Venus Enters Scorpio
Venus enters Scorpio
6th PST 2:40 PM / 7th AEDT 9:40 AM
Venus exits its domicile to enter Scorpio, joining the sun. Here, it squares off with Pluto in Aquarius, prompting infatuations and intensifying existing attachments. 'Hot and cold' is the romantic mood, where 'hot' is obsessive and 'cold' is aloof yet observant, not disinterested. Even the most nonchalant amongst us are secretly 'chalant' now. Yet we’ve been building to this climax over the last week of Venus in Libra, and once it perfects, possessive urges simmer into a sincere desire for depth.
Even though Venus is in detriment in Scorpio, it’s working some nice magic for us via its aspects. After our Venus-Pluto ploys fail (those attempts at closeness forged in fear or manipulation tactics), the path is cleared for honest relating. Harmonious connections to the lunar nodes circa November 18 are heart-opening, and a potent grand water trine with Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn, during the last week of November, is auspicious for matters of the heart.
Unfortunately, the passion and pleasure we might be sourcing from this transit is somewhat complicated by Mercury’s retrograde. If we were less preoccupied with rectifying technological glitches or navigating communication breakdowns, we might be better able to take advantage of opportunities for intimacy. As it stands, Mercury retrograde will color our three-week long Venus in Scorpio experience. We might take this as our cue to train our attention to what is really being said rather than what we want to hear. Allowing ourselves to be unsettled, touched, or affected by our interactions can inspire the vulnerability that we, under the influence of Scorpio Venus, are so suspicious of, yet simultaneously crave.
Written by Nyssa Grazda
