Tag: Venus

July 8th, 2019: Slow Down, It Hurts

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  • Mercury Rx in Leo conjunct Mars (4 deg)

  • Venus in Cancer square Chiron in Aries (5 deg)

  • Venus in Cancer sextile Uranus in Taurus (6 deg)

  • Chiron stations Rx in Aries (5 deg)

Mercury/Mars

Words and actions unite, but Mercury’s Rx status means one or more of the following:

  • taking action on a conversation/idea from the past

  • questioning current actions (look behind the shine)

  • looking back intensifies the decision to act (it’s time)

  • a message from the past triggers anger/passion/assertiveness

In general, there’s increased thoughtfulness combined with bold/showy actions. There could be delays, but more likely the second look or question will prompt the actions. This can be a powerful way to manifest, provided you take note of what Mercury Rx is telling you.

Venus/Chiron

Venus’ square to Chiron in Mars-ruled Aries adds another layer to the above. It would appear that the actions are happening in the face of a painful relationship, financial or self-esteem issue. Venus in Cancer is tender, and a hard aspect to Chiron means ultra-sensitive moments where you don’t get what you want (including empathy) or what you want reveals some very awkward feelings. Perhaps this is why Mercury is Rx when joined with Mars – it will be so important to slow down and proceed with care even if you’re asserting yourself with bold words.

However, Venus’ sextile to Uranus (in Venus-ruled Taurus) is hopeful. Despite the pain and tenderness, there’s room to progress, provided you focus on doing things for yourself and liberating yourself from stagnant habits/security needs. Taurus is about self-sufficiency and Uranus is about independence. These energies can support Venus who is (let’s be honest) sometimes quite helpless and needy in Cancer. Look at how you can become more self-sufficient.

And finally, Chiron stations Rx after the “ouch” with Venus. This echoes Mercury’s Rx – more reviews and intensifications. Whatever Venus/Chiron stirred up will amplify what hurts. Chiron Rx can press harder on the wound or force you to slow down and look inside. You can’t ignore it – it’s time to face the pain. You may be called on to display more courage, even though you feel weak. That “weakness” is the entry point and it’s where the healing begins.

Today is the day you assert yourself, with carefully chosen words, in the face of what hurts. Today is the day you take stock of why it hurts.

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Venus’ Transit of Cancer: Mommy

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Charles West Cope

Charles West Cope

Venus enters Cancer at 11:17 am EDT on July 3rd.

Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which is about needs. Venus is about what you want. The two are very different, but when Venus enters this sign they are united. So think about what you want and need, and how they can come together in the next month. Consider the differences and how they might unite.

Venus in Cancer adds a very personal cast to all relationship, financial and self- esteem issues. It matters because it matters to you, end of story. Venus in Cancer is emotional, empathetic, moody. Love/affection is displayed via nurturing and there is no way to detach. Yes, it’s personal and if they don’t get it they don’t get you. Literally.

You want to feel safe and cuddled. Love is expressed with hugs. If there’s no emotional connection- f**k them.

Food.

We can’t forget about Cancer’s association with comfort food – chocolate, soup, mashed potatoes. Whatever you want and whatever makes you feel good. This is a potent blend of want and security. Mother, nourishment. Milk. How does this play out in your life?

Regardless of what your relationship is with your mother, this transit can take you to a place where you are aware of what you want and need, and it’s all about her. It’s potent because it’s based on the past.

How does what you want connect to your relationship with your mother? Do you need to change it or strengthen it?

Here are the aspects Venus in Cancer will make:

  • Jul 4th: inconjunct Ceres Rx in Sagittarius (1 deg)

  • Jul 8th: square Chiron in Aries (5 deg)

  • Jul 8th: sextile Uranus in Taurus (5 deg)

  • Jul 9th: trine Black Moon Lilith in Pisces ( 7 deg)

  • Jul 14th: sextile Vesta in Taurus (14 deg)

  • Jul 16th: inconjunct Jupiter Rx in Sagittarius (15 deg)

  • Jul 17th: opposite Saturn Rx in Capricorn (16 deg)

  • Jul 17th: square pallas in Libra (17 deg)

  • Jul 17th: conjunct North Node (17 deg)

  • Jul 18th: trine Neptune Rx in Pisces (18 deg)

  • Jul 21st: opposite Pluto Rx in Capricorn (21 deg)

  • Jul 24th: conjunct Mercury Rx (26 deg)

  • Jul 27th: Leo ingress

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Venus’ Transit of Cancer: Mommy

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Charles West Cope

Charles West Cope

Venus enters Cancer at 11:17 am EDT on July 3rd.

Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which is about needs. Venus is about what you want. The two are very different, but when Venus enters this sign they are united. So think about what you want and need, and how they can come together in the next month. Consider the differences and how they might unite.

Venus in Cancer adds a very personal cast to all relationship, financial and self- esteem issues. It matters because it matters to you, end of story. Venus in Cancer is emotional, empathetic, moody. Love/affection is displayed via nurturing and there is no way to detach. Yes, it’s personal and if they don’t get it they don’t get you. Literally.

You want to feel safe and cuddled. Love is expressed with hugs. If there’s no emotional connection- f**k them.

Food.

We can’t forget about Cancer’s association with comfort food – chocolate, soup, mashed potatoes. Whatever you want and whatever makes you feel good. This is a potent blend of want and security. Mother, nourishment. Milk. How does this play out in your life?

Regardless of what your relationship is with your mother, this transit can take you to a place where you are aware of what you want and need, and it’s all about her. It’s potent because it’s based on the past.

How does what you want connect to your relationship with your mother? Do you need to change it or strengthen it?

Here are the aspects Venus in Cancer will make:

  • Jul 4th: inconjunct Ceres Rx in Sagittarius (1 deg)

  • Jul 8th: square Chiron in Aries (5 deg)

  • Jul 8th: sextile Uranus in Taurus (5 deg)

  • Jul 9th: trine Black Moon Lilith in Pisces ( 7 deg)

  • Jul 14th: sextile Vesta in Taurus (14 deg)

  • Jul 16th: inconjunct Jupiter Rx in Sagittarius (15 deg)

  • Jul 17th: opposite Saturn Rx in Capricorn (16 deg)

  • Jul 17th: square pallas in Libra (17 deg)

  • Jul 17th: conjunct North Node (17 deg)

  • Jul 18th: trine Neptune Rx in Pisces (18 deg)

  • Jul 21st: opposite Pluto Rx in Capricorn (21 deg)

  • Jul 24th: conjunct Mercury Rx (26 deg)

  • Jul 27th: Leo ingress

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Becoming Self-Sufficient | Starcana Cosmic Dirt

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Vibrations shift this week as Mars (energy, desires) moves from passive Cancer, into brave-heart Leo on Monday, July 1. Behavior that seemed defensive or tame during the past few weeks, becomes raw, roaring and reactive for what we’re starving for over the next six weeks. We’re hungry, and we’re not backing down from the chase […]

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June 24th, 2019: Venus Square Neptune

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  • Venus in Gemini square Neptune Rx in Pisces (18 deg)

Building on yesterday’s aspects to Venus, today’s square to Neptune will trigger a crisis between what you want/have (Venus) versus the dream (Neptune). Choices regarding money, relationships or self-esteem can be blurred and expanded as Neptune dissolves logic and facts. You may give up and become disappointed or pin your hopes on an illusion. The romantic dream will be distracting but ultimately hollow.

As vague choices or lovely words swirl around you, use caution. The crisis of the square is meant to draw your attention to a “leak” where resources, values or self-esteem will be undermined by unwise decisions. Neptune Rx can reveal truths if you question the shimmering illusion in front of you – look closely.

There’s potential for creativity or beauty, but to make the most of this you would have to be very conscious of the tension between fantasy versus reality. If you can avoid being blinded by the illusion (or your disillusionment) this energy could be very fruitful.

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June 24th, 2019: Venus Square Neptune

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  • Venus in Gemini square Neptune Rx in Pisces (18 deg)

Building on yesterday’s aspects to Venus, today’s square to Neptune will trigger a crisis between what you want/have (Venus) versus the dream (Neptune). Choices regarding money, relationships or self-esteem can be blurred and expanded as Neptune dissolves logic and facts. You may give up and become disappointed or pin your hopes on an illusion. The romantic dream will be distracting but ultimately hollow.

As vague choices or lovely words swirl around you, use caution. The crisis of the square is meant to draw your attention to a “leak” where resources, values or self-esteem will be undermined by unwise decisions. Neptune Rx can reveal truths if you question the shimmering illusion in front of you – look closely.

There’s potential for creativity or beauty, but to make the most of this you would have to be very conscious of the tension between fantasy versus reality. If you can avoid being blinded by the illusion (or your disillusionment) this energy could be very fruitful.

