In the 10th house we’ve done our job. We’ve built a reputation for ourselves using the skills we’ve accumulated over time as we passed through the astrological houses. We have finally found our place in society, the role that only we could perform. Now it’s time to gather all of our honours, our privileges and our influence in the name of the greater good: a 11th house matter.
Having reached the top of Capricorn’s mountain, we may look down to contemplate how perverted the world actually is. Dealing with society, in the 10th house, opens our eyes to social, 11th house problems like injustice, prejudice, inequality et cetera. And it is essential to understand how the opposition to the 5th house plays a critical role in this. This opposition symbolizes how our attention, when faced with these social issues, is no longer centered on our own individuality and our talents; in the 11th house, we see past our individual lights to see how brightly we can shine as a community.
People with an 11th house emphasis are able to see the social strings that connect each and every one of us. Because they’re able to see past the differences that makes us individuals, they discover a whole new plane where we’re all immersed in Uranus’ energy flux, and thus can gather all humans to make a single humanity. The 11th house allows us to understand where we are headed and what lacks for us as a community, and, because of this, the 11th house person holds the collective’s dreams and aspirations in their careful hands.
Naturally, not all of us are concerned with this house’s involvement with social issues on a daily basis. A more intimate application of this house, then, is friendships, and again the opposition to the 5th house makes itself very clear. In Leo’s house, we adore others with intensity and possession; it’s much more about what we want than about other people’s desires. It’s about the light of our own star. In Aquarius’ house, however, we become equals with our pairs. The relationship ties are certainly there, but in the 11th house they become airy, light and free. It’s about how the constellation that we can build together.
Finally, planets and especially signs involved with this house describe what kind of activity or energy the individual correlates with their ability to collaborate with others towards a common good. It informs what is attractive in a friendship and also how one contributes to the construction of relationships of this kind, while also pointing to what is the ideal behind a brighter future for humanity and, because of this, points to what kind of organizations or political interests the individual might feel attracted to.
Sun in the 11th house: distilled by the kind drops of an afternoon spring rain, the oblique sunlight becomes an airy rainbow. The centre of this individual’s personality, the Sun, revolves around their interaction with society, and so they can be quite perceptive of other people’s problems, especially those with an underlying social impact. Their sense of individuality is intimately tied to their experiences with their friends and their community as a whole, and, yes, this is an odd combination: this Sun discovers his brightness when he looks to neighbouring stars; when he feels he’s part of something greater. Moreover, in a community or in a group, these people can easily stand out. Because they can synthetize the group’s essence, people with an 11th house Sun can lead the group to where it needs to go. Like the brightest star of a wide constellation, the luminosity of these people’s rays illuminates the world for others, showing us striking visions of a brighter future.
Moon in the 11th house: a lost traveler wandering at night, suddenly illuminated by moonlight, finally finds their path again. Much like the Sun, the Moon in the 11th house is also perceptive of other people’s struggles. However, people with this placement tend to be sensitive to these issues; more than personally involved, they feel emotionally part of other people’s conflicts too, and usually invest their soul into doing something to ease other people’s burdens. Helping and attentive, the Moon in the 11th house baths society in the pale light of her sensitivity, proving the importance of this trait and inspiring people to open up and let their guard down, even if for a limited time. The Moon being a symbol of popularity, people with this configuration often form friendships wherever they go, and thus grow to be quite popular and well-known.
Mercury in the 11th house: a secretary minutes the main points of an organization’s meeting. Blessed with the winged-god ability with words in the 11th house field, people with this placement can be the voice of the group, easily translating feelings, dreams and intentions into words. Mercury here symbolizes curiosity and intellectual interest towards 11th house matters like social justice, friendships, community efforts and listening to what others have to say. Furthermore, people with this configuration don’t relate so personally with others like the people with Moon in the 11th do. They may transit freely between the groups, which can be many, and the relationship with the people in them tends to feel free, impersonal and sweetly lighthearted. Still talking about Mercury’s duality, people with this placement will prefer groups and organizations that see the world’s multiple possibilities and are willing to incorporate multiple types of people. This is also a reflection of this Mercury’s amazing ability to work well with others, despite differences between individuals.
Venus in the 11th house: a hopeful figure arranges a dinner between their friends so that can apologize to each other. Venus here symbolizes great aesthetic power towards friends and social groups. People with this placement are able to use their knowledge on harmony and beauty to dissolve conflicts and bring people together towards a common goal. Also sensitive to people’s struggles, Venus in the 11th can be especially attentive to those issues related to justice or material affairs, such as poverty and famine. This configuration also signifies that the individual’s affections towards others is easily available and accessible to what would otherwise be considered an impersonal relationship, and so unknown people can be easily charmed by this individual’s care and warmth. Moreover, even in more romantic relationships, the lover will be perceived and treated much like a friend, and the relationship will be permeated by a sense of freedom and respect towards differences.
