15 years ago I was a 5 year old who was starting kindergarten and on the verge of starting my Pluto transit in Sagittarius. Pluto was still in Scorpio and it was transiting my Venus in Scorpio.

At first I didn't think much of Pluto's transit to my venus, but when I think back deeply it was at that age that I started noticing girls! Yup, Venus is your taste and when it hit my personal Venus I started having crushes on the opposite sex.

It wasn't sexual at all until I was about 12. But at 5 it was crushes on this girl and crushes on that girl, lol. I have changed alot since 1994, and alot of it has to do with my age and the transits that hit during my youth.

So what transit was going on for you 15 years ago? And how was your life 15 years ago?

15 years ago I was 22. I had just graduated college. I moved back home to endure the imposing restrictions of my mom, who is a control freak, and my dad, who isn't controlling at all but used to write things like "no dating until you're 30" on my birthday cards. This was quite a shock after the 4 years prior, living the free life at school. 

I was trying to get a job, and my mom was all up in my bidness, freaking out about it. So I got one, and then I had to quickly learn how to drive a car since I hadn't really mastered that having crashed mine at 17 and not been permitted to borrow the family car for the next 4 years. 

Once I began driving, I was making weekend trips to visit a friend who lived about an hour away. Eventually she and I began having nightly conversations about what a drag it was to be back home enduring our overbearing parents (her dad, my mom). We made a plan to get an apartment that was halfway between her work and mine, and announced we were moving out.

Very close to the day of my departure, my mother tried one last attempt at control, and withdrew 3 thousand dollars from my bank account, claiming that "I owed it to her" for college tuition when in fact this was never discussed.

I left anyway, got a new bank account that was not in her name, and so began life on my own.

Since you say Pluto was transiting Scorpio, that's where my moon is. I don't know other aspects but would be interested in what other people say about this.

15 years ago today

Chiron transit conjunct natal Uranus/Pluto/Moon in Virgo, Saturn transit conjunct natal Black Lilith in Pisces

Venus/Jupiter/North Node transit conjunct natal Neptune

I bought my house in April, went to my 10 year class reunion in August, childhood friend killed in plane crash in Sept.

fifteen years ago I fell in love with the man I would marry, have three children, and divorce last year, as pluto moved in to capricorn. He is a sag. moon, and I was his pluto transit  haha.

Oh Toni, you just made me feel so old, lol.  Fifteen years ago my SON was 4 years old, and I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter.  So I guess I was immersed in all that.  I must say, my daughter's entrance into our world of course changed it forever, as she is in the autism spectrum, and well our journey as a family halted and went in a whole new direction.  But we are a family still, very tight-knit, and continuing on our journey together.

I was 27 and in college and working 3 jobs - one in a bookstore for the book discount, one in a grocery store for the food discount, and one in a wildlife park because it had no customers 1/2 the year and I could sit there and study haha.

I saw the title "How was your life 15 years ago?"(on the side) and thought that a fascinating idea.  You know I had to do the math to check my age and then check how old I was 15 years ago.  I just don't think in numbers.  But I got 16 and I was extremely unhappy at 16.  So the fascinating idea is not so fascinating any more.  Although, seeing how good life is now... I guess it still is.

As for the second part of the question "What transits were going on?" Unfortunately I don't know.  Glad they're not going on now though, hey?  But I am living in the same house, which is really weird to think about.  I hate it, but not as much as when we first moved in.  Hoping to move out eventually to our own home (we rent from my parents).

I survived pluto on the asc, merc, sun till now...I'm fatigued just now and i'm waiting for jup saturn and venus coming soon in cap ! My entire life will be pluto transits in the end...If I remember your chart Toni I have a bit the same, all in scorp sag and cap...What can I say ? lot's of transformation, very extreme situations, nothing linear...art saved my life

I had just survived Pluto running over my Mercury, Moon, Venus, and Uranus. 

More interesting is my Dad's chart for that time.  Trns Pluto was square his natal 12th house Sun/Merc and 6th house Moon/Pluto.  His retinas detached 14 times. He spent two years completely blind sitting in a dark room.   Pluto was right on top of my Uranus (My Aquarian dad) at the time which is on my IC. So I was seeing all this out of nowhere shit happen to my Dad.

Notatirem, that's so rough for you and your dad, Man. I witnessed my brother-in-law recover from detached retina. It was so painful to watch him. He had to sit bent over for like 2 days. It was during christmas season with family reunion. 