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June 23rd, 2019: The New Goddess

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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

  • Venus in Gemini inconjunct the Capricorn South Node (17 deg)

  • Venus in Gemini inconjunct Saturn Rx in Capricorn (18 deg)

  • Venus in Gemini opposite Jupiter Rx in Sagittarius (17 deg)

  • Uranus in Taurus conjunct Vesta (5 deg)

  • Uranus and Vesta sextile Black Moon Lilith in Pisces ( 5 deg)

Venus

Venus/Jupiter can exaggerate what you want – there may appear to be more choices regarding a financial, relationship or value issue. And they will be exuberant and tempting. But some of those choices will be unwise, as Jupiter retrograde asks you to review before you say “yes.” And Venus’ inconjuncts to the South Node and Saturn Rx insist that a rule/limit from the past will narrow your choices. So really, you may only have one, viable option. The brakes will be applied and that issue from the past will not be ignored.

Uranus

Uranus/Vesta adds urgency to an area of focus. Vesta is the ultimate focus/sacred flame, and Uranus suggests a sudden shot of devotion; an all-or-nothing, extreme jolt that clarifies what has the most value (Taurus). This will include old values/resources/habits being blown away.

The sextile to BML suggests this will involve some taboo, possibly magical/transcendent expressions of female energy. One of Lilith’s manifestations is the witch, and this is emphasized in Pisces, the sign that lies beyond reality. Here we have a wake-up call about what/who is essential, even if she’s “forbidden.”

Vesta is purity and BML is dark, raw sexuality (the prostitute, the other woman, the woman who belongs to no one). When they harmonize, what’s socially forbidden becomes a path to personal enlightenment and discipline (Vesta is untouchable in her own way – she also belongs to no one but herself).

Add Uranus’s liberation, and you have a whole new set of values and security at your fingertips.

Summary

So, if we consider Uranus/Vesta/BML and the aspects to Venus (also female energy and the ruler of Taurus) a picture emerges- you’re questioning what sounds/looks good regarding love and values. Is it hollow? At the same time, there’s one, undeniable choice. You’re not stuck in the past, but you are paying attention to what came before so you don’t make the same mistakes. Or maybe there’s an ongoing responsibility/tradition that still has value.

Either way, Uranus/Vesta in Taurus insists that part of this is about devoting yourself to a new goddess – a new expression of female energy/values (whether you’re a man or woman) who cracks the Saturn whip.

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June 23rd, 2019: The New Goddess

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Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant

  • Venus in Gemini inconjunct the Capricorn South Node (17 deg)

  • Venus in Gemini inconjunct Saturn Rx in Capricorn (18 deg)

  • Venus in Gemini opposite Jupiter Rx in Sagittarius (17 deg)

  • Uranus in Taurus conjunct Vesta (5 deg)

  • Uranus and Vesta sextile Black Moon Lilith in Pisces ( 5 deg)

Venus

Venus/Jupiter can exaggerate what you want – there may appear to be more choices regarding a financial, relationship or value issue. And they will be exuberant and tempting. But some of those choices will be unwise, as Jupiter retrograde asks you to review before you say “yes.” And Venus’ inconjuncts to the South Node and Saturn Rx insist that a rule/limit from the past will narrow your choices. So really, you may only have one, viable option. The brakes will be applied and that issue from the past will not be ignored.

Uranus

Uranus/Vesta adds urgency to an area of focus. Vesta is the ultimate focus/sacred flame, and Uranus suggests a sudden shot of devotion; an all-or-nothing, extreme jolt that clarifies what has the most value (Taurus). This will include old values/resources/habits being blown away.

The sextile to BML suggests this will involve some taboo, possibly magical/transcendent expressions of female energy. One of Lilith’s manifestations is the witch, and this is emphasized in Pisces, the sign that lies beyond reality. Here we have a wake-up call about what/who is essential, even if she’s “forbidden.”

Vesta is purity and BML is dark, raw sexuality (the prostitute, the other woman, the woman who belongs to no one). When they harmonize, what’s socially forbidden becomes a path to personal enlightenment and discipline (Vesta is untouchable in her own way – she also belongs to no one but herself).

Add Uranus’s liberation, and you have a whole new set of values and security at your fingertips.

Summary

So, if we consider Uranus/Vesta/BML and the aspects to Venus (also female energy and the ruler of Taurus) a picture emerges- you’re questioning what sounds/looks good regarding love and values. Is it hollow? At the same time, there’s one, undeniable choice. You’re not stuck in the past, but you are paying attention to what came before so you don’t make the same mistakes. Or maybe there’s an ongoing responsibility/tradition that still has value.

Either way, Uranus/Vesta in Taurus insists that part of this is about devoting yourself to a new goddess – a new expression of female energy/values (whether you’re a man or woman) who cracks the Saturn whip.

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