The Wild & Weird Orbit of Pluto and the Delayed Onset of the Midlife Crisis

Given Pluto's highly elliptical orbit, it can spend more than 30 years in some signs and as few as 11 years in other signs. As a result, people born in 2027, for example, will not reach their Pluto-square-Pluto cycle until they are 75 years old (a very late “mid-life crisis” compared to the Pluto Square at Age 38+/- for those born in 1977, for example).

People born in 2027 will experience their Uranus Oppositions at Age 39 and Neptune Square by Age 40. But the delay of the Pluto Square until Age 75 would portend a much slower maturation process than people born in the 1970’s, for example. This certainly will impact planetary and psychological evolution in the latter half of the 2000s!

There is another dimension to this subject as well—depending on which planetary transit occurred 1st, 2nd, or 3rd (Uranus Opposition, Neptune Square, or Pluto Square), you will experience different kinds of psychological development. People born in 1977, for example, experienced their mid-life crisis in this order: Pluto-Neptune-Uranus. People born in the 1960s experienced Pluto-Uranus-Neptune. People born in 2027 will experience Uranus-Neptune-Pluto. On the other hand, people born in 1900 experienced Neptune-Uranus-Pluto.

There are nine different permutations of the Uranus-Neptune-Pluto cycles and their impact on psychological development. I will explain how the order of these mid-life transits impacts the evolution of consciousness of each person in each generation.

This information will help attendees understand the progression of their own maturity cycle through their Uranus-Neptune-Pluto transits as well as the evolutionary cycles of their clients, family & friends.

Laurie Baum, MSW, is a psychotherapist and astrological counselor in practice in Encinitas, CA. She has 35 years of experience helping clients express their authentic selves through psychotherapy, astrology, numerology, human design, EMDR, and meditation. Laurie is the author of “Everything You Need to Know About Your Astrology Sign,” “Sacred Mysteries of Egypt,” “A to Z Acrophonology: Discover the Power of the Letters in Your Name,” “Astrological Secrets for the New Millennium” and “Whispers from the Cosmos.” She has been an NCGR-Level 4 Certified Counseling Astrologer since 1994 and will be certified as a Human Design Analyst in the spring of 2025. Laurie is a former reporter for Business Week Magazine in NY, The Miami Herald, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Washington Star, and United Press International.

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