Pluto Retrograde 2021 By: Erin The Urban Mermaid
April 29, 2021Every year for about 5 months Pluto, ruler of the Underworld and the planet of transformation and our shadows, goes retrograde. This transit generally goes unnoticed, taking a back seat to more popular and noticeable ones like Mercury Retrograde, because it affects the collective as a whole more rather than the individual. But upon closer inspection, it is quite significant.
Pluto is a slow moving planet, staying in signs for literally a generation. It has been stationed in ambitious and motivated Capricorn since 2008 and will continue to reside there until 2023. Pluto in Capricorn sees massive chaos and upheavals in society leading to destruction of old, outdated ways and revolutions. Sound a little familiar? Capricorn is a business oriented sign, the breadwinner, the hard worker and the go getter. Think big business and economy, institutions and governments all in the public eye, as Capricorn also has to do with being recognized in the spotlight.
But Pluto is here to expose the shadows and what is being hidden from us and bring destruction of old ways: corrupt governments, untruthful law enforcement, hidden agendas, failing economic systems allowing them to slowly unravel over time. If we look back at the timeline of 2008 until now, we’ve seen everything from an economic recession to whatever your interpretation of what has happened this past year.
Destruction may sound scary but in fact, it is necessary. Like the Tower card in the tarot, a crumbling must occur before the Phoenix can rise.
For the past two months no planets have been in retrograde so we had a certain feeling of freedom and progression, so this retrograde might cause us to feel a subtle push-back at first. Now, as we go through another phase of watching the world around us somewhat self-implode (again, this is NOT a bad thing!). We are being asked to turn to our spirituality and find the Divine in every situation. These next few years in the last degrees of Capricorn are actually highly spiritually charged and we are being called to honor that by exploring the deeper meaning of our journey.
In the Tarot, the Death card is Scorpio energy (Pluto rules Scorpio), and the Judgement card echoes this and carries Plutonian energy. What in our lives can we let die so we can transform? Have a rebirth? Emerge again as the butterfly? The Judgement card comes bearing news.
Watch out for news that will shake us to our core.
But through our own self-reflection, we see the truth in ourselves. We see the changes that we need to make to be true to ourselves. This is our awakening. Now, I mentioned this retrograde affects us more as a collective than an individual, but my advice here seems catered to individuals – that’s because the only way for this world to change is for us to work on ourselves. We can’t change or do the work for anyone else but ourselves. Your own personal healing and growth is what heals the collective on a larger scale.
So let’s use from now until October 6th as a time of self-evaluation, transformation and growth for ourselves and the greater good of all.
About Erin: Erin is a mother, writer, intuitive empath, 5D soul guide, esoteric healer and spiritual business mentor. She works with empaths and lightworkers on their spiritual journeys in unconscious energy healing and is a psychic tarot and intuitive birth chart reader. Erin is the host of the #groundedandglam Modern Mystics and Motherhood podcast on iTunes and Spotify and you can watch her on her YouTube channel. She is currently doing a Shift Your Vibes Energy Session via Zoom every Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm PST. Contact her to book any of her services. You can find her at: