These are global energies of Pluto in Aries or in the 1st 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.
Magnetism, power games, and depth of the mind
This planet is in the element of Fire here, symbolically under the rulership of Mars, of which it is the upper octave, so its natural energies tend to be reinforced and to have a character that is very Scorpio and very dark, and these people have a truly piercing gaze.
There is some amount of magnetism, intensity, and radiance that spontaneously emanates from these people’s personality; they readily dominate others, they seek out power and try to get the psychological upper hand in the social theater, either consciously or unconsciously, and they naturally know how to be assertive.
They have great psychological depth: they have a need for introspection and understanding both of themselves and of others (it’s hard to lead the up the garden path or hide things from them), and they also have a need to go search for things unconsciously, go beyond the obvious, transgress taboos, and reveal that which is hidden (interest in death and the occult).
An aspect of darkness, violence, mystery, and secretiveness emerges, and all of these things may easily lead to manipulation or obsession. In addition, their primal instincts are highly developed.
It is often difficult to figure out their personality; these people seem to have several different facets, some of which are very deep, well-hidden, and sometimes even unconscious, and it is also quite difficult to really get to know them or pigeonhole them.
These are often more people of the shadows than of the light. Much of what they do or think passes through underground channels and does not readily reveal itself. They may also frequently use doublespeak. In addition, for that matter, a part of them may also be rather solitary, independent, wild, unsociable, and even misanthropic…
The idea of domination/submission is also very present in these people’s minds. At the same time, there is an aspect of a protector and a destroyer, which creates ambivalence, and manipulation is very present in their psyche.
Their libido and sexual instincts are generally highly developed and may get the better of their mind by generating various forms of deviant behavior if this side of them is not sublimated.
Having Pluto in the 1st house / Aries can greatly increase people’s willpower, perseverance, and determination, as well as their courage, audacity, and combativeness. This may be so much the case that these people may often see life and their relationships through the lens of power struggles and confrontation, like the law of the jungle in a way, and they may have strong survival instincts.
In terms of health and vitality, which this house also governs, this planet may give people extraordinary endurance in the face of illness as well as a sort of resistance, though this planet still does not put an end to challenging problems.
In terms of negatives, this is an extreme positioning that may prove to be very destructive and self-destructive; these people are quite likely to abuse their strength and power.
The powerful alchemical process of calcinatio is tied to the evolution of these people’s incarnations, and this often leads to Depressive episodes. But these people have a powerful ability to be reborn, so they may fall quite low and then after some time be reborn from their ashes. For many of them, their entire life may be a series of symbolic deaths which transform them on a deep level.
In extreme cases we may find people with this positioning to be great mystic sages, narcissistic perverts, or even serial killers: it’s a positioning that does not really support doing things halfway, but rather creates strong contrast, with things either all black or all white, not gray.
Feelings like possessiveness, jealousy, and paranoia are also frequently found in people with this planetary positioning, as well as some degree of schizophrenia.
It is difficult for them to grant others trust as a result of their need for security, which is very great.
With this positioning, it is important to understand that there is a sort of inner fire that needs to be tamed and a level of self-control that needs to be attained in order to give the best of these energies and achieve sublimation.
This is a very sensitive position for this planet in a birth chart, like a nerve center, and any harmonious or tense aspects may have direct effects on the vitality of these people’s personality.
More than for other people, Pluto’s various Transits are very important for them, with direct impacts on the realization of these people’s individuality. And this is an extremely slow transit: this planet takes approximately 248 years to go all the way around the zodiac, which means that you won’t even see it reach opposition in a human lifetime, but its aspects are often based on small details, leading to psychological breaking points in the background.
The more angular this planet is (the closer it is to the Ascendant), the more prominent the traits mentioned above are in one’s personality.
Interpersonal projections with other people with this positioning who also have Scorpio and/or Pluto as a dominant feature in their chart are particularly helpful for these people, as these projections allow them to see and experiment with these energies differently, more “directly…”
It should be noted that this positioning is likely to have a greater impact on men than on women due to Mars’s rulership here and its influence on the Animus.
Pluto retrograde in the 1st house and Aries
This planet’s Retrograde motion here tends to result in the planet being more internalized, making it more receptive but also more secretive.
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 1st House
14th Dalai Lama, Karl Marx, Goethe, Orson Welles, Stephen King, Louis de Funès, Keanu Reeves, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Joaquin Phoenix, Audrey Tautou, Mylène Farmer, Jean Reno, Jean Jacques Goldman, Jacques Mesrine, Bobby Fischer, Fidel Castro, Muammar Gaddafi, George W Bush, Dominique Strauss Kahn, Bernard Henri Lévy, Michael Moore, Marcel Proust, Omar Sy…
Celebrities with Pluto in Aries
Friedrich Nietzsche, René Descartes, Jules Verne, Emile Zola, Bernadette Soubirous, Helena Blavatsky, Râmakrishna, John D Rockefeller, Gustave Eiffel, Guy de Maupassant, Georges Clemenceau, Leon Tolstoy, Tchaikovsky, Paul Verlaine, Paul Cézanne, Wyatt Earp, Robert Louis Stevenson, le Facteur Cheval…