Venus in Aquarius in the Eleventh House

The placement of Venus in Aquarius indicates that you have a need for uniqueness and originality in your relationships and your value system. These are abstract concepts and pursuing these needs often leaves little room or inclination for emotion or the mundanely personal. Much of the behavior and many of the personality characteristics associated with Venus in Aquarius are a result of your need to feel that you are a unique individual even when involved in a relationship. Having Venus in Aquarius, behavior and personality are also the result of your need to adopt a set of values that are independent, not conditioned by society’s expectations and reflective of your unique viewpoint.

The Venus in Aquarius placement is complex and contains inherent tensions.  This is symbolized by the natural square between Aquarius and Venus-ruled Taurus in combination with the natural trine between Aquarius and Libra, which is also ruled by Venus. Aquarius is the Fixed Air sign. While Aquarius’ airiness promotes social interaction, it is generally not at the personal level at which Venus operates.  Thus, with Venus in Aquarius, you need and want social interaction, but you may not have the full set of social skills to successfully engage in interpersonal relationships. Also, the fixed nature of the Aquarian character tends to inhibit the fluidity that is naturally inherent in the Venusian energy. This stiffness and rigidity also tends to impact your relationships and your values and perceptions.

Venus also symbolizes the anima in the psyche. Thus, if you are female with Venus in Aquarius, you are likely to model your femininity in order to incorporate characteristics typically associated with Aquarius. If you are male, you are likely to be attracted to someone who projects or embodies Aquarius-associated traits.

Insecurities

As an individual with Venus in Aquarius, in your insecurity, you are steadfastly committed to preserving your “independence” and individual “uniqueness” within your relationship(s) and as part of your value system.

Having Venus in Aquarius, you cannot understand the uniqueness of another, nor the needs of others for relationship “below” your level of self-abstraction. Your lack of understanding and appreciation for the personal causes you to become defensive in your relationship(s). This often manifests as an aloof or authoritarian attitude or a testy and suspicious nature. Also, in your conflict between the abstract and the personal, you sometimes develop a defense mechanism in which you are guarding the “higher good” against messy and imperfect “selfish” considerations of others.

Venus in the 11th House:

As with many of the Venus house placements, Venus in the 11th House is harmoniously placed with challenging potential. The 11th House is in natural trine to the Venus-ruled 7th House, and thus the relationship functions symbolized by Venus are easy and accentuated. The 11th House is square to the 2nd house, however, which is also ruled by Venus. Here, the more personal-oriented evaluative functions of Venus may come into conflict with the socially oriented 11th House. For instance, having Venus in the 11th House, you may have a generous and humanitarian impulse, but with nagging doubts about the wisdom of giving too much. For the most part, however, Venus is comfortable with this placement.

Having Venus in the 11th House, you may use relationships as a vehicle whereby you connect with society and your social purpose. Your life partner relationship(s) may have a strong flavor of social interaction. There may also be a strong sense of concern for the future present in your relationships. Your relationships are likely to bring change into your life, rather than being a force for preserving the status quo. Your tastes and attachments are likely to be affected by the group identity that you adopt. With Venus in the 11th House, there is a danger that you will not own enough of your identity to establish preferences that truly reflect your character. One challenge with Venus in the 11th House is to project your individuality, in a balanced fashion, through the expression of taste and preference.

Insecurities

As an individual with Venus in the 11th House, if you are inwardly insecure, you will likely fail to develop a sense of your own individuality in the context of the group and society, and your ego will be dominated by the group-ego. In this way, you protect your ego from the risk of exposure. Your relationship is to the group, and your personal, life partner relationship(s) is likely to be role dominated, with the primary emphasis of the relationship being its societal function (married couples with children are likely to call each other “mommy” and “daddy”). Having Venus in the 11th House, your tastes are also completely formed by the group, and you are likely to severely judge opinions and lifestyles that are outside of the group.

Evaluation Focus

With Venus in the 11th House, you generally judge things according to a group standard or in terms of how it affects your relationship to the group. You may ask not “is this good/pleasing for me?” but “is this good/pleasing for society?” or “is this good/pleasing for my group?” You tend to have a broader frame of reference for your evaluative function than simply the personal. Having Venus in the 11th House, you may also have a tendency for your judgment to be influenced by the group of which you are a part. You may also be attracted to group activities, humanitarian endeavors or projects to benefit society and you are likely to value such things highly. You may hold group or social values in higher regard than personal values and will are likely to have a value system that is centered around the good of the whole.

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Article referenced from:

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 2: Planets in Signs

• Gargatholil, Depth Astrology: An Astrological Handbook – Volume 3: Planets in Houses

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