These are global energies of Pluto in Aquarius or in the 11th House which must be nuanced according to your birth chart, see the article Pluto in birth chart; see also the article on the general interpretation of Pluto.
The planet Pluto is one of the attributes of the Shadow in the chart, as such it can indicate a Projection of this one, especially intellectual projections on “social entities” (political party, club, syndicate, nation, church, etc.), everything that concerns more directly the psychological quest, the depth of spirit, the intensity of primary instincts.
It can materialize a place of upheavals, fear, destruction, fatality, losses, betrayals, darkness, submission, as it is also a vector of passion, domination, power, self-control, creation of purity.
It is often referred to the higher octave of Mars and is directly related to Scorpio.
As Pluto remains from 12 to 30 years per sign (due to the irregularity of its orbit), its position in houses is more meaningful for the personality. The energy of the sign especially gives a common elemental background coloring to a whole generation, which will apply more personally to the life sector signified by the house. Therefore, focus first on the house affected, the sign giving a background tone.
Destroy the old or defend the new?
This position is a very simple one for this planet… We know that the relationships between Aquarius and Scorpio, the signs that control Uranian and Plutonian energies, are ambiguous, as they have the energy of a quadrature in the zodiac; these signs nevertheless share certain rulerships, but Pluto is in fall here, so it is rather torn between the cold, cerebral forces of air, on the one hand, and the expression of its own intense, passionate subterranean fire on the other.
The thing that brings these forces closer together is a powerful magnetic side that may have an effect in a social context, in terms of powers of persuasion and good leadership of the collective, as well as the capacity for domination and manipulation (empathy and psychological perspicacity may be used in a double-edged way).
Relationships with others, with groups, and with the community may both involve powerful attraction and allow for great things to be achieved (this is a good positioning for politics, for example), but these relationships may also contain fear or be linked to notions of destruction, violence, power struggles, or death.
The energies involved in this sector are powerful energies of “awakening” and revolution, and they may yield something that is very explosive, excessive, and extreme, especially when it comes to the emancipation that these people are seeking.
With this type of positioning, these people may be very deeply set in their political and social ideas, and they may be more easily taken by extreme, categorical, divisive, and often black and white ideas (this positioning does not help with creating nuance).
As they themselves do not tend to arouse any half-hearted feelings or half measures, they may easily be loved or hated and elicit jealousy or pettiness, and given this positioning they should also be wary of their various different relationships, as betrayal may be more likely: losses and falls from grace may often be caused by others, including friends.
With Pluto in the 11th house / Aquarius, people’s relationships with different forms of authority are complicated, as they may often be defiant and have a Promethean side, where symbolically they readily seek to question that which has been established, and they may easily be lively, hypersensitive rebels.
In terms of positives, this may make people into good reformers who are very visionary and even have an instinctive sense of what evolution is necessary for the collective; however, in terms of negatives, this can also turn people into Don Quichottes who exhaust themselves fighting for pointless causes that are too utopian and excessive, who lose touch with some aspects of reality, and who are full of hot air, talking a lot without actually saying much.
From a practical standpoint, this position may connect the various Plutonian domains (death, esotericism, psychology, crime, biology, studies and analyses, the atom, secrets, etc.) to these people’s social accomplishments.
This may require that these people join an association or work in a profession that is linked to these domains, or, as I said before for Pluto in the 10th house or Capricorn, this may require them to live a “double life,”, for example with an “official” social side that serves as an alibi so that they can then perform other work behind the scenes.
With this positioning, not only will these people potentially have a significant influence on their group, but we could say that the inverse is also true, because this group may have a very transformative and revealing effect on these people, sometimes causing them to change dramatically through some activity, with a real difference between “before and after,” and both a galvanization and a potentially destructive, violent confrontation may occur.
Much of this will depend on the overall Plutonian and air forces present in terms of determining the extent to which these elements will predominate or simply have an effect, as well as which types of “losses, relinquishments,” and abandonments this positioning may require of people.
In any case, for children with this positioning, it may be wise to give special attention to their socialization, that is, to the groups that they spend time with, because we know that there is a lot at play in this realm during the early years of our lives (astrologers and psychologists often use the notion of seven-year cycles).
In terms of negatives, it is thus important to make good, wise use of the different gifts and qualities that are granted by this position socially and in terms of group dynamics, because if these people have a tendency to take advantage of these forces and exploit them at the expense of other people, they are likely to pay for it karmically, inexorably, at some time or another…
It is also definitely important to learn to let go of the hold that they may attempt to gain over others in their social relationships, for example as they try to control and anticipate everything, including for other people.
They should also learn that, in a way, impermanence is the most fundamental rule in many different human societies and that it is useless to cling rigidly to old patterns that have met their end (this is not necessarily a very easy positioning to have when it comes to adapting to change).
Over the course of history, there have been two types of revolutionaries: those who fight to destroy the old world and those who fight to defend the new, and I find that this sums up the dilemma with this positioning quite well.
Pluto retrograde in the 11th house and Aquarius
This planet’s Retrograde motion here tends to bring forth a force that creates structure and moderation, which is not so bad; it may put things in something of a sorry state, even making people more introverted, but it also helps to channel any explosiveness.
Retrograde motion of Pluto in a birth chart is much less important than for other dominant features of a birth chart, since, as it is a very slow, transpersonal planet, it is retrograde for much of the year.
Nevertheless, it is helpful to monitor the evolution of this retrograde motion through Progressions; a change of state here will not necessarily lead to a specific, noteworthy event, but it may still be an indication of a non-negligible psychological change in how this planet’s energies are used.
Celebrities with Pluto in 11th House
Albert Einstein, Nicole Kidman, Vincent van Gogh, Alfred Hitchcock, Jules Verne, Jean Claude Van Damme, Casanova, Dolly Parton, Frida Kahlo, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Leo Tolstoy, Bill Clinton…
Celebrities with Pluto in Aquarius
Montaigne, Tycho Brahe, discovery of Uranus, Niccolo Paganini, Stendhal, Lord Byron, Arthur Schopenhauer, Antoine Becquerel, Champollion, Michael Faraday, Sadi Carnot, Franz Schubert, Gioacchino Rossini, Mary Shelley, Constitution of the United States, Miguel de Cervantes, Alphonse de Lamartine, Louis XVII, Simon Bolivar…