Pluto opposite Moon transit creates a gradual build-up in the intensity of your emotional life to a point where something has to give. Like all Pluto transits, the build-up can last a year or more, but eventually, the tension or pressure forces significant life changes. With the Moon, this will be related to behavior patterns, compulsions, habits, and most often in close relationships or with female family members.

Pluto represents powerful forces you seem to have no control over, circumstances that happen to you. This occurs to evolve to a higher level, and with the opposition, these events or people can be very challenging and involve confrontations, ultimatums, or extreme pressure. Something has to change in your life, so it’s a good time to look deep inside; Pluto will probably give you little choice in the matter anyway. If you are comfortable with what you have, this transit might mean you must defend or fight for something related to your Moon, like family, the home, or women.

In 2004, Claudia Schiffer had Pluto opposite Moon transit, and she gave birth to her second child. She also felt the darker side of Pluto by being harassed at her home and via mail by a stalker.

A more extreme example of Pluto pressure was felt by Brook Shields, who also had Pluto opposite Moon in 2005. This was the year she went public in magazines and on The Oprah Winfrey Show about her battle with postnatal depression, which she shared in her book Down Came the Rain. This was a positive expression of her Pluto transit; the Moon also represents publicity.

But then came dark Pluto in the form of Tom Cruise with the public condemnation of her use of psychiatry and antidepressant medication. Brook then showed the ruthless side of Pluto and fought back, telling Cruise he should “stick to fighting aliens” and “let mothers decide the best way to treat postpartum depression.” She then stuck it up to him in an essay she felt compelled to write, War of Words.