PLUTO: Truth & Transformation
Pluto brings the forces of the unconscious to the surface. It represents rebirth and brings intensity to the gate that it activates.
Pluto is the grandmother, is a yin force, and can be associated with the dark faces of Lilith or Kali. It is the archetype of the crone.
Pluto will always tell you the Truth. Wherever you see Pluto in your chart, this is really your Truth and it is a whole lifetime process to be able to explore that Truth.
The other side of Pluto is about darkness. Pluto requires that we each go down into our own dark side in order to find our own Truth. Wherever Pluto is in your design, that is a dark place within yourself that you must eventually meet.
Pluto is about the subjective truth of what you are as yourself. In other words, what is the truth for you. After all, the moment that you are living out your authority, no other truth matters. This is about individual human rights, not political rights. It is the individual human right to be your own authority. And to be your own authority because you are acting correctly as yourself.
Whenever a Pluto transit impacts you directly, it is always something that is very deep. After all, it is dealing with this thematic of what truth is for you. It is the teaching of Pluto in that specific place to bring you to that truth.
Where Pluto is in your chart is where the truth is for you in this life. It is the truth that you are here to discover. The transit in Pluto is different in the sense that it is not personal truth; it is the truth that is there that all of us look at in that time. Pluto is going to be in that gate approximately three years so for three years we’re pointed at the same subject of truth.
Pluto can stay in a gate for 7 years and will not complete full revolution around the wheel until sometime in the 22nd century. For people born before 1930, Pluto operates at an entirely unconscious level. Because it stays for so long in a gate, it has a very deep impact on the whole planet. Discovered in 1930, which coincided with the flowering of psychology.
You have two Pluto’s within you. You have a Personality and a Design Pluto. You have a Pluto that you identify with and you have a Pluto that is a mystery to you. That is part of the unconscious that you have no direct access to.
I am a Human Design teacher, guide, and survivor whose path to purpose was forged through profound transformation. In 2012, a Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis shattered the life I knew—and became the unexpected beginning of a deeper awakening. What followed was a journey through illness, the unraveling of a long marriage, and the quiet rebuilding of a self I had never fully met. Human Design found me in the midst of that unraveling—during a time of deep searching, blackouts of identity, and a hunger to remember who I really was. What began as a personal tool for survival and self-reclamation soon became a lifelong path. Human Design gave me language for what I had always felt but couldn’t explain. It helped me understand my energy, my wounds, my gifts—and how to live in alignment with my true nature.
Today, I teach Human Design not as a system of labels or rules, but as a living, breathing map back to the Self. My work is rooted in lived experience—because I know what it’s like to lose your way, and what it takes to come home to yourself. I specialize in guiding others through times of transition, awakening, and reinvention—helping them understand the unique blueprint they were born with, so they can navigate life with clarity, self-trust, and deep compassion. My gift lies in transmuting adversity into wisdom—and walking with others as they remember who they truly are.
Ruth Brennan is an IHDS Certified Professional Analyst, Certified BG5 Career & Business Consultant and Certified Teacher of Human Design. She currently lives in the beautiful Pacific Northwestern area of the U.S.