Mars in the 11th house: a warrior leads their friends and comrades in a battle for their freedom. People with this placement experience their aggressiveness and desire to win whenever they’re involved in social issues or problems concerning their friends or community. Because of their impetus, they can easily become leaders of these movements, even if their initial intention was not so. A lover of doing justice by his own hands, this Mars has some issues when it comes to respecting differences between people, since this is a symbol that tries to make one’s will prevail over others’. In this sense, the social concerns in this Mars are somewhat limited to what he, as an individual, thinks is fair. Justice here seems to be, then, a personal concept. Despite maybe lacking the more broad view of other placements in the 11th house, no other configuration can match this individual’s determination and bravery to do what must be done.
Jupiter in the 11th house: alone in their office, a studious judge analyzes the social situation of their country. The broad view of social issues that was lacking with Mars in the 11th comes to its full potential with Jupiter in the 11th. Like Jupiter, these people study these situations from afar before jumping into action. Jupiter is also the planet related to culture and morals, and the knowledge of these things is especial when applied to a house that deals with society. This also means that the individual can be interested in the collective issues outside of their initial home, and they seem to present a specific interest towards anything related to collective justice. These people can easily find common traits between differences and so they excel at bringing people together towards a common, hopeful goal. Moreover, Jupiter being the planet related to optimism and expansion, the individual with this placement has the potential to inspire those around them towards an objective, nurturing the flame of faith in a better future and convincing people to continue going forward, believing in that ideal. Naturally, their friendships are usually many and very strong, and tend to be affected by the influence of Jupiter’s moral ideals too.
Saturn in the 11th house: after the earthquake, apparently miraculously, houses and buildings are still intact. Saturn in the 11th house contributes with his careful eye to details and failures in the structure of groups and ideals. This a very interesting placement, because here one’s individual efforts towards collective goals and working alongside others are ways in which one grows wiser and more mature. Saturn in this house symbolizes the fear of losing oneself in the collective, and thus these people can be very private and isolated, holding their friendships and relationships towards groups under a very strict control, and this is why this placement is usually considered to be the mark of a lone-wolf. However, these are the ones that can bring order and discipline to the group. Very wise people considering justice and social movements, they usually know what must be done to reach a certain goal, and their timing hardly ever fails. Because Saturn in the 11th may represent some issues with tolerance and working in large groups, the lesson here usually revolves around accepting differences and respecting that each individual matures at a different time.
Uranus in the 11th house: a president watches from their palace as the people of their country approach, marching on the garden. People with this placement can be the best expression of archetypal Uranus. They are usually way ahead of their time, and can intuitively understand the subliminal necessities of the society they live in. Like an angel annunciating the change of something great, they are divine messengers to humanity, revealing not only the truth of underlying social issues, but also voicing human dreams and pointing the way things should go in order to achieve a common goal. Because people with this placement seem to be tuned to this heavenly frequency that talks about freedom and improvement, they’re very creative and efficient, even if using inconvenient methods, especially if they’re trying to help a collective effort. In their friendships, people with this placement are always helpful and attentive to others’ struggles, but there may be issues with over idealization of friends and groups. Despite the usual immense tolerance and acceptance of differences, inconvenient methods may prove too harsh or extreme and may backfire to the individual’s reputation.
Neptune in the 11th house: a shipwrecked figure suddenly wakes up to find themselves surrounded by a complex, perfect society of merpeople. Neptune’s idealization in the 11th house creates the beautiful illusions of utopias. These people have no problem accepting differences that separate individuals and, in fact, may completely ignore them, bringing everyone together under the banner of a charming vision of humanity. Very sensitive to social issues, people with this placement are intrigued by the worlds suffering and will usually do their best to remedy the collective’s pain. Furthermore, Neptune’s presence is inspiring and helps people to continue dreaming on and on that, one day, things will get better. A more common manifestation that this Neptune assumes is the idealization of friendships and groups, and thus the individual with this placement only sees in others what they want to see, whatever that is.
Pluto in the 11th house: after the tidal wave, it is time to construct new buildings; safer, stronger, better. People with this placement put Pluto’s investigative abilities at the collective’s service. Few things go unnoticed by this person, as they are always alert for any kind of social injustice of demonstration of perverted morals. And when they see something’s corrupted, they have no fear in poking at the wounds of their friends or groups, all for the sake of helping them grow as better versions of themselves. They’re definitely not innocent, especially when it comes to dealing with these groups, friendships, dreams, politics or any other 11th house matter. More than anything, people with Pluto in the 11th desire a profound involvement in their friendships on in the groups they’re in, and can be rather aggressive when this desire is not fulfilled. Maybe this display of violence is way of checking in there is anything deeper in the hearts of those around them?... Anyway, it would be interesting to respect the differences between people at all costs, so that the transformations they promote take place as naturally as possible.
Detail: John Singer Sargent, “Apollo and the Muses”; 1921.
