Pluto Going Direct: How to Reclaim Your Power This Week

Every Monday, astrologer Aliza Kelly pours what she calls her weekly brew: a forecast built around a single theme, served with a tarot pull, a journal prompt, and twelve sign-by-sign readings. The October 12, 2026 installment, titled around "power play," argues that three planetary events landing in the same week, the Sun's connection with Jupiter, Pluto turning direct after months of backward motion, and a productive Mars-Saturn trine, add up to a turn in who gets to decide what happens next. This article unpacks the three-act structure she lays out, the idea of power as something you recognize rather than acquire, and the gendered polarity of the zodiac that she jokes about and then complicates, so a reader who never pressed play can still follow the logic and test it against their own life.

What does a weekly astrology brew actually sound like on air?

The episode opens on a provocation rather than a forecast: "Are you tired of feeling like a puppet on a string? Like your life is at the mercy of well, everyone else?" Kelly then pitches power the way an infomercial pitches a gadget: "your power now available for the very, very low price of realizing that you already have it." The bit is funny, but it is also the thesis in miniature. The power she describes is not something to be handed over by a boss, a partner, or a calendar. It is already in your hands, and the question is whether you act like it.

The format is loose and conversational. Kelly works with a co-host, Katherine, and mentions an editor, Grace, and she spends several minutes on housekeeping. She notes that the show now runs ads through its network partner, Acast, and that chapter markers drift on Apple and Spotify while YouTube handles ads differently. She asks listeners whether they want more general timestamps or prefer to scrub 15 seconds forward and back. That exchange is a small, honest window into how a one-woman-plus-two operation keeps a weekly show alive, and it matters for readers who come to the video for the horoscopes: the chapter list is a navigation tool, not a guarantee.

Why does Pluto going direct feel like a power switch?

Kelly introduces Pluto as "the planet of power, control, and transformation," and in the episode she calls it the planet of "large scale seismic transformation." Pluto has been retrograde since May, and this week it stations direct, which in astrological terms means it turns back to forward motion. (Retrograde is the apparent backward movement of a planet as seen from Earth; a station direct is the point where that motion reverses again.) Kelly's claim is that this turn produces "a massive redistribution of power and control."

What makes the claim interesting is the emphasis on what has been stuck. Her description of the week asks, "What have you been trying to control since May?" The retrograde period, in her framing, was a stretch when control felt blocked or diffuse. Going direct is the moment the blockage releases. Kelly is careful to tie this to the inner world, not just external events. Pluto, she says, is about "our identity. It's our sense of self." The planet's movement is treated as a prompt to examine how you see yourself, not only what you own or who you answer to.

She also warns that this kind of transformation is not gentle. Pluto turning direct, she says, is going to "really push some things," and she frames the week's changes as potentially disruptive to old habits and old ways of seeing your own worth. That honesty keeps the message from being pure motivation. Power returns, but it returns with friction.

How does the three-act structure of this week's power play work?

Kelly's central device is a story in three acts, and it is the most useful thing to carry away from the episode. In her words: "the door opens, then Pluto goes direct. You walk through the door, the power returns, and then Mars trines Saturn and you lock the [expletive] in."

• Act one: the door opens. The Sun's connection with Jupiter, which Kelly nicknames "Casino Daddy," is the opportunity. It signals "exciting new possibilities are on the horizon." Jupiter is the planet of expansion and luck in her vocabulary, and this connection is the invitation.
• Act two: you walk through. Pluto going direct is the reclamation. The power that had been stalled or contested comes back into your hands, and the question shifts from "can I" to "will I."
• Act three: you lock it in. The Mars-Saturn trine is the execution. Kelly describes Mars as the planet of action and motivation and Saturn as the planet of responsibilities, and she calls their connection "a very productive business meeting." The trine, a harmonious angle, is where plans and goals become real. She puts it bluntly: "you sit down at that conference table and you turn your dreams into reality."

The structure matters because it turns three separate astrological events into a sequence with a logic. An opportunity alone is not enough; you have to reclaim the authority to act on it, and then you have to follow through with discipline. Readers who think of power as only a feeling can use this framework to ask which act they are actually in. Many people are stuck at the door, admiring the opportunity without walking through it.

Is power masculine or feminine in the zodiac?

Kelly is explicit that the language she uses has a gendered history. She says that "traditionally masculine planets" sit in "traditionally masculine signs," and she adds, for listeners, the air quotes: "the fire and air signs are traditionally considered to be the signs in the masculine polarity while earth and water signs are feminine." This is the classical split between active and receptive signs, and it is a framework many astrology readers still use.

Her response is the most grounded moment in the episode. "Around here we do not live life pushed into one side of the field or another, right? We contain duality. Yes, we do. We slide across the spectrum as we please." This is a useful correction for anyone who has read the polarity as a rigid rulebook. The point of naming the masculine and feminine categories is not to assign people to them but to notice how energy shifts. A week heavy with fire and air can be balanced by earthier, receptive choices, and the power you reclaim does not have to look like one kind of force.

What do the sign readings reveal about identity and boundaries?

The twelve horoscopes are where the abstract becomes personal, and the episode's transcript shows the pattern. For Aries, Kelly ties the week to Saturn, which she notes is in Aries's sign, and she talks about needing to be disciplined in how you make things look easy even when they are not. Her Aries reading leans on the Mars-Saturn relationship: progress is real, but it requires being very intentional about what you commit to.

In the Sagittarius reading, she describes a pattern of "never asking for help," and then pivots to the idea that the next chapter is one where "you truly are unstoppable." The move is typical of her approach. A sign reading names a habit that has been limiting you, then reframes it as the very thing that will carry you forward once you change it. Whether or not a reader buys the astrological mechanism, the structure is a recognizable self-coaching exercise: name the default, then name the new capacity.

Across the signs, the common thread is boundaries and self-respect. Kelly's opening promise was that with your power you can "say yes to things that you want to do, politely decline what you do not want to do, and have the confidence to demand respect because you, of course, respect yourself." Each sign reading applies that promise to a different area of life.

How should a skeptical reader approach an astrology forecast like this?

It is worth being clear about what this episode is and is not. It is a weekly astrology show with a playful, theatrical tone, built on a traditional interpretive system. Kelly herself frames her points as themes and possibilities. She talks about "exciting new possibilities" and "opportunities," which are open-ended, not guarantees. Nothing in the episode is a measured claim about outcomes, and the real value is in the questions it poses.

That is the strongest case for engaging with it. The description asks three questions that can be answered without any belief in planetary influence: What have you been trying to control since May? What opportunities are finally coming your way? And what would happen if you stopped waiting for permission and started making some serious power moves? Those are a legitimate prompt for self-review, and they work just as well as a journaling exercise regardless of how you feel about the stars.

Where to go from here

If this forecast caught your attention, start with the three-act structure and map your own week onto it. Ask which act you are in: are you still waiting at the door, have you walked through and reclaimed a decision, or are you now trying to lock in a plan through concrete responsibility? Then take up Kelly's three questions and answer them on paper, without editing yourself.

For the full episode, use the chapter list to jump to the sections that matter to you: the tarot pull, the journal prompt, and the individual sign readings. Remember that the chapter markers can drift on some podcast apps, so the YouTube version is the most reliable way to find your place. Kelly's own site lists her live events and tour dates, and her podcast is available on Spotify and Apple, where listeners can leave reviews and share how their year has been going.

The deeper lesson of the episode is simple and worth keeping past the week of October 12. Power, as Kelly frames it, is not a prize that shows up when the planets cooperate. It is a recognition you have to practice: you already have it, and the next move is yours to make.