The opposition of Neptune and Pluto shows a confrontation between the higher ideal and deep power, between compassion and the destructive desire to remake the world by force. Neptune reaches for love, faith, beauty, spirituality, merging, and mercy. Pluto brings crisis, passion, control, power, the collective shadow, and radical renewal. In opposition, a person or generation may swing between the dream of paradise and the temptation to destroy the imperfect world down to its foundation.
As an aspect of outer planets, it more often describes large-scale processes of an era, but it becomes personal when connected with angles, the Sun, the Moon, personal planets, or houses of relationships and career. Then the native may be a very talented artist, politician, psychologist, businessperson, or spiritual seeker. They can understand an opponent's thinking, feel collective fear, and express hidden pain through creativity or public activity.


