Venus Enters Virgo
Venus Enters Virgo
4th PST 19:23 / 5th AEST 12:23
Venus travels through Virgo for the next three+ weeks, emphasizing practical love. This is the sign of Venus’ 'fall', but that’s just to say that while Venus represents how we give and receive, Virgo is a sign where the compulsion to be of service can make reciprocity challenging.
Attractions that form under Venus in Virgo often walk a curious line between sensuality and purity. Occasionally this manifests in relationships that maintain an appearance of innocence while furtively trending into kinky or fetish territory. Guilt or shame can motivate our decisions in this terrain too. Virgo is a sign of perfection and Venus’ influence may push us into one of several camps: the camp where a loved one’s minor offenses give us a case of the ick, the camp where romance only arouses if it’s in some fashion verboten or the camp of overcompensation and self-reproach.
Between August 15 – 22, Venus will oppose Saturn while squaring Mars and Jupiter in an aspect called a t-square. Love may not be our main concern at this time – in fact, money troubles could pose a greater hangup. However, sexual tension and frustration with larger life challenges can prompt reckless romantic behavior that only succeeds in driving a deeper wedge. Keep this counsel: exercise discernment. Remember your worth
Venus in Virgo is a transit that inspires us to make sensible romantic choices. *However*, this is also a transit where we can rationalize away red flags if we so choose. Compartmentalization is a skill and a curse here. We assume that if we know the game of love, we can rig it in our favor. Sometimes this works! But if love is a matter of chess, we can still only control our own moves. If we veer from self-control to trying to control others, we become the red flags we are hoping to avoid!
Attractions that form under Venus in Virgo often walk a curious line between sensuality and purity. Occasionally this manifests in relationships that maintain an appearance of innocence while furtively trending into kinky or fetish territory. Guilt or shame can motivate our decisions in this terrain too. Virgo is a sign of perfection and Venus’ influence may push us into one of several camps: the camp where a loved one’s minor offenses give us a case of the ick, the camp where romance only arouses if it’s in some fashion verboten or the camp of overcompensation and self-reproach.
Between August 15 – 22, Venus will oppose Saturn while squaring Mars and Jupiter in an aspect called a t-square. Love may not be our main concern at this time – in fact, money troubles could pose a greater hangup. However, sexual tension and frustration with larger life challenges can prompt reckless romantic behavior that only succeeds in driving a deeper wedge. Keep this counsel: exercise discernment. Remember your worth
Written by Nyssa Grazda
