If it's any consolation, some people are born with these transits. A lot of Aquarians in the Pluto in Leo (baby boom) generation, for example, needed to challenge and question authority (Leo is the sign of the king.) Just now a lot of Cancer suns would be feeling the strain of Pluto in Capricorn.
One thing about planets opposite the sun. If we disown or deny their energies, they will come back to bite us. One common way is that we start attracting to us people who seemingly exemplify the disowned planets' negative qualities. A nice, kind, and gentle Cancer person will find she starts attracting ruthless bullies or underworld-type characters. Another typical Cancer response would be to cocoon and hide away from society.
It is important to own our inner Pluto! At its best, Pluto is the capacity for profound, transformative change.
By Pluto's and your sun's houses in your chart, see if you can instigate some positive change. For example, if one of the planets is in your 4th house of "home" this would be a good time to do a top-to-bottom house cleaning, where you give away anything that you no longer need. Or move, if that is reasonable. If Pluto is in the 10th, this might be a time to rethink one's career, or home-work balance.
Pluto actually asks us to "catch the wave" of whatever he's up to in our lives.
If we experience the hard edge of a transit, it is generally because we haven't fully incorporated the empowering meaning of that planet in our lives. Understandably, Pluto is not an energy that is easy for most people to embrace!!
A good motto for this transit: "The way out is the way through."
