I know I have a trine. That's all I know, though... :)

hahahaha! the first thing I thought of is... "is there anyone I know who has a tendency towards violence?" then I thought of someone I met whom has been arrested for fist fighting, attacking women (including his mother), going to peace rallies just to start riots, and generally has extreme anger issues. I looked up his chart, and laughably, he has mars in aquarius square pluto in scorpio.

Mine are square, part of my grand cross. Mars in Taurus, Pluto in Virgo. I'm very peaceful. I rarely raise my voice.

my chart has mars conjunct mercury which forms a trine with pluto conjunct saturn...umm the will power to take action in logically evolving through transformation?? when my mind is made up, im already a new person.

i have mars conjunct pluto in the 3rd house so it affects me in how i communicate or argue,but because my mars is in libra and pluto is in virgo I think those signs sort of modify the expression of this powerful planetary conjunction from violence persay.I am a freedom fighter and truth seeker.

saturn acts as a midpoint for pluto and mars -all in libra.

the only fighting i do is in the sparring ring.
but i am expertly trained in fighting ice cold wars.
my aries moon in 8th house doesnt like to keep so quiet though.

I have the opposition. When I think of Mars/Pluto I think of great strength, great will. Bruce Lee had it. There's been a Mars/Pluto opposition going on since last week. How is that going for everyone? I'm in the legal business. Since Jupiter is part of my Mars/Pluto, many of my transits come through that way. My Mars is in Aquarius, and right now I'm working on a case involving a scientist and bioterrorism. A woman's Mars and the aspects it makes will partially describe what she looks for in her partner. My Mars trines Neptune, and my b/f is an Aries with Pisces rising. My Mars/Pluto is on his nodal axis, Pluto on his NN, which trines his MC. It has a very magnetic effect along with our Plutos being in mutual reception, his in 5 and mine in 8. Also, his Pluto trines my Asc. I've found my Pluto/Mars to work out very well in synastry.

MARS OPPOSE PLUTO
You have a powerful will and when you want something, you pursue it passionately and relentlessly
until you achieve it. You may be so driven by your desire that you lose all objectivity. You often become
compulsive, even obsessed, with doing or achieving something, no matter what the costs or how hard
you must work for it. Your forcefulness may be veiled or subtle, for often you do not reveal your real aims and intentions to others. You have enormous energy reserves, and are capable of extraordinary effort and great achievement.

I am a libra rising(to let you know) with pluto in scorpio retrograde in the first house ......I have my sun in gemini in the 9th and my mars and mercury are conjunct in my 9th house both my mars and my mercury are trine my pluto.......pluto is 2 degrees my mercury is in cancer 2 degrees my mars is in cancer 3 degrees....where it gets funny is my venus (libra ascendents ruler) is in taurus in the 8th(the end of the 7th so interpreted there...aspects tech from both) and its conjunct my moon which is in taurus which is in the 8th.....crazy yeah

Derrick said: "Moon and Giancarlo, my aggressive nature is volatile in the sense that i can't control it. as i said before, i've got mars opp pluto. i very very rarely get angry with people, but when i do, it's explosive. that may just be my taurean nature, however. but i remember growing up, nomatter how upset we were about our lives or the predicament of not being able to do things the other kids did cuz we didn't have money or cuz our parents were absent, we never felt like we were allowed to be angry about it because how could we? as an adult, i have a sort of delayed anger. someone can deliberately hurt me and i won't get angry at first, but instead only after i stew in it. but then as soon as i do, it'll go away. and when I do explode, i sometimes get violent to the point that i'll be standing there after the fact and someone will be bleeding or crying or in shock of what i just did. if it happened often, one could say i have anger management issues. but because it practically never does, i just wonder if there's some correlation with my natal chart and this aspect of my personality, especially after i learned what Mars signifies and that i have it in Aries. "

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Pluto/Mars energy is also incorporated into:
Pluto in H1
Mars in Scorpio
Mars in H8
Aries in H8
Aries on the cusp of H8
Scorpio on the ASC

The more of this energy a person has in their chart, the stronger the energy will be, especially if it's angular.

Yeah, Derrick, you'd have to synthesize your Mars/Pluto in your chart by considering what house/s and sign/s it's in. Taurus would be more physical.

Mars/Pluto will be different for a man than a woman. It's a very yang energy, so is probably more acceptable in a man than a woman by societal standards, more acceptable energy in the States where it's okay to be a strong, independent woman than in a place where females are held back by society.

Mars/Pluto women want to be equals, want to take charge, participate. They're not going to wait for someone to show up, let life pass them by. They feel "if I don't do it, it's not going to happen." They want some control in their life. Like if they want to start a business or if they want to be a single mother, they're not going to wait for someone to decide that for them.

Mars is the ruler of Aries, an initiating energy. It gives independence. Aries is associated with anger. Aries follows Pisces and may have come from a place of victimization, deprivation or abuse and says "no more" to being a victim. Why do people get angry? When they see injustice or things that don't seem fair. Pluto can bring about that type of situation. Like what if you're doing the same job as your co-worker and you're getting paid less? Mars/Pluto learns to get stronger and to have the confidence to tell the boss s/he's not being fair, to stand up for themself. Mars/Pluto learns to take action, to fight to protect their rights, gains the confidence that they're in charge of their life, moves away from limitation. With Mars/Pluto there's a need for strength. Pluto shows where a person seeks to be empowered. With Mars/Pluto confronting is part of the empowering process.

Mars/Pluto is a magnet for powerful people, but they're direct and won't stay with someone for their looks or for money. Mars/Pluto people aren't going to attract the couch potato kind of individual. They're attracted to people who have strong personalities. So at some point Mars/Pluto people's wills will clash with others who have strong personalities and will have to fight someone who is powerful. So they attract the power, and then at some point they have to fight the power.

I'm looking at the mars-pluto opposition transit going on now...

Would it have anything to do with some of the secretive battles (often involving lawyers and getting people's money/making them go into increased institutional "protection" and control) that threaten to explode into total war around me?

Another thing to consider about Mars/Pluto is that Pluto is the higher octave of Mars, so they can complement each other. Aries naturally trines Leo and Sagittarius and is not afraid to take a risk. Aries is naturally inconjunct to Scorpio so there can be humiliation. So Mars will take the risk and is not afraid of falling on its face in order to realize Plutonian desires ;)

I dated someone with the Mars square Pluto placement. Pluto conjunct ascendant (in Scorpio) square Mars in Aquarius (3rd house).

Keywords: suicide attempts, quick temper, vengeful, sharp tongue, highly sexual and passionate, too serious at times, serious mood swings...

But I find that most of it stemmed from past childhood violence they still hadn't worked out. They felt very victimized. They had virtually no methods to deal with their anger appropriately...it became repressed and then it turned into severe manipulation and control issues. I thought it was hot for a while, but then I started to cramp from the lack of space and freedom to stretch my legs and take a breath of fresh air. It's hard to break it off with these people, though, especially if they're convinced that you're "the one". You eventually find yourself attempting to talk them down from doing something drastic.

Keep in mind that this person had Venus square Pluto as well, and Pisces moon. It was a very volatile mix...

I have a Sun/Mars conjunction in Taurus in the 9th square Pluto in Leo in the 12th. I also have Venus in Gemini in the 10th sextile Pluto and Neptune in Libra in the 2nd trine said Pluto. So there is a lot to pick through. I can love intensely even obsessively, I have been known to have a temper, I can be extremely competitive, I like to be in charge, and there is most always at the very least a sense of contrariness. Mostly I have learned to channel my energies into creativity but for that to really take root I needed the aid of a diversified group of therapies.