🕯️🗝️ THE GATE IS OPEN. ARE YOU WALKING THROUGH? 🗝️🕯️

Pull up a chair, coven mates. Here’s a chance to go deep.

Pluto stationed retrograde and it's not going direct again until October 15. That's 162 days. Five and a half months. The Underworld Lord has turned inward — and he's asking you to do the same.

This isn't Mercury retrograde. This isn't your wifi acting up and your ex texting you at 2am. 😅

This is deep. This is shadow. This is the stuff you buried and told yourself you dealt with. This is the power you gave away and never reclaimed. This is the version of yourself you killed off to make everyone else comfortable.

Pluto sees all of it. And Hekate? She's already standing at the gate with her torches lit. 🔥🔥

So I built something for us. 🤩

✨ THE WITCH'S DESCENT: 23 Weeks of Grimoire Prompts for Pluto Retrograde 2026 ✨

One prompt per week. Every week. From now until October 15.

Five phases. Twenty-three prompts. Devotional acts for every single one.

📖 Phase I — THE THRESHOLD (May 6 – Jun 2 | Hekate as Propylaia)

📖 Phase II — THE DESCENT (Jun 3 – Jul 7 | Hekate as Phosphoros)

📖 Phase III — THE UNDERWORLD FLOOR (Jul 8 – Aug 11 | Hekate as Chthonia)

📖 Phase IV — THE RETRIEVAL (Aug 12 – Sep 15 | Hekate as Soteira)

📖 Phase V — THE ASCENT (Sep 16 – Oct 15 | Hekate as Propolos)

This isn't cute journaling prompts. This is grimoire work. Ink on paper. Honest. Ugly. Sacred. Between you and Her.

📌 MARK THESE DATES — the transit hits hardest here:

🗡️ May 26 — Pluto squares Mars. Power struggles and control issues erupt. Week 3 prompt lands here: "What does my anger know that I don't?"

💔 June 17 — Pluto opposes Venus. Deep relationship dynamics around desire, control, and fear of loss get exposed. Week 7 prompt: "Where has love become a power struggle?"

⚡ July (all month) — Mars, Uranus, and Neptune all form positive aspects to Pluto. The most creatively potent window of the entire retrograde. Dream big. Build. Create.

👁️ July 20 — Jupiter in Leo opposes Pluto. Egos inflate, truths magnify, old structures crack. The Hoodwitch calls this "a major reckoning between collective ideals and those who hold power." thehoodwitch.com

⭐ July 26 — North Node enters Aquarius, conjunct retrograde Pluto. A karmic threshold. Past-life constructs surface for deep healing and clearing.

🔥 July 27 — Sun opposes Pluto. The shadow looms largest. Week 12 prompt lands here: "What does my shadow look like when it sits across from me?"

🔑 July 30 — Pluto retrogrades over the star Giedi ("Gathering Fire"), associated with gateways, sacrifice, and offering. Hekate is the Gatekeeper. Pluto is the Gatekeeper. The symbolism writes itself.

💎 Mid-August — Pluto connects positively with Venus. Beauty is being reformed in the deep. Week 16 prompt: "What version of me is ready to be born?"

🔮 Mid-September — Pluto connects positively with Mercury. Intuition spikes. Hidden information surfaces. Week 19 prompt: "What key has Hekate given me during this retrograde?"

🗡️ September 15 — Venus in Scorpio squares Pluto. Relationship confrontations that have been building all retrograde demand honesty from all parties.

⚔️ October 2–3 — Mercury and Mars both aspect Pluto. Truth demands voice. Action demands direction. The final test before the gate closes. Week 22 prompt: "What is my Pluto retrograde story, beginning to end?"

🕯️ October 15 — PLUTO STATIONS DIRECT at 3° Aquarius, 10:40 PM ET. The gate closes. You ascend. Week 23 prompt: "Who am I now?"

🗝️ HERE'S YOUR WEEK 1 PROMPT TO START RIGHT NOW:

"What am I being asked to look at?” Break out your favorite divination method and really think.

Before you rush into the cave, stand still. What has been nagging at you — quietly, persistently — since Pluto entered Aquarius in November 2024? What has shifted beneath the surface that you haven't fully acknowledged?

Name it. Don't fix it. Just name it.

🕯️ Devotional act: Light a candle at your door or window. Tell Hekate you are beginning.

👉 Want the full astrology breakdown with all the dates and degrees? Here's your reading list:

🔗 https://www.bustle.com/life/pluto-retrograde-2026-spiritual-meaning-dates

🔗 https://astrologyking.com/pluto-retrograde-2026/

🔗 https://www.thehoodwitch.com/blog/2026/5/5/pluto-retrograde-2026

💬 NOW TELL ME — and I mean this, don't scroll past, come talk to me:

Which date on that list made your stomach flip?

That's the one. That's where the work is. Mark it. Prepare for it. Write toward it.

🖤 Drop a 🗝️ if you're committing to the full 23 weeks.

🖤 Drop a 🔥 if you've already started writing.

🖤 Drop a 🕯️ if you're scared but you're doing it anyway.