Sometimes the cure can prove almost as lethal as the illness, but desperate times call for desperate measures.  It won’t be easy tightening the budget belt.  You’re already squeezed as is.  Yet the wonderful thing about the Mars/Pluto conjunction is that it promises hearty rewards because Pluto is the planet of ordeals and the transformations that arise from them.   It won’t be easy going through the crucible, but you will also be introduced to strengths and resources you never knew you had.  This sets the stage for a full financial recovery in October 2020. Signs most affected: Aries, Cancer, Scorpio, and Capricorn