Venus in Aquarius

VENUS

Venus is the second sphere through which solar power passes on its way outward through the solar system. Yet from our point of view on earth, Venus is the first planet on the inside of our orbit going towards the sun. As such Venus represents the drive inward toward center, which meets the out-surging solar flow.

While Mercury represents meeting experience at the level of the mind, Venus refers to the inner value we give experience at the feeling-level. It is often said that Venus is the planet of love and attraction, but it can just as well be the planet of hate and repulsion, according to the inner value we give to certain experiences. Venus' loves and aversions draw us into some experiences, and pull us away from others. Those we enter into provide the substance for our inner growth and fulfillment.

Ideally, Venus represents harmony, for if we are attuned with our inner being, we naturally attract what will help develop and fulfill us. This meshing of a need with what will answer it is the true harmony Venus symbolizes. Venus can thus be a symbol of all harmonious relationships, of beauty, and of our need to give and receive appreciation.

But when the Venus function becomes deviated by insecurity, it can negatively refer to self-indulgence, narcissism, inappropriate emotional frivolity and unrealistic demands for love or luxury.

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VENUS IN AQUARIUS

Keynote: Attachments are idealistic and impersonal.

Symbol: A group of young people admire a statue of Aphrodite in a museum.

Venus in Aquarius bestows a love of the ideal and a tendency to idealize love. The person with this combination may find that ordinary marital relationships fail to satisfy their desire for romantic excitement and they begin to cast about for something more exotic. Aquarius brings out the mental rather than the sentimental side of Venus and stimulates a craving for novelty which often gives rise to unusual relationships.

Venusian Aquarians make better friends than lovers. Frequently they want their lover to be a friend who understands their intellectual interests and who can provide pleasant company. Their sympathies are usually expressed in broad humanitarian terms rather than devotion to specific individuals. Feelings are seldom passionate, but there is a need to exchange ideas with others and to participate in a community of congenial personalities.

The emotional scope is extended so that the creative energies may be directed into communal and charitable endeavors. Although they may experiment with love, their romances are characterized by expediency more than by impulse. Once they are married and tied down to the care of small children, however, they begin wondering how they can emancipate themselves.

The person with Venus in Aquarius may embrace the cause of free love, but the attitude grows out of a wish to feel unfettered rather than out of the conviction that this is an intrinsically better way of life. Their concern for the needs of unique individuals causes them to look beyond the roles designated by the arbiters of convention. Their own interests are so universal that they prefer not to be fettered by compelling personal attachments and responsibilities. Aquarians sincerely want to gather their rosebuds while they may, and will leave others free to pick their way along the thorn-strewn path of romance if they will extend the same courtesy in return.

A Venusian Aquarian is generally as non-possessive about things as they are about people. They appreciate beauty but would as soon enjoy a lovely object in someone else's home as to have to dust and look after it themselves. They respect money mainly because it provides them with the means to do as they please, and especially because it releases them from the restrictions of a routine job and allows them to be their own boss. They enjoy getting around, whether by plane or as a hitchhiking hobo. They can be charming, happy, and original - as long as they feel untrammeled and free.

Here is a very kind and helpful friend. Usually they are good with money but too much may be spent on expensive clothes and items for the home.

Sun in Sagittarius / Venus in Aquarius

This considerably increases the Sagittarian love of independence yet cools the ardent passions of that sign. However, there is increased fidelity once the subject is committed emotionally. The Sagittarian love of the chase and its challenge is carefully disguised. This placing can also glamorize the usually very casual Sagittarian image.

This is a rewarding, warm-hearted friend who will give plenty of positive encouragement. Financial risks may be enjoyed and taken erratically, without due thought.

Sun in Capricorn / Venus in Aquarius

This placing can make the aspiring Capricorn type seem rather haughty. Budding relationships may be damaged because the subject feels that no prospective partner is good enough. This may be an excuse to delay commitment and the full expression of emotion which can be difficult.

Sun in Aquarius / Venus in Aquarius

This individual will have dynamic and magnetic powers of attraction, but may be very difficult to know really well. Independence is necessary, but love and admiration are also needed. All the traits described for Venus in Aquarius apply. Expensive items may be hard to resist.

Sun in Pisces / Venus in Aquarius

Piscean emotion is controlled here, and there is also a good ability to distance the self from the feelings, with the individual relying on intuition. The image is spiced with originality and too much sparkle at times. Great kindness and charity often result in personal sacrifices. This is a superb, if occasionally forgetful, friend. Professional financial advice is recommended unless business ability is shown elsewhere.

Sun in Aries / Venus in Aquarius

Here, the fiery Arian passion is quenched by the cool detachment of Venus, but the Arian need for independence will be complementary. The desire for a permanent relationship may clash with the wish to be fancy-free. A compromise must be reached, hopefully with the help of a sympathetic partner.

Here is a very lively friend who is enthusiastic about joint interests. Financial flair may be present, but hastiness when investing could cause problems.

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