Pluto turns retrograde on Thursday, May 2 at 10:46am until October 11. Its shadow period remains until February 2, 2025. The degrees traveled in May (2°06'–1°56' Aquarius) are represented in the Sabian symbols by “a deserter from the Navy” and “an unexpected thunderstorm.” During the next five and a half months, on a collective level, corruption, the threat of civil war, mass manipulation, and various forms of black magic are exposed, leading to transformation and purification. On a personal level, self-destructive attitudes, obsessive habits, old emotional wounds, jealousy, and control resurface, bringing about the chance for a complete regeneration of the self.