Venus in Astrology
Personal Planet
Understanding Venus
Venus is the "Lesser Benefic," the force of attraction, harmony, and value. While Mercury connects through mind, Venus connects through feeling and desire. It governs the pleasure principle and the social urge to bond.
What Venus Governs
Venus governs the urge for union and the appreciation of beauty. It dictates our aesthetic tastes, romantic inclinations, and relationship with money (value). Venus represents what we find beautiful, pleasurable, and worth pursuing.
About Personal Planets
Personal planets govern the tools the ego uses to interact with the immediate environment.
Venus Expression
Positive Expression
Grace, diplomacy, artistic talent, affection, and healthy self-worth. The individual attracts resources easily and creates harmony in their environment. They are the Peacemaker and Lover, naturally drawing others to them through genuine appreciation of beauty.
Shadow Expression
Vanity, greed, laziness, and superficiality. The shadow Venus can be self-indulgent, gluttonous, and codependent. In Taurus: hoarding and possessiveness. In Libra: "peace at any price," leading to passive-aggression and inability to be honest.
Venus & Tarot
Primary Correspondence
The EmpressThe Empress (III) sits in a lush garden, pregnant with potential. She symbolizes fertility, abundance, creativity, and the sensual embrace of nature - the full expression of Venus's generative and nurturing power.
Secondary Correspondence
The Hierophant / JusticeThe Hierophant (V) corresponds to Taurus, representing established values and traditions. Justice (XI) corresponds to Libra, representing the Venusian drive for equilibrium and fairness in relationships.
Venus Retrograde
Every 18 months for about 40-43 days
What It Means
Relationships are tested. Ex-lovers return. Financial flow may stagnate. Aesthetic choices made during retrograde are often regretted.
Advice
Reassess values: "Do I really love this person?" "Is this truly valuable to me?" It is a descent into the underworld (like Inanna), finding worth and beauty internally rather than through external validation.
Body Rulership
In medical astrology, Venus rules the Throat, kidneys (balance), parathyroid glands, venous blood system.
Mythology of Venus
Aphrodite (Greek) or Venus (Roman) was born from sea foam when Kronos castrated Uranus - beauty emerging from chaos. She is the goddess of erotic love, persuasion, and social cohesion. Her predecessor Ishtar/Inanna was the Queen of Heaven who presided over both love and war.
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