Well, 15 years ago I was 31.  I believe that I had just started library school. I was having a love affair with a man that I absolutely detested. But he was a damn good lover.  Then I got pregnant and had abortion. He was so ugly during that time, that I finally broke off the relationship.

 Pluto was transiting my 5th house. Sextile my sun.  Verrrrrry interesting! Thanks Toni!

Exactly 15 years ago transiting Mars conjuncted my natal Saturn, and Sun was on my natal Pluto. same as today. I don't remember much from that time. I graduated high school. I had a great summer. I took a year off before college, and was looking for a job....

I was 33 and a happier year of my life.  Was living in Mexico and enjoying fixing up a small cottage with adobe fireplace, small patio and company of two cats.  Also my 2nd year in relationship with a Libra man with lots of Scorp whom I called Gatito.   Pluto was at end of my 2nd house.  Mercury, Jupiter and Venus transiting the same....activating my 2nd house Neptune.   I saw a therapist regularly and I was gaining great amount of self-WORTH.   

This is a fun exercise, but that was not a fun time for me.

Transiting Pluto was conjunct my natal moon. Chiron was astride my natal Pluto/Uranus conjunction -- that would be a generational thing -- in my fifth house. The transiting Venus/BML opposition was almost exactly splayed over my asc-desc axis, with Lilith on the asc side and Venus heading into my 7th house.  I met my now-ex-husband when transiting Venus hit the natal 7th house Moon that Pluto had just gotten off of.

the most difficult year of my life, to date.

(i've had to deal with worse events, since, but i was less well prepared back then.)

tons of AP courses (way more challenging than most of college) and the beginning of rifts within my first deep friendship that it took me years to get over deluding myself about.  it was all visible back then, but i was playing with too much neptoon.

the first quarter grade _ever_ below a B.  my mother was livid.

vivid memories of unpleasant events in the distant past (centuries) and some deep rooted self hatred.  pretty eager to blame myself for things out of my control.  to imagine i had the capacity to fix everything?

I was 17...

after spending the previous 12 months living with a family (duration of grade 11- I ran away ffrom home in grade 10)  they kicked me out while they went on a holiday. I couch surfed for a month and then up and moved 700 miles away to the city I currently live in.

Ended up on welfare because I couldn't support myself...had my first apartment alone, ever. It was a 12' X 15' room, with 6' high ceilings and no windows. I had a hot plate, a bar fridge, and I called it the coffin. I was depressed a lot of that time, but at the same time I was so ecstatically happy...I felt finally that I was beginning to control my own destiny. I skipped approximately 400 classes that year. It was a miracle I graduated.

The major transits:

Saturn in Pisces transiting my 3rd House, trine natal Uranus/MC; 

Jupiter, Venus, and North Node were in Scorpio, conjunct my natal Uranus/MC, and opposing my Sun in Taurus;

Mercury in Scorpio opposed natal Mercury/Chiron conjunct in Taurus 

I really, REALLY wanted to be free, and I was in a very odd way...thanks Toni for this thread. I found my freedom (Uranus) in a place I called "The Coffin." (Scorpio/Death). Seeing the astrological connection is very moving for me.

15 years ago, I was in grade 9 in a junior high school in Calgary. I befriended four girls whom I thought would be my best friends for life (little did I know, bad things would come out of it and only one out of the four became a great friend for life). I had only been to Canada for a year, but I was starting to get used to things. Being a teenager and being an immigrant was hard. I didn't feel very free to do whatever I wanted.

I was having a lot of struggle in school. There were girls that often teased me and made fun of me. We didn't have money, so my Mom occasionally took us to thrift stores for clothes, or we relied on people's hand-me-downs. This, of course, became a creative opportunity to me, but this was not successful as every (not so greatly made) creation that I've done, I would wear. Before the whole DIY chic was even cool, I was already doing it - and was made fun for it. It was heartaching - especially when people made fun of my means of self expression... My art. Heck, the quality wasn't very good, but it was creative. It meant something to me.

Also, this was a tough time with my parents. Dad was expressing frustration on finding a job that he used to have back in the homeland. Mom was content as she was slowly moving on up the corporate ladder - from an office assistant to an office manager and finally easing into her field in IT. Dad wanted to move down to the states for grad school. Fights from parents happened frequently. Meanwhile, I was frustrated because they didn't like how I had friends and that I had trouble fitting in and wanted to fit in. They didn't hear me out. I always was yelled at (by my dad, not my mom) if I get an average below an 85.

Later on, the same group of girls ganged up on me and I ended up in a fist fight. I felt helpless because I heard stories about how my family friends' son has once beaten up a guy and almost had his family deported - so I felt helpless and was unable to fight. I just let the girl have it... And it's weird because I was the third best student in my school, and I got into a stupid catty fist fight. I was also continually teased everyday by other kids... 

... I also got the nerve to express how I feel towards a crush of mine... And when my parents found out, I got grounded for it. "Girls aren't supposed to do that. What are you, desperate?" No... I just wanted to tell the guy I like him. After that I have not admitted to a guy how I felt anymore, which was a loss to me that when I was 15 years old, I could've ended up with a good friend of mine. His getting together with other girls caused a lot of heartache that messed me up for another 2 years... And pretty much most of my life because I thought I was undesirable and not beautiful at all. Fast forward a little less than 15 years later, we found each other on facebook and I found out... that I was the "one that got away" in this life (he got married 6 years after I met him and divorced last year). But since that time in high school, I stopped listening to my parents and went back to listening to my heart instead. I seem to do better picking and choosing the men than the man picking and choosing me ;) 

Most of my people-pleasing occurred here - during this time. Most of the damage that happened to me as a person occurred during this time too. Now that it's been 15 years since then, I'm wiser and I'm taking what I learned from this experience and turning things around. 

The transits:

Pluto square Mars (Leo, 5th house)

Neptune opp. Moon (Cancer, 4th house)

Neptune trine Venus (Taurus 2nd house)

Uranus opp. Moon

Uranus trine Venus

Saturn conj. Mercury (Pisces, 11th house)

Jupiter opp. Venus  

Lunalie, that is such a beautiful poignant story. You are very good writer.

is  "he" and "the one that got away" (you) enjoying time together now?

Hey Chamirose :)

Thanks for the comment on my writing style. I always believe it was a bit too haphazardly done but if it works for you I'm glad :)

I did not end up with the guy from high school, and I am actually quite thankful for that because I would not be with my significant other if that was so. I'm happier in my relationship now. He and I, however, remained good friends despite it all. We cleared the air 15 years later and glad that we have done so. I feel bad for him, though as he married so early, got divorced so early, and is now caught between feelings of commitmentphobia and committing. He has a beautiful little girl that is the light of his life so at the very least, that keeps him happy. I wish only the best for him and I really hope he finds someone he can commit to.

Unfortunately, he is now dating a girl that has been MEAN to me back when I was in high school. I wasn't too happy about that, but I'm hoping people change. But hey, if that makes him happy, then I'm happy. :) I just have a lot of resentments towards the girl, really and was hoping he'd end up with someone nicer. 

Pluto conjuncted my Neptune and killed a dream. A big one.

15 years ago...let's see.  I was 24.  I just got my first "real" job after a series of temp jobs (yes, the economy really was that bad back then).  My love life was nonexistent.  The year before, I broke up with one of the loves of my life.  It was so awful that I retreated from the dating and social whirl, not to reemerge for over a year.

All three outer planets were hitting my chart significantly.  Pluto went over Neptune--boy, was that one painful.  Uranus and Neptune were still squaring the Moon, after exactly squaring it the year before.

You would think that Jupiter, transiting my 7th, would bring me luck with a new guy, but no.  It was squaring my Sun/Mars, and I lucked out with a job instead.  Let's face it, I wasn't going to settle for anyone after what I experienced the year before.  That's also Jupiter--dream big, think big, don't settle.

1995 Pluto started transiting my Ascendent (gemini). THe start of my march thru hell. Today marks the end of Saturn in virgo, (i'm a quad virgo). I have been thru so much I can't begin to explain. People dying, friends turning on me, a psycho woman who was jealous of me decided to make me her target and harassed me thru the court system. I pretty much went thru this all with the help of a therapist but hubby was not emotionally present to assist.  I'm still angry about it but have to get over it and get my joy back. But I know now what people are made of. I will not go thru this again. I know what people are made of now. I will not have expectations when it's pointless to have them. Let then figure it out themselves.

mimi mottet,

Us mutables had it bad during Pluto in Sag huh?