Fixed signs, I need you to take a breath. Aquarius, Leo, Taurus, and Scorpio, you may have just gone through months of intense psychological pressure, and I'm here to tell you that you're finally about to experience some relief. On October 16, 2026, Pluto, lord of the underworld, went direct in Aquarius after five long months in retrograde. And during this time, you may have felt like you were fighting an invisible battle within yourself.
The invisible battle beneath the surface
You may have confronted some deep seated fears, questioned everything you thought you knew, and felt like parts of your life were unraveling. This was all happening internally, beneath the surface. No one probably even knew that you were going through this. Pluto retrograde channels all of that intensity within, and it can feel like a psychological pressure cooker. You might have felt like you were losing it just a little bit. And honestly, whatever you were going through could be reaching its peak right now, because when Pluto stations and changes directions, it's even more powerful.
The strength you didn't know you had
Everything that you've gone through in the past five months helped you develop a level of strength and power that you may not even recognize yet.
But here is the good news. As the weeks go on and Pluto continues to move forward, so much of that pressure will ease. You will start to see it externally more and more in your choices, in the way that you understand things, in the way that you react to things, in the way that you start standing up for yourself. I think you're about to impress yourself with the strength that you're about to display.
Not completely out of the woods yet
Now we still have Venus retrograde going on and Mercury is about to go retrograde too, so we're not completely out of the woods. But some of the deeper psychological intensity will start to ease and you're going to start to see how you've transformed because of it. And the very things that you thought were about to completely break you are now becoming the source of your greatest strength. It's time to reclaim your power and step into a new chapter of transformation and healing.