The Book of Pluto: Turning Darkness to Wisdom with Astrology

Steven Forrest's chapter on "Pluto in the First House" has been fundamentally life-shifting for me. To learn that I'm NOT "the bad one" -- that there is not something fundamentally wrong with me because I can see things and understand things most people avoid or skip over (or call me mean and evil for knowing) -- has been so freeing and reassuring that I cannot thank him enough! =================== "You began to learn that there was something about your nature that people found upsetting, unsettling,or just plain reprehensible..." and "...Anything in the first house tends to radiate visibly and obviously from the personality. With you sending out such Plutonian vibrations, people around you often let you symbolize that part of life for them. And when they was not at ease with Plutonian realities -- a fair bet most of the time -- they'll have a tendency to project their discomfort onto you, naming you the 'bad' one: you're 'too intense,' 'too psychological,' 'too sexual,' 'too morbid, ' whatever. This scapegoating patten has likely make itself felt it some point in your life, and it too is part of the Wound you carry." =================== I must assume his other chapters are equally precise in providing accurate descriptions of Pluto in the various houses. Having this amazing description of myself and my world view laid out for me, I have found that my Plutonian nature helps me tremendously in my counseling and coaching of people in trouble. Because I am able to say things others can't or won't, I can help people face what's really going on in their lives (or the world around them)! I'm not wrong and broken, I'm valuable even if uncomfortable. Thank you Steven Forrest, from the bottom of my deep, dark, Plutonian heart!

If you have prominant Pluto placements, aspects or strong Scorpio in your chart, this book is a must have. I have studied astrology for thirty years and the things I found in this book amazed me. I don't think I ever realized what magnitude Pluto held until I read this book. If you are an astrologer, you need to have this book as a reference. Kudos to Steven Forrest.

I really love in-depth and psychological books like this. Being a Pluto in 8th House person myself (with tons of Plutonian aspects), I am already quite "Plutonian" -- according to the author. I sort of knew this already, and I also knew a lot about the subject matters in this book already, as well as having researched it; but Forrest's writing is quite interesting and in-depth, and has the same intense and penetrating insight as another book on Pluto that I hold in high-esteem ("Pluto, The Evolutionary Journey of The Soul" by Jeff Green). I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about Pluto, or anyone who has interest in either Pluto or Scorpio and how these dark and powerful forces affect us all.

Steve Forrest is one of the few people I would recommend to both utter astrology novices and advanced astrologgers alike. He writes very intelligently, but can phrase his ideas in very simple, earthy language. It's definitely not for the uptight and prudish.Make sure you read his "Parable of the beer can."

Steven Forrest's work on Pluto in the natal chart is a truly great work that is also incredibly useful. He introduces the beginning and advanced to the notion of the planet and astrological concepts in the chart. He infuses his own humor, charm and love of humanity throughout the book, which allows you to believe that he is there with you, as a guardian angel, as you are walking through the depths of Hades. This allows the reader to keep looking with an unflinching eye at some touchy and difficult-to-face topics in the beginning. He introduces Pluto by house, sign, and by aspect in separate chapters which are outstandingly clear and profound. He also deals with the transits and progressions . This is a book for people who want more than a cookie-cutter interpretation of their charts; the author asks that you use your imagination and your heart. It's a truly inspirational and illuminating book by a great teacher of psychological astrology, and a book I often keep going back to!