim Carrey, JK Rowling, Matthew McConaughey, Shannen Doherty, Lance Armstrong